In Gibson’s book, “Warrior Dreams,” he describes the aftermath of America after the Vietnam War and finds out those American males have been living a war amongst themselves within their own male identity. As Gibson puts it, he “began to dream, to fantasize about powers and features of another kind of man who could retake and reorder the world” (Gibson 504). For instance, there have been a rise of action movies that involve violence and guns as being the answer to solving problems. Many American men are buying guns because they feel that they need to protect their families with it, only thinking that it makes a bigger man out of themselves, like Albright in Devil in a Blue Dress. Also, games like paintball have been created to simulate battles and wars, and to make the average American male as if he can still feel dominate.
Furthermore, males often see sport as an opportunity to get aggressive physically; as a means to release their anger. Just as character Louie Lastik says, “...may as well hit someone while I’m at it.” Through playing football, the boys not only became more knowledgeable in the sport, but also learnt a variety of values and ethics involving of justice, respect for one’s superiors, and the matter of standing up for one’s beliefs and for the rights of others. In addition, the young men were taught that what counts in life is what is inside a man’s heart, as oppose to his appearance; just as Coach Yoast told Boone: “You’ve taught this city to trust the soul of a man, rather than the look of him.” b) One of the practices that Coach Boone employed to breakdown the racial barriers was the desegregation of the white American males and the African American males. This was shown a couple of times during the film; with examples being Boone merging the two cultures together onto the buses to the camp, as well as having both the white and black males share the lodging facilities. Initially, the adolescents were hateful toward one another, but after being forced to acknowledge one another and training together, the young men eventually became accepting of everyone.
“When you durst do it, then you were a man. And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man” (1.7.49-51). This quote is basically Lady Macbeth encouraging Macbeth by saying “You were a great man before and if you were to do this deed, you would be even more than man.” Also, in this quote it is clear that Lady Macbeth considers strong, inflexible action as a quality of manhood. This value, along with lack of remorse and mercy is a characteristic of Lady Macbeth’s character and it is her main attitude towards manhood during the development of the
The commercials usually focus on one major trait of the character that emphasizes his manliness. This perpetually causes the desirable qualities in a male, and in other words it also establishes the undesirable qualities. In the Old Spice body wash commercials they have different characters that are “manly” in different ways. Terry Cruz is the main character in most of Old Spice’s commercials. He looks the ideal body builder with huge muscles.
Bros Before Hos: The Guy Code” In reading the article “Bros Before Hos: The Guy Code”, Michal Kimmel discussed how today’s society expect guys to behave in the “Guy Code”. There are some men that follow the “Guy Code”, a list of values that men are supposed to behave like men. I do agree on some of the points of how men should behave and there are some points I don’t agree with. In this writing, I would point out the positive aspects. My perspective on how a men should be defined is within his inner self.
Pausanias, who delivers Symposium’s second speech, explains some of the societal norms governing male homoerotic affairs. The rules by which an older man and his boyfriend ( usually a young man who has probably not yet grown his beard) may behave are rigid and strongly enforced by society’s moral code. Pausanias reveals that the nature of this relationship is pursuer/pursued: “And as for attempts at conquest, our custom is to praise lovers for totally extraordinary acts” (182e Symposium). Pausanias emphasizes the morality further when he discusses the circumstances under which it is acceptable to gratify a lover. It is acceptable when “...and when the lover is able to help the young man become wiser and better, and the young man is eager to be taught and improved by his lover-then, and only
Boys to Men To help readers understand the theme depicted in a story authors use literary devices to enhance the meaning. Richard Wright’s “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” tells a story about Dave who yearns for power and respect, John Updike’s “A&P” tells the story of Sammy a cashier who decides to be a hero, and T. Coraghesson Boyle’s “Greasy Lake” tells the story of three boys who want to proclaim themselves as being bad boys. Each author uses symbolism to convey the theme that rebellious decisions often has consequences. It is only when adolescent boys overcome immature and stupid decisions do they begin to transition into manhood. Richard Wright uses symbols to illustrate Dave being stuck in between boyhood and manhood.
Compare and Contrast Essay By: Maisha Moon “War” By: Luigi Pirandello “Gentlemen, Your Verdict” By: Michael Bruce “War” By: Luigi Pirandello is all about an old man trying to explain to people how just because our men are going off to war it doesn’t mean that we should grieve them, he says we should celebrate that they are doing something for their Country’s and for themselves. “Gentlemen your verdict” By: Michael Bruce is a story about a man who is faced with a difficult decision. It seems that the two short stories couldn’t be any different; however they do have some similarities. The two stories in my mind could connect to each other, and both stories have a kind of “epiphany” moment where the protagonist has to come to terms with something difficult. Although I could only come up with a few similarities the list of differences are way larger.
Compare and Contrast Essay Although Rainsford and The Man have distinct differences on their characters, they share similar internal characteristics that connect them by their personalities and behaviors. There are certainly more differences than similarities between the characters, however when comparing the similarities, the features of their personalities are strikingly alike. The following similarities between the Man and Rainsford show how two completely different characters in a story can be connected by certain radiating features. Both Rainsford and the Man disregard the life of animals which they hunt and exude a personality of dominance over the hunted. An example of this can be observed when the Man was on the brink of losing his fingers due to the cold weather and thought of killing the dog to simply warm his hands by using its body heat.
All men have a different viewpoint of our simple nature as humans, some amplify this view for all to hear, and some keep it as an inward retrospective for their basic outlook on life. Three men analytically studied and published their viewpoints on human nature; they were Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and William Golding. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) wrote about the compassion of man, while Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) wrote about the warlike side of human nature. Both had a viewpoint on how human nature affected man, and whether or not society or man himself was corrupt. In spite of non-intentionally becoming a philosopher, William Golding wrote a novel that shed light on the true human nature.