When we speak about satire it is usually thought of a comment on a subject so that it might be rectified. However, when we talk about cruelty or human nature it makes us realize that not all satire is meant to be corrective, because satirists like Twain occasionally attack failings basic to humanity’s nature which cannot be changed, or for which change is unlikely. On the road Tom he told me all about how it was reckoned I was murdered, and how pap disappeared pretty soon, and didn't come back no more, and what a stir there was when Jim run away; and I told Tom all about our Royal Nonesuch rapscallions, and as much of the raft voyage as I had time to; and as we struck into the town and up through the -- here comes a raging rush of people with torches, and an awful whooping and yelling, and banging tin pans and blowing horns; and we jumped to one side to let them go by; and as they went by I see they had the king and the duke astraddle of a rail -- that is, I knowed it was the king and the duke, though they was all over tar and feathers, and didn't look like nothing in the world that was human -- just looked like a couple of monstrous big soldier-plumes. Well, it made me sick to see it; and I was sorry for them poor pitiful rascals, it seemed like I couldn't ever feel any hardness against them any more in the world. It was a dreadful thing to see.
I think this because the reporter said “ He was trying to deny his victims families to watch him suffer like his victims suffered.” This makes the reader get the impression that he was utterly ashamed of what he has done and he regrets his actions deeply. The author uses two methods in the article and one of the is fact and opinion, an example of a fact is ‘Michael tries to run, but he was gunned down with four shots’ the quotation creates an emotional response because it is blunt and represents the brutality in which one of the boy’s was killed. A second example of a fact was that “ Harris was sentenced to death” this one quote summarises
The murderer is actually William Quaid, who killed the man because he knew too much about Anthea’s plans. Quaid also kills Anthea’s husband because she wants to be free of him. Quaid also wants to kill Josselyn, so he can avenge Anthea, but Hannah finds the truth before he has the time to murder anybody else, and the killer is finally shot by Hannah’s cousin to save her and
Prospero uses sarcasm with his daughter to try and not alarm her rather than telling her the complete truth. Also, he’s not just trying to get justice for what has happened; he is trying to hurt the men who betrayed him. This is illustrated by how he talks about his enemies and how eager he seems to be to have them on the island. Prospero only seeks to harm the others for what they have done, practically a textbook example of revenge. Prospero’s action on the island, splitting up Ferdinand and Alonso to cause them pain, is another example of his revenge.
Hassan has taken the blame for Amir their hole chidhood whilst they shot nuts at the neighbors dog and here he takes the risk of being attacked by Assef in order to get to the fallen kite for Amir. His kindness only emphasises the horror of the scene because it contrasts completely with Amir's inability to step up and protect his friend. Amir only thinks of himself and his want to please his father whilst Hassan thinks only of Amir “for you a thousand times over.” Hosseini doesn't give a detailed description of this scene. Every time it has the potential to become graffic, Amir takes his mind off of the situation. Only about a page and a half reflects the duration and the word ‘rape’ is not used.
Lastly, take a look at the punishments corresponding to the law broken. Law 195 says “If a son has struck his father, his hands shall be cut off”.Yes, that’s a horrid thing to do to your father, but it’s too extreme to have your hands cut off and it’s also cruel. There are scenarios where a son could have accidentally hurt their fathers, and there are also scenes where children regret it. Giving them a life without hands is basically killing them. We do everything with our hands.
There is actually no reason for Curley to just come up to Lennie to start a fight is unlikely but maybe Curley thought of Lennie as a threat to him or his wife. Steinbeck uses a wide variety of ways to build up tension in the atmosphere. Profane language is commonly used throughout the book such as, ‘You God damn punk’ or ‘Come on, you big bastard’ or even ‘No son-of-a-bitch is gonna laugh at me’. At this utterance, he unleashes his fury upon Lennie, beating him mercilessly. His words perfectly encompass the cruelty that he treats him with, and show just how Steinbeck uses dialogue to display human cruelty.
Violence is shown to be evil and those that oppose it are portrayed by Weir as basically good. Book uses violence because it has become second nature to him. This begins to change when he stays at the Lapp Farm but as soon as he is placed back in society he returns to his violent ways. Rachel dislikes his violence and tells him. This is conveyed through the line by Rachel, “I just don’t like my son spending all his time with a man who carries a gun and goes
Whilst Owen loathes those who encouraged “children ardent” for “desperate glory,” some of his strongest resentment is shown through his reflection on the aftermath of war. By firstly illustrating the wretched circumstances of war, Owen castigates family relatives as well as the government who inspired these “boys” to go off to war. However, Owen actively denounces people that did not have to experience war first-hand, especially women that alienated injured soldiers returning from war. While Owen reveals his disdain for the propagandist and those who underestimate the cruelty of war, his later pieces disclose his hatred toward the pointless nature of war itself. Having experienced the appalling conditions of the front line, some of Owen’s greatest criticism is upon those that encouraged “boys” to enlist themselves.
However, the fact that the adult society sees through his façade reinforces Holden's alienation from his society. In effect, Holden retaliates by rejecting adulthood and continues to criticize its flaws as he indulges in them. He passes judgment quickly on those that he feels are corrupt and calls them "phony." This only further worsens Holden's situation and even further detaches him from society and help. But how did such a vicious cycle of self-destruction start?