Summary Of Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida'
“Revolutionaries wait for my head on a silver plate” is repeated throughout Coldplay’s “Viva la Vida”, a song about change. The question arises as to whether the leader was inherently evil. By being evil, it is evident that the world will work against him for the greater good of others. Even with bad experiences, people can still be good.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a novel by Sherman Alexie, proves that good people are always around even in terrible situations. When Arthur switched schools from Wellpinit to Reardan, he had a hard time transitioning because everyone there was filthy rich, but Arthur’s family barely had enough money to drive him the 22 miles to school. After the homecoming dance, the basketball team, Arthur, …show more content…
After a while on the island under Ralph’s rule, the boys get tired of working all day long and decide to join Jack’s tribe. Jack has a contrasting view of life on the island and his tribe just hunts and feasts. They do not even have shelters. Ralph and Piggy are the last to switch over to Jack’s tribe and when they do, all of the boys start chanting the hunting song they made up. “The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore” (Goulding 213). After the boys killed Simon, Ralph realized what he did was wrong and he left Jack’s tribe. This shows that bad people can get good people to do evil things, but the person will always be good at heart.
Night has many contrasts between good and evil characters that causes Eliezer to have trouble making the right decisions. In the concentration camp, one of the Blockälteste tries to persuade Eliezer into giving up on the only thing he has left—family. “Let me give you good advice: stop giving your ration of bread and soup to your old father. You cannot help him anymore. And you are hurting yourself. In fact, you should be getting his rations …” (Wiesel 178). Even through all this pressure, Eliezer does the right thing and stays true to his father. This proves that good will always overpower
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a novel by Sherman Alexie, proves that good people are always around even in terrible situations. When Arthur switched schools from Wellpinit to Reardan, he had a hard time transitioning because everyone there was filthy rich, but Arthur’s family barely had enough money to drive him the 22 miles to school. After the homecoming dance, the basketball team, Arthur, …show more content…
After a while on the island under Ralph’s rule, the boys get tired of working all day long and decide to join Jack’s tribe. Jack has a contrasting view of life on the island and his tribe just hunts and feasts. They do not even have shelters. Ralph and Piggy are the last to switch over to Jack’s tribe and when they do, all of the boys start chanting the hunting song they made up. “The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore” (Goulding 213). After the boys killed Simon, Ralph realized what he did was wrong and he left Jack’s tribe. This shows that bad people can get good people to do evil things, but the person will always be good at heart.
Night has many contrasts between good and evil characters that causes Eliezer to have trouble making the right decisions. In the concentration camp, one of the Blockälteste tries to persuade Eliezer into giving up on the only thing he has left—family. “Let me give you good advice: stop giving your ration of bread and soup to your old father. You cannot help him anymore. And you are hurting yourself. In fact, you should be getting his rations …” (Wiesel 178). Even through all this pressure, Eliezer does the right thing and stays true to his father. This proves that good will always overpower