This critical essay will critique Francis J. Underwood of “House of Cards” from the popular Netflix series played by Kevin Spacey. In the series Francis goes by Frank Underwood. Frank Underwood is a conniving, manipulative, Machiavellian, politician with a quenching thirst for power. Frank is a U.S. congressman from Gaffney, South Carolina. The beginning of the series starts with Frank being the House Majority Whip for the Democratic party of the United States of America. The series chronological his rise up the hierarchical ladder to President of the United States. His methods are ruthless, he is methodical and vicious with every movement.
Frank was posed to be the next Secretary of State upon the election of Garret Walker as President of
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Frank demonstrates a level of toughness in many situations, particularly when his old chief of staff Remy Danton becomes a lobbyist for a major oil producer in the U.S., Frank shows zero remorse when he destroys Remy’s lobbying career all in order to squash a rumor that will jeopardize Franks credibility, “Friends make the worst enemies” – Frank Underwood
Frank shows a level of interdependence when he sacrifices Claire’s career for his own political gain. Frank promised Claire many times that when his political career expired he would focus on Claire’s. The only problem is Frank has no desire to relinquish any political power at any time in his life. Claire was posed to be an ambassador of the United States to the U.N. (United Nations).
When Frank receives pushback from members of the House and Senate about Claire’s potential role in foreign policy. He caves, and releases his support of Claire in order to sustain support from the party. His only companion on his pursuit of power has become victim to his methodical ways. Franks reaction is emotionless, he is content with being alone, as long as it consists of him being at the
Family should be of the upmost importance. Through the use of characterisation Frank McCourt questions the significance of his family unit through the use of his selfish actions. In the text the father gets his first job and “Mam is happy”. Frank Senior does the right thing by getting himself a job to support his family. In 1930, Ireland Friday was payday “Mam is out of bed … cleaning … and singing” This is explicitly showing that the mother is a traditional housewife that is happy she doesn’t’ have to rely on charity. However, later on in the text, Mam has cooked dinner and is waiting for Frank to return home, but Frank does not come home until well after the p...
... the middle of the tattered city sits Mr. Frank, reading Anne’s diary. He is the only one who survived after being sent to a concentration camp. Wind was blowing in the pages he was barely holding. Determination settled in his face as a thought of publishing the diary to let everyone know the life of being drowned in silence, the life of perpetual fear. Anne Frank may be gone, but her legacy is left behind. Although everyone else died in different concentration camps they were sent to, Mr. Frank organized the hiding to the best of his ability. Mr. Frank demonstrated his great leadership qualities by thinking of others before himself, keeping a constructive and encouraging attitude, and making hard decisions. The play would not have been possible without Mr. Frank’s effort in getting Anne’s diary published. Through thick and thin, Mr. Frank sewed everything together.
Frank and his father have a very interesting relationship. Throughout the book, Frank constantly changes the way he feels about his father. There are times when Frank completely despises him and others where he idolize him. At the beginning of the book, Frank explains that. Malachy was “the shiftless loquacious alcoholic father,” he said.
And the contest for power had begun between Julian’s family and Wesley’s family which shows in the novel from page 111 to page 115 and from page 123 to 131. After Wesley arrested Frank and locked him in the basement, Julian tried to use his power to protect Frank by commanding Wesley to free Frank and inciting his employees to bust Frank loose. However, Wesley did not follow what his father want him to do as before, because he wanted to protect the justice and his own family. He started to subvert the power and control from Julian by using his own power as the sheriff in Montana. He rejected to free Frank and called his father to stop trying to control him. The conflict of power between the original holder – Julian, and the fighter – Wesley leads to the tragedy to exposed and built
Frank has an interesting view on the way man has progressed morally. I think that he says that we don’t really know our morals until we have them truly questioned. In this he implies that the people who have strong morals, not only will stay true to them, but will survive. An example of this is Randy Bragg. Randy, on the day of nuclear fallout, stopped on the side of the road to help a woman. This shows that he has respect for the human race as a whole. The opposite of this was Edgar Quisenbury. Edgar valued nothing but money. In the end, the absence of money caused Edgar to become an example of Darwin’s “Only the strong” theory as he shot himself.
Opinion: Why do you think Frank has confessed at this time? What is his motive? Has he underestimated his brother, or has he estimated correctly?
