What drives us to undertake missions? Walt’s and Sal’s motivation was, while Yevgeny’s motivation was to help family; However they all wanted to help others. A short story by Anton Chekhov called,“Home” tells the story of a man by the name of Yevgeny Bykofsky, a persecutor of the circuit court, whose son steals his cigarettes and then smokes them for himself. This forces Yevgeny to punish his son. Yevgeny is a man with strong morals who follows a path of logic when punishing someone. He is also a compassionate person, who sympathizes as he has seen many people be brutally hurt for minor crimes. These traits show meaning into Yevgeny’s path of punishment, which first involves verbally telling him to stop smoking, then continues talking to his …show more content…
Walt Masters from “The King of Mazy May” by Jack London had different motivations. Walt goes on a mission to help his friends. Walt Master’s is a kind, and caring young man who is worried when his friend, Loren Hall’s claim is not recorded. He goes to extreme lengths to help his friend and is shown be a brave person. These traits are important because it explains his motivation for stealing the dogs to record Loren’s claim, they show why Walt would put himself in a large amount of danger all to help his friend, and it helps explain the character of walt. Some citations which prove his motivation are “Walt was worried, however; the claim was liable to be jumped at any moment because of this delay.”(London). This shows Walt was motivated by his worry for his friend. that he may intend to do something to help his friend. Another quote that proves his motivation is "Stop, or we'll shoot!" But Walt only yelled the harder at the dogs, and dashed round the bend with a couple of revolver bullets singing after him.”(London). Walt only tries harder because of how much he cares for his friends. This final quote that reveals Walt's intentions is “Loren Hall was an old man, and he had no dogs, so he had to travel very slowly. After he had been gone some time, word came up the river that he had broken through the ice at Rosebud Creek, and frozen his feet so badly that he would not be able to travel for …show more content…
Another person that does this is Salamanca Hiddle, a country girl from, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. she used her friendship with Phoebe to help her discover the mystery of the lunatic. Some of the qualities Sal has are the ability to sympathize and care which allows for her to sympathize for Phoebe when her mom is missing. Sal will also do anything for her friends, which shows why she helps her find the lunatic. Sal exhibits bravery shows why she would help Phoebe. A example in the text that shows Sal’s bravery is “ 'Do you want me to answer the door?' Phoebe took a deep breath. 'We'll do it together. She opened the door and said hello”(Creech). This sentence shows how with her friend there Sal allows Phoebe to answer the door. Another quote that shows Sal’s ability sympathize is, “Phoebe turned to me with a puzzled expression on her face. I think that she was surprised at what she had said, but I knew exactly why she had lied. It was easier sometimes. I had done this myself when people asked about my mother. 'Don't worry, Phoebe,' I said.”(Creech). This quote shows how Sal sympathizes for Phone while her mother is missing and how Sal is kind to her friends. A sentence which shows how Phoebe would do anything for her friends was “ We were going to track down Sergeant Bickle's son and, according to Phoebe, discover the whereabouts of Phoebe's mother. I wasn't positive that Sergeant Bickle's son was a
Stephen King’s short story "Quitters, Inc." involves a smoker trying to kick the habit, and getting results no matter the means. Dick Morrison meets Jimmy McCann, an old friend, in the bar of the Kennedy International airport. McCann has stopped smoking, gained a promotion, and become physically fir since the last time they met. He tells Morrison about an agency that helped him quit smoking and gave him a business card for Quitters, Inc., which Morrison just put in his wallet. A month later he sees the card fall out of his wallet and decides to go see them. Upon going to Quitters, Inc., Morrison meets Vic Donatti, the man in charge of his case. Morrison signs a contract saying that he won’t reveal anything they do in the course of his treatment. Donatti tells Morrison that he will never smoke again after that day. When he goes back for his next appointment, Donatti starts by punching the cigarettes Morrison had on him whilst still smiling. Donatti then reveals how much they know about their clients by referencing Morrison’s handicapped son who he told them nothing about. Donatti tells him that he is a pragmatist, or someone who is oriented towards the success or failure of something through practical means. Donatti shows Morrison that a rabbit can be taught that eating food will cause an electric shock to occur and therefore after enough aversion training the rabbit will starve itself to avoid the shock. Donatti then explains the various ways they discipline their clients for slipping up, the tenth and last being death. They guarantee you won’t ever smoke again. After a series of non-smoking, Morrison slips up, his wife is kidnapped, and he is called in to watch her get electrocuted for thirty seconds. Afterwards she tells him that she understands what they are trying to do. After months of not smoking Morrison gains weight and Donatti says that if he can’t lose it they will cut off his wife’s pinky finger. After that Morrison passes on the Quitters, Inc business card to a man known only as Crony, and tells him they changed his life. Years later Morrison and his wife meet McCann and his wife at a theatre. When he shakes the hand of McCann’s wife he notices something is wrong. Later the realization hits him that she only had four fingers; her pinky was missing.
