Antigone’s Attitude Antigone is a very out-going, caring, and stubborn girl. She wants to make the point to Creon that she cared more about her family than life itself by going against the law to bury her brother Polynices, twice. The reason why she buried him the second time didn’t change from the first time, she just added more to it. The main reason was because it was her brother and she wanted to make the point that family is more important to her that listening to the law. Showing that she’s a caring and loyal person when it came to family.
Her intentions may be pure as she wants the best for Phoebe, but it doesn’t deny the fact that she’s also doing that for her own self preservation. Secrets that are kept for one’s own, selfish intention cause pain to other, no matter who they are. A different time secrets caused pain to others was when David comes back after days of being away with a pregnant girl named Rosemary. When Paul’s trying to convince his mother to let him stay home from school he describes her as talking calmly and with red eyes from crying (276). Norah is obviously hurt that David has come back with a pregnant girl as she assumes that Rosemary’s pregnant with David’s child.
She constantly made herself useful towards the other people, and used the talents and gifts that were given to change the meaning of her punishment into her becoming he legend of her Puritan Age. Hester Prynne also is protective person in this novel, because she protects Reverend Dimmesdale's name when she was asked who was the father. As well as Hester Prynne always tried to protect her daughter “Pearl”, so she never told her the what really happened and what the “A” meant for Pearl’s benefit. This showed Hester as a protective mother of her child. Hester Prynne’s core quest in this novel was after she had left prison and punished for the sin she had committed.
Rue, I think is the best ally she could have. She may not be a Career but she still is fast and she accepts that at some point one of them will have to die. An example of this is on page 213 when Katniss goes to destroy the Career’s supplies. Rue gives her a hug as if Katniss was someone she had known for a long time. Katniss hesitates before returning the hug because she does not want to get too attached to her since this will make it harder for her to let her go if she dies.
Clare believes that things have to go her way otherwise it wouldn't work at all. “Clare always had a – a – having way” (p.20) meaning that she always made her way through and got what she wanted which was somehow unlikeable by Irene because she had felt somehow controlled by Clare at times. Clare was also a very selfish person who always looked for what was best for her and nobody else and this was reflected by the way she acted towards her daughter. Clare is often identified as selfish and impulsive. She does not think of others and how they feel as an outcome of her actions because she only cares about herself and on how she can please herself at the moment.
Both women went through horrible tragedies throughout their lives but in the end had the things they both wanted most. Mariam was born a harami, with no chance to be accepted in the world of Afghanistan. Her mother was mean to her, and her father only came to visit once a week and didn’t care much about her, he only cared for his reputation and didn’t want to tarnish his name. In this case from the beginning Mariam didn’t have a great chance to have a successful life but she would have been happy staying with her mother. The decision she made to leave her mother and go to Jalil was one decision that really harmed the course of her life.
Antigone was also willing to change into a better person. She tried to get the idea of her “cursed” family out of her head, and attempted to stand up for her family by burying her brother. Even though her sister, Ismene, refused to help Antigone, Antigone still kept her mind on the goal. “You (Ismene) have made your choice; you can be what you want to be. But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say this crime is holy…” (Prologue.
Essay- Truman show draft March 2013 “Christof claims he has given Truman the chance to ‘lead a normal’ life where he has ‘nothing to fear’. Is this true? If so, why are we, the audience so repelled by what he has done?” The Truman Show is a very controversial movie and leaves people in awe to think that Christof could lock Truman up for 30 years and Truman not know until now. But if it’s thought about some of the things Christof does are in caring nature but others aren’t as caring. Christof is very protective of Truman but Christof violates Truman’s privacy.
Since the day Amir is born, he feels that his father dislikes him. While his mother gave birth, Amir continually felt as though he had to fix the ruining of his father’s life of love with Sofia. After all, they did not have much similarity, leading to a problem; Amir really had nothing to do that could affect Baba since they have nothing similar. Baba was more energetic, confident, and big on taking risks whereas Amir is not. The differences between the father and son are so abundant that Baba emphasizes, “If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I’d not believe he’s my son” (Hossieni 25).
Yet another example is that Hester Prynne became a stronger woman. Guilt is ugly and it can also paralyze you into doing and learning nothing. It can allow the damage or punishment to continue. Hester Prynne was evidence that she overcame her guilt and made it positive not only for herself but also for her daughter. Lessons learned are never easy.