Why Is Stanley Selfish

When Zero dug Stanley’s hole, something changed he’d been sincere to others in his tent, even though they were being blunt to him. When he started teaching Zero.

The novel, The Glass Castle, exhibits the human tendency to be selfish. This is manifested in both Rex and Rose Mary. Rex is characterized as a selfish father throughout the novel, and his paternal image is consistently skewed because of his actions. His addiction to alcohol ruins countless family events. One year the family’s Christmas is ruined when Rex drinks a great deal of alcohol and burns their tree and presents. Jeanette remembers, “Dad sat on the sofa [...] telling mom he was doing her a favor [...] no one tried to wring dad’s neck [...] or even point out that he’d ruined the Christmas his family has spent weeks planning” (115). Jeanette and her family are always left cleaning up their father’s drunken mess. Even when Rex is sober he does not apologize for ruining sentimental family events and continues to put alcohol before his family. Selfishness can also be seen in Rex’s relationship with money. He takes Jeanette into a bar in order to get money from his friend, Robbie. When Robbie asks if he can take Jeanette upstairs, Jeanette recollects, “So, with Dad’s blessing, I went upstairs” (212). Rex is so self-absorbed that he allows his daughter to go into a strange man's apartment, fully knowing his intentions. During Jeanette and her siblings’ childhood, they experience dangerous situations with their parents’ knowledge and approval. While Rex’s selfish nature is typically derived from his addiction, Rose Mary’s selfishness is simply a reflection of her personality.

The description of Stanley’s personality pictures him as an animalistic and primitive male. There are several references to animals such as ‘Animal joy’ and ‘feathered male bird among hens’, this quote in particular describes Stanley very well. ‘Feathered male among hens’ is evidence that Stanley is often the leader of the group and maintains dominance as the pack

Good friendships make life easier. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is about two men, George and Lennie, who go on various journeys in order to get a job. Although George would consider Lennie to be his closest friend, he ultimately ends up shooting and killing Lennie. George did this, not out of hatred, but rather out of protection. A good friend will always want what is best for one another. Steinbeck uses his protagonists’ friendship in order to show that true friendship can help make any of life’s hardships less difficult.

Stanleys almost instinctive primitiveness is a major part of his representation in the book and this behavior of his leads to all the ways he overpowers and

The novel begins with Stanley being wrongly accused of stealing a pair of sneakers owned by a famous baseball player. Due to his adversity, Stanley is sent to a juvenile detention facility ironically named Camp Green Lake. This camp resides in the middle of a desert, and is composed of disobedient kid who are forced to dig holes to“build character”. Stanley possess several Christlike traits, such as: his wounded and blistered hands from digging so many holes, the agony he possessed from dehydration and all of the physical labor he was subjected to, Stanley’s optimistic and self sacrificing character who risked death to save his friend Zero, Stanley’s patient and cordialness with other kids, (this trait is especially displayed when he is teaching his friend Zero to read) Stanley’s kindheartedly when he shared his sparing amounts of food and water with Zero, Stanley use of humble transportation due to his family's reduced budget, Stanley was last seen with the thieving kids of the camp and the thieving camp administrators, and finally,when Stanley returned to the camp, full of kids who committed several crimes and freed them from their grueling jobs of digging holes. In conclusion, characters, such as Stanley Yelnats IV are paralleled to Jesus Christ to exemplify their suffering, hopefulness, and other divine character

Determined. Greedy. Committed. Walter Lee Young selfish in his ways, believing his dream could become reality. Walter is willing to do anything to give his family everything he never had. The liquor business is uncertain for the future. Walter Lee Younger, a young defiant, ambitious man, determined to own a business and provide a better life for his family, learns a difficult lesson about hardships. Walter is positive that the business will be successful, even with the negative energy from his family. After learning these hardships is his dream of being partners with Bobo and Willie in the liquor business worth it?

