Because he was blind to the prophecy, he blinds himself to remember everything he had done. His fate would have been execution, but by punishing himself, he makes other believe that he is punished. In addition to Oedipus avoiding his fate he is a coward in terms of his actions. He tells Creon to exile him far away because he is too afraid to deal with all that has happed. When he says “Drive me out of this country as quickly as may be to a place where no human voice can ever greet me.” (Ln.
This is another point towards poor leadership because there was no clear plan in how they were going to get their terms accepted only what terms they wanted. Another reason the rebellion failed was due to the lack of passion in the rebels. Not everyone knew what they were rebelling for which meant that they wouldn’t fight passionately for what they believed in. There was also a lack of focus because not everyone was fighting for the same cause. Some people were fighting because of the monasteries being dissolved and others were fighting because of rack-renting.
In retaliation of abuse and deception, McCandless fled to find truth. McCandless could have been convicted of holding a grudge, but not selfishness. Nevertheless, when children grow old, there is a mutual urge to leave the flock. Many long to find out what the world has to offer, beyond the harboring arms of overseers. Also, opposing views may argue that, since society relies on people, Chris McCandless’ divorce from social order was selfish.
The character who had the wrong knowledge was Cruz. This is because, Cruz didn’t see the importance in what Coach Carter was making them do. So, he gave up too easily, and in order to get back on the team he had to work for it. The character who had the right aims was Kenyan. Kenyan had gotten his girlfriend Kira pregnant, and he tried to do what was best to step up to the plate of being a father.
He did not want to go so he made up an excuse not to get it removed. “I don’t feel very well…”(59) he said. From that moment on, he was starting to take the camp much more serious, because he was scared. When they first arrived he went with his dad instead of his mom. And by the end of the first night he had
If I were a human resource manager, I would be ashamed and I would feel like I didn't do my job, and that I just ignored a safety issue that was serious. The lawsuit costed the company a lot money and I would be afraid that I would lose my job over the lawsuit. The courts verdict would affect me greatly and I would be ashamed to go back to work. Their was no explanation as to why the safety complaints were never investigated
Ka’s father believed that it if he lived a good life the past would not affect him and that he could live at peace but that was not the case. Even though he looked different he himself would always know about all the evil actions he had committed. By changing his identity he wanted to give himself and his family a fresh start but there was a bigger fear in that he would get catch that led his wife to decide never to bring him to Mass with her again. The victims of the Dew Breaker were so affected by what had happened to them that they lived in fear that he would find them and even after they had found him, they could not find it in their hearts to hurt him. The Dew Breaker committed evil crimes but at the end, it was himself that caused him pain because he could never redo the
“[Monster] changed [his] name while [he] was a prisoner. [His] name was now Sanyika” (363). The only way Sanyika could move on with life was to change his path. He needed to change himself to the man he wanted to be not the man he had grown up to be. He could have easily remained in the gang life but he realized that in staying apart of the gang would result in his death or else he would spend most of his time behind bars.
He is afraid of what the society would think of him just like when he says “no one’d believe me” (page 296). So that is why Bone change his identity because he wants to be a new person. As he says “I’m a new person with a new name” (pg. 107). Bone doesn’t know how to deal with his stepfather or the society so he changed identity.
Upon his release from prison Nick’s first priority would be to prove that he had redeemed himself and became a changed man. A very tough task because most of his family had written him off. It would be a struggle for them to believe that Nick made a complete turn around in his life after doing such terrifying