Tearing Us Apart

Franz Kafka: “Before the law” “Before the law” is a short story in which the reader at first would think it’s a battle between man and door keeper, to gain admittance to the Law. As the reader goes deeper into the writing they discover that this is a battle between man and his fear. The man from the country must figure out how to overcome his fear of the Law before he may gain admittance to the Law. In “Before the law” Franz Kafka demonstrates how conflict, tone, and setting drives a man to…

two we learn a lot about the early history of our great country. Through them we learn that there are many different ways to lead. They both get stuck in very similar and difficult situations but they both manage out of it their own way. They teach us that when times get tough we need to stay strong and try to power through them. Overall I believe that William Bradford and John Smith were two great leaders in similar situations, who found their own way out of…

In Old School, the narrator becomes completely obsessed with a fictional character named Roark, a strong-willed, independent architect who refuses to bend to the “weakness” of society. To the narrator, Roark symbolizes not only what it means to be a man, but what it means to be great. In this way, the narrator falls into the “Icarus trap”, meaning he fails to realize his reality and his limitations, and he ends up paying the price. The narrator is determined to soar as “men were born to” (pg…

Though chronologically happening in the middle of the plot, the opening line of Purple Hibiscus is “Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion…” From this point on, Jaja takes a stand against his father’s power over him. In chapter nine, Jaja’s cousin, Obiora asks where his name comes from. Jaja reveals his real name is Chukwuka. Aunty…

What would it be like to live in a community where there is no individuality? In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry the protagonist, Jonas in the story live in a community like with no individuality. Jonas changes over the book by questioning the community and breaking the rules in his community. In The Giver Jonas’ life is transformed throughout the book by learning the real truth about the community and that prompts him to leave the community. For instances, when jonas received his first…

Once upon a time in the late 1520s was a small town unheard of 30 miles off of there was a selfish man. His name name was Tom Jenkins. Parents died when he was only 15 years old and basically raised himself. So he only did things for himself. Which got him nowhere. Tom was a man with almost everything a man could ask. He was the richest man in town. Tho he was a really selfish man he had good intentions. Well from his mean and acking perspective. Tom is a selfish man and as the town hatred…

Nature can be seen as one's best friend or worst enemies at times. It is unpredictable and brings along suffering for the people who are affected. In the story "The Open Boat" nature is enemy towards the men. There are many instances where nature could have taken them out, but the men held on for dear life. In many cases people think that nature will always end the battle and win the battle, but that is not the case in this story. The four men will not go down without a fight. The theme of man…

You cannot co-exist with a second entity threatening to take over in a spur of the moment rage without learning a few tricks. When total separation isn’t enough to protect the world from the Hulk, Bruce has adapted a few techniques to counterbalance his hidden anger. Most of his earlier years, before the surface of the Other Guy, Bruce devoted his entire existence in avoiding the “monster” raging beneath his skin. In his father’s words, the monster was in him, in them both, burdened to never…

Comparison of Achilles and Christopher Reeves When comparing Achilles and Christopher Reeves, one can say that they both had some many strengths as well as weaknesses. Achilles, from the movie Troy, had a weakness and that was his “Achilles heel”, if he got shot in his heel he would die. Christopher Reeves, on the other hand, had a super power strength however he could be killed with kryptonite. This is according to the superman movies. There are some other powers that each of these…

In Umuofia, a city in the novel Things Fall Apart, masculinity is highly regarded as a moral. It’s comparable with words such as courage and power, and with just about any other quality that proves a person in being self-reliant. Actually, it’s considered an insult if a man is called an agbala, a woman. In the novel it says, “no matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children he was not really a man”. There is a sharp contrast between femininity and…