"In literature, evil often triumphs but never conquers."
1. Interpret the quote listed—
a) In short, evil wins. However, in the long run, it doesn’t come out on top.
b) Evil will overpower good, but it will never OVERCOME the good.
c) Evil has a big impact on the story, but good will always prevail.
d) Evil is presented as a conflict to overcome, but it never really wins.
e) Evil will always try to take over, but it will never succeed.
- Homer’s The Odyssey—When the suitors take over Odysseus’s kingdom, they try to take his wife and land. However, Odysseus comes back to kill them all!!!! Yeahhhhhhh!!!! In addition, Polyphemos, the Cyclops, momentarily wins when his father Poseidon punished Odysseus. Yet, Odysseus is still able to return home in spite of the setbacks he faces.
- Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird—The Ewells win the court case even though everyone in Maycomb knows that Tom Robinson is innocent of the crimes he is accused of. For a moment, we feel like good has been defeated. However, by the end of the novel, Bob Ewell is murdered by Boo Radley, and thus, good triumphs in the end.
VOCABULARY—
· disposition (noun)--tendency/inclination
· tenacious (adj)--stubborn or persistent in clinging to one thing.
QUOTE TO ANALYZE—
William Saroyan once said, "Good people...are good because they've come to wisdom through failure."
