In The Boondock Saints, two brothers, Conner and Murphy McManus are in a situation where they believe that they are being called upon by God to kill criminals. The story line begins with them in a Roman Catholic Church where the pastor is preaching about a great evil, the "indifference of good men." The two live in an Irish neighborhood in Boston where the Russian mob is trying to take over. It is St. Patrick's Day, so the two brothers go out to a local pub to celebrate and the Russian mobsters enter to start a fight. Later the brothers are attacked by the mob and turn out to be local heroes for killing the two Russian mobsters. They turn themselves in to the police and by the following…
Though their intentions are not the same they both help their brothers. In addition to that in both “The Scarlet Ibis” and “Forever” they both have places where they frequently hang out. In “Forever” Richard hangs out in the loft all of the time, he loves it. Then in “The Scarlet Ibis” both Brother and Doodle hang out at the Old Woman Swamp. Which is where brother teaches Doodle how to do a lot of things like walk and swim. One last similarity is that in both stories a brother dies, leaving the other brother sad and lost. In “The Scarlet Ibis” Doodle dies during a horrible storm after a long day of Brother pushing his limits. Doodle died from his heart exploding. In “Forever” Tim dies from putting too much strain on his heart. His heart is strained because he refused to give up looking for his brother, and because of this Richard is alive. Tim did die but he died because he saved a life, it was a sacrifice he was willing to…
In this story, the devil, one of the characters in this story, convinces Goodman Brown to go into the “evil side.” He conveys both ethos and pathos in order to persuade Goodman Brown to follow the devil and join the people who are in the evil side. The devil mentions about Goodman Brown’s grandfather and father, and says that they have connection with him. He tells Goodman Brown that he helped grandfather to hit the Quaker with a whip, and gave father “pitch-pine knot to set fire on the Indian village.” In addition, the devil talks to Goody Cloyse who told Goodman Brown about Christianity and shows Goodman Brown that Goody Cloyse is also his friend. These pathos and ethos represent Puritans place great importance on the tie or link with other…
The characters being examined are Joe from Simon Birch, and the narrator for “Scarlet Ibis”. Joe always cared for Simon, which caused him to eventually experience a spiritual change. Thanks to Simon Birch Joe started believing in God. ON the other hand, the narrator slightly cared for his younger brother, but would always put his own longing for pride above his brother Doodles health. However later in the story he realized what he was doing once Doodle died.…
In several instances in the play, Cates displays the humanity of an open, forgiving mind, as do the other evolutionists and progressives. Ironically, forgiveness comes more readily to Cates than to his staunchly Christian neighbors—foremost among them Reverend Brown, whose fire-and-brimstone sermons led Cates to abandon the church.…
1. What is revealed in the first seven paragraphs about the characters of Goodman Brown and Faith?…
In my life there was this man who tried to be my father but never succeeded and this man is my actual father but I do admire him for not giving up hope in being my father to this day even though I've all but given up on him. The first reason of contrast between the stories…
Winthrop, John "A Model of Christian Charity." The Norton Anthology American Literature 7th Edition Volume A.158-147…
Similarly, William and Jamal share the same passion for writing. Also, they both dislike Prof. Crawford. Prof. Crawford is the professor of Jamal at a private academy…
The book is an analogy of church history. A father gives suits of clothes to his three sons, with instructions that the suits should never be changed. The brothers Peter, Martin, and Jack represent Catholics, Anglicans, and Puritans. Peter changes his suit…
3. Brown’s meeting with the unnamed man was actually pre-arranged because in the story when he goes in the woods the man comes upon the road and greets Goodman Brown. He tells him he’s late and greets him as though he had been expecting him. Also, Brown says that he showed up for the meeting because he promised to do so, but does not wish to touch the staff and wants to return to the village. Before leaving for the forest Goodman Brown believed in the goodness of his father and grandfather, but the old man, tells him that he knew them both. The man says that he helped his father when he lashed out at a Quaker woman through the streets of Salem, and that he helped his grandfather set fire to an Indian Village in King Philips war.…
Once again, Young Goodman Brown sees shocking information about the people he cares about. While he is resting, Goodman Brown spies on the Deacon and minister, hearing their conversation. “...Moreover, there is a goody young woman to be taken into communion.’ ‘Mighty well, Deacon Gookin!’ replied the solemn old tones of the minister, ‘Spur up, or we shall be late’” (4). This is the last straw for Young Goodman Brown and this causes him to lose his faith. Throughout his journey, he sees that people are evil no matter who they are. Even people he considers holy, are friends with the…
Is there an expectation of what Christianity must look like? It seems to Brown, there is a sense of Christians being either purely good or purely evil. His initial understanding of his wife, Faith, is that she is all that is pure and innocent, represented by the pink ribbon that is fluttering in her hair. When brown begins with what he thinks faith should look like and it turns out not to look the way he expects, there are three ways he could have reacted; either he could deny the alterations to his faith and remain ignorant, his faith must change, or in his case he would lose it…
The idea of two people being foils of each other and being connected by their similarity by Nadel as a basis for exploring the connections of my siblings and I…
1. Although the James brothers were criminals, they did not publicize their exploits, unlike their modern counterparts.…