Both these wise men once differed in values when it came to life. Morrie believed that it was better to rather perish than to live a life without any love, as he was quoted to have said "If you don't have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don't have much at all. Love is so supremely important. As our great poet Auden said "Love each other or perish""(Albom 91). This quote illustrates Morrie's views of love and is of the opinion that it is better to die than to live a life devoid of love.
Meursault had no feelings as he didn’t weep over his mother’s death. He was indifferent because usually people would show some feelings over a person’s death. His friendly nature was appreciated by Raymond when he asked Meursault to write a letter and to which he agreed, may be because Meursault wanted to and had the ability to do so. At his trial he was sentenced because of the fact that he did not react on his mother’s death than taking the other man’s life. Raymond: He is like a macho man who likes fighting.
In the book, George cared for Lennie and was always there for him. He would comfort Lennie and gave him a shoulder to cry on. In the movie, their friendship wasn’t as great as it was in the book. George was very annoyed of Lennie and hated him being around. He believed his life would have been better if Lennie never existed or never met each other because George believes Lennie holds him
We’re shown this when he changes his name back to Christopher Johnson McCandless – His original name is tied to his family and he wants to forgive them. We’re also shown that he feels lonely when he leaves on his journey. His sister understood him and yet he so easily left her like she didn’t mean anything to him. It was selfish of him and he realised that later on when he couldn’t get himself to call her. In the end, Chris was in peace with himself and death was in reality probably the easiest way out of his broken and “lonely” life.
We gain an understanding of his character as we read more about him, ‘he smiled happily’, and this is a childish description of such a ‘huge man’, we wouldn’t expect someone so ‘huge’ to act childish. Steinbeck presents Lennie’s character as a benevolent one, this seems to derive sympathy from the readers because it makes them feel apologetic towards him and appreciate him. Due to the foreshadowing events which were accentuated throughout the novella, it is clear that Lennie's dream can never be accomplished and we actually feel sympathy for him as he does not intend to hurt others, Steinbeck makes it apparent that Lennie is in the grip of a powerful ability (immense strength) that he has no control over, which leads to the death of many. (Notice how the death of the species he kills tend to get larger) and the readers can understand the deep innocence of this character as he did not mean to kill Curley's wife in section five. We know this because he began to 'cry with fright' and he knows that he has done ‘a bad-thing’ because he is aware that he has done a bad thing; this enlightens the readers that when Lennie senses danger, he feels threatened and becomes very dangerous.
When you analyze the choices and thoughts of Meursault, you will begin to notice his avoidance of aloneness. He constantly needs company, no matter who or what it is, which is how he remains sane throughout the novel. The Stranger opens up with Meursault talking about his mother’s death, “For now, it’s almost as if Maman weren’t dead. After the funeral though, the case will be closed and everything will have a more official feel to it.” (3) Meursault has that Absurdist point of view, where his mother’s death is almost insignificant to him. Although in the second sentence he recognizes that later he will come to feel the loss.
This scene is of Meursault receiving a telegram stating that his mother died, but he isn’t sure when. He shows no remorse over his mother dying, just notices the detail that he doesn’t know when she died. This indifference to the fact that his mother died could mean that he doesn’t care about his mother and that he believes that the human life is meaningless. The idea that human life is meaningless is a theme that is common in the novel. In the passage it embodies that Meursault is detached from society and is different from other people.
Although she cares for and respects her brother, her conscience will not let her disrespect her brother. Despite Creons warnings she buries him with honor and is captured by Creon and put to death. Haimon, who is Creon’s son and Antigones lover has to leave Thebes. Antigone focuses on contrast between characters. Antigone and her sister, Ismene are together in two scenes, the prologue and the second scene.
Manolin is Santiago’s closest friends and they care very much about each other. Santiago is one example of how in old age, loneliness, despair, and the sense of nothingness, may be combated through friendship and religion. In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “A Clean Well-Lighted Place”, despair is a common theme. Both the old man, and the old waiter struggle to deal with it, and the old man has tried many different methods to get rid of the feeling. He had a wife, but his wife died; and he tried to commit suicide.
The narrator was so calm and undisturbed in doing the procedures for arranging his brother’s funeral. He also did not freak out when he got the call, which was something weird for a family member being this calm. Second thing a reader could have seen was faithfulness. The brother’s lover had hard time accepting his death, showing more feelings than the narrator. It also showed how this guy had so many deep feelings than even married couple cannot show them.