... three evils. Much of the blame can be placed in the hands of particular characters, such as Milo, Aarfy, and Cathcart, who take advantage of the wartime hysteria for personal gain. The rest can be accounted as the evils of war and the squadron’s compliance to the wrong doings. Catch-22 distinctly depicts a certain loss of individuality among the soldiers of Pianosa. Although the book starts with a variety of characters, who take part in different activities that enrich their community, it shows a pattern of slowly diminishing individuality among them. This trend become more apparent as the book progresses, and even ...

... pirate, Thulsa was evil. Cormac hated Thulsa more than he hated the everyone in the world combined, for Thulsa had plagued his family for centuries. Cormac's only goal in life was to bring an end to this evil, but he could not kill it himself because, "...he could not be slain, for he was not truly alive (6)." Thulsa could only be brought to an end by a crowned woman, a queen of her land. There was believed to be no such person, but Cormac's quest was to find one so he could rid the world of his eight thousand year old enemy. Cormac's first development occurred when he had witnessed a young girl get raped by four v ...

... his children about not being judgmental. During Tom Robinson's trial Atticus was asked to keep watch. Everyone in town wanted to kill Tom so this was very dangerous. Atticus excepted this task because he knew it was wrong to unfairly judge a person. As expected a mob formed and demanded Tom Robinson be given to them. He in there, Mr. Finch? a man said He is, we heard Atticus answer, and he's asleep. Don't wake him. ...You know what we want, another man said. Get aside from the door, Mr. Finch. You can turn around and go home again, Walter, Atticus said pleasantly.(153-154). At ...

... is a dynamic character in The House of Seven Gables. As the story begins, Hepzibah is having to open a cent shop to help pay her bills. She is a tall, gaunt woman who always seems to be in a fowl mood. She finds having to open the shop extremely demeaning considering her patrician background. She lives almost completely in the past and never leaves the house to interact with the rest of the world. When she opens the cent shop she finally begins to make interactions with other people; however, she keeps her unpleasant mood even to her customers. The woman lives with the curse that has been handed down throu ...

... at a ladies home recently. The Aunt owns a picture of a house that is near a canal that comes very important later in the book. Tommy goes off to a secret convention for old detectives and Tuppence takes off to find the house that is painted in the book. Tuppence comes to a town that is called Sutton Chancellor where she finds the house and a numerous amount of interesting characters. She meets two gossipy old ladies, a child’s missing grave, and a caretaker of a church. She finds out a lot of information about the house and is planning on returning home the next day but, she finds the child’s miss ...

... and puts up a frail fight by hiding her feelings behind her sarcastic comments. Jig faces an immense decision that will change her future. She must choose between the old and the new lifestyle. It is hard for her to let go of old habits that consists of taking no responsibility and the sole intention of seeking pleasure. She must go from a young worriedless rebel to a stable adult taking responsibility. It's a hard process since there are three steps to changing: realization, doing the deed, and committing to the change. She definitely realizes she needs to change, but only goes that far. She does walk to th ...

... of bad luck and misfortune, for instance Polonius’ daughter, Ophelia. . She, like others in the play, was manipulated by Claudius for his own purposes. In Act II, Scene 2, Claudius and Polonius use Ophelea to determine the cause of Hamlet’s madness. Polonius: At such a time I’ll lose my daughter to him: Be you and I behind an arras then; Mark the encounter: if he love her not And be not form his reason fall’n thereon, Let me be no assistant for a state, But keep a farm and carters And in Act II, scene 1, Ophelia tells Polonius how Hamlet has scared her, making Polonius believe that Haml ...

... some men to come rushing to the aid of the woman. Lennie then became frightened and ran away. George was such a supportive and understanding friend that he ran away with him. Running together, the two frightened men hid out in the Salinas River waiting for dusk to come. When dusk arrived, the two men gathered wood and built a fire. Luckily, George had three cans of pork and beans with him in his backpack. They stayed there until morning to start walking again. George told Lennie that he heard of a ranch that was four miles ahead of them and they could get a job there. George told Lennie that if he would get ...

... those do not come close to showing then the true terror of war. At the beginning of the novel, the boys have not yet been drafted like those a few years ahead of their class. They have not trained for war, and most do not see it as much of a threat. A few boys are ready to enlist, and some do not even consider it. Phineas says he does not even believe there is a war at all, and he partly convinces Gene of this idea as well. The war doesn’t hit any of them until Leper, the first to enlist, goes to war and comes back a complete mess. Although not children, they are not quite adults, and they share a rare time of car ...

... common people, but possessed powers that are not only uncommon, but ultimately inhuman. Although not a fool, Ray Kinsella was also not invincible. For example, he was forced to deal with defeat and hopelessness throughout his travels. Once, he misunderstood a message given to him and journeyed to a place that he was not called to go to. But, being the bright and resourceful person he was, he was not discouraged and continued to persevere. Ray Kinsella was called upon by forces left unknown to the viewers and himself to go on both a physical journey as well as a journey of the heart. After hearing voices proclaiming, ...