Shelby Gagneau Mrs. Brammer AP English 10-8-14 Choice #4 In the novel “A Separate Peace”, there were many examples of betrayal between characters. One of the most influential acts of betrayal throughout the novel was when Gene jounced the limb, causing Finny to fall, eventually ruining his career in sports forever. In Finny and Gene’s friendship there is so much betrayal between the two of them. It shows exactly how Gene and Finny really are as individuals, too. The setting, being during World War II, also plays a roll in how the characters think and react.
In the book a Separate peace, rivalry negatively changes relationships throughout the characters actions. There are many characters in this book that face jealousy, rivalry and betrayal throughout the novel. The major character that faces jealousy is Gene; he got jealous of Finny throughout the novel which ends bad. Throughout the book Genes jealousy of Finny, results in death. First of all Gene’s first sight of jealousy of Finny was when he realized that Finny got away with everything he did.
Gene recalls Leper saying, “‘Like a savage underneath. Like,’ now there was the blind confusion in his eyes again, a wild slyness around his mouth, ‘like that time you knocked Finny out of the tree,”’ (145). Leper knows Gene’s deepest, darkest secret that, if it got back to the boys at Devon, could ruin his life there, and throw Gene into bitter isolation. Similar to jouncing Finny off the limb, this is an accident. It was a reflex, a “survival of the fittest” reaction that Gene did out of anger, fear, and confusion.
During Finny’s funeral he says to himself, “I did not cry then or ever about Finny. I did not cry even when I stood watching him being lowered into his family’s strait-laced burial ground outside of Boston. I could not escape a feeling that this was my own funeral, and you do not cry in that case” (194). Gene knows that Finny’s death was when he breaks his leg, and he now has to accept the fact that he was the one who caused that’s so he would was the
If the creations are indeed “more human, than human” what defines our humanity? The replicants are portrayed as the violent antagonist only once compared to the humans (Tyrell) do they become admirable. While the death of Tyrell confronts the audience the close up on Roy's face shows the agony he is in. He doesn’t enjoy the killing but believes that his father must pay for his sins, pay for all the pain he has cause to him and his friends. Such violence is really only the cause of Roy’s pain, his emotions controlling his actions conflicts with our prejudice.
This is one of the reasons for his mental break down. Holden sees the world as corrupt and wants to protect the children’s innocence. Holden cannot find a place for himself in the world. All of this leads to his downfall, consisting of his parents abandoning him, him not fitting in, and nobody wanting to be around him. A symbol from this novel is Holden’s red hunting hat.
Chillingworth, after slowly discovering that Dimmesdale was the one who committed adultery with Hester, had started an ever growing desire to have revenge on Dimmesdale. This corrupted him and turned him into a hideous person who's only purpose in life was to bring down Dimmsdale. Once Dimmesdale passed away, Chillingworth died shortly there after since he had no purpose for his life anymore. Dimmesdale, having had sinned with Hester, had condemned Hester with the Scarlet Letter which erupted tremendous guilt within his mind. This guilt weakened Dimmesdale and eventually lead to his death.
The lack of communication and acceptance is a key concept throughout the movie. A major part of the film is when Frank (Steve Carrel) try’s an attempt at suicide fails; he then becomes a major part of the dysfunctional Hoover family. Franks situation conveys very deep emotions such as individuality, anger and sadness which ultimately led him to believe he didn’t belong in the world and believed that isolating himself from the world would fix his
He was constantly trying to escape from his problems and the deaths that were his fault. Victor was trying to escape from the :monster” he created, however it just drew the creature closer to him. The creature was the instrument in the deaths of all of Victor’s loved ones- William, Justine, Henry and Elizabeth. Victor was so consumed with escaping from the monster that even on his wedding night he was less concerned with Elizabeth, leading to her death. As the deaths continued and the monster’s vengeance inclined, Victor became increasingly enthralled in his problems and seemingly ignored others’.
Death does Miraculous Things to Family Disgrace, dishonesty, nobility, and allegiance create chaos within oneself only to obliterate those around them. In the play Antigone, by Sophocles, Creon’s mentality creates chaos to those who are out of breath and those who can still laboriously gasp for air. He attempts to modify the way things are and done in order to feel superior and intellectual around others. He doesn’t want to bury Antigone’s brother Polynices, because Creon thinks that he doesn’t deserve to live and creates a feud with his son because of Antigone’s punishment, therefore causing tension with his wife Eurydice. Creon causes a chain of deaths with Antigone, Haemon and Eurydice with the decisions he makes towards Antigone.