Tony's Friends Throughout this captivating book, there exist a team of very amusing characters. Consisting of nine people, these characters are Tony's friends. ... Although most commonly perceived as Tony's friends, each character had their own personality and uniqueness. ... Lloyd enjoys reminding everyone that they can be sued for even the most minor offenses. ...
Many of these are minor and of little significance. ... As the character of Atticus Finch recognizes in "To Kill a Mockingbird"", cases such as defending negro Tom Robinson against the charge of rape in his home town of Maycombe "come along once in a lifetime" (link to text/quote)and there is no turning away from such moments. ...
Instead, it was believed the people needed a resilient government and a carefully formulated code of law, along with a regulating power that would strictly implement these rules and punish harshly even the most minor violations. ... The attitude symbolized a component of acceptance in the believer's character that had not been applied in other cultures. ... Therefore, Confucian philosophy proposed ethical regulation through living by the self-regulatory standard and by abiding to the requests of character and obligation. ...
Through techniques of metaphor, imagery and allusions, Yann Martel employs both major and minor events in the book to suggest that both religion and science are necessary in Pi's character development, both to sustain himself in critical situations and broaden his knowledge of reality. ... Luria is indirectly parallel to the common character of a scientist due to his obsessive attitude regarding the creation of the universe. ... Back when Pi was a child in Pondicherry to the time after Pi survived his ordeal, science and a range of religions had a significant impact on Pi's charact...
Moreover, the geographic, rather than ideological, basis of the religion (the fact that it comprises whatever all the people of India have believed and done) has given Hinduism the character of a social and doctrinal system that extends to every aspect of human life. ... Most Hindus worship Shiva, Vishnu, or the Goddess (Devi), but they also worship hundreds of additional minor deities peculiar to a particular village or even to a particular family. ...
Brown made the comment that the Ibo worship carved wood and Akunna replied by saying,"The tree from which it came was made by Chukwu, as indeed all the minor gods were." ... Okonkwo, the main character in the book, has three wives. (13) It is a common practice in Umuofia for all the men to have more than one wife. ...
Nevertheless, historians have failed to come to any consensus about the character of the revolt. ... Consequently, it can be argued that the Dissolution of the Monasteries was one of several motivations of the Pilgrimage; it was not the primary focus, nor was it a minor factor. ...
Wolf considers the moral saint to be "unattractive " because this person would be bland and boring and not possess the qualities one would want, such as "a healthy, well-rounded, richly developed character. " Within her paper, Susan Wolf consistently puts down the theory of the moral saint. ... On the contrary, Susan Wolf would probably argue that this is just one small minor instance of morality and that it does not count as being a moral saint because you are in part being selfish and not doing everything with the thought of putting other people's happiness or well-being over your own....
