They have contrasting personalities. Nevertheless, they became best friends with Ron Weasley. While Harry is brave enough to follow his curiosity and save the philosopher’s stone, Hermione is afraid that they will receive severe punishments. Whereas Hermione is thoughtful and considers the consequences, Harry does not mind breaking rules and being more carefree. Hermione is also the brightest and the smartest witch in her year level, but Harry is not as intelligent, needing help from his friend to keep track on exam.…
Scholarship Boy, who feels isolated from his family even when in the same room, still has the benefit of proud and involved parents encouraging him to do well. Although his family doesn’t understand him, they are proud and attempt to be involved with his schoolwork. Finally, Susan Diranian’s article gives solid resources to back up the claim that parents who are interested and involved in their children’s education have children who are better adjusted with better…
For instance, during social studies class at Reardan, Mrs. Jeremy mocked Junior for all his family troubles that forced him to not come to school. But, Junior's friend Gordy "was protecting me like Rowdy used to protect me" (Alexie 143). Gordy’s braveness to stand up for Junior and communicate this important message to the teacher on behalf of Junior, not everybody lives peaceful lives confirms a relationship with Gordy supports Junior socially and academically. Despite genuine efforts from Rowdy that indicate affliction, Gordy executes preeminent mentorship due to his acceptance of others and for standing up during important times. These friendship changes exist for the benefit of Junior and would help Junior achieve his dreams.…
The reader can notice that the stories are most alike because of the conflicts and themes within them. Both stories deal with themes of trust, sacrifice, family and abuse. When looking at the themes of trust in both books the reader sees both books are very alike. In A List of Cages, the author shows how Adam has to gain Julians trust and how Julian doesn’t trust many people and has a hard time doing so, but in the end learns a valuable lesson from Adam. In Your Voice is all I Hear, the author shows how April gains Jonah’s trust, but loses it when she turns Jonah’s hidden notebook into his psychologist.…
This conversation between Junior and Rowdy demonstrate how their friendship is still strong, even though all the problems that they went through. Rowdy “hated” Junior, he did not want to see him anymore nor be his friend. Junior was depressed because of that, but Rowdy proved to him that after one year he still had feelings for his best friend. Alexie emphasizes the meaning of true friendship. He demonstrates how human beings behave when they have problems with their friends, and how in the end they reconcile and show loyalty to each…
While examining Khaled Hosseini 's extraordinary novel The Kite Runner, the reader will be surprised by the vivid and engaging events created by the main characters; Amir and Hassan. The astonishing story about these two boys leaves a sense of anticipation throughout the novel as to whether or not Amir 's mistake will completely destroy Amir and Hassan 's childhood friendship. Hosseini creatively weaves comparisons and contrasts into his entire novel in order to portray Amir and Hassan 's similarities and differences. Although Amir and Hassan are childhood playmates, Hosseini 's theme throughout the book is that forgiveness is essential in order to preserve a friendship. Although Amir and Hassan were friends, they had their differences.…
Friendship is one of the best thing of our life, and a good friend is someone who help one another to overcome obstacles and achieve goals together. Plus, a good friend will not help their friend to do bad things, more specifically not report a friend cheating in the test. By not speaking up to report, they unintentionally invade their friends or even contribute to close the friendship. Laura points out the incident that she had with her best friend Jeff when she did not report him cheating “Interestingly, Jeff and I are no longer very close. Whenever I see him, I have the same reaction Henry Louis Gates Jr. had when he met Mr. Wilson after he had insulted his father: ‘I never gain look[him] in the eye’ ”(78).…
It is at this point, that Scout finally understands that Radley's intentions were not evil but good. Through his act of heroism, Radley is accepted as a friend. “Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbours give in return.…
In the specific scene of Perks of Being a Wallflower, Sam, Charlie’s best friend, asks him “Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we 're nothing? (Chbosky Perks)” taking into consideration Charlie response with what he had learned “We accept the love we think we deserve? (Chbosky Perks)”. Sam does not make the best choices when it comes to relationships, but she does have the intention in the movie to prove a point, why do we and the ones we love choose the ones who treat us like we’re nothing, like we do not even exist? For instance, in a relationship if a man or woman is chasing after the person they are in love with, to have an affectionate relationship, but they do not have enough confidence in themselves, the person they love seems distant from them, if they have confidence or self-respect they will get that from their loved one.…
Finally, The Scarlet Letter, also written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, displays that the people of his time valued intention over action. Three characters in the book show this: the child Pearl, the “protagonist” Dimmesdale, and the “antagonist,” Chillingworth. Pearl’s willingness to harm is displayed much more prominently, and treated as the problem instead her ability to harm. Hester’s incredibly poor attempts at mothering are forgiven because she is trying to be a good mother Chillingworth sees himself as in the right because he has only done good since entering the town, yet is doing said good for bad…