The parenting of Hassan by his Father Ali was strong and supportive which leads to Hassan being a strong willed man. Amir’s friendship with Hassan is the most important thing, to the point he makes a huge sacrifice to conserve their friendship. Hassan gets raped in order to allow Amir to show his prize to Baba and to make Amir happy. Hassan’s strong will and morals show a duty to serve his master traditionally and to reinforce his beliefs and how he was raised by his father, Hassan refuses to betray Amir no matter the situation. Even after Amir wouldn’t play with Hassan after being raped, he still thought highly of Amir.
In other words, Rex cares about his kids and puts in effort to come up with these stories, just to make them happy. When parents truly love their children, they do not intentionally abuse them in any way. Only once throughout the entire memoir, had Rex abused his child and when he did, Jeannette “…expected him to turn and walk away…” (220). Jeannette expects her dad to simply walk away, implying that he has never whipped her before. Of Course the only reason that he did it was to discipline Jeannette, so he had never once took out his anger on his kids, even during his drunk rages; he cared about them
In contrary to Steinbeck, Carver conveys general isolation and misery as a result of this economic hardship. From his short story “Neighbors”, “He knew he should hang up now, but it was good to hear a voice” (Carver 32). “When he returned to the telephone he was half afraid she might be off the line” (Carver 33). “Do you think we could meet somewhere we could talk? Just for a few minutes?” (Carver 33).
I'd say he is hero, the examples you have of why he isn't are perfectly valid, and definitely include them in the essay, but I don't think they dismiss his heroism. He broke at the end and loved Big Brother but this was due to O'Brien's torture and mind control, he always knew this would be the outcome from his diary entries, conversations with Julia and his observations of Jones, Aaronsen and Rutherford at the Chestnut Tree Cafe. Breaking his only promise to Julia, not to betray her, was unavoidable, see his rantings after his visit to room 101, and the brief encounter with Julia when he is released, she betrayed him too, everyone betrays, this is the purpose of room 101, to remove anything you love more than the party and replace it/them with Big Brother. He sneaks around instead of engaging in open revolt because this is the only way any dissent and subversion can take place, the reactions of people during the ten minutes hate, telescreens, hidden microphones, a militarised society and scared/brainwashed spying neighbours giving you up at the first opportunity to save themselves make open revolt instantly futile rather than eventually futile, he took this approach not out of cowardice because it had the potential to subvert the cause of the party more effectively and because it was the only way. His rebellion does further his own desires, but his primary goal is to undermine the goverment, at first he is revolted by Julia, his initial act of sleeping with her was done not out of sexual desire, but out of a desire to rebel against and weaken the government, in his and Julia's opinion doing something for yourself and only yourself WAS the act of rebellion, it was central in their purpose to revolt as it went against the only reason for the party's existance, control and power (see Winston and Julia's conversations in the flat, and O'Brien's explanation of
He even bores into Addie's face, but Cash still does not yell at him and simply mends the holes back. Anse, the father of all the children, does not care much about Cash's work or helpfulness. He at one point even gets in the way of Cash's work and Cash still treats him kindly, "[Anse] goes to the lantern and pulls the propped raincoat until he knocks it down and Cash comes and fixes it back. "You get on to the house," Cash says." Cash then leads his father back to the house and continues to work.
Then there Atticus’s complacence to racism, clearly portrayed in his confession (regarding defending Tom): “I’d hoped to get through life without a case of this kind…” This is not to dismiss Atticus’s fine attributes: He is a good father, treats all (black and white) with respect, and practices patient humility. While these characteristics make him
George does not care about Lennie’s situation and he trust in him as Lennie trust in George. In chapter four, the George says, “A guy needs somebody-to be near him” shows that people need other people to be strong and take better decisions. No matter who is that person and how smart is he or she. George does not care about who Lennie is and he considered Lennie his friend, showing that intelligence is not everything. All Lennie actions show his innocence.
Racism was not a thing of Atticus and he raised his children alone to feel the same way. Atticus took on a case of a black man verses a white man; however, he knew that a black man will not win against a white man if a white man is calling the shots. He knew this well. Nevertheless, Atticus refused to give up soulfully because he strongly believed in all men being created equal. Atticus taught me that equality comes first.
Gatsby becomes corrupted as a result of his surroundings and participates in evil things. In the end, however, he is a good man with a passionate heart, merely broken down by the dark world he lives in. Throughout the novel, Gatsby was often compared to Christ. This is because the way in which he is so passionate for the subjects of his heart. Jay Gatsby is deeply in love with Daisy Buchanan throughout the story and is constantly putting her first.
The father is a round character, he was complicated. He did not have the will power to kill his son. His belief was that his son was the only remaining sign of God’s existence and without his son the man really had nothing to live for. At the end when the father is dying, “he thought he could hold his son in his dead arms” (279) but he couldn’t because he did not have the will power to do so. Throughout the book the father does not have any will power to harm his son and he succeeds in making his son live.