... daughter, on the side of the road because he felt people would think differently about his actions towards her. Even after he realized what he did was wrong and unacceptable he continued on. This man was thinking of only himself because he felt that he might be questioned and accused of things. His actions may not have been violent but they were still evil. Another story where evil and human nature bind together is in "A Rose for Emily". This story and also a town's ability to pry and gossip. Emily was so in love with her lover that even after he died she slept with his corpse. Her actions did not allow the young m ...

... Shane does not like disscusing his past with anybody, as if he were ashamed. When confrtont Shane Stark Wilson, Shane tries to give Stark Wilson a chance out, Shane gives Stark wilson a chance to walk away, but Stark Wilson refuses. Since Stark Wilson insited on fighting Joe Starrett Shane is forced to go back to his violent past. Shane dresses back up in his all black clothes, just as he wore when he first arrived. Shane grabed his gun and met Stark Wilson for the final showdown. By having Shane return to solving problems with a gun, Jack Schefer implies that a man can not changed, there is no breaking the mo ...

... the story, Henry is characterized as a shy and timid boy who has been nurtured his whole life by his mother. When Henry develops the motivation to free himself from his nurturing mother and finally become a man, he decides to fight in battle. As soon as Henry enters battle, this motivation to become a man softens to a mere whisper -- Henry is afraid. He, too, threw down his gun and fled. There was no shame in his face. He ran like a rabbit. Crane uses Henry’s fear to symbolize how a true-life person would feel. Not many people can relate to a super hero who can face all fears, but they can relate to a person ...

... one wants his girlfriend, one wants political power, and one is simply greedy and lacks all morals. In prison, Dantes meets Abbe Faria, who lives in an adjoining cell. Their friendship gives him strength, love, and friendship. Through the Abbe, Dante realizes who has wronged him and becomes less naive. He escapes when the Abbe dies, and finds a hidden treasure that the Abbe had told him about. With his newfound riches, Dantes buys the title of “� and resurfaces in society, namely the French aristocracy. He rewards those who were good to him in the past and schemes and plots slow and painful punishments for ...

... childhood sweetheart had also enrolled there, threatened to withdraw him. The romance soon ended, and Williams, deeply depressed, dropped out of school. He survived his depression for awhile through his poetry, plays, and stories, but the strain soon resulted in a nervous breakdown. "Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory" Williams once said. Tennessee used his stories to express his childhood pain. Alcohol was a prevalent theme in his childhood. His father's drunken attacks on his mother had a great impact on Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. "Drunk - drunk - animal thing, you!" screamed ...

... in which he visited Lilliput, Gulliver is faced with the minute people, called Lilliputians. Now while this is the premise for a fantasy story, Swift uses the events within to make severe criticisms of England between reigns of Queen Anne and George the first. The people of Lilliput are about six inches tall, and there size signifies that their motives, acts, and humanity are in the same, dwarfish (Long 276). In this section, the royal palace is accidentally set on fire, containing the empress inside. Instead of making his way across town, to the ocean, squashing the people of Lilliput as he goes, Gulliver mak ...

... just that, a good man. Faith, Goodman Brown’s wife, represents just that, faith. She stands for Brown’s faith in god or a greater power than himself. “There was a scream, drowned immediately in a louder murmur of voices, fading into far-off laughter, as the dark cloud swept away, leaving the clear and silent sky above goodman Brown. But something fluttered down through the air, and caught on the branch of a tree. The young man seized it and beheld a pink ribbon. ‘My Faith is gone!’ cried he, after one stupefied moment. ‘There is no good on earth; and sin so but a name ...

... the world, suffered as a result of Westernization. In the book, Achebe focuses mainly on the character of Okonkwo. Okonkwo’s story follows the general pattern of a Greek tragedy. He experiences many successes in the beginning, but everything eventually comes crashing down on him. His early life is the typical success story. He starts poor, but works hard to earn everyone’s respect. From the beginning he is disgusted with his father. He is a lazy old man who borrows money and never pays it back. Okonkwo realizes that he does not want to be like his father, and it is this hatred that drives him to work hard. Afte ...

... powerful bomb they had, not fully knowing what kind of devastation it would cause. Many people lost their lives and an entire city was economically devastated. Nuclear proliferation should be banned in order to prevent other countries from suffering the death and destruction like that of Hiroshima. Governments around the world have the power to regulate what kind of warfare is used during battle. However, by permitting the use of the atomic bomb, many innocent civilians are killed. Proponents of nuclear armament argue that one massive show of force results in fewer casualties overall compared to prolonged gro ...

... with Phoebe, his younger sister, Holden realizes that this goal is quite unachievable. Holden wants to be the Catcher in the Rye, then realizes it is an unreachable ideal. Holden begins his story misguided and without direction. After flunking out of the Pencey School, Holden decides to leave early. Before he leaves, though, he visits his teacher, Mr. Spencer. Mr. Spencer and Holden talk about his direction in life: “‘Do you feel absolutely no concern for your future, boy?' ‘Oh, I feel some concern for my future, all right. Sure. Sure, I do.' I thought about it for a minute. ‘But not too much, I guess ...