Chapters 1-7 Chris McCandless is a very odd person, and a very awkward character that makes the reader think he is crazy for leaving his perfectly fine family and sister behind to go die in the woods somewhere. You can tell he wasn’t the brightest color in the crayon box by the people he associated himself with as well. Crazy Ernie, for example, is a prime character to look to for a reflection of McCandless in. Chris worked for him to make some money but when he realized Ernie had no intention of paying him, he left. This doesn’t say that he was a materialistic person, just a reasonable man that chose to do what any other normal person would do, and stole a bike for his work and left.
Because of their lavish life, members of the first estate saw no need for change and were blind to any social problems. They were in such a mentality that if they could better their lives in such a fashion, then there was certainly no need for reform. The second estate was similar in many respects to the first. Those in this estate were noblemen and noblewomen of high breeding and social status. These people were supposed to pay taxes in wartime; however, because they were not used to paying taxes, this rule was rarely enforced.
Some nobles (William Stanley) were unhappy with this reward as they saw it as an empty reward, they wanted land or money instead. Henry VII did not appoint many new nobles or promote many nobles through his time. This meant that if you were promoted in Henry’s reign it was seen as a massive honour. This benefitted Henry economically also as he could take 100% of the money from the land instead of a small percentage that the nobles would have given him. Henry managed to consolidate his throne well by overthrowing his opposition.
Roy saw the endless possibilities of the dump and how it was a “goldmine” in its own way. He wasn’t pulled toward the glamour of gold mining and even though dump prospecting isnt the best job in the world, he took it because he was good at it and could make a living. He is a very resourceful and that is a good quality when your searching for stuff in the dump and restoring it so it can be sold. Roy helped Norman out imensely throughout the story, as he said when people come to Yellowknife “some make it, some don’t”. Even though Norman was no friend of his, Roy made sure Norman made it our here.
With not much knowledge or money Dick refuses not to be a “Spectable” gent as he would say. Dick was a respectable young man to anyone who knew him, his other fellow street urchins did not have the morals he accommodated. Dick refused to steal because he looked at it as mean and many older, wealthier gentlemen started to realize that and took a liking to him. One of these men was Mr. Greyson a wealthy man who worked on Fulton Street gave Dick 25 cent for a shoe shine because he was in a rush and told him to bring the change to his work later on. Greyson at first was hesitant, but when Dick brought his correct change back he knew there something special about him.
So liberty is constrained to maintain social order as opposed to freedom being epitomized in people as utility maximizers according to liberals. Therefore social order in put in place to provide certainty in an uncertain world. The second strand of imperfection according to Conservativism is moral as immoral or criminal behavior is deep-rooted in the individual. There is a ‘power after power’ conception according to Hobbes with human beings drive consisting of physical prosperity, power and avoidance of deprivation and doing anything they can to maintain or maximize these basic appetites so people cannot be trusted and crime is based on the consequence of human instincts. So it leads to the idea of people behaving in a civilized way if they are deterred by a firm government putting a tough criminal justice system so there is an invisible amalgamation of law and order with the role of law preserving order and morality.
There are many accidents that can happen only in the military like firearm accidents. Such accidents are important social issues. The morale of the troops is low for lack of vacations. Although a vacation is the only happiness for servicemen, they have few chances to vacation in society. Senior servicemen abuse new soldiers with physical or verbal violence in order to control them.
Jack Welch is an example of the kind of person to blame. As CEO of General Electric, he laid off workers and profited greatly from doing so. He became famous for his large income, but the media did not show the sad stories of the workers he fired to reach his success. The government is criticized as well. Presidential candidates do not talk about the issues regarding of bad treatment of workers, but instead talk only about topics of creating jobs, benefits, and minimum wages.
Even before the point of Duncan’s downfall, we see that Duncan is a good man but an incompetent king. Duncan is a kind man because he openly and graciously greets his nobles with praise. However, he is a poor leader because he did not fight along with his soldiers. Some might say that this is justified because Duncan is an old man, others may see this as a reason why Duncan should not serve a period of time as King. He is too trusting in his nobles which costs Duncan his life and country.
194) His friends would not listen to Colby's argument that, "Going too far was something everybody did sometimes." (Barthelme, 1973, pg. 193) We never do find out what Colby had done, but we do know that whatever it was, it made his friends very angry with him. Since Colby was never arrested for any crime, we can infer that what he did was not a serious crime. This is why Colby's friends' reaction to his actions seems very unusual.