Bad Intentions When parents raise children in a terrible environment, they tend to act out in an outrageous way. Adolf Hitler was a dictator who murdered and tortured people for their religious views. Hitler made some very evil choices, and they came with some consequences. Cassie, the main character of Beautiful by Amy Reed, grew up in a horrific childhood home. She tends to get herself into a lot of trouble throughout the book, she hurts herself and others. Not only that Cassie allows boys take advantage of her. Cassie constantly drinks and does other drugs such as the following: marijuana, cocaine, acid, and tobacco. This was no excuse, but was the leading cause to her bad behavior. Adolf Hitler and Cassie from the book Beautiful both hurt …show more content…
Cassie ends up losing all of her friends and everyone who she thought would bring her happiness. ”’I don’t know what they do with the bodies.’ Bodies. A body. Not Sarah. Just another girl’s body that is not useful anymore” (Reed 224). Sarah, her best friend, committed suicide because no one showed her that they cared about her including Sarah’s mom. Hitler ends up killing himself after realizing soldiers were coming for him, he was a coward. ”Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, burrowed away in a refurbished air-raid shelter, consumes a cyanide capsule, then shoots himself with a pistol, on this day in 1945, as his ‘1,000-year’ Reich collapses above him” (History 1). Hitler was a coward and chose to take his own life because of the bad decisions he made. Cassie is depressed for the longest time and ends up moving schools. ”For now, there is only a new school in a new city, new teachers, new students who never knew who I was before”(Reed 227). She was so upset with her situation she moved. Every choice has a consequence and in their cases the consequence was bad. Adolf Hitler and Cassie from the book Beautiful both hurt others and negatively influenced people around them, they both learn that their actions have consequences. The two of them made very horrible decisions. Everyone can learn from them and realize that they need to care for others. People who grow up with a devastating childhood often make poor
The story begins in a small town in America. The Fowler family is faced with the burden, frustration and pain of having to bury their twenty-one year old son, Frank. The inward struggle faced by Matt Fowler, his wife, and family drives him to murder Richard Strout, Frank's killer, in order to avenge his son's murder and bring peace to himself and his family. Matt faced a life-time struggle to be a good father and protect his children from danger throughout their childhood. Dubus describes Matt's inner ...
The main protagonist in the story is Cassie Sullivan. Cassie is important to the novel because the whole story revolves around her trying to save her brother, while also trying to keep herself alive and away from the aliens that are taking over the world. She is very dedicated; she won’t stop working until her promises are fulfilled. She is determined, not stopping until she can get to her brother. She is also very hopeful; she doesn’t know if her brother is still alive, but she has the hope he is still alive and that keeps her moving and working hard.
Taking place in East Germany, 1989, the movie is about a family consisting of a mother, son, and daughter. The mother, Christiane, is a strong socialist and a party member of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Christiane was dramatically shaken, but it only increased her passion for the GDR. One day, she witnesses her son, Alex, protesting in an anti-Berlin Wall demonstration and being apprehended by the police. Christiane suffers a heart attack from the sight and goes into a coma for 8 months. During that time period, much has changed, including the fall of the Berlin wall, the GDR being dissolved, and the reunification of West and East Germany. With the fall of the Berlin wall, socialism in on the decline and capitalism begins to thrive with the sharp increase of consumer goods. Knowing that his mom worked her whole life as a socialist, Alex wanted to hide the outside world from her and pretend as if nothing has happened and that the GDR was still in power over East Germany. Towards the very end, his mother finally finds out through Alex’s girlfriend, who tells her about all tha...
