Odysseus cared for his crew but realized if he told them the truth, he would never get home. The oracle said if he took one way home he would see his family again. In order to choose this route he had to do several tasks to get home. This choice included that he would be the lone survivor of the journey. If he told his crew, everything that the oracle told him, his crew
By Cap keeping his word like this he is proving that he stays true to his core values even in the face of hardship. After Sam’s death almost every stanza has a piece of it where Cap is talking about how he regrets his decision and wishes that he didn’t have to keep it. When Cap goes to say, “The trail was bad, and I felt half mad, but I swore I would not give in” he is saying that although he does regret his promise he will do anything to keep it. When Cap shows time after time that he is willing to keep his word no matter what it just goes to show what a real friend will do to keep a dying mans wish. The narrator stays calm and collected enough to keep the wish of his dead friends final wish of being cremated.
This distracts Santiago from his pursuit to the pyramids where lies his personal legend because he have to decide between the person he loves and the treasure he desires. At first Santiago chooses to stay with Fatima which stops his pursuit of his personal legend, this abruptly stops his development of his true identity and leaves him with an illusion of his identity. Staying with Fatima makes Santiago live his daily life normally which changes nothing about who he presently is. The alchemist is able to convince Santiago to continue his quest by foreshadowing what will happen to Santiago if he did not continue his pursuit of his personal legend. The events that take place afterwards continue to form his identity because his actions dedicates to reaching his purpose in life.
When Siddhartha tells his father that he will go to the Samanas the next day with his permission, his father, “falls silent, and remains silent for so long that the stars in the small window wandered and changed their relative positions” (Hesse, 9). Old traditions and customs were so important that any hint of change causes apprehension to arise. Following these traditions for many was regarded as the safer path, and the path that would keep you out of difficulties. Siddhartha, all of the sudden deciding to change his path was a shock to his father and not something he obviously wanted to support. Throughout his path to enlightenment, Siddhartha sets himself apart from society.
Even Antonio’s father comes to terms with the indigenous side of Antonio’s ancestry when his warring sons desert him in order to roam free. His father defers to his own well-being irrespective of his ancestry, as he does not want to lose his sons. His brothers too feel that they had made a mistake when choosing one side over the over, but they are who they are based on their past decisions. They feel it is too late for them to change. Antonio, too, begins to learn that at a young age that any decision he makes must be one which arises out of his own convictions.
There seems little doubt in Ulysses mind that this voyage would be his last. Nevertheless, why would a man who place such emphasis upon coming home, as Homer’s Odysseus, ever want to venture from it again? According to the values of Hellenistic Greek culture, such an act would be unconventional, which raises the question of how much Tennyson’s own Victorian values impact the Odysseus he chooses to portray. Tennyson’s poem could potential differentiate between Greek and Roman heroic values. However, this is not the case.
You can’t pray a lie-I found that out” (Twain 227). Huck is trying to follow what society views as normal. Although he attempts to pray for it, he knows he cannot because it is not what is right. The reason Huck is unable to pray what he wanted is because, in his heart, he knows it is wrong. He knows that he should not turn in Jim because Jim has done nothing but help Huck in his adventure and has done nothing wrong to Huck.
It is clear that he does not even care for his wife’s health; she is just a mediator between him and his son, who he could pass on the inheritance and his name to. In fact, he told the doctor to make sure his son is born with good health, even if that means sacrificing Carmen’s life. Therefore, the Captain lives in a world where every last breath is counted and Olfelia will live in a world where time is not an issue. So there is a difference between “Earth Time” and “Other World Kingdom Time.” The captain would love to be in Olfelia’s position. The concept of eternal living is clearly important to both these characters.
He was willing to endure the hardships of sailing to find his father Odysseus. Telemachus is taking matters of sailing into his own hands. Having no information about his father found in Pylos, he set sail for Sparta. Telemachus was told to visit swineherd, which led him to his father. Setting sail was bravery for Telemachus, as his second step towards manhood.
Hamlet trusts Horatio to keep this secret and that is exactly what Horatio does, he keeps his word with Hamlet and doesn’t tell a single soul, as he should. Towards the end of the play Hamlet is slowly dying and Horatio says “…I’m more like an ancient Roman than a corrupt modern Dane./Some of this liquor’s still left in the goblet” (Ham 5.2.307-308). Hamlet replies with, “As thou'rt a man,/Give me the cup. Let go! By heaven, I’ll have ’t./O God, Horatio, what a wounded name,/Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me!/If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart/Absent thee from felicity a while,/And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain/To tell my story” (Ham 5.2.308-315).