Junior believes it has to do with depression, when he says, “I suppose he is depressed” and “I suppose the whole family is depressed” (40). He realizes that when he says, “we all look for ways to make the pain go away” (107). Some people that suffer from depression lock themselves in either the basement or “run away to get drunk” (150), like his sister and father. According to Junior everyone is depressed in the Rez, that is the reason why so many Indians become alcoholics, to flush away their pain. Junior's father “drinks his pain away” (107).
The theme for The Fall of a City A theme could be defined as a moral lesson found in a story that is implied rather than directly stated, in Alden Nowlan’s the fall of a city the most evident theme is circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct and the choices we make are in our own power. There are two parts to this theme, the first being that circumstances are beyond human control. In the fall of a city the character teddy has an unfortunate circumstance where he is having difficulties living with an aunt and uncle that don’t care for him as much as they should. “They [show] that they [are] fond of him” (Nowlan 132), but sometimes they tend to be cruel. Thus teddy is in an unfortunate circumstance that is beyond his control
For example, Delia is passive, religious and hard working woman, but at the end, she changes her attitude towards her husband because of his mistreatment and unfaithfulness. These conflicts and her husband mischievousness cause the death of her husband by his own plan. In a real life, women experience the same kind of situations. For example, one of my mother’s friends gets married with a man, who drinks all the day and abuses her. She only doing job for both of them.
And still, some may also see the crime as just or unjust, and not everyone will have the same opinion about the matter (8). Socrates then restates his earlier question as to how Euthyphro can still prove that proceeding against his father could be seen as just in the eyes of all the gods (8). Because of these statements, it is much harder to tell if it would be at all possible to prove Euthyphro's side of things. Though it would seem that he is getting closer to proving his own beliefs since it is his job to prosecute the wrong-doer, Socrates still wants him to understand the morals behind his
Observers in the town remark how the once-beautiful Delia has lost her shine because of her abusive husband. A practical joker, Sykes scares Delia fifteen years by using her fear of snakes. Delia has come to the conclusion that she does not need Sykes nor his abuse, particularly considering it is her wages that paid for their home. Sykes is a stereotypical abusive husband. He physically and mentally abuses Delia, takes her income while failing to make his own, and has an affair on the side.
Later on Christine gets married and just when everything seemed to be going good for her she finds out that her husband, Elgin starts cheating on her and this is when she starts hating herself and making up excuses on why he would do something like that to her. Christine is so mad she tells Ray that after fifteen going on sixteen years of marriage, her father thinks he’s in love. She says it as if it is a spoiled fish to her (Dorris 11). Christine expresses to her frustration with her husband “with some twenty two year old bubblehead doper named Arletta. Arletta!” (Dorris 11).
Herodotus once said, “ Men are at the mercy of events and cannot control them.” This statement implies that sometimes things happen and there’s no turning back; due to this some of these decisions can put you in a negative or positive situation. I agree with this quote because your actions determine the outcome of your future. Two plays that expose this are The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Raisin In The Sun by Hansberry. In the Crucible it shows how John Proctor had a decision to make weather to tell the truth or not. Knowing that his choice was going to lead to his death or survival.
In the novel, The Road by Cormac McCarthy there are many different aspects of good and evil, some of which could be misunderstood due to one’s interpretation between the two because of the pressures of society. Specifically asking the questions what distinguishes the two and if human nature plays a role in determining what is the most basic factor “good” or “evil”. The novel suggests there is not really any good and evil however the manner in which the character adapts to the new world can be viewed in either a positive or negative manner. The true distinction between good and evil behavior is how people survived in abandoned civilization and how one encountered its hardships. This is evident in the journey of a father and son, struggling for food, warmth and basic necessities that one needs to live.
Married to John, and has 3 sons. Conflicts she encountered: * Elizabeth and John Proctor are in conflict with one another because John has had an affair with Abigail Williams, a young woman who used to work for them and whom Elizabeth fired due to her involvement with John. * Abigail hates Elizabeth for firing her and taking her away from close proximity to John, which causes her to be one of the wrongly accused people of witchcraft. How did she deal with the conflict? * Elizabeth dealt with her husband’s affair by coming to realize that she may have been partly at fault for her husband's unfaithfulness, because she was not always as warm and loving as she could have been.
Torrance is a recovering alcoholic at the commencement of the novel, but his past is one shrouded in hardship reeking with liquor. Torrance has a young son Danny not yet in grade school and a stable relationship with his wife, Wendy. However, a drunken incident threatens to shatter their lives forever when Torrance enters the house severely intoxicated and breaks Danny’s shoulder while reprimanding him. As the novel progresses, the threat of a relapse with Jack is looming like a dark cloud. The point is that an alcoholic not in recovery should be nowhere near a young child or in any committed relationships until sober.