Is money really that important? The novel “The Westing Game” written by Ellen Raskin follows 16 random individuals as they receive a perfect offer; a luxury apartment, in a prime location, for an extremely low price. Thus they all accept their offers for apartments at Sunset Towers. It is later revealed that these 16 people are heirs to Samuel W. Westing's $200 million fortune and his paper company. To access their inheritance, they must compete to find Sam Westing’s murderer.
Raegan Ware Mrs. Staber Honors English Two 24 March 2022 Able The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story that shows the other side of the American dream. It shines a light onto how this dream was corrupted. The Scarlet Letter shows us how Hester was treated unfairly despite this dream, she didn't have the same opportunity, and how she fought through these things to make a life for her and her daughter.
The major events in one’s life are what shape their true character and personality. Over the course of the book The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci, many characters underwent a lot of change to their emotions and views of society. A great example of this is Torey. In the book, Torey becomes more obsessive and aware of other’s feelings. Torey had a massive change in character from the start to end of the book because of how the Chris Creed mystery affected him.
Greed, the desire for money and success that drives most human beings. Greed can drive people to do things that are unthinkable, to the extent of taking another human's life in the process, just for wealth. The novel Host by Robin cook explores this idea of greed and what depths people will go to. For this story people's lives are used as what seems like mere guinea pigs for a pharmaceuticals exploration into biologics. This shows us the desire that people can have to go to the immoral to achieve.
In an essay from Gary Soto's A Summer Life, a young boy makes a sweet sinning sacrifice that soon forces him to face his demons and claw his way back to redemption. Soto knows right from wrong but "boredom" makes him sin. His overwhelming eventual guilt is too much to bear when the pie tin "glared" at him knowingly. Above all, most value their self image and do good deeds to be seen as favorable people, but Soto displays careless selfish actions that leaves him feeling less than honorable. He begins in the essay with a paradox, informing us that he is "holy in almost every bone.
Whether human nature is inherently good or bad has been a subject of debate for centuries. Observations and analysis of said topic is often seen in the arts, especially in literature where characters are defined by their actions and behaviors. The Crucible by Arthur Miller, shows the shortcomings of humanity through the Salem Witch Hunt, of which include the monopolization and greed for power, paranoia and its effects, as well as dishonesty and is repercussions. Through the American gothic set in Puritan England, the prosecution and conviction of innocent women as witches is seen as the result of the aforementioned failures of their society, eventually bringing upon them great pain and unnecessary suffering.
These are all traits that would describe Walter Lee and his actions. Walter Lee is a character from the play A Raisin in the Sun in which a black family tries to get out of poverty and go against stereotypes by trying to start over with their Grandpa’s life insurance money. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry explores the concept that greed leads to being blinded by money and forgetting about one’s loved ones as shown by the climax of the play, the character of Walter Lee, and the effect that his actions have on the rest of his family. The Character of Walter Lee shows that greed blinding a person can cause him to forget about the ones he loves.
Lastly, in Beowulf, he showed greed when he went into the cave to defeat Grendel’s mothers by stealing from her cave. Beowulf shows signs of an epic hero but he let greed get the best of him. He had his mind set on just killing Grendel and being done with his work. But once he killed Grendel, he had to defeat Grendel’s mother. When he went into the cave to defeat Grendel’s mother, he saw treasures everywhere.
The following essay, "A Summer Life", Gary Soto expresses his guilty and impure lifestyle as a six-year-old boy. Soto uses many literary devices during his recreation of an experience he had as a boy to show his guilt and regret; furthermore, he also exemplifies the joy and thrill that his younger self-believed. Soto's use of diction expresses the evils inside him as a six-year-old; though, he uses the device also to show his guilt now as an adult. He wasn't sinful all the time he was driven to it.
Temptation and greed are significant elements in the three stories, as many of the characters’ actions are a result of bad decisions made due to these forces. In Alice in Wonderland, Alice’s food related temptations are what cause her change of size and her progression through the world of Wonderland. Alice is often not even hungry when confronted with items of food in the story, it is their presence that tempts her to eat them: “In the middle of the court was a table, with a large dish of tarts upon it: they looked so good, that it made Alice quite hungry to look at them” (96). It is her lack of restraint when it comes to her appetite that causes her change of size and her lack of power throughout much of the story. Gluttony is displayed for
Greed for power has always been evil and even made a saint turn into a demon. As the quote goes “All power tends to corrupt and an absolute power corrupts absolutely” (unquote), which is true not only in the fictitious stories but also in real life and Shakespeare, th9e greatest writer ever known, has always been in habit of making fictitious character come alive and Macbeth is no exception to the rule. The character of Macbeth has two sides, one which is wholesome while other been dubious. He symbolized great ambition but went overboard and in the process not only became corrupt but also became a killer. Macbeth reflects great strength but within he has his own weakness and thus good over took evil resulting in its downfall and finally his own death.
Well-known nineteenth-century author, William Hazlitt, in his essay, “On the Want of Money,” describes his position about wealth. Hazlitt’s purpose is to convey the irony of money; being in want of money and not having money can both cause altering effects. Hazlitt furthers his position by using rhetorical devices such as imagery, word choice, and metaphor. Hazlitt divides his essay into a parallel structure, focusing one part of his essay on the consequences of desiring money, and the other to describe the consequences of having money.
In “a summer life”, by Gary Soto he shifts from fraudulent excitement to shameful remorse by using biblical allusions, diction, and tone devices proving that immature memories hold more shame when reexamined after maturing. Throughout Soto`s piece he uses biblical references to describe the feeling of sinning. Within the first paragraph Soto tell us that as a young child he was “holy in almost every bone” recognizing his ebullient childhood. Continuing through the story he expressed that his desires came from “God howling in the plumbing” as he laid up under the house.
The Gospel of Wealth This essay agrees with philanthropic beliefs and it will discuss why the business practice of Andrew Carnegie contradict his philanthropic beliefs. Imagine how the United States would be if the richest people would donate some of their earnings for the good of society? Andrew Carnegie one of the world's richest man became philanthropist, a person seeking to promote the welfare of others, especially by donating money to good causes just after he retire in 1901. He believed in the "Gospel of Wealth," which meant that wealthy people were morally obligated to give their money back to others in society.
The work of Will Eisner’s A Contract with God, though created in a time of different ideas and lifestyle, are still applicable to modern society. In A Contract with God the concepts of religious struggle, Greed, and prejudgment, show off various faults within the Human Nature. These notions are expressed through not only the text but the accompanying visuals which create an atmosphere not seen before in its time. Being the first graphic novel while being able to stand the test of time definitely give the right for the highest prestige for comics to be named the ‘Eisner Award.’
