Darl is also brings humiliation for Anse because other townsfolk are always talking about Darl and how strange he is. His parents aren’t the only ones who have a troubled relationship with Darl. Jewel absolutely hates his brother Darl. Darl frequently torments his younger brother giving reason for Jewel to shun Darl. Dewey Dell hates Darl because she can’t keep any secrets from him, because he can look at her and know what she’s hiding.
He does not like the way Tom treats Daisy and believes he should be the one that is with her, especially because of Tom’s actions toward Daisy such as talking on the phone with his mistress Myrtle, Wilson’s wife, in front of her (Fitzgerald 15). Tom says what he says in retaliation to the embarrassment caused by Gatsby’s accusation, and because he does not like Gatsby, since he is trying to take his wife, although Tom knows that Daisy will not leave him because of the control and fear he has enacted and put upon her. Neither Tom nor Gatsby care about the feelings
When George isn’t there to help him, things can go terribly wrong. One night when all of the men went out, Lennie was left at the ranch. When the boss’s daughter-in-law came to visit Lennie accidentally killed the woman. After he realizes she is dead, he instantly knows he did something wrong and that George will be angry with him. Lennie becomes confused and doesn’t know where to go or what to do.
Abner Snopes, the father is creating a war between the wealthy and poor. Out of despise for the wealthy he burns down their barns for his own personal satisfaction. The relationship between father and son is very precious. He continues with violent aggression throughout the story. Colonel Sarty Snopes, his son, realizes so when he has to choose between doing the right thing or loyalty to his family, his father.
Due to his exterior and his ancestor, he is not allowed to partake in any festivities, claiming that “it harrowed him to hear the din of the loud banquet every day in the hall” (Heaney, 9) which drives him mad with jealousy. People around him are together and having a good time with feasts and minstrels. However, he is banished and hates that he is not allowed to interact in anything. Grendel’s mass murders are the first example of revenge in the novel Beowulf. Every night once the Danes went to sleep after their parties, “he [Grendel] came upon them” (Heaney, 11) and “created havoc: greedy and grim, he grabbed thirty men from their resting places and rushed to his lair.” (Heaney, 11).
Pattyn’s Father blames himself for his past and drowns his guilt in liquor, making him an alcoholic. One who beats Pattyn’s mother, who believes women must succumb to their husband’s actions. Her mother believes her duty is to bear as many children as possible, especially a boy to carry on the family name. But so far Pattyn’s mother has only conceived 7 girls named after famous military generals. Pattyn, being unable to take the stress of home, begins to question her role in life, especially through her father’s eyes.
These actions altered the setting and the mood for the remainder of the story. The next major conflict, the one between Dunstan and Godfrey, set the course for the subplot. This incident involved Godfrey’s secret marriage, which if revealed, would ruin Godfrey’s reputation, as well as his chances for his inheritance. This would ruin Godfrey’s current outlook on life, as he sees nothing except the inheritance in his future. The catch was that his brother Dunstan knew about it, and as such, constantly blackmailed Godfrey over it, as shown by this quote said by Dunstan, “I’m so easy and good-natured.
For instance, when Curley’s wife tries to talk to Lennie in the Barn while he avoids her, she says, “I get lonely, I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad”(42). Curley is careless with his wife since she is always solitary and had no one to talk with because of Curley’s jealousy. Curley is not a good husband since he constantly does not let his wife to speak with George or any other worker of the ranch because he gets upset and jealous. Also, when Curley’s wife is talking to Lennie, Candy, and Crooks in Crooks bunk she states “I think I know where they all went even Curley”(37).
Every night Ivan is at the saloon being horded by the villagers mocking Ivan and “his mild protests only fed their taunts”. This quote is understood as how Ivan is trying to stand up for himself but is outnumbered and is quickly put down. Then lieutenant is put forward as the villain who firsts taunts Ivan on how he is unable to cross the cemetery “even in the full light of the moon”’ and then challenges the timid little man to overcome his fear in exchange for five gold roubles. Ivan accepts the challenge in order to redeem himself or it was just the temptation of the gold roubles. This shows the stubbornness of people and greed on how money can control people and as well as the thought of what your peers think of you, and the pressure of doing something you feel uncomfortable with.
Despite him being the big disgrace of the town the years which he made girls suffer wasn’t enough. When the Mama Farida warned him, “Poor fool, yuh married B’er Gaulin,” but he wanted to be an idiot refusing to take her seriously. However, in his defense he loved this girl for many years, because of this when it came to hurting her he couldn’t bare the thought not to mention if he slaughtered her. Sad to say, his wife and