Catch The Moon Character Analysis

Decent Essays
I have discovered that the main characters in “Catch the Moon” and “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” have a few things in common and a few things that are different. From thinking that they are in love their age and things of that such. These two writings were interesting to me, because of how the two totally different stories can be that much alike. In the story “Catch the Moon” Luis has a conflict with his dad about the one specific hubcap that he has to find in the 6 foot tall pile of hubcaps. Luis doesn't really want to do this till one night when he went out on a ride, in his dad's car. He went to the funeral home where his mom’s funeral was and saw Naomi, the girl that needed the hubcap. He then called his dad and told him that

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Eric Walters message in the novel ”End of days” analyzes the theme that humans thrive no matter what the situation is. Character development leads to theme by how we feel for Dr. Sheppard, Parker and Joshua Fitchett. We are also lead to them by the examination of the conflict and its resolution. Finally, Eric Walters’s choices of figurative and descriptive language leave the reader feeling biased, which also leads to the theme. Character development leads to theme by how we feel for the characters.…

    • 1080 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    After seeing the play, Silent Sky, it opened my eyes to all of the inequality that occurred during the time of the early 1900’s. During this time, women didn’t have equal roles as men did when it came to work and opportunities. Silent Sky is an educational play that teaches the lesson on how a person should follow their dreams, never stop fighting for their rights, and not give up on their dreams. The play had five actors, with one actor playing only one character. The main character, Henrietta Leavitt, is an inspiring astronomer who began working at Harvard University.…

    • 1289 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Mercs are the main individuals sufficiently distraught to make due in this terrible future. Keep the dingy survivors safe and your firearm stacked in Kill Me Again. Reveal the plot behind the mutant episode. Escape through the city lanes in a steady battle for your life. Get new firearms, update your survival rigging, and assemble a system of associates to help you firearm down the mutants as they swarm toward you.…

    • 392 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    By examining Luis in Catch The Moon, by Julia Ortiz, we can see that there is an evident change between him in the beginning and the end. In the beginning of the story, Luis is trying to be someone he isn't, however we can see that he goes through a powerful emotional change due to Naomi reminding him of his mother’s death. When the story starts, Luis is rebellious and does things just to prove he can, “doing something dangerous, like breaking into a house, not to steal, just to prove that they could do it” (Ortiz 221).…

    • 257 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Great Essays

    Have you ever felt guilty, or regretted doing something? Most people have. In the end, the best thing you can do is forgive yourself. This book beautifully illustrates the importance of accepting the situation without assigning blame, and how forgiveness ultimately benefits everyone involved. I’ll Give You The Sun, by Jandy Nelson, is the story of two twins, Noah and Jude, who were once completely inseparable, “not only one age, but one complete and whole person” (Nelson 18).…

    • 1611 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “One Night The Moon” a film directed by Rachel Perkins explores some of the universal themes such as Power, distinctive voices, and racism to demonstrate how they define society. Kevin Rudd’s sorry speech addressing similar themes demonstrates how much the Australian attitude changed since the setting of One Night The Moon and how abused the power of the government truly was. Perkins use of camera shots along with Rudd’s factual and emotional words brings both texts to life. Settings can change and shape the moods of certain experiences. In the opening scene of One Night The Moon the audience is introduced to a confronting, wide, long shot of a family riding through out back Australia on a horse and cart.…

    • 958 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    As a rule, what surrounds a character in a book, either a different culture, or geography, tends to change their moral principles. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, is a perfect example of how even though someone has everything they need, they can end up doing insane things. Mccandless, the main character, is affected by extreme environmental surroundings, because his thinking shifts from being brave to feeling morally guilty . Cristopher, used to have all he wished, but because of his solipsistic personality, this wasn't enough.…

    • 291 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “They were no match at all for a hunter with his wits about him, and a high-powered rifle” (Connel 6). The most dangerous game is a tale about a man named Rainsford, who gets thrown overboard by a rogue wave. He swims to a nearby shore, knowing that there were people there. He meets General Zaroff who, at first sight, seemed a harmless man intrigued by hunting. But as the story continues, it becomes clear to the reader that he is not a harmless man.…

    • 752 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Another similarity between the two stories is the point of view that the authors wrote them in, an outsider’s perspective. Although both stories are written like this they are both told through the central female lead…

    • 435 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    A Changing World Could you imagine one of your siblings being banished from your family? In the fictional novel, Under the Bridge by Michael Harmon published in 2012, the main character and narrator Tate experiences this problem with his brother Indy. Tate’s family lives in Spokane, Washington Indy believes he never gets the respect his brother does from his parents. Indy is capable of being a well-rounded person as shown through his writing skills but denies to be that type of person. Because of this, Indy rebels and shows nothing but disrespect to his family.…

    • 1195 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the book Million-Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica, a character that could be considered a best friend is Abby McCall, who is an artist. Abby McCall is best friends with the main character Nate Brodie, the star quarterback on his school football team. Abby can be considered a best friend because she always stood by Nate’s side, and helped him through tough times. An example that depicts Abby’s role as a supportive best friend reads, “That throw is the thing that we all gotta believe in, Brady, (Nate’s nickname) what keeps us all going” (Lupica 88). This quote explains that Nate was feeling the pressure of making the million dollar throw because Nate’s family desperately needed money to make ends meet.…

    • 754 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “Stories express our longing not only to make a difference today but to see what is possible for tomorrow.” (Wright 93). In the book The Rent Collector by Camron Wright, we read about Sang Ly who by learning to read and understand literature changes not only herself but others around her. Literature is all around and helps create change.…

    • 831 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    At the turn of the twentieth century, a Native American group, the Osage were forced off of their lands and forced to sell. The group moved to what would soon become Oklahoma and bought the land from the federal government for all it was worth, especially what was bellow it. When oil was discovered under the land, the Osage leased their lands to the highest bidder and became some of the richest citizens in America almost overnight. Due to the prejudice towards Native Americans, the government declared that these people were unfit to handle their newly found riches. Osage were appointed guardians of their money and only allowed to spend so much without the permission of their guardians.…

    • 953 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Love can change an individual for the better and sometimes can bring out the true nature in others. In both short stories, “Catch the Moon” by Judith Cofer and “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell, love is the main objective being issued. Both of these tales take on different perspectives and settings to show young love. These stories are extremely similar and yet have different outcomes. Both stories have a high school age protagonist facing different issues and learning about love.…

    • 1001 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Kill or be killed is the only morality among the dogs of the Klondike, as Buck realizes from the moment he steps off the boat and watches the violent death of his friend Curly. The wilderness is a cruel, uncaring world, where only the strong prosper. It is, one might say, a perfect Darwinian world, and London’s depiction of it owes much to Charles Darwin, who proposed the theory of evolution to explain the development of life on Earth and envisioned a natural world defined by fierce competition for scarce resources. The term often used to describe Darwin’s theory, although he did not coin it, is “the survival of the fittest,” a phrase that describes Buck’s experience perfectly. In the old, warmer world, he might have sacrificed his life out of moral considerations; now, however, he abandons any such considerations in order…

    • 2786 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Great Essays