Initially, Miss Tretheway treated him equitably to end the bullying. Wes was bullied on the sledding hill, when he was just trying to take Mrs. Banks’ laundry home for her. The bullies kept pushing him around, but then Miss Tretheway’s brave expressions had scared off those individuals. Miss Tretheway assisted Wes in the gathering of the laundry that was clutered in the snow. Wes appreciated the gratitude, and Miss Tretheway treated him respectfully, even though his race and ethnicity is different.
Starting on the end of page 79 of Peace like a River by Leif Enger, Readers gain their first insight to the way that Reuben, the main character, thinks and behaves. Jeremiah has just been fired by Mr. Holgren and Reuben notices that Jeremiah awkwardly slaps Mr. Holgren. Reuben then notices that the slap has actually cured Mr. Holgren’s facial complexion problems and becomes mad at his dad, Jeremiah, because Jeremiah did not cure him of his lung problems. This passage is important because it uses imagery, character development, and point of view to cause the readers to also believe that Jeremiah's works of wonder, described by Reuben as miracles, are actually miracles. Imagery is one of the most consistently used literary device throughout Peace like a River and aids very well in making the readers believe in Jeremiah's
After a quick vote, Ralph was elected leader of the stranded boys, leaving Jack jealous and vengeful. Golding expresses in the novel how people can be made powerless and put in danger due to their self image. As a way to express this, Golding uses the character, Piggy, to give the audience a sense of what it feels like to have problems and conditions that create a separation between people. Piggy is a character with more of a sensible appeal to the problems that arise in this novel, but he is dramatically weakened after being caught time and time again envying Jack and Ralph. Piggy is described as a "fatly naked" (13) boy as he and Ralph are first scoping out and entering the pool, whereas when Piggy was exiting
That itself is obvious; even Pete admits it when he says, “when Sucker was a little kid and on up until the time he was twelve I guess I treated him as bad as Maybelle did me”(McCullers 32). When Maybelle starts actually noticing him, Pete starts feeling bad for how he treated Sucker and wanted to make it up to him, so they become good friends, but then it starts to go downhill. Maybelle for some reason started acting differently around Pete and he started getting worried, and then everything Sucker did kept annoying him. Just like any other human being, Pete could keep his anger under control and took it out on something, and that thing was Sucker. Here is where things get weird.
Maycomb is an injustice town because as every time the Jury said “guilty” it negatively affected Jem like he was being stab inside which illustrates how he was very confident in knowing that Tom will be acquitted & be found innocent but, after the verdict it had made realizes & lose hope on the members of his community. As the trial progresses Jem becomes tired and views his members of community with contempt. Jem is emotionally scarred after Tom Robinson is wrongly convicted. Jem firmly believes that there are differences between individuals, social classes and races. Which made Jem acknowledge what he thought Maycomb was, a safe place to live with people who care for each other and has loss faith on the neighbors and the people he knew due to large amount of prejudice
He can not stop talking about how quick it was and then internally thinks that he was a bad person because while he felt a little sad, he mostly felt glad that it wasn’t him. It affected Kiowa mental health as Ted’s death circled in his mind, which is revealed through narration. Among narration, O’Brien’s manipulation of characters helps the readers see into the mental minds of the
It would have been easier to turn in Jim and get the money, however he is started to weigh his emotions into the scale of practicality. Later, when he drafts the letter to Miss Watson regarding Jim, he feels like all his sins have been lifted. However, when thinking about Jim he gets nostalgic and sad, ripping up the paper and declaring "All right, then, I'll go to hell!" (Twain 217). Turning in Jim would cause too much pain to Huck and is therefore no longer practical.
He acclaimed, “…I kept wanting to throw mine out or something or even trade with him” (Salinger 141). Him wanting to throw out or trade his suitcases shows the guilt Holden has. He feels bad for his roommate but did not like how snotty he was. This is because Slagle used the word ‘bourgeois’. Nevertheless, Holden misses Slagle when they are not roommates.
If he hadn’t stopped, there could have been a terrible accident. The bathroom bombing incidents are a good reflection of John’s personality because he seems almost proud of his bad deeds. John Conlan is an irresponsible character that cares more about living than he does about other people. I’ve gone through the experience of having friends that are really irresponsible and I’ve had to deal with the consequences of it. It’s better to be friends with someone like John because a friend like John will end up getting you in trouble like he did in The Pigman.
The search of knowledge can help take away the doubt, but it can affect the ones around you. Victor doubts and knowledge cause the death of his wife, best friend, and his brother. Victor should have known that bringing something back to life would had consequences. His relentless search of knowledge did brought him suffering because he involved his family and didn't thought about the consequences. Victor’s passion about learning new things brought him to the creation of an ugly monster.