[David] flinched back and he [Carl] grabbed the back of [David’s] neck with fingers like a vise. ‘You’re nothing but a lazy brat. I’m going to beat some industry into you if I have to kill you to do it.”’ (Gould, 3) David’s earlier years have been hard, resulting him being unpopular, and being unsatisfied. David begins to feel sick and tired of the abuse from his father and decides to run away from home. David starts to develop hatred towards his father, wanting to hurt and give him the pain he has felt over the years.
The “Roaring 20’s” was the time of blinding goals that was led to oblique bliss. The attitude of America in the 1920’s was blindsided by money and the materials one could obtain with money. The quote “when I went to give up the flat and saw that damn box of dog biscuits sitting there on the sideboard I sat down and cried like a baby” (187). This quote to the average reader would seem like Tom Buchannan is heart broken over Myrtle’s death. Tom cries “like a baby” because he feels remorse for lying and cheating on his wife.
Many believe that the most significant themes of the book include phoniness, death/suicide, and “The Catcher in the Rye.” Phoniness is a tremendous structure of The Catcher in the Rye. People see Holden calling people “a phony” all the time. Being a phony means being someone who a person really isn’t, or just a typical “sheeple”. The main character Holden says numerous times in the book such as,”… they probably just met each other at a phony party.”- (Salinger, p.127) This quote is a favorite of mine because it shows Holden being what he hates the most, which is being a phony. He is doing this by being jealous, just like any other person would.
Eng 2 CAS October 3, 2013 Character Analysis In John Knowles’ novel, A Separate Peace, there are many different themes. Envy is a major theme in the book. Gene is very envious of Phineas. Since the novel is from Gene’s point of view, his thoughts were clearly displayed and showed his true feelings. Both his actions and thoughts showed how jealous he was of Finny.
From the first line in the book, Miller has made Parris out to be a very forceful, powerful man as he shouts ‘Out of here!’ at Tituba as soon as she enters the room. Your first thoughts of Parris are that he is a very angry man but you soon find out that he has a whole different side to him. He is a very materialistic person, his main priority is himself and many of his parishioners think of him as an extremely greedy and selfish man. This is shown in the very first scene as we see Parris standing over his daughter Betty's sick bed. At first readers are made to feel bad for him but then you quickly realise that Parris is just worried about his reputation.
Tybalt completely forgets about Mercutio and says to him “Well, peace be with you, sir. Here comes my man.” This quote suggests that Tybalt was looking for Romeo and he saw his enemy. While Romeo and Tybalt are still arguing about their hatreds towards each other, Romeo gets insulted by Tybalt by calling him a “villain”. This was insult towards Romeo because in the reign of the Elizabethan time that word was very insulting especially for someone like Romeo as he comes from a noble family. Mercutio joins in the conversation and says “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!
Sykes, on the other hand, is as evil as Delia is good. This is never more apparent when he answers Delia's question as to why he enjoys making her suffer: "'If you such a big fool dat you got to have a fit over a earth worm or a string, Ah don't keer how bad Ah skeer you'" (883). Unempathetic to the hardships and fears his wife endures, Sykes sees sport in all aspects of life, including frightening his wife. Abusive and unfaithful, Sykes doesn't care how his infidelity is seen not only by his wife but by the townspeople as well. His lack of morality and faith, his rejection in the belief of the same moral equanimity that Delia fosters in, frees him from the constraints of personal or communal responsibility.
Myrtle Wilson is ashamed of her social position in life because she is poor. First off, when she is with Tom, (which is wrong in the first place) she is lifted of her under-class blemishes, even though Tom has abused her. When Tom and Nick go into town to the apartment party, Nick states, “Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand”(37). It is never okay no matter what situation a person is in to hit a woman. Tom is so arrogant that he thinks he can do whatever he wants.
Creon quotes, “Then get you down thither, and love, if you must love, the dead! No woman, while I live, shall order me.” (Sophocles 20). Creon feels that he is very much above females. Because he is a king and a man, his mindset of arrogance and prejudice is very dense. He is very open about his sexism and ignorantly acts on it.
Comparison Essay: The Great Gatsby and The Crucible Raj Deol Mr. Powles ENG 4U Friday December 7th, 2012 Women are the ultimate creators of men, literally speaking; however they also have all of the power to ruin men. The two texts The Crucible and The Great Gatsby show the downfalls of the two main men, John Proctor and Jay Gatsby. The main causes of the downfalls are the actions of the women in the two texts. In both texts, there is at least one woman who is involved in an affair with another man. In the affairs, at least one person (in some cases both) is a part of a marriage.