Elli Me: A Short Story

Betrayal is a human condition that comes from breaking trust. The act of betraying one’s self can be commonly seen in people. A character in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Jay, betrays himself and wasted his life away on trying to impress a girl. Jay essentially did everything in his life, like becoming a bootlegger, all so that Daisy would notice him. Jay’s life was devoted to chasing around love and a dream instead of doing something productive and betrayed himself in that way. Furthermore, being betrayed by a friend is something no one wants to go through. Hamlet is betrayed by his two friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, in Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Hamlet’s long childhood friends betray Hamlet by saying, “Both your majesty / Might,

Betrayal is defined as the breaking or violation of a trust or confidence that produces conflict within a relationship between individuals such as friends, family members, or team mates. The people we trust or rely on are the ones who are capable of betraying us. By disregarding or not respecting certain relationships with people, our sense of loyalty can be destroyed. Some acts of betrayal can result in short term success, sometimes acts of betrayal may be the ultimate downfall of an individual. As interpreted in both Macbeth and The Lion King, many deeds of betrayal are acted upon, dismantling a number of relationships creating the success to be either a short term success or an epic failure in the long term.

Have you ever done something for the good of someone but have it hurt somebody else? This is what happens In Julius Caesar when Brutus kills Caesar. When Antony justifies his feelings in a powerful speech at the funeral, Shakespeare effectively shows his feelings by employing metaphors, rhetorical questions, and Ethos to reveal the pain and grief Antony is feeling about this event. These appeal to the readers feelings and helps them see Antony’s side over Brutus’.

I wish I would have done things different with Dorothy. I realize now me saying that I was busy all them times bought serious setbacks for Dorothy and my friendship. I feel by now we could really have a stronger friendship. The more that I told Dorothy that I was busy for her. The more she felt low priority in my life. I should have never made her feel like this. I received a dose of my own medicine the other day I try to call and she was too busy for me. I felt what she has been feeling all these year. I should have communicant to her and explain to her the things that were going in my life. I should have set back time for her, so we could go and do things. I should have not let it get this far. But now I have realized what my mistakes were and hopefully I can get our friendship back on track and it will grow in to a stronger friendship.

I remember back to my very first day of school. That was the first time I met one of my very best friends, Cooper Chapman. We were both just running around on the playground meeting new people and we ran into each other and instantly became buddies. Later on that year or maybe the next Cooper and I were on top of the big slide in the middle of the play ground and although Cooper will never admit it a little girl who’s name I cannot recall picked little cooper up and threw him off of the top of that slide. It was a serious situation but he came up laughing and coach Teddy Taylor just brushed him off and said that he’d be ok.

It was my freshman year, and my first year playing varsity football. Before every game I would have butterflies in my stomach until the first sound of pads colliding. This game, we were playing Lenawee Christian.

Julius Caesar was soon to be ruler of Rome and an honest man. Many people did not believe he was fit to be their ruler though, one of those people was his dearest friend Brutus. Brutus, along with some other people who didn't think he was fit to be king, murdered him. Betrayal from a friend is far worse than hatred from an enemy because this leads to an abolition of trust and happiness.

Betrayal is like the end of the world, a person can never see it happening. If an individual lacks judgment, they will be blind to another person’s actions and betrayal will eventually form. Treachery is usually made in something unexpected, such being as stabbed in the back by a friend or a loved one instead of an enemy. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, there are many controversies about who the tragic hero is. Many before often identified Julius Caesar as the tragic hero while others argued and discerned Brutus as the tragic hero of the play. Without a doubt, because of his possession of many qualities, Marcus Brutus is the real tragic hero of the play. Brutus believed that when Caesar is crowned, he would have

The surprise by Caesar shows that he would never think that Brutus would be the person to betray him. Caesar is shocked when he sees Brutus come down on him with that sharp dagger, and you can almost see the astonishment in his voice when he says “ET tu, Brute” (III, I, 77). When we are betrayed by someone there is a sinking feeling within are body that just feels like our hearts just drops. A good example of this “Stabbing in the back” would be from the movie Golden Eye from the classic series of James Bond. Towards the end of the film, Bond finds out that he was betrayed by one of his closest allies, named Alec Trevelyan, who he fought with in battle. Bond was so surprised that the person who he fought and blead for would be the person to

