Because he didn’t want it built in the first place, Troy doesn’t actually finish building the fence until very late in the play. Troy doesn’t want the fence built around his home because he doesn’t like the idea of being contained within it with his family. Throughout the play Troy pushes his family away from him. He pushes Rose away
Along with her telling him that he should not call himself “The Misfit” because he is a good man at heart. Both of those are attempts to save her life, which is what most people would do in real- life in such a situation. Bailey is a typical father, not directing any attention when he feels his mother is talking non-sense about “The Misfit’s” escape from prison while reading the sports section of the newspaper. Bailey did not want to detour to look for the old house in the first place. However, it was pressure from his mother and his children that lead him to detour off-road to look for this old house that his mother so much wanted to see and that his children were pestering him about.
The freedom to live a better and kinder life then the one they have is intoxicating to both men. Unfortunately, Crooks little dream of something better is shattered by Curley’s wife’s nasty words. “Well, you keep your place then, Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.” (p 81) Crooks refuses to tell the woman she is wrong, and instead, accepts the fact that whites are inferior. He then declines the offer of wanting the job on the farm anymore, saying “I didn’t mean it.
When Troy hesitates to allow the football recruiter to come by, Rose declares that Cory is able to make something out of himself because “times have changed from when you was young, Troy. People change. The world’s changing around you and you can’t even see it” (40). Troy believes that his son won’t make it in football because he unconsciously reminds himself of the injustices of the world he grew up in. Troy’s inability to accept change and even his inability to see the change the world is undergoing directly hurts his relationship with not only Cory, but also indirectly impairs his ability to understand his own wife.
Atticus is faced with a problem when Heck is trying to sell him the story that Mr. Ewell fell on his own knife. Atticus doesn’t want to let go of the fact that he thinks Jem did it, and mostly because he is still getting over the whole situation. Boo Radley has not left his house for 30 years and he would rather not be the headline of the newspaper. This make Atticus in need of a reminder occasionally that the truth is not always what has to be unveiled to others especially when they do not want it to be. Boo is in no position to take on the position of “hero of Maycomb” and Atticus realizes that he shouldn’t have to, and Scout helps him remember.
Of Mice and Men Essay Loyalty “So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it,” said Haniel Long. This is a quote that shows that loyalty of family comes first. Would you shoot your friend in order to protect him? In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck argues that being loyal is a valuable concept in life, but can sometimes be very difficult.
He made him know what it was like to have a loving friend, and the devastation of loosing one. Lastly, he made him realize how hard his people worked for him and how much effort was put into his demands. Gilgamesh became a better person in the end. Enkidu fulfilled his original purpose and was extremely
In chapter 3 when ralph approaches jack to inform him that they need his help building shelters, not going hunting. “And they keep running off…” “Except me and my hunters…” (50) Here we see that ralph and jack do not get along because jack feels that since he is out hunting all day, he doesn’t need to contribute anything else to the group. * The littluns speak out of line with out the conch. * Conch is broken Body paragraph 3: evil destroys and corrupts the naturally innocent * Humans are naturally born as innocent beings, but when exposed to the society, they also face the risk of being harmed and corrupted by the societal settings they live in. During the coarse of the novel, there are subtle changes that take place in the behavior of the boys’.
John Proctor fights to keep his good name in the community, Reverend Parris strives to keep his good reputation in Salem, and Reverend Hale regrets his actions and works to correct them. It is obvious that thoughts , words and actions can affect one’s good name, and maintain one’s reputation is a main theme of The Crucible. John and his wife Elizabeth Proctor fight to keep John’s good name in the town of Salem. In act two of the play the Proctors are visited by Reverend Hale who is questioning John and Elizabeth to make sure they are true to the church and do not traffic with the devil. Hale is also at the Proctor household because Elizabeth’s name was mentioned in the court and Hale decided he would notify them and take precautions.
His neglect is still being felt because he has her living in the past. He has caused her to find it extremely hard to deal with change. A simple example is “When the town got free postal delivery Miss Emily alone refused to let them fasten the metal numbers above her door and attach a mailbox to it” (708). Her not being able to deal with change all dates back to the neglect from her father. The free postal delivery had a harmless effect, but when it came time for Homer Barron to leave to go back North, this did not settle well with Emily.