In the prelude on his views about God, Ivan tells his brother that he has a strong desire to live. He loves life even though he finds it illogical. Both brothers believe that “… the questions of God’s existence and of immortality…come first and foremost and so they should.” Ivan surprises his brother by telling him, “perhaps I too accept God,” reminding his brother of the saying, “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.” He believes that man is basically a “savage, vicious beast”, and it is illogical of anyone to believe in the idea of a magnificent and noble God. Ivan desires a world in which human intellect can fully comprehend the logic and purpose of life. He uses the analogy of two parallel lines, which according to the mathematician Euclid, can never meet.
He needed to be treated as if he was a part of the community and maintains an ability to make a difference. However, the teachers all shoved him away refusing to hear his heart crying out for love and acceptance. He had no idea who he was as a person nor love to guide him through life. Paul’s father could have made the biggest impact on his suicide. More than anyone, a boy needs his father to approve of him and teach him how to be a man.
Carson had all the odds stacked against him from the ghetto, he was automatically a failure. Nobody expected him to be anything. However, he had a strong will and determination and a mother who cared, and avoided becoming just another statistic and instead he became a world renowned neurosurgeon with families from far and near seeking him to help them in their time of need. When Carson talks to young kids he always tells them, It’s important that you know there are many ways to go, there are opportunities everywhere, be willing to take advantage of them. Nobody was born to be a failure.
Meanwhile, his son has fallen in love with an outsider and refuses to be joined in marriage to anyone but. Never having heard of such blasphemy, the father will not, and plans to never have anything to do with his daughter-in-law to be. After a long time of straining to keep his son out of his mind and avoiding his name, a single letter challenges his beliefs and reminds him that there may be more important things than his pride. Okeke is a very prideful man and very committed to his tribe and it’s traditions. He is without a doubt sure that he has chosen the perfect wife for his son Nnaemeka.
Up until now I have been deceiving myself. My father talked me up so much that I just believed him. But now I’ve changed. Telling my father would make no difference; he was so stuck in this idea of the American Dream even though he’d failed to achieve it. My father always believed the key to success was to be well liked and have a job, I don’t care for these things
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.
After finding his sister he then began the journey of finding his lost son that he had no communication with in a very extended period of time. As they went from place to place they would tally up a new clue but less promising safety of Absolom. I respect the perseverance of Father Kumalo but the amount of selflessness shown by Msimangu . It is truly amazing that someone could stop his life and devote it to something he has no idea about in order to help a complete stranger out. Understanding this logic is very difficult, but also made me believe even stronger in my position.
In Amir’s case, Baba was disappointed not to be graced with the archetypal Afghan son of the 1970’s that was tall, strong, sportive, willing to carry on the family name, but perhaps more importantly being able to stand up in himself. Unfortunately, Baba did not look towards the merits in Amir’s creative talent, labelling him as a boy who he’d ‘never believe he’s my son’. An interesting
By placing his faith in man rather than God, he does not receive "any more comfort" (Everyman 304). The same discouragement greets Everyman after his talks with Cousin and Kindred. After Kindred and Cousin leave him, Everyman realizes that "fair promises men to me make, / but when I have most need they me forsake" (Everyman 370-371). Since man will not help him, he turns to goods. Everyman realizes that the goods he has loved his whole life do nothing but hinder his eternal happiness.
Also, in a way, it is to be believed that Neil saw himself in Todd, because Neil acted towards his father the way Todd acted towards everyone. By trying to help Todd, he thought maybe he could help himself. Neil claims, “the meek might inherit the earth, but they don’t make it into Harvard,” and he’s right, he’s meek, and he never makes it into Harvard. Todd’s worst fear is that his life has no meaning, and therefore, he has no verse to contribute. For example, after the first day of