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Finders Keepers is a novel that follows a series of characters that all have their own importance to the story of a famous writer's unpublished works. John Rothstein, a famous american author, has been murdered and robbed by Morris Bellamy who vengefully seeks the alleged unpublished Jimmy Gold book remaining from the series. Morris thoughtfully hides his treasures before he is arrested and sentenced to life for an unrelated crime. Decades later, a young Peter Saubers stumbles upon this stolen loot and decides to keep it a secret. After many years, Peter finds himself trying to sell the extremely worthy literature, at the very same time Morris is released from jail on parole. Bill Hodges and his assistant Holly Gibney are tasked
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The quote came from Morris’ favorite character, Jimmy Gold, from the “The Runner” trilogy. As I read through the book, I couldn't help but always see Morris’ misfortune. Maybe he is the mentally unstable antagonist, but I feel some sympathy for the man that did so much for his own love of literature. Morris kills three people in the beginning of the novel, and to keep his mind on track he has developed a state of mind that allows him to continue without breaking down. All the awful things he brought himself to do, just to secure the notebooks as his own. This one sentence was Bellamy’s resilience, and kept him supported through his rough times just as it did to Jimmy …show more content…
When an unbiased and equal representation of two sides are displayed, it is difficult to decide who is the antagonist of the situation. Although Morris is obviously the antagonist for committing a murder and robbery, that doesn’t necessarily make him wrong. King writes in Morris’s headspace, and Morris doesn’t feel he is guilty. He can justify everything he has done, just as Peter justified using the money he knew was stolen to support his family. The idea behind everyone's personal view on right and wrong can affect our own views on what is right and
For example, Annette makes the comment that Benjamin was in the right to smack Henry because he was defending himself from Henry’s assault of insults to which Alan agrees with immediately. Veronica and Michaels sense of righteousness involves other people, Veronica especially believing everyone needs to uphold a standard morality. For example, the idea of bringing Benjamin over. Veronica and Michael want to make sure Benjamin understands his implications so this situation won’t happen again. Veronica worries about their children having morals while Alan and Annette don’t care much for that. When arguing about whether or not Benjamin disfigured Henry, Alan shrugs off the fact that his son just smacked another kid in the face. He instead diminishes Benjamin’s injury saying how it’ll go away and he’ll chip in on the costs of the dentist. He’s not interested in the same sense of morality that Veronica is. These contrasting views come from how Alan and Annette are able to get away with more that Veronica and Michael. For the Novaks there are consequences to their actions, while in Alan’s case with the pharmaceutical companies he gets rewarded for defending
Many people like to believe they know what is right from what is wrong, but when it comes to the court system and the search for justice, Henry Drummond will fight for the cases that no other lawyer has the audacity to take on. Drummond exhibits an undying perseverance to fight for Bertram Cates in the Scopes Trial depicted in Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s play, Inherit the Wind. Through Henry Drummond’s tactfulness, open-mindedness, and determination, he is able to make a biased town see the absurdity of a law that takes away a person's right to freedom of thought. Henry Drummond’s tactfulness allows him to convince a partisan jury of the absurdity of putting a man on trial for simply expressing an unpopular viewpoint.
Throughout the article Nielson and Kubrin remain objective and not formally leaning in favor of Mr. Skinner or the courts decisions. This goes to show that the authors were maintaining a professional standpoint which boosted their credibility in this text. The authors use ethos throughout the article in order to make his statement clear that ethically one should not consider rap lyrics as evidence. They give examples such as “Nobody believes that Johnny Cash shot a man in Reno or that Bret Easton Ellis carried out the gory murders described in “American Psycho”; neither artist claimed that he was writing autobiographically,” the same applied to Mr.Skinner. Nielson and Kubrin also addressed the manner in which providing the jury with the rap lyrics is not ethically right because it allows there to be a bias against the
“I am haunted by humans” (Zusak 550). The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is about the horrors of World War II. Liesel and her family help out an old friend by hiding a Jew. Liesel also steals her first book when she at her brother’s funeral. Liesel Meminger’s remarkable actions like feeling good when she steals a book and her family hiding a Jew help demonstrate why Death is “haunted by humans”.
Believed by many to be one of the world’s greatest writers, Gabriel García Márquez is a Colombian-born author and journalist, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and a pioneer of the Latin American “Boom.” Affectionately known as “Gabo” to millions of readers, he first won international fame with his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude, a defining classic of twentieth century literature.
This could be perhaps one of King’s greatest emotional appeals to the reader. He is showing the mistreatment of his family and this stirs up feelings of anger or fear towards the situation and King is able to gain readers on his side from this.
