Odysseus was smart enough to know what would happen if you eat the Lotus and didn’t want his men to forget everything. A good leader has to make sure his men are listening to him even if that means he has to threaten them. In this case, Odysseus tell his men that they won’t go back home if they eat the Lotus which keeps them away from it. Odysseus’ strength as a leader was what helped him to see his family after all of the challenges he had to
He yells, “Kill the beast! Cut his throat, spill his blood!” (P. 152) All ready, you can tell that he has transitioned quite a bit since the beginning of the book, not only has he gotten angrier and violent, but has also gotten braver. In the beginning, as stated above he was afraid to kill the pig but now, he didn’t have any hesitation killing
Section1 & 2 In the beginning, a furious and crazy dictating monster was heard growling impatiently. Everyday music was playing about “The ancient beginnings of us all” (Raffle, 21). Hrothgar’s men lived in a great friendly environment until the mean and Evil monster; Grendel came and haunted the warriors. He was conceiving by a pair of monsters, who were the blame for the death of Abel. The almighty kept the demons out, but soon split into different forms of evil.
When lion tries to kill his prey he doesn’t care what the other animal would feel. He just kills the prey roughly, just so that he can prove his kinghood. Important Quote • “the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick” – This quote is said by Simon. He is able to see things and have sense that the other boys are not capable of. In this case, he sees fear, violence, death in other words, himself, and all other human beings captured in the grinning face of the
Jack’s tribe of boys has degenerated completely into savages by killing and hunting their companions. The boys’ uncivilized ways of life lead them into degeneration into savaged men. The lord of the flies shows us what life would be like without rules & regulations being enforced. Even though Ralph tried really hard to stay organized and civilized the savage in the young boys had taken over their civilized mentality. What is this story really trying to tell us, if all these symbols mean something for
(Part A) They forgot about there homes; they become addicted to the Lotus and the men that ate the Lotus wanted to do nothing except stay there and eat the flower they wanted to do so for the rest their lives. (Part B) I think that this episode suggests that Odysseus’ men may be strong, but are not that smart. (Part C) I think Odysseus acted appropriately because if he had
I have come to kill you!” Grendel began to attack everyone in his way, eating them, and crunching their bones one by one. Once he reached Beowulf, he began to burn because he was evil. Beowulf told him, “I do not fear you, that’s why I do not fight you. Your own evil will
Impervious to any weapons Heracles had to trap the lion in a cave and then using his great strength he strangled it to death using his bare hands. After killing it Heracles then skinned the lion and used its hide as a cape. The cape became one of the ways he was most known throughout the world. Second he was instructed to slay the Lernaian Hydra. Possessing nine heads cutting off one head results in two more growing to take its place Heracles was forced to ask his squire Iolaos to help him slay the beast.
He became absolutely obsessed with hunting and killing pigs. At first it really was just to feed all of the boys, but more towards the end of the story it was for the please of killing the pig to feel powerful and pure primeval. Allowing Jack to become this kind of monster was another mistake that the boys made. Because once he changed other boys started to follow until it was just Ralph and Piggy by themselves and all other boys were in Jack’s tribe. Of course then Piggy was killed.
They all get caught up in hunting and killing the beast, that they are overwhelmed with blood-lust. “There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast … Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill! …You knew, didn’t you?