Compare the way Shakespeare presents the relationship between Joe and Mrs Joe and Macbeth and Lady Macbeth…
In Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch finds out that his old teacher, Morrie,…
Gene Forrester is a high school boy who goes through a war with jealousy. Jealousy, according to Wikipedia, is mental uneasiness from suspicion or fear of rivalry, unfaithfulness. Through the the novel "A Separate peace" by John Knowles, Gene meets Phineas who is going to be one of his best friends. This boy will not only start a war that gene will be fighting with himself, he will also stop it and free him of it. Gene starts a love hate relationship with Finny ( short for Phineas) with the hat gearing more toward jealousy. Finny Is good at sports and always gets away with things. Finny was always around gene and his smile never faded, he was good at making Gene feel like a brother to him, if not a great friend.…
Morrie’s ideas raise up a lot of questions. What makes an emotion? How are we able to feel emotion? It makes me think of The Giver by Lois Lowry. In The Giver is a society where all emotion is eliminated, meaning that humans cannot feel emotion. It’s very interesting to compare how emotion plays a huge role in both stories. Morrie is someone who has felt sadness, pain, and grief, yet people in The Giver never get to experience those emotions. I think Morrie is trying to tell Mitch to detach himself from his emotions because he wants Mitch to accept that life is short and that nothing is permanent.…
In the novels Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom and Night written by Elie Wiesel, both are faced with humanity and inhumanity from man. Although the two books are set in very different time periods and situations, one can the world has remained the same. One can see how the love, death, and faith aids each in the life journey.…
Before Mitch Albom began talking to Morrie, his perspective on life was fallacious. He believed that a bigger house, a better car, and more material things would make his life better. Morrie quickly points out that this is a bad way to go about life. By doing so, you end up wanting more things than you can afford. People with this viewpoint end up leading miserable lives due to the fact that they are not content with what they already have.…
“--I walk away, run away, come home as fast as my feet can take me,” June recited. She follows her mother's rules and does as her mother asks. She wants to keep her mother happy. June is getting ready to go to swimming camp. Once she gets there, there is another June. “Your name is Fish Eyes.” The other June always teases her. “Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer is a story that shows bullying happening and how June deals with it, near the end of the story and June always tries to stay away from Tuesday-- the awful days. Even when the other June makes fun of her and calls her names, June is a good hearted person, follows every rule her mother gives her, and is dishonest sometimes.…
The brotherhood in Of Mice and Men is apparent within the characters of George and Lennie. Where the sacrifices George did for Lennie and even himself. When Lennie was getting beaten up and George was telling Lennie what to do. There was this other part where they would just talk about their dream they have and Lennie would always want George to explain everything. In the story of Mice and Men there’s a lot of parts where brotherhood and friendship is shown with George and Lennie.…
The book “Of Mice and Men” features great friendships and great rivalries. However, some of these people only desire the companionship of others. The two characters Crooks and Curley’s wife are the most desperate when it comes to the need of friendship, often resorting to even the most desperate of measures to get some of the attention they want. Crooks and Curley’s wife crave the attention of others, but are not able to achieve companionship.…
Homer Wells lives at the St. Cloud’s orphanage run by Dr. Larch. Larch has raised Homer since he was a little boy and while he was raising him the thing Larch most important thing that Larch teaches Homer is that he always has a choice as to what he is going to do. An example of Homer making a difficult decision and thinking for himself is, “It’s his choice –if it’s a fetus, to him that’s fine. It’s a baby to me thought Homer. If Larch has a choice, I have a choice too.” (Irving 169) This quote is showing the audience that Homer is changing as person mentally, and for the better. In the past, Homer just stood around and took orders from people, like Dr. Larch. Larch tells Homer that is should become a doctor and gives him a bunch of books to study off of, so when Homer decides that he will no longer perform abortions it was a very big change in his…
Do all old men truly possess wisdom because they can see their death on the horizon? Wisdom is a very valued and respected trait in our society and is associated with the elderly. In both King Lear by William Shakespeare and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, the protagonists were able to acquire wisdom after undergoing trials and tribulations. However, both these men began their quest as completely different people, polar opposites even. Morrie always emphasized the value of family and love, while King Lear saw these as trivial pursuits which at best can be used to elevate his ego. Morrie was disappointed by the way things were in his society, while initially King Lear did not care too much for it and accepted it. Morrie viewed death as completely natural and even an ideal way to live, while King Lear still wanted to live the life of a king despite dividing his land between his daughters. Despite being very different in both character and beliefs initially, both King Lear and Morrie came to acquire true wisdom by experiencing a fact of life which we regard as a phenomena; death.…
Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the complex relationships between the characters. Of these, Hester, who commits adultery against her husband with the youthful town minister, Reverend Dimmesdale, grows and develops throughout this story. Hawthorne puts into words how they develop together, which in turn helps the story to progress immensely, and is of major importance throughout the novel. The two worry how their sin will affect their appearance toward the townspeople, how they will accept the child in their lives, and how they can live the rest of their lives together.…
A wife is being beaten by her abusive husband. While this is something that would be looked down upon in today’s age, during the time that “The Color Purple” is set during, this is the norm and is even encouraged by others. This mistreatment of females is passed down from each generation that is shown. These traditions of violence created separation and caused strain to be placed on the relationships that existed. The struggle to be loved by each character in The Color Purple is shown through the cycle of relationships of Albert and his father, Celie and Albert, and Harpo and Sophia.…
While reading “Kin to Sorrow”, by Edna St. Vincent Millay, the many references towards “Marigolds”(7) and “rosemary”(8) suggest that the author aspires to over come the looming shadow of Sorrow. The personification of Sorrow as a person gives the image that the narrator is “accustomed”(5) to Sorrow and all that he brings along with him. Knocking on the door “neither loud nor soft”(4) Sorrow passes by the elegant flowers, as if mocking them, only to bring the narrator the painful and morose emotions that parade along with him. “Oh, Come in!”(16) says the Narrator to Sorrow in the last line of the poem; I felt a personal connection with this line because I believe that to kill one with kindness is the best way to act towards someone who is unhappy.…
“There is a special place in hell for all women who don’t help other women” –Madeleine Albright…