of killing his companion. George was very strong. He was a hard worker, along with a huge dreamer. He took Lennie Small in when he had nobody else. He cared and loved him. He always kept him in line. He loved him, and killed him for the wrong reasons. George was very loving and caring when it came to his friend Lennie. “An’ I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us” (Steinbeck: 104). They had each other, so they cared for each other. Lennie was his strengths
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between a record store and run down thrift shop. A man exited the pub, reaching for a cigarette in his pocket. He wandered into an alley, sheltered from the rain and searched for a lighter. A woman approached him with a lighter. The man was hesitant but his desperation for the nicotine led him to accept. Only minutes later, another woman entered the alley. She was greeted with a corpse that was still warm and the distant sound of high heels on pavement. Gretel’s heart pounded in her chest as she ran
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“But never doubt I love” (2.2.119). Hamlet proclaims his feelings for Ophelia, assuring her that he will always love her. Hamlet gives Ophelia the mindstate that she should trust the love she receives. Love heavily impacts and drives Ophelia’s actions throughout the play, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare. Ophelia’s desires push her to be intimate with Hamlet and eventually drive her to madness resulting in her death. Ophelia’s loving and trusting nature compels
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“I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.” Garrison Keillor shows his belief in looking at a situation and denying the reality of it. A person that practices this quote is a person living in an illusion. The character Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an example of a person who lives by this quote. Over the course of the novel, his actions and choices prove that he is living in an illusion. Through Gatsby’s delusions, Fitzgerald illustrates his agreement
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Is Killing a loved one ever justified? How would it be decided when to kill them? Yes killing another person can be at times. Like when George thought about killing Lennie it was not in hate, it was in Lennie’s best interest. These questions are fought in John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men. George was justified in killing Lennie since the other men would have tortured Lennie, he also saved Lennie from himself, and George vowed he would take care of Lennie and George thought this was Lennie’s
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betrayed him. The tragic hero is Julius Caesar because of his fatal flaw of hubris, his recognition of his flaw in his
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People will kill themselves of will be killed for reasons that others can not comprehend. Some of those reasons are because of their beliefs of for the land or country that they love. For example the u.s has meany man and woman that has died for the freedom that the country has, because they love and beleven the country they are willing to die for it. Brutus was willing to die after he killed julius caesar because he was convinced it was for rome. He thought julius caesar was going to be a king of
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Scott Fitzgerald Gatsby dies not because he was immoral but because he was a romantic and idealist and unable to see reality through his love for Daisy. Gatsby wouldn't let anything bad be said about Daisy. Gatsby shows his long and desire at the expense of others and himself. Gatsby was blinded by his love for Daisy and wished to keep her safe at all costs. Gatsby would do things for only one reason, his love for Daisy. When it came to Daisy he had no mind telling him what was a good idea or not. Gatsby
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I think the opinion of others should not affect our own choices because we have feeling that are unique and motivation others cannot understand. Because some don’t know how we feel or how someone else feels just like Romeo and Juliet or “Pyramus and Thisbe” and how their feelings were. Romeo and Juliet had a difficult relationship because their families were enemies. “Pyramus and Thisbe” had never seen each other but fell in love even though there was a wall between them. Then when they were finally
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Achilles is an epic hero because he was noble, brave and was admired by the Greeks for his achievements. There are many characteristic traits that make an epic hero; going on a quest/mission, having god-like powers and dying a tragic death are just a few of the many traits. All of which fit Achilles and makes him and epic hero in Greek mythology. Going on a mission is one of the many epic hero traits that fits Achilles. Achilles set out on this mission because Hector had killed his best friend, Patroclus
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