During the course of the novel of ‘Deadly Unna?’ the readers are exposed to the negativity between the father and his son. This affects Blacky in way that his self-esteem is almost non-existent, and the negativity is prominent throughout the novel. Examples of the neglect shown by his father are that of the time when Bob refers to Blacky as a ‘gutless wonder’, and the journey we take through the story of Blacky’s deteriorating respect for him. The ‘gutless wonder’ incident was a influential part of the novel, as Blacky realises that his Dad isn’t one to take advice of someone he feels is inferior than him, thus saying, ‘My own son, a gutless wonder. A gutless fucking wonder!’ When Blacky explains to his father about the storm, Bob insults him rather than swallow his pride and takes his son’s advice on board.
“This long connection of a family with one spot, as its place of birth and burial, creates a kindred between the human being and the locality, quite independent of any charm in the scenery or moral circumstances that surround him. It is not love, but instinct” (12). This tendency is seen by Hawthorne, attempting to revisit and appreciate his past, as well as in Hester, returning to the cottage she lived her sentencing in on account of her own free will. The speaker continues to say “My doom was on me. It was not the first time, nor the second, that I had gone away,--as it seemed, permanently,--but yet returned, like the bad half-penny; or as if Salem were for me the inevitable centre of the universe” (12).
These comparative experiences of belonging prevail through Raimond Gaita’s memoir Romulus My Father, and Ed Sheeran’s song lyrics The A Team. An individual who fulfills the expectations of the society in which they reside are granted membership to this unity as a result, which therefore enriches their sense of belonging. Gaita explores this notion of acceptance through Romulus and his experiences in gaining the respect of his new community. Being an immigrant, Romulus gains recognition by proving his “worth” through hard work. Gaita uses personification in “his materials…seemed to be in friendship with him” to reinforce the bond that exists between Romulus and his work, therefore highlighting the significance of such connection on the evolvement of his “character”.
In an article by EAM he states that ‘what people believe to be the nature of humans to be is a very personal belief. That belief is shaped by the religion they follow, the culture they grew up in, and by their life experiences’. This writer’s opinion is that people are inherently good and this has developed gradually over time. Another reason for this viewpoint is that we are all created in God’s image and by God to serve him now if that is the case then people would be inherently good, as God is. Determining whether or not people are good or bad also comes from life experiences.
The story focuses on some important elements of life that include love, hate and negligence. Post-war psyche implication has been considered as one of the life’s negative variable that led to a thorough turn away of Henry from his brother Lyman. I observe an important point from this story is about how life cannot be condensed into a single them.
Their way of living should not be respected, but it is true that each of them is somehow struggling with their lives The antagonist and narrator of the story, Jake Barnes, experienced World War I as a soldier. During the war, a number of people were wounded and lost their morality on the battlefields. Jake is one of them who is suffering from the trauma from the war. Jake has an injury from the war and as a result, he is unable to physically make a love to women. This disability left him psychologically and morally lost, and takes his masculinity away from him.
But as we go further we see his character change from a protagonist to an antagonist. He is described as a dirty, ragged, black haired child. From the beginning of the novel and most likely from the beginning of his life, he has suffered pain and rejection. When he is brought to Wuthering Heights by Mr. Earnshaw, he is looked upon as a thing rather than a child. Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it out of doors, without having done anything to deserve rejection; Heathcliff is made to feel like an outsider after Mr. Earnshaw’s death and suffers cruel mistreatment by Hindley.
The cause of this appears to be physical and emotional abuse from his father and lack of caring from his school. All the symbols pointing to a decaying, depressing environment. No sense of belonging shown. The pain and suffering endured by him from ‘the old bastard’ his father. This technique of cursing language is used to portray poor relationship he shared with his father “he gave me one backhander..i felt the blood” and his attitude towards the world he’s living in.
Firstly, Mr. Hunderts decision to remove Martin in the standings causes Martins personal integrity to scar, leaving him in a state of self-loathing and shame. For the remainder of his life, the effects of his loss remained a token of his shame. Secondly, his loss had caused his future success to be in jeopardy, for, his self-esteem, sense of accomplishment; sense of self worth and disappointment from his father had caused a major roadblock in the decision making of his future potential. Thirdly, had the teacher not committed and immoral act, then the student that had been given Martins place in the standings would not have felt the pressure to cheat once, hence losing the competition and later on asking for a rematch. Both
Hamlet recognises that his father has died with sin, but in that occurrence, it is to be inferred that his father had sinned, and so must not have been truly loyal to God despite being directly below God in the natural chain of being. This creates turmoil within Hamlet as he must determine whether the ghost’s “intents wicked or charitable” The ghost comes to Hamlet during the witching hour which infers that there is something “most foul and unnatural” at work, in many ways establishing a theme that pervades the text. Interestingly, it is this theme that causes the questioning of Hamlet’s sanity, thus his loyalty to himself and therefore his duty to his father. The love for his father urges him to seek truth in the ghost’s confessions, whereas his religious and cultural context urge him otherwise. The affirming factor of Hamlet’s faith in his dead fathers words reside in the emotive and sombre tone in which he pleads his case of “murder most foul”, biblical allusion and authorial symbolism are used to show the betrayal of the kings brother as “a serpent stung me”.