April Corrigan from Don’t Look Behind You and Ringer from The Last Star are both extremely self-driven, but differ because April is very vain while Ringer is highly intelligent. Ringer and April compare because they both show that they are self-driven through the two books. Ringer differs from April because she always shows her intelligence and thinks through difficult situations before facing them. April is extremely vain compared to Ringer because she only cares about herself and not about her friends and family. Showing characterization throughout a story helps readers better understand character development. The two characters, Ringer and April, share similarities because they show their determination in a number of ways during the two
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I crept down the hall without seeing or hearing anyone and dropped the letter in the mail chute between the elevators. Then I returned to our suite, got back into bed, and slept more soundly than I had for a great many nights.” This shows how determined April is because she didn’t take no for an answer. Although it could’ve put her family in danger, she also knew that contacting her boyfriend was the right thing to do. She was more driven than ever just to get in touch with him so she used this passion to develop a plan and accomplish it. In The Last Star Ringer said, “I sighed. There was no breaking through. I didn’t blame her, though. If she told me, your father wasn’t an artist and a drunk: he was a teetotaling Baptist Minister, I wouldn’t believe her. Cogito ergo sum. More than the sum of our experiences, our memories are the ultimate proof of reality. The plane’s engines roared to life. I flinched at the sound. I spent forty days in the wilderness without any reminders of the mechanized world.” This continues to show how determined both girls are because Ringer needs to deal with losing her father who was her closest friend and the horrible memories of living by herself in the wilderness. She continues to …show more content…
Not only is she full of herself, but her main focus, other than herself, is her boyfriend. In the book April stated, “‘You wouldn’t say that if it was Dad who was worrying!’ I was becoming more and more frustrated every minute. ‘It’s not a though Steve is going to tell anybody anything! All this cloak-and-dagger business is ridiculous!’ It was a good line to exit on, but I had nowhere to go. From what Jim just said, we weren’t even allowed to be in the corridor. The only refuge available was a bedroom, so I stalked into the closer of the two and slammed the door.” This shows how conceited April is because she is making a big scene out of a simple command. Her mother and brother are worrying about their dad and Jim is worried about keeping the whole family protected. April is only concerned about her boyfriend and talking to him, not about the condition in which her father is in. April also said, “I couldn’t stay shut away in the bedroom forever, but to walk back out without being begged to do so would just be the same as agreeing with Jim’s ultimatum. I couldn’t bear to do that when I was in the right. And I was in the right, no question about it. There was no way Jim, who had never even met Steve, could be a judge of whether or not he should be trusted.” This continues to show how vain April is because she is simply refusing to let her guard down and realize that Jim is right and she is wrong. She is so
I crept down the hall without seeing or hearing anyone and dropped the letter in the mail chute between the elevators. Then I returned to our suite, got back into bed, and slept more soundly than I had for a great many nights.” This shows how determined April is because she didn’t take no for an answer. Although it could’ve put her family in danger, she also knew that contacting her boyfriend was the right thing to do. She was more driven than ever just to get in touch with him so she used this passion to develop a plan and accomplish it. In The Last Star Ringer said, “I sighed. There was no breaking through. I didn’t blame her, though. If she told me, your father wasn’t an artist and a drunk: he was a teetotaling Baptist Minister, I wouldn’t believe her. Cogito ergo sum. More than the sum of our experiences, our memories are the ultimate proof of reality. The plane’s engines roared to life. I flinched at the sound. I spent forty days in the wilderness without any reminders of the mechanized world.” This continues to show how determined both girls are because Ringer needs to deal with losing her father who was her closest friend and the horrible memories of living by herself in the wilderness. She continues to …show more content…
Not only is she full of herself, but her main focus, other than herself, is her boyfriend. In the book April stated, “‘You wouldn’t say that if it was Dad who was worrying!’ I was becoming more and more frustrated every minute. ‘It’s not a though Steve is going to tell anybody anything! All this cloak-and-dagger business is ridiculous!’ It was a good line to exit on, but I had nowhere to go. From what Jim just said, we weren’t even allowed to be in the corridor. The only refuge available was a bedroom, so I stalked into the closer of the two and slammed the door.” This shows how conceited April is because she is making a big scene out of a simple command. Her mother and brother are worrying about their dad and Jim is worried about keeping the whole family protected. April is only concerned about her boyfriend and talking to him, not about the condition in which her father is in. April also said, “I couldn’t stay shut away in the bedroom forever, but to walk back out without being begged to do so would just be the same as agreeing with Jim’s ultimatum. I couldn’t bear to do that when I was in the right. And I was in the right, no question about it. There was no way Jim, who had never even met Steve, could be a judge of whether or not he should be trusted.” This continues to show how vain April is because she is simply refusing to let her guard down and realize that Jim is right and she is wrong. She is so