Stanley is the antagonist, he is violent and an enemy to the Protagonist, Blanche. “He acts like an animal, has an animal’s habits! Eats like one, moves like one, talks like one!”(scene 4) He hits Stella, and rapes Blanche. “We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning!” (scene10). It is also found that Stanley also reveals “the survival of the fittest,” in

The author has written the book Holes in third person omniscient. “Stanley yelnats was the only one on the bus” (pg 6). The author’s feelings direct more for the kids at the camp then for the warden and mr.sir. The way the author is telling the feeling’s of stanley states that he is for stanley and the other kids.

In the film Little Miss Sunshine directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, baby boomers, represented through Edwin Hoover, can be interpreted as either being selfish or he can be seen as rejecting a totalitarian society. Edwin Hoover is a grandfather who lives with a middle class American family because he was kicked out of his nursing home for doing drugs. These same traits however that demonstrate him as being irresponsible however, are what can show the generation of baby boomers as being leaders in a just revolution that disregards notions of rules emplaced upon us.

Stanley’s actions are intense and mostly uncalled for, Stanley is heavily motivated by the past and

Making decisions can’t always be easy especially if there’s consequences to your actions. Charles Darnay had to make a decision for him not to be stuck somewhere he didn’t want to be. Darnay didn’t want to end up like the people in his family meaning that he didn’t want to oppose on their crimes and the bad things they’ve done therefore he made the choice to leave his heritage and voluntarily exile himself and become a whole new person. Some people may argue in saying that was or wasn’t a noble action but i think it wasn’t a noble deed because it was selfish and he didn’t respect his mother's dying wish but I do have a counter argument is that it wasn’t easy to leave his whole life behind.

is true in the extreme for Stanley, he does what he wishes and disregards the consequences. It is not a motto he actually employs towards the remaining characters; thinking only of himself, he does not care if anyone else is "comfortable" or not. Through dialogue such as this, Williams asserts to the reader/audience the fact that Stanley inherently fails to take into account the repercussions his own requirements and desires have on others. He is in total control and the only person endowed with power; therefore the only person he takes into consideration - and the only person his wife is allowed to take

It is not always about what is on the outside but what is on the inside. He has always been loving and caring but through this rough time in his life it is shown a lot. He shows this side to his family and also his new friends. After Stanley was done taking the blame for the spilt sunflower seeds and zero digging Stanley’s hole for him, Stanley showed Zero he cared for him; he agreed to teach him to read. “I’ll try to teach you to read if you want,” Stanley offered. “I don’t know how to teach, but I’m not worn-out today, since you dug a lot of my hole.” (Sachar, 96.) Stanley was grateful for what Zero had done for him and wanted to repay the favor and help him out as well. When Stanley left for camp his mom gave him pen and paper so he could write her and tell her how it was going. By writing to his mom and telling her that he was okay, even though he lied about what he was doing he showed he cared for his parents. “Dear Mom and Dad, Camp is hard, but challenging. We’ve been running obstacle courses, and have to swim long distances on the lake. Tomorrow we learn” (Sachar, 81.) As the story comes to an end Stanley really cares about Zero and refuses to leave camp without him. He gets his lawyer to ask for files and after the Attorney General could not find his files they took Zero home with them. “C’mon Stanley,” said his lawyer. “Your parents are waiting.” Stanley stayed where he was.”

Zero’s full name is Hector Zeroni which he only tells Stanley in the middle of the film. Zero is a Camper at camp Green Lake and he becomes friends with Stanley Yelnats (the main character). At camp Green Lake the boys are made to dig holes to “build character” but the real reason why is so that they help the Warden find Kate Barlow’s treasure. Zero is the fastest and best digger out of the boys and always finishes his hole first. Zero is quite smart but all the boys in the camp believe he isn’t. Stanley taught Zero how to read and write. Zero is the great-great-great-grandson of Madame Zeroni, who put a curse on Stanley’s whole family. Zero and Stanley’s friendship was cemented when they ran away from Camp Green Lake and Stanley runs off to