Have you ever had a devoted friend that would do anything to save you? For Ponyboy Curtis, that friend is Johnny. Although Johnny's loyalty may seem like a good trait to have, it created major conflicts for everyone else. When Johnny killed Bob out of loyalty to Ponyboy, that created a conflict between the Socs and the greasers.…
Although the Chumash people experienced much pain and suffering at the hands of the Spanish, not all of the natives were passive about their plight. Many escaped from the Spanish and were executed for their “crimes”, while other Chumash people started revolts that killed many of the Spanish military and priest. The most violent of their revolts occurred in 1824 at the Missions Santa Barbara and La Purisima. Attacking the missions and setting them on fire after capture, a battle was waged for many hours that lead in the a Spanish defeat and the native people running away to the back country. The Spanish authorities were unable to force nor persuade the natives to rejoin the mission system.…
We often change our attitudes and behaviors to match people around us. One reason for this conformity is a concern about what other individuals might think of us. Another reason we conform to the norm is because other people often might have information we do not, and relying on norms can be an easy strategy when we are uncertain about how we are supposed to act. Unfortunately, we frequently misperceive how the typical person acts when obeying orders from an authority figure which can sometimes lead to disturbing behavior. This danger was illustrated in a mental institute, in which participants were instructed to administer painful electric shocks in which the nurses believed to be a learning experiment.…
Late summer news of rebellion had spread. Mr. Jones spent his time drinking and complaining over his loss. Other farmers are becoming afraid of the rebellion. Group of men lead by Jones tried to take back the farm by force…
I remember vividly how it started as a small revolution under the leadership of Nathaniel Bacon back in 1676; the times were difficult given that we were experiencing tough economic times that included low tobacco prices, the main crop of Virginia, and higher than normal pricing for goods and high taxation (McCulley, 1987). The rebellion was meant to find solutions to the problems that we were facing. Besides, the ineffective leadership, under the Sir William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia, precipitated the formation of this Bacon rebellion (Wiseman & Oberg, 2005). Berkeley had a long past that included being a veteran of the English Civil Wars and also participating as a frontier Indian fighter (McCulley, 1987). On the other hand Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., was sent here by his father in hopes that he would learn act like a proper adult, proved to be a troublemaker…
There was a combination of events that led up to Bacon’s Rebellion. There were economic problems such as the tobacco prices were low and the taxes were too high. They had problems with bad weather due to hailstorms droughts as well as hurricanes, which cause issue for the farmers. Then you have the farmers that felt like the Governor Berkeley was not doing enough to protect them against the Indians who started attacking the colonists. The rebellion lead to an increase in settlers turning to African slaves as a source of labor because the rebellion raided the Natives and almost overturned the government.…
Frankenstein the Unloved Creature Walton, Victor, and the monster all had hopes and dreams of a greater understanding of the unknown. Victor had the knowledge and the will power to create life; but he lacked the compassion for his creature. The monster in fact had more compassion than his creator did. “ The monster is at once more intellectual and more emotional than his maker; indeed he excels Frankenstein as much (and in the same ways) as Milton’s Adam excels Milton’s God in Paradise Lost”(Bloom 215). Victor’s lack of compassion and failure to love; lead to the monster’s downfall and his later demise.…
They walked around slowly... I must have wandered around for hours; sometimes even out into the street, getting honked at and cussed out.(pg 150) S.E. Hinton writes the story of two groups of people the Greasers and the Socs in The Outsiders. Two groups of people who live on different sides of town and have very different lives. Ponyboy would walk around for hours all alone. Sometimes he didn’t feel like he was part of a group.…
1945 was a prime year for novels: Stuart Little, Pippi Longstocking, and The Glass Menagerie were just a few published in this year. The most satirical novel of that year, however, was George Orwell’s Animal Farm. This novel practically dripped with satire; everything from the setting to the types of animals had a double meaning. The most notably parallel characters were Old Major, Snowball, Napoleon, and Pincher. Three out of four of these characters represent communist leaders, and consequently, three out of four of them are pigs.…
The hero in the Outsiders could be more than one person, from Ponyboy even to Steve! But there is always one character that sticks out from the others, and that character is, Johnny Cade. Johnny was the character people would least expect to be the hero of the story, he was nice, helped others, and even saved someone's life! But others like Pony and Dally can be considered heroes just for willing to help others if needed. But Johnny did more than just help others and be nice, he was a hero.…
7.3A Trace the development of events that led to the Texas Revolution, including the Fredonian Rebellion, the Mier y Terán Report, the Law of April 6, 1830, the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, and the arrest of Stephen F. Austin Lots of important that events led to the Texas Revolution are the Fredonian Rebellion, Mier y Terán Report, the Law of April 6, 1830, fighting at Anahuac, the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, and the arrest of Stephen F. Austin. It all started with the Fredonian Rebellion. Edwards received an empresarial grant from the Mexican Government which granted him the right to settle on a plot of land and then for receiving that land he was to bring settlers to settle there. Once Edwards and the settlers arrived at his designated…
Animal Farm Why does animalism fail? "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. " All this started when the Manor farm had their oldest pig have a dream. Major had a dream that one day the animals would be free of the control of the humans. When Major died the animals took action, they thought that they could make Major's dream come true.…
We are asked what type of situations would have to occur or under which conditions would it be deemed acceptable or ok if ever to take action into our own hands, to rebel and go against our government. What would have to happen in order to make it acceptable for us to inflict fear and the risk of civil war on our own citizens. This particular topic is still seen as very relevant even at present in the world. There have been many rebellions all around the world that are hugely important in history and in the running of those countries even today. Still to this day are rebellions occurring all over the world many for different reasons.…
“A Doll’s House” is one woman’s transition from a housewife with a bit of a defiant streak to complete independence over the course of a few days. Nora Helmer’s rebellion against her husband and movement towards modern womanhood starts out rather innocuously. When Nora is introduced to us, in the first act, she is simply a young woman who wishes to protect her husband and perhaps have the slightest bit of freedom for herself. However, as situations begin to deteriorate her disposition changes, as do her feelings toward the life she has made. Her attitude shifts somewhat gradually throughout the play until around the middle of the third act, when she is forced into a somewhat somber realization that she is unhappy in her marriage.…
“Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” was said by Lord Acton. The lesson Orwell intends to share with his readers is that power can lead to corruption. He does this by showing Napoleon abusing the trust of his comrades, misguiding the lesser-educated animals, and placing the blame on everyone but himself. Orwell shows power leads to corruption through Napoleon consistently abusing how much faith the animals have in him.…