Fathers and Sons

Martina Jana B. Ignacio HUM014 Homework A) Todd Anderson is the protagonist because among the new members of the Dead Poets' Society, he showed the most improvement. He was different from the first time he was showed as a cast compared with the last scene in the movie. Mr. Nolan is the antagonist because ever since the start of the film/movie, he had been acting as a strict authority that hindered the members of the Dead Poets' Society. B) The rising action is when Neil perry started to recruit…

Truc Tran “Dialectic Journal for Book of Choice” “Quote(s) (with page number)” “Category(ies)” “Commentary” “He looked at it for a moment, picked it up, brought it to his mother and very carefully handed it to her, by which he meant what no man can guess and no child can remember to tell.” (pg. 13) Question, evaluate (Q) What is it about the egg that fascinates Ulysses? (E) The author is establishing the fact that Ulysses is young and very innocent. “They played the song for Marcus, wherever he…

reinforced with time. In “Wordsmith” the father is trying to build his relationship by fixing his daughter’s broken house. In the story “The Gold Mountain Coat", the boys are struggling and facing the challenges while trying to earn their father's permission to spend hard-worked money.The relationships between the fathers and children within the stories could be stronger; it needs repair. The story by Judy Fong-Bates, the struggle between the father and his children is that his child would…

As it is with any good text, Gloria Anzaldua’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” employs several rhetorical modes, sometimes simultaneously. Each excerpt can be broken down to reveal the rhetorical modes in each one. Her first excerpt opens with a personal tale from her childhood. This is an example of narrative writing. The characters, plot, theme, and conflict are clearly laid out, as well as the point Anzaldua is trying to make. The second excerpt in the essay uses the definition mode. Anzaldua…

entire book. Mr. Swieteck is a dynamic character in several ways. To start it off, on page eleven it says “What a stupid thing to give you in the summer...Get in the freaking car”. Next, on page 347 it says “He opened the door...and he came in... My father handed Joe Pepitone’s Jacket to me”. These two quotes show how Doug’s dad was really mean at the beginning ,and then at…

that immediately. It is about the relationship between a father and his child. It demonstrates the love a father has for his child, the sacrifices the father makes in order to ensure his child's well being, and how ignorant and ungrateful the child is at the time. In the poem "Those Winter Sundays" it is clear the speaker is looking back at the time when he was a child, recounting the events of a typical Sunday during the Winter. His father, tired after working all week, would get up early just…

Theodore Aloysius Huxtable is the third child and only son of the Huxtables. He is a character like mischievous and sporty character. He represented the typical American student as it is. Short hair made the role look more impressive. He has a relationship with a girl named Justine which has been mentioned many times in the whole series. Theo is outgoing and hopeful. Theodore Aloysius Huxtable is serious and mischievous. Firstly, Theo has his values in his life. In the episode “Pilot,” Theo…

“Everything Stuck to Him” Literary Analysis “Everything Stuck to Him” is a short story in which Raymond Carver, the author, presents a father telling his daughter a story of him and his wife when the daughter was a baby. The symbolism help expand the story in many ways, such having a change between the seasons; showing a symbolism of boyhood to manhood. Carver uses indirect characterizations to add to the development of the piece. Not only that, but the story is a frame story, a story within a…

role model to look up to in their lives. Young men, especially, need a good man to admire and try to be like. Sometimes we have dads or uncles or grandfathers who are good, but other times we have to look outside our families. Even boys with good fathers, sometimes prefer to look to famous people. Sports heros and actors are popular choices. Two sportsmen who are worthy of being called role models, and maybe even heroes, for their work outside of baseball are Sammy Sosa and Roberto Clemente.…

matures. Before a character can come of age, he or she must have a rite of passage. Rite of passage is when a ceremonial event occurs. The movie is about Will Stoneman and his struggles during a dangerous race. In the beginning of the movie, Will’s father drowns when the ice breaks over a frozen river. The farm is running low on money and Will convinces his mother to let him enter into a dangerous dog…