Gluttony

What, to the homeless man, is Thanksgiving? I answer: a holiday that reminds him, more than any other hungry day in the year, the gluttony and selfishness to which he is the constant prey. To him, your feasts are ridiculous; your thankful humility, just empty words; your giving attitude, bitterly ironic; your television specials, a mockery of his suffering; your holiday spirit, vanishing in an instant; your clamoring for generosity and kindness, painful to his ears; your pumpkins and autumn…

In "The Pie," a short story by Gary Soto, the narrator uses figurative language to lead the reader down a spiraling passage into spiritual guilt, stealing, and gluttony. For example, when the narrator states he knew enough about hell to stop him from stealing and that somedays he recognized the shadows of angels flopping on the backyard grass, and other days, the narrator, "heard far away messages in the plumbing that howled underneath the house," (Soto). The quote "far away messages in the…

‘It’s as if he had it from Heaven…’” With the religious overtones in the story, the seven deadly sins make sense as a theme. The mother, at one point or another, represents each of the seven deadly sins (pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, lust, and gluttony). The most prominent of these sins would obviously be greed, as a result of Hester’s love of money. Interestingly enough, “…pride is [said to be] the mother of all capital sin. Not only that, but it is said to prompt each of the other sins,…

Edmund's treachery parallels Judas's betrayal, although, they met different fates (Perry 1). Edmund betrayed his friends and family for gluttony and greed much like Judas betrayed Jesus and his friends for greed. This further proves that Edmund symbolizes Judas. The White Witch was the evil ruler of Narnia before Aslan came back to put order back into place. She has cast a spell over Narnia…

In “Twelfth Night,” there’s an abundant amount of characters, who, like people today, are filled with flaws. By incorporating their faults in the play, Shakespeare makes it so that even one character’s mistake can twist the rest of the roles situations. Throughout “Twelfth Night,” two prominent characters in the play, Orsino and Olivia, show particular forms of egotism: foolishness and self-absorption. Even though these negative traits affect their decisions, it also emanates many complications…

greed, augustus represents gluttony, mike represents pride, and violet also represents…

The truth of who you really are became a fallacy to the ears of many young minds, including mine. Implanted since I was a young child, you were always portrayed as the “Big Bad Wolf” who treated the three little pigs as delicious prey rather than a friendly neighbor who wanted to be more than an acquaintance. I question the reasons why you would let the media tarnish your name in such an evil manner. From Walt Disney creating a cartoon short called “Disney’s Silly Symphony: The Three Little…

Kingdoms can fall or prosper depending on the quality of leadership provided by the royalty. A good king is moral, hard-working, and selfless, putting his subjects needs ahead of his. A good king is also honest, loyal to his subjects, and good with money, spending money on things to benefit others, not just himself. The painting “A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion” depicts the then prince of Wales during a meal. Key features depicted in this painting include numerous bottles of alcohol…

How far would you be willing to go for money? Would you lie for it? Would you kill for it? Would you be willing to risk everything for it? As people, we are not grateful for the things we have until we no longer have them and we always want what we do not believe we have. As a results the human condition is flawed and open to the temptations of greed. Both, The Pardoners Tale and A Simple Plan explore these themes throughout the entirety of their context. The Pardoners Tale written by Geoffrey…

detailed the exploits and decision that built up their fortunes, as well as the social advantages that help push them to success. As their fortunes grew so did their temptations to give into sin. The temptation of pride, lust, envy, anger, greed, gluttony, sloth only grew as they became complacent with their fortunes. H.L. Hunt was a prideful man, much too prideful. He viewed himself as far above the rest of humanity, his fortune gave him the rational to believe it. The Big Rich quotes Lyda,…