A Reluctant Messiah Book Report

Upon Richard's return to England, he learns of the events that had transpired in his absence. At first his own arrogance allows him to believe that since it is his God given right to rule as King, he will be protected. But then just as quickly, Richard's arrogance turns into despair upon the realization that Henry has gained support of the nobles and the people of England. Henry and Richard finally meet at Ramparts Castle leading to the climax of the play. Henry demands retribution for the allocation of his families' possessions and

In prior years, Richard had gained much public support and accolades for his part in fighting Scotland. He uses this support in his next step of a move for the throne. In the past there had been rumors of Edward the IV being illegitimate, now there was evidence that Edward's son was illegitimate as well, as Edward IV had not been legally wed to Elizabeth when they had Edward V. Upon hearing this news, Richard chose to proceed with caution, only telling chief political players and asking their advice. Richard was wise for these actions. He had been known for his prudence in the past in the war with Scotland. When Edward IV wanted a crushing blow to the Scots, Richard realized that it would be too costly and at the same time England had already accomplished a great feat. Richard pushed

In the story, Richard had mentioned about the loss of his identity, his speaks of language and his family. We can see that when he said, “I did not know that I had a family, a history, a culture, a source of spirituality, a cosmology, or a traditional way of living. I had no awareness that I belonged somewhere. I grew up ashamed of my Native identity and the fact that I knew nothing about it”. This shows he was angry that there was no one tell him about where he belonged and his culture.

Richard then gloats over his success in a soliloquy stating how he has won her heart even though he is regarded by her as the devil with dissembling looks and he stabbed Edward her love just 3 months earlier. This highlights how he thinks of himself as the best as he brags about his misdeeds as though he is immortal.

Richard is talking to the prince about how he is only a child, and his eyes are not open to the trickery of the world. He explains to the prince that what someone shows or says to you, may not be what

While interviewing Richard a family friend, Robbie Lieberman chimed in with a statement, “[Richard] would be put in a headlock but as soon as you blink he’d have ‘em on the floor all bloodied and broken, it was funny,” he said. Richard would not come out completely unscathed, this is were a lot his concussions came from. Another thing that Richard would do is that he would fall, a lot. Richard was the neighborhood hellion, so when he would hear the sirens of the police he would run and jump out of there. All it takes is one misstep and now you’ve got another

While Richard was growing up he was never treated like a kid, his father always saw him like a grown man. His father was a person who wanted all his commands to be done as he pleased. He is also

He is now so overthrown that his wife is sleeping with another man, that he is willing to beat and attack Frank. Readers can portray this as a character's downfall, because this event reveals that he has an angry and violent personality. Richard was not satisfied with beating frank, and his unstable psychological state is what drives him to realize the only way to eliminate his anger is to exterminate Frank. However, after Richard heinously murders Frank he goes through yet again

They answered back by asking where he was and what were the conditions. Th radio lost the signal and Brian was stuck flying the plane. Brian flew for about three hours till he realized he was going to run out of fuel. There was only one thing to do in the middle of the wilderness with only trees everywhere. He would have to cr!

Someone tried to kill there oxen but Mr. Eddie stopped him and none of the oxen were seriously hurt. The Donners and one of Mrs. Wolfinger’s wagons fell a day behind. A messenger warned them of a snow storm coming. Mr. Donner cut his hand while he and everyone else were hurrying to build a camp in efforts to protect themselves from the storm. They sent John Baptiste out with a letter to the other camp near the lake and when he returned they learned that that camp was doing better than them.

To begin, Richard causes problems for himself at his job because he is so full of pride. When the

Richard is sent to his Uncle Clark's, but he is unhappy there and insists on

This whole movie is based around these four men and to discuss them we are going to start with Richard. During this film Richard had

Richard discovers that Don was once a “messiah”. He was famous for giving advice and teaching people about life, and for performing miracles. People flocked to him, seeking his wisdom and advice. However, after a while he saw that they no longer came to him to better their knowledge of life and the world; they simply wanted to see the miracles that he could perform. Don became frustrated because the people did not care about the good things that he had to offer them. After seeking God’s advice, Don quit his “job” as a messiah. He disappeared and began doing things that he enjoyed, like barnstorming.

If that is the truth than Richard is missing an opportunity to have Mowbray permanently silenced, so as not to have a witness to implicate himself. Though his decision to wish for no violence could be commendable.