Being John Malkovich

Empathy is a trait that allows someone to put themselves in the perspective of another person, a trait that allows being a good friend and a true human. Sophie’s secret is life-threatening if anyone is to find out. “I simply hit out and did my furious best. My intention was to gain a few minutes for Sophie” (Wyndham, 44) When another boy, Alan, almost finds out that Sophie has an abnormality, David physically attacks him because he understands how important it is that nobody else knows. Not only does he feel so much empathy that he attacked someone but is also there for her emotionally. The empathy he feels for her brings them closer together and strengthens their friendship. When Sophie is hurt David still helps her despite her toe, even though he has learned that abnormalities make someone a monster. “ ‘You’re a good boy, David. You were very kind to Sophie.’ ” (Wyndham, 12) This is what Sophie’s mother tells David after she learns he helps her daughter when she was injured. He is there for her, he empathizes with her, even though he does not need to. The empathy David shows makes their friendship strong and friendship is what makes a person

Kino gets his pearl, and the character in the Monkey’s Paw gets the paw. When Kino gets the pearl he finds hope, at least he thinks he does. He wants to sell it and have Coyiotito learn how to read and write; be educated. Also, Kino wants to get married in a church with his wife Juana. Finally, he wants to buy new clothes and get more resources so his family and him can live happy lives. Then, when the Spaniards get into the mix and go against Kino's race. For example, Steinbeck states “The doctor’s race despised Kino’s race.”In The Monkey’s Paw, when the character receives the paw he grants his first of three wishes which was 300 pounds. When Kino and the character in the Monkey’s Paw get their wants not everything goes well for them after

In “The Monkey’s Paw,” the paw symbolizes temptation and greed which is a flaw in all human beings. It has the power to fulfill 3 wishes to 3 owners, making the use of it tempting to the person who owns it. As an instance, in the beginning of the story, Mr. White is very eager to have the paw when sergeant Morris takes it out; it is in human nature to continuously desire more that the possessions that one already owns which is caused by temptation and greed (the paw). The paw is also symbolically related to the snake in Adam and Eve as it leads Adam and Eve to destruction by using temptation to make them greedy. The message that is conveyed through the paw is that temptation to change one’s fate will end badly, no matter how small the wish might be (in the end the White family loses its only son).

In order to successfully compare and contrast the ending of the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs and the ending of Ricky Lewis Jr.’s film adaptation, one must meaningfully think about all of the differences and similarities in both version. In both medias Herbert, who is son of Mr. and Mrs. White gets sent back into his grave. In the film all the characters die, while in the story Herbert is the only character that dies.

Upon this discovery, Craig starts to realize that he is not, in fact, an academic prodigy, he just has a lot of motivation. After he realizes this he, ironically, loses the drive he has for his work and starts to fall even further behind than he was. At this part in the book you can almost feel his heart sink as he says the words, “I wasn’t gifted. Mom was wrong. I was just smart and worked hard.I had fooled myself into thinking that was something important to the rest of the world. Other people were complicit in this ruse. Nobody had told me I was common.” (Vizzini, 96). This is a very significant event in the story because the feeling of worthlessness goes hand in hand with depression, and had Craig been determined to prove that he was something special instead of just moping, maybe he could be so determined in his school work that he wouldn’t even have time to contemplate suicide, or been proud enough of his work to carry on and create something great of himself. I also believe that by doing so he would have cut some Tentacles and freed himself of the suffocating bind of deadlines and incomplete assignments, and been able to get some peaceful sleep by alleviating the troubles in the

• empathy is created as we grow fond of the protagonist who shares a story of hardship

Feeling worthless is an abnormal trait because people tend to be less interested in any form of social activity. Stress also played a major part in Craig’s depressiveness. In the movie, we see the amount of stress being placed on him by his dad in other to finish a University application that he wasn’t so much interested in. Stress is considered abnormal when inappropriate, excessive, or prolonged relative to the person’s situation. (Nevid, 2012. P. 420). (Word count 297)

In the beginning of the novel, I can’t help but be confused about Herculine’s sexual identity. She

Some people think that if they could only change one aspect of their lives, it would be perfect. They do not realize that anything that is changed could come with unintended consequences. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken both illustrate this theme. They demonstrate this by granting the main character three wishes, but with each wish that is granted, brings undesirable consequences. The main idea of this essay is to compare and contrast “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish.” Although the “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish” are both fantasies and have similar themes, they have different main characters, wishes, and resolutions.

Suffering from the cruelty of others can cause empathy. In the beginning of the novel, we see that some characters are experiencing suffering in different ways, but because of the same reason. This was from the cruelty of others. The cruel people were the scientists that would take kids and study them. “They have my sister!” Page. 24. This was the Gasman suffering from the fact that his sister Angel was kidnapped. This then lead to, “Okay, Max, think. Think! Fix this!,” page 25. I was thinking that there was empathy in this situation because max started to understand what the Gasman was feeling and wanted to stop that feeling. This shows us that the Gasman was suffering from the cruelty of the scientists and that Max was

“An android doesn’t care what happens to another android. That’s one of the indications we look for” (Dick 101). Rick, a human, believes this wholeheartedly. Even though we find out that Rick cares more about himself than others and androids can care about each other. This twist opens up the question, “what is it to be human?” Many think the advances in technology and science will eventually end in us losing the quality that makes us human, empathy. Empathy is discussed and used as examples throughout the book and the movie to prove that without empathy humans have lost their humanity. Extending on the issue of empathy, the animals are seen as rare and therefore used for symbolizing the human’s status of success. Most animals are extinct, and yes, they are watched over very carefully, but not out of love and compassion. What does that say about human values? This society has lost all grasp of emotion. They have become what they fear and believe to be heartless droids.

Office Space is a comedy film directed by Mike Judge. This movie characterizes an unhappy employee that works for a software company named Initech. This movie is a great example of many people's work in everyday life, who are unfortunately unhappy and discouraged from their jobs and they are not treated the way they should. This movie shows an amazing change which happens to occur overnight to a guy named Peter Gibbons after a hypnosis session peter becomes incapable to worry about anything in his life. He starts to become completely free, and he decides to follow his heart by doing what he always wanted to do which is “nothing”. As a result, Peter decides to take the matter with his own hands with the help of his two friends, Samir and Michael Bolton and devises a computer program to steal from the company a small amount of money, but at the end, they accidentally end up stealing a large amount of money. Office Space demonstrates many concepts introduced by Max Weber such as Rationalization in workplace, Alienation in labor and Bureaucracy.

Mitzi presents another view of gay men. ‘She’ is more embarrassed about being a drag queen, especially in front of ‘her’ son stating “Sorry about last night. I don't always dress up in women's clothes. I mean don't get the wrong idea. I do lots of different stuff……… You know, like Elvis and Garry Glitter and…….” Although in the end ‘she’ loosens up when ‘she’ realizes that ‘her’ son accepts ‘her’ for whom she is. Mitzi.

Next, I will be contrasting the differences between the way the characters use their wishes. I think Mr. White uses his wishes in a curious kind of way because he isn’t really sure whether The Monkey's Paw is real or fake. First Mr. White wishes for 200 pounds, and isn’t taking the paw seriously, so consequences are his son dies in a machinery

The closeness of this dance leads Werther to think himself to be on intimate terms with this woman whom he has just met. Shortly after the partners dance, the Klopstock moment between the two, and Lotte’s hand resting on his gives Werther a profound sense of admiration for Lotte.