With his good intentions and smart thoughts, it made the other biguns feel inferior. As Piggy tried to state ways that could organize their ‘society’, the others would just tell him to be quiet. As the others would bully him, he’d always rely on Ralph to back him up which didn’t happen all the time. His character wasn’t very fit for survival on a deserted island, which made him complain more than the other boys did. As he followed the others up the mountain to the fire, he would continuously complain about his asthma and how he was tired.
His leadership skills are seen by Ralph even though he isn't as old as Ralph and Jack. He is the first person to realise that "the beastie" is not a physical being/animal trying to make all the boys on the island suffer and have a miserable time. Simon shows his courage by his eagerness to make yet another journey to discover the beast's true self. It is necessary for him to become isolated in order to see things more clearly. Along with Piggy, unfortunately, he becomes a symbol of sacrifice when the boys tear him to pieces.
Due to the fact that Lycurgus did not provide enough food the boys were allowed to relieve their hunger by stealing their food (Document B). Therefore since the Spartans were constantly worried about invaders and their inside helot problem, teaching the boys to be resourceful if hungry while in battle was a useful skill, and being sly minimized the helot
Cristian Fernandez English 4 Period 3 December 2, 2011 Though Dorian could have made different choices and become his own man, Lord Henry had a big part in his downfall. Lord Henry set the spark to the fire and did whatever he had too to keep it burning. To the point were the fire had a mind of its own, so corrupted that there was no possible way to stop it. Lord Henry is at fault for Dorian's downfall especially through the examples he gave such as, how to live life, justifying the mistreatment of others, and lastly, Lord Henry kept filling Dorian’s head with these ideas to the point where it became his very own destruction. One of Lord Henry’s favorite phrases, “Carpe Diem,” is what influenced Dorian the most.
Critical Essay English 30-1 The Road- editied draft A person truly does not know how strong one is until they are faced with such disaster and misfortune, and being strong becomes the only option. In Cormac McCarthys The Road, a man and his son experience a world apocalypse and the hardships that follows. Survival is the only option, as they are greatly impacted by danger and the thieving unknown. The texts main theme suggests how one can overcome such adversity, through elation and persistency. McCarthy shows that by the man staying true to himself and his morals, he is able to overcome immoral opponents that were personified as being selfish, through acts of cannibalism.
I had never thought it possible.’ At that point was when Chlomo and Elie’s relationship changed as Chlomo relies on Elie in order to get through the rough times they had ahead in the camps. Regardless of Elie’s support for his father, Chlomo’s growing reliance on him does force Elie to view his father as a burden from time to time. Elie feels like its his responsibility to look after his father but its weighing him down. Elie is still a young boy and finds it hard to even help himself. ‘If only I was relieved of this responsibility, I could use all my strength to fight for my own survival, to take care only of myself.’ They are all bashed, starved, abused.
This implies the man is improvising, overcoming and adapting to his current situation to get a fire going. He is staying calm, trying to survive and get a fire going. But as luck has it, this cold is too much for his body and he fails at building a fire. Panic is now starting to set in. “This fear quickly became poignant as he realized that is was no longer a mere matter or freezing his fingers and toes...but that it was a matter of life and death with the chances against him” (123).
The ways it is different is: Personal honor was highly prized, the ritual of absolute hospitality for a guests no longer exists, personal vengeance was the norm as opposed to punishment by the State government. The Gods take a personal interest and act upon it. Page 1004 3. (Part A) They expect to be treated well, because hospitality is a culturally expected thing. Part B) he tries to eat his guests, not very nice, or hospitable.
He also knows it may be too late to save him. "It's too late to save your old father, I said to myself..."(pg 105). He felt guilty because he could not help his father, but he knew the only way to survive was to watch out for himself. "Here, every man has to fight for himself and not think of anyone else. Even of his father..."(pg 105).
He needs to teach him to take care of himself before anybody else so he can make it through. “He was just hungry, Papa. He's going to die.” The father has to teach the son to waste no time on unnecessary issues. While teaching the son to take care of himself, the father does not take care of himself but gives all the attention to the son. “The boy doesn’t have anybody to depend upon besides the man.” Later on, the father and son have spent so much time together that they both need each other to live through to the next day.