The google dictionary defines trustworthy as “able to be relied on as honest or truthful”. As I read this story I realize everyman could not depend on his peers as for what he thought he could. To me I think this could be a life lesson story. Everyman found out that words are nothing without actions.
In the short story “Everyman” the main theme is Everyman thought of all the people he thought he could trust to come along with him on his long journey but turns out the ones he thought of first wasn’t really who he needed to turn to. After he realized he couldn’t depend on them he cried out for help from Good Deeds which was the only one who could help him and not turn back. This story was a great way of showing to only depend on yourself. The
Bearskin: An unwanted ex-soldier desperately makes a grueling deal with the devil receiving all the money he desires, at the price of his human form.
All our childhood years, our parents have taught us the importance of being selfless. Maybe that is by sharing with your siblings growing up, or just taking care of your elder grandma when she’s feeling under the weather. This important life, quality has been embroidered into our skins from such a young age; that our hearts are willing to help others in need. I know that not everyone is as willing to be selfless as others, but that is just a part of life. You aren’t always going to pick the sweetest apple from the tree, or in other words, some people are just not as altruistic as others. Furthermore, I think an important theme shown among British literature is the importance of being selfless and how it can impact your life. Throughout the stories in Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales, the aspect of being selfless is shown greatly among its characters and how their decision to be that way impacts their lives.
In many ways this story has affected my life. The story of a run-of-the-mill hero, who encounters a problem and is then chosen to help on a quest fix the issue. Though the story seems simple and childish there are ideas in the story I saw to be deeper than what was on the surface. It 's about the struggle between right and wrong. It brings to light question of "Is there evil. Is it truly evil: or are they acting on what they believe is their version of good?" I have been constantly struggling with my own day to day issues, and watching others struggle with their choices.
The novel Nukkin Ya is a compelling book, written in the perspective of the character Gary Black, the author of the text is Phillip Gwynne. The novel is set in rural South Australia for Australian readers. The novel conveys a number of themes and messages including racial difference, love verse hate and the ability and choice to move on. These are depicted by the literally techniques of imagery, literary allusions and intertextuality.
Its ironic how in the story ‘The Hit Man”, the main character whose name we do not know, was only hired once, that we know of, to do some killing. Throughout the story we get to visualize who he is through his actions rather than the details of his physical appearance besides the black hood he wears. The story makes many references to the way society views him. This story is structured in a chronological format of critical points in his life. Many events take place in which he ends up wasting someone because they wronged him in some way. We can all infer that T.C. Boyle means kills when he says wastes throughout the story. Why does the hitman kill anyone who does him wrong or that he doesn’t like? He doesn’t believe in giving people second
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ideas from his essay Self-Reliance may sound absurd to some, though this also helps to ensure that his ideas on self-reliance are some of the most well known on the subject. Many people these days seem to be more inclined towards focusing almost entirely on the self, rather than going and pleasing other people. There are also other teachings from the past that are contradicted by the ideas in Emerson’s essay. One notable statement that Emerson made was that “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself (Emerson, 47).” This is slowly becoming the truth for most individuals, who are taking up this approach, rather than going around and pleasing other people who only have negativity to offer in return. However, when taking this scenario into the context of what was taught by Jesus of Nazareth to his disciples and followers, the ideas of Emerson should not be considered just hearsay, but in fact can be acted upon by performing good deeds, even if nothing is being given in return.
One small act can change a person’s life forever. This should have a big effect on you because one kind act can change the attitude of a person in an instant. This effect could be good or it could be bad depending on your attitude towards them. If you do a good deed you will have the good and I like that person vibe and you could have them go from suicidal to making them feel like they are important and worth something in life. Or you could be a jerk about it and change their attitude and look on life forever into being rebellious and mean. Flannery O’Connor wrote the story The Life you save may be your Own the fate of the characters Mr. Shiflet saved his own life by leaving Lucynell in the diner; Mrs. Crater saved her own life by setting up Lucynell and Mr. Shiflet, and the title means you don’t always have to do the best thing for other people some time’s you do it for yourself.
Hook: I am not apologizing for my mistake when I never had one. “Philip this is your chance to apologize” said the vice principal. No!! I won’t. Okay then I don’t have any choice I have to give you a suspension, do you think Philip I should call your mom or your dad??Said the vice principal again.
