The Theme of Guilt: Enduring Love, Quiet American
The theme of guilt: Enduring Love, Quiet American
Before starting my essay, I would like to share an extract from an article which is related my topic. I think it is better to start scientific definition of my main argument "Guilt" as a moral concept. In this article, shame and guilt are being discussed and I am going to connect with the characters of the books I am going to write about them. “Analyses of personal shame and guilt experiences provided by children and adults revealed few, if any, "classic" shame-inducing or guilt- inducing situation. Most types of events E.g lying, cheating, stealing, failing to help another, disobeying somebody are cited by some people in connection with feelings of shame and by another people in connection with guilt." In my essay, I am going to talk about the relationship between guilt and personal action in the Enduring Love and The quiet American, and then I am doing to discuss how guilt functions as a moral concept. At the beginning of Enduring love, we encounter an incident that changes the life of all characters. Joe and Clarisse organize a picnic to celebrate their rapprochement six weeks after their separation. While two lovers spends their time peacefully, a balloon which has inside two passengers, suddenly as it will be broken down to ground, begins to rise. With the few people around there, Joe starts to run towards balloon in order to help. However, nobody knows that this moment will change their destiny. Mr. Logan is the one of them who tries to hang the rope hardly in order to pull down the balloon. Everybody gives up hanging but he doesn't. The balloon rises again with him. He falls and dies. After he dies, some characters feel sense of guilt like Joe and Mr. Logan’s wife but they choice to find judgment of this guilt and find way to suppress their conscience.
Joe's sense of guilt starts with this balloon accident as we
Before starting my essay, I would like to share an extract from an article which is related my topic. I think it is better to start scientific definition of my main argument "Guilt" as a moral concept. In this article, shame and guilt are being discussed and I am going to connect with the characters of the books I am going to write about them. “Analyses of personal shame and guilt experiences provided by children and adults revealed few, if any, "classic" shame-inducing or guilt- inducing situation. Most types of events E.g lying, cheating, stealing, failing to help another, disobeying somebody are cited by some people in connection with feelings of shame and by another people in connection with guilt." In my essay, I am going to talk about the relationship between guilt and personal action in the Enduring Love and The quiet American, and then I am doing to discuss how guilt functions as a moral concept. At the beginning of Enduring love, we encounter an incident that changes the life of all characters. Joe and Clarisse organize a picnic to celebrate their rapprochement six weeks after their separation. While two lovers spends their time peacefully, a balloon which has inside two passengers, suddenly as it will be broken down to ground, begins to rise. With the few people around there, Joe starts to run towards balloon in order to help. However, nobody knows that this moment will change their destiny. Mr. Logan is the one of them who tries to hang the rope hardly in order to pull down the balloon. Everybody gives up hanging but he doesn't. The balloon rises again with him. He falls and dies. After he dies, some characters feel sense of guilt like Joe and Mr. Logan’s wife but they choice to find judgment of this guilt and find way to suppress their conscience.
Joe's sense of guilt starts with this balloon accident as we