But, the problem was that he needed a gun. So, he went to the family’s tavern to get his father’s Brown Bess. Then, his father found out that he was missing his gun, and Sam was going to war with his gun, but he got AWL and General Putman wanted to set an example. On the other hand, Two Kinds of Patriots is about a man named Hank Roberts. Hank didn’t want to do with being in the war or fighting.
Little John goes to the kitchen to get breakfast, but the Stewart is there making it difficult for Little John to get food. Little John eventually punches and breaks the pantry door because he is so hungry and was tired of the Stewart. The cook then enters the room and becomes friends with Little John but they still fight because they want to keep their word. Theye fought for two hours but they not one of them win. so Little John invites the cook to go live with him and Robin Hood.
“Every little while he locked me in and went down to the store, three miles, to the ferry, and traded fish and game for whisky, and fetched it home and got drunk and had a good time, and licked me.”(Twain 34). This quote shows how Huckleberry was treated by his father and that he felt trapped. Twain discusses slavery and the standards of civilization is very mature manner using symbolization
This passage also helps the reader appreciate when Younger Brother stands up for himself at the dinner table. "While Sarah served, Father told her that her fiancé would have done better after all to drive away his car when he could and forget the matter. Younger Brother bristled. You speak like a man who has never been tested in his principles, he said,"(Doctorow 186). After experiencing the anger that Younger Brother felt when in the parlor before this conversation, the reader can appreciate Younger Brother's reaction to Father
For the rest of his life, he would be haunted by blood in the streets and late night disappearances. Even after he had been in the states for years, he jumped if a black Volkswagen passed him on the street. He feared anyone in uniform: the meter maid giving out parking tickets, a museum guard approaching to tell him not to touch his favorite Goya at the Metropolitan”(Alvarez 95). While in D.R. her father went through a lot, he lost his brothers to the comrades that followed after the dictator and after the fear they created that followed him.
Telemachus, Odysseus’ son, tells all the suitor that it is time to quit the games and sit down for supper,”At this reminder/ they all broke up their games, and trailed away/ into the gracious, timbered hall. There, first/ they dropped their cloaks on chairs; then came their ritual:/putting great rams and fat goats to the knife-”(XVII.223-227.). All the suitors that have been living in Odysseus home for many years, all act as if they have made it their new home. Greek hospitality is important because if not, all these men would not feel as if Ithaca was their home, let alone act so natural in someone else's house. Odysseus is disguised as a beggar in his own house, and Penelope, Odysseus’ wife, tells her maids what to do for him, ”Maids, maids, come was him, make a bed for him,/bedstead and colored rugs and coverlets/ to let him lie warm into the gold of Dawn”(XIX.375-376.).
Tim’s expectations were not the case; instead Sam dies by being accused incorrectly of stealing his own cattle to teach other troops a lesson about how serious war is. The unecessary death of Sam inspires Tim to go neutral because Sam was not rewarded for valor and had no glory to his name. Tim doesn’t like that or want that so he chooses neither side of the
Proctor actually preferred not to go to church because he disliked Reverend Parris; Proctor was not entirely sure of Parris's true intentions. When John expresses his frustration by stating, "when I look to heaven and see my money glaring at his elbows..." (Miller 65) it brings him great dissatisfaction, especially after working a long hard day on the farm. Some people in the town were afraid to express the same discontent Proctor has because they do not want to be accused of witchcraft. Although, others were bold enough to confront the court and converse with the judges about how they felt. Giles Correy, being one of the people who stands up, says, "and yet silent minister?
I get awful lonely. [...] “You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley” (86-87). Lennie is hesitant to talk to Curley 's wife because he is afraid George will get mad. The ranchers thinks of Curley’s wife as “tart” so they do not engage with her. The men do not want to talk to Curley 's wife because they know Curley will get mad and fire them for talking to her.
Bailey begins to curse and upsets his family and mother because they are all scared. The grandmother then begins to question the misfits and ask them if they would ever shoot a lady; the man replies and says that he wouldn’t like to, but he would. Meanwhile, Bailey and John Wesley, were escorted into the woods by one of the other men and shortly after a shotgun was fired. The grandmother was busy reminding the men that they are all good people and that they just need to pray to Jesus. The misfit replies that he is “fine on his own,” he has thought about Jesus more than the grandmother has but he believes “there is no right or wrong.” The grandmother goes on and on with the Misfits about how they are all good people even after she has heard all of her family get shot.