Silent Guilt Father Flynn is a very well respected priest who is very progressive and wants the best for his parish. Some my not see him as such and innocent priest as I do, for some of his actions are not as holy as he may portray himself to be. From being very evasive and dodging around peoples questions. To being quite defensive when asked about his intentions. With some critical thinking Father Flynn will seem a little less innocent than he wants people to think. When Father Flynn is first questioned about his relationship with Donald Muller he is very reluctant to stay on that topic: “Hmm. Did you want me to discuss the pageant, is that why I’m here, or is this what you wanted to discuss” (Shanley 31). This shows he does not want to …show more content…
During this meeting Sister Aloysius started asking Father about his relationship with Donald and Flynn says at first that he does not feel comfortable: “Well. I feel a little uncomfortable. [To which Sister Aloysius asks] Why? [Father replies with] Why do you think? Something about your tone” (Shanley 32). This is showing that Father Flynn is not wanting to talk about his relationship with Donald and that he could be hiding something that he does not want to get out. It could be as bad as having made sexual advances on Donald or as small, but still bad, as giving him the altar wine he was caught drinking. Either way it is still incriminating evidence against Flynn. Flynn does not just mention Aloysius’s tone once though, he mentions it a couple more times during the meeting and also tries to sidestep the Sister’s questions. When Sister Aloysius asks him what happened in the rectory Father Flynn replies with: “I don’t wish to continue this conversation at all further. And if you are dissatisfied with that, I suggest you speak to Monsignor Benedict…” (Shanley 33). This is showing that Flynn is trying everything he can to not talk about his conversation with Donald in the rectory in fear of being caught. He also mentions that Sister Aloysius go speak with the Monsignor if she is dissatisfied which she is trying not to. She chooses not to do this because she knows that if she does he will just ask Father Flynn and believe whatever he tells him. A common argument that people might give is that he could just be following his priestly duties by not saying anything and that he has nothing to hide, well I think
The man was running, running for his life. He did not want to look back, for he was being hunted. He ran and ran, until finally he could not run anymore. But, he was an intelligent man, therefore he had a plan. He ran and jumped off the cliff. This caused the hunter to believe he was dead. However the huntee was just getting started. He got back to the hunters mansion and bam! He fed him to the dogs therefore, through his madness, General Zaroff drives the book’s theme of walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.
“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, it’s what’s inside counts” This quote reminds people about how they should not judge other people from the outside but look deep into their true personalities. Looking from the appearance and how Chris lives, everyone would assume that Chris is a crazy, foolish person and does everything without thinking. If people try to know more about Chris, they would have different perspective. Chris is intelligent, determined, independent and follows what he believes. He went into the wilderness to escape from the society that tries to suppress him and look for the meaning of life.
A Ticket out of the Past By (Teresa) Yung-Ching Chuang. Life is like an ascent, the more you climb, the higher you will get. J. C. Burke skilfully undertakes this philosophy as a source of inspiration for ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’. It is not another crazy adventurous tale with a heroic storyline that seems unrealistic; the novel is about individual representation as Burke insightfully illustrates the long and slow journey of Tom Brennan, navigating through his road of self-discovery that eventually leads to his destination and achieves his “ticket out of the past” (Burke, pg 182). The catalyst of the novel is a traumatic car accident causing two instant deaths and one paralysis.
The first aspect of Willy's character that affected his failure was his pride. Willy's pride caused him to in many situations make very poor and unethical decisions, that affected both himself and his family. An example of this is through the conversation between Willy and Charley “CHARLEY: ‘You want a job?’ WILLY: ‘I got a job, I told you that. [After a slight pause] What the hell are you offering me a job for?’ CHARLEY: ‘Don’t get insulted.’ WILLY: Don’t insult me.”(DOAS: pg x) Willy does not take the offer which is an obvious example of a poor decision. He makes this decision because he sees this generous whole hearted gesture as a kind of pitiful handout that his pride restricts him from taking. By not taking this handout willy puts his self pride infront of
In the short story The Devil and Tom Walker, written by Washington Irving, the protagonist Tom Walker, is characterized as being a negative man. This is demonstrated through Tom Walker being characterized as being meager, outspoken, fearless, greedy, stubborn, and unloving.
