Thomas Sutpen had a complicated relationship with his Haitian slaves to say the least.
Thomas was once a naive young man oblivious to race as well as the issues occurring around him. I believe the first instance when he begins to realize how race and social class plays a large part in the south is when he witness a slave denying him entrance through the front door of
Pettibone mansion. "The Big House" as some called it, Thomas from that point on enacted a plan so that he would never be denied entrance through the front door or looked down upon again. For
Thomas he felt as if he was naturally better than the slaves granted he was White and they were
Black. Thomas now had a vendetta not only against the slaves but also the plantation owners the …show more content…
He didn’t feel as if they even were worth life's basic necessities. It was no secret that
Thomas had a prejudice against the slaves and you can see this both in Haiti and the South when he deals with his slaves.
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Essay 2
Nick Adams is a character introduced by Hemingway early. We are first introduced to
Nick Adams in the short story "Indian Camp" the "In Our Time" collection. This is when I believe we can see Nicks first stage which is adolescence, he is a young man accompanying his father who is a doctor in an Indian camp where he is exposed to some life changing events. Nick wasn’t at the age of maturity at this time and we given clues to his age for instance, "Nick lay back with his father's arms around him" letting us know there is still an innocence. Nick witnesses an Indian woman giving birth when his father states, "You don't know," said his father.
"Listen to me. What she is going through is called being in labor. The baby wants to be born and she wants it to be born. All her muscles are trying to get the baby born. That is what is happening when she screams" how his father explains labor and his choice of wording is how one would break down an issue for a child. Nick left that day distraught and in shock at the …show more content…
I would say Nick's next stage would be his transition into young adulthood and maturity into adulthood. I believe first see his maturity to thrive in the "Big Two Hearted River" its after the war he's been through some troubling times and now he and many other are now having to return to their homes in which nothing is left. Instead of Nick giving up and being defeated he decides to make the best of the situation as best as one can. He sets out on a path alone in nature providing for himself , "He did not need to get his map out. He knew where he was from the position of the river" without any guidance. In this moment there is a sense of masculinity one may gather from that quote, also a sense that Nick is sure of himself. Nick is starting to no longer need the assistance of others , "[h]e smoothed the uprooted earth. He did not
Thomas was once a naive young man oblivious to race as well as the issues occurring around him. I believe the first instance when he begins to realize how race and social class plays a large part in the south is when he witness a slave denying him entrance through the front door of
Pettibone mansion. "The Big House" as some called it, Thomas from that point on enacted a plan so that he would never be denied entrance through the front door or looked down upon again. For
Thomas he felt as if he was naturally better than the slaves granted he was White and they were
Black. Thomas now had a vendetta not only against the slaves but also the plantation owners the …show more content…
He didn’t feel as if they even were worth life's basic necessities. It was no secret that
Thomas had a prejudice against the slaves and you can see this both in Haiti and the South when he deals with his slaves.
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Essay 2
Nick Adams is a character introduced by Hemingway early. We are first introduced to
Nick Adams in the short story "Indian Camp" the "In Our Time" collection. This is when I believe we can see Nicks first stage which is adolescence, he is a young man accompanying his father who is a doctor in an Indian camp where he is exposed to some life changing events. Nick wasn’t at the age of maturity at this time and we given clues to his age for instance, "Nick lay back with his father's arms around him" letting us know there is still an innocence. Nick witnesses an Indian woman giving birth when his father states, "You don't know," said his father.
"Listen to me. What she is going through is called being in labor. The baby wants to be born and she wants it to be born. All her muscles are trying to get the baby born. That is what is happening when she screams" how his father explains labor and his choice of wording is how one would break down an issue for a child. Nick left that day distraught and in shock at the …show more content…
I would say Nick's next stage would be his transition into young adulthood and maturity into adulthood. I believe first see his maturity to thrive in the "Big Two Hearted River" its after the war he's been through some troubling times and now he and many other are now having to return to their homes in which nothing is left. Instead of Nick giving up and being defeated he decides to make the best of the situation as best as one can. He sets out on a path alone in nature providing for himself , "He did not need to get his map out. He knew where he was from the position of the river" without any guidance. In this moment there is a sense of masculinity one may gather from that quote, also a sense that Nick is sure of himself. Nick is starting to no longer need the assistance of others , "[h]e smoothed the uprooted earth. He did not