This view is challenged and reinforced throughout the film Flags of our Fathers, in regards to the character’s Mike, Ira Hays and Rene Gagnon. Gagnon is more of a passive observer on the battlefield and would rather be parading around the cities giving victory speeches. Gagnon challenges the popular view of a soldier as he values his appearance and is unwilling to sacrifice his own life for his comrades, for example he only chose the marines because of their uniform. Ira Hays reinforces and challanges the dominant view of a soldier, as he was a courageous and brave soldier who would sacrifice his own life for his country and mates. But also is emotional off the battlefield when he returns to America therefore he challenges the typical view of a solder.
He has responsibilities he cannot forsake. Many people look up to him with blind expectations that he will defend them and protect them, and if he ever did not, they would not love him and his previous favors would be forgotten. As a valiant hero and perhaps more so as a wise king, he leads a life of confided emotions and inescapable responsibilities that set him apart from the rest of the world
AP Literature 18 September 2012 Beowulf Throughout the epic poem, Beowulf, the distribution of wealth is an essential part of the social structure. Wealth is Beowulf is not important to him; his fighting skills make him who he is, not his wealth or the wealth he receives. He also relates to Germanic tribes as well because they value the same aspects as him. First, Beowulf displays an immense amount of courage and sincerity towards protecting his people. Throughout the epic poem, he is faced with the challenge of Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and the dragon.
This arrogance leads him to becoming slightly obsessed with retaining his pride and not letting anyone slight his bravado. To uphold his name and pride, he mauls his opponents without remorse, heroically takes on the river Xanthus, and even sacrifices twelve Trojan men at Patrocius’ funeral (Cook, 57). Though finally in the final chapter, Achilles shows his remorseful side when he’s reminded of his father when Priam asks for Hector’s defiled body back (Cook, 48). Achilles encompasses many traits immanent in the culture of his time period, mostly of honor and glory for his name, but he also relinquishes those traits with a forgiving side of remorse and grief, even though it usually ends in intense anguish. On the contrary, Hamlet embraces several of these characteristics in the form of a very different character.
E.M Forester describes a flat character as “The really flat character can be expressed in one sentence…” Royal Tenenbaum’s in one sentence is “he is very deceitful.” He begins the story as being a flat character his entire life, but when forced onto the streets, his manipulative nature turns against him; creating the beginning of his transformation. He is shown as a man who has always put himself before all others, including his family. Royal seems unable to grasp the idea that his irresponsible and selfish lifestyle has driven a wedge between him and his family that cannot be undone by a simple apology. The main goal of Royal however, is not to make amends to his family, but to have a roof over his head. The story begins with Royal being kicked out of his hotel room and having nowhere else to go, hatches a plan to gain entry into his old apartment by saying he has cancer.
Although constant evil swirls around Bruno, he is able to hang on to his innocence, which shields him from the knowledge of the situation he is in, but ultimately leads to his and Shmuel’s downfall. Bruno’s innocence becomes quite apparent throughout the course of the novel. He portrays this childish innocence through his lack of understanding on many of the changes that have been happening in his life. Bruno portrays this quite clearly by asking his father : "Did you do something bad in work? I know that everyone says you're an important man and that the Fury has big things in mind for you, but he'd hardly send you to a place like this if you hadn't done something that he wanted to punish you for."
The war was crucial to Gatsby’s development as a man. His success in the war provided him with a brief period of social mobility. Not only does the war help shape who he is, but it helps him hide his real class from Daisy. The only reason he meets her is because of him being a soldier where no one could deny him in his lies of being a part of the upperclass. The war gives Gatsby an opportunity to see the world and earn money in the service.
Gatby's pitfall was considering that if he became a wealthy man, Daisey would really like him. Daisey did not ever really really like him because no issue how much prosperity he had, he was from a different public category. Tom disliked Gatsby both for adoring his spouse and for trying to be his public equivalent. He was able to get his vengeance on Gatsby by effective the infuriated Wilson that Gatsby had intentionally murdered Myrtle. In the end, it was Gatsby's failing to identify his position in their community that led to his
Despite this, Brutus was more loyal to his country, the land he calls home, and the people with whom he shares it with. He knew that since most people at the time we uneducated, they would be gullible and would instantly accept and adore whoever was an authority figure, no matter how corrupt they were, or how poor of a job they were doing. Brutus knew he had to do something to save Rome, and ridding the word of Julius Caesar seemed to be the only option available.
In "Mystery of Heroism" Collins is lead to believe that he is not an important part of the squadron. His desire of being an important part of his troop ultimately leads him to overcome his sissy characteristics and gain some guts which helps turn him into a hero. In order to