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.…
The men of war are not really men. They are boys expected to act like men, in the face of unknown danger. Called up from ROTC to serve in Vietnam, Jimmy Cross was unprepared maturely and did not believe in the war itself. Thus, as a lieutenant in the war, he endangers his men by being easily distracted.…
In contrast, the “other Wes Moore” grew up not knowing his father. Lacking a positive, adult, male figure could be the root of his rebellious behavior. The “other Wes Moore” however, did grow up with an older brother, Tony who influenced him tremendously. “Rule number one: if someone disrespects you, you send a message so fierce that they won’t have the chance to do it again”. Teaching Wes his ways of life, Tony unintentionally introduces aspects of violence to Wes and essentially condones them.…
In Tyler Perry’s House of Payne Season one, Episode one, the focus is on Uncle Curtis and his wife Ella’s family and how his house is being bothered by his young nephew’s (C.J) entire family that come to feed at his house, including Calvin his grownup son. Uncle Curtis home is visited daily by C.J’s two kids that come to feed. Malik, C.J’s son is being bully constantly at school by Nikki. Uncle Curtis ended up attending a conference at the school principal’s office. Upon arrival and realizing that the bully is a girl, Uncle Curtis was disappointed in Malik.…
Perry Edwards Smith is one of the murders of the clutter family. Smith believes that he is highly intelligent and is also artistic, and wishes that he could be educated. Smith is a short man with a large torso and small legs. Smith also injured his legs in a motorcycle accident. Richard Eugene Hitkock also murders the clutter family along with Smith.…
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.…
Spoken Task Will: Morning/afternoon Hayden, what’s been happening mate? Hayden: Ahh not much, what’s new?…
The Vietnam War started in 1959, causing 58,119 american deaths (Hickman). In “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, O’Brien describes how the rookie soldiers feel through the hard times of the war. All the soldiers are frightened, but refuse to show their inner fear. It is not until Ted Lavender, a new recruit to the group who actually shows his uneasiness, separates to use the restroom and gets shot. The squad consists of Jimmy Cross, the 24 year old lieutenant who is in charge, Mitchell Sanders, Kiowa, Henry Dobbins, Dave Jensen, Ted Lavender, Norman Bowker, and Rat Kiley.…
Tom Buchanan is labelled as a hulking, hyper-masculine, and aggressive. The way Nick describes him, he seems to be “one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterwards savours of anti-climax” (Fitzgerald 10). Tom is born into old money, and because of that, he is able to have many opportunities in life that benefited him such as his ability to go to Yale and receive such a high education. Also due to the fact that Tom had virtually no financial worries, he is able to live more of a carefree lifestyle that eventually led to his somewhat uncaring personality. While living nearly his entire life surrounded by those of similar upbringing, Tom has learned to be racist and proves it by even telling…
Even though he struggled, Thomas eventually became a favorable soldier and one of the most courageous, a lot like his once enemy, Trip. He was able to fight valiantly. Thomas was my favorite character because of the change he went through, and the great leaps he made as a soldier and a person. He went from one of the weakest and most fragile soldiers to one of the best and most courageous. He also became one of the most respected and idolized soldier, especially from Trip’s perspective.…
Risa Ward is undeniably against unwinding and hates everything related to unwinding. Risa is a runaway unwind which means she is supposed to be unwound, but runs away from the cops before they get to her. Risa is captured by the cops and is sent to talk to a middle aged woman. Behind the woman, Risa notices a young male around the age of 16. The male approaches Risa and Risa backs away in her wheelchair.…
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.…
The hero of Ulysses Everett McGill was a strong leader, but he also had many weaknesses. Even though Everett was a protagonist the sirens were a antagonist. Everett is a strong leader because he is leading two fearless men as they try to escape from the cops. Ulysses Everett McGill is an amazing leader because he takes care of the men, and looks after them they will try to help him find the treasure. As well as strengths he also have weaknesses Some weaknesses in the text are very small, but there are some the take a big part in the story.…
The Two Wes Moore’s and Their Different Choices President Mark Keenums statement about the other Wes Moore was completely true when he said “That’s what [The Other Wes Moore] is all about. Two people with virtually identical lives, the only difference between them being the choices they made. Their choices made all the difference” (Keenum). The Other Wes Moore is a novel about two people that grew up in the same neighborhood, however, had completely different outcomes. The Author, Moore had the better outcome in the story and the other Wes Moore did not turn out so well.…
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).…