Betrayal In This Is Now, By S. E. Hinton

The ability to trust others is a good quality to have, but too much trust can lead to betrayal which then can cause a change in someone. The dystopian novel Unwind by Neal Shusterman is about kids ages 13-18 trying to survive in a disloyal world from getting killed and stripped for body parts. In the novel The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, there is an alien invasion where all the aliens manipulate all the human’s fears and weaknesses to eventually kill them off. Both authors of the stories use character archetypes and symbolism to indicate the theme that people who have been betrayed in the past, tend to change as a person whether the change is good or bad.

Betrayal is defined as, “an act of deliberate disloyalty" (vocabulary.com). In William Faulkner’s book, As I Lay Dying, there is a lot of betrayal between the Bundren family. From, Addie having an affair to most of her family travelling to Jefferson for selfish reasons. The Bundren family is a lying and selfish family. Most of the characters betray Addie specifically in many ways. For example, Anse betrayed her by not even waiting ten minutes after burying her to go and find himself a new wife. Betrayal is a large part of their lives. Dewey Dell is like her mother in many ways. However, she too betrays Addie and Addie’s last request.

Teddy in “The Fall of a City” by Alden Nowlan and Alyosha in “A Trifle From Life” by Anton Chekhov both deal with betrayal. Imagine being bullied, betrayed or laughed at by your own guardians or even your mother 's lover. Teddy is a boy stuck inside his aunt and uncle’s house playing in the attic and constructing a cardboard palace. His uncle visits the attic and mentions to his wife that Teddy’s playing with paper dolls, and they laugh at him. On the other hand, Alyosha is a boy who is home alone with his mother 's boyfriend, Belyaev. They discuss about Alyosha’s father. Belyaev gets upset because of the comment that was made by Alyosha father that he was the source of Alyosha’s unhappiness, as well as his sister, Sonia, and his mother, Olga. Alyosha is deceived when Belyaeu tells Olga about their conversation, so he is lied to by Belyaev who said he wouldn’t tell. Thus, both Teddy and Alyosha experience betrayal by people close to them; the cluelessness of both Belyaev and Teddy’s uncle negatively affect Teddy and Alyosha physically and emotionally, which, ironically, makes Teddy along with Alyosha to be more aware of the adult world.

In The First Betrayal Josan, a man who works in a lighthouse finds himself in the midst of a violent storm. Consequently the disheartening storm threatens to destroy the light in the tower, causing the ships to crash into the rocks. In the passage- The First Betrayal, Patricia Bray’s use of harsh diction and vivid imagery creates a mood of suspense.

In the novel, Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck, the author demonstrates how friendship is profitless, impracticable, and full of deception. Friends don’t always have your back when you think they do. Nothing really does hurt more than being betrayed by the one person you trusted the most. Friends sometimes aren’t worth the heartbreak you go through in the end.

On March 28, a student by the name of Philip Malloy is disrespectfully singing the “Star- Spangled Banner.” The teacher the student had at this time, Miss Margaret Narwin, did her job and asked Malloy to stop. When this incident occurred the following day Malloy is asked to see the assistant principal, Dr. Joseph Palleni, Dr. Palleni gave Malloy a warning. The same incident happened the next day, again, Philip Malloy is sent to Dr. Palleni’s office. This time Malloy is told that he could apologize, or be suspended, Malloy refused to apologize, so Dr. Palleni is forced to suspend him for two days. After the suspension, a whole ordeal began, including the newspaper, in the local town, and nation- wide, and also radio shows. Many people are to blame for this incident, but I believe that Philip Malloy is the main person of blame, for the facts that he lied multiple times, disrespected his teachers, and passed the blame several times.

The Outsiders is a novel written by S.E Hinton in the first person point of view: that of

The theme displayed in The Lightning Thief and the play, “Julius Caesar” exerts the amount of betrayal displayed in these texts. Throughout the stories both are subject to many betrayals through which the protagonist must power through in order to achieve their respective goals. In The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson is betrayed by Luke because he stole the Lightning Bolt from Zeus in order to cause chaos. On the other hand, Julius is betrayed by his closest friends when he plots his plan to seize power, he doesn’t realize his closest allies have betrayed him by making a plan to kill Caesar in order for them to seize power. In the play, “Julius Caesar” and the book, The Lightning Thief, Caesar and Percy are both betrayed by those they had thought they could trust the most.

The novel The Pilot’s Wife represents a well-explained example of betrayal. Betrayal is a high intensified subject in this novel because Kathryn, Jack’s wife, finds out that Jack had been cheating on her with another woman and had a family with her. Not only was Jack cheating, he was lying and using his daughter for illegal smuggling purposes. Kathryn first suspected betrayal when she finds a cryptic note while going through a pair of Jack’s jeans. The note had a phone number and a poem that was about “the pitiless north” and its “relentless, resultless fighting,” that was scribbled in Jack’s handwriting. Since Jack is dead due to a plane crash somewhere off the Irish coast, Kathryn cannot ask him any questions. Kathryn does recall that pilots

In the book slaughterhouse five, Billy Pilgrim mentions a character, Roland Weary. Weary was the most favorable person back home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In fact, he was unpopular because he was stupid, fat, mean and smelled like bacon “no matter how much he washed”(44). Which leads to Weary always ended up being ditched and him portraying his feelings in acts of violence. Seeing that Weary is repeatedly being rejected in his society and left alone, it contributes to him growing up repressed and in denial about what happened to him, which adds to his fear of abandonment, intimacy, and his low self-esteem.

In the Crucible by Aurther Miller there were many themes shown in the text. One of the most common themes presented in the book is Betrayal. Betrayal happens a lot through out life. Betrayal is when you go against someone who you were for at first. People often deal with Betrayal through out everyday life. It has a huge affect on peoples feelings and Morales. This puts you in a bad position. You have to make a decision to how you will deal with this problem.

Betrayal is the form of committing a dishonest or treacherous act against something or someone that means a lot to you. Betrayal plays an important part in the Kite Runner as redemption does also guilt. Throughout the book “Kite Runner” By Khaled Hosseini betrayal was expressed numerous amounts of times from Amir, Hassan, Baba and Sanaubar.

“Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals. Both “The Golden Compass” and “Diamond as Big as the Ritz” deal with the theme of betrayal in contrasting ways. On one hand Lyra tries the whole book to save Roger and in the end is his downfall, but Percy betrays John from the start and ends up dead instead. In the the novel “The Golden Compass” by Philip Pullman and the short story “Diamond as Big as the Ritz” by F. Scott Fitzgerald both deceptions had to result in a death because if everyone was to live no one would have been truly betrayed. (STRONGER)

In 1984, by George Orwell, Orwell explores the different forms that betrayal can take in order to augment the disposition of loneliness and isolation. Betrayal is one of the recurring themes that is portrayed throughout the novel. Betrayal is common in Oceanian society. Betrayal often happens in 1984 through the government manipulating the characters of the story. Betrayal also occurs against Oceania through the acts and thoughts of the Julia and Winston. At the end of the novel, Winston commits the ultimate betrayal by betraying himself by declaring his new found loyalty towards Big Brother.

They say that history is written by the winners and well, most of the winners throughout history have been men. Due to this there is tale after tale of great male heroes braving impossible challenges, discovering new worlds, and just about any notable feat one could think of. Nawal El Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero challenges every stereotype of heroic men and damsels in distress all while incorporating real life accounts of women in Egypt. Possibly one of strongest methods of breaking these stereotypes is they way men are represented. Women at Point Zero portrays men as a harmful, deceitful, breed through the eyes of the leading character Firdaus; this is done in order to shed light on the patriarchy and empower women.