The play is pretty clear that Father Flynn is innocent. Father Brendan Flynn is a very conservative priest, who wants to help the students. He also tried to make changes such that student would use ball pen and sing frosty the snowman. In the other hand, Sister Aloysius is a progressive nun, who does not like the school to change. Father Flynn caught Donald drinking wine, and to save the boy from getting discharged as an altar boy, he made a promise to Donald to not to tell anyone. Sister Aloysius drove Father Flynn to the point that he had to tell the truth about Donald drinking the altar wine. The church will now have to discharge Donald as an altar boy, which Father Flynn had been trying to avoid this entire time. Before leaving Sister Aloysius’s office, Father Flynn tells her that, “He is displeased with her handling of the situation.”(Shanley 35)
First, Sister Aloysius accuses Father Flynn that he gave a wine to Donald Muller. In the play, when Father Flynn and Sister James are at Sister Aloysius’s office, Sister Aloysius tells Father Flynn that “there was alcohol on [Donald Muller’s] breath” (Shanly 33) and Sister James “did smell it on his breath” (33). After that, Father Flynn tells her the truth that “Mr. McGinn caught [Donald Muller] in the sacristy drinking alter wine” (33) and Donald Muller begged Father Flynn “not to be removed from the altar boys” (34). Father Flynn tells her that he was with Donald Muller in the rectory because he was scared that he will be removed from the altar boys because Mr. McGinn caught him drinking wine. After Father Flynn tells the truth Sister Aloysius still has doubt that he is lying and so she wonders if “it’s easier to believe him?” (35). Moreover she’s not satisfied with Father Flynn’s story, so now she’s going to “corroborate [Father Flynn’s] story with Mr. McGinn” (35) to confirm if Father Flynn is telling the truth. Sister Aloysius doesn’t as...
...der further than what we have in front of us. We want to impose our opinion on everything. We want to relate to it in a way that can only be done through out imagination. So, due to this, when we are not given the flexibility, then the context no longer becomes entertaining. The viewers do not want to be told how to think. Given these points, if they are influenced to believe that Sister Aloysius is a cruel individual like the movie portrays, then at the end of the movie and book when Sister Aloysius says, “ I have doubts! I have such doubts!” they will take that as a confession from her, and be further lead to believe that the accusations against Father Flynn are false. I think John Patrick Shanley chooses specific diction to create a conflict that has no precise resolution,he wanted the reader get lost in story and enter into their own story manifested within.
Anne Frank a young girl who died believing that people are good at heart. ‘’You could not do this you could not do that.’’ A quote from Anne Frank. Found in the collection book page number 283. In this essay, I will be showing you why Anne might feel certain ways during this hardship. Also what it reveals about her character. Anne is a brave young girl who always does what she feels is right and her way of taking on life and its challenges is taught for a person to do in that time and she managed to take on so much. In advance to Anne hard life, she keeps a diary to share her thoughts and option on life in hiding during the dreadful event called World War Two. This dairy was a miracle to the world. They now know the hardship and struggles that the Jews had two indoor. Anne dairy opened so many doors for journalists and many others. They have a diary of a real end of the Holocaust in their hands.
“Even in the darkest hour, when all hope seems lost… there is light.” Tolkein. The story, Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys, is about the a few survivors of WW2 who go on a long journey to get to the Wilhelm Gustloff. They end up meeting multiple people along the way and they all end up developing and changing along the journey. The families and children like Florian, Joana, Halinka, and Klaus that survived the “darkest hour” represent the future and the start of a new, better life. All of the characters that ended up surviving were driven by the need to create a future for the children and the need to be with their “family” they found along their journey.
Soon after her talk with the nuns Sister James, sees Father Flynn do something quite strange. She reports to Sister Aloysius that Father Flynn placed a t-shirt in the locker of a young man name Donald. The young nun reports Father Flynn gives him special treatment. Sister Aloysius' felt certain that her suspicions have come true. Why does the priest have a t-shirt from a little boy and why is he putting it in his locker? Why, did he call Donald to his office?
One of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird is Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell is a selfish drunk who doesn't know how to control himself. He beats his children and he can’t hold a steady job for long. He is obsessed with revenge for Atticus for making him look like a fool at the trial of Tom Robinson, whom Ewell’s daughter is accusing of rape. Because of his false testimony, he can never be trusted again in front of the whole courtroom. He will do anything to get back at Atticus, and is willing to go as far as going after his children. He also has a grudge against the judge in the trial, and against the wife of the accused. Bob is crazy and delusional and is trying to gain back his reputation by taking down all the people that went against him in
Leonard F. Peltier once said, “Innocence is the weakest defense. Innocence has a single voice that can only say over and over again, "I didn't do it." Guilt has a thousand voices, all of them lies.” This powerful quote featured in Peltier’s novel, “Prison Writings” that was written in his prison cell reflects on the issue of himself being incarcerated for over 30 years for an action he states he didn’t do. Some may question if it would be mean anything now if Peltier was released and given freedom again. No human being should ever have their life completely taken away from them because of a crime that they did not commit. With this action happening to Peltier, he has found a way through his writings
... Nonetheless, the signs also point to Father Flynn hurting him, because he was violating him. People’s assumptions are based upon personal experience and gut feeling, also on their upbringing; nature and nurture. Shanley uses inference in this play to create doubt in the audience’s minds'. The verdict is never in, on Flynn; guilty or not guilty. Shanley’s audience is left to be the jury.
Father Flynn tells Sister Aloysius, “Even if you feel certainty, it is an emotion and not a fact.” I think he means that without concrete evidence, you cannot rely on your emotions for the truth. In Father Flynn’s sermon he discusses doubt and truth. He says, “Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.” Sister Aloysius treats her doubt as the truth, and ignores any uncertainty she has. Throughout the story, Father Flynn denies and wrong doing and cites that there is no evidence of any misconduct. Doubt becomes battle with two viewpoints. When questions are asked, they are answered with more questions, leading to more