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She cannot simply create conflict nor can she walk away. Thus, she needs to find a solution by which one of her loyalties is broken for her. Her family is not available to break that loyalty so she must then find a way for the new family to break the loyalty. This is what leads to the plan she eventually enacts.
The narrator is bound by a strong sense of loyalty. There is conflict, in that it seems each of these different loyalties provides a strong constraint on the problem. Yet, with time, the narrator finds a creative way to resolve the conflict without breaking any loyalty. It is interesting to note that each loyalty is given the same value to the narrator. To some, it would seem clear that there is a loyalty hierarchy that should be used to resolve this situation. Loyalty to the new family, for example, should be lowest according to many Westerners. However, the sense that the narrator has is...
Thus, the situation must be resolved without breaking any one loyalty.
The story provides a strong example of finding ways to resolve ethical dilemmas. Such dilemmas occur specifically because there is no easy solution. In this case, the loyalties appear to be mutually exclusive -- that the loyalty the narrator feels towards herself must be subsumed in order that the loyalties to the two families be maintained. Yet, we see that she finds a solution that shows she did not need to subsume her loyalty to herself in order that the situation be resolved. This provides insight into the nature of solving even the most difficult ethical dilemmas -- there is another constraint often ignored in time. Given enough time, solutions may emerge and as long as the person with the dilemma has the time they should take it in order that the dilemma be resolved in the best possible manner.
Great Expectations" & "The Sun also Rises," one may concur that both narrators are on opposites ends of the spectrum when comparing their reliability. In Great Expectations the main, character Pip is the narrator. Pip is considered a reliable source in the novel, on the other hand in " the Sun Also Rises" the narrator Jake Barnes is not viewed as a reliable source, there are scenes in the
Citizen On December 7, 1941, the nation of Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This began the official participation of the United States in World War II. While armed forces were overseas fighting the nation's enemies, the United States government was trying to decide whether or not any group of people within America itself could be working for the other side. Out of this fear came one of
We see the creative mind at work in "The Fall of the House of Usher" as Poe creates a parallel between the house and Roderick. The suspense with this thriller is heightened with the fact that the narrator is inches from the same fate as Roderick. There is undeniable connection between the two that is never fully disclosed. The narrator looks for logical ways to explain what occurs in
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Their loss has left him desolate. 3. What is the general sentiment the narrator wishes to express in the poem? While the poem is mostly a mournful poem in which the narrator expresses his sorrow over his loss and isolation, it is also seeks to share lessons that the narrator had learned through his experiences. He has come to understand the transience of life, that people live and die so easily,
In the third chapter of Flight, Zits describes who is perhaps "the only real friend of [his] life" as a "pretty white boy" who "doesn't even like or respect Jesus -- or Allah or Buddha or LeBron James or any other God" (Alexie 24). In what is otherwise a very poignant passage, where Zits is explaining is near-instant love for this boy he meets in jail, the mention of