2. In the second paragraph Stephen describes that pulp cutters as very masculine and serious men with stern demeanors. Stephen is envious of the men's strength and because of this he seems to look upon himself more negatively because he compares himself to pulp cutters often. 3. Stephen's father is a hard worker and although he may not show it very often, he cares deeply for Stephen.
It is here that Ralph best demonstrates his superiority for leadership, displaying the most calm of any of the characters and encouraging the others to be confident in their rescue. Ralph is established here not only as a political leader but also as a parental figure whose job is to reassure the scared boys and protect them from their own fears and doubts. Golding continues to present Ralph as a calming, authoritative presence among the boys. When fear sets in among some of the younger boys, only Ralph has the presence to restore order and hope. Despite Piggy's clear thinking and appraisal of their situation, his contentious manner and rude dismissal of the younger boys unfortunately causes his ideas to be dismissed.
Tom Buchanan V.S Jay Gatsby: Who is more corrupt? In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, we are introduced to two characters pitted against each other in an intense rivalry full of wealth, social status, hatred and love. Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan are two characters that portray subtle differences in their personalities, but share many characteristics that contribute to both of their corrupt nature. Both of these characters, through dishonesty, moral values, and jealousy, are shown to be corrupt. However through further analysis, Tom’s motives, means and the ultimate consequences of his actions allow him to take a more corrupt role than Jay Gatsby in this novel.
Golriz Ghahreman Defining a Good man Flannery O’Connor reveals the stereotypes of people in our society today through the characters she creates in her short story. She stresses that in every individual exists “good”. Particularly in this story line, she express the reality that only when a person is placed in life threatening situations ,will they truly reveled themselves : we take for granted those who have something to say and can positively influence our lives . It’s hard to find good man is base on humanistic understanding and author shows that a good man possesses the moral qualities. O’Connor writes on page 409 “these boys looked all right to me… they worked at the mill and you know
George realizes that it is wrong to make a weaker living suffer. George admits that Lennie is “dumb as hell.” Using metaphors and similes the reader can better understand how much George loves Lennie. Slim then starts to realize where George is coming from and starts to appreciate their friendship. This characterizes George as caring, loving, and optimistic. George won’t let Lennie “go down alone” because he cares about his friend so much and knows he doesn’t deserve that.
Meeting with nothing but kindness and generosity in one’s fellow man will most probably make you into a kind and generous person yourself. The reverse is also true; people living in neighborhoods where levels of criminal activity are high, will most probably indulge in such activities – being evil is a learned behavior. My final reason for thinking that environmental influences rather than inherited traits contribute most to the ethical and moral dimension of a person’s character is that bad people
Then men that were watching the fight were showing their superiority treating them like sub humans and for the boys wearing the blindfolds it could be seen as a misleading sign of goodwill. The men being there to hear a speech are making them submit to ridiculous hurdles to get the eventual carat which was the scholarship. Another important remark was even though the white men were not really fully giving their attention to the speech of the narrator one was still able to pick up the term of social responsibility. There is a tone of superiority when asked to repeat the term and after correcting his wording is rewarded with the briefcase and scholarship, which in itself is like rewarding a dog for retrieving his bone. The narrator’s dream at the end I believe symbolizes the American Dream as a fallacy.
‘Life would be relieved of all that was unbearable; the unjust might go his way, delivered from the aspirations and remorse of his more upright twin.’ This is where he is basically saying he want the good and bad to be separate and not to bug each other, so that his good, upright part of himself can walk with its head held high. Mr Jekyll has clearly got a highly tuned
A good person usually has a mean streak, that is not dominant, but undeniably there. A bad person has a good side but that side also doesn’t show. In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, there are many examples of good and bad characters. A good character is Atticus Finch for example. Examples of bad characters in the story are Bob Ewell and Nathan Radley, evidenced by Calpurnia saying that he is “the meanest man ever God blew breath into.”
Man with positive behavior is like politeness, responsible, love, professional, honest, optimistic, diligent. On the other hand man with negative behavior is like impoliteness, irresponsible, hate, dishonest, laziness. The behavior in everybody is formed by some factors. The factors include outside factors and inside factors. Outside factors are the factors that are from out of human soul, for example environment in the family, school, and society.