Rhetorical Analysis: Perils Of Indifference

Even though their relationship was not a very close one, nobody wants to see anyone be executed for a mistake that was made at such a young age. This event saddened John, and made him feel about about, and even regret Blevins’ fate. From Blevins, John learned how important companionship can be. Blevins was extremely grateful that he had met John, and that is why he gave him the rest of his money before he was executed. John also was shown that the consequences of his actions

These lyrics meaning that when someone thought they had them beat, they did not because they had experienced more in their life, and they will not back down. Commentary 2: 12 Stone’s song, “Anthem For the Underdog”, is a good theme song for Ender Wiggin because when the other toon leaders in battle school thought that they had Ender beat, they were wrong. Ender had already gone through so much pain, even though he was a lot younger than the rest of them. Since he has been though that pain, he does not want to have to go through it again, so he will put that pain towards others and will not take the other toon leaders trying to beat him. Peter- Burn It To the Ground by

Luis Valdez in the play “The Buck Private”, the death of young men and their innocence in the Vietnam War. Valdez supports his claims by illustrating Johnny the protagonist, he joined the army because he wanted the respect and honor it gives. Valdez wants to inform young people the dangers and horrors of the Vietnam war in order to save young people's lives. Valdez writes in an informal tone for young people so they can make the right choice for their lives other than joining the army. Johnny’s a tragic hero because he strives to be a good person and to help others in need; Johnny enlisted in the Vietnam war to “better” his life.

Is Man Truly Good or Evil? The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding delves into the instincts of young boys placed in a situation where no adults are near to rely on. Many of the instincts the boys now show are destructive, although the youngsters believe them to be righteous. The children’s’ original intentions were good; however their small society turns into anarchy. Initially, the goal of the group of boys was at first to survive, but some of the boys such as Jack, soon prioritized his vendettas.

He becomes very proud, and fails to realize how temporary this fame is. People didn’t especially like Bernard as a person, they just liked what he did. “But behind his back people shook their heads. ‘That young man will come to a bad end,’” they would say. (Pg.

If the father was abusive towards him, the son would not have run to him when he came home. However, he loves his father very much and still wants to play with him and be close to him no matter how pungent he

Father states “He won’t amount to anything anyway. It’s better if he starts working with me now so that he can help the family.”(Valdez 631) Although Father state this about the younger brother, but it is also implying that this has happened to Johnny already . In conclusion, he would have amounted to nothing whether it be the military or life; he would have not been a tragic hero. Johnny is not a tragic hero because his “honorable” motives were not sincere. For example, Valdez states “He didn’t want to go and yet he did.

Heroes are not manipulative, and in the book, The man in the well, the children in the story have the chance to be heroes, but for whatever reason, they don't choose to be heroic. The children instead manipulate the man in the well by lying to him and asking him questions. They lie that there is help on the way, when there isn’t anyone coming to help him. “‘My father said he's coming with the police, and he knows what to do.’ We admired Aaron very much for coming up with this on the spot.” (3). Choosing to lie and manipulate are clearly actions that heroes definitely wouldn’t

Jefferson helps Grant realize how good he has it in life, and that he should appreciate where he is and care about how he treats others. Grant vouchsafe Jefferson a radio to help him stay connected to the outside world. Although Grant was supposed to be the teacher, both men perk from the relationship. At one point, Grant says to Jefferson, “You’re more a man than I am Jefferson (225).” If it had not been for the impending date of execution, Grant would have shown no interest in helping Jefferson regain his pride and confidence and would have therefore never reciprocated

He did not realize playing sports and wrestling had been the way his father showed love. He felt embarrassed as he finally felt his father’s love. Overall, this relationship shows that love can be expressed in many different ways and how actions can speak louder than words. Also, how the family can have a competitive or unusual relationship, but still care for one another. The symbolism of Manning and his father arm wrestling was

If your best friend is in a fight with someone you are going to take your best friends side and help them out. In the article Saul says that the boys being tested weren’t like a, “gang” and that they were normal well behaved kids but to an extent they actually were similar to a gang. They were like a gang because they all only had each other to depend on as they are going for the prize and they are always going to be prejudice towards anyone who is trying to get in the way of that. There was an argument that claims that the kids didn’t believe the study results were true because they didn’t understand the experiment, which to me doesn’t make sense, because if the

6 PG. 37) Also another main focus could be, just because something you been through was bad, doesn’t mean that effect would be negative. Meaning, Ishmael didn’t know what to expect once becoming a boy soldier. However he was given drugs at a young age, to let nothing bother him and stopping him from doing his duties. At the end, going through rehab, yes, he was miserable, didn’t want to recover, but just wanted to be a part of violence again, he was able to bounce back to the person he was before.