A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning

With a multitude of hypocritical characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain pokes at the reader’s conscience by catching their judgments and fostering a less-blind eye to one’s own iniquities. From the very beginning of the novel, there is an air of phoniness to the environments Huck is raised in, and his upbringing is the foundation for his ability to observe others’ discrepancies. He dislikes the stuffy rules in Widow Douglas’s home because they make little reasonable sense to him - for instance, Widow Douglas will not let him smoke because it is “a mean practice” and not “clean,” yet she chews tobacco, which Huck scoffs is alright because “she done it herself” (12). Huck observes little duplicities like this, yet does not judge them outright. And as uncomfortable as he was with the uptight style of living with Widow Douglas, he also finds little solace in the woods with t... ... middle of paper ... ...m down the river and frees him in her will (276).

She is discriminated at every juncture. She is further tormented for her illegitimacy as coming under pressure from this wives, Jalil decides to get this 15 years old daughter Mariam married to a brutish widowed cobbler 30 years her senior. Pitted against the vagaries of life once again Mariam sees her condition being static. Her married life is filled with fear and her repeated miscarriages dishearten Rasheed and he feels that he shall never be able to father a son. Seeing his hopes being destroyed of fathering a son he subjects Mariam to regular and frequent cruel acts of physical punishment.

He does this by making Pip read out the names of dead family members from the tombstones. Both of Pip’s parents were dead and all of his siblings had died as infants, which makes the reader sympathise for Pip. Life in the 19th century as an orphan boy looked horrible in Great Expectations. The reason for this is that, the way Pip was treated by his sister was harsh and cruel and his sister felt that Pip was a “Burden” upon her. Pip received hardly any compassion from his sister which was literally his only blood relative, so this was pretty sad making the image of an orphan boy’s life, dreary and miserable.

Atticus does not want his children to buy into superstitions and prejudices the town holds for Boo Radley because he knows this type of discrimination is wrong. Telling his children the truth shows that Atticus trusts his children with certain information. He knows there are things his children won’t fully understand so he tells them in a way to help them understand it. For example Atticus said to Scout, “ ‘ You never really understand a person until you consider things form his point of view… until you climb into his skin and... ... middle of paper ... ...uld have sent lennie to the government or the police they would have put Lennie in jail. George was worried that lennie would have gotten hurt or killed in prison.

This insightful way of looking at sin fools the reader into thinking Baba is a righteous man, but as the story progresses the reader finds out the candor behind Baba’s morals. Baba stole the truth from Amir and Hassan by not informing them of their kinship; this news, if uncovered, would have brought shame on Baba. His illegitimate son could never receive the true unconditional affection and praise he deeply desired to award him. The burden of guilt and societal p... ... middle of paper ... ...pment in the novel “The Kite Runner.” The quarrels each character faced allowed the reader to gain a deeper comprehension of each character and their morals. Each character’s conflict had subsequent effects on the others internal strife.

Jack bullies Piggy endlessly throughout the novel, but one would wonder why someone would do such a thing. Obviously, Piggy is really upset. It is believed that Jack bullies Piggy because Piggy found the conch shell, which gives Ralph and Piggy more power than Jack. Jack feels that he has to have lea... ... middle of paper ... ...one begins their life in an evil phase, but adults and surroundings shape your personality in the end. Mankind is born evil because violence, greed and power are favored.

He is able to pull at the heartstrings of his audience and in doing so successfully entices them to celebrate in the children’s victories and scoff at the Witches cruelty. Lewis did not intend for The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe to attempt to strike at moral standpoints. Lewis stated in an interview, “’I don’t like stories to have a moral: certainly not because I think children dislike a moral. Rather because I feel sure that the question: ‘What do modern children need?’ will not lead you to a good moral”’ (Sadler). However, his use of the innocence of children evokes the essence of purity and good.

In the fiction short story “Greasy Lake” author Bruce Springsteen writes about three young adults who think of themselves as tough characters only to have a run-in with actual bad people which put into perspective how they were merely acting like rebels and that they didn’t truly have it in them. There are many notions of epiphany and evolution in “Greasy Lake”. The protagonist which is also the narrator of the story tells the events in a sorrowful way. He forms his sentences in a way that lets the reader know that he doesn’t feel the same way anymore. This regret, this remorse is a rhetorical appeal known as pathos, which focuses on emotions.

Dickens presents fear and tension further by reinforcing the idea that the people who are close to him are actually so far away. The irony of his parent’s powerlessness to protect him when Pip is in danger despite being extremely close is a horrible reminder of Pip’s vulnerability and also enhances the reader’s feelings to empathise with Pip once again. Furthermore, using Pip as the narrator of this novel increases the fear and tension dramatically due to the novel bein... ... middle of paper ... ...sion that has been produced is crushed due to the realisation that Pip does not die and undermines what Dickens intends the reader to feel and spoils the reader’s predictions about Pip’s future after his encounters with Magwitch. Dickens spectacularly captures a true sense of fear and tension in the opening chapters of Great Expectations which is then extended into chapter 39 where Pip’s real benefactor is revealed. Throughout the novel, Dickens has cruelly led the reader to believe that Miss Havisham is giving Pip the break of his life, however Pip’s real life changing revelation is revealed through the similarities in language, setting and character contrast between the opening chapters and chapter 39.

I can see that the reason behind Bitzer’s dull look id down to him being drained of his imagination by Gradgrind. Dickens creates Bitzer as he is the opposite of Sissy and he has had his imagination banished. The title of the novel is ‘Hard Times’, from reading and reviewing the first two chapters I can see why Dickens chose to call the novel ‘Hard Times’ as this illustrates exactly what the children were going through. I believe Dickens chose to write ‘Hard Times’ to get his point of view across. And from what he hoped he achieved and that’s why 21st Century schools are different.