Dark World Quotes

Virtue How does Jeyn Roberts show virtue in an apocalyptic book? In the book Dark Inside Jeyn Roberts encourages virtue in a destroyed infected apocalyptic world. One character shows virtue throughout his maturity. Another character encourages virtue through his insincerity. Lastly another person encourages virtue through insensitivity.

In the book the Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The advice that the Dad gives his children could get them in trouble.One quote that supports this is “Dad had always said that self-defense was a justifiable reason for shooting someone.” This quote is interesting to me because this is a girl that is barely eight years old and is being questioned by the police about neighbors hearing gunshots, and she said it was in self defense. But she didn’t need to shoot the gun at all, first off Billy was shooting them with a BB Gun, and three of them were safe undercover behind a table, and the fourth child made it upstairs, they could have waited for him to get tired of shooting or run out of BB’s. But the way their father brought them up, gave them the

Brave New World Bernard Marx is an intelligent Alpha-Plus who was threated to be exiled to Iceland for acting out and threatening stability. As the book unfolds we learn more and more about the true rebellious and independent man. Bernard’s character in Brave New World reflects a person that is constantly going against the rest of society’s views and ideas and thriving for freedom and individuality. Following the earlier threat of being sent to Iceland in chapter 10, later in chapter 16, Bernard and his acquaintance, Helmholtz, are officially exiled to Falkland Islands by Mustapha Mond.

“The Good Earth” book describes the life of a Chinese farmer, Wang Lung, and the struggles he goes through during his life. In the beginning of the book, he marries a young slave named Olan. She is a devoted, selfless, hardworking wife. In my mind, she is the most admirable character in the novel.

The shadow hero is a novel written by Gene Luen Yang and it takes place in the 1930s. It is about Hank Chu a Chinese grocery store employee that is run by his family. Hank one day Hank will be the owner of the grocery but it seems like hank doesn’t want to be that he wants to be something else in life. Hanks mother Hua Chu leaves the family and baby-sits. As she is sitting in the car a man goes into the car and tries to steal it.

In Pearl S. Buck’s novel, The Good Earth, the protagonist, Wang Lung, starts out as a very poor farmer in China. He marries a slave named O-lan and starts a family with her. Famine soon strikes the town and there is no food to be found anywhere. Wang Lung moves his family South in hopes of finding a job there. Eventually, a group of poor people raid the homes of the rich. Wang Lung and O-lan both join in, getting away with enough gold and valuables to get back to their land in the North. Wang Lung uses this stolen money to buy more land and hire laborers. He quickly becomes one of the richest men in his town. Wang Lung, however, does not know that with great wealth comes great responsibility. His wealth corrupts him and his moral judgements become blurred. Wang

Letter 1 Explain what is established in the first passage/letter who is narrating? Why is he making this voyage? When and where is this taking place? To whom is he writing the letter?

Throughout The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, I sympathized with Keiko and Henry the most. Although both are minority races, they are discriminated against differently. Keiko identifies as 'American', but that does not seem to matter as her family and the rest of the citizens of Japanese descent are whisked into armed, prison-like camps by U.S. officials. I can relate to her since I have been discriminated against because of my ethnicity. It seems easy for some to make stereotypes about other races, especially in a time where everyone is looking for somewhere to place the blame. For example, the discrimination is evident when Keiko and Henry try to buy a record- Keiko is not even acknowledged because she is Japanese.

“In a few seconds, we had ceased to be men” (PG.36). Elie is a jewish boy from Transylvania and is taken to Auschwitz where he is separated from his mother and sister. His father and Elie are moved the the concentration camp called “Buna” and spend most of their time there. They then had to be evacuated to Gleiwitz, where they ran about 42 miles to get there. They spent about 3 days there and then they were transported to Buchenwald by train. There they are rescued by Americans and a resistance part that attacked the camp. Sadly Elie’s father dies in Buchenwald due to a sickness and being sent to the crematory. Dehumanization of the Jewish people in “Night” ,by Elie Wiesel, happened in a variety of ways and helped Hitler achieve his ideas about Jewish people.

In John Gardner’s novel Grendel, he chooses to retell the story of Beowulf from the monster’s perspective in an attempt to destroy the prejudice that occurred during this time. Written in 1971, Grendel attempts to open people’s narrowed mindsets during the pinnacle of the Civil Rights Movement. The 1970s were marked by the struggle to improve upon racial reforms from the previous decades. However, racial prejudices were still rampant across the country. Since many whites refused to acknowledge black people’s dignity, Gardner wrote this novel to open people’s minds towards those perceived as inhumane.

Those who have managed to live through the unimaginable and inexpressible event known as the Holocaust are very unfortunate. When asked, most Holocaust survivors will say they survived because of luck however that was not the case with Eliezer Wiesel. Ellie survival was based on his traits. He was a young Jewish boy, who was not well nourished he was delicate and weak, he was living in a small town on the border of Hungary.

As Henry Miller once said, “Chaos is the score upon which reality is written” (“Chaos Quotes”). Miller seems to believe that no matter what actions we take, the world is destined to return to chaos. He seems to be right. Today’s world has been overrun by social issues such as hunger, segregation and depression. While government programs everywhere take action to prevent these issues, their efforts are futile. The truth is, to prevent these social issues, the world must kill the seed from which they grow. In Jeannette Walls’ book, The Glass Castle, she perfectly demonstrates how one social issue can become a source of many others. In the book, Jeannette’s father

“He’d do what he always did, find the sweet among the bitter” (265). In the book the Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, the Panama Hotel is on the corner of Chinatown and Japantown. The hotel is located between the two cultures Henry is tied to, the Japanese and the Chinese. The story takes place in Henry’s past when he first meets Keiko and the present, after his wife, Ethel, has died. The hotel acts as the connection in between the two cultures and the two time periods, and symbolizes how Henry does too.

Towards the beginning of Kindred, when Rufus is a young boy, Rufus is very trusting of Dana, and in turn Dana is very willing to help and guide Rufus. At this point Rufus does not fully understand the concept of slavery, or black versus white. Rufus does see that black people are treated as below him, but he does not understand why nor does he take advantage of this, yet. Rufus simply sees Dana as a woman who dresses as a man who helps him when he is in desperate need of help. As a boy, Rufus is very trusting of Dana, as Dana is trusting of Rufus. As shown in, “Rufus grabbed my arm and held it, obviously trying not to cry. His voice was a husky whisper. ‘Don’t go Dana.’ I didn’t want to go. I liked the boy” (66). This quote takes place right

The majority of Macbeth is cast in mysterious shadows and complete blackness. Not only does this add to the eerie mood of the play, it applies to most of the characters thoughts and actions. Medieval Scotland is a bleak and barren land under the kind and cheerful ruler Duncan, after his death the country immediately slips into a grim and depressive state characterized by murky, insecure minds and death. Once darkness sets in around Macbeth, it is impossible to escape it. This is most evident in Act II, Scene IIII when Ross states “ By th’ clock ‘tis day, And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp.” The travelling lamp is an imagery tactic used get the reader to imagine the sun. Ross is saying even though it is daytime, darkness is still preventing the sun from shining down on Scotland. This is due to Duncan’s