Because fear and pain does not play a role on this utopian society, let alone death, the term “Release” was created to veil the true meaning of death. When Jonas found out the true meaning of Release through watching his father release a baby, he felt so angry and confused that his own father killed a baby with his own hands. However, the Giver calmed him and explained to him: “Listen to me, Jonas. They can’t help it. They know nothing….
Maybe by living with the idea of free will and being able to determine our own fate with it is true and we make decisions based on how we envision our fate and everything turns out as planned. Or maybe we were destined to make that certain decision and our fate revealed itself in this point in time. Either theory could be true, and for centuries people from all over believed in one idea or the other. In Oedipus Tyrannos, Sophocles shows fate to be very important in the characters, as their mistakes and successes are the foundation to them being the victims of fate and that no man can overpower the will set by the gods. In The Tempest however, William Shakespeare reveals that an influential man, Prospero, held the power to control the fate of every man and used his powers for personal gain as well as for the good of others.
Possibly, everything happens for a reason. Maybe your choices can affect your future and you can change anything you’d like. This fires the debate between free will and fate. Some believe that the Gods have nothing to do with the way your life turns out. The actions and choices you make will always depict the future for you.
Although O’Brien is unclear about whether or not he actually threw a grenade and killed a man outside My Khe, his memory of the man’s corpse is strong and recurring, symbolizing humanity’s guilt over war’s horrible acts. Norman was right on the side of him when he died, after about a couple of years passed by after the war he was in Kiowa home town he started crying because he didn’t do anything to try to save him. In Fallen Angels Richie see’s how almost his whole team died he and Peewee were the only ones that survived, which emphasizes the theme of youth and innocence. In calling the novel Fallen Angels, the author implies that the soldiers’ youth and innocence are more important than any of their other aspects, such as their religion, ethnicity, class, or race. They wanted them to know what war is really like and wants to help them understand what is experienced.
The most common character that carries that trait is of course Willy. Willy shows betrayal from the very beginning, when the author told us about Willys’ affair. By having an affair, Willy not only betrayed Linda but he also betrayed Biff as he lost his trust. The reason why he might betray a lot is because he is afraid of betrayal and so in order to overcome it and not feel like he was ever betrayed, he goes and betrays. As mentioned above, Willy reflects Biffs’ failure in business as a reflection of his own dreams of succeeding although he only succeeded for a short while in his life.
As usual, outcomes are always extremely important. I cannot stand my mistakes affecting other people, especially the ones I care. Therefore not only would I consider my principle, I would go through all the possible outcomes turned from my actions. Maybe you would think my process is not so simple after all, but I can assure you as long as you have made your mind set, it is a straight road towards making a reasonable ethical decision. Like everyone else, I really don't want any one of my decisions to be wrong.
Throughout the story Bartleby expresses his free will in many different ways, whether it be choosing to not do any work, choosing to be insolent and not leave the premises of his employer, or choosing to not eat which in turn causes his untimely death. If we examine the progression towards death in Bartleby’s life, we find that they could have easily been avoided if only the choices in Bartleby’s life were left up to a responsible guardian. The fact that no one stepped in to relieve Bartleby of his free will ultimately led to his death. When such important options of whether to obey the law or obey the body are left to an unstable individual the outcomes prove to be erratic at best. However, while it does seem to be the path of least resistance to let a responsible adult make the choices in Bartleby’s life, one must ask “isn’t one’s life made up of the choices he makes and to take away ones choices is to take away a man’s existence”.
People who feel sorry for Victor could argue that Victor had no idea how wrong or malicious his creature would turn out to be. Once the creature had decided upon retribution for Victor’s abandonment (since it was ill-equipped to deal with rejection), there was little that Victor could do to stop its violent crime-spree. Those who empathize with Victor’s plight may say that if Victor had tried to alert the authorities about this hideous killer, no one would have believed that Victor created this being with his bare hands. They’d argue that Victor was powerless to save Justine when she was accused of William’s murder, just as Victor was powerless to save Henry and Elizabeth. Therefore those who feel pity for Victor and believe that he was a victim contend that Victor was trapped in a helpless situation that he spent the remainder of his life trying to get out of.
Thus, nobody should ever turn to the death penalty as an alternative to punish these infamous criminals. Besides, there is no evidence that the death penalty actually deters criminals. But what does the death penalty actually do? Does it truly help ease the pain of the victims? Many people tend to incline towards the death penalty because they tend to feel that it avenges their losses, but evidence shows that this is not ever true.
In the world we live in, it seems that every other person is out for self gain They will step on anyone and do whatever it takes to get what they want, but does that make them purely evil? What if in their final moments they go something good? Or if their evil ways are result’s of circumstances that they can no control over? It’s a hard line to draw and in King Lear Shakespeare explains why through the use of conclusions. The most important conclusion Shakespeare has drawn about the nature of humanity in King Lear is the fact that evil is not something the gods have cursed you with at birth but it is something that you choose for yourselfACt .