Remorse

Krakauer was uneasy about the expedition to begin with, but coming home as 1 of 2 survivors severely affected his life after the accident. In Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air he uses diction and details to reveal his purpose of showing us his guilt, remorse and how persevering given that many of his climbing partners have died. One method Krakauer uses to reveal his purpose is diction. When describing the aftermath…

example that goes on all throughout the book - Graff always makes Ender work hard and sometimes harder than he thinks is right. Graff still feels for him throughout the whole book and has feelings for Ender. Overall, every character in the book shows remorse after violence because it is humane. Throughout this whole book, almost all of the characters have showed both their violent sides and kind sides. The author, Orson Scott Card has also showed how each of these characters environments…

The Things They Carried The death scene of Curt Lemon and the Vietnamese soldier helps provide meaning to the title The Things They Carried because It shows the emotional effect of anger, remorse, and sadness soldiers carried inside them when others within their platoon died. Rat Kiley and Curt Lemon were young they goofed off with each other frequently to take the stress, and pressure of the war off them. However, when Lemon died by accident from the trap being set off something changed in…

when he says, “It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can people let go. Otherwise you are left with words people should have said but never did, and their heart is heavy with remorse.” As people, we dislike change, grand and fast change can leave us with a mix of emotions, remorse being the greatest one. Conclusion with a person’s physical being is not always possible, but mental conclusion, with the person’s memory is always necessary to move on. The unexpected death of…

personality disorder” and this definition perfectly aligns with the personality of Meursault (Merriam-Webster). While Meursault’s personality has both sociopathic and psychopathic traits, he is more aligned with the traits of a psychopath because he has no remorse for his actions, demonstrates antisocial behavior, expresses a lack of restraint,…

key identifiers: a lack of remorse and lack of regard for ‘right and wrong’. Lady Macbeth is quoted saying “make thick my blood, stop up th’access and passage to remorse”(Macbeth.1.5.42-43) and that is exactly what happens, she never exhibits any examples of remorse unless it is fake. She says “Woe, alas,”(Macbeth.2.3.83) and “Help me hence, ho” (Macbeth.2.3.114) as if Duncan's death is new and frightening information, psychopaths have been known to fake emotions and remorse to get what they…

For the first fourteen years of the granddaughter's life, she was trapped in a life that she had no say in. The granddaughters feeling of remorse towards her family would be that she knows that she is different than them. Due to her “bull hands,” she cannot perform feminine activities like her sisters, so she is always being picked on for that. Also, the granddaughter does not want to participate…

To persuade the U.S army to feel remorse from devastating the Nez Perce, and to let the Americans know that the tribe is tired of fighting, Chief Joseph uses syntax by way of repition which effectively appeals to pathos. He does this is by repeatedly mentioning tribe members who have died which creates a tone of exhaustion. In his letter, Chief Joseph uses repetition to emphasize the impact the U.S. has already had on his tribe. After stating his yearn to end the fighting as it was decimating…

character because she never attended Gatsby’s funeral, runs over Myrtle without remorse, and had an affair with Gatsby. To begin with, Daisy never attended Gatsby's funeral because she finally realizes that she never loved Gatsby. For instance, Daisy in the beginning demonstrated her love and misses Gatsby, but as the story continues and the chapters unveil she begins to feel more distant and soon on after shows no remorse for Gatsby's death. As Nick Carraway illustrates “[...] I could only…

Sociopaths are characterized by their aggression, risk-taking tendencies, and their lack of concern for one’s own health or the health of others. In addition, sociopaths do not feel remorse and are able to get away with much more immoral behavior than someone without this mental illness. Not all Sociopaths fall under the classification of a serial killer or serious criminals. In fact, many sociopaths are able to control their desire to carry out the violent acts drawn up in their emotionless…