At the time the humans didn’t respect us. They didn’t believe that we were capable of anything. We were mistreated and forgotten about. Napoleon used that as his chance to take power. And you all know he has went too far.
The cost of power and success had taken Okonkwo’s triumph and all he had worked so hard for with his own bare hands to with what he first had started with, which was nothing. Okonkwo, the main character of the story, a man who all he wished for was to make a name for himself. His father Unoka had disgraced Okonkwo by not being able to already given him a respectable reputation. Throughout Things Fall Apart the character of Okonkwo is based on him only wanting to obtain power and success. This meant that he had to be the opposite of what his father was; he couldn’t bare even being a hair alike.
He had no similar interests with them and their lifestyle was one that he didn’t like or want to be a part of. He wanted to be as far from the person they wanted him to be as possible, someone with a fancy education and flashy lifestyle. He also did not want to be dependent on his family members, wanting to be as independent as possible. In addition, Chris’s family unit is extremely unstable. He grew up with parents who constantly fought, resulting in him as an adult having no concept of what a necessity a family is.
With no proof of what Billy Bishop did, he and many others believe he deserves the recognition that he got. He does not deserve the medals that were given to him because of the very little evidence that exists to support his case. Billy Bishop is not a true hero and should never be considered one because he’s not trust worthy, there’s no proof, and the mission itself wasn’t possible. Humans have no reason to even take Billy seriously because of his history as a human and the wrong deeds he’s done. He simply is not trust worthy, and there is plenty of evidence to prove that he is.
This explanation I find, is lacking in evident in the literature. He is remove from his throne because of his persistent nature and a promise he made to his subject to stop at nothing to find Laius's murderer, and to in keeping that promise. Oedipus as a king could have gone back to his words once he discovered the horrible truth, he however never did. His subject(the Chorus) gave him chances to do so: “I would be mad, / a reckless fool / to turn away my king.” (ll. 693-695) He cast himself out, not his subject nor the gods.
For example; I wouldn’t consider my brother to be a leader because he lacks the inclusiveness aspect. He is very narrow minded and ignorant. He fails to listen to other because he automatically assumes to be right and he is not opened to other people’s perspectives. However, he is a very purposeful. He has a lot of goals for himself and envisions changes for the community that we live in.
But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.” Violence only causes bitterness and hatred, I believe our society cannot survive this. I have never been one to use violence to get my point across it seems useless and morally wrong to me. Violence gets you nowhere. I do know some people that that is their only way to deal with problems and that seems to get them nothing positive. I believe King is right when he states “An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind”.
As the people would not have known how they were to achieve there aims or believed in them enough to pursue them. The beliefs of many people involved in the revolution were key a contribution to the failure of the 1905 revolution. There was no alliance between peasants, workers and liberals and therefore lacked unity, they had no common aims so it was difficult for them to fight there causes as they all contradicted one another. (Figes- the movements “had all followed their separate rhythms and failed to combine politically.”. The fact that the Tsar stood up to resistance and had strong beliefs was also a reason that the revolution failed, he was persistent in that he would not allow it.
Since his father Unoka was not a hard working man and did not live a productive life, Okonkwo had nothing to learn or inherit from him. Instead, he had to work very hard himself to get to the position he was in. He had only one fear and that was “to resemble his father” (17, ch.2). His obsession with success, which is one of his tragic flaws, stops him from seeing what is really going around and from having a better outcome. Many times, tragic flaws cause the tragic heroes to die or face downfall and Okonkwo’s case was not any different.
Al Gore’s effort to save the climate was a failure, yet his pride refused to give in. Al Gore disrespected many other political figures and caused disgust throughout America. Many people expressed their disgust towards Gore throughout media. Al Gore’s loss in the presidential election resulted directly from his arrogance and refusal to admit failure. The feeling of superiority in an overbearing manner infected many famous figures throughout history.