Even though the Sky Chief did not show any respect for the nature, when he asked the men to uproot the tree, he still respected the nature and his wife by uprooting the tree just to make her dream come true. Not only the Onondaga tribe showed respect for others, another tribe that respect is very important for them is the Modoc Tribe. On “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” the Modoc tribe shows that their cultural beliefs matter a lot to them. It shows that they are peaceful and have really strong family values. Just like every other
Slim is almost the prince of the ranch that everyone respects and looks up to for inspiration. This gives us an insight of how some ranch workers are treated compared to other, for example when Curley comes to look for his wife he is questioning the itinerant workers, but when he questions slim, he is sarcastic towards Curley by giving a dead out answer. To the readers surprise a reaction hasn’t been given from Curley and he walks off. This indicates how much respect that Slim has. If that was any other worker Curley would have made them know about answering him back.
Immersed in his love of academics, he shunned his family and replaced his role models with teachers. So much was he ashamed of being a Chicano from a poor family that he intentionally hurt his parents as punishment for their amounting to nothing (5). Though Anzaldúa respects and embraces both sides she does have a misleading quote, “ Being Mexican is a state of soul- not one of mind, not of one citizenship. Neither eagle nor serpent, but both” (16). Eagles are supposed to be the good guys of the animal kingdom, strong, majestic and free.
Also, Deerslayer exemplifies this mentality by always doing the morally best things for society as a whole. Deerslayer greatly compares to “a seed scattered by the wayside”, just like the early Americans, contributes as a major catalyst in him transforming into the ideal American Hero. He begins his life living with a religious order called the Monrovians, who taught him his moral values before the corruption of the city. Next, he lives with Indians in nature, which shows him how to act strong and survive in the world giving him toughness. Deerslayer starts out just like the Early Americans lost in nature, though just like the great Rousseauian philosophy that nature is good and similar to the Early Americans Deerslayer goes from a lost soul to finding his niche in society.
The sheep symbolize those who are completely blind to their personal legend like the Baker and the Crystal merchant. The sheep help Santiago realize that sometimes the things he treasures the most do not even matter to him that much. Santiago said, “It was as if some mysterious energy bound his life to that of his sheep”(Coelho 4). Santiago has the sheep as his top problem. He did not want to make the sheep mad or unhappy.
There is not always a perfect interpretation even in times of war, but all things have to be considered in order to preserve justice and the lives of the innocent man. Lincoln, while to not all at the time was considered the “Great Emancipator”, did what was in his mind correct at the time and freed the slaves and preserved a nation in a time that it could have completely fallen apart. Also, that no matter the battles and oppression faced that the justice that Lincoln wanted could and was reached. “ ‘The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat,’ Lincoln continued, ‘for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as a destroyer of liberty, especially as the sheep is a black one’”(McPherson, p. 220). Lincoln was a great liberator of the time and will always be the key liberator in our
While Lennie and George’s dream was to own a ranch, they chose to tolerate the misfortune they were living through, having their ranch-to-be as something to look forward to. Unlike George and Lennie, Crooks and Curley’s wife dreamed of being treated in an approving manner. They both wished to be respected, but they differed in the way they chose to gain such respect. Crooks showed a sense of opposition and hatred to his white fellow ranch workers, however Curley’s wife chose to broadcast herself as much as it took to become noticed by the men. Although few dreams may be unrealistic, one continues to dream for a source of hope and optimism.
Enkidu represents the power of the common man. Raised from the earth and initially tamed by woman’s hands, Enkidu is inherently a gentlemen, he is instinctively chivalrous. Enkidu takes up arms to protect the shepherds who first give him food, and he travels to Uruk to protect the people from their uncontrollable king. Enkidu, with no formal education or extensive power, through sheer primal instinct, was able to achieve reputable status throughout the land for his selflessness. With the major male character of Book I described the emphasis is then placed on the female characters.
( Our stores are in the ship’s hold, food and drink, the cattle are not here for our provision , or we pay dearly for it.) Odysseus is respecting the sun god buy not taking cattle and telling his men not to do so. He is being very loyal to the sun god because he could easily eat the cattle which would be good food that he has not had in a while, but instead he is respecting his god by not eating the cattle and is doing much good by this action. As you can see, Odysseus’s character possesses an epic hero because his character in the poem expresses and shows bravery as well as loyalty, and intelligence. Even though at some parts of the poem, Odysseus does not show these things, he still has shown them at other parts of the story and is considered an epic hero to me.
Pi shows discontent with how people spoke of zoo's being prisons for animals, versus the safe-havens he saw them as. He expresses their thoughts as "..not the way it is" (16). Here one might question that the zoo is a metaphor for religion and animals being humans. Animals have needs to happily survive such as food, water and shelter; humans basic needs for happy survival are hope and some sort of belief. Animals in the wild represent "un-saved souls" and those animals who live within the safety of the zoo represent "saved souls" who are promised love and eternal-care.