Bhagavad Gita Comparison Essay

The relationship between the two is more important than his work. Love: Love is a major theme in the poem “Bearhug”. Despite the fact that his father gave priority to his work and made him wait, Griffin loves his father unconditionally. When his father comes to give him a hug, he sticks to him like a magnet which shows the strong bond that was present between father and son. The father hugs him and because he loves him, realizes the mistake and feels guilty.

In Homer’s The Odyssey, the bond between father and son is strongly emphasized throughout the novel. For example, Poseidon defends his son, Polyphemus the cyclops, by punishing Odysseus for blinding him. Odysseus and his crew are put in life threatening situations, such as deadly storms and monsters, because they harmed a god’s son. Poseidon seems very protective of his son, like any father would be, so the punishment he sends upon Odysseus is done out of respect and value for his family. Another example is when Telemakhos and Odysseus work together to defeat the suitors in Ithaka.

A significant amount of being a hero involves physically fighting. One could say since Achilleus is fighting and presenting a hope of victory for the Argives then he is portrayed as more heroic. However, hero’s are praised for their selflessness in battle and their good hearts, not acting on anger and revenge. Patroklos sets a good example of a hero, with such empathy for his countrymen he says, “… such grief has fallen upon the Achaians. For all those who were before the bravest in battle are lying up among the ships with arrow or spear wounds” (XVI 22), and then pleading with Achilleus to let him go into battle.

Joseph Campbell's call to adventure, or what triggers a hero’s journey, applies to Antonio when he witnesses Lupito’s death. As he watches the mentally ill war veteran “bathed in hot blood,” he questions how the Catholic God could allow such injustice in the world, which results in Tony setting off to learn more about the world and himself (Anaya 22). Antonio’s willing journey of self-discovery demonstrates his heroism because it reveals his human need to

Through Rostand’s poetic writing, the author exemplifies the protagonist’s noble soul by Cyrano’s use of grand gestures to show his bravery, selflessness and loyalty. When Roxane confronts Cyrano with the idea of protecting Christian from the other cadets, she then refers to his bravery in fighting one hundred men and then responds with “I have shown more since" (Rostand 47). Although Cyrano loves Roxane but Roxane loves Christian he promises Roxane to protect Christian because he loves her and wants what is best for her. Roxane has arrived to the battlefield and Christian has been shot, so Cyrano lies to Christian telling him “I’ve told her everything. It’s you And only you, she loves—no matter what”(106) in order for Christian to know he was loved.

and my father would try" (Wiesel 55). Although many of the prisoners mock Wiesel and his father for marching, the father and son tolerate the ridicule and are aware that they have each other's backs. The father-son relationship here expands as they know that the survival of each other is more important than any sort of humiliation or embarrassment. When Wiesel's father thought that he was going to die, he says, "Here, take this knife…I won't need it anymore. You may find it useful.

Analysis of All Quiet on the Western Front Many war novels are written in an admirable way as if war as an act of valor and honor in which men sacrifice their lives for their country and for the greater good. All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel published in 1929 by Erich Remarque. This novel,contrasting many others, does not admire war, but speaks of itshorrors with unparalleled veracity. All Quiet on The Western Front is clearly an anti-war book as can be seen with Paul’s changing mindset preceding and during the war, descriptions of the cruelty of war, and Paul’s reaction to the death his friends. “Won’t you join up, Comrades?” (Remarque, 11) said Kantorek, who was Paul’s schoolmaster and had swayed Paul and his friends to go to the District Commandment and volunteer for the war.

He faces conflict created by the antagonist, which is God. Abraham encounters his conflict when God asks him, “Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of” (22:2). The conflict of having to give his son up to God is both physical and internal. It is physical based on the fact that Abraham must literally kill his son, and this is not something he necessarily wants to do. Additionally, the conflict is internal because Abraham must decide whether to trust or question God’s intentions behind such an extreme request.

In The Kite Runner, Amir and Baba engage in the act of betrayal however Hassan never betrays. Amir, Baba’s son and the main character throughout The Kite Runner, betrays Hassan many times due to the fact of jealousy of the attention Hassan receives from Baba. First, when Amir tries to justify his actions he shows his motivations behind the betrayal. Amir states, “Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba” (Hosseini 77). Amir craves Baba’s attention so much that he

The reason Joseph is sold into slavery is because his brothers are jealous of him. The explanation for their jealousy toward Joseph is in the book of Genesis. The Bible explains that their father (Israel) loves Joseph above all his other sons since he happens to be “the child of his father’s old age.” (The Norton Anthology World Literature, pg. 180) However, there is another motive for his brothers’ jealousy which occurs when Joseph tells them he has the ability to interpret dreams. The jealousy Joseph’s brothers have toward him will bring about hate, deception and the sale of Joseph into slavery.

One reason that ben and jew’s had coreg was “They had to have Courage because ben had to survive hitler 's army trying not to die with his family.” this was challenging for them because They have courage for this because they have to face all this when they had nothing to do with because hitler threatened germans to fight with him or they will die so they had no choice, so they had to kill all those jews or they will be killed. Another reason that he and jew’s had Courage was ben found tunnels and holes that he had to dig to sneak out of the ghetto and when he was out there he learned tricks of his family to get food there were holes in the wall and tunnels that led to the other side, so his family would not starve to death with the very small portion of food they gave them.” this had to be challenging for ben because ben had to figure out how to get out and learn all the tricks so his family would not starve to death befor the war was over. The last reason that they had to have courage because “He also had Courage because they had to sleep in the sounds of gun shots every day they could not go a day without hearing gunshots.” and this was challenging for him because they had to hear gunshots and no one wants to hear gunshots so they had to deal with that till the war was over. To conclude all of this conflict they have had to deal with many challenges that almost killed

In the beginning of the story, Moses is the antagonist as him and his son Adam Cooper bump heads often. Moses’s interactions with his family show that he is a very strong willed man who wants things his way. Adam states, “His voice called after me like a whip around my ankle” (Fast 3). In this quote, Adam is hinting that he is afraid of his father’s wrath. Granny, who is a widow and lives with her son Moses and his family, has a close relationship with Adam, after one of Adams scolding’s from his father, he tells Granny, “He doesn’t lose patience, Granny.

At first, his brothers want to killed him, but in the end they decided to send him to Ishmaelites. However, after Joseph were sent to Egypt, God appeared to help him. something was happening to Joseph and God helped him to won the trust of the king. Then the king’s dreams came true, seven yeas of famine has occur to Egypt. And naturally, Egypt as a country which

He may not want to accept the Green Knight’s challenge, but he doesn’t want Arthur to do it. So, out of respect for his King, he steps up. Gawain is very humble about asking King Arthur if he would grant Gawain the honor of accepting the challenge. This appears again in Morte D’Arthur right after Sir Lucan dies on page 191. Sir Lucan’s brother, Sir Bedivere, is deeply saddened by the loss of his brother.