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    identification we as the audience could make with the characters. Gaut talks about several identifications such as motives or point of view; however, the two points that interest me is sympathy and empathy.…

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    of Albert Schweitzer are timeless. They are not only relevant today, but they will continue to serve as an inspiration for the future.” Said Jimmy Carter. I agree with Albert Schweitzer’s philosophy due to his concerns of education, peace, and his sympathy for nature. Despite claims that Schweitzer’s philosophies are perceived as autocratic and primitive by some to others his philosophy is a moral encouragement to other medical missionaries. Schweitzer highly valued education, believing that if…

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    Reb Saunders to portray the attributes of sympathy and understanding. Throughout the storyline, these three characters display their kindness and compassion towards people by listening and empathizing with them, and sometimes offering their opinion and help. Often, these acts of benevolence can spur other individuals on to persevere, just as how Reuven’s support and encouragement helped Danny Saunders to persevere in his education and family life. Sympathy can often counterbalance the woe an…

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    family could show which sparked Atticus saying, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” such as sympathy which is why I believe that the main theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is sympathy. In the beginning of the novel, Jem is capable of “stepping into someone else's shoes” and view the predicament from Walter's point of view. After Jem and scouts small argument,…

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    get Othello and Cassio simply because Othello gave Cassio the lieutenant position over Iago. This agitated Iago to the point where all of the jealousy within him caused him to deliberately hurt those closest to him. Due to this, here should be no sympathy for Iago because he is a manipulative villain. He brought the feeling and consequences upon himself because he was not willing to accept Cassio’s superiority to him. He then desired to seek revenge upon Othello for rewarding the better man…

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    The poems,”Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar and”Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou were poems about slavery. Each poem had its own unique feature. As for both of them, they both had a theme on slavery. Their rhyme scheme, tone, and theme have similarities but they also have differences. These similarities and differences can be compared and contrasted. The first difference is their rhyme scheme. Both author had different rhyme schemes. As for Dunbar, he had a similar pattern for all three of his…

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    Do you feel sympathy for Mrs. Mallard, why or why not? It would be very easy to say that she is acting like a selfish child who seemed happy to be free of her husband though, his unexpected death was not the kind of freedom she wanted was it ? When Mrs. Mallard hears the unhappy news of her husband’s death in a railroad explosion she grieves as any woman would upon hearing such news but, then she thinks about her new found freedom and she’s almost as giddy as a school girl. The time is late…

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    Did you know that the movie for the outsiders is only roughly one hour and thirty minutes. Some might say that the movie the outsiders makes you have less sympathy for Johnny and Dally. I am saying this because in the book Dally sounds like he wanted to die more in the book. I am saying this because when it was written in the book even said he had a look of triumph in his eye, and in the movie, it seemed that he was scared and how he didn't want to die. The book is better.I think this because…

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    Tragedies infected the overwhelming hatred for the United States war efforts. Sympathy for “Vietnam Veterans Against the War” and other adamant organizations protesting the Vietnam War. The United States heard the outcry from the citizens and found it in their best interest to cut their losses and admit defeat. Such an admission of defeat came in the form of a peace treaty with the North Vietnamese. This treaty, however, came with the condition of a full American retreat but a continued…

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    physically strong, but mentally he is not as strong, and he breaks down frequently when under pressure. He is completely dependent on George, and this causes the reader to feel sympathy for Lennie and also for George. Other character’s treatment and viewpoint of Lennie is also intended to make the reader to feel sympathy for Lennie, who is, generally a selfless, generous person. Firstly, Lennie is a selfless, generous and loyal person. Despite his mental impairment and childish and possibly…

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