In the essay “Letting Go” David Sedaris, writes about his involvements with smoking. Throughout the essay Sedaris expresses his views and experiences with the teairble habit of smoking. Sedaris grew up in the 1960s and 70s when smoking was a common thing to do, so much so that grade school students in his native North Carolina would have field trips to tobacco factories where they were given packs of cigarettes to give to their parents. Sedaris describes views about smoking that changed throughout his lifetime. At one stage in his life he was against smoking and was even bothered by the smell of cigarettes. Then Sedaris himself in a different stage of his life became a smoker. Sedaris’s own mother had health problems due to her smoking habit,
1. Both Walt and Chris liked to “call the shots”. On page 105 “Taking control is something Walt does automatically, reflexively.” Both Father and son want to control their own lives and they don’t like to be told what to do.
Cigarettes and smoking is a symbol for a death contract for Stephen King. Its a death contract for him because Once you start to smoke, it can kill you or the people you love. In the story it states "And if you do smoke, it'll taste awful. It will taste like your sons blood." This quote is saying that if Morrison tries to smoke another cigarette they're gonna kill his son. This shows that cigarettes and smoking is a death contract because if he ever smokes another cigarette his son will be killed. Cigarettes and smoking symbolizes as a death comtract because the cigarette is symbolized as death and smoking the cigarette is like you signing the contract so when you smoke a cigarette your signing your death.
In the essay “Letting Go” by David Sedaris, he writes about his experiences with smoking. Throughout the essay Sedaris expresses his views and experiences with smoking. Sedaris grew up in the 1960’s and 70’s when smoking was a common thing to do, so much so that grade school students in his native North Carolina, would have field trips to tobacco factories where they were given packs of cigarettes to give to their parents. Sedaris describes views about smoking that changed throughout his life-time. At one stage in his life he was against smoking, and was even bothered by the smell of cigarettes. Then Sedaris himself, in a different stage of his life became a smoker. Smoking caused Sedaris’s mother to gain some health problems due to her smoking
Walter wants to have enough money to provide for his family and get them out of the horrible conditions they live in. He hopes to open a liquor store with his friends in order to have enough money for his family but his friend ends up taking the money and he looses all of those hopes. A major thing throughout the story is the gender roles of each character and how they differ. Walter is the man of the house when his father dies. He has to take care of everyone and he thinks money will do that. He starts to get into arguments with everyone and he always thinks he is right. During this time, men always thought they were right, even when they were completely wrong. When he realizes he can’t do it alone, he begins to understand his wife, mom and sister and wants to do what is best for
Vladek’s failure to move forward from his past experiences causes him to suppress his pain. He is unable to express his emotions; as a result, he uses control as a coping mechanism. Vladek’s control is illustrated when he destroys Anja’s memoirs. Vladek explains, “After Anja died, I had to make an order with everything… These papers had too many memories. So I burned them” (1:159). By destroying any evidence that reminds him of Anja, he harms his own emotional stability. Moreover, burning the papers illustrates his attempt to cover up the reality that he cannot always have control over life. Vladek’s suppression leads him to use control in an unhealthy manner.
