When someone betrays us, our first response as humans is anger. But anger only gives you a split second of power and fuels bad decisions. It forces you into a corner and makes you easily angry. Instead of turning to anger, we can learn to understand other’s perspective before taking actions we will regret later on. Anger promotes the need to fill emptiness to conceal feelings. Zits finally returns to his own body with two guns in his jacket pocket, deciding whether to shoot or not. He looks at a little boy standing next to his mother and thinks :“I hate him for being loved so well. I want to be him.” Zits misses motherly love and is always searching to fill the emptiness in his heart. To a certain degree, Zits acts out because of the memory of his father, a drunk. He feels that if he behaves likes his father, it will bring him closer to him. Zits plans to shoot everyone in the bank because he believes that it will bring his mother back. He wants the boy’s perfect life with no suffering. But after all the transformations, he realizes that there is no such thing as completeness and no …show more content…
Zits is always angry because he feels betrayed by his family and blames them for all the pain they have caused. Once he meets Justice, he learns how to feel powerful and take revenge. Justice gives Zits two fake guns to practice shooting at random strangers without any hesitation. Gradually, Zits is able to shoot people without regret because his anger blinds him from seeing the damage he is causing. Anger prohibits us from realizing that someone has more than one characteristic than our first impressions of them. There is only instantaneous jolt of power. That feeling tells you that someone has wronged you and you have the authority to do whatever you want until there is reconciliation. Anger is a result of fear and lack of self confidence when dealing with betrayal. However, that anger doesn’t signify strength, only
When times get tough, many people turn away from everyone and everything. It must be part of human nature to adopt an independent attitude when faced with troubles. It is understandable because most people do not want to trouble their loved ones when they are going through problems, so it is easier to turn away than stick together. Maybe their family is going through a rough patch and they reason they would be better off on their own. This path of independence and solitude may not always be the best option for them or their family, though. Often times it is more beneficial for everyone to work through the problem together. It is not always the easiest or most desirable option, but most times it is the most efficient and it will get results in the long run. In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck makes this point very clear through several characters. Many characters throughout
Holiness, sin, and life are repeatedly questioned throughout John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, particularly by the former preacher, Jim Casey. As a preacher, Casey only preaches what the bible states and he resigns from his occupation after he feels the urge to pursue life's true meaning and values of the individual - basically to make sense of the world he resides in. Casey closely resembles the character and motives of Jesus Christ, as he is enthused to uncover the answers to his wonders and doubts and begins to hold new beliefs of sacrificing the self to sustain the rights of society.
Steinbeck's intercalary chapters in The Grapes of Wrath have nothing to do with the Joads or other characters of the novel, but help describe the story in different terms. They are similar to poems, offering different viewpoints of the migration, and clarifying parts of the story that the reader might not understand. An excellent example of this use can be seen in chapter 21, where an examination of the attitudes of migrant Okies and the residents of California reveals the changing nature of land ownership among the changing population of California and gives greater meaning to the fierce hostility that the Joads meet in California.
A popular literary technique that can be found in a number of literary works is the biblical allusion. John Steinbeck perfects this technique in his novel The Grapes of Wrath by introducing a character who is symbolic of Jesus Christ. This character, Jim Casy, not only shares initials with this biblical figure, but he also grows thoughout the novel as a speaker, a mediator, an organizer, and, most remarkably, a martyr.
Steinbeck's relationship to the transcendentalists [Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman] was pointed out soon after The Grapes of Wrath appeared by Frederick I. Carpenter, and as the thirties fade into history, Jim Casy with his idea of the holiness of all men and the unreality of sin seems less a product of his own narrowly doctrinaire age than a latter-day wanderer from the green village of Concord to the dry plains of the West.
In the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck the author uses excessive profanity, religion, and migrants to show the hard times family’s had to go through in the 1930’s. Most people believe that Steinbeck novel is too inappropriate for high school students because of its content. This novel should be banned from the high school curriculum.
The Grapes of Wrath is a novel written by John Steinbeck, which focuses on an Oklahoman family that is evicted from their farm during an era of depression caused by the Dust Bowl. The Joad family alongside thousands of other refugees (also affected by the dirty thirties) migrates west towards California seeking employment and a new home. John Steinbeck’s purpose for writing this novel was to inform his audience of how many of their fellow Americans were being mistreated and of the tribulations they faced in order to attain regain what they once had. As a result, The Grapes of Wrath triggered its audience’s sympathy for the plight of the Dust Bowl farmers and their families.
The differences between selfishness and selflessness are strong throughout The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Everywhere the Joad family goes there is always someone to either push them into the dirt or give them a hand out of the dirt. This happened far and wide, people can be greedy, selfish, and rapacious. It’s in our nature, but even in desperate times when people have a right to be selfish, some will find the will in their heart to aid those who can’t help themselves.
The worst part about betrayal is that most people never even find out that they have been betrayed. A man could go on vacation, cheat on his wife, return home, and she would never find out. Cheaters and other traitors often tend to have the mindset of “I never lied, you just didn’t ask.” Another popular phrase is “It’s not illegal if you don’t get
Big Brother expecting you to work, make sustainable income, provide for a family, and pay taxes all while making nearly minimum wage. Today's issues are that “irrelevant” jobs don’t make enough to live off of. This was the conflict in the novel, The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck. This realistic fiction book takes place during The Dust Bowl in the 1930’s. This goes to show how even after all those years, income concerns still haven't changed. There are many current similarities that go hand in hand in with the novel. Some examples of the similarities are: low salary, characters compared to modern protesters, and plot parallels to real world occurrences.
Thesis: Betrayal is a form of deception and disloyalty that breaks people’s trust, creates conflicts, jeopardizes relationships, impacts people in a negative manner and leads people to their demise.
People are angry or furious but when the time passes they do not even remember their anger. Should they be angry at the moment or should they accept it as Martha C. Nussbaum says in the “Anger and Forgiveness” book? In the Middle Realm, anger is the “domain of life” (p. 138) and how we spend our life. Nussbaum says that we deal with people who we meet temporary: at work, at the store or in the street on a regular basis. In addition, she points out that in this realm we do not get into a deep relationship with these people, and this is a short term situation. Furthermore, Nussbaum says that she find it easy to transition herself to a non-anger situation with people who she loves. On the other hand, she finds it harder to transition from this
Anger is a signal …. It may be a message that we are being hurt, that our rights are being violated; that our needs or wants are not being adequately met or simply that something is not right ( 1).
Anger can help or hurt out relationships whether it be with coworkers, friends, boyfriends or family members. When we have a conflict
A betrayal by someone who you trust emotionally impacts you in a variety of ways. Sinclair Ross’ short story The Painted Door prominently shows the reasons of why a person would choose to betray their partner. The story is set in an isolated farmhouse in the prairies where a married couple, named Ann and John lives. After John’s trip to his father’s house he arrives back home and sees that Ann has been unfaithful. Although people know the effects of betrayal they still carry out this act. The main reason that people betray loved ones is due to the fact humans yearn for companionship, crave the thrill of new experiences and desire change to keep them fulfilled.