Being A Flat Character In The Character Of Smith By John Smith

She knows that other people have much control over the government and is quite cynical. Mr. Smith is a pure, truthful man who loves and trusts his government. He wants to do what is right for the people and wants to make his country proud. However, by the end of the movie these attitudes change. By the end the events that occur open Mr. Smith’s eyes to how the government really operates. He sees how this one powerful man can control his whole state and turn them all against him. He may still be the same good man he was before but he has had a look inside of how the government operates and may not be as trusting as he once was. Saunders has been filled with hope by the change that one senator could make. His struggle and challenge motivates her and she becomes much happier than she ever was before as she sees how all of her hard work has paid off and that she really has made a difference.

John Smith had a very interesting writing style; he was able to add his own special flourishes to his work while keeping it informative. His journal was a way for him to encourage more people to come to Jamestown or settle their own colonies. In his journal he often glossed over the bad things that happened or explained that all of the problems were due to inexperience. His journal showed all of the adventure but little of the consequences and there were several times that he could have died. Smith was an egoist and his writing reflects the way he would build himself up though several of the events in his journal that are unlikely to have ever happened.

Throughout the film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington the main character, Mr. Smith, shows his unfaltering patriotism and devotion toward being an honest man, promoting liberty and freedom. The politicians in the film seem to be the exact opposite of Mr. Smith because they forget that everything is about the people and doing what is right. Many politicians today share both the qualities of Mr. Smith as well as the other politicians, which could be improved.

It is said Smith’s mother led him to his scholarly efforts. By 1740, Smith had developed a passion for freedom in that personal freedom and liberty will lead to the best possible outcome. Because of this, Smith is often regarded as an essential proponent in laissez-faire. By 1748, Smith was teaching and giving lectures at Edinburgh. It was here that Smith first established his economic thoughts about freedom and liberty. By his late 20’s, Smith had already developed the passion for liberty, reason, and free speech.

Smith, however, was of the opinion that Mercantile System was deeply flawed. Firstly, as given in the Fourth Book (3) of the Wealth of Nations, he argued that the real wealth of a nation was “not in the unconsumable riches of money, but in the consumable goods annually reproduced by the labour of the society”. (4) Secondly, the balance of trade, as observed by him, often did little to enhance the wealth of a nation and instead served to create violent national animosity instead. He instead put forth the idea of a balance of annual production and consumption, which if it were unfavourable would have caused a decay of the wealth of a nation. Thirdly, Prof. Smith was a strong critic of the idea of colonialism; stating that, “To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight, appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statesmen, and such statesmen only, are capable of fancying that they will find some advantage in employing the blood and treasure of their fellow-citizens, to found and maintain such an empire.”(5) The implication being that the idea of colonialism was of an extremely oppressive nature, beneficial only to the colonial

The viewpoint of the world that the narrator has, completely alters as certain events take place throughout the story. His outlook on nature transforms into a wholly different standpoint as the story progresses. As his tale begins, the narrator sees himself as a tough guy or “bad character”. He believes he is invincible. There is nobody as cool as he

Mr. Smith is portrayed as an honest man with strong opinions. He is the ideal politician in an ideal society. The film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington depicts a "reassuring image" that happens to be "an image of the past" (Wheeler). However, in today's legislature, people like Mr. Smith are rare due to the fact that a politician's primary goal is re-election. The good of the people may come as another intention of a politician, but it is always secondary to "bringing home the pork." There should be more people like Mr. Smith because the legislature would be able to make decisions more effectively and efficiently, rather than how slowly they currently operate. This is an unfortunate truth, yet it is how our society has been shaped to operate.

There are many things that separates Smith from the rest of the party thus making him an individual. “The thing that he was about to do was to open a diary. This was not illegal (nothing was illegal, since there were no longer any laws), but if detected it was reasonably certain that it would be punished by death, or at least by twenty-five years in a forced-labor camp”( Orwell 1). In the beginning when he is writing in his diary, he is expressing the hate for big brother and the consequences that opening a diary could have. As a result, because of the courage that he exhibits he is standing out from the group making him an individual. In the start of chapter 2, Smith does something that really makes him be different. He has his diary open on the table and written all over it was down with big brother. In the beginning of the book, Smith meets Julia, and they have a relationship. They go to a clearing and hang out. Normally, in the party having a relationship for love isn’t normal. Instead, the people have a relationship to make children for the party. Doing these actions, Smith is trying to show how he is trying to be an individual in this society where being an

