The Last Samurai Culture Analysis

Today we can still see the values of Bushido in some parts of modern Japan. The Japanese have the tons of respect and loyalty to their country and families. They would do nothing to shame or dishonor them. In World War 2 kamikaze suicide pilots look to the samurai and Bushido as inspiration. Today the two largest religions in Japan are Buddhism and Shintoism, and both influenced Bushido dramatically.

Christ said, “Forgive your enemies and pray for them” (Hillenbrand 405). Through this forgiveness, Louie was able to accept what had happened to him in the POW camps, and forgive his most prominent oppressor. For many people, forgiveness is a major part to a happy, peaceful life. Without forgiveness, many people would dwell on specific details in their life, and would not be able to move on.

When Alexander and his men were marching across the army, his men gave him a helmet full of water specifically for him. “Alexander, with a word of thanks for the gift, took the helmet and, in full view of his troops, poured the water on the ground.” (Doc D). Alexander also allowed many cities to surrender without a fight, and treated the cities that did rather kindly (Doc C).

Nature is a healing power for the characters. The monster finds a healing power in nature after being rejected by the society. He feels very miserable yet his only refugee is nature as it heals his pains. Frankenstein himself gains strength from the air and the natural scenery after losing all of whom he loves at the hands of the monster. Shelley states "We passed a fortnight in these perambulations: my health and spirits had long been restored, and they gained additional strength from the salubrious air I breathed, the natural incidents of our progress, and the conversation of my friend."

After Dragon crossed the intersection, he passed by a man on the street and said “good afternoon” to him. Dragon changed from being anti social to the citizens, and being like the dog that he compared himself as, to coming back to actually communicating with

Inequitable Incarceration The months before and during WW1 in America were a dark and gloomy period for the Japanese-American citizens. Many Japanese-Americans have shared their story of the internment camps during WW1 and Jerry Stanley, a victim of the camps noted, “I am proud that I am an American citizen of Japanese ancestry, for my very background makes me appreciate more fully the wonderful advantages of this nation.” (Stanley 3). Stanley was a proud american and appreciated the freedoms he had.

Have you ever been in such a bad situation that all you can do is laugh? After reading Ayn Rand Anthem Equality laughed when he remembered he is the damned. In the story when Equality finally became free in the forest he forgot about how he used to live and forgot about being damned. Equality felt that he did not need anyone and that he can be his own person and that’s what took his mind off being the damned. How ever the uncharted forest symbolizes a new way of thinking that no one in Equality's society has dared to do.

Orestes and Agamemnon are two more characters that have an interesting father-son bond and are both very important to the plot of The Odyssey. Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra,

The society also eliminated choices such as what job an individual will possess and to who one could marry. The society pushed for perfection by rejecting individuals who were born sick or broke their societal rules. Because the society lived in a world of “contentment,” Jonas had no idea of the horrible doings within the world he lived. However, Jonas was given the job as the receiver of memory, which granted him the memory of the previous receiver, known as “the giver.” Those memories were filled with color, sex, music, hatred, and all the other forbidden items of his society.

Beowulf’s bravery is shown throughout the whole story. For example, when he decides to fight Grendel without any weapons seeing as how Grendel does not attack and kill with weapons. This shows much bravery and as he said in the story “My hands/alone shall fight for me, struggle for life/ against the monster.” (Raffel, 267-270) Beowulf here is talking about how he will fight Grendel with his own bare hands seeing as it will be a fair fight.

With much amazement, they discovered that Cebu is largely sheltered from the dismays of war they left days prior. The locals are happy, stores are

The English colonies were technically not allowed to produce their own goods or buy from anywhere other than Britain, only buy them from England at a higher price so that their industry and economy would be built up again from debt and unemployment due to the ending of the war. This poor treatment due to England coming over to fight for us set the foundation for what would one day lead us to become independent. Of course many colonists weren’t going to heed to everything that England commanded, white men and even women were standing up for their rights. For example the Daughters of Liberty were a group of ladies dedicated to boycotting British goods and producing

Utley later concluded that “most battlefields are not named for a person, much less the defeated leader” and how “Custer’s name attached to the place and monumentation there are deeply offensive to many people” (72). This represents how the Native Americans were viewed as being savages whose accomplishments were forgotten by the largely racist population of white Americans. Utley described the disregard for Native Americans during commemorative events where Native Americans were present, but did not have a voice to share their opinions and celebrate in their victory at the battle of Little

Before the attack on his home is confirmed, Macbeth tells his servant, “As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have, but in their stead / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath” (5.3.25-27). After killing too many people, Macbeth finds no purpose in honor or having love like a king normally has because he has survived so long without them, so by now he has adapted to these emptinesses. He has come to the conclusion that friends are no longer necessary because they just create more issues and more curses. They give him a false hope of honor, but the honor will not help him now. Macbeth yearns for the honor which he abandons once he decides to follow Lady Macbeth’s advice.

And he cut them open often enough that The Officials were on to him. Russo hadn 't actually been warned by them -- no one ever warns a serial killer -- but he had noticed men in sharp-looking uniforms, watching him. He still believed it was worth it. The microchip, Russo thought, was the source of all violence in the world.