In Melville’s novel of Billy Budd, there is good, evil, and reason; the good is Billy, who is often referred to as an angel, the evil is Claggert, who hates Billy for his goodness, the reason is Captain Vere, who decides what to do with Billy when Vere knows that Billy is pure goodness. Claggart tries to get Billy in trouble by accusing him of being a part of a mutiny. Billy is so overwhelmed with Claggart’s accusation that he punches him and kills him. Vere knows that Billy did not mean to kill Claggart but because they are under martial law Billy must be hanged for killing an officer. At the end of the novel it is many years later and Vere is killed in battle. Because of Vere’s last words it is obvious that his decision to end Billy’s life still haunt him because he will never know the truth or what would have been the best decision. In Britten’s opera of Billy Budd, all the characters interact the almost the same as in the novel. The biggest difference is that Vere is still alive and he is now narrating the story. The opera’s opening scene reinforces Vere’s educated characteristic from Melville’s story because books surround him in his home; however, the opera
In the novel, Vere is left “more than disabled” with his last words being “Billy Budd”, this means that Billy was still tormenting Vere after all these years (Melville, 28). He still was not sure if hanging Billy was the right thing to do. In the opera, Vere “tried to fathom eternal truth”, meaning, he is still contemplating Billy’s situation (Britten, Act I). Even though in both the novel and the opera Vere is still hanging on to the story of Billy Budd, his death in the novel symbolized the death of reason and not killing him off defeated much of the purpose of his character. Therefore, the opera takes away the purpose of Billy’s story by turning Vere into more of a narrator than a reasonable decision
To some, this argument may seem the most blatant form of mistruth, horrendous, even, in its lack of taste, a kind of literary sacrilege, in fact. Surely we have reached the end, one might say, when one can considerer comparing the immortal Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, with the adolescent protagonist of Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger’s hero has been compared to many literary figures, from Huckleberry Finn to David Copperfield. So many different attitudes have been taken toward him. Let’s stop talking about him and write something else. Isn’t the subject getting boring? Perhaps so, but Holden will not go away. He continues to pester the mind, and while reading A.C. Bradley’s analysis of Hamlet’s character, it was hard to resist the idea that much of what Bradley was saying about Hamlet applied to Holden as well. Perhaps the comparison is not as absurd as it first appears. Of course, there is no similarity between the events of the play and those of the novel. The fascinating thing while reading Bradley was how perfectly his analysis of Hamlet’s character applied to Holden’s, how deeply, in fact, he was going into Holden’s character as well, revealing, among other things, its potentially tragic nature.
...erson & by not doing everything that his parents said he was able to find out the truth which I think, in the end would have made his relationship with his parents much stronger. Billy was very restricted & confined by the expectations placed on him by his family & as well as society & because of this was not able to express himself or find his own personal happiness but through dance he was able to discover who he really is & what he loves & by pursuing it he became a much stronger person, it even enabled him to stand up to his father in showing him how much he loves dance & in doing so also stood up to society & gender stereotypes, this made Billy a much stronger person, throughout the movie it also shows how Billy is able to make a better personal relationship with his father & his brother Tony who he grows closer to as he becomes his own person through dance.
Throughout the book, the author creates numerous hardships that Billy has to live through. One of the hardships that he is given is that he is captured in German lines of the war that he was drafted into, and was shipped with other American prisoners of war to a camp that was filled with dying Russians. After that, they were moved to Dresden where no one would expect this city to be bombed, but sooner than imagined, nothing was left of the breathtakingly beautiful German city. Another hardship that Billy faced and contributed to his moral struggle and issues in the story is after he returns back home from Dresden´s crazy firestorm, he gets engaged with Valencia and soon following is a nervous breakdown and recovers of it amazingly to have two children become more in depth of optometry to make more money to support his new family. To continue his life while it is on a high, Billy and his wife travel by airplane to an optometry conference in Montreal, resulting in a skull fracture for Billy and Valencia passes due to carbon monoxide poisoning on her way to see her husband at the hospital. Billy struggled through tough times and situations but kept going, even after he went mentally insane, even with the moral struggles and issues that were thrown out at him throughout his life
First his father dies in a hunting accident, then he gets in a plane crash and everyone aboard dies but him, and while he is in the hospital recuperating, his wife dies of carbon monoxide poisoning. There is so much death surrounding his life, that it is no wonder Billy has not tried to kill himself yet. Billy proves throughout the book that he is not mentally stable, yet somehow, he is persuasive in his interpretation of the truth. It is a good example of how people are very gullible creatures, and even in Billy’s constant state of delirium, it is hard to disavow what Billy seems to believe is the truth. He proves his instability frequently:
Comparing Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Fences by August Wilson Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Fences by August Wilson have similar themes of conflicts between fathers and sons, conflicts between husbands and wives, and the need to focus on a small unit of space in order to achieve success. In the process of developing these themes throughout the two plays, three similar symbolic elements are used including the insecure father figure, the "other woman," and the garden. The fathers in the two plays are comparable because they both have conflicts with their sons as a result of living in the past, and they die in the end. Willy, in Death of a Salesman, is never respected for his occupational status, so he places very high expectations on his son, Biff. Willy lives in the memory of past events to such a large extent that he cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, and he passes this trait onto Biff.
Life gives many chances to make choices. We can make choices to thrive or survive. Bud used his rules to help him thrive. Even though he has no mother and he is not treated well in homes, he still stands strong. During many parts in “Bud not Buddy” these 3 rules helped Bud thrive.
