During the course of the novel of ‘Deadly Unna?’ the readers are exposed to the negativity between the father and his son. This affects Blacky in way that his self-esteem is almost non-existent, and the negativity is prominent throughout the novel. Examples of the neglect shown by his father are that of the time when Bob refers to Blacky as a ‘gutless wonder’, and the journey we take through the story of Blacky’s deteriorating respect for him. The ‘gutless wonder’ incident was a influential part of the novel, as Blacky realises that his Dad isn’t one to take advice of someone he feels is inferior than him, thus saying, ‘My own son, a gutless wonder. A gutless fucking wonder!’ When Blacky explains to his father about the storm, Bob insults him rather than swallow his pride and takes his son’s advice on board.
Characters from “Hero of the Day”, written by Matt Gentry, teaches readers that everyone is not a hero at first but when something happens the heroism come out of a person. The novel “Hero of the Day” shows that you are not born a hero but you have a standard within your own life, of who you want to be known as. One way this author proves this point, is through the plot. Plot is the sequence of events in a literacy work. “Jack ran until he couldn’t feel the pain of the war, couldn’t feel the eyes of his platoon behind him.” Here in this line shows that at this point he was not a hero.
Ishmael Beah's experiences force him to deny his emotional side in order to survive. His flight from RUF attacks on the various villages in Sierra Leone requires him to let go of attachments to family and friends. Although he holds out hope to see his family, it comes as a surprise to learn they may be in a nearby village. Even then, a twist of fate prevents Beah from arriving at the village in time to see them before the RUF attacks and burns the village. From that moment on, Beah gives up hoping for a return to his childhood surroundings.
James Jarvis changes drastically throughout Cry, The Beloved Country. He goes from being a racist white farmer who is fairly wealthy, to giving just about everything he has to the native causes his dead son was fighting for. In the beginning of the novel, James Jarvis fails to understand his son and the problems in South Africa. It is obvious from the beginning that James Jarvis is quite racist because he does not agree with his son's opinions. While talking to Mr. Harrison he says,"My son and I didn't see eye to eye on the native question, John.
Even though both Jefferson and Grant Wiggins learned a good lesson, I felt that Grant was the one that had learn much more. Jefferson was just not open to his family members and those close to him, but had either recorded or kept his feelings inside. When he actually expressed his sadness and frustration to people, I guess some people would classify that as a big lesson learned, but I think Grant went through some major change. Grant had first felt that there was no point in his lifestyle. Why was he living like this?
What he sees really plays a major role of his psyche, and how he begins to treat others. As the novel gets closer and closer to its end Eliezer’s whole attitude toward his father changes, where in the beginning he wants to stick to his father for safety and comfort, near the end he tries to distance himself from his father thinking that sticking with him is cutting his chance of survive. So he faces the hard reality of wanting to leave his father for dead just so he can live. One point in the novel that Elie says that will stay with him is on how he didn’t try to help his father when he was calling him to help him when he was being beaten by other prisoners. In the novel Night Elie Wiesel shares his persona memories of the Holocaust.
Wing Biddlebaum has a hard time communicating to others because of a hidden past that haunts him. Everything he wants to say is trapped inside of him. Teaching was the one thing in his life that he was passionate about. When teaching was taken away from him so was his love and passion. “Biddlebaum the silent began to talk, striving to put into words the ideas that had been accumulated by his mind during the long years of silence” (Anderson 10).
Grant tells Jefferson that he is more of a man that he could ever be, and that we all need him. In Jefferson diary he admits his thoughts. He talks about how it is difficult for him to sleep at night, because all he dreams about is going through the door of his execution. He confesses why he acted the way he did in the beginning to Grant, and Miss Emma, he says it was because no one ever told him that they loved him so he wasn’t sure how to do the same. He confesses that he cries a night because he is scared, and because Grant has been so good to him.
Throughout The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini , Amir is tortured by guilt. He constantly thinks about his actions and is bothered by them, but doesn’t seem to know how to resolve the situation, until Rahim Khan gives him a way. The theme guilt to redemption functions throughout The Kite Runner in a few ways including someone problem becoming another persons obstacle, showing the path guilt leads one throughout one’s life, and opportunity to not feel guilt and to help someone. It was years before Amir learned the truth from Rahim Khan. After the death of Ali, Hassan and Baba, Amir was alone and left to not only sort out his own sins but also those of his father.
Is Willy Lowman A Tragic Hero? A tragic hero is depicted as a character that undergoes a series of unfortunate events but throughout time, achieving a revelation or recognition. However, this is not the case for Willy Lowman. Willy, like many others, longed to achieve the ‘American Dream’ but he was so caught up in this idea that he had slowly been tearing apart not only himself, but his family as well. His youngest son Happy, forever living in the shadows of his older brother, believed every word Willy had spoke about the world.