Dorian develops a fear of aging so he tries to live his life as if it was his last day on earth. He gets carried away and practically addicts to pleasure; his unconventional actions result in him feeling guilty and miserably. The attempts to fix his mistakes prove to make the situation even worse. It isn’t Dorian’s fault that he turns out the way he does –a pleasure seeking and self-conscious maniac, in turn showing the readers that his actions are practical. Basil, a painter, paints a portrait of Dorian which changes for the worse every time Dorian does something selfish.
Mitch knew he was right. Mitch slowly realizes how much of his life he has wasted on meaningless things, and is encouraged by Morrie to free himself of the corrupt culture that he calls his own, and rediscover the meaning of fulfillment. Morrie’s struggle with ALS not only changed his views on the world, but Mitch’s as well. As Morrie learns to cope with his deteriorating life, he becomes sort of a mentor for Mitch, and teaches him to appreciate even the smallest details in life. Morrie slowly starts to feel “as if [he] can see time actually passing through the windowpane.
I hated reading the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It was a very good book but it was so depressing, tragic, and scary. As I read this story, one bad thing happened after another. I did not like the narrator Amir because he was very selfish throughout most of the book and took advantage of a special friendship that him and Hassan shared until Amir didn't want anything else to do with him. As a child, Amir was constantly trying to impress his father, Baba, who looked up to Hassan more than he did Amir.
“Stevens’ fervent belief in the importance of dignity prevents him from experiencing a full and satisfying life.” How important is the theme of dignity to the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro? In Remains of the day there is a reoccurring theme of dignity and it become obvious to the reader that this over welling need to be proud stifles the characters personality but also their life. The question of dignity arrises throughout the two generations in the book; Stevens and his father, this indicates how the repercussions of Mr. William Stevens obsessive nature affects his son, but dignity is also found in the form of proper gentlemen, as well as butlers who allow nothing to distract or faze them from doing their duty. Dignity is described as: ‘the state or quality of being worthy of honour or respect’, the desire to posses this ‘honourably’ reputation becomes evident when Stevens starts to describe a ‘great butler’. He claims that ‘They wear their professionalism as a decent gentleman will wear his suit’ this analogy proves that Stevens’ role as a butler means much more to him than a mere occupation.
To begin, Pip demonstrations his maturation throughout the novel through his frequently changing relationship with his brother-in law, Joe. In the beginning of the novel, Pip greatly admires Joe, considering him his best friend. However, after he receives a benefactor and is introduced to high-class society, he is immediately ashamed of his family and origins, instantaneously becoming greedy and insensitive. Pip’s gluttonous and petty behavior is shown through his reaction to Joe visiting him in London , “I was looking forward to Joe’s coming not with pleasure, though I was bound to him by so many ties; no; with considerable disturbance, Spriet 2 some mortification, and a keen sense of incongruity. If I could have kept him away by paying money, I certainly would have paid money” (Dickens 170).
GREAT EXPECTATIONS FINAL ESSAY Love is one of the main themes in ‘Great Expectations’. How does Pip’s search for love play a role in his becoming of a gentleman? It doesn’t matter what kind of love it is, there is always some around. Pip links the ideals of the role of a lover and of a gentleman and presents both of these functions by including a lot of different characters that confuse him and also change him. We find him in many contrasting situations where he is mystified between the two ideas that he has grown up with and ends up going off into a different direction to the one he was supposed to follow, and somehow he always ends up being alone.
Dickens castigates this class system through the foils of Estella and Biddy, Magwitch’s generosity, and Jaggers’ coolly indifferent ethics. The drastic differences in social status of Biddy and Estella molds them into very different people, with conflicting values and traits. Biddy is compassionate and approachable, Pip “repose[s] complete confidence in no one but Biddy” (95). Biddy, being raised lower class, is shocked at first to discover Pip’s desire to become a gentleman, “Oh I wouldn’t, if I was you!” (128). A working class citizen is no less respectable than a gentleman in Biddy’s eyes, it is the character of the person that truly matters.
This was an awful situation and job to have, the citizens played Mr. Smith and he never fully got what he went there for. The words “kidded” and “abused” leaves the reader with a negative opinion and feeling towards the people in this book at this point. Even through all this pain the customers caused him, Mr. Smith “smiled through it all” (Morrison 8). This shows the reader that Mr. Smith really did love them all, corresponding directly to his suicide note talking about how “[he] loved [them] all” (Morrison 3). After receiving this information, the reader is dazzled, how could he love these people who called him a “nutwagon”?
This is revealed when she says, “But Hindley hated him, and to say the truth I did the same”. This makes it clear that Heathcliff did not give off a good first impression. Furthermore, when discussing Earnshaw, Nelly says, “He took to Heathcliff strangely”. By saying “strangely”, it suggests that Nelly thinks very little of Heathcliff and is surprised that someone should actually like him. She also says that she couldn’t dote on Heathcliff and wonders why Mr Earnshaw admired him so much.
In this quote, Hamlet ponders whether he should live and suffer the hardships of his life or die in order to end suffering. In this quote, it can be inferred that Hamlet thinks that life is synonymous with suffering. The reader can tell that Hamlet is tired of his life and how everyone can keep living their merry lives without the king, his father. The reader can feel this by the negative words that Hamlet says; such as, “suffer,” “troubles,” “outrageous.” The reader can also get this feeling when reading the suffering he sees with life: “"whips and scorn of time, Th'oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of disprized love…”(III, i, 70-74). Also here he is using words that are related negatively too, “whips,” and “scorn.” It seems like during this soliloquy Hamlet tends to lean more toward suicide.