Sympathy is a universal emotion that we‚ as human all tend to felt toward people have an unfortunate‚ a harsher‚ more oppressed life than us. In Ernest Hemmingway’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ 1952 novella‚ an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago‚ our protagonist has strongly elicited our sympathy toward him due to the harsh‚ lonely‚ poor and full-of-suffering life that he had have to experience‚ especially when he loosed the greatest catch of his life: the marlin. Despite that there are counter arguments
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known to be strong and courageous; he leaves his family to fight in the war against the Trojans. Achilles is a mighty warrior that shows feelings and emotions that are human. Although Achilles may exhibit heartless and cruel tendencies like the way he killed Hector showing virtually no feelings‚ he is ultimately a sympathetic character as he feels taken advantage of‚ shows remorse‚ and exemplifies compassion. Achilles emerges as a sympathetic character because he feels taken advantage of and denied
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Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need. Calculators must not be used. Information The total mark for this paper is 100 The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question. Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your written communication will be assessed. Advice Read each question carefully before you start to answer it. Keep an eye on the time
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Answering the Call and Running from it The book To Kill a Mockingbird shows many great examples of true courage and cowardice. The courageous put others before themselves and listen to their conscience. The cowardly react selfishly and hurt themselves as well as others. Atticus is courageous; he puts Tom Robinson’s right to justice first instead of worrying about what others will say about him. Boo Radley is also courageous; he puts the children’s safety before his own safety and privacy. Bob Ewell
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Garnering Sympathy for Criminal Characters Today‚ most individuals are used to the modern Ratings system and enjoy very little censorship in movies. However‚ it did not always used to be this way. Starting in the 1930’s‚ movies were required to follow a strict set of rules and morals called the Motion Picture Production Code. When the Production Code was abandoned in the 1970’s‚ directors gained more freedom than ever when making movies ("Hollywood Censored: The Production Code."). One film that
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Great Expectations Essay How does Dickens create sympathy for Pip in the opening chapters of Great Expectations? Charles Dickens was born during the Victorian times‚ he wrote ‘great expectations’ in a weekly instalment‚ every week he sold one part to maintain the reader’s interest. He wanted people to understand the mass divide of the rich and poor. He wished the people would realise how badly the poor were treated at that time. He used Pip to grab the reader’s attention in the opening chapters
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Washington Irving (2010)‚ writer of the classic short story “Rip Van Winkle‚” uses his writings to express his views of disagreement with pre-Revolutionary War era thinking. His views on how the Puritans thought are carefully displayed in his works. Through his writing‚ Washington Irving demonstrates the power of fiction as he indicates the apparent errancies of the American Revolution. Fiction has the power to subtly infiltrate one’s thinking. Sarah Wyman (2010)‚ an Associate Professor at the
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A simple farmer with Puritans’ beliefs‚ John Proctor‚ shows his honesty in the court with the confession that he had committed adultery. In the hope of life‚ Proctor signs his false confession and later says‚ “I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” (Miller—Act IV) This shows that how Proctor is honest to Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey‚ Proctor also keeps
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negative or mean‚ then the next step would be to put yourself in their shoes. Throughout Part 1 in To Kill A Mockingbird‚ this idea is shown in various scenarios‚ to prove that empathy is the solution to racism and prejudice. One of the ways the author‚ Harper Lee‚ had shown that empathy was the solution to racism and prejudice‚ was Jem and Scout was prejudice towards Ms. Dubose because of the way she acted towards them‚ but later on they showed empathy for her and she was no longer judged by them
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Native son by Richard Wright’s portrays the struggles Bigger Thomas faces while trying to live in a segregated society. Bigger is backed into a corner his entire life by discrimination and misunderstanding by those around him. He is constantly searching for control over his life and is forced into choosing between a life of petty crime or of a servant. Frustrated by racism and the limited opportunities‚ giving to his skin color by society‚ Bigger strikes out in an attempt to overcome those forces
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