Mr Obi is also a bossy person. You know, like a boss he behaves, he wants the teachers to give 'all their time and energy' to the school. I believe that he, as a proud person and a passion young adult, also has the 'kiasu' attitude (afraid of losing out) and this causes his to be enthusiasm and passion to run the school in his way of 'how a school should be run' so that he could show off that he is successful headmaster. As discussed, his
His dedication is on display throughout the play, as he is steadily stripped of position in society, his home, and his job for refusing to be silent about the town's unhealthy, contaminated Baths which is considered to be his central motivation. For example, In Act 3, Pg49 ‘they have tried to rob me of my most elementary rights as a man […] to make a coward of me, to force me to put personal interests before my most sacred convictions’ which shows that he is fighting to help the people because that is his principle. The Second significant theme used by Ibsen is power, which is another major aspect of Dr. Stockmann’s Personality. Dr. Stockmann is considered to be a high-class society member like his brother but does not have complete power and influence over the people. Furthermore, as the story continues, we are able to see that there is
The teacher as master wields all the power (knowledge), continually demonstrating their superiority by assuming students are not knowledgeable. The student (slave) ignorantly never realizes his own value to the teacher, instead he readily submits to the belief of his own inferiority. Freire writes, “The teacher presents himself to his students as their necessary opposite; by considering their ignorance absolute, he justifies his own existence” (Freire 6). This style of educating is narrative and lacking interactive concepts. The primary information delivery method is narrative; “His task is to ‘fill’ the students with the contents of his narration” (Freire 2).
The whole way through the play the Inspector keeps reminding the family that there isn’t one of them that will be getting away with anything as they are united in blame. The inspector is clearly a socialistic character in the play, Priestley uses him to introduce the theme of social responsibility. However, as well as this the younger generation are eventually used to show the idea of socialism. Eric and Shelia also begin to side with the Inspector and the way Priestley has managed to develop the theme of social responsibility is by making the younger generation change to take over roles of the Inspector and therefore agree with him. This also means that you can understand that Eric and Sheila can understand the concept that everyone is partially to blame for the death of the girl.
The prologue introduces us to a nameless narrator who is living on the edge of society as a proverbial “invisible man.” The narrator’s central struggle revolves around the conflict between how others perceive him and how he perceives himself. He becomes obsessed with the past, allowing it to define him in the present. The narrator tells us of his previous efforts to be a part of society, by paying bills, working, etc, only to be continually judged and viewed by others as somehow less than human. Racism is prevalent at the time the story is written. The story portrays how other members of society view him in terms of racial stereotypes—as a mugger, bumpkin, or a savage.
English Literature Reaction Paper “Dead Man’s Path” By Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe’s “Dead Man’s Path”, was a great story about a man who wanted to make a difference in education for children, and this difference that the main character Michael wanted to make ironically brought him to his demise. Michael was a pig-headed self indulgent individual; that never took anybody else’s beliefs or interests into account. In my opinion Michael is an educated man who cares most about his own success. He is also callous and ignorant to the beliefs and traditions to the new community he is in. When Michael tells one of the teachers he saw someone walking through the schools property; the teacher tells him that it’s normal that the people of the village use it as a cut through because it connects the village shrine to the sacred burial place.
He does this by showing us Sam Lowry who represents the individual who versus the state. Another representative from the film is Tuttle, a repairs man, who quits his job working for the state because of the paperwork and is therefore seen as a terrorist of the state. In addition Guilliam depicts the way that people have accepted their “place” in the hierarchy of society without questioning it. How social relations overpower capability and efficiency concerning achieving something in life. That there are a few people who are the elitists who dominate the ideal lifestyle and are in charge of the working class, manipulating them to work harder, giving them hope of reaching the “American Dream”.
The speaker elevates his master ‘how happy you make those’, increasing the gap between them and creates a division in the two classes, linking to Marxist ideas of how social circumstances determine your entire life. Furthermore, references to time through ‘watch the clock’ and ‘precious time’ make it alert to the reader that all of his time is purely devoted to his master, putting a restriction on his freedom. This ties into the interpretation of the speaker being trapped in a conversation with himself as he apostrophises, not allowing a second perspective into the sonnet. This strongly relates to Marxist ideas of having no freedom of speech, linking to the main idea of ‘minds aren’t free, they only think they are’. However, there is a tone of acceptance from the speaker, suggesting he is not revolutionary as he continues to admire his ‘sovereign’ connecting back to the Marxist view of the need to climb up to the social ladder.
However, this backfires on him and ironically he is the one that ends up being the least masculine. Eddie’s masculinity is presented by Miller throughout the whole play. At the beginning of the play, Eddie’s loyalty is revealed when he is telling Catherine that she can’t tell anybody about the illegal immigrants and that “it never comes out of your mouth who they are or what they’re doing here”. This shows his loyalty to his family and reveals that he protects his family when he believes he needs to. It shows his control and how he exerts his authority over women and commands them.
Hally: The Vulnerabilty in Arrogance October 6th, 2011 Hally demonstrates his arrogance when Sam disagrees with him on the subject of Darwin. Full of pride and gratified by his perception of himself, he chastises Sam for the very thing that he himself is guilty of and tells Sam: “It's the likes of you that kept the Inquisition in business. It's called bigotry.” Yet he shows proof of his own bigotry when he admonishes Sam for being too familiar with him and arrogantly says: “You're only a servant in here, and don't forget it.” Hally cannot face the truth about his own shortcomings, so he projects his failings onto Sam. This can be seen clearly when a short while later, Hally condescendingly compares himself to Tolstoy and proudly announces to Sam: “It's deeply gratifying, Sam, to know that I haven't been wasting my time in talking to you.… Tolstoy may have educated his peasants, but I’ve educated you.” He never once questions the role Sam has played in his education. And finally when Sam tries to warn him that he may have damaged their relationship by demanding that Sam address him as Master Harold, Hally further demonstrates his arrogance by stating: “The truth?