Eulogy for Lennie Smalls For those of you who don’t know me, I am George Milton. Not only was Lennie my best friend, he was like a brother to me, and I to him. Lennie’s aunt Clara was a good friend of mine, so when she passed on, I promised I would look after him. He was the kindest, gentlest soul I had ever met, and he never meant any harm to anything or anyone. He was also known to sometimes find himself in sticky situations; the last of which being when he petted Curly’s wife’s hair a little too violently, but he never wished harm on anyone.
We can't live with this uncertainty" (Goodrich and Hacket 910). Mr. Frank easily could have volunteered Mr. Van Daan or not gone at all, albeit he took control of the situation and courageously went to investigate. Apart from his selflessness during this time of distress for all the members of the Annex, Mr. Frank was also selfless in the name of generosity. After Mr. Kraler asked Mr. Frank if they could take in a dentist who was in trouble, Dussel, Mr. Frank replied without hesitation, "Of course we will" (Goodrich and Hacket 864). Even though he knew full well that having another mouth to feed in the already cramped Annex would be difficult, Mr. Frank stayed true to himself and did the right thing.
His wife, friends, and innocent people were being accused for crimes they did not commit. He made heroic and difficult decisions in order to help the issue as much as he could. When he had to choose between confessing and hanging, he had an epiphany. He realized that John Proctor was not a bad man, but a good man that had sinned. When John understands what the source of his downfall was, he had the strength to stand up to the unmoral society and die in defense of the
But in my case, that is where my beloved father and I grew much closer. We were inseparable like two best friends, we loved each other dearly and once we entered the gates of Auschwitz, we realized we were all we had. At all times, I refused to be separated from him; I wanted to be with him where I can see what was going on, if he needed assistance…anything. I would’ve died for him at any moment if it was necessary. Before all of this of course, he ran a store with my mother back in Sighet, may she also rest in peace, and I would constantly see my father go about his business.
Stone’s response to the accusations is quite cynical and in a sense humorous in the “Memo to John Grisham: What’s Next- ‘A Movie Made Me Do It.’?” Stone argues that no work of art should be the blame of a grown persons actions, and that only the one who commits the crime shall be held accountable(Stone1). I agree with Oliver Stone 100%, for his article has statistics based on his argument and is short, sweet, straight to the point, and speaks directly to the reader. People want answers when something tragic of this degree happens so they look for someone or something to blame, in this case, unfortunately Oliver Stone and his movie Natural Born Killers was the answer for John Grisham. Stone’s response to Grisham’s article has more valid points that are backed up by statistics, beliefs, or simply common sense. Grisham’s attempt to grab the reader in was not effective.
He gets absolutely passionate when enacting his work as a lawyer : « He emphasised his words by tapping his knuckles on the table » and really invests all his energy in this case. He disapproved of the Ewells unjust accusation of the so-called rape 'commited' by Tom Robinson as he knows he is innocent , and tries to the best of his abilities to win this case to be able to save the poor man from death penalty, but even if he knows that the Ewels are lying he still feels compassion for Mayella, he treats her politely , « I won't try to scare you for a while...», ««... Miss Mayella », said Atticus in
Possible counter argument is that she ignored the police instructions and had broken through the cordon may constitute an Novus Actus Intervenien but this would unlikely affect the claim as it is reasonable and foreseeable for her to do so. Another victim, Randy, has to identities. He is the brother of Ben as well as a rescuer. Randy is unlikely to be successful as he has not enough proximity according the first rule set in
He was clearly innocent and I think most people were aware of that from the beginning but because of his skin colour he was found guilty. “Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed." (pg 266). This quote clarifies to us that the court decision was based on discrimination.
“If it turns out that he tells the same story as you-then I, at least, will be cleared of responsibility” (Sophocles 58). It is perceived here that Oedipus believes that if the Shepard tells the same story as Jocasta, then Oedipus has no responsibility because then he is guaranteed not the killer, but it is unperceived that regardless of the Shepard’s story, Oedipus is the killer because the Shepard just lies, so Oedipus still bears responsibility. “There’s
In many instances, he decides to do the right thing instead of following the status quo. For example, despite the disapproval of the Maycomb community, Atticus decides to defend Tom Robinson, an African American convicted of sexually assaulting Mayella Ewell, a Caucasian woman. Atticus defends Tom because he views it as the morally correct thing to do. When asked why he is defending Tom, Atticus says “For a number of reasons. The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town, I couldn’t represent this county in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again” (Lee 75).