Without any separation between government and law, there cannot exist a fair and free nation. It is one of the main reasons why Oceania is left in such a hopeless state; there is no way to fight against something that does not exist. As he is about to open his newly acquired diary, Winston Smith, the unlikely hero of the novel, states, “This was not illegal (nothing was illegal, since there were no longer laws), but if detected it was reasonably certain that it would be punished by death, or at least by twenty-five years in a forced labour camp” (Orwell 9). This statement explores the dual nature of law. In modern society, laws exist to not only tell people how to behave but also to protect against unfair treatment and persecution. By knowing the law, a citizen can ensure their rights are not taken away. This quote allows the reader to see that this protection does not exist in Oceania. Without writing, they do not exist; only knowledge of what not to do exists. Moreover, later in the novel, the reader learns that this legal system and its lack of form connect to the very foundation of Ingsoc. Winston is writing in his illegal journey, and ruminates on the doctrine of the Party he realises, “For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and

In the book, it was made quite apparent that they had flaws. Smith and Hickock even recognized their faults, though they did not try to patch up the places of their broken personalities. For Perry, his major shortcoming was being distrustful toward everyone, including Dick. But even some problems he could not amend, for example, his leg injuries. All of us, no exceptions, have problems we cannot fix. Another event that hurt Smith deeply was the separation of his mother and father, which broke him, to say. Flaws and failures can crack a mirror, but Perry was shattered. He was beaten, picked on, and tossed aside by his mother. Though it was not his fault, he had mental issues that were undeniably present. There will always be issues that cannot be resolved, no matter how much we wish they could be. We all are

Smithers knows something that Jones does not, that the natives uncovered his scam and plans to kill him tonight. As is his nature, Smithers tries to persuade Jones to tell him where is money is located and his plan so that he may get to it first. However, due to his opposite trait and lack of finesse, Jones immediately identifies what Smithers is trying to do. This is important because Jones’s key flaw comes out at this moment, his pride and greed. Jones tells Smithers his plan, where his money is hidden, where his extra provisions are hidden in the woods, and also that he previously killed a man to get his own way.

Would it not? Well, at first Smith did and tried to live by it. Smith knew that the place he lived and the society he was stuck in was pretty much hell already, so why not make the best of it? He wrote in a diary and saw the same woman over and over again for pleasure, completely against the rules of The Party. These things are how he tried to pull through his hell, and make it so that his life was not just utterly boring and without any purpose. Yes indeed, Winston Smith was abiding by Winston Churchill’s beliefs… up until he was caught by The Party. As soon as his little rebellion was up, he gave in. He went back on his beliefs because of torture, pain, and rats. Smith will sell out Julia, the so called love of his life just to save his own skin instead of trying to push through and survive hell, as Syme had done. “If you are going through hell, keep going.” Smith tried, that he did, however he did not try hard enough. He gave

If a man had no hope of property, Smith thought, he would obviously work badly. He based his beliefs from experience of all ages and nations. "Work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end than that performed by slaves." That sentence was immensely influential in the slave labor plantation system. Smith's interpretation was taken exceptionally serious because unlike most who were opposes to slavery based on factors such as religion and moral belief, Smith never mention moral or religion regarding slavery as a factor in his book "Wealth of Nations".

An important aspect of Smith's views, were taxes. In one of Smith's many opinions regarding human nature, he explains that the rich, once placed in a position of power, maintain that power through their dealings within a civil government which employs men of inferior wealth, to protect the wealthy lands of the rich. In layman’s terms a community with the bare minimum has little violence since there is nothing to fight over, but one with plush property and wealth, has a plethora of people fighting over one another. This is where Smith's views of taxes comes into play. In his world, the government would impose taxation, with the intentions of discouraging improper or luxurious behavior which he believed did not benefit society as a whole. (Smith, pp.18-20) When discussing human nature in the sociological spectrum, Smith likens humans to animals, or dogs in particular. The typical reliance of animals, once they're matured,on no one but themselves (becoming independents), is a characteristic that humans do not follow. I believe Smith's

He was trying to say is that commercial society is a civilization where everyone is a merchant: a dealer, trader, and seller. Throughout the book, Smith starts having an agreement and disagreement on commercial society, which is a commercial society deforms human nature. However, continuing reading his book, there are more benefits of a commercial society than the drawbacks. A commercial society does not damage human nature, instead improves human nature by acting on one’s self-interest to bring positive benefits to society, connects and aids members of society together through trade and