The Bitterness of Revenge Essay

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February 18, 2012

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The Bitterness of Revenge Revenge grows and festers off of resentment and rage. Revenge is an illness that is very contagious. Revenge can take over a person's life and end in heartbreak and misery. Revenge hurts people as well as their love ones. Revenge will always end in unhappiness unless one learns that revenge is nothing more than a dead end. Revenge does not solve any answers and will not make any person any happier than before. This theme of revenge is shown numerous times in the story Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens. In the novel, many bitter souls seek revenge as the answer to their problems. Characters commit crimes, hurt other because of selfish...show more content... Joe being physically damaged. However Orlick is able to get away with this attack. His quest to fully satisfy his misery comes when he tries to also get back at Pip. The second person Orlick seeks revenge on is Pip. Pip is a very nice young man that tries to become a gentleman. There should be no reason why Orlick should want to seek revenge upon him. However, Orlick sees Pip as a threat from an early age. Orlick blames Pip for loosing his job as Mrs. Havisham's porter and for also ruining his chance with Biddy. Orlick insinuates, "You did that, and that would be enough, without more. How dared you come betwixt me and a young woman I liked?" (Dickens 452). Orlick is had a liking toward Biddy and feels that Pip gave her bad opinions about him. From when Pip started working at the forge for Joe, Orlick always felt Pip is in his way. He blames Pip for all his problems and even tries to get back at Pip by blaming him for attacking Mrs. Joe. Now it ends with Orlick trying to kill Pip. Orlick declares, "You was always in Old Orlick's way since ever you was a child. You goes out of his way, this present night. He'll have no more on you. You're dead" (Dickens 453). Orlick has taken revenge on Pip but fails when Pip is rescued by his friend, Herbert. Later Orlick is caught and taken to jail for stealing from Pip's uncle. Through Orlick, Dickens show that revenge ends in misery and that it festers from bitterness. Since Orlick tried to take revenge on Mrs.

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In Corporate America there are organizations that pay their executives bonuses. In addition to, the six figure annual salary that most of them earn. The past few years the country has been going through a recession, many people are unemployed and in need of a job and many companies are still downsizing. Therefore, I do not think it's logical for a company to payout such large bonuses to executives. Companies should be more socially responsible by creating jobs for some of the unemployed and distribute a portion of the money to executives in bonuses. The three issues I have regarding executive bonuses are: What is the bonus structure for executives, why does the board of directors approve such large bonus payouts, and how often are these...show more content...

That information should be confidential; the SEC wants to access strategic information of an organization. "While executive compensation reform is targeted toward publicly traded companies, experts advise nonprofits to be prepared for similar requirements and to implement SEC disclosure rules when making pay decisions." (www.cutimes.com)

The Board of Directors is in control of bonuses paid to top executives. "I am sure you will find your blood boiling by how much money in bonuses a select few top executives receive. You will feel outraged that so few people receive so much money that could benefit so many more people." (www.oppapers.com) There are certain board members on the committees that determines the top executives' salaries. The compensation committees for the board of directors authorize the annual income and bonuses of top executives, also the board of directors. (www.2020wob.com) Banks have received help from the government to bail them out of debt, but yet the banks still award top executives bonus pay. With the downturn of the economy how is that possible? (www.oppapers.com)

The FDIC said if a huge chunk of bonus money was paid out over several years it would decrease the amount of bonus money executives collected if the company did not perform well during the year. (http://finance.yahoo.com) Outsize bonuses have contributed to financial crisis, says the lawmakers and government officials, they don't advise taking long–term risks.