If This Is a Man

the short story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings ”, by Gabriel García Márquez, the old man, seen as an angel is often seen as symbol of Hope, goodness, Purity, Protection, or comfort. They are also represented as beautiful winged figures unlike the very old man in the story. "His huge buzzard wings, dirty and half-plucked" we re ironically conveyed as an image of age and prosperity. As oppose to an angel, the old man is seen as weak, dependent, and different. Any heavenly qualities…

exemplum. In regards to these elements, a key character in this tale is the old man, who clearly acts as “the mysterious guide” and leads the three rioters to their unforeseen death, adding to the allegory. In fact, the true identity of this old man is often debated. Accordingly, some readers may assume that the old man is a spy for Death, as suggested by the rioters in lines 177-180. On the other hand, some may believe that the old man is simply an innocent bystander due to the fact that the…

Human character's lack of pity can be seen in the townspeople who mistreat the poor winged man. For instance, when the incapacitated old man was found by the couple, he was rudely dragged through the mud and was locked in the chicken coop instead of being helped. The couple treated him without any mercy and they didn't give him any sort of aid. In addition, this lack of mercy through the story is developed into cruelty since the crowd who came to see him even began to torture the pitiful…

Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Civil Disobedience” discusses why man should resist the oppressive government and the evil inflicted upon him in the form of law. He illustrates that this evil will never cease to exist as long as man lets it, so the only way to stop the it is to disobey, resist, and rebel in order to bring a change to the government. Thoreau advocates for the idea of rebellion by saying, “They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the…

story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe is a brutal murder story where the narrator is telling his story of how he kills an old man that he loves because of his “Evil eye.” The narrator has an evil obsession with the Old Man’s “eye of a vulture.” The narrator explains his hatred for the Old Man’s eye, and he tried to justify his reasoning to kill the Old Man. There are many theories to the factors behind the narrator’s mental status. One example of a theory of the motive behind the…

the article "Tank Man", on Wikipedia, that "A man who stood in front of a column of tanks on June 5, 1989, the morning after the Chinese military had suppressed the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 by force, became known as the Tank Man, unknown Protester or unknown Rebel. As the lead tank maneuvered to pass by the man, he repeatedly shifted his position in order to obstruct the tank's attempted path around him. The incident was filmed and seen worldwide." This is saying that a man who…

J.J.C. Smart maintains that there are two types of utilitarianism and that one is the correct and true form of utilitarianism and the other is not. Smart gives many reasons why one is the right version and the other is wrong but ultimately, there is an objection to the version he defends. Smart believes that there are two types of utilitarianism, restricted and extreme. Restricted utilitarianism has moral rules that everyone must follow even if breaking the rule means greater utility. Extreme…

Explication of “Woman” “Woman” dramatizes the conflict between the woman and the man on how he refuses to let her be someone. The speaker who is also the author tells the story of the man and the woman “he stood straight/declining to be her corner” (12-13). The author uses lines 12 and 13 to show how the man does not care enough to let her be someone and he in return be someone for her. The author targets the readers as audience with her tone of sympathy, sorrow, and in the last stanza the woman…

stereotyping is common in the world today, people want to break free of this. They want to be their own independent person. They want to be authentic, original. So, when a person is placed into a certain “box” they will often try to break free of this. Such was the case for the young man, Dave in the short story, “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” by Richard Wright. Dave was a hardworking boy, who just wanted to be seen and respected as a man. Another person who tried to break free from their…

The Wallaces kill a black man and they are not punished. The blacks in the community want justice so they are refusing to shop at their store. Mr. Jamison says to Papa: “’But even more important than all that, you're pointing a finger right at the Wallaces with this boycott business. You're not only accusing them of murder, which in this case would be only a minor consideration because the man killed was black, but you're saying they should be punished for it. That they should be punished just…