Another example of what he does to be ashamed is that he hides some money and a new his new watch under Hassan’s mattress. We know he hides the items under the mattress when he says “I lifted Hassan’s mattress and planted my new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under it”(104). He feels ashamed for doing this because Baba asks Hassan if he steels the watch and the money, Hassan says that he did steel them. Over the course of the book Amir’s shame drives him to do crazy things to try and be forgiven. This clearly shows an example of how destructive shame can be on someone’s life.
Then Gatsby’s gardener interrupts Gatsby’s story of events to tell him that he plans to drain the pool. Nick then goes to work, however he is too distracted and refuses to go on a date with Jordan baker. George Wilson stays up all night talking to Michaelis about Myrtle. He tells him that before Myrtle died, he confronted her about her lover and told her that she could not hide her sin from the eyes of God. George, aggrieved by myrtles death, decides to track down the owner of the car.
The lady of the house asks that they please leave because De Spain is not home. The father takes one last look around the room before pivoting on his good foot and leaving the house with Sarty on his heels. Much later, a man arrives on horseback toting a rug, slung over his shoulder. Sarty recognizes this rug as the one that they had been standing on when they talked to the woman in De Spain’s home. The black man carrying the rug tells Sarty’s father that he has ruined the rug with the mud from his boots and De Spain asks that he either clean it or pay one-hundred dollars.
When he comes back he says he was wrong about his uncle, he is not a good man. He tells them that he wants $200,000 and 1500 articles of clothing or he’ll burn down the town. Since Amelia’s Father is the only town official left in town, Josh says that he can’t leave. Amelia sends them into the house while she thinks how they are going to fix everything. Then, she has an idea.
He believes that a priest should not make money off his parish. Lujon laughs at the priest's frankness. He had hoped that Vaillant would play cards, but he settles for dominoes and grape brandy. The next morning, Vaillant sees Lujon's pair of white mules. The men discuss the poor condition of Vaillant's horse.
He replies that the King made him a promise, which spurs Alice’s memory of the rhyme stating that the King’s horses and the King’s men put Humpty Dumpty back together again. Alice’s allusion to the poem angers Humpty Dumpty, who insists that he is well protected and changes the subject. Humpty Dumpty seems to make a riddle out of every part of their conversation. Alice compliments his cravat, which he explains he received from the White King and Queen for his un-birthday. He explains that an un-birthday is a day that is not his birthday.
Amir commits this act of dishonesty when he lies to Baba claiming that Hassan stole his birthday money and watch but in reality it was Amir who put the items under Hassan’s bed. Hassan then admits to stealing the money and Amir then realizes that Hassan saw him in the alley. This immediately affects Amir’s character as he becomes even more miserable as he is now consumed by the guilt that Hassan knew about his inaction to help him all along. Furthermore Baba becomes upset and ashamed of Amir after the departure of Ali and Hassan when Amir asks him if he “thought about getting new servants” (Hosseini, 95). Amir’s guilt leads him to things that result in losing Baba’s approval and respect as seen at his birthday party when he “took the box from Assef and lowered his gaze” (Hosseini, 103).
Isaiah Lewis 8/21/15 English 3 (The Great Gatsby) Contrast & Contradictions 1. Where in the text does the unexpected event or statement show up? The unexpected event occurred in chapter 2 when Nick Carraway was asked to go into town with Tom Buchanan (Nick’s cousin’s husband). Things went left when Nick found out that Tom was having sexual intercourse with a young lady name Myrtle Wilson while they were in town. Feeling uncomfortable, Nick wanted to leave and go back home into west egg because he felt sick knowing that his cousin in law was cheating on his cousin.
Then, abruptly, he throws it in the fire. Horrified, Mr. White pulls the paw out of the fire and tells Morris he will keep the paw. Morris tries to get him to put it back into the fire, but Mr. White refuses. Morris then warns them that if they do wish to do so wisely and with caution; then, he leaves. Mr. White decides to wish for two hundred pounds to pay off his house.
Willy cheats on Linda out of loneliness and he wants to feel like an important salesman because he cannot face the fact that he’s not. Willy’s pride (Biff), left him, and this shatters Willy, the guilt is overwhelming, unbearable. “Will you stop