Biff is one of the most troubled characters in Death of a Salesman‚ along with his father Willy. Whilst the Play mainly focuses on the tragedy surrounding the decline and death of his father‚ Biff’s story is arguably also a tragedy: going from having everything he could possibly want‚ with many universities interested in Biff‚ people throughout his school looking up to him as a role model‚ and generally his life being good to being sent to jail‚ moving from one low pay job to another‚ and finding
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Hickock‚ Dick’s parents who are worried for their son and concerned about his whereabouts. The author was able to create and portray a good amount of sympathy for Dick’s parents by making them appear poor and gentle as well as by how they speak about their son‚ and are willing to forgive
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Dunbar and other African Americans felt discrimination and imprisoned which is described in this poem. In Sympathy‚ it uses a caged bird as a metaphor for what it means to be a black during the 1800s. In the first stanza Dunbar states he knows how the caged bird feels. Also how the caged bird is missing out on the beauty of freedom. In the second stanza “I know
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that is full of symbolism. After the first read‚ it might seem like an innocent tale about a woman and her garden. However‚ upon further examination‚ the reader learns it is actually a story about a woman’s desires and frustrations in her life. Steinbeck uses many examples‚ such as the flowers to symbolize the thoughts and ideas of the main character‚ Elisa‚ in this story. Elisa Allen is a lonesome woman who gets pleasure from growing her chrysanthemums. Since her husband‚ Henry‚ is
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The final chapter mainly focuses on the way Kino and Juana try to escape La Paz and go to the capital so that they can sell the pearl after their brush house is burned by the evil men and they are forced to escape from their hometown. At first glance‚ Kino thinks that he will get a higher offer in the city. Unfortunately‚ the pearl only brings to him unhappiness. On his way to city‚ evil men who attempt to take away the pearl attack Kino. Juana and Kino are really pursued like animals by bighorn
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True Colors Unlimited wealth can bestow upon you everything your heart may desire‚ but it can also bring out the worst in you. In The Pearl by John Steinbeck evil and hope consumes both Kino an the humble town of La Paz‚ once word spreads of Kino’s finding of the pearl of the world. Everyone’s true colors shined threw once Kino established an unrestricted fortune. The power of the pearl brings Kino and his family hope‚ and a better tomorrow. “My son will read and
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war between the Allies and Germans. They were ambitious to succeed and win the war. In the end they all had tragic and horrific deaths‚ but which three of these men deserve your sympathy the most? I sympathized the most with Paul‚ Albert‚ and Detering. Paul Baumer was the character that I felt deserved the most sympathy because he had it tough in the war from finding out that his mother had cancer‚ being alone‚ and losing all of his friends. For example‚ Paul had said‚ “I am the last of the seven
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you have more sympathy‚ Aeneas or Turnus? Give reasons based on your reading of the whole text. [8] Throughout Book 12‚ Virgil clearly flicks from the perspective of Turnus to Aeneas several times in order to change with whom we have more sympathy. Overall‚ Virgil is very successful at doing this and we‚ as the reader‚ find ourselves changing our opinions of the heroic characters Aeneas and Turnus over the course of Book 12. Virgil uses a few techniques in order to extract sympathy for Aeneas
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asked if he was hustling a game of pool‚ the Deacon replied‚ “No. I’m educating.” The most memorable scene for me is when McNulty sits down and talks to Briana Barksdale about D’Angelo. It is interesting to see how McNulty uses both his actual sympathy for D’Angelo
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means to come from a broken family‚ and Capote’s recount of Smith’s childhood causes the reader to only feel sympathy for Smith. Capote does not portray Smith as a killer‚ whose crime has elevated him to an inhuman status‚ nor as a monster‚ but portrays Smith as normal human being. As a reader‚ discovering Smith’s horrible childhood made me feel something I never thought I would feel: sympathy for a killer. Whereas Capote excelled in making In Cold Blood completely sympathetic‚ some of the
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