“The particularly disgraceful aspects of Ms Gibson’s conduct in relation to the Schwarz family, and Joshua Schwarz in particular, were that she sought to use the tragic terminal illness of a young boy for her own selfish purposes” Judge Mortimer said, providing an anecdote to represent how vile and how raw the issue has become. And as Gibson avoids responsibilities the Schwarz family is left to pick up the pieces of
...against society. The type of person that Dickerson describes as Johnny's assailant is everything wrong with society. It just isn't one person committing all the wrong; rather it is all the negative ideals and rudiments of our society that curse us. The blame cannot be centered on one individual making it that much harder for criminals to be sentenced in the court of law.
The Judicial System back in the 1950’s was flawed because during that time laws were viewed differently. Adolescents were charged and trialed as adults. Justice had no mercy on the young, in some cases some were sentenced to the death penalty. In this play a sixteen year old boy was charged with manslaughter for “stabbing” his father in the chest with a switchblade. If the boy was convicted with being guilty he then would be immediately sent to the electric chair. In the beginning of the play eleven jurors vote not guilty while one voted guilty exemplifying the mob mentality at that time. The jurors were careless and uninterested of the case and just wanted to leave. Most of which were
The Book Thief is an outstanding book by Markus Zusak. It follows the adventures of Liesel Meminger, a girl who must be given up by her only parent, her mother(Her dad left her), and who witnessed the death of her brother on the way to be given to foster parents in Nazi Germany. She is fostered by Hans and Rosa Hubermann, the former of which is a painter and accordionist and the latter of which is a person who can’t seem to stop swearing. Rosa and Hans live on a town on the outskirts of Munich called Molching, on Himmel Street. Hans and Rosa then take in a Jew by the name of Max Vandenburg, who is the son of Hans’ good friend who died in World War 1. They then must hide
Orson Scott Card said “There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.” Society’s pressure shapes and influences individuals lives and motives that doesn’t benefit all of the community. This is apparent when you look at lives of the accusers in the Scottsboro trials: Victoria Price and Ruby Bates and the fictional character Mayella Ewell before and during the trials these women started.
In the novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the claim is that change is good, I think that this is the claim because in the beginning Liesel is always afraid and towards the end she is brave. Markus tells the story of a young girl named Liesel, who is living in Germany during World War I and World War II. She has many adventures, whether it’s stealing books (hence the title) or just living her daily life with her family and friends but sometimes the events aren’t always good. One day when she was with Rudy and the other kids they went to the old man’s farm and stole his food (like apples, bread, etc). While they were going up the fence Rudy got caught and Liesel was told to just leave him, but since Rudy was her best friend she helped him
One of the basic assumptions underlying any detective novel is a sense of social order. The novelist assumes that the reader agrees that killing people is wrong; it does not matter if the victims are exemplary citizens or odious individuals, it is the mere act of snuffing out another’s life that is against the social order. In P.D. James’ A Mind To Murder, Nurse Marion Bolam’s murder of her stuffy and self-righteous cousin Enid illustrates a situation where the nurse and her invalid mother had suffered from her cousin’s stinginess; James gives us a clear look at the murderer’s fear that if Enid had been given time to change her will as she had threatened to do, the Marion and her mother would never get the money to which they considered themselves entitled. However, James urges us to understand, this does not matter. Murder, for whatever reason it is committed, is still murder, and it is always wrong.
“No matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the trues” (page 66). Prejudice can be a dangerous thing, especially when it comes to adjusting somebody’s life. At that time in America a jury consists of twelve men can determine the life or death of one person by giving a unanimous verdict. A typical reflection of this reality is an influential drama “Twelve Anger Men”. Reginald Rose wrote this drama inspired by his experience of being a juror on a manslaughter case to reveal a common social phenomenon of prejudice. To stress the main idea that, Rose presents the key points that biased individuals are less rational or blinding themselves with an unfair judgement about one’s guilt. Moreover, she conveys the facts that stereotype produces an effect on one’s statement. Furthermore, prejudice constantly affect other jurors’ opinion, intentionally or unintentionally. With Rose’s vivid description and clear contrast between each juror, he emphasizes the existence of prejudice and further to spread an idea that prejudice influence the outcome of the trial.
When looking at the criminal justice system, the belief is that in order for justice to occur an individual must pay for the crime they committed. This mindset has created a shift in the values related to the importance of a conviction, whether it is ethical or not. As society begins to unfold, situations transform from a black or white state to grey where ethical judgements are needed to decipher the multitude of morals, views, and opinions encompassed within. Ambiguous social questions arise as to the right or wrong action to take, this is referred to as ethical issues (Pollock, 2015). Ethical issues are difficult to fully comprehended and a prime example is if a conviction means justice for prosecutors. Having a false or simplistic idea