This is because of the way Dimmesdale acts after his sins. He has realized what he has done and he tries to purify himself, but goes about it the wrong way. And yes, Dimmesdale lets Hester suffer alone most of her life because he does not confess, but at least he had guilt for it and he suffers in his own way. Chillingworth makes Dimmesdale suffer greatly during his life and he feels fulfilled by that because he is doing what he set out to do, to make him suffer and feel terrible for what he has done. And by masking his identity, he makes Dimmesdale wonder why he would want to do this to him.
I looked for you; I said speaking those words was like chewing on a rock." *Amir was feeling guilty that he was acting as if he didn't see what just happened to Hassan. "A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn't have to live with this lie anymore." *Amir was feeling incredibly guilty
Due to General Zaroff’s savage doings for satisfaction, he seems to have lost his humanity and de-valued human life far more than the Villagers and their customs did. Both characters in these two short stories felt that what they were doing was the right thing. In “The Lottery,” they mention “that over in the north village they're talking of giving up the lottery.”(Jackson, paragraph 32). Old Man Warner calls the north village a “pack of fools” stating that, that is not the way to go. He believes they must carry on this tradition and he never has come to realized how awful it is.
He was seen because the dogs saw him, but was mistaken for their nephew Tom. He pretended to be Tom and found out that they thought he was Tom Sawyer. Huck found Tom and they fooled the Phelps by saying they were brothers. Tom was a bad influence on Huck. Huck believed that since Tom was brought up well and was civilized, he was always right.
In the novel George says ‘Lennie never done it in meanness. All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of em mean”’. This shows How George feels sympathy for Lennie as he always manages to get other people upset at him and always manages to get himself into trouble but Steinbeck is showing the reader though George that he never means to cause trouble and he often held back and get in trouble due to his simplicity and child like mind. Steinbeck uses characters around Lennie to make the reader feel sorry for Lennie. In the novel apart from George, no one else really cares for Lennie.
However, the fact that the adult society sees through his façade reinforces Holden's alienation from his society. In effect, Holden retaliates by rejecting adulthood and continues to criticize its flaws as he indulges in them. He passes judgment quickly on those that he feels are corrupt and calls them "phony." This only further worsens Holden's situation and even further detaches him from society and help. But how did such a vicious cycle of self-destruction start?
One only has to upset the fragile balance of society, and, all of a sudden, the whole gang crosses the line between tension and catastrophe. The good news is that all of these problems can be solved by one simple answer. Life's lessons can help prevent these types of problems from ever happening. In S.E Hinton's book The Outsiders, two groups - the Greasers and Socs, do not learn from their mistakes, and so, fighting breaks loose. Learning from mistakes is simple.
Staples expresses his pain by asserting, “I was surprised, embarrassed, and dismayed all at once. Being perceived as hazardous is a danger to itself (384).” He felt he had to change himself and change his looks so he wouldn’t be perceived as a violent person. Staples expresses that “I now take precautions to make myself less threatening (386).” Staples wanted to distance himself of an ugly projection. To be conformed in this society he has to change who he is. Staples victimizes himself because he couldn’t take it
It is obvious how Gene had reacted to the incident. It could be that he is not happy with who he is and feels guilty because he starts to believe that it was his sub-conscious that had made him shake the branch and cause Finny to fall and he is not satisfied with himself. He would rather be Finny than himself. Gene is depressed and confused with the paths his life was passing through and from the way the narrator protrays himself seems maybe naive and again,
I learned horrible things about him, and started to help him out. It should've made me feel good, but with my anxiety, he just made me so scared. I couldn't lose him, and I was afraid I'd wake up and he'd be gone. Then the unthinkable happened. One of my friends passed away from a brain aneurysm.