Somehow caught in a never ending battle of how to survive. For April Raintree, her battle was both hiding and finding her identity- spiritually, emotionally and physically. Even though April Raintree had so many defining moments in her life, the three main factors that shaped her identity was living with the DeRosier’s, the rape, and the death of her sister. When April Raintree was living with the DeRosier’s, they changed her identity drastically. By living with the DeRosier’s April was taught to hate her people, her family, but she also learned to stay strong.
If they were innocent they would live and if they were found to be guilty they would be killed. This crates fear as if people were found to be guilty there was nothing you could do and you will be killed. This fear in the court emphasises the fear that Abigail is giving to the girls as what Abigail is doing can also make people die. Presenting Abigail as a powerful
Every character in the film is exposed to some form of these ‘trials’, random chance events that have the power to destroy lives. Look Both Ways explores the possibility of characters maintaining happiness despite the events that seem to have the ability to destroy any reason to be happy, and ultimately take control of lives. Some such events that might prevent happiness in the film include cancer, fatal accidents and deaths of those close to us, as well as the wider implications and people affected by each of these events, some perhaps not first-hand. However, Look Both Ways is a film which proves that happiness is not based on the difficulty of life trials, but on the strength of the human spirit that ultimately dictates the possibility of happiness. This is shown through some of the key characters in the film: Meryl, Nick and Julia.
They were all trying to find their balance through the response of mental toughness. However, as athletes their ability to focus, rebound from failure, cope with pressure, and persist in the face of adversity positioned each of them on different individual levels during their journey. Dottie Hinson displayed the characteristics of the “fear of success” athlete. She wanted to quit the team and sport numerous times because of external factors. She became extremely uncomfortable with the tensions between her sister, the thought of her husband in combat at war, and the expectations of the team.
3. Could we or couldn’t we use these laws today. 1. If anyone ensnare another, putting a ban upon him, but if he cannot prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to death. American Translation– This law means if you blame someone for a crime you have to arrest them, if you can’t prove they committed the crime, you will be executed.
She may have felt guilty as she thought the norms would find out that she killed the man and then they would kill her. David and Petra are the ringleaders in the escape. “If we were to survive, we must keep our true self hidden…” When Petra was drowning, David and Rosalind heard her cries through their minds, which then made them fear more, as people were being suspicious as no-one else heard her. Then they had to fear Petra, as they realized her powers were much too strong for her and she was too young to fully understand it.
Lastly, the Charles Manmosn case was a situation of injustice because it make other criminals think that they can get away with doing wrong things without getting proper punishment. The phrase monkey see monkey do comes into play her. This case definitely proposes adomino effect that could hender our future to a dangerous demise. To some up the aforementioned points, the case of Charles Manson was a situation of injustice. It was injustice beacause it was a horrible event, he didn’t get what he deserved, and it allows others to get away with the idea of doing wrong without being fully punished.
The greatest factor that probably decides whether a group is a cult or a religious organization is criminal behavior such as murder, rape, abduction, and weapons stockpiling. Other characteristics that differentiate a cult from a religious organization are that cults will retaliate against those who have
Society - people in general living together in organized communities, with laws and traditions controlling the way that they behave towards one another The establishment - the most important and powerful people in a society, who are often thought of as being conservative and wanting to preserve their own power and influence The spiral of brutality – cruel or violent behaviour or actions that continuously become worse 8. The final engraving seeks to portray in a macabre and gruesome way the “reward of cruelty” in the form of Nero’s lifeless body being subjected to public dissection and being denied burial in the hope that it could act as a deterrent to any other would be criminals. A tattoo on the body’s arm identifies Tom Nero as the criminal, the rope around Nero’s neck shows his method of execution as punishment for his criminal act of murder and his face appears contorted in agony portraying pain and suffering caused by asphyxiation from hanging. 9. The 2 skeletons of mutilated bodies in the background seek to portray that other criminals suffered the same after death mutilation as Nero and that what happened to him was not one
George had to do this because the other choices were more terrible. Lennie could be hanged, tortured and beaten by the group of ranch hands that were after him, or maybe worse. Lennie would have been ripped from George s side and been thrown into some despicable mental institution, a danger to himself and a danger to others. After all, if they had escaped that town there would be the next town, the next dead girl, and more people to out run. Perhaps it is best if Lennie s last, simple thoughts were of George telling him of the dream of the land they would have gotten.