But perhaps you didn't notice that I’m the one holding the slingshots." *Hassan is defending himself and Amir to bullies who want to beat them up and are threatening them. "I treated Hassan... like a brother...But...why, when Baba's friends came to visit with their kids, didn't I ever include Hassan in our games? *Amir was ashamed to have Hassan involved with him when he was with others. "Inshallah...that was the thing with Hassan.
In their relationship, George is in control like a parent, while Lennie is just like a little kid. We see many examples of this throughout the novel, and just one example is, "like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master". Another simile compares Lennie to an animal, though this one shows him as something small, and though unwilling, unable to do anything about it. At the same time, it calls George the "master". Candy and his dog is another key instant where the lack of friendship is shown.
As he tries to help the men attain their dream, he also reminds them of the possibility (and indeed, likelihood) that it’s going to fail. Once it does indeed fail, it’s Candy more than anyone else who feels the loss. While George mourns what he must do to his friend, and Lennie worries for the future rabbits, Candy is left to embody the despair one finds at the end of a long, hard-working life when you’re done with your career and no closer to the American dream. And also, your best friend (even if it is a dog), is
Doodle’s brother taught him how to walk and many other useful skills. He only did it, however, for himself and not Doodle. "Doodle told them it was I who taught him to walk, so everyone wanted to hug me and I began to cry. They did not know that I did it for myself, that pride who's slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices; and that Doodle only walked because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.” (347) Doodle's big brother only taught Doodle how to walk because he was embarrassed and ashamed of him. Doodle's big brother's fear of being made fun of led him to being ashamed of his little brother.
In The Outsiders, Ponyboy says, “If it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are.” Johnny’s parents abused and neglected him, so it`s understandable how he could defend himself from everything by blocking people out. Maybe he has been hurt so many times he just has that numb feeling to where nothing really hurts him. Johnny puts up a wall of defense whenever anybody tries to hurt him. Johnny is internally angry. In “Island” it states, “...But in my center rests a volcano.
Piggy hung bumbling behind them…. Ralph stopped and turned back to Piggy. “Look.. You can’t come.”(William Golding p.31.32) On the contrary, this further explains, that Simon can indeed get along with the other boys on the island, but on the other hand Piggy can’t , he’s always excluded , and the outsider at all times. Additionally, Piggy is always being bullied, like when in the novel had only commented “ What’s any use. We couldn’t keep a fire like that going, not if we tried.”(William Golding p.52) And since he doesn’t have a good relationship with others, they are always mean to him.
He is grouchy and has a short fuse. For example, he berates his traveling friend right to his face, and even suggests his life would be much better if his companion Lennie was not around. George even tells others that his friend Lennie is not very bright, right in front of Lennie. But on the other side of his personality, he shares his friend’s good points and fiercely protects Lennie from anyone and anything. For example, after a long walk towards the new ranch, George warns “Lennie, for God’s sakes don’t drink so much” and “Lenni.
He changes when he learns about Mrs. Dubois and her bad addiction to morphine. One can directed to believe that Jem would be more inclined to read to her to help her to stay clean. He loses his innocence when Mrs. Duboise dies and he never gets to really apologize for his actions. After this loss of innocence, he has another realization that life is unfair and it is not fun and games because of the verdict in the Tom Robinson case. He also realizes the mere fact of why Boo Radley never liked coming out the house which shows his intellectual maturity of realizing that the world is not that great.
Throughout the story George constantly reminds Lennie how much better his life would be if he didn’t have to take care of him. While George and Lennie are lying down talking George talks about Lennie being in “a lot of trouble” (Steinbeck 7). George is always reminding Lennie how much he doesn’t like him. He seems like he’s trying to be a father-like figure but doesn’t know how. George tells the boss that Lennie got kicked in the head by a horse as a little kid and that’s why he is slow, so Lennie asks him if it is true and George says that it would be a good thing and it would “save everybody a hell of a lot of trouble.” (Steinbeck 23).
The novel Lord of the Flies portrays an imbalance of power between characters, like Jack, Ralph, and Piggy. Throughout the novel, Jack and Ralph are constantly against Piggy because they believe they have a greater sense of authority. Piggy genuinely tries to help and give ideas but is always shut down because of the great imbalance of power between the boys. Jack additionally has no regard for Piggy's entitlement to speak and his tribe feels that anything Piggy says is humorous; they ponder "what amusing thing he may need to say.” Bullies most often tend to pick on the weaker children with poor self esteem or no way of defending themselves, thereby giving themselves more