Society rejects these odd new things. However the man doesn’t give in and change his ideas to fit what society wants and he seems content doing it. This confuses the masses and encourages them to hate him more. Aristotle calls him “the great-souled man” Ayn Rand calls him Howard Roark but they are one and the same. Howard Roark is the novel's personification of the perfect man.
All of these phrases illustrate Nick being unsure, which makes him a non omniscient narrator. Nick knows nothing more than we do in this novel, if not less. We cannot take what Nick says to be literal due to his indecrepancies as a narrator. He is not credible and since there are moments in the novel where Nick cannot be seen as credible, it makes the whole novel questionable because if he lies and alters his perception at certain moment, what’s to say he’s not that way all along. Nick sees Gatsby as a wonderful man who can do no wrong in his eyes.
Percy does many of the things himself. He doesn’t care if people know it was him who won the battle. One thing Percy Jackson said on page 266 was, “It was Annabeth’s idea.” This shows that he is willing to give credit to someone else if they deserve it. Odysseus likes to brag and even though Percy Jackson likes people to know when he does something outstanding, he doesn’t brag about it. Because they do have some differences in their personalities, their journeys turn out different from each other.
Despite Tom’s proper “bringing up”, he is going to help Huck free Jim. Huck is astonished to hear this, and repeats it multiple times (240, 247, 305), even expressing this plainly when he says, “here’s a boy that was respectable and well brung up and had a character to lose and folks at home that had characters . . . yet here he was without any more pride or Tightness or feeling than to stoop to this business and make himself a shame” at which point Huck decides he will try to talk Tom out of it, “I ought to just up and tell him so and
Huck questions why he has not turned in Jim because he wants to be what society depicts as good, but in reality, he does what he knows is right. While Huck is on the raft alone, he begins to question why he helps Jim escape while Miss Watson has done nothing wrong to him. Huck feels terrible but he cannot bring himself to pray that he can do the right thing. “I was trying to make my mouth say the right thing and the clean thing, and go and write to that nigger’s owner and tell where he was; but deep down in me I knowed it was a lie-and He knowed it. You can’t pray a lie-I found that out” (Twain 227).
Amir only has one thing on his mind in the beginning of the novel, he is ambitious for his father's affection and approval. Amir is very different than his father, Baba. For example, he enjoys reading and writing and he is a coward. Baba sees this as a weakness, and since Baba is a strong, brave and confident man he disapproves of his son which leads him to give Amir less affection than he would if the two were more alike. The less affection Baba gives Amir, the more he wants it.“If I hadn't seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I'd never believe he's my son.” This directly shows how ashamed
Additionally, a hero must be able to make decisions benefitting the majority and not just themselves. However, Odysseus is not a hero because he is cowardly, disloyal, and self-centered. One reason that makes Odysseus not a hero is his cowardly actions. A true hero is recognized for their fearlessness and bravery in times of trouble; however, when Odysseus visits the underworld his true emotions are exposed. Seemingly
He recalls that “we don’t have to say anything, that’s how it is between people who are each others’ first memories.” He has not been willing to give Hassan the loyalty he deserves and is involuntarily using this memory to fill the void that his lack of allegiance has left. This idea generates a level of equality between Hassan and himself that is not there in actuality. Consequently, Amir becomes conscious that Hassan truly is his best memory, romanticized or not. The Hazara boy, though still a paradox, is now understood as a defining person in his life. Whether Amir is reminiscing about a missed childhood or lamenting the awful treatment of his brother, he will be constantly affected by him throughout the novel.
Nick does not allow his life to be overtaken by his dreams and goals like Gatsby and the Buchanan’s do, he is also able to determine when he has gone too far and learns from these mistakes and the mistakes of others which helps to become a better man. Both Gatsby and the Buchanan’s are to consumed in their own lives to be a hero to anyone, they do not care who they hurt in order get to the top and reach their goals. A true hero puts the well being of others in front of themselves and they will try to help a friend at almost any cost to themselves. Nick is not only the narrator of The Great Gatsby but he is also the
He is totally unaware of how she feels and is only concerned about his own experience. “Once I tapped him on the arm so I could whisper a comment in his ear. He jumped” (Toth pg.1) Sounds like Aaron forgot he was even at the movies with someone else! Bob, a happy radical, chooses films that will change the world that are positive and uplifting. He is rather thoughtful but almost to the point where he seems to be a moral judge.