Mens rea

Sophomore year I read a book with a profound sense of alienation and loneliness, called Of Mice and Men. Everyone in the book was alienated, the two main characters, a handicapped man, a man of a different ethnicity, and a woman. Even though they had many people surrounding them they still felt lonely inside. They each had something so small yet so noticeably different that set them apart from the others. As did I. When I was just 7 years old when my parents decided to move to the United States…

In my perspective Robin Hood is not a true follower of Jesus Christ. I see Robin Hood as a great person, that does good. Ephesians 2:8-9 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast.” (BibleGateWay, Ephesians) Robin Hood does not follow this verse. Robin Hood can do as many good works as he wants. He can give to the poor, help people in need ,but if he does not have a true relationship with…

Surreal Tim O’Brien uses surrealism when Dave Jenson and Lee shrunk became friends after they almost killed each other and then become great friends and have an oth. The oth was if any of them gets hurt where they could not walk then the other person will kill that person. Then how it ended was the main part of it because Lee got his leg blown off by a bouncing betty and Jenson didn’t kill him, even though later he died. It was surreal because of the irony it held. He was suppose to kill him…

As humans none of us want to be alone, it is almost out of necessity that we crave companionship. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck most of the characters admit their loneliness. That is except for Lennie as he has George. Friendship is one of the strongest and longest lasting bonds that we as humans can make. The reason for this is the traits that are attributed to forming friendships some of which are trustworthiness, dependability, and loyalty. George’s feelings for Leinnie as…

In the book, “Of mice and men,” George is forced to make a tough decision at the end of the book; Run and potentially let Lennie suffer the consequences of his actions, or to simply put him out of his misery, and not suffer at all. George ended up making the decision to painlessly end the life of Lennie so he wouldn’t have to suffer from the potential consequences he would have to face if he were left alive. George made the wrong decision. Previously, the two were in a similar situation, and…

An Antihero is someone who has flaws. These flaws may pertain to that of a villain or a dunce. Though these characters were unconventional back in the day, they have gained momentum in today’s world. Characters such as Georgie from Emergency, or Salim from Slumdog Millionaire, or Elwood Dowd from Harvey all have personality traits that we Americans find attractive because of what they do and how they live life. Georgie is someone who has noble intentions, but he’s a drug addict. Salim is a type…

What criteria do humans use to classify some people as superior to others? In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck expresses that characteristics that people cannot help but live with affect superiority. Race and age are factors that humans are not able to alter but determine social status regardless. Crooks is a character that Steinbeck writes about to develop the issue of racial biases. For example, Lennie enters Crooks’s room to talk when the others have gone out, but Crooks furiously says, “I…

moved out West and became a drifter working on ranches. After moving back home temporarily, Biff expresses his ideas of moving back out West with his brother. “Sure, maybe we could buy a ranch,” he suggests to Happy. “Raise cattle, use our muscles. Men built like us should be working out in the open” (23). They feel confined by the materialistic and career-restricting lifestyle of the city. WIlly’s most obvious exhibition of this desire, however is shown through his hallucinogenic visions of his…

In chapter one it starts with three siblings from Thunderclan (one of four by the lake), Jaypaw, Hollypaw, and Lionpaw. They are pretending to fight Shadowclan warriors. They were caught by there father (Brambleclaw), and were told to get ready for the gathering. A gathering is when the four clans meet under a truce to discuss things between the clans. this would be Jaypaw’s first gathering because he was on punishment and missed the other two, but he wasn’t looking forward to it. His brother…

The book I chose for this discussion was Marc Brown’s “Arthur’s Pet Business” (Brown, Marc 1993) It is one book of a much larger series, focused on characters who are designed traditionally from currently existing animals. For instance, the main character, Arthur, is based on an aardvark, which means earth pig, in the South African language. In this book, Arthur desperately wishes to own a pet and asks his parents for permission. The parents are fine with the possibility, but wish to see if…