Whenever someone treats him cruelly he responds by assuming that their actions are caused by lack of knowledge or mistake. Charlie's increasing intellectual capacity forces him to adopt a far more cynical look on those around him. This cynical outlook not only drains his trust to a healthy level but turns into an almost paranoid condition. The more subtle change in which the coldness appears is that he becomes condemning of lesser intelligent people, dismissing professors as shams with very narrow fields of knowledge. This development in Charlie's personality is ironic since his ambition in the beginning of the story is to get enough mental prowess to be included in the same community that he distances himself from when he criticizes the average human as being limited and slow.
Morally, Mr. Martin’s plan is not correct but he does it anyways. Mr. Martin then pretends to be a smoker, drinker, and drug abuser in front of Mrs. Barrows to try to deceive her. Although his plan is clever his actions are not morally justified. Because Mr. Martin knows that if he pretends to act as a drug abuser, alcoholic, and smoker in front of Mrs. Barrows, she will go tell on him to their boss. Mr. Martin, however, is aware of the trust his boss has on him and knows that no one would believe her and in return his boss would think she needs psychological help and fire her.
George warned Lennie not to say anything while he was talking to the boss. It’s for Lennies own good which shows that George cares for him. Lennie doesn’t abide what George has told him and therefore speaks while he is talking to the boss. George behaves viciously because he is starting to get irritated due to Lennie because he creates more problems. He is also angry because he doesn’t have enough money to make the dream become reality, therefore he requires a job, but Lennie minimises the opportunity available because of his child-like
Thick with theme “The 548” by John Cheever Mr. Blake is a man with many secrets and few meaningful relationships. Blake loves the feeling of control, so much so that he manipulates his own mind into believing things that make his role in life seem loftier. Blake lacks the ability to empathize which leaves him open to taking advantage of other people’s weaknesses. Miss Dent is mentally unstable and therefore a perfect target for Blake’s misdirected unhappiness and self-loathing. Blake represents evil in “The 548”.
“His life was not confining and the delight he took in this observation could not be explained by its suggestion of escape” (x). This explained that he resented his current life so much that he would pay at all costs in seeking his comfort zone for peace by escaping from the reality. Neddy had an “inexplicable contempt for men who did not hurl themselves into pools” (x) and he swum like a “choppy crawl” (x) made a big contrast with his personality. He despised people who knew the problems but were unwilling to look for the peacefulness in mind by finding themselves breathing space. Compared to his clumsy swim, we can tell even without the full
This action causes him to lose everyone that he loves. He even refuses to listen to the wise words of the blind prophet who tells him, "a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong. The only crime is pride"( Line 35). His arrogance leads him to believe that he is the only one with wisdom and his love for power causes him to choose what will keep him in power over what is right. Arrogance is a vise that people deal with on a daily basis.
Although he’s a stubborn person, he can also be considered a pushover. For example, as Jack bullied Piggy, he just stood by and watched rather than helped him out. Also, as they were trying to hunt for the beast, Ralph got carried away along with the other boys and started acting wildly. When it came to defending his power, Ralph wasn’t able to convince everyone else. As Jack defied him, all he could say was “I’m the chief” or “I have the conch”.
It shows that Nick isn’t cautious and he gets distracted without thinking thoroughly about the consequences. He made an effort to try to leave, but somehow he kept on getting distracted, and couldn’t resist the temptation. “but each time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild, strident argument which pulled me back as if with ropes, into my chair.” (pg. 35) As a narrator Nick has to have a strong mind, he shouldn’t get distracted and he should be independent. A narrator should be wise, and they should stand up for themselves, letting readers notice that they are wise.
He explains that adults are inevitably phonies, and, what’s worse, they can’t see their own phoniness. Phoniness, for Holden, stands as an emblem of everything that’s wrong in the world around him and provides an excuse for him to withdraw into his cynical isolation, a defense mechanism to help him deal with his loneliness. Holden expends much of his energy searching for phoniness in others, yet at the same time, while he is a self-admitted compulsive liar, he never acknowledges his own phoniness. This is not only ironic, but hypocritical, since phoniness is what Holden claims to detest more than anything else in the world. Holden is further hypocritical because while decrying the abhorrent nature of adulthood, he spends much of his energy trying to behave like an adult, as evidenced by his actions such as hiring a prostitute, spending money
And if he shows any cowardice he will be stained and the cowardice will forever follow him. And he will always remain in a cloud of disgrace and ignominy. He must also be known to other men as bold, and energetic. Therefore he will not be perceived as weak or incapable thus commanding respect from those around him. He must also be faithful to his lord or whomever else he serves for without faithfulness he cannot be trusted, and therefore will not be wanted or needed.