He wants to set a strong example for his son, Travis, just like his father did for him. Even though Walter is the main character of the story, it is the women in his life who have the biggest dream for him, to find his own manhood. Manliness is having the strength to stand up for what is right, and Mama realizes that Walter has found his manhood when she says to Ruth, “He finally come into his manhood today, didn’t he? Kind of like a rainbow after the rain”(1935). Throughout the play when Walter loses and eventually recovers his pride it forms a major plotline in the play.
While he is in his training there are a lot of trials that come to his way. But he didn’t give up. Until he become of one the player of the great foot ball them in United States. His coach treated him as his own son. While he is in the middle of the game, his asthma attacts him.
He tries to teach him to be tough because that’s how he knew to grow up. He’s Always talking about facing the devil, symbolizing his dad. Since troy doesn’t know how to love properly, or be loyal, he isn’t loyal to rose. He’s selfish in thinking that he deserves more than rose does. He looks for happiness in another female because he thinks he’s fulfilling his duty of being a man because he provided materials to his family.
Authority plays a large role in Siddhartha’s journey to finding enlightenment. Siddhartha becomes unhappy and questions the religion he has known his whole life. He begins to dream vividly and lie awake at night overthinking how to confront his feelings. Feeling that there is no more knowledge to be learned from his father, “Siddhartha had begun to feel that the love of his father and mother, and also the love of his friend Govinda, would not always make him happy, give him peace, satisfy and suffice him. He had begun to suspect that his worthy father and his other teachers, the wise Brahmins, had already passed on to him the bulk and best of their wisdom but his soul was not at peace."
Tom and Jose are similar but some of their differences set them apart. There is no doubt that Tom and Jose are both determined, but for slightly different reasons. Jose is determined to make money for himself and his family by hard labor and Tom is determined to buy his freedom by manipulation and persuading words. As these quotes state, “He began to think of the fun he had planned for this day, and his sorrows multiplied. Soon the free boys would come tripping along on all sorts of delicious expeditions, and they would make a world of fun of him for having to work—the very thought of it burnt him like fire.
Whether these events are natural disasters, deaths, or even an extreme dip in the stock market, they could take heavy tolls on the people they happen to and in the environment surrounding them. In The Kite Runner, a young boy named Amir unfortunately sees his somewhat beloved servant turned friend go through a terrible experience right before his eyes. He is unable to do anything about the fact that this event happened, and he then realizes he must live the rest his life trying to avenge his wrongdoing. In alike senses, Chris Herren of the NBA has had an ongoing mental struggle. In his ESPN documentary, Unguarded, he faces his demons of addiction and despair daily, just as Amir does.
He can’t help but worry about Star, though he also knows that she could take care of herself. However, that’s about fighting, this is about dating. That demon doesn’t seems like the type of guy who would change easily and would be bad for Star to date again. Besides it’s more fun to stay here at home. He sighed loudly and sunk deeper in his chair, sulking about the fact that Star chose her ex above her friend.
He felt it a sacred duty to bequeath John with it – nurturing him with utmost care, imparting him the best of education, training and never denying the shower of love upon him. John was educated abroad, and for that he stayed away from home for 10 long years. And after that, when he returned a wise and capable young man, he was ready to face all challenges and handle all adversities. He seemed to be confident, of, in which his dad found the eligibility to hold up the pillar which he built up with so much of effort. So, without much delay, Me Iyer suggested his son about it, and to his relief, his son agreed with eagerness.
However, the more challenges one faces the harder it will be to achieve the dream. This is shown through the development of Nick Carraway, a main character, and how he begins the novel by expressing how he had advantages others did not have. As his dad told him, “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”(Fitzgerald 1). From a young age, Nick was taught that he should not ever judge people because he himself had an advantage and was in a much better position to achieve the American Dream. Nick later goes on to say that he is, “inclined to reserve all judgments.”(Fitzgerald 1).
Gatsby’s list reveals all the characteristics of a self-made man: worked hard to reinvent himself, took initiative over his own life, and showed determination towards his goal. Gatsby’s goal didn’t turn out they way he wanted, however he was lucky enough to be close to it. The amount of hard-work and effort you put towards something will always pay off. “As a young adult, Fong lacked the money to attend college. He worked for 3 years as a clerk in the Pearl Harbor Naval shipyard to save enough money for tuition…After graduation, Fong wished to attend law school, but again found his dreams deferred because of lack of funds.