After he shoots the dog, he does not apologise to Candy and he even cleans his gun in full view of everyone, this shows that he is an insensitive character. Another example of his thoughtless behaviour is when he says, “Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin’ them two guys?” Throughout the novel it becomes clear to the reader that he does not understand why George and Slim seemed to be upset, he sees Lennie’s death as practical and he does not feel any emotions about it – he just believed that Lennie had to be killed and he was. This shows that living on the ranch as a travelling worker was difficult as he had to take many temporary jobs wherever he could find them, he could not have time to build strong friendships with people which made him an aggressive character and made his loneliness turn into anger. Whit is the opposite to Carlson, he has a bubbly personality which explains why his name sounds like ‘wit’, as he is witty. He is not bitter about life on the ranch – although it was awful to have the life of a travelling worker because it caused him to have to constantly travel around and made him not have a dream or a
The dog is evil because of the rabies and Atticus is the good guy. The second reason Atticus was the good guy because to shoot the poor dog that everybody loved was hard. But it was for the town’s safety. The next Novel used to support my opinion was Lord Of the Flies by William Golding. One struggle between good and evil when the
Meaningful Meaninglessness Society constantly seeks for a deeper meaning to human life by placing value on trivial things and holding dogma to a high standard. In Albert Camus’s novel The Stranger, the protagonist does not participate in society’s aforementioned morals; they consider him an unintelligent outcast. Meursault, the protagonist, faces a handful of circumstances throughout the book in which any “normal” person would express emotion, but in which he held back: his mother’s death and funeral; his mistress’s proposal; an offered promotion; a pimp’s promiscuity; an adoring, yet abusive dog owner; a murder that he committed; and, finally, his own death sentence. At the time that he least needed to do so, Meursault displays feelings of anger, remorse, and even happiness. Even though the fictional judicial system of France and current readers view Meursault as completely absurd, Camus illustrates the innocence in Meursault’s existentialist lifestyle and, because of this, its meaning as well.
Lennie was very isolated also from the ranch workers because he wasn't normal and acted very childish, this mustn't of been nice for Lennie and that is how the ranch is unpleasent for him. Carlson made Candy's life on the ranch very hard because he depised Candy's smelly old dog, in the book Carlson kills the dog because it was old and it stank but he never cared about how Candy felt about the dog he just cared about himself. Carlson killed the dog eventhough he knew how much Candy loved it, when Carlson suggested killing the dog “Candy looked for help from face to face” but nobody helped him. The reason why Candy couldn't stop Carlson from killing his dog was because he was a very brittle old man and was mainly over powered by people stronger than him. This event was very unpleasent for Candy.
To put this in simpler terms, Myrtle Wilson is soft, and delicate, while Tom Buchanan is a slob, cheater, and a jerk. When Myrtle Wilson asks the taxi driver if the dog is a boy or a girl, Tom Buchanan butts in and responds rudely (P.28). Tom Buchanan is upset with the price and does not like being taken advantage of. Once they get home, along with Nick , Mrs. Wilson right away is concerned about the dog (P.29). She sends someone to feed the dog.
In the bunkhouse, there was also Carlson, which throughout the whole novel showed his lack of emotions and his coldness towards others, which is another characteristic some ranchman have – coldness towards others. When he spoke about Candy’s dog, he didn’t care about Candy or his feelings. He only saw in him “old and useless dog”. He doesn’t understand why Candy is so attached to him and why he is so upset when his dog died. When Carlson came back, after he shoot Candy’s dog, he “said
Due to General Zaroff’s savage doings for satisfaction, he seems to have lost his humanity and de-valued human life far more than the Villagers and their customs did. Both characters in these two short stories felt that what they were doing was the right thing. In “The Lottery,” they mention “that over in the north village they're talking of giving up the lottery.”(Jackson, paragraph 32). Old Man Warner calls the north village a “pack of fools” stating that, that is not the way to go. He believes they must carry on this tradition and he never has come to realized how awful it is.
His children particularly Mayella, have been affected by this lack of empathy, and have developed it as well. After Bob had just saved Scout and Jem's lives, Atticus and Mr. Heck Tate were talking about Mr. Ewell. "He has guts enough to pester a poor coloured woman, he had guts enough to pester Judge Taylor when he thought the house was empty, so do you think he'd met your face in daylight?" (Page 269) - Mr. Heck Tate (on why Bob Ewell went after Scout and Jem). This quote shows how Bob Ewell has no empathy skills whatsoever.
As he says "If I say something, why it's just a nigger sayin' it" and this shows his anger. Being hated has made him seem cruel, but also he sees himself as less important human. He says to Lennie "You got no right to come in my room.....You go on get outa my room. I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse and you ain't wanted in my room." This also shows he built up anger and shouted at Lennie because he is a ‘easy target’.
However, Jack never understood or cared. He only cared for hunting and killing. This proves that Jack himself refers to an id because of his selfishness. While reading this book notice how mature Piggy seems compared to most of the other characters. Piggy wants no part in fighting, but all the other characters seem not to mind it.