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.
This has brought them to the point where they began to seperate because of their disagreements. As the conch become less valuable, they began to act less civilized. They began to act less civilized by not listening to one another and not following the rules that was established when the boys first arrived on the island. Golding reveals the importance of the conch and why is it needed. He shows this by showing how the boys become out of hand and dont listen to one another.
The narrator showed little appreciation for his wife and had no friends. Likewise, in “A Small, Good Thing” the baker lived in an isolated world. He was self-centered and thought only about himself. He was very grumpy and mean. The bakery was his place of desolation because he did not like the interaction with people.
The virtue that he had possessed is now a shadow, obscured from the view of the creature, as he loses his morality from each crime he commits. The hope of goodness and morality he once had brought the creature “happiness and affection,” emotions of moral
Emerson illustrates that although occupations like philanthropists seems like a beneficial thing, he would still sometimes consider it to be “malice and vanity.” (Page 22) Instead of trying to show off our goodness by helping those far away from us, why don’t we just simply do what’s right in concern of ourselves? Men should use virtue as a “penance,” (Page 23) instead of as a tool to gain social recognition. Kindness is the responsibility of every man. We should do it by natural means in order to respect our creators, not to conform. A man can only truly be a man when he follows his own thoughts and personalities, when he/her breaks free from all restrictions and outside judgments.
Voices #2, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14 #2. 1. What Morton admired in the life of Native Americans was their generosity and the fact that unlike Europeans they were not obsessed with acquiring “superfluous commodities.” He condemned them claiming that their religious beliefs amounted to devil-worship. 2. He states they the Indians led a “freer life” than Europeans because they are guided by the light of nature, being void of care which torments the minds of so many Christians: they are not delighted in baubles, but in useful things.
In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Simon epitomizes a christ figure by striving for humane treatment and the natural goodness on the island. Simon features distinct shyness and sensitivity that differs from all the other boys on the island. His humbleness displays throughout the book, “Simon’s effort fell about him in ruins; the laughter beat him cruelly and he shrank away defenseless to his seat.”(89) When his ideas are rejected he options not to fight, yet to forget about the disrespect and accept the status quo. He behaves kindly to the littluns by providing friendship and offers them fruit to eat. This nurses them out of the fear they possess by being trapped on the island without their parents and support.
With the Brave New World society, they used soma as a replacement for both depression and religion. Using soma gave the taker instant gratification and kept everyone in check with the society. No one would question what was happening, nor would they question why they were taking soma - stability at its highest level. In Lord of the Flies, a leader could act as the soma in order to maintain solidity. Unfortunately, there were two leaders and this created indecision among the boys on the island.
Personal relations and bonding have been replaced by this artificial drug. John “the savage”, who has been raised outside of the confinement of the Hatchery, has an extremely different view of things than those raised in the captivity and has a difficult time trying to inform and convince the others of their society’s foibles. There is a lacking of art and creativity that John perceives as fatal to their humanity. This causes great confusion in John’s mind because he doesn’t understand or agree with the principles that the others have been conformed
Okonkwo feels ashamed of his father, Unoka and, fears becoming like him. Unoka was a careless, lazy, poor and gentle man. He was more interested in music and conversation rather than doing work or improving himself. Okonkwo rejects everything that he believes his father stood for. Okonkwo adopts opposite ideals of his father.