He decides who is wrong and right and is like the law on the ranch. The other men recognize his superiority and never question his actions or decisions, making Slim a constructive role-model for the men, except for Curley. Slim can’t influence Curley and is not a good role-model for him. For example, when Curley’s wife dies, Slim suggests Curley ‘stay with his wife’ but Curley is set on finding Lennie to kill him,
Huck questions why he has not turned in Jim because he wants to be what society depicts as good, but in reality, he does what he knows is right. While Huck is on the raft alone, he begins to question why he helps Jim escape while Miss Watson has done nothing wrong to him. Huck feels terrible but he cannot bring himself to pray that he can do the right thing. “I was trying to make my mouth say the right thing and the clean thing, and go and write to that nigger’s owner and tell where he was; but deep down in me I knowed it was a lie-and He knowed it. You can’t pray a lie-I found that out” (Twain 227).
Perhaps he hadn’t thought about death because the thought of not having Laura would be too much for him to handle in that moment. However, page 52 is when he finally realizes that if he doesn’t find help soon, he may die. It happens when Freddie kisses Angela, and Andy begins to wonder if he’ll ever kiss Laura again. This leads to him contemplating whether or not he will survive this ordeal. He then goes into denial, thinking to himself, “No, I can’t be dying, not from a little street rumble, not from just getting cut.
Instead, the book shows man inability to give up. Throughout the novel Billy just wants to give up and die, and through no fault of his own, he is unable to achieve this. Billy feels no pride in fighting for individual liberty in World War II, although I understand that his experiences in Dresden are perhaps a great cause of this, I think he would have felt the same way had he not been in Dresden. Billy shows none of the pride and enthusiasm of fighting against Communism that we commonly associate with World War II. Perhaps this is another reason that this book has been censored.
Although Boo Radley shows just what a substantial person he has become, he is still misjudged by the society. This is proved when Boo Radley saves Jem’s life by killing Mr.Ewell and Atticus says it wouldn't be right to expose him and Scout vocalised, “ It would be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?”. So when Atticus kept the information of Boo to himself, he really believed that Boo Radley was an innocent man who caused no harm to anyone and therefore shouldn’t be persecuted, as he has been illtreated his whole life. The aim with mockingbirds in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, is that mockingbirds should not be killed as they only exist for the enjoyment of others and cause no harm and only minded their business. Another way in which Harper Lee uses the mockingbird as a symbol is through Tom Robinson.
It was the ultimate act of friendship and sacrifice, on George's part, to kill Lennie. He knew that Lennie would be lynched and hung for murdering Curley's wife. He also knew that Lennie didn't know any better, he had no idea the power of his own strength, he did not fully know the ramifications of what he had done, but he did know that it was bad and that he might get into trouble. George basically spared Lennie from a death filled with pain and suffering and Lennie almost had this moment of clarity when he knows what George has to do and he's ok with it. 3.
English 3 Acc. Death penalty does not deter crimes. In the novel A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines they are very unfair with the decision of Jefferson having to die with a crime he didn’t commit. My thought on death penalty is that it doesn’t stop issues in society. People will always do what they want to do trying not to get caught.
George knows that Curly intends not only to kill Lennie, but to shoot him in the ‘gut’ so that he will suffer terribly before he eventually dies. George has no reason to believe that Curly won't succeed. He sees no other way to save his friend from a terrible death. The manner in which George shoots Lennie shows George's feelings. He leads Lennie to look away by saying ‘no Lennie.
Barton didn’t jettison her until she spoke her last words with her brother. Barton also hoped that Marilyn’s brother might have solution to this problem. However, the laws of Nature are unbreakable and bend for no man. Barton’s only choice was to throw her off the ship, and he reluctantly did so. His heroic efforts to save Marilyn proved to be a waste.
Everette, and the viewers, think that his life will get better when the flood is over, that he will believe in God, leave the con life and his wife Penny will come back to him. Everette ends up saying that there has to be a scientific explanation for the flood, he stays a con man, and his wife Penny doesn’t want him because he doesn’t get her the ring she wants. This is another example of how life gets worse or stays as bad when we think it will change for the