In August Wilson’s play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, the twenty-six year old Mattie Campbell is a lonely, young woman, born in Georgia, who is looking for her lost love, Jack Carper who was the father of her two children that have passed away. After Jack leaves her, Mattie searches for a sincere relationship and love. Mattie has faced many downfalls while searching; however, that does not stop her from believing that love still exist. Her attractiveness is said to be concealed beneath her weight and “concerns of a dissatisfied life. ”(1.1).…
Hallelujah Calhoun was an average teenage girl who loves singing, until the incident with Luke Willis, who has made fun of her ever since. Hallelujah doesn't bother telling her side of the story. With all of the rumors flowing around, no one would believe her— even her parents! Her only option was to keep silent and she decided to stopped singing in addition. One day a girl named Rachel, comes to their Youth Group.…
Brian Blake is the son of Ed and Rose Blake. Before the outbreak Brian was a good man who grew up in Waynesboro, Georgia with his loving family. Brian was described as sickly and frail. He is very intelligent and has an older brother named Philip who protected him and ensured his safety but also was very cruel. His brother’s name was Philip Blake.…
Diana Dudurkaewa Accelerated Eng. 1-2 Mr.Pinkerton 11 Aug. 2014 Taylor Greer The protagonist, narrator, and the main character of the novel is Taylor Greer. Her original name was Marietta or “Missy” as people tend to call her, but she changed her name when she began her journey. She is self-reliant and assertive, and believes that she doesn’t need a man nor children in her life.…
Most people feel that all teenagers are immature and can't be responsible, that they can't be trusted, especially with a child. Though this may be true, some teens have to be more mature and responsible than others. In The First Part Last by Angela Johnson, a teenager, named Bobby, needs to grow up much quicker than most. He has a child at the age of 16. Bobby has to leave his childish habits in the past and "come of age," which by the end of the story he does.…
Narrator: Dave Smith is on trial for the murder of Todd Nilla. An affair was in the making between Dave Smith and Flow Nilla, Todd Nillas’ Wife. Dave wanted Todd out of the way and eventually with much planning and stalking, while Todd was leaving the gym after a workout, Dave Smith murdered Todd Nilla with a shot to the heart. Weeks later. The trial against Dave Smith has begun.…
The book, The Once and Future King, shows how Arthur learns to become king and also his time as king. In the “Sword in the Stone” Merlyn utilizes Arthur’s experiences to teach him leadership. Merlyn accomplishes this task by transforming Arthur into various animals, such as a perch, merlin, ant, rook, wild goose, and badger. He teaches him through both positive and negative examples to further him in his education to become king.…
One of the connections I have made with my main character is that we both have the same reaction when we get startled or scared without knowing. In my book Here Lies Daniel Tate the main character is a man who poses as other people to stay off the streets, he mostly poses as younger men because even though he is older than he seems he has his baby face to rely on. For instance, in this situation, he posed as a teenager named Daniel Tate who was a 10-year-old boy who was kidnapped 6 years ago and was never found again since then. The advantage that he has this time is that he had studied this Daniel Tate for months so he knew all the information he needed to pose as him for a long time without getting caught. When he was is in an orphanage waiting…
Motivation comes from the heart! Like the character Caleb Trask, in the novel, East of Eden, that is written by John Steinbeck. Caleb and his twin brother Aaron Trask are abandoned by their mother, Catherine Trask and left with their father Adam Trask. All the names that are in this novel that start with A or C is an allusion to the story of Cain and Abel. Steinbeck originally wrote the novel, East of Eden, for his two sons.…
Emily Maynard was on The Bachelor and then was also on The Bachelorette. Now Emily has moved on and found love, but not from the show. She actually met her husband at church and it all worked out. People shared the news that Emily Maynard actually attempted to commit suicide, but never revealed it until now. Emily Maynard Johnson is the author of the new book, I Said Yes, and now she is speaking out about things in her past that nobody even knew.…
Bob Wiley is a complete train wreck of a human being; he is a lunatic that needs serious help! Bob is emotionally attached to complete strangers; he has multiple phobias of leaving his apartment and he is a family guy. Bob is emotionally attached to his newly appointed Psychiatrist. He follows his psychiatrist on vacation and input himself as a part of the family. He is very determined to be with his Psychiatrist at all times and he doesn't respect the personal space of Dr. Leo Marvin and his family.…
In the book, Stuck in Neutral Shawn Mcdaniels is a 14 year old boy who has cerebral palsy. When Shawn was younger, a blood vessel in Shawn’s brain burst and that left him to not be able to control his muscles. Shawn has no control over his bodily functions. Although Shawn has Cerebral Palsy, he has a good sense of memory. He is able to remember everything on TV and in school.…
Deepan Patel December 9, 2016 Period: 2 ERWC Mr. Taylor Into the Wild Essay Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer, is about a young man from a rich family who hitchhiked to Alaska and walked all the way into the wilderness. Chris McCandless shows many personality traits. Chris is very intelligent in school, he is very strong willed, he is rebellious in his own ways, he doesn't like it when someone gives him advice or tells him what to do, and he is self involved, he is also very idealistic. He gets all these personality traits from his dad. He wanted to leave society and just be himself.…
Chris McCandless’ actions can be seen as rebellious at first, but as time goes on, it is clear that there is hostility between his parents and himself that he does not want to face or try to fix. In a dysfunctional family, there are two extremes when it comes to the outcome of the children: the rebel or the conformist. Although the older child is typically the conformist and the younger child is the rebel, the McCandless family is a little different because both children are the rebels. Krakauer says, “Also like Chris, she clashed fiercely with Walt and Billie as an adolescent… [but] Carine made peace with her parents shortly after Chris disappeared” (129).…
Qualities of a Leader Everyone has someone they look up to, since they were a child maybe and up to this day. Everyone has someone they look up to, since they were a child maybe and up to this day. Just a few days ago I was watching a movie about James Braddock, and now he is one of the main people I look up to. Though not all leaders are champions, they are both courageous and passionate about what they are trying to accomplish James J. Braddock was one of the many people trying to strive for accomplishment during the Great Depression. He went from having all the money and fame, to having absolutely nothing, but he had his mind set.…