Walter is Mama’s oldest son. His dreams are to be wealth but at the same time wanting to provide for his family. His own personal dream is to open liquor store with his money he receives from Mama.
Thank you for smoking is a satirical comedy about a lobbyist whose job is to promote tobacco use at a time when the disease burden secondary to smoking threatens to cripple the nation. The film presents how industries, media and the government interact to influence the consumers’ decision. While the use of rhetoric, such as fallacies and twisted truths, is evident throughout the film, it is most evident midway when the chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, assists his son with his assignment. The son, Joey Naylor, enquires why the American government is the best and in response, the father argues it is because of America’s ‘endless appeals system’ (Thank you for smoking). His response seamlessly captures the tone of the movie as much as it represents the extensive use of a combination of fallacious arguments and twisted truths.
... on, Walt learns about the Hmong culture, and eventually he establishes a grumpy fatherly connection with Thao. Walt develops a relationship with the Vang Lor family and stops the Hmong gang from raping Thao’s sister. Although, Walt is dying from lung cancer, the gang kills him. Walt leaves behind all his inheritance to the Vang Lor family, and most importantly, Thao inherited the prized 1972 Gran Torino.
...ontrol of his personal ambitions to benefit the whole or in Walter's case the family. Certainly it would be unfair for Walter give up his aspirations. The issue is whether Walter can distinguish between a fantasy of reality and a dream deferred.
... love and happiness of one’s family. Walter changes from being self-centered to self-less. He gives up his dream of having a liquor store when Willy Harris runs away with the money. Walter does that so the Younger family can fill their lives with joy and do not have to struggle anymore. This is the biggest sacrifice that Walter makes for the family. This theme also applies to everyday life. Many people sacrifice their wishes and dreams that they have, so they could help their family through tough times and always keep a smile on their faces. Love, sacrifice, and happiness is a part of everyday life.
All of that are just accomplishments to him. What really is amazing is how he started from scratch, he made friends in the production business and he worked his way to the top. He is a perfect example of the American dream. He is an American icon to be modeled after. Walt had many failures and he kept trying and trying till he prevailed. Once you see his accomplishments and how successful he was and then you read his biography, you will understand how he represents the American dream. There is nothing individualistic about him or his parks. Walt’s goal was to create a world where you can dream and think. You can have faith that one day your prince charming will come or that you may save the world but it is on a smaller scale than that, it is closer to reality. Your husband or wife is that prince or princess and you rescue them from a certain stage or a stagnant part in their life. If you’re a father or mother, you are your children’s superhero. That is the view that he is trying to prove to
The film begins with the funeral of Walt’s wife. She used to keep Walt going and her death ruined him. He is not in peace with himself and he refuses to talk with the Padre about the things that bother him. From his dialogues with the Padre we understand that Walt knows more about death, than he knows about living. According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs we can suggest that he is far away from reaching his self-actualization, because he does not feel safe and he does not belong even to his family. Walt is not close with his sons and grandchildren and they have no respect for him. Walt’s grandchildren even refuse to visit him on his birthday, although they know that he is alone after their grandmother’s death. This family can be considered to be unusual, because normally the oldest people should be the most respected of the whole family. A contrast to that is the house righ...
Walt is an arrogant racist Korean War veteran with his prized possession, a Gran Torino.In the beginning in his wife’s funeralit can be seen that the relationship between him and his children was weak.They later wanted to send him to an old age home, which he thought was ridiculous. He hates the fact that the neighborhood was filled with Hmong people. The state worsens when Thao (Bee Wong) his young Hmong neighbor falls into the wrong company of his cousin and tries to purloin the Torino. But things start to change whenWalt mistakenly saves Thao’s lifewhile the gang was forcefully taking him away to do unacceptable things that he had rejected to,after realizing that stealingWalt’s car was just wrong.Walt wanted them off his lawn andhad no intensions of saving anyone’s life.Sue (Ahney Her), Thaos sister, is a wise young girl and tries to converse with him but the guilt of the Korean Warpulls him aback. It gets better when he progressively overcomes this guilt by giving Sue a chance to introduce...