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- 2181: To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice
- ... values that Atticus teaches his children is about bravery. His view on bravery is: " I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win but sometimes you do" (112). Jem and Scout ... this "stage". "Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it" (87). I believe that it takes a lot more control to ignore the comment and continue in doing what you were. By taking this approach to the problem, it shows that Atticus took the time to judge the problem before taking any action. In conclusion ...
- 2182: The Prince: Politics and Science
- ... virtue, which means he is strong, confident, talented, as well as smart. A prince cannot be uncertain, because uncertainty is a sign of weakness. Fortune controls half of human's actions, and man's will control the other half. Virtue is the best defense for fortune, and virtue must be used in order to keep fortune in check. The prince must take advantage of situations based solely on if it is ... turn against you." Machiavelli basically has little respect for the people, and he feels as though they have not earned much either. He uses this as justification for the use of fear in order to control people. He also feels that men are "wretched creatures who would not keep their word to you, you need not keep your word to them." This sense of fairness justifies breaking one's word to ... that it is difficult to be loved and feared simultaneously. Hence, one should always prefer to be feared than to be loved. During adverse times, the fear of punishment is far more effective in maintaining control than depending people's goodwill and love. Finally, excessive leniency will lead to ruin, because leniency is seen as a sign of weakness. A good historical example was when Scipio's armies mutinied against ...
- 2183: Kafka's The Trial
- ... he will be found guilty. This is also true about his relationship with his father. The accusing court represents his inability to be what his father demands. The power of the court and the growing control it exerts over Joseph K as the novel progresses are an abstraction of the control Kafka's own father exerts over him for most of his life. Joseph K's ambivalence in dealing with other father figures in the novel such as his uncle, and the lawyer, Huld, is also ... uncle to obtain counsel and suggests he return to the country at the first opportunity. His feelings for the lawyer are similarly mixed. In the beginning he is happy to accept his advise and relinquish control of the case to a third party but as time goes on his resentment grows and in the end he decides to discontinue his services. The problems with his father also affected his relationships ...
- 2184: The Lord of the Flies
- ... life in the future. One other example is the debate over the existence of the beast. The idea of a beast brings all into a state of chaotic excitement in which Ralph and Piggy lose control. Ralph and especially Piggy try to convince everyone that there is no such thing as a beast to maintain order. Jack and his choir of hunters do all to win support of the hunt and ... the "English" boys were acting. At this point we see Ralph begin to cry not for being saved but for mankind. " The naval officer, who comes to rescue them...His trim cruiser, the sub-machine gun, his white drill, epaulettes, revolver and row of gilt buttons, are only more sophisticated substitutes for the war-paint and sticks of Jack and his followers. He too is chasing men in order to kill ...
- 2185: Major Themes in Faulkner’s Light in August”
- ... uses extreme antics to try to mold Christmas into a purely moral person, while the dietitian tries to force Christmas into a state of immorality, or at least portray him as such. Forces beyond his control work against him, trying to force him in ways he is not, sending him in contradicting paths. Inevitably he rebels against these forces, finding refuge in immorality, a whore, and later going so far as ... uses extreme antics to try to mold Christmas into a purely moral person, while the dietitian tries to force Christmas into a state of immorality, or at least portray him as such. Forces beyond his control work against him, trying to force him in ways he is not, sending him in contradicting paths. Inevitably he rebels against these forces, finding refuge in immorality, a whore, and later going so far as ... uses extreme antics to try to mold Christmas into a purely moral person, while the dietitian tries to force Christmas into a state of immorality, or at least portray him as such. Forces beyond his control work against him, trying to force him in ways he is not, sending him in contradicting paths. Inevitably he rebels against these forces, finding refuge in immorality, a whore, and later going so far ...
