When Cher questions Elton as to why he does not like Tai, it becomes clear through irony that popularity is crucial. Elton declares “why not? Why not? Don’t you even know who my father is?” “(Cher) oh! You are a snob and a half!” Cher is blind to see that she to is a snob as she judges people the same way Elton judges
Finally, George and Lennie are foils based on the facts that George is cruel to Lennie and Lennie is clam. In the beginning, Steinbeck, shows George’s personality when he’s yelling at Lennie cause he forgot where they were going, “You crazy son-of-a-bitch. You keep me in hot water all the time” (11). This shows that George is always yelling at Lennie because he’s always causing trouble, but, in the middle of the book, when Lennie goes into the barn and he see the light to Crooks’ room, he goes in there and starts to talk with Crooks. “Nothing—I seen your light.
Sodapop tells Ponyboy how hard it is for Darry to take care of them and even though Sodapop doesn’t think Darry loves him he actually does. Sodapop reacts with a sarcastic remark. Deep down he understands what Sodapop is saying but he doesn’t quite understand it yet. 6. Yes Darry loves Ponyboy.
I was frustrated as hell when I found out Allie died. I was a mad man, I really was Didn’t quite know why I did it, but I was just so mad, but I did not know who to be mad at exactly. Myself maybe? I’m not really religious or anything, but I know for a fact that old Allie’s sole is up in heaven or somewhere nice. I know it, I just do.
Stradlater, Holden’s roommate, shows phoniness by how he is a “secret slob” also how it annoys Holden to where he gets into a fight with Stradlater over his sloppiness with Jane, which leads Holden to alienating him. Stradlater is a secret slob because as Holden says, “Stradlater was more of a secret slob. He always looked all right, Stradlater, but for instance, you should have seen the razor he shaved himself with. It was always rusty as hell and full of lather and hairs and crap” (35). This is showing Stradlater is a secret slob because he appears all right on the outside, but once someone gets to know him, they know he is slob.
"I hate him!" said Legree, that night, as he sat up in his bed; "I hate him! And isn't he MINE? Can't I do what I like with him? Who's to hinder, I wonder?"
Therefore we are losing our ability to determine what right and wrong looks like. Winston the main character of 1984, is attracted to the brotherhood because they are revolutionary yet he does not know why resistance is a good thing. He gets tortured for something he does not know why he has an affinity for and this is exactly what Postman meant, we are amusing ourselves yet we have no idea why we are laughing. We are gradually becoming apathetic on what should matter and we are a basically just going with the flow. We are refusing to ask uncomfortable questions in fear of questioning our sanity and this where schools come
In a Proof of Marriage, the writer Isaeus is trying to convince the jury the wife and mother had a legitimate marriage so the woman can inherit her father Ciron's estate. Like the previous speech, the woman is considered respectable, so her name is not mentioned throughout. A Husband's Defence was written by Lysias. He is trying to convey how he believed his wife was “the chastest woman in all the city” and puts the majority of the blame onto her lover, Eratosthenes. This is because he is trying to justify why Euphiletus murdered Eratosthenes.
He had all the wrong dreams. All, all wrong. […] He never knew who he was. Charley. [stopping Happy’s movement and reply.
Holden explores the concept of relationships through the similar attitudes displayed towards popular society and his repulsion of their values. Holden is seen throughout the novel to have difficulty accepting people due to their pretentious nature and expresses this through the constant use of the word “phony.” “…very phony, Ivy League voices, one of those very tried, snobby voices” this quote by Holden displays his criticism of middle to upper class America. Holden’s relationship with his own parents is one that he deems