These attributes are seen as the keys to happiness and bypassing hard work. He impresses this shallow dream onto his son, Biff. Although Biff is both well liked and attractive, he cannot achieve Willy’s dream and, therefore, becomes disillusioned. This discrepancy between Willy’s dream and reality manifested through Biff enables readers to see its dangerous futility. Although the dream results in Willy’s demise, Biff is able to escape and develop his own dream that is realistically based on true individual happiness instead of superficial qualities.
Soon after, Benjamin helps wounded solders in his own house, he is called a traitor for doing so. Causing Gabriel, to almost loose his life and get hanged. Thomas, who is also Benjamin son, attempts to save Gabriel only causing his own death. He is shot by the Colonel William Tavington, who then orders Benjamin's house to be burned. Benjamin and his two younger sons then gun down over 20 redcoats and rescue Gabriel.
This includes stomping on a homeless guy, fighting a rival gang that was in the middle of raping a woman, stealing a car, and driving out to a country estate to beat the resident and then raping his wife while he was forced to watch. His gang soon tires of his tyrannical leadership, and betrays him, sending him to prison. To get out, he volunteers to go for a radical treatment, which leaves him feeling physically sick whenever he contemplates violence or rape. He is soon released and then it seems as though every single person that he wronged in the first half, gets some form of retribution in the second, usually consisting of beating the crap out of a guy who can't fight back or else he
He is entrusted with carrying the statue of a goddess on his back while he follows around the group of sinful priests. While enraging in lewd activity with a local boy, the group of priests is discovered by a man in search of a stolen donkey who mistakes Lucius’ braying for that of his own animal. The priests flee to a new city where they are well received by one of its chief citizens. They are preparing to dine when his cook realizes that the meat that was to be served was stolen by a dog. The cook, at the suggestion of his wife, prepares to kill Lucius in order to serve his meat
As they grew up Pearl, grew to become rashly abusive which affects the kids later on in life towards how they see each other as kin. Ezra the middle child, inherits a restaurant from his late boss Mrs. Scarlatti, and converts it into a restaurant of his own creation in which he attempts to host many family dinner which he calls The HomeSick Restaurant. After the death of Pearl, Ezra who was closest to her, plans a service for her and then a dinner afterwards in her remembrance. The dinners themselves in nature are seen as a bad omen in the family because everyone always ends up fighting and storming out of the restaurant and
As Huck escapes he leaves behind clues to mislead his father and community, “I took the axe and smashed in the door. I beat it and hacked it considerable a-doing it. I fetched the pig in, and took him back nearly to the table and hacked into his throat with the axe, and laid him down on the ground to bleed...” (33). Huck deceives his entire community, but he does it with good intention in order to escape from his harmful father. The willingness of Huck to conform to violence highlights how badly he wants to escape his community and live freely.
At this point, Pedro Segundo deserts Esteban, telling him he does not want to be around when Trueba inevitably catches his son. Enraged by Pedro Segundo's departure, Trueba begins hunting for Pedro Tercero himself, eventually tracking him down to a small shack near his hacienda. He only succeeds in cutting off three of Pedro's fingers, and is filled with regret for his uncontrollable
Everyone in The Grapes of Wrath was affected by death. The book starts off with the Joads going through hard times. Tom Joad being in jail, the massive drought and the family losing their land were just a few of many hard times for them. The book is set up for tragedies. Starting with Tom Joad telling a truck driver about how he has gotten parole after killing a man.
Rikki never gives Nag the chance and attacks him immediately. Nagaina finds out firsthand on how forceful a mongoose can be. Word travelled fast through the neighborhood from animal to animal that Nag had been killed. “Nag is dead-is dead-is dead!” sang Darzee(19). Nagiana is convinced she must avenge her husband’s death by following through with the plan to kill the family.
Theseus decides against executing the knights and instead imprisons them with no hope of ransom. One morning several years later, Palamon sees the beautiful Emilie wandering about in her garden and cries out in pain. Arcite peers from the tower window and, upon seeing the fair Emilie, proclaims his own love for her. Because both knights claim their love for Emilie, their friendship gives way to hostility. About this time, a friend to both Theseus and Arcite arrives in Athens and secures Arcite's release on the condition that he