Good And Evil In Things Fall Apart

He could no longer look at the people in the community the same way. He is revolted that so many people he knows are killers. (SIP-B) Jonas rejects his society and abandons the Giver’s plan because society is trying to take away the only person he loved. (STEWE-1) When Gabe could not sleep soundly without Jonas the Nurtures decided to release him even his father “I voted for Gabriels release” (Lowry 165). Jonas’s own father is trying to take away the only person that he still has a relationship with.

This took so long dude, and i got rolled by my mom last night haha. As much as he was devastated by decision the clan elders made with Ikemefuna, he didn’t want to show anyone that he was weakened by this choice of Ikemefuna to die. The elders to him that he didn’t have to be apart of killing Ikemefuna, but he declined and went with the others to kill him. He did this because he wanted to show everyone that he could lead the clan and that he would make any decisions by emotion. AKA he didn’t want to be called a pussy.

As he is walking around the camp, he is trying to find his father, but at the same time he is wishing he didn’t, “‘Don’t let me find him! If only I could get rid of this dead weight, so that I could use all my strength to struggle for my own survival, and only worry about myself,’ I immediately felt ashamed of myself, ashamed forever,” (Wiesel, 111). This excerpt describes just how badly he wants to leave his father. He loves him dearly, but Elie gets constant reminders of the terrors of the camp. People die constantly and they don’t have to take care of a withered old man such as Elie’s father.

He knows that if he excites himself too much, he would fail and would be history. When the reader is presented with this information, they probably pity or feel sad for Colonel Freeleigh and just want to do anything to help this man. Colonel Freeleigh, a man that who was always up for adventure, who can’t do anything now, this is basically the end of life. He also exclaims this to the nurse by arguing, “It doesn’t matter if being so alive kills a man,” (Paragraph 35). By this quote, he just means that if to live, he has to die on the inside, he wouldn’t care so much doing so.

Okonkwo thought if he worked hard his chi would reward him. When Okonkwo accidentally killed a clan mate, he was exiled from his tribe for seven years. Okonkwo started having self-doubt, thinking his chi was not meant for great things. When his seven years of exile was over, Okonkwo went back home to find that his tribe had been overrun by white men who brought with them a new culture and a new religion. He is furious that his tribe would allow people to continually insult their ancestors and gods.

He knows that this is killing his team, but he believes he is helpless to disobey and eventually is only saved by another man. Yossarian though, realizes that what he does only hurts his team, and for a good portion of the book, despairs over this. He refuses to make any meaningful connections so he will not feel bad about the mistreatment of his team. But, by the end, almost all of the people he tried to protect have been killed. He realizes from his position he has no power to hurt or even affect his superiors and, reinvigorated by learning of his bunkmate Orr’s escape to Sweden, he decides, in one final act of defiance, that he will run away too.

The gunshot was part of a shooting with his son and Harrison collapses to his death. This proves that the character is defeated by the establishment and the power of the establishment was too much for a single man to handle by himself. In addition, not one of his parents are able to fully remember him because they easily lose their train of thought either with the ear transmitter or not. The dystopian society in “Harrison Bergeron” can convince readers that there really is no such thing as being equal and we all should be proud to have our own unique styles and

Victors isolation corrupted his mind into thinking that the only path left to take was to hunt down his creation until it ended in his own or the creature’s death. This decision would not have had to be made if he still had the ones around him he loved, but his selfish actions ended their lives along with his happiness. While Victor’s journey ended in his death, the Mariner is burdened “with a woeful agony / which forced [him] to begin [his] tale” (Coleridge 14). Although the Mariner’s story did not end with his own, he carries with him a pain that he cannot escape unless he tells his story. This is the effect of the seclusion he had to endure and does not want anyone to meet the same fate that he experienced.

It seems as if it is a sense of karma since Victor did not truly help his monster. At the end of the novel Victor dies with regret since “even the enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; [he] is alone” (Shelley, #). Since Victor did not follow through on his deal with the monster, he ended up losing two people that he loves dearly. If Victor completed the monster’s companion, he would not have seen the monster again. As Victor dies in the end of the novel, he dies with “[seek happiness in tranquility and avoid

Even with enemies wanting to kill him, Macbeth becomes more frightened by his own mind. When Macbeth’s wife dies, he does not even feel remorse because he can no longer feel human emotions. When told the news of his wife’s death, Macbeth’s only response is that it was bound to happen eventually. Macbeth’s final outlook on the life he did so much to get, is that “Life’s but a walking shadow / … signifying nothing” (5.5.24,28). Macbeth cannot live with the fact that he did horrible deeds to achieve power, and in the end it was not even worth it.

John Proctor died to protect his honor and the honors of the others that died but his death did just the opposite because he forfeited his treasured honor by becoming one of the hanged. Reverend Hale tried to warn him of this even till the point when he was hung. Hale screamed out, “Shall the dust praise him [Proctor]? Shall the worms declare his [Proctor’s] truth?”(Miller 134). Proctor’s death was meant to preserve his name, but he ultimately lost his life.