Because of the period in which Timothy Shay Arthur wrote Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There he spent a lot of time writing about the sins and virtues of humanity as well as the importance of temperance. That being said, while the virtue of temperance seems to be the most important in the mind of the speaker, the sin of greed is what makes his story what it is and what sets the ball rolling for his main plot points. Very specifically that of Simon Slade and of Judge Hammond. Had Slade kept his profitable, respectable career as a miller, thus not bringing on the greed of Hammond, the unspeakable tragedy that fell upon Cedarville would have been avoided. Despite having an honest trade as a miller, Simon Slade chose to change professions …show more content…
Hammond himself was near unaffected by the barroom of the Sickle and Sheath, unlike his son, but was consumed with greed. A new, more respectable, bar “slightly increased the value of his property,” (662) and as such he was led to bringing his peers and young son to the bar with him in an effort to endorse it and raise those values further. Having been influenced by the drink in a tavern that his peers also frequented, Willy Hammond, once full of promise for both his father’s business and for the town, started “dashing… recklessly along the road to ruin.” (701) This “dashing” lead to his involvement with Harvey Green, a gambling man that epitomized the books showing of greed as a deadly sin, and died for it at the hands of a knife. His mother, having already been troubled by her boy’s long nights at the bar, died of a broken heart by his side, leaving Judge Hammond alone and, eventually, deprived of the money he had lost his family in the pursuit of. Left to die in a poorhouse by a community that remembered him only for his greed, Judge Hammond suffered a lonely fate because of his involvement with the Sickle and …show more content…
On his end, Judge Hammond could have continued to live a wealthy, comfortable lifestyle with his wife- barring any unfortunate business decisions- as his son grew to inherit the family fortune and take over the family’s businesses and properties. Both parents could have expected to live to see their children grow up and to see their children if fate was kind, but their need to progress their wealth further took away these chances and instead handed them the ends they
Mariet Mankiev English IV Ms.Ellis September 16,2015 1. “Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever”,(Doerr 48–49) When Jutta and Werner are sitting by the radio,the Frenchman ends his forecast by saying this. Werner tries to escape the real world with Hitler’s influence by listening to the radio that he and his sister found. This quote is a reoccurring theme throughout the story.
He was a mysterious unknown figure in the shadows; a slithering serpent in the courtroom. The defense attorney for the Scopes Monkey Trial was a cunning man. Clarence Darrow had difficulty defending his client, John T. Scopes, against his opponent, William Jennings Bryan. To everyone’s surprise however, he proved that he could prevail, even if he was under pressure from the world around him. Though Scopes was found guilty under Darrow, he surprisingly only had to pay a fine of one hundred dollars. With such a minor sentence, Darrow is said to be the person who actually won the trial. In the play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, the character, Henry Drummond, parallels his real-life counterpart, Clarence Darrow, through intelligence, bitterness, and determination.
This novel depicts greed on several occasions through out the novel. One example of this is when Gatsby is left twenty five thousand dollars by Dan Cody as a legacy, but from what one is led to believe Ella Kaye refused to let
When world renowned hunter, Sanger Rainsford ends up marooned on an island, he finds himself in an unimaginable word. A world full of murder. He must find a way to save himself and the ones around him. Rainsford is the lesser of two evils he may have a passion for hunting but unlike General Zaroff he has limits, Rainsford kills Zaroff to save himself and many future victims.
In March, by Geraldine Brooks, a mixed-race slave named Grace Clement is introduced after a young, aspiring Reverend March visits her manor to sell books and trinkets to women as a peddler. Grace Clement is a complex key character that is a controlling force in March and exhibits a symbol of idealistic freedom to Reverend March during the Civil War. Her complexity is revealed through her tumultous past, and her strong façade that allows her to be virtuous and graceful through hard times.
