Herman Hesse's Steppenwolf: Literary Analysis

Now because Candy's dog has died, he feels lonely and says “You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They say he wasn't no good to himself

Over the course of the Holocaust Wiesel shows through disturbing acts of violence from the Nazi’s. With the struggle over one’s sanity during the events of the Holocaust, it causes people to lose sight in their morals thus dehumanizing them and turning them into animals who only care their own survival. Throughout the course of the memoir, Wiesel’s once positive personality deteriorates and transitions into a silent man who turns to his own selfish needs due to the mistreatment and horrors of the camp. Elie’s only goal was to keep his father guarded in the beginning of the memoir saying “I had one thought- not to lose him.

Napoleon who was in control in Animal farm is similar to Joseph Stalin. One similarity between Napoleon and Stalin is they would eliminate anyone who would disagree with them or rebel against their rules. In the book Animal Farm Napoleon gets rid of Snowball because they didn't agree on what to do for the farm and he was worried all the animals would side with Snowballs ideas not Napoleons. In the book it states, “They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws,” (Orwell 53). This shows that napoleon felt threatened by Snowball and was worried he would take over the farm so he used his dogs to try to kill Snowball so Napoleon could have no choice but to rule the farm.

The confederate flag was banned due to people finding it offensive. The government did not like the fact that it was a rebel banner. The citizens did not like it because it displayed rebellion of the war that had happened during the Civil War. - they think no one was showing respect for the veterans that were in the war. Another reason that the confederate was banned is because people thought it was a rebellious flag.

The characters who portray the theme of loneliness and isolation are; Lennie, because he is mentally challenged and the other characters fear his intimidating physique, but he also has George and their dream of getting their own farm to escape reality. Candy, because he is old and deemed unfit to work, he is willing to sacrifice his life’s savings just so he can be part of the dream house, and this shows the extent of his loneliness. "You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me.

There is also some fear in the book at the beginning people in Churchill were spreading rumors about the wolves because they were scared, and at the end when Mowat went into the wolf den he and the wolves were scared. Clearly the wolves aren’t just out to kill they are just like any other animal they kill to survive. If wolves are savage killers then obviously so are humans, or birds... humans go hunting, and birds eat mice. It’s just the way it

Scrooge also hates happiness and generosity until a trio of Christmas spirits shows him the error of his ways. (Dickens, 9) At the beginning, Ebenezer is portrayed as a stingy and selfish man who expresses dislike for the Christmas Spirit. But just as the end of winter gets closer, Scrooge’s stinginess and cold heart sees a revival of goodwill that has been apart for so many years. Although Scrooge is a fictional character, nobody should ever be as greedy and selfish as him. Everyone should be happy and enjoy the things that they have and share with others.

After having gone in the cave and finding the cyclops’s abode, he was interested in its inhabitants despite his men suggesting to simply take the sheep and cheese back to the boat and leave. Leading to Odysseus waiting with his men for the resident, who turned out to be a cyclops trapping them. This shows how he, falling prey to his curiosity, led to he and his men trapped along with the cannibalistic cyclops. In the process he did lose men causing him to have a smaller amount of men. Krishnan was not greedy and even used his own assets to Manorat 2 provide food and hygiene for

In the book, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the story is about two men, George and Lennie, who are friends but they do not seem to be friends for all the right reasons. George is the antagonist and the main character of this book. As an author, John Steinbeck works to develop a character who is evil and immoral; this character happens to be George. To be evil and immoral means to be not conformed to accepted standards of morality, and profoundly malevolent. Overall, George is the evil and immoral character of the book, Of Mice and Men.

Hurst suggests that expectations are also a form of egotism that can lead to resentment; hence coming into conflict with one’s identity, such as alteration and remorse. Doodle’s desire was to be loved and supported by his family. He was invalid - he could not walk; thus everyone had low expectations towards him and thought he would die except for Aunt Nicey. His brother (the narrator) tried to kill him as he saw him an unbearable disappointment and his father had built him a mahogany coffin. For instance, “It was I who renamed him [...]

Frankenstein 's monster, from the story Frankenstein, is an example of a byronic hero. A byronic hero is usually a loner who might be rejected by society, have a troubled past, self-destructive, and usually misunderstood. Frankenstein 's monster is an excellent example of this, as he starts the story being brought to life through impossible ways (Shelley 42). Almost immediately, his creator despises him and eventually abandons him, giving him the rejected aspect of a byronic hero. As the monster progresses in the story, he eventually begins trying to befriend multiple people, just by knocking on their cabins only to be attacked by them and chased away (Shelley 78).

You know, there were two people that could have been elected to be chief. Personally, I didn’t like either of them, Ralph seems friendly, but he backstabbed me by telling everyone to call me Piggy, and Jack seemed to just plain dislike me for some reason. But I got mocked at home, so why did I expect it would be any different here? Jack seems to be a heartless beast, when he stared at me with his piercing eyes, he had reminded me of the time long ago when my Auntie’s neighbour had brought home that wild wolf. For some reason, I have a bad feeling about

Mayella and her indolent father, Bob Ewell, live in degraded neediness on the edges of town. The family is known as inconvenience and detested by townspeople. Regardless of this current, Atticus ' barrier of Tom is disliked in the white group, and Scout and Jem get themselves provoked at school because of their dad 's resistance of a dark man. Atticus reliably endeavors to impart good values in his youngsters, and wants to neutralize the impact of racial preference. The youngsters see their dad as frustratingly staid and learned, until he is requested that by the sheriff shoot an out of control puppy that is meandering the road.

In the end, when the crippled dog comes to him for help, he chases it away in a cruel manner. Even though he comes to his senses and calls for the dog afterward, he is somewhat already morally corrupted; he is no different from the men who had brutalized the wolf. (general moral

He uses a hiding place in the forest to get away from other and thinks of these outlandish ideas to represent to the group. Even though Simon had already