As see on Page 82: “You didn’t ought to have let that fire out. You said you keep the smoke going” “This from Piggy and wails of agreement from some of the hunters, drove Jack to violence.” Golding uses these words to show how for Jack’s ignorant mistakes, he becomes violent which corresponds to his evil and connects to the theme: ignorance is the root and stem of all evil. More ignorance is revealed from the characters in the Lord of the Flies when Simon is
George stated at the beginning that Lennie always gets into troubles. “You do bad things and I go to get you out,” (Steinbeck, 11). When Lennie held Curley's wife tighter and tighter we all knew whats going to happen because first he killed a mouse and he thought he will not do the same thing with a puppy. John Steinbeck used his creativity use of foreshadowing to make the book more enjoyable to read. Lennie seems to be very strong, but in reality he is the weakest character in the novel “Of Mice And Men”, because of the lack of his mentality ability and the missing characteristic to think for himself and make his own decisions.
George may do things to Lennie which Lennie finds "mean", like alaways taking away dead mice from him, but unlike Lennie, the reader can understand why he does this. If the mouse's body was infected, then it would do damage to Lennie as the mouse "ain't fresh". This clearly shows that George cares about Lennie. George also cares about Lennie physically and can't stand to see him hurt, as he tell Lennie to "get him [Curley]" when Curley is attacking him, and also immediatly defends Lennie when Curley verbally attacks him - "Lennie didn't do nothing to him". All of this shows that George is a caring person who is loyal to Lennie and can't stand to see him bullied or hurt.
Many people believe that because of cats’ independent nature, they should be allowed to roam free. This allows them to satisfy their hunting instincts and to function within cat society, one that has its own rules and structure. Some people assert that free-roaming cats are happier cats, living a life closer to that intended by Nature. This is all true, but it is not compatible with modern life in suburban North America. Roaming cats are susceptible to attack by other animals, to trapping by angry neighbours, and most of all, to traffic accidents.
That is insane, and alcohol is the reason? No, there is no such thing as murdering a cat that you love and kill for no reason. He then goes on to express his feelings that he hung it because he “had knew that It had loved” him and “ felt it had given no reason of offence” and hung it because he knew that in doing so he was committing a sin. If you know right from wrong there are no ifs and or buts, therefore this guy is not in his right mind whether its due to his alcoholism or not. The black cat is a good example of how insanity leads to destruction and illustrates very
However, my grandma and Reverend Hale have a major flaw; they are vulnerable and easily manipulated. Reverend Hale's zeal and pride for discovering witchcraft in Salem allows others, particularly Abigail and Betty Parris, to manipulate him. Although Hale remains determined not to declare witchcraft unless he can prove it, the expectations of the people of Salem, for example Giles Corey and John Proctor, sweep him up. The two following quotes show how Hale's pride and zeal allow him to get carried away. John Proctor says," I've heard you be a sensible man, Mr. Hale.
In O’Brien’s ‘How To Tell A True War Story’, the story he tells us about Rat Kiley shooting the baby water buffalo both disturbs and intrigues. The act itself is without a doubt horrific, but it does not elicit a response of disgust. The question itself remains however, why did he shoot the buffalo in the first place? Rat’s actions were not random, pointless cruelty, but are in fact indicative of a much deeper, more complex emotional state. We must eliminate several more obvious answers first, but we can find that Rat Kiley is trying to reconcile what he is feeling with the situation he finds himself in.
Crooks begins to antagonise Lennie, saying things such as, “Le’s say he wants to come back but he can’t. S’pose he gets killed or hurt so he can’t come back.” and, “ jus’ s’pose he don’t come back. What’ll you do then?” In the beginning these thoughts just confused Lennie, which highly amused Crooks. However, when Crooks continued to antagonise Lennie, Lennie became angry with Crooks. We see this when the author uses “he demanded” instead of, “he said”.
Clearly in Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck is trying to explain how important the trait of loyalty is in life, but sometimes being loyal forces you to do things that you do not want to do or may never have done. The ultimate loyalty is killing your friend peacefully to protect him from a worse outcome. Of Mice and Men has so much disappointment for the characters yet loyalty prevails. The story is similar to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby in which the main character is constantly pursuing the American dream and believes in loyalty but in the end does not get it. The end result for both characters is the same, as they both lose in the end but were both driven by their
They believe that non lethal control is sufficient enough to deal with the rising coyote issue. Non lethal control consists of educating people about what to do, and what not to do to avoid attracting coyotes. They believe simple precautions such as fencing, feeding pets indoors(never leave dog food outside), neighborhood sanitation, etc can help decrease the chances of coyote attacks. According to Laura Simon, director of humane society “lethal approach is misguided, knee-jerk, especially if alternatives such as keeping pet food indoors,spraying coyotes with hoses shooting them with rubber bullets and paintballs could be more effective”(Barboza par.10). She sees lethal as excessive and believes that other steps(non lethal) are beneficiary.