The author of Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli, used thoughts, dialogue, and actions to explain Amanda’s character trait clearly. Here are the things Amanda said, did, and thought to show how she is smart. To begin with, Amanda showed how she is smart by doing this in the book, “Books all right. Both sides of the suitcase crammed with them.
“We don’t grow when things are easy, we grow when we face challenges” (picturequotes.com). When people overcome challenges in the world they become a better person. They learn skills to help them in the future. This quote relates to Brent because without overcoming his challenges when making the whirligigs he would not be able to transform. In the book Whirligig by Paul Fleischman, he portrays that Brent faces many challenges in the making of the whirligigs which helps him to transform.
Into The Wild was a tremendous story which Shaun Callarman did not have many positive things to say about Chris McCandless, the main character. He went on this adventure to find out what life is all about in his own eyes. He wanted to see how different living in the wild really was compared to society because he was not satisfied with his living arrangements and household. Shaun’s quote says that he thinks “Chris McCandless was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense, and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness.
Have you ever been judged by some and have gotten hurt? Have you ever judged based on their look? Well judging someone based on their look or appearance is not a good thing to do. In the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, with main characters Max and Kevin , the theme of the story is to never judge a book by it’s cover. To begin with, not judging someone by their appearance can be a little difficult especially if they look different or unique, like Kevin.
When I hear the words friendship can overcome any obstacle, I think of two main characters who demonstrated this theme. In the book Freak the Mighty, two boys named Max and Kevin became friends. Kevin had an illness called Morquio Syndrome which is a rare form of dwarfism with serious consequences. In Rodman Philbrick’s realistic fiction novel, Freak the Mighty, two important themes were friendship can overcome any obstacle and have trust in others. In Freak the Mighty, the author presents the thematic idea that friendship can overcome any obstacle.
In the musical “Little Shop of Horrors,” Davis Weaver plays the antagonist role of Orin Scrivello, the cringey, sadistic dentist and abusive boyfriend of Audrey. I was particularly impressed with Weaver’s versatility as an actor, being that he plays five different roles throughout the musical. Additionally, Weaver’s various vocal tones, postures, facial expressions, tactics, movements and gestures, and use of props effectively reveals Orin’s superobjective and allows Weaver to be as believable as this character possibly can be given the circumstances. I felt that Weaver believably integrated Orin’s internal struggles with his violent background and history of abuse into his external performance, conveying an emotionally unstable character.
After reading Freak The Mighty Many topics and themes came up such as Conflict and Coping,Prison Rehabilitation and Chivalry all of these topics showed great importance into the development of the story and advanced the plot line. Starting with how the Max and Kevin dealt with conflict,how Killer Kane came back into society and how kevin used his imagination to become king arthur. Conflict and coping one huge theme that came up in the story is conflict is arguments or circumstances other people disagree on. Tension is a kind of conflict,There are many different types of therapy for conflict including,Cognitive behavioral therapy, psychotherapy, family therapy, group therapy, interpersonal therapy and so on. People that move forward deal much
In almost all films and novels of any genre, evil does not and cannot triumph. This is the case in both “Jekyll and Hyde” and “The Shining” wherein evil is represented as a force that ultimately causes its own demise. Both antagonists commit suicide due to being overcome by their better nature. In “The Shining” Jack Torrance is on the verge of murdering his son, until “the face in front of him changed” and “the mallet began to rise and descend, destroying the last of Jack Torrance’s image”. This suggests that violent people meet violent ends.
Robert Bogdan raises many interesting points in this article, concerning the nature of the term ‘freaks’ and what it meant to be one in the nineteenth and twentieth century in comparison to now. He draws his knowledge from many sources, which he references, on how those of mental and physical abnormalities in the circus business not only categorized themselves, from those who were pure in their abnormalities to those who created their own freakish nature, but also how they viewed ‘outsiders’. The way in which this article is written, I feel, it is intended for the common man to understand what life was like for handicapped persons in early America. They were seen as impure, unnatural, and well, freaks. Bogdan refers to two different kinds of
Whether we are women, children, or men we all have voices. No one’s opinion is more important than the other. Some people like to think their voices matter more than others, so they shut them down. The men in the book like to think they are completely in charge, and rule the town of Tarker Mills. To be listened to you must be an adult male, because even as a male child you will not be heard.
However, despite being “unsure of their futures, with nowhere to direct their anger and no one to assuage their fears” (GEN X – SITE SOURCE), the characteristic of Generation X which really draws parallels to Palahniuk’s novel is the high divorce rate of the time. The impact of an influential feminized society is yet again bolstered by the norm of a woman being in complete control as a result of fathers leaving the household. In the novel, Jack mentions his absent father, and thus begins seeing a father figure in Tyler after having lacked strong male models whilst growing up. To the cohort of members in Fight Club feeling effeminate as a result, Tyler concludes that they are a “generation of men raised by women” (PAGE), further nourishing the men’s desire to fight and express their wrath to regain their identities. Due to their upbringing, the men in Fight Club lack a masculine portrayal, and hence idealize Tyler as the sole example of what masculinity should be.
In the book "Everything Everything" the author, Nicola Yoon, expresses a central idea throughout the book. In the first chapter readers see the main character, Madeline Whittier, starts a journal. As the story progresses we learn Madeline in sick. She is very sick in fact that she can't go outside her air sealed home. Madeline starts to message her new neighbor across the street.
In the year 1960, the Civil Rights Movement activity was at its highest, and it was also a pivotal concern to jazz musicians. One of the many jazz musicians that was strongly involved in the movement for integration during the African-American protest movement is Max Roach. Roach was a teacher, activist, bandleader, composer, but more importantly, one of the most influential musicians in jazz. The growing political events of 1960 were the reason that led him to respond and established many of the issues debated during the Civil Rights Movement through a jazz album released on Candid Records in 1960. The album, We Insist!, is composed of five selections concerning the Emancipation Proclamation and the increasing African Independence movements
“Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie In Sherman Alexie’s autobiographical essay, he uses an extended metaphor to compare and contrast himself and a fictional character Superman. Illustrations that was used by Alexie made a huge impact on this essay. It helps the readers better understand what is being said in Alexie’s “Superman and Me”. On this essay, Alexie mentions how he can see his family being a paragraph. Also, one of an extended metaphor that was used is how Superman and Alexie broke down the doors.
1. author, title, year and topic "The Hound of the Baskerville" was first published in 1901 in England. The novel is a detective story, with the main protagonists Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. It was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was a famous writer in the 20th Century. Doyle is commonly known for the characters he created.
