Although she is fed and clothed, Jane is hardly treated as the other children are, by the adults or the children alike. “Eliza and Georgiana, evidently acting according to orders, spoke to me as little as possible; John thrust his tongue in his cheek whenever he saw me…” (23). In realizing this separation, Jane begins to set herself apart from the family and never develops any sort of familial love or appreciation. She is forced to become emotionally self-reliant, so her intrinsic reason and values are the things she holds most dear. Only after being at the Lowood school for a time does Jane encounter love for other people in the form
Candy came shufflin’ back into my place scratchin’ his stump and tells me things I didn’t want to here. ‘ He’s dead Crooks they killed him. He didn’t know what he was doing poor little sod and now George has gone and shot him I thought they were friends Crooks I really did and I thought George was better than that Lennie even ‘ad Carlton’s gun an’ George just took it off him like a lamb. Anyways I’d better be off’ And Candy left me in deep
Huck is adopted by the Widow Douglass in an attempt to “sivilize” him. Huck constantly discards the ideas of obedience taught to him. Due to his childhood Huck chooses to fake his own death and run away from his father, Pap. This is the first major deceit that appears in the novel. As Huck escapes he leaves behind clues to mislead his father and community, “I took the axe and smashed in the door.
In McCarthy’s, No Country for Old Men, money plays a significant role when it comes to ethical decision making. In the beginning, Llewelyn Moss comes across a crime scene where drug traffickers and drug dealers are brutally murdered by a third party, in pursuit for the money. Regardless, Moss greedily steals the money but leads him and his family to dangerous situations. In addition, Carson Wells is hired as a bounty hunter to kill Anton Chigurh and get the money, however, he ends up dying in the process. Finally, the crime and violence over money is so senseless, that Sheriff Ed-Tom Bell retires to prevent his life from being taken away.
Due to Mrs. Reed’s late husband and Jane’s uncle’s dying wish, Jane was to live with the Reeds with Mrs. Reed treating her as one of her own children. Yet Mrs. Reed and her children, especially John who Jane often calls a “…wicked cruel boy!”(Bronte 5) treat her unfairly because she is not of gentleman status. While reading, I was reminded of the feeling I had while in all my Pre-Ap classes. Overall, part one of Jane’s life is really interesting. In the beginning when Jane is being punished for lashing out at John by being sent to the Red Room, one wonders why send her there?
Stanley was evidently in the wrong place at the wrong time, which he blamed on his great great grandfather later on in the novel. The Yelnats family never blamed their misfortune on bad luck, they always put the blame on Elya. Stanley’s great grandfather (Stanley the first, Elya’s son) was robbed and left in the middle of the dried up lake. ‘Kate Barlow had robbed him and left him stranded in the desert’. This evidently shows that this was due to Elya’s curse.
Zachary Holland ENGL 2328 Dr. Wilson March 18, 2014 A Rose for Miss Emily This story really threw me for a loop. I really loved it and when I read the ending it was like holy crap did that just happen? Mrs. Grierson lives in her own little world of entrapment. She has been hurt so many times before by people talking bad about her behind her back and with her father leaving her so early by dying and leaving her with knowing basically nothing about life since he trapped her from the world that she feels the need to trap the last true love of her life Mr. Barron. So the true causes of evil are her father trapping her and keeping her away from people and men so long that she literally ends up crazy.
As victims of The Depression, they are considered 'dirt poor' and in heirachy are only above the coloured folks because they are white. Bob Ewell, who raped his own daughter Mayella, is a heavy alcholic and we eventually see him (despite the verdict) feel that Atticus and the judge have made a fool out of him, and he wants revenge. He menaces Tom Robinson’s widow, tries to break into the judge’s house, and then he finally attacks Jem and Scout as they walk home from a Halloween party. The Cunninghams on the other hand, are still considered victims of the Depression,but
Willie’s tragic flaw was he doesn’t know from reality from fantasy. All of these tragic heroes have suffered greatly but Oedipus is by far the most tragic hero of them all. Oedipus tries to escape faith but faith had a way of catching up to him. There was a prophecy that he would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus tries to avoid this by running away from his “parents”.
What’s the law? It’s only someone’s opinion” (283). Martyn Pig killed and covered up dad’s death with no remorse, he was also blackmailing Dean, and he lied to Alex, copes, social worker, Dean, and Aunty Jean. Even though Martyn’s father was a violent drunk, he is a villain because he covered up his father’s death and he lied to everyone especially the police. To begin with, Martyn Pig killed and covered up dad’s death with no remorse, Martyn Pig claims that it was just an accident.