There are many examples of cruelty
in literary works. Literary works
such as plays, novels, films, short
stories, and poetry. One may believe
that cruelty is a way of life. Cruelty
is included in great works of
literature such as The Crucible, The
Scarlet Letter, Bartleby, The Red
Badge of Courage, The Last of the
Mohicans, Lottery, Dr. Heidigger’s
Experiment, Redburn, Angel of
Death, Gold Bug, The Tell-tale
Heart, and Night. The following is an
explanation of the cruelty and the
result of it.
In the Last of the Mohicans, there
are many acts of cruelty displayed.
For example, The bad Huron Indian
Magma makes the English troops
walk right into a war party trap. As a
result of this action, The English
troops fought every Indian in the war
party, but three Mohicans killed
most of the Huron. Another example
would be when Monroe won’t let the
militia go back to the frontier to
defend their families. As a result,
Nathaniel helped the people who
wanted to leave, escape. Another
example would be when the Huron
Indians killed Uncas. In turn, Alice
threw herself off a cliff because she
loved him so much. Another
example would be when the French
told the Huron not to attack the
American troops again. As a result,
the Huron attack the American
troops anyway. Theses various
counts of cruelty show that the
Huron Indians are a cruel people.
In The Red Badge of Courage there
also are many acts of cruelty
displayed. For example, Henry runs
away from battle. In turn, Jim and
the rest of the company got wounded
and some died. Another example
would be when the red coats
attacked the Americans. As a result,
Henry ran away again. Another
example would be when the generals
were laughing about the win. In turn,
Henry overheard them and thought
he was celebrating about something
he didn’t help in and was treating the
entire war as a game. Another
example would be War itself. As a
result, Henry gets war fever and runs
in front of the line, in a suicide
attempt. Another example would be
when Henry was asking for help
from a running solider, the solider hit
Henry with the butt of his rifle. In
turn, Henry was knocked out and
left for dead. Unlike the Huron, the
red coats and their own men are the
cruel ones. One of the solider on his
side actually strikes Henry, which
knocks him out. This movie also
illustrates cruelty from a 3rd party,
the generals are not involved directly
yet cause cruelty.
In Bartleby, there are many
occurrences of cruelty. For example,
Bartleby wouldn’t leave the office.
As a result, many people get mad.
Another example would be when
Bartleby’s old boss moved out of the
office. In turn, the new owner came
back to his old boss and said get rid
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