The differences between black and white players has been going on for a long time since the early 1920’s. The players have always been at each other since the Negro Leagues have been around. There were two players that made the transition from the Negro Leagues to the Majors and those players were Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson. Most people know of Robinson more than Paige because of the Brooklyn Dodgers recruiting him from Kansas City Monarchs. Satchel Paige was a pitcher from the Kansas City Monarchs like Robinson but he was recruited to the Cleveland Indians at the time. Paige has changed baseball today because he has shown new ways to pitch, broke the racial barrier with Robinson, and was an influence on many players in todays day.
Numerous times during the novel, Billy runs up against forces that counter his free will. The common reoccurrence of time travel in the story showed Billy his fate, and progressively changed Billy’s outlook on life. Due to time travel, Billy can see into his future. Billy knows that he will be in a plane crash on the way to his optometrist convention, and that he will be shot my Paul Lazzaro, a man that was hired to revenge Roland Weary’s death. In spite of his knowledge, Billy does nothing to change the way each moment panned out because he knows he cannot control his fate. One constant life force Billy could not control was his stage fright that was caused by his time travel. In the text it says, “Billy is spastic in time, has no control over where he is going next, and the trips aren’t necessarily fun. He is in constant stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to act in next” (Vonnegut 23). This quote shows Billy’s lack of control and the force of time travel against his free will. Due to time travel, Billy already learned exactly how and when his death would happen. With his new knowledge, Billy never held back in life threatening events because he knew the outcome of his life wouldn’t change. Throughout the novel, Billy always had an indifferent attitude towards life events. The most dominant
Two men with two different ways of life are connected through a time period and these two words: determination and dedication. Erik Larson does a great job developing these two characters in The Devil in the White City. On one hand, Daniel Burnham is trying to build the world’s fair in Chicago, on the other H.H. Holmes is a dedicated doctor who is determined to open a hotel for the world 's fair. Burnham is determined and works diligently to get the job done, and he won’t stop for any reason. Holmes driven dedication towards this isn’t for the common reason of making money, but instead he wants to create a safe place that he can murder people. The major difference is that Burnham choose the better path, so he was able to help others in the process. Burnham gave a blank canvas to so many inventors and creators, so that they could change the way things are viewed in the world. These two men show the opposite ends of the spectrum, which is why we have different results caused by their determination and dedication.
“A final analogy that strengthens the link between Claggart and Satan and thus between Billy and Jesus is the climatic blow to the head that brings about Claggarts’ death. … In Genesis 3:15 after the Fall of man, God pronounces judgment on the serpent…” (Loges 138). This quote again proves Billy to be a religious figure in that God had cast judgment on the serpent just as Billy brought punishment to Claggart. Billy is hung while the rest of the crew watches in silence, with his last words being, “God bless Captain Vere,” forgiving him for sentencing him to death. This occurrence relates to Jesus Christ’ death shown through the Bible verse, “Forgive them for they know not what they do,” where Jesus forgives men before his death just as Billy Budd did (Luke 23:34). Billy’s death is very peaceful and calm as explained by Leona Toker, “His hanging is described in a language that associates him with Christ; and there is a suggestion of the supernatural in the absence of the involuntary muscle spasm that usually follows hangings.” (2) This calm death relates to Jesus’ death in that both were peaceful and somewhat accepted as a necessity. The last religious reference that links Billy Budd to Christ is through the fact that Jesus was resurrected after his death, to live on forever, as is Billy through the writings and songs of men who remember him. Both of these instances give opportunity to allow both Billy and Jesus to live on forever. Billy Budd is seen as a Christ-like figure with many religious references throughout the story, specifically linking Billy’s’ death to
This world and its beliefs provide Billy with a way to escape the mental prison of his mind where even the sound of sirens caused him great distress. From the chronology to the diminishing reaction to the important moments in his life, Billy’s life becomes completely chaotic and meaningless, but he would not prefer any other alternative because this was the only one which was mentally
favor Biff. Although Happy adored Loman, and devoted his life to making his father proud, a true sign of love and respect, Willy Loman still neglected his younger son.
Alto saxophones and tenor saxophones are two of the most common and versatile members of the saxophone family. From the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, on the stage of a Men at Work concert in New York’s Madison Square Gardens, or even on a street corner in the Big Easy, you will find one or both of these saxophones. While the two saxophones are commonplace in the worlds of rock n’ roll, classical, and jazz music, alto saxophones and tenor saxophones are quite different in their size and shapes, the tone and key, and the musical parts they play.
Tom Sawyer and Jose are different in a few ways. One being that Jose is more mature than Tom Sawyer. Jose, boring and hardworking, is always thinking about how his life will be when he gets older, and never does any childish activities like chewing on grass. Jose’s cousin was seen chewing on grass, being childish, and being very energetic throughout the story while Jose was thinking about his work. Tom Sawyer, less mature and more childish, tricks people to get what he wants. Another reason why the two are different is that Jose is more serious than Tom Sawyer, and Tom Sawyer is not serious. Jose can seem serious from the beginning to the end of “Born Worker”. This can be seen by how Jose dresses when he wears jeans and a shirt that kids his age would not wear.
One thing is that they take care of use and show us right from wrong and show use unconditional love and care another is they help us with things we can’t do like change a tire on a car or help with homework and make you food and make sure you have clean close. In The Catcher in the Rye and “Good WIll Hunting” both Will and Holden have abusive or neglectful parents which impact their decisions in life and the way they view the world.