- 2186: The Influence of God In The Characters of The Scarlet Letter
- ... first sight of his wife in two years is of her being punished for being unfaithful to him, he is naturally surprised. It does not last for long though, because it is his nature to control his emotions (61). Pearl's very existence in this scene is the largest immediate effect of her parents' crime (52). She obviously would never have been there had her parents resisted their love for each ... for he was already too far gone to be able to be saved (269). This scene is important to the characterization of Hester because it is the first time that she is not in complete control of her emotions (264). Her dream of escaping to England with Dimmesdale is lost when he decides to confess (264). The unanticipated arrival of Chillingworth and Dimmesdale's feeble appearance distresses her, and for the first time, she can not control the outcome (264). The greatest transformation in Pearl's life occurs in this scene. While she used to be perceived as elfish, she now shows the first signs of normal human emotion. After Dimmesdale ...
- 2187: A Separate Peace: An Analysis
- ... for me to understand. I think this concept requires and older persons maturity to understand. Jumping off a tree into the river once is an adventure, continually attempting this act is crazy. Finney was in control of this situation. Gene hated this ritual. He continued to do it because Finney said so. It seems that Gene disliked the fact that Finney had this control over him. Could this possibly be the reason that Gene shook the branch that day? Now Finney would no longer have such control over him. Could these have been the intentions of Gene that day? This scenario needs the maturity of an adult to fully understand. Personally I am not sure of the exact intents of the ...
- 2188: Social Criticism in Literature, As Found in George Orwell's Animal Farm and Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
- ... the factories and land. Rather, "state communism" was established, where a central government owned them. Orwell thought that such a political system, "state communism," was open to exploitation by its leaders. Napoleon, after gaining complete control, did anything he wished - reserved the best for the pigs, and treated the animals cruelly. The animals could not do anything, unless they again realized their strength in numbers against their own kind. Unfortunately, they ... different caste from the other animals. Orwell's implication is that "real" communism cannot exist in the countries which claim to be communist. The ruling class - politicians - own everything and ironically are therefore in total control. A Tale of Two Cities is a love story which chronicles the lives of Charles Darnay, a Frenchman who renounced his link with the aristocracy, and Sydney Carton, a wastrel who lived in England. Both ... disenchantment with the state of evolution of human nature. They seem to be saying, that even when we begin with honourable intentions, there will be some of us who will let their base instincts take control. Orwell, in Animal Farm portrays this nature by parodying events in real history. Given the right conditions, those events could happen anywhere - a leader becoming overly ambitious, to the point of harming his people ...
- 2189: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
- ... the novel. Maggie in the beginning of the novel is determined not to do two definite things: “be like her mother or be a prostitute” (10). Maggie succeeds at first, but Maggie’s environment takes control, forcing her to make the decision to get a job or go to hell. This was the first sign of her turning into her mother, and Maggie knew it. This caused her to begin losing ... her to what she set out not to become, a prostitute. Here Maggie could not come over the adversities and problems her environment forced on her, thus proving that she was weak and had no control, but was destined at birth to follow nature’s cycle for individuals in her environment that her mother had also followed. Another incident in which the moral convention of naturalism is shown is when Pete ... her brother, Jimmie. Jimmie states, “Well how must the brothers of the woman I treat bad feel”(32). Jimmie thought of how his actions affected other people, but soon the nature of his environment takes control of him and he comes to the naive conclusion that it does not matter how women are treated as long as it is not his sister being treated like dirt. The conventions of naturalism ...
- 2190: The Constitution: Discord And Tension In 1850
- ... the other house (the House of Representatives) each member would represent the same number of people. ‘Quite appropriately this came to be called the Great Compromise. Other major compromises came on slavery and on the control of commerce. The southern states, where the slaves were really treated as property, still wanted the slaves counted as people for the purposes of representation in the New House of Representatives. Some delegates argued that ... much authority territorial governments could exercise in regulating slavery. Popular sovereignty held the greatest possibility for maintaining the unity of the Democratic Party and national unity on the slavery issue. With the Democrats firmly in control of national policy both in control of national policy both in the White House and in Congress, a new law was passed that would have disastrous consequences. A bill was proposed that the Nebraska Territory to be divided into the ...
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