Disgrace

character of Okonkwo. These points are essential to the novels storyline because, it is Unokas ways that leads his son Okonkwo to want to completely detach himself from his father. Okonkwo sees anything that is weak or feminine like as a complete disgrace, something unbearable. He is very black and white, women are meant to be weak and comprise to what men say and men have to be responsible and strong. This is an explanation to why the relationship between Okonkwo and his eldest son Nwoye and…

Amelia Sedley is presented as the ideal Victorian woman which may be perceived differently to today’s values. Thackeray’s lengthy introduction to Amelia signifies her merit, deeming her worthy to be talked about. The direct contrast against the non-existent positive adjectives about Becky is prominent due to the endless list describing Amelia and how she has a “delightful sweetness” as well as Miss Pinkerton’s “happiness and honour” in presenting her. This positive portrayal from Miss Pinkerton…

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the main character, Scout was influenced by the people around her. Atticus, Scout’s father, is influential by being wise and caring. Calpurnia, who is Scout’s cook, influences her by being like a second mother. Miss Maudie, influences her by talking to her when Jem and Dill kicked her out. Finally, Scout’s brother Jem teaches her to be respectful. All these characters helped Scout develop into a moral and understanding human. One character…

When a patient goes into a hospital, they expect the doctors to do an objective and professional job. From the moment, you begin working in the medical field, whether it is as a First Responder, an Emergency Medical Technician, or a Transplant Surgeon, you learn to not discriminate a patient for their gender, religion, ethnicity or the way they choose to live their life. As a doctor, I cannot break the bond I have built with my patients. If I do not do the job expected of me, and I set my needs…

worthless, disgusting community. For example, in one propaganda poster it had a man wearing a yellow star and fire trailing from behind him. This means that Hitler is trying to convey in this poster that Jewish civilians are bad luck and they are a disgrace to the society. On the night of November 9, 1938, violence against Jews started in the Reich. The Germans were angry because a German official got killed by a Jewish teenager. So the German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels organized the…

In a town called Landers, 75 miles west of Salem, a girl named Abby is walking through town. Looking around nervously, and jumping when a stranger say hello, she walks. Day in and day out, she walks. Abby Willis has been the subject of every gossip conversation since she got to Landers. “Why does she walk?” one woman asks another. “Surely there is something wrong with her,” says the other. Everybody wonders who she is and where she came from. Several people have tried to talk to her, but her…

The movie Deadpool (2016) starring Ryan Reynolds is an action and comedy movie. The main chatter who the movie is named after is Deadpool also known as (AKA) Wade Wilson who comes from the marvel comic universe. The movie Deadpool it is set in a large city, which appears to be New York City. Wade Wilson A.K.A Deadpool would be Protagonist, but well he does always show what would be called typical “hero” qualities. His actions are very recklessness some of which is using drugs, abusing alcohol,…

Who do you think struggled more? Greasers or Socs? I believe that the Greasers struggled more than the Socs did. They have no money which is hard for living because they can’t buy food but it also gets rougher on them with the Socs always looking for fights. The Greasers are poor and they live in the hood and have gangs and like to get into fights. The Socs are the rich kids who live in nice houses and who hate the Greasers. The two groups always get into fights. I am on the Greasers side. I…

The Death of a Salesman is a play by Arthur Miller following the life of a man named Willy, who is seemingly living the American dream. Later in the play it is revealed that he is only moderately successful with his wife, and that he is having an affair. Willy also has many struggles with his children. At the end of the play, Willy kills himself due to his failures in life. This ending marks the play as a tragedy, despite the fact that the main character was not successful or well liked. The…

(Jenny), a sixteen-year-old girl who is faced with an event that will change her life. She is a willful girl who has so much freedom being the second daughter of a Norman nobleman. Suddenly, everything changes when her older sister, Isabel had brought disgrace to their family. Now, Jenny has to take the duties of her sister. Considering all those responsibilities, she is then asked to marry Earl William de Warenne, an heir to the King of Scotland. With all the changes happening in her life, she…