As they were joining the crowd of people,a young guard from the ghetto recognized Elli. He walked up to her and greeted her. Elli didn't recognize him at first but once he said her name she remembered.Her mom and aunt sat at the center of the seats Elli moved to a thin plank be hind them.As Elli sat down she saw the young soldier settle himself next to her.She was embarrassed. Elli thinking to herself "how dose mommy feel about me sitting next to a soldier?" but Elli's mom was being distracted by by her sister also known as Aunt Serena.The young soldier began to ask various questions like how old was Elli, if she was afraid,her answer to the last question was unknown to her knowledge. Elli asked the young soldier if he knew were they were taking them.

Humans are a simple species. For most, the single most desired entity amongst humans is to merely love and be loved, and while this seems as if it would be easily achievable, many things can stand in the way of this. One of these things is the act of betrayal. Betrayal has been considered to be one of the vilest transgressions someone could commit to someone close to them. According to the article Betrayal, Rejection, Revenge, and Forgiveness: An Interpersonal Script Approach, “betraying another person or group of people implies unspeakable disloyalty, a breach of trust, and a violation of what is good and proper” (Fitness). In the novel “Boy Meets Boy”, several instances of betrayal, whether it be in a platonic or romantic relationship,

Love is something we all want and repeatedly wish to get someone who will take care of us. Is it possible that all your hope and dreams about love just shattered because of what you expected, did not turn out to be the reality. You feel as if everything is over and no hope for anything. You will never love anyone or find yourself to be attracted toward someone. However, even though Animal is four-footed, he expects to fall in love with Nisha. He is aware of the fact that there will be no love for him, but never loses hope.

Antony depicts Caesar as a cordial man in his funeral speech while explaining “when… the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept” (3.2.100). Caesar weeping for the poor produces an image in the minds of the audience of a benevolent leader, this makes the audience favor Caesar and question the reason behind Caesar’s murder. Consequently, the audience does not realize how Antony slowly manipulates them to turn against the conspirators. The audience instead, gets caught up in the emotions of anger towards the conspirators Antony’s wordplay has evoked. Furthermore, the synonyms ‘cried’ and ‘wept’ emphasize Caesar's sensitivity and kindness.

That day we were working on fielding, I hustled my way to the area second base would be. Coach told us he was going to hit us balls and we would field them correctly and make a good play. He began going hitting around the infield and we threw to first base, then we took it to second, after that he hit to the outfielders and had them throw into the catcher. When it got to our center fielder, Sam, she caught the high fly ball, but her throw was as sharp as a dull knife. The ball sank into the top drop down nets so we took a break from practice and all the girls began throwing softballs like a stone at a bird, the ball would just not budge so Coach decided he would give it a try, he had a ball in his left hand and a ball in his right. He swung his arm up and I had no idea I was in the line of fire when WHACK! I get hit in the middle of the eyes with a ball. I had no idea what just happened and who had hit me. I put my hands over my face as

When I was in kindergarten, I met my best friend. She was very shy at first and nothing about her seemed malicious. However, as the years went by, she became very imperious and unwilling to share anything, including friends. She wouldn’t allow me to befriend any other people without putting up a fight. However, she was allowed all the friends she pleased. Over the years she began to push everyone apart so that she was the common area between a bunch of enemies. Eventually, she and I began to argue over petty things and she would always make me feel as if I did something wrong. A massive argument then arose and I began to lose hope for our friendship because even though she was using me, I was oblivious at the time. The fight did separate us, and I was quite somber about the situation. However, this was when I realized all the things she had been doing wrong; all the things that I was better off without. The ending of our friendship for this period of time allowed me to reach this epiphany that I was my own person able to have my own friends, able to make my own decisions, able to be happy about my accomplishments. This sudden realization lifted the doleful weight from my shoulders, allowing me to become a much happier person with a new outlook on my life. Like I stated before, sometimes it takes us until we reach our lowest point to realize the journey that awaits, to regain the hope and strength that was lost