Weather plays an important role in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In one part of the book, Jim predicts that it will rain and it does. While the rain is coming down, they find a river house with a dead body inside. Jim then covers up the dead body in order to protect Huck, while they both steal valuables from the house. The rain represents the mysteriousness surrounding the dead body and the house. It is later revealed in the book that the dead body was Huck’s father. In this case, the rain is also restorative. Huck is now able to become his old self before his father returned to his life because his father is dead now. The rain in this case has a dual meaning of mysteriousness and restoration. Later on, Huck and Jim stumble upon a shipwreck …show more content…
In the twenty-first century, a reader sees a God helping Odysseus enact revenge on a couple of suitors. In our modern society, we view murder as wrong no matter how it is justified. Even revenge murder is murder in our current society. However, based on a contemporary view, a reader would understand why Odysseus killed all the suitors. Odysseus was defending his honor. Back when the book was written, the justice system was not as complex as it is today. The killing of men to defend your honor was seen as justifiable. In addition, the god and goddess in that time had more of a meaning than in our society today. In the book, Homer assumes that we know about the god and goddess, but nowadays, many of us do not know their significance. In contemporary times, the reader would understand why Athena is helping Odyssey achieve his revenge. It is because Athena is the goddess of wisdom, law, and justice. Athena is helping him obtain law and justice. A modern reader might miss this connection. The reader might see the killing of the suitors as unjustified, but to a contemporary reader, the killings are sanctioned by law and
I think that Odysseus' actions were justified because of the actions of the wooers. Without any conformation of him being dead, they first tried to woo his wife. That is very disrespectful and angered Odysseus greatly. Also, the suitors show no respect for his house and belongings. They overtake his house without even thinking about the man of the house, which is disrespectful.
When many people get hurt, emotionally, physically, or even verbally, it triggers chemicals in your brain, and whether or not you want to, it makes you want to get revenge just so that you know the other person can hurt just as much as you did. OR you’re just mean and cruel. It all comes down to whether or not you take your anger, sadness or frustration out in a healthy, kind, and careful way. After Odysseus revealed his identity as a beggar, and began hating on all of those people who were involved in taking his home away, and devising a plan to massacre the suitors and reign control of Ithaca, he automatically just made a situation ten times worse than it had to be. The punishment made were way too severe. There must have been so many people that did not deserve it. What Odysseus did was not justified.
Odysseus revenges against the wooers were severe and justifiable. The wooers had attempted to take everything from him, when they thought him to be dead. They raped some of his women servants. They also lusted after his wife and plotted murder against his son. By doing these actions they dishonored him and his wife. Odysseus was justified in his actions, because the wooers attempted to use his death as a means to take everything that Odysseus owned, including his wife
What kind of human kills for their own good? In the bloody journey of the Odyssey many men were killed by the hands of Odysseus himself. A lot of the men that died were killed by Odysseus but there was a good number of them that were killed by the actions Odysseus made. When it comes down to it Odysseus was wrong for killing the suitors. Odysseus killed the suitors out of his own insecurity, selfishness, and of course out of rage for what was done to him. But what was Odysseus expecting after being gone for 10 years? For everyone to just hold off on their lives just to wait to see if he will be coming back? Odysseus’ actions were not justified.
He killed everyone who was helping or was associated with the wooers’. He had no home for years and has lost men and he was very angry with the wooers’. He did not want to see anyone get away with putting him through what he went through. Also, wooers like Eurymachus begs for mercy but in Odysseus’ mind, they all took part in this evil for years. So everyone he killed did indeed deserve their death. Imagine being in his shoes loosing almost everything then finally able to have revenge and get everything back. What would you
Odysseus was justified in the killing of the suitors because they were devouring the resources of his household, attempted to wed his wife, and concocted a plan to kill his son. In addition, he thought he was justified in the killing of the maids because they had slept with his enemies, were rude to guests, and they were his property.
In the closing passages of the Odyssey, the suitors and disloyal servants are punished for their crimes against Odysseus, and it does indeed seem that the death penalty doled out by Odysseus is harsh. However, at this particular period of Greek history, it was expected that each man take his own vengeance against his trespassers as there was no judicial system in place to deal with these problems at the time, therefore it seems justified that as their crimes stretched over a period of nearly 20 years and were directly against xenia, the law of Zeus, that Odysseus take his revenge as he wishes.
Huckleberry Finn is also lifted into great literary status by Twain’s compelling use of symbolism. An example of this symbolism is the Mississippi River. Throughout the novel, the river symbolizes life’s journey and, eventually, Huck’s natural integrity. It represents a place of ease and safety for both Huck and Jim. There is a major difference between their life on the river and their life on the land. On the river, life for Huck is peaceful and easy yet not without its dangers, whilst life on the land is most often cruel, demanding, and deceitful. Another example is how life on the raft is a paradox because, even
Odysseus just kills , people without evening giving them a chance. Odysseus killed every one of the suitors in cold blood when most of them did not commit a crime. Six benches of men on each ship were
When Odysseus returned home to his wife and son, he took a very brutal approach to rid his home of the suitors who had invaded his household. This revenge was also taken out upon the servants and maids who had been unfaithful to Penelope and had slept with the suitors. Some may say this punishment was too harsh, and made Odysseus less than an honorable man. However, Odysseus’s actions were justifiable.
Athletes who compete in a college sport should get paid a small amount of cash for all they do. When a student is involved in a college sport, it consumes much of their life, and they do not have much time to do anything else. Since these athletes are not supposed to be paid, when they are paid athletes suffer great consequences that hurt the rest of their careers. It should be the college’s choice whether they want to pay a player to come play at their school or not. This would help many of these players who do not have enough time for a job. Almost all of these athletes’ time has something to do with the sport they are involved in, whether it is practice, games, or film. Many teams make their athletes go out and be involved with their community.
Therefore, while it is slightly plausible that Odysseus’ morals allow killing, it is much more likely that his killing of the suitors is completely political and not anywhere near a moral
Athena shows sympathy for the agony mortals suffer through in life. Athena exposes the reader to this idea by confessing her concerns to Zeus in the beginning of the story, “but my own heart is broken for Odysseus” (book 1 line 67). We learn from this line that the gods are more than beings of vengeance,
In �The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn�, the Mississippi River plays several roles and holds a prominent theme throughout much of the story as a whole. Huckleberry Finn and Jim are without a doubt the happiest and most a peace when floating down the river on their raft. However, the river has a much deeper meaning than just a compilation of water. It almost goes to an extent of having its own personality and character traits. The river offers a place for the two characters, Huck and Jim, to escape from everybody and even everything in society and leaves them with a feeling of ease. In the middle section of Huckleberry Finn, the river takes on more of a concrete meaning and will be discussed more so in the paragraphs that follows.
Setting: The setting of this story changes throughout because Huckleberry Finn is moving around and exploring. In the beginning he is in a town called St. Petersburg that sits next to the mississippi river in the state of missouri. Which is across from Illinois. At this part he is living with a widow named Miss. Watson. Who owns a slave named Jim. The house is 2 stories with a shed on the outside in front of his bedroom window. Then on behind that there is Miss Watson’s garden and some woods. The mood here is jolly because they are all getting along and are friends. Then Huck’s dad comes to town to take back his son.He sleeps in a pen with hogs. The mood here is tense because they are fighting over who should