foresaken school?” This links to the character Hector. Bennett has put all his views amongst characters. He has not put all his views in one character because it is unrealistic to think one person could have all these private issues‚ although Alan Bennett has. Joseph O’ Mealey‚ writing in 2001 saw Bennett as “a writer who refuses to sentimentalize his characters by exempting them from satiric scrutiny” This links Hector and Irwin Hector admits straight away in the play that he didn’t
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eight-year-old boy imagining that one day he could be like his hero‚ baseball player Hector Moreno. Each image in this poem gives the reader an opportunity to visualize the narrator’s childhood. Three images in particular‚ “The game before us was more than baseball. It was –Hector Moreno quick and hard with turned muscles”‚ “and mother was the terror of mouths twisting hurt with butter knives”‚ and "when Hector lined balls into deep center‚ in my mind I rounded the bases". These images show that
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movie clip The Iliad excerpt and the Troy movie clip are the same in many ways. Achilles will have vengeance; his cousin is now dead all because Hector believed Patroclus was Achilles. The two battle it out‚ and Hector asks that his body is not manipulated if he is defeated and he will not manipulate Achilles. The deal was quickly denied. After Hector is killed during the battle‚ Achilles drags him behind his chariot. There are many differences between the Iliad excerpt versus the Troy movie clip
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opposition created between the two teachers‚ Hector and Irwin.” What is the significance of Bennett’s use of opposition? The book ‘The History Boys’ provides opposition between the two teachers Hector and Irwin. These two characters are presented by Bennett to show the audience the difference in the teaching of both characters. Hector is described on page four as ‘a man of studied eccentricity. He wears a bow tie.’ By this‚ we get a first impression that Hector makes effort for how he dresses as we could
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In the play on page 22 when Mr. Hector says “Dakin’s a good-looking boy‚ though somehow sad”Mrs. Lintott replies“You always think they’re sad‚ Hector‚ every time. Actually I wouldn’t have said he was sad…”I think the fact that Mrs Lintott says “you always think they’re sad” represents Mr. Hector’s character in someway‚ from the play we can extract the fact that Mr. Hector is ‘sad’ in general. But what makes this even more meaningful is the fact that
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person in mind which is to hire Hector as the new supervisor. The purpose of this assignment to advise George whether or not it would be wise to hire Hector. There are several advantages of hiring Hector to become a supervisor. Hector is hard working and reliable for the reason that he has made numerous suggestions that have increased the efficiency of the company. He has been with the company for 12 years‚ although other have been there for a longer time. Hector also has the qualities that are
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Hector‚ a nine year old Mexican boy‚ was sitting on his bed‚ playing his newest video game‚ while trying to keep thoughts of Riverside‚ his new school out of his mind. Hector had moved to another town with his family and was starting the new school in the morning. But Hector worried that he would be teased and picked on like on his last school. There every student teased him because of how he was and his heritage. Riverside was even bigger than his last school. That scared him a lot. Hector was certain
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because the lives of people he cares about hangs in the balance. In Homer’s The Iliad‚ Hector and Achilles are both great warriors and great men but differ in many ways. They are heroes of their time‚ but fight for completely several reasons. Achilles‚ who fights for the Greeks‚ and Hector‚ who fights for the Trojans. But who is more considered as the Homeric hero? Achilles was certainly the better fighter‚ but Hector is more of a hero for me. According to Encyclopedia‚
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The Trojan War The Trojan War was a very important part of the Greeks’ history. There are many myths and legends about the trojan War. In the Iliad‚ it describes certain events in the final year of the war. According to legend‚ the Trojan War lasted 10 years‚ until Greece defeated Troy. Many of ancient Greek stories talk about the Trojan War‚ particularly Homer’s Iliad and the Odyssey. Many scholars believe the legend is based on a real war of the mid-1200’s B.C.’s. People have
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contribute o he humur the play. In the beginning of the play‚we are introduced to one of he boys teachers‚Mr Hector.The relationship between Hector and the boys seems informal and sexual as he hits the boys and allows the boys to do a lesson based in a French brotherl in their French lesson.By the 1980’s corporal punishment had been abolished.This portrays Hector as an old fashioned teacher‚who still believed in punishing students by hittin them.Alternatively‚Hetor hits the boys as part of a sexual
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