Like any great author, every author writes for a purpose or overall message that the reader should grasp. The purpose in many cases might be to never give up or that everyone has happiness in life. In The Razor’s Edge by William S. Maugham intends for the hopeless romantic, Larry, to find the true meaning of his life in such a meaningless world. Larry struggles internally both mentally and spiritually in finding what truly matters in life. Larry’s ambition throughout the novel will help him find who he has always been predestined to be.
Henry James’s tale “The Jolly Corner” is singularly evocative and worthwhile for the insight it offers into the American artistic personality. With the wisdom of hindsight, James shows the consequences of a fundamental and early divergence in American aesthetic sensibility. “The Jolly Corner” reflects, in its most general sense, awareness. It is essentially a work of art about art itself, and, more particularly, about the teasingly ambivalent relationship between art and life. Just as the notions of life and death are existential polarities, the dichotomy between life and art is a central one in the history of aesthetic reflection. Art may be a representation of life, but it is emphatically not life itself. The variance is one of form. However, art can be seen as an intensified and finer kind of life in that its beauty of form transcends time and thus bestows on life its own immortality. By freezing the living moment into the formal timelessness of art, the artist disrupts the very purposes of life by leaving its processes exasperated. In this sense, art can be seen as a way of death in life.
Humanity fantasizes the act of kindness through the hope of a ripple effect that will create a domino of kind acts. “The Grateful Foxes” actualizes this effect as a part of life. The man who rescues the fox because of his moral obligation is rewarded his son’s life (Freeman-Mitford). The lesson of the story is to pursue the obligation of human good—it explains that a kind act is the means for having kindness in one’s life. “However, good deeds can be engaged in for either altruistic or egoistic motivations” (Kulow 560) and this raises the argument whether pursuing this obligation is true. In a study done by Katina Kulow called “In Pursuit of Good Karma: When Charitable Appeals to Do Right Go wrong” the pursuit of good karma is brought into question. The studies did conclusively argue the link between the belief in karma and one acting for future rewards (Kulow 560). The choice to act to be rewarded is deemed as egotistical—the choice to act kind for the benefit of one’s self is a fault of one’s character. Contrasting, the thesis of the study is the reasoning behind the man’s kind act in “The Grateful
Richard Cory’s American Dream and American Greed Nearly seventy years after Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote his most popular piece of poetry in 1897, a narrative poem titled “Richard Cory”, Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel wrote a song of the same title in 1966. The two “Richard Cory” poems parallel in more ways than one, though their themes are different, possibly because of the different worlds the authors lived in while writing their poems. Analyzing the speakers of the poems, the symbols used in the poems, and the tone of the poems, it can be determined which poetic conventions are used more effectively. Both the poem and the song are about the same man, Richard Cory, and have almost the same meaning. However, Paul Simon takes liberties with tone and time period to transform Robinson’s emotionally evocative poem into a stirring social commentary and satirical metaphor.
There is another type of hero that almost no one is aware of. In the poorest areas of the country, live mostly minorities and other ethic background. All their lives they’ve been expected to work harder and expected not succeed in life. Some individuals living in poverty with a determination to succeed work hard all of their lives to become what everybody doubted they could. Escaping the crime, drugs, and prostitution is enough to escape hell, even if they don’t go to college. Despite of their financial problems, drug and crime surroundings, or difficulties in the language skills, their desire to triumph fuels their persistence. Those who make it to success are the few living examples of the purest form of hero anyone can be. They are not only their own heroes but also the heroes of the poor children who dream of becoming like them someday.
“Trust thyself.” Emerson’s central message seems to resonate with us Americans. After all, the value of self-reliance has long been a part of the American spirit. Self-reliance, trusting one’s own thoughts, ideals, and dreams, appeals to our desire to be free and independent. Plato, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Walt Whitman all have their own varying ideas on the notion of self-reliance, but common to them all is the promotion of self-reliance as a virtue. To be free of the expectations and demands of others to pursue our own happiness, is certainly an inspirational idea. However, is self-reliance practical? Is it even possible? The lack of true self-reliance in our rather individualistic societies seems to suggest otherwise.
We see these characters as struggles that every human being on the face of the earth has to deal with at some point in life. “Everyman” shows us that in the end, all that we are left with is our good deeds. We have nothing else that will truly matter when the end comes.