In the begin of the book it is kinda of a slow start. Then about chapter “12” it says that there is a curse in the school. A school girl had decided to commit suicide by hanging herself. When this secret got revealed many different things started happening to the students. For example many of the football team players got injured all at the same time. But later on in the book you learn that there is a
The each character and the connection their lives have to the war, to the second the bomb
For example, despite the notorious backlash both the Stanford Prison Experiment and Milgram's Obedience Study faced for their ethical abuse and the pessimistic view about human nature most folks draw from them, there were some strong positives these experiments were able to create. Zimbardo’s experiment helped us understand the impact empowering others has on one’s confidence and ability to govern. When the guard’s were given their new major responsibilities, they were able to quickly adapt to their new environment and effectively fill their roles by displaying both leadership and strong confidence. Milgram’s study allowed us to gauge whether or not those acting as teachers in the experiment would latch onto the sadistic behavior of the experimenters. It was reported when the teachers were instructed to punish the learners to any level they desired, none of them ever chose a setting above “slight shock” (Hock, 2013). This act of concern for others is warming to observe and helps us to learn and appreciate the humanity members of our society show when they get to make their own choices of penalties for something they consider
The main character Jaycee is with her boyfriend Skyler. Jaycee really loves Skyler and he really loves her. They both think that they can only really talk to and trust each other. Jaycee is looking into the death of her friend and doesn’t want to tell anyone but Skyler. Skyler loves her a lot and near the end after things start coming together Skyler tells her what he did and hopes she won’t hate him. He tells her that he killed Manny because he loved Rachel, but then he meet her Rachel told him to stay away from Jaycee. He didn’t want Rachel to keep them apart so he killed her. Then he tries to kill Jaycee and himself. In the end she doesn’t want to but some part of her still loves
Gilgamesh, mothers, and Martin Luther King Jr are many extraordinary examples of people that show and have shown altruism. Their selfless acts and personalities leave motivational marks on everyone the help. Showing altruism and being altruistic makes our world have a shining light; being unselfish and helping others makes our society
Have you ever thought how someone can change the world, and how they did it with all the adversity they had to face? Three people who did accomplish this are Nelson Mandela, Harriet Tubman, and Edwin Broni-Mensah. Nelson Mandela was born in South Africa, where he fought for the rights of black south Africans. Harriet Tubman was a slave born in pre-Civil War era, she saved thousands of slaves and was a conductor on the underground railroad. Edwin Broni-Mensah founded a non-profit company that provided water for thousands of people in Ghana. Nelson Mandela, Harriet Tubman, and Edwin Broni-Mensah all helped to change the lives of many people and they did this by fighting for justice.
Did you know that Hitler and his siblings were abused as children? HItler’s father was a man who believed in hard work, so he would sometimes yell and beat his eight children. Hitler’s childhood experience influenced the way he acted as an adult.
...e becomes a misanthrope who considers suicide and withdraws from the company of others. Through these fictional characters, the readers can understand the importance of choosing the healthy ways to cope with terrible events that happen in their lives instead of the dysfunctional ways that the characters chose.
The reader slightly understands the characters in the beginning, but when their secrets are revealed the characters become more understandable. The life and death situations is with the narrator fighting with her sanity and the death of her innocence view of life. The life of Rebecca is taking by a man who could not control the person she was. Also the death of Rebecca’s freedom to do as she pleased. The themes of this book is all of the above. The motives Maxim had to kill Rebecca are for his use only. He wants his image in society to be protected and to have control over situations. Mrs. Danvers’ motives are to not have anyone disrespect Rebecca’s memory. The Psychological Thriller helps the character grow in a positive or negative
Throughout this novel the characters get themselves caught in webs of betrayal and corruption so that, at the end of the war, they may prevail and gain total world domination. Through the experiences of the characters it is learned that nobody can get ahead without causing someone else’s downfalls. Most importantly, this novel illustrates the selfishness of individuals and shows how people are willing to do whatever they need to ensure that they are solely benefited. This is clearly shown in the novel. Although the Duke, von Ribbentrop and Mussolini employed different schemes and methods, they each tried to achieve the same thing: total world domination. As a result, many peoples’ lives were lost or changed forever.
Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany during World War II, is a prime example of
As she walked into the funeral home, all Amanda could notice was tear stained faces, the costumes of black on the people, which symbolizes the somber time ahead, and how hushed everyone was being. It was the funeral of Amanda’s brother, Jacob Flowers, who had passed in a horrific car accident involving a drunk driver. The funeral home was getting to be only standing room because Jacob was acquainted with so many people, and had affected many lives in unique ways. Jacob had passed at the young age of eighteen, with so much life ahead of him. Amanda stood back and watched the events of the funeral, as they unfolded before her eyes.