George has experienced a lot of tragedy in his life but has also encountered hope. Firstly, a tragedy that George experiences is that he to kill his best friend, Lennie, by shooting him in the head. As George aimed the gun at Lennie, “[his] hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger” (Steinbeck 106). This affected George because he has to live knowing that he killed his best friend.
As he kills his enemy and the light emerges, the light is shone upon his situation, revealing a tragically ironic twist. His so-called enemy has been revealed to be his brother. We know by the characterization of the story that the sniper is accustomed to death, he’s “used to looking at it”. This reveals a certain dark side of the man, the fact that he is so comfortable taking the lives of others. We see in the murder of the woman in the street that the sniper doesn’t seem to mind her shrieks of terror followed by the grim silence of death.
In “Just lather, that’s all”, the barber has a lot of chance to kill Captain Torres but he didn’t. This is because he thought if he kills him he will also become cruel like Captain Torres. War is a sad stuff so many people were died in the war. Actually,
Jealousy: Connor Rooney was extremely jealous of Sullivan and John Rooney’s close relationship. As a result, Connor’s jealousy led to the murder of Sullivan’s wife and youngest son. Revenge: Mike Sullivan killed John and Connor Rooney. Redemption: In the end it was Sullivan and not his son who killed Harlen Mcguire. “My father’s only fear was that his son would follow the same road.
Her death caused much commotion to all the people who new her; the closer they were to her, the more they suffered. This is why the murder of Cassetti is looked at as justifiable. In Christie’s book many passengers denounced Cassetti, ”If ever a man deserved what he got, Ratchett or Cassetti is the man. I'm rejoiced at his end. Such a man wasn't fit to live!” and "I did so rejoice that that evil man was dead – that he could not any more kill or torture little children.
He grew up to hate the English rulers of Scotland and this was made worse when his father was killed by an English Knight in Ayrshire in 1291. Later that year when he was visiting his uncle in Dundee he got into a fight with an English soldier who was stabbed to death. From that day William became an outlaw and went into hiding. During the next few years William gathered support and lived like a bandit. He was involved in many raids on the English occupiers and he avenged his father’s death by killing the English knight Fenwick.
Perhaps, because she saved one life, the rest would have to fall. Her actions led to terrible suffering for Creon and his family; almost like a curse. Haemon, her fiancé, was so in love with her that he actually fought with his father, the King, for her rights. When he could not do anything about Antigone being buried alive, he stabbed himself out of grief for his love with Antigone and anger towards his father. Because of the son’s death, Creon’s wife, too, killed herself out of grief.
If a soldier hired someone else to fight for him, he was put to death, and a substitute was given control of his estate. The Code of Hammurabi also affected everyday life in Ancient Mesopotamia, Builders were held accountable for their structures. If a home fell on the owner and his family the builder would be put to death. Also all goods destroyed by the collapse would have to be replaced by the builder at his own expense, And the home rebuilt at his expense as well. Certain crimes such as hitting someones older brother or kicking his mother would be condemmed to
Cry the Beloved Country Essay: Stephan Kumalo and James Jarvis each undergo a type of enlightenment after their tragic experiences involving each of their sons. Kumalo's son, Absalom who has been convicted of murder is sentenced to death. Jarvis' son, Arthur is killed by Absalom un-intentionally during a robbery. I believe both have them have suffered great losses, but at the same time has granted them a more open minded conscience to the world around them. I believe that although Absaloms death was indeed a tragedy for Stephan Kumalo and his family, that James Jarvis has changed the most from his experience of his sons death.
All they end up doing though is becoming another casualty, another statistic, dying in a war that had no real reason. The only thing those soldiers ended up doing was proving that war truly is futile. What about the families of those dead soldiers? Are they comforted by the fact that their family members are incredibly brave? No, they are not, all they know is that their son or brother is gone, and the only reason for their loss, is a war which is completely futile, a pointless war which destroyed an entire generation.