I agree that Wang Lung is a good man. Despite all the wrong things he had done, he had always acted selflessly, all in his love for his family. He had discharged fully his duty as a father and son. Wang Lung showed his fatherly care and concern for Poor Fool in his whole life. The statement, “He cares for Poor Fool his whole life even though everybody thinks she is worthless and retarded”, shows us that he loved his children very much.
Although most war novels are filled with patriotism and honor, Remarque’s instead focuses on the brutality and senselessness of war. The main character, Paul Baumer, serves in the German Army during WWI. The novel shows his struggles throughout the war and it seems that Baumer resembles Remarque and his own struggles of war. In the novel, Baumer and his comrades endure a full scale war. The novel shoes the misery of war and the everlasting effects it has on the soldiers; even Baumer cannot escape those circumstances.
For example, at Baba’s funeral, Amir was greeted with many reminders of Baba’s acts of kindness, “…helped me build the house in Taimani…”, “…no one else to turn to and he lent me…”, “…found me a job…barely knew me…” (page 174). Although Baba was a man who gave charity, he was much too proud to except it; he was always willing and ready to work for everything that would find a place in his life. This is evident in his response to the offer of food stamps, “I work always. In Afghanistan I work, in America I work. Thank you very much, Mrs. Dobbins, but I don’t like it free money.” (page 130).
George stays with Lennie, I believe, out of a sense of duty and an overwhelming loneliness. George promised Lennie's aunt that he would look after Lennie, and now he has become so used to being with Lennie that he does not know any other way. Lennie, despite the frustration George feels in taking care of him, is George's only friend. From Lennie's perspective, George is the most important person in his life, his guardian and only friend. Every time he does anything that he knows is wrong, his first thought is of George's disapproval.
Khakhiboy Referring to imagery languages and structure explain how effective Dulce et Decorum Est is “Dulce et Decorum Est.” Translates to “sweet and right to die for your country”, or is it a horrific lie that is costing the lives of young, opportunity-filled men in the dreadful period of 1914-1918, the First World War. Wilfred Owen was a soldier who managed to write a poem with gruesome imagery whilst being surrounded by death, destruction and deafening sounds of shells being dropped all around him. However Jessie Pope’s poem “Who’s for the game?” claims it is right to die for your country. Wilfred Owens’ poem illustrates life in the trenches and the horror of a gas attack as well as its consequences on the innocent victim. The structure that he has displayed is the use of rhyme on almost every other line.
The novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy features many examples of symbolism in order to enhance the reader’s understanding of the grim reality within the text: a nameless father and son struggling to survive in a world defaced by an overwhelming catastrophe. The symbols that McCarthy utilises are of natural phenomena that once existed in harmony but now battle for dominance, such as darkness and water representing the opposing ideas of destruction and survival respectively, and fire and ashes representing disparate concepts of hope and death. In contrast to these earthly things, the road that they walk upon, one of the last existing human constructions, features as a symbol of their journey of necessity to survive every passing day. The road that the central characters traverse throughout McCarthy’s text is a motif that represents their journey through the wasteland they once called home. Their destination is the coastline, which is a few months’ walk away; their belief is that it will be their deliverance, as everything depended on reaching the coast.
At this time some poetry was written to encourage men to go and fight, poets like Jessie Pope who wrote war poetry enforced this view although other poets were had a different view of the fighting, such as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. These poems were written about (and at the same time as), World War I, between 1914 and 1918. In these barbaric four years 7 million men died and 17 million men were injured. World war one devastated lives. But citizens back home had no way of knowing what this war was like, especially on the front line.
One reason for this is the article says “His political duties often forced him to be away but, he wrote hundreds of letters sharing news, giving advice, and occasionally scolding.” Meaning, even after his long days of work he still managed to find time for his two daughters. Another reason why I think this was a good article is it says “He longed to be among his children and grandchildren, where I know nothing but love and delight.” I think that this meant that if he didn’t have political duties he needed to fulfill, he would have spent his whole life with his family being happy. One last reason is the article says “He kept track of their replies and once threatened to ‘send the sheriff’ after Ellen because she owed him so many letters.” This meant that
But what he didn’t expected was when all his friends knows about his condition, they volunteered their time to help him when he was falling behind the school, and sometimes even help him with his mum’s daily care. Nelson was grateful for what they did for him, “Sometimes the hardest thing was keeping it a secret and being too proud to ask for help.” and now he is getting on well with his
In “Hotel Rwanda” Paul used his family, friends and the Rwandan militia as social support. Paul’s family and friends gave him emotional support by thanking him for everything he did for them. His family and friends also showed him love and affection, which he used as a motivator. Though the Rwandan militia was not a part of Paul’s emotional support group, the militia did help protect Paul from harm. Ciccarelli and White (3rd edition), also stated that people without social support are more likely to die from illness or injuries than people with social support.