Name Teacher Course Date Morality in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” suggests a lack of morals from both Delia and Sykes. Morality is an extent to which an action is right or wrong. Throughout the story, Sykes shows his lack of morals. Sykes put a rope on Delia’s back knowing she hates spiders, snakes and bugs, which caused Delia to freak out. An example of Sykes lack of morals is, “If you such a big fool dat you got to have a fit over an earth worm or a string, ah don’t keer how bad ah skeer you” (705).
Later, he is punished for this when Odysseus makes him blind. This punishment makes the Greek children aware of the negative outcomese of not following the hospitality code and encourages them to adopt the hospitable traits. Abusing the guests, playing tricks with them, and refusing to provide them with food and shelter can bring trouble in the host’s life just like in Polyphemus’ life. If the Cyclope had provided Odysseus and his troops with gifts, food, and shelter, he wouldn’t have lost his eye and be in pain. Therefore, hospitality is particularly mentioned in The Odyssey as a basic idea and a message to the readers because of its significance within the Greek societies and its existence in the present world.
His mothers parental monitoring was too much, she never let Ed do anything and always kept him hidden. The influence of his brother putting down there mother, who Ed worshipped was another factor in his downfall. Skinner’s Theory of Behavior: Gein never received any positive reinforcement Antisocial personality disorder (APD): This is a disorder Ed had because he failed to conform to the norms of society. Holmes and De Burger (1998): Have a theory that serial killers fall into 4 groups; Eddie falls into the hedonistic type because he strived for pleasure in playing with the bodies of his victims. Coercion Developmental Theory: Gerald Patterson (1982, 1986) states that parenting monitoring can cause early onset delinquency.
How do we know this to be true?”. “ We have a religion that was given to us from our forefathers and has been handed down to our children. We worship in that way. It teaches us to be thankful for all the favors we receive; to love each other, and to be united. We never quarrel about religion.” “Brother, the Great Spirit has made us all, but He had made a great difference between his white and red children.
Walter is a Cunningham, so he is inferior and should be treated as such. Scout embraces the racism thrust on her and fails to see any other path. Also early in the novel Scout, Jem and Dill are afraid of Boo Radley, they think he is a monster and try to play tricks on him. They don’t know Boo Radley and have never seen him but still judge him on stories they have heard. They are threatened by him, and are scared to go on his property.
Tuck would always tease him about the monster in the closet. He had learned not to ask for help from Tuck. Billy started being less afraid of the monster. He even called the monster a name. He called him Angel.
I'd roll from side to side, make shadow animals on the wall, even sit on the balcony in the dark, a blanket wrapped around me.” (49) Amir’s insomnia is significant throughout the novel. He becomes sleep deprived when he feels guilty after not helping Hassan. He is also anxious for the tourney. 8. “I ran because I was a coward.
The Hagia Sophia was a place people could go to honor and serve god. Justinian was the one who made people believe in a single faith a single god. According to Procopius, Justinian’s personal writer, the Hagia Sophia made people feel like their minds are being lifted by God himself (Document 4). Justinian was also a good ruler because people respected his authority. A Byzantine official once said, “The emperor is equal to all men in the nature of his body, but in authority of
First, he felt abandoned by Alice, the girl at the orphanage. A couple years later, he felt threatened by the dietician. After the toothpaste incident, “It never occurred to her that he believed that he was the one who had been taken in sin and was being tortured with punishment deferred and that he was putting himself in her way in order to get it over with, get his whipping and strike the balance and write it off” (123). He had a hatred for Mrs. McEachern because she tried to help him and he did not want help from anyone. She fixed him supper one night and he completely refused it, “While she watched him he rose from the bed and took the tray and carried it to the corner and turned it upside down, dumping the dishes and food and all onto the floor” (154-155).
Saying "bless you" allegedly stops the devils from entering since they thought that no demon could stay in a place that a Christian has blessed. 2. A pot stirred counter-clockwise brings bad luck to those who ate the contents and this also caused the spoilage of food. 3. The seventh son of the seventh son is believed to have supernatural powers.