Peter Appleton and John Proctor are both similar and different in their own way. They both are in similar situations when they are faced with similar moral dilemmas. They both are coming from different time eras so the dilemma for both of them are of course going to be different. In John Proctors case he is facing the dilemma of him and his wife being accused of witchcraft, and with just being accused of witchcraft no one wanted to associate with you in any way. Peter Appleton’s dilemma is that he is a big Hollywood film writer and living the American dream, but things start to go down because he has been accused of communism.
In the book “There Are No Children Here” written by Alex Kotlowitz, there is a passage where one of the main character Lafeyette, is attempting to convey his troubled thoughts to his mother through obscurities. Due to the sudden death of his friend Bird Leg, he tells his mother that his dead friend’s spirit is appearing and trying to tell him something. Unfortunately, even though his mother LaJoe tries to get him to verbalize his thoughts and feelings, his only reply to the death of his friend is quoted as saying, “That talking wasn’t going to help him, that every-thing that goes wrong keeps going on and everything that’s right doesn’t stay right.” (55) In his quote, there is depth to his view on life around him that one can interpret by reading between the lines. He is simply
He finds himself paying more attention to certain objects and in a trance where he feels lost as a result of no longer being able to distinguish which room he was located in. He explains that
Born May 26th, 1883, Peter was raised by an alcoholic and abusive father. Without a positive male role model’s influence, at age 9 he formed an unhealthy relationship with his dog catcher neighbor, and he introduced Peter to bestiality, which was mostly dogs (14). Also at age 9, he admitted that he drowned one of his friends. Growing up as a teenager his sexuality matures, and his bestiality expands into larger farm animals. Peter decided to run away at age 13 and later accused himself of having sexually assaulted and killing 68 people between the time of February and November 1929.
In the beginning of the book, he is portrayed as a villainous manipulator who bullies Ender on his quest for power and control. Later in the book, though, the reader comes to comprehend his motivations and recognizes that he possesses the capacity for both good and evil. Peter's intelligence and ability to think strategically are two of his best attributes. The novel's protagonist, Ender, acknowledges Peter's abilities in this area, saying, "Peter was smart, and he was already planning ahead" (Card chapter 5). This is a great trait for him especially since he interacted in a political environment where war was also a common
(11) This characterizes Peter as hateful because of his rudeness towards his own sister. When Peter pins Ender on the ground during a game of ‘Buggers and Astronauts,’ he tells Ender, “I could kill you like this. Just press and press until your’e dead. And I could say that I didn’t know it would hurt you, that we were just playing, and they’d believe me, and everything would be fine.
In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor the theme of fear is highlighted on pages sixty-five to seventy-seven. The theme fear is expressed on page seventy-six it states “I was feeling pretty miserable myself-angry about Kerri Gardner” the text also states “ I remember the fear in his eyes. I know that fear. That's my fear.” These two sentences from the text shows that Paul fears Kerri’s rejection.
Once something that had been a fantasy and only a dream, now turned into a nightmare, haunting Charlie, mentally exhausting him. “I’ve given up using the typewriter completely. My coordination is bad. I feel that I’m moving slower and slower. Had a terrible shock today.”
This dialogue directly shows how the narrator, with a mental illness that confines her logic, imagined many women “creeping” around her private front
Peter is ruthless becasue he feels no emotions or regret in killing/murdering his parents due to not getting his way. Peter’s father, “forbade him to take the rocket to New York”(6) and his father decided to turn off, “every machine his hand could get to”(9), which had an impact on him resulting in his plan to murder his parents without
Pi explains, “It is the irony of this story that the one who scare[s] me witless to start with [is] the very same who br[ings] me peace, purpose, I dare even say wholeness” (162). Richard Parker terrifies Pi during the beginning of his journey, and
Peter and the narrator were not getting along. There was a lack of sexual intimacy partly because of the weather. The narrator explains how the weather was too wet to do what they “loved to do” which was making love at a picnic. Also the hotel room in which they were staying was “small and dark” and was not a very romantic place for the two. So as the “black clouds swishing gently all over Europe” continued, the couple’s intimacy also continued to fade.
Peter threatens his father later in the short story. He also loves the nursery as he says later in the story that he cannot live without
Mikayla has been afraid of clowns since birth. Her older brother Miguel used this weakness to his advantage by scaring her every chance he got. He would use any opportunity he could to scare her. She could be doing homework, washing dishes, or even using the bathroom, she had to watch her back at all times. Miguel’s friends were over one night planning the epic scare on Mikayla.
Freud noted that Rat Man himself seemed to derive sadistic or sexual pleasure from talking about this but it also caused him great anxiety, as he began to imagine / worry that this horror would be perpetrated on his beloved or on his (deceased) father. The subject’s anxiety is further demonstrated in Rat Man’s story about owing money to Capt A for glasses, a debt paid by a woman in the post office who Rat Man then in turn comes to owe. Rat Man’s roundabout, unnecessarily awkward and complex solution to this issue clearly demonstrates the procrastination and inhibition inherent in the obsessionals’ life. This is caused by the contradictory and opposing thoughts he experiences relating to this father, his beloved and repetitive images of their being tortured. The Cruel Captain seems to have been identified with Rat Man’s own father.