Holden is intelligent and sensitive, but his thoughts and feelings are full of cynicism and negativity. He sounds bored and tired with almost everybody and everything. Holden constantly focuses on the hypocrisy and social rules of the world around him, and judges them to be oppressive and phony. Holden uses his cynicism and negativity to distance himself from almost everyone. However, Holden has good memories and thoughts about his younger sister, Phoebe, and of his younger brother Allie, who died a couple of years ago.
The McCourt family moved from New York to Ireland to look for a better way of living, to forget about their dead children, to try to have a regular life. Well, it didn’t work out. The father of the family was to caught up with drinking, instead of giving the money for the needs of the family, which would be just simple - food. When the father left to England to look for a job and never sent any money to his starving family Frank felt ob...
Living in poverty and not being able to meet basic needs leads the characters to result to desperate measures such as stopping Frank McCourt’s education and taking a job to support the family. Frank is forced to take the job mostly because his father is an alcoholic and uses all the dole money and his wages to buy beer instead of feeding his family. Frank describes this pattern of drinking away the money by saying " When Dad comes home with the drink smell there is no money and Mam screams at him till the Twins cry."(42) This situation lasts until Mr.McCourt leaves to work in England and is never heard from again which forces Frank to take a job at fourteen years old. Frank takes on the role of the head of the family proudly and comments " Its hard to sleep when you know you know the next day you’re fourteen and starting your first job as a man." (p.309) Frank’s ability to provide financial stability leads to greater comfort and living conditions for the family.
Frank McCourt’s strained relationship with his father, Malachy, is heartbreaking. Frank himself has proclaimed that "The central event in my life is my father's alcoholism” (Matiko). Nevertheless, this strained relationship helped define Frank and led him to strive for a better life. He left Ireland in an attempt, not to run from his past, but to seek a new beginning free from the norms of “the sickness.”
Some people feel all alone in this world, with no direction to follow but their empty loneliness. The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D Salinger, follows a sixteen-year-old boy, Holden Caulfield, who despises society and calls everyone a “phony.” Holden can be seen as a delinquent who smokes tobacco, drinks alcohol, and gets expelled from a prestigious boarding school. This coming-of-age book follows the themes of isolation, innocence, and corrupted maturity which is influenced from the author's life and modernism, and is shown through the setting, symbolism, and diction.
Frank is good at heart. Mr. Frank is a very selfless and caring man. He cares for everyone in the annex. When Mrs. Frank finds Mr. Van Daan stealing food, she wants him and Mrs. Van Daan to leave. However, Mr. Frank disagrees. “ You’re speaking in anger. You cannot mean what you are saying.” Mr. Frank doesn’t want the Van Daans to have to live out on the streets. He wants them to be safe in the annex, rather than in the streets where they could be caught. This shows that Mr. Frank is good at heart because he cared for the Van Daans. He didn’t want anyone to be taken or killed by the Germans. Mr. Frank has a good heart because he cared about Jews and everyone in the
(Frank, 46-47). The decision to notify the Henrys to expect crisis was a symbol of loyalty. Despite the fact that Randy and the Henrys lived in a
The mother of Frank McCourt, Angela, is an antagonist. She blamed Malachy Sr. for all of their problems calling him “useless,” “sitting on your arse by the fire is no place for a man”(218). Angela constantly ridiculing Malachy Sr. could be the cause of his alcohol addiction. Angela never made him feel like a man throughout the book she was always putting him down, the assumption of alcohol was the only thing he was really happy about. Angelas constant nagging drove him away leaving his family without much. Also, Angela constantly abandons her children. Her sexual desires caused her to continue having children despite the hunger and poverty they were already facing. Every time one of her children died she abandoned the rest of them, not taking care of them. The children had to survive on their own during her time of grieving. After Frank’s fight with Laman, Angela never once made sure Frank was okay. Instead she goes to Laman,
In order for him keep his crime spree going he had to pick up a role of someone else and perform in such way that would convince his audience into believing that he is something that he is not. Although Frank was just a young adult he knew exactly how to change his behaviors to match the setting. In one scene Frank is cornered in his restroom at a hotel by an FBI agent and forced to give up. However, his talent goes unnoticed as he convinces the agent that he is a secret service and that his one step on the case. Abigail manages to trick the FBI agent and escape once again by changing his criminal performance and picking up a new mask based on the setting and the person he was interacting with. In this case coherence increased his chances to get