Relationship Between Chillingworth And Claggart

To the casual eye, Billy looks like the typical bad boy. A boy that ran away from home, showing his rebellious tendencies. A boy that would most certainly be a bad influence over anyone. However, as we take a closer look into Billy's true personality,

The first reason Billy should not have hit claggart was that Billy stained his reputation. Billy, being the perfect sailor he was, ruined his reputation in killing

Kanye West and Harding’s quotes both relate to the character Billy Bibbit because he was an outcast in society and thought lowly of himself. Billy was different, and because of this, society did not accept him and that caused him to stay sheltered by his mother. His mother was overprotective and did not toughen Billy up, so Billy had a stutter and a deep dependence on other people. When he got to the hospital, he had no experience in the real world, and he suddenly had no help from his mother. This led him to be more withdrawn and allowed people to belittle him because he could not stand up for himself. After being made fun of and thrown aside by society, Billy had no self confidence. His feelings towards himself were only negative, and these feelings rules

Right? A slit closes up. Right?’ ‘Right.’ ‘Shit. What do you know? What the hell they teach in college?’ ‘I wasn’t there very long,’ said Billy, which was true” (Vonnegut 37). As you can tell after reading that quote, Billy isn’t exactly the brightest bulb in the bunch. Not only does he not understand a word Roland is saying to him, but he also responds with the simplest and easiest answer every time Roland questions him, even if it’s rhetorical. Roland is his own brand of stupid. As quoted in this line “He had been unpopular because he was stupid and fat and mean…” (Vonnegut 35).

Billy does not have any ambition he just reacts to circumstances that happen to him. He wife face gives him an optometry office to run. He married valenca just because she is there not because he is in love with her. “I is so sort and jumbled and jangled”(pg.19) he takes the path of less resistance rather than navigating the complex path of life. Krebs also lacks motivation, direction, and ambition he lives with his parents and does not have a job. He “sleeps late in bed” every day for him is like a vacation rather than real life. Krebs father thinks he has “lost his ambition, that you haven't got a different aim in life”(pg.75). His parents think it is time for him to move on from the war and make something of his life. The war affect both billy and krebs in a major way the weight of the war crushed their

John Claggart was filled with anger because of the obsession of desires. Hatred was constantly being poured into John’s heart just like a waterfall pouring into a lake. All of John’s sense was lost in his ocean of hate, which caused him to talk poorly of Billy and make assumptions and stories about Billy that were totally false. Even a workmate warned Billy of John Claggart’s doings, but Billy always thought the best of him and denied it. Discreetly, John Claggart confronted Billy of false stories that John made up in his mind, and Billy was so deeply shocked that he was silent. But silence is the best reply to a fool. Ultimately, Billy crossly punched John resulting in death. What John desired the most was what Billy had, and that turned into hatred for Billy. Hatred is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die, life doesn’t work that

Billy Bibbit fears Nurse Ratched as he says "You know what she can do for us". Billy is afraid of the nurse in the ward and doesn't feel safe as a result. He is also suicidal and wants to kill himself, which shows how badly they deal with his mental health in the ward. He feels that he can't beat her and so he should kill himself because of that, he isn't supposed to feel that way. Billy is supposed to feel safe and taken care of by a nurse.

Billy Dent’s need for power might come from his childhood, he lived in an abusive setting, which can be determined by Gramma’s subpar treatment of Jasper. She demonstrates her maltreatment on more than one occasion, using both verbal and physical attacks.“‘Just like your daddy,’ Gramma gasped, fumbling into a chair, having apparently decided not to die. ‘You’re just like your daddy.’ Now that hurt. More than a beating ever could.”(Lyga 96). While in the present Gramma is old and weak, but forty or more years ago Billy would have been a child and no match for

Billy had a bad attitude thinking Ethel and Norman actually did not want him there. Ethel invites him to go fishing with them, but he says he’s thinking about leaving to go somewhere different. Ethel assures him that they want him there, that he was not shoved off to them. Once Billy realizes this, he tags along. Billy and Norman begin bonding over fishing.

It was very unlike Billy to ever do something so rash; he brought out the best in everyone. Captain Vere felt in his heart that Billy’s actions were a mistake, but he could not be sure. The accusation Claggart made was mutiny, and mutiny was a serious crime. Vere had no proof that Billy was not guilty, so for the safety of himself and his crew, he sacrificed Billy’s life.

Billy had no mental problems. He was more than capable of having a conversation and could have explained himself to the captain. Billy let his emotions get the best of him. Billy regretted striking Claggart. Billy was punished correctly for the crime he

Plato, James Madison, and John Mills are all supporters of the idea that opinion must be discussed in public debate. In my own reason-based thought this idea that through silence ignorance grows louder is my own general understanding.

Hawthorne portrays Chillingworth as loathsome because of his relentless pursuit of revenge. At the beginning of the novel, Hester and Pearl are being confined in a prison cell for committing adultery and Chillingworth, Hester's husband, meets with them because he is the town physician. At this point in the book nobody in the town except for Hester and Chillingworth know that Chillingworth is Hester's husband. As Chillingworth attempts to extract the truth from his wife, by directly questioning her, “...Hester, the man lives who has wronged us both! Who is he” (67)?

This is not the behavior one would expect from someone who had just accidentally killed someone else. On trial Billy has this to say for his actions: "I did not mean to kill him. But he foully lied to my face and in the presence of my captain, and I had to say something, and I could only say it with a blow, God help me!" This statement illustrates Billy's emotional response to his crime; He shirks the full weight of his action by pointing to his accidental nature. Billy is sorry that Claggart was killed, but he states the utterance as a response without truly feeling apologetic. This statement is a plea to save himself more that a eulogy to Claggart, however a feeling of remorse for murdering another human being is nowhere to be found. His concerns lie not with the one he killed, only with himself.

Billy is innocent in a sense that he has done no wrong which leads to his blind and naïve view of evil. The Dankster tries to warn Billy that ‘nobody’s friend is Jimmy-Legs’ and by saying ‘he is down on you’ but he does not see Claggart to be a threat of any sort. Billy’s innocence and devotion to good do not let him see the evil in Claggart whom is trying to destroy him but eventually conflict resulting in the murder of Claggart from a blow by Billy.