After believing that his race is inferior for so long, Mike Pedro has finally discovered that being Filipino is not so bad after all. Ever since his friends mocked him at school for packing “Asian” food for lunch, he started feeling insecure about his ethnicity and even his own identity. Who is he, really? That is the question he asked himself every day from then on. The thoughts of his friends degrading him for eating “Asian” food for lunch dwelled in his subconscious for months, or perhaps even years.
From the moment we learn why Lennie and George are on the road (Lennie’s dress-petting incident in Weed, mentioned on page 41), we realize that Lennie’s combination of small thinking and big body is bad news. Lennie doesn’t know his own strength, but he’s also unable to gauge other people’s (or animals’) weaknesses. We learn this major trait after Lennie smashed Curley’s hand in self defense after the smaller man had attacked Lennie for no good reason (pg. 63 and 64) Steinbeck gives the reader a sense of sympathy after Lennie begins to cry about how he didn’t mean to hurt Curley “I didn’t wanta” lennie cried, “I didn’t wanta hurt him.” (pg.64) Lennie is also best described as childlike; he embodies the best characteristics of a childish mentality – innocence, exuberance, and earnest love and trust – but he also embodies the worst – unchecked anger, irresponsibility, and an inability to connect his actions to their consequences. For example, Lennie loves to pet soft things like mice, puppies, velvet and as mentioned earlier, dresses.
Also, by staying separated from the world, he doesn’t have many influences or motivations. When Rowdy asks if Junior wants to visit the powwow, he refuses because, “Those rhythmless, talentless, tuneless Indians are most likely to get drunk and beat the shit out of any available losers. And [he is] the most available loser.” Junior proceeds to criticize himself and refer to himself as a loser. His fear of getting beaten up by other Indians causes him to be socially inept. As the story progresses, Junior is influenced and motivated to make a change in his
Ralph, unlike Simon, has not figured out that he is fighting not only Jack, but the evil inside all mankind. Simon had figured that out when he had his "conversation" with the pig's head. The head told Simon "I'm part of you." Since Simon's conversation was part of an epileptic hallucination, the realization that the evil is inside of man must have come from Simon himself. Unfortunately Ralph, has been so focused on trying to lead the boys, thinking they would follow him simply because he was chief.
In Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caufield makes it very clear that he does not like fake or phony people. Throughout the story Holden at times makes the reader feel like he or she should feel bad for him because of the hardships he's been through and how he has to deal with the "phonies" when he is actually one himself. As the story goes on Holden proves himself to be the real phony of the book because he never goes through with what he intends to do, he is overly concerned about sex but thinks its overrated, and he's very critical about other peoples lives. Holden Caulfield is the true phony and even more so a huge hypocrite throughout the novel. To start, All he wants to do is connect with someone but the boy has high standards.
He didn’t question the purpose of his career of being a fireman, or how the job came into being. The society he lived in was dark, alienated and lonely. Everyone tried so hard to be happy it only made them more unhappy. Clarisse on the other was everything Fahrenheit 451’s world wasn’t. Clarisse doesn’t accept the values set forth for her by society, and rarely takes part in the activities, such as jet car racing, which appeal to
In the novel, Finney repeatedly refuses to listen to the facts of Gene breaking Finney’s leg because he “do[esn’t] care,” (Knowles 151). Because Finney wouldn’t listen, he ran out and ends up breaking his own leg, and since he is reluctant to face reality, he gets sent to the hospital. Likewise, during the movie, even when Neil is not allowed to participate in the play, because of his strong passion for acting he still goes on with his part, though it upsets his father deeply (Dead Poets’ Society). Because Neil acts in the play, it causes his father to be infuriated with him, and Finney’s father decides to ship him off to another school. Both examples show how each of the boys are opposed to face their own realities, and because of this they end up hurting themselves.
The father's protectiveness is very evident many times throughout the novel, however one of the most notable events was when a man threatens his son with a knife and the father shoots the man in the head. Although this action was probably necessary, the fathers downfall is his suspicion that everyone is their enemy. His father's paranoia causes them to move constantly from camp to camp, consequently, never getting the chance to make friends with anyone. His son, on the other hand, is much more sensitive and innocent. He feels very safe with his father but at the same time he questions some of his decisions.
Although the boy’s parents’ hesitate to welcome it to their home and state that the lost thing is “filthy” and “might have strange diseases” the boy still provides it a hidden shelter and food to eat. ➢ Shean contrasts the appearance of the creature in size, shape and color with others in the urban environment to demonstrate how people do not belong in society because of their indifferences. This reflects they way in which physical disparities can potentially become barriers to belonging. An example of this would that all the humans in this book are the same; pale skin, straight eyebrows and elongated faces. In comparison other characters and creatures in the book are seen to have odd appearances.
A Byronic hero is someone that exhibits emotions and excessive moodiness which Gatsby often does when Daisy does not claim to have never loved Tom. A Byronic hero is also someone that is a loner. Even though he was rarely ever alone so to speak, Mr. Gatsby did not have any friends or family near and dear to him throughout the story except for Daisy. The fact that Mr. Gatsby also struggles with his own sense of integrity just clarifies that he is a Byronic hero. His strong disdain for the traditional moral and social class standards of this time along with the other examples listed above clearly show you that Mr. Jay Gatsby can only be one thing and that one this is a Byronic