A Room On Sight Arturo Analysis

The characters played a major part in the role of the stories. Without the characters there would be no story to rea. Arturo was bullied and almost forced to change his ways to, in some ways, feel better about himself. “Sometimes I feel trapped, trapped in a school that’s like an insane asylum, a trapped rat in this city that’s a maze-- no matter how long and far you walk, you always end up in the same place, at least it all looks the same: old apartment buildings with too many people, squeezed in, bars with sad-looking people staring into their cups, and stores so bright with lights, that they hurt my eyes.” (Cofer pg 314) This quote shows that Arturo felt trap with the way he was living, as if he was in an insane asylum at school. He felt …show more content…
Mrs. Hopewell was certain that she had thought and thought until she had hit upon the ugliest name in any language.” (O’Connor pg 248) Hulga felt as if she would never be love, but had a strong educational background. When she was played by the salesman she felt as if what she thought was right and once again lost hope in everything. “I’m strong, she boasted. “I never knew how strong before.” (Steinbeck pg 224) Elisa stated this to tell her husband that she is a strong person and should not be down graded for being a woman. She believes she is strong because of the work she puts in with the chrysanthemums, but then on the way to town she spots the flowers she had given the Tinker on the side of the road. She felt pain and anger, but was able to hold in the pain for little bit, but because her flowers made her happy she felt the need to cry. “She turned up her coat collar so he could not see that she was crying weakly - like an old woman.” (Steinbeck pg 225) She did not want her husband to see her cry because before they had left she had told him that she was a strong person. All of these obstacles helped the characters grow in the story and learn how to overcome a