In "Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby," Donald Barthelme tries to show how inhumane man can be by telling an absurd story of a man named Colby who, "had gone too far." (Barthelme, 1973, pg. 19) In the story, Colby's so-called friends decided that they must hang Colby because of his going too far. Barthelme uses this story to illustrate how people can sometimes let their emotions get in the way of their good judgment. Colby's friends had been warning him for some time that they did not like the way Colby had been behaving.
Unfortunately this was not really possible in the 1930s, as people were prejudiced against the mentally handicapped, such as Lennie, and the Wall Street Crash, followed by the Great Depression, meant that the characters could suddenly end up unemployed and starving. George had two dreams, one was the stereotypical American Dream: to have his own farm with Lennie (and Candy) and ‘live off the fatta the lan’,’ without a boss to answer to. His other fantasy is of life without Lennie, who often caused him trouble and constantly needed looking after, ’I never get no peace.’ Without Lennie, George could be like any other worker, only looking out for himself and not caring as much about the way he leads his life. However, George needed Lennie for companionship to help make their joint dream vivid and keep them going. This also links to the theme of loneliness and companionship, and shows how two men travelling together was a rare situation.
They had no idea what they were going up against; many peons were worried for their lives. Leiningen stood up and announced to his peons “If you do not want to help me with this battle, you know where the door is, your last paycheck will be sent to you.” Some workers left but many stayed. Leiningen said “If you put your mind to it, your brain is capable of doing anything; we have a battle to fight people.” Over the next twenty-four hours the peons and Leiningen set up a complicated net system. The system made it nearly impossible for anything to get on the Llama farm. The net system had a trench system that held the nets up and electric fences that connected to towers where skilled archer peons where ready to engage.
A Revolution Against Comfort In Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We the civilized people of earth all live under the One State with one ruler, the Benefactor. The people take comfort in their lack of freedom; they follow a strict schedule for everything (including sex and sleeping), they all vote the same every year, and they dread the hour of the day designated for personal use. The main character, D-503, enjoys his lack of freedom as everyone in the society does, until he meets I-330, a revolutionary. She presents him with a new idea of personal freedoms and free thought which he does not agree with because it attacks the ideas that keep his life so comfortable and safe. D-503 has the same reaction to this idea that many of the citizens would most likely have, which is a dread of anything that might sacrifice their comfort and safety, even with the possible gain of a truly free existence.
He did not look up to him when that happened. Cologero did not think the beating was entirely wrong but he did not think that going to the extent that they went to was necessary. I could tell by the look on his face after it had happened. If I were put into this situation, I would have done the same thing as Cologero. There is not much I can do, except stand there and watch.
Through Steinbeck’s literary techniques he explains the causes of Lennie’s death through the theme, characterization and foreshadowing. Although Steinbeck was able to leave his readers with many thoughts to think about from the story, one of the themes that clearly show the cause of Lennie’s death is sacrificing. Even though by killing Lennie, George lifts a heavy burden off his chest for he no longer has to take care of Lennie and deal with all the troubles Lennie keep on making for him. However, George has to sacrifice his friendship and love because by shooting Lennie he loses a friend whom had always been keeping him company and shares a dream with him, to have their own farm where they would share and live together. Other than that, it was not easy for George to shoot Lennie but he had to do it because if he didn’t he knew that Curley would and in a more painful way.
I felt Kane’s argument was a bit ineffective since he kept focusing more on Jim Getty (his competition) thus making him look like a bad person. It seemed as if Boss Jim Getty had committed some crime, however Kane did not explain what he had done wrong. I do feel that he made those who were classified in the lower-class happy that someone wanted to do something to help them. However, Kane forgot to mention what his promise to help this class of people would entitle. I believe that without mentioning what you would like to do in order to help people out you leave the audience doubting if your promise will live up to it.
Parents can let their children play outside unsupervised and not have to worry about cars passing by at high speeds. All of these features help maintain a safe environment for the people that live there. People that live in small towns are more laid back and down to earth. The peace and quiet that comes from living there helps people feel much more relaxed; they are able to connect with the nature that surrounds them. Because these people are not usually in a rush to get to places, they have a more relaxed way of viewing their surroundings.
He’ll always doubt her, for ever. So far, Iago has given us the idea that he acts only in the rush of revenge and so, that he doesn’t really think through his ideas. The audience doesn’t know if he really has a plan, structured plan but we realise that he thought everything through and that he has quite a sick mind… It seams like he thought exactly what to say and how to say it before his conversation with Othello. We also realise that he predicts what could and could not happen and all his thoughts are resumed to his plan and it’s not totally right to call him “evil” because he’s actually using the truth “And what’s he then that says I play the villain? When this advice is free and honest”.
The most common character that carries that trait is of course Willy. Willy shows betrayal from the very beginning, when the author told us about Willys’ affair. By having an affair, Willy not only betrayed Linda but he also betrayed Biff as he lost his trust. The reason why he might betray a lot is because he is afraid of betrayal and so in order to overcome it and not feel like he was ever betrayed, he goes and betrays. As mentioned above, Willy reflects Biffs’ failure in business as a reflection of his own dreams of succeeding although he only succeeded for a short while in his life.