There is no doubt that Miss. Strangeworth is not an easy person to deal with, let alone live with, and although her character is fictional, there are many people with the same personality. We can tell quite easily that she is a very meticulous woman, with a lot of perfectionist tendencies, a few of which are to nitpick people’s lives and make sure that even the most minute detail is up to her standards. I know of someone with these attributes and as difficult as they are to deal with, with their list of requirements to be met and their eagle-eye for detail in even the smallest things, they mean the best, and are always trying to help, despite the possible repercussions.
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.
Madame Defarge tries to kill and hurt everyone who opposes her in Tale of Two Cities. Her only hobby is knitting, and she knits as a way to show anger and bring fear to her enemies. She knits a list of people who die in the revolution. The essay shows how Madame Defarge has motives for her killings, her allies, and if the behavior is justified.
chris various encounters with people and the decisions he makes are the people he meets are crazy ernie wayne westerberg and kevin with wayne and kevin the hierarchy wayne and kevin fit are physiological, safety, love belonging and esteem in ch 4 to support this alex wrote to westenberg saying “find a man as generous and good natured as you are”and Alex also thanks Wayne for his hospitality and the money he earned and thank kevin for donating clothes to alex that alex really needed and by the end of the letter he called him wayne a friend and said he “i’ll get back to you Wayne and repay some of your kindness”. for crazy Ernie only felt a physiological need for chris and only a little because although Ernie offered chris a job he found out in the book “Ernie had no intention of ever paying chris” and chris stole a bike from ernie so.
The Glass Castle is a novel that follows the life of a dysfunctional family from the perspective of Jeannette Walls, the third child of the Walls family. Throughout the stories, the readers see all the hardships the children face, as their lunatic parents do what they think is right. After reading the book, it seems to agree the quote “Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands” by Anne Frank.
Jude Sweetwine is one of the two main characters in the novel I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson. Throughout the novel, Jude ages from thirteen to sixteen. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Jude has a twin brother named Noah. They were both very close as children, but as they grow up they begin to drift apart. As they both drift apart, they also start to change. Jude was once very carefree and fearless. She had many friends and was very intrigued with boys. However, at age sixteen Jude is a loner. She talks to the ghost of her grandmother and has sworn off all boys. Throughout the novel, Jude is proven to be superstitious and determined.
One of the hardest things to do is become a gentleman and give up being a vigilante in a place where anything goes.In the book, The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson, Waxilliums (Wax) father mysteriously dies in a car crash, that in turn, leaves him with the responsibility of runing the entire Landrian estate.When Wax’s old friend Wayne shows up and Wax can’t avoid the fighting, He embraces his only self to solve the case with Wayne. Wax and Wayne have known each other for a long time and complement each other with their different skill sets.
“Writing is like talking to yourself, which I have been doing with you all along anyway” (51). I’m seeing this quote as it is. On the same page, Andrew says to “Doc,” “I am safe here. I mean, for all we know I put you in danger every time I walk into your office” (51). The paragraph ends with no reply from “Doc.” The paragraph comes to a halt and the next paragraph begins a Mark Twain discussion. I think a major theme to the novel is when Andrew remarks, “How MT dealt with life was to make a point of explaining children to adults, and adults to children” (51). It’s as if there’s no difference between children and adults, which is similar to the behavior of schizophrenics. Moreover, Andrew changes to second person in one of his memories he’s retelling: “Your cheeks were red, your nose was dripping water, snow clung to your eyebrows, snow was under your sleeves and inside your boots” (57). Doesn't seem like a significant quote, however it is if you consider Andrew just talking to himself throughout the book. Why else would he change the point of view? He’s remembering for his own sake. The novel reflects the
Harvey Cheyne is the only major character in Captains Courageous. Harvey Cheyne is another rich, spoiled kid that lives freely who learns the meaning of hard work when unfortunate circumstances cause him to be stranded on a schooner for a few months. The disrespectful teenager quickly becomes furious with Disko Troop, the boat’s captain, as the two diverse
People have free will. People have the ability to choose right from wrong. With this responsibility people need to think about the outcome of actions and how it will affect society.