In To Kill a Mockingbird, Mayella is portrayed as a powerful character. What is power? In Mayella’s eyes, power means to have control over other people and her own life. Mayella is under the belief that her actions are powerful. I believe that looks are deceiving and that Mayella’s eyes are deceiving her.…
The third card I created was Sofia’s card. Sofia is Danny’s cousin and Uno’s girlfriend. I made her play first base because the person who plays on first base has to a quick and trustworthy person. They are often involved in a lot of the action of the game. Throughout the book, Sofia is quick to stand up for what she believes in, and everyone trusts her.…
John Reid was a very interesting character in Time Enough For Drums by Ann Rinaldi. It took place in Trenton, New Jersey 1775 John Reid one of many main characters in this book was a spy. John Reid was secretive,brave, and clever he helps General George Washington and the continental army get information on the british. The character John Reid is a very secretive character.…
John Grant; a mild mannered teacher who works in a small town called Tiboonda, has only 140 pounds for his six week leave. During his first night in an overnight train stop in Bundanyabba or the ‘yabba’ he wanders into a local pub because he was thirsty, and the water in the Yabba was ‘so heavily chlorinated and so hard with natural chemicals’ (page 16). After entering the pub, John buys a drink and heads to a quiet place for a cigarette this is when John meets the local policeman Jock Crawford. This encounter is the beginning of John’s downfall into debt, sorrow and alcoholism.…
Those who can’t provide one way will provide another. Due to the need of an attorney, Mr. Cunningham pays through the only way he can: through an entailment which he provides stove wood, hickory nuts, and other farm produce. Asking why Mr. Cunningham pays back with food and other farm goods, Atticus answers Scout , “ Because that’s the only way he can pay me. He has no money” (Lee 27). This quote explains that through the difficult aftermath of the Great Depression, most people lost what little money they had.…
O’Brien uses this chapter to describe one of his close allies in Henry Dobbins. He talks about how the others would never see Dobbins without his girlfriend’s stockings that he brought from home around his neck. They meant so much to him. These stockings would be with Dobbins even in the most hectic moments. They reminded him of his girlfriend and he felt they were good luck for him.…
Lucy Honeychurch is a very quiet young lady, who rarely speaks her mind. This is due in part to her fear that she will misspeak and offend someone with no intention of doing so. Even though she has a lot of freedom in Italy with her companion Charlotte, she is too cautious and shy to grasp all of the opportunities she is presented at first. Even though she does not express herself through her words, she certainly reveals her emotions through her piano playing. She does not simply hit the right notes to play a song; instead she plays certain works of music to show her feelings, both good and bad.…
“Black women, therefore, were in a double hand. They could expect neither gender solidarity from white women nor racial solidarity from black men…” In this quote, Tyson explains Janie’s struggles as an African-American woman in that place and during that time. All troubles aside, Janie felt natural and free with Tea Cake. He may have been crazy but she felt a sense of safety around him.…
Leaving Gilead by Pat Car is a story about the trials and obstacles of going through war without any emotional support. The story takes place in Gilead. Leaving Gilead is a tremendously authentic yet fictional story. Although it is fiction, the author will make any reader thoroughly contemplate their decision making. Throughout the story we see many examples of thoughtless and split second decisions, but it also depicts many hardships and misfortunes.…
Throughout Indian Killer, John is searching for the "right" white man to kill. As narrated in the third chapter " John knew he could kill a white man, but he was not sure which white man was responsible for everything that had gone wrong... Which white man had done the most harm to the world?" (27).…
The story of Lisa Baxter applies the principles of Giving Voice to Values through her many experiences as a senior vice president for a large consumer products firm. “GVV is being used all over the world– in over 970 business schools, businesses and other settings” (Salmons, 2017). During her years of career in that industry, working first in sales operations, distribution and strategy. Thinking back on her career, Lisa Baxter recalls multiple times when her ability to voice her values were challenged. During part I of her story, Lisa reflects on her earlier career when she faced multiple sexual harassment situations.…
Swiss novelist and play writer, Friedrich Durrenmatt, in his tragicomedy, The Visit, tells the corrupted tale of how one woman earns her justice by turning a whole town of people against one man, all for revenge. Durrenmatt uses Claire’s revenge to show the true corruption of justice in Europe following World War II. Durrenmatt creates a suspenseful tone in order to express to his readers the idea that wealth and corruption can bring one power. Claire Zachanassian shows her power and control by dehumanizing and destroying people. Claire first demonstrates her control by purchasing the two eunuchs and depriving them of their freedom.…
Almost every story, good or bad, long or short, will have an antagonist to fight against the hero and try to defeat them. Whether it’s Harry Potter or Horton Hears a Who, someone, or something, will stand in the protagonist’s way. In Ocean at the End of the Lane, that person is Ursula Monkton. Ursula comes into the story when the narrator and Lettie go into the woods and find her. Lettie’s first conversation with Ursula is an argument, and I can’t imagine that that got them off to a good start.…
“Life isn’t fair, it’s just fairer than death, that’s all.” (Goldman). There are many examples of unfairness and death in the book, The Princess Bride. It contains way more than that though. The story contains “ a tale of true love and high adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, fencing, and a frightening assortment of wild beasts.”…
“Our crime has been to speak out for better working conditions.” (Diana Goss, 69). In Katherine Paterson’s novel Lyddie, the thirteen year old main character Lyddie (Lydia) Worthen, faces difficult challenges that she must overcome to reunite her scattered family. With a family of four children, a disappeared father and a queer mother, Lyddie has to take charge in her small Vermont farm.…