First They Killed My Father

and saying that he killed him, we soon learn that the man is none other than Antonio Salieri and he is attempting to commit suicide. This act lands him in an insane asylum, where he is then interrogated by Father Vogler a priest who gets Salieri to tell him what he meant by he killed Mozart. Salieri first tells Father Vogler about his youth and how even then his idolized Mozart and compared himself to him. Salieri desperately wanted to dedicate his life to music, but his father had different…

introduction, the first pattern Foster points out is the Faustian Bargain—the deal with the devil. Foster describes this bargain as the exchange for "something [the hero] desperately wants—power or knowledge [...] and all he has to give up is his soul" (xxiv). My question is whether this concept can be expanded to include offers for the hero to join the antagonist. The first example that comes to mind is Star Wars. Darth Vader cuts off Luke Skywalker's hand, reveals himself to be Luke's father,…

The topic of this essay will be on my opinion of Odysseus being a hero. Odysseus certainly did have some heroic moments in the Odyssey from the story of the Cyclops to the fight against the suitors and their families. Odysseus is a really courageous man, he always put his life on the line during these situations and got through hard and horrific conditions. There were times in the story that I thought Odysseus couldn’t make it but he came through and prospered to the next journey. Odysseus is…

15 years old when he and his family were deported and were eventually separated. While with his father Elie experiences what family,survival and faith could do to a man and how they could entirely change him. Readers can understand that during the Holocaust many families were split apart and the Jewish people started to lose faith in God which could make them do anything to survive. One of the first themes in the novel is family and how it affects and…

theme “Emotional Death is very evident in the book night by Elie Wiesel, and is still very evident in the world today. The first example from Night of the theme “Emotional Death” is when Moishe was trying to warn others about the concentration camps, but no one would listen. Moishe the Beadle…

Successful Immigrant Story My father’s history is an example of determination, hard work and achievements. His desire to learn, to adapt, and to teach, as well as his special skills and talents makes his story a successful immigration one; an American Dream. Dante Americo Verme Ferreyra was born in 1953 in Lima, Peru and he is my father. His father, Dante Antonio Verme Ryan was commonly known as “Kukuki”—he liked cookies—and was also born in Lima, Peru, in 1922. “Kukuki’s” father was born in…

I had always thought of my homeland as a peaceful, unharmed land. But now looking through the window within the midst of the clouds, I saw the true scars that I had been unaware of. I had lived a life of ignorance to the outside world. Locked in a small, wooden house with enough health, and nurture to survive. I had parents who rarely visited me. On those days, I get a high boost of self-esteem. “So glad to see you again, Mom,” I said as I opened the door after one knock on the frail wood of the…

heartfelt speech about his father. He explains to Athena, disguised as Mentês, that he has heard all of the grand stories told about his father. He knows what a brave fighter, faithful husband, and respectful man Odysseus was yet he has never been able to truly know his father as a man. Afterall, Odysseus left when Telemachus was merely an infant and has been gone for almost nineteen years. He has to have a father, that fact is apparent, but Telemachus has never had a father figure in his life.…

innocent people being killed everyday based on their religions and beliefs. With hatred towards many Christians from a country populated with Islam’s, living in Sudan was not considerably a safe place to continue staying at. My family was one to experience this hardship with the impactful and unforgettable passing of my father. He was a pastor and passed away due to a gunshot wound while sleeping. These very rough times that we’ve gone through, although I was still in the womb, impacted my…

Hamlet, Fortinbras, and Laertes. All three of these young men have lost their fathers and demonstrate different goals and methods of seeking vengeance. Shakespeare creates a triple mirror of relationships in Hamlet by showing the different approaches the men take to achieve the same goal- to avenge their father’s deaths. Hamlet wants revenge on his uncle Claudius for killing his father, but delays his retribution. His first excuse is that his informant, the Ghost, is just a devil in disguise…