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Firstly, general Zaroff has a very attractive and compelling presence which masks his evil nature. After Rainsford knocks on the door and it opens general Zaroff immediately shakes Rainsford’s hand to make him feel welcome. At first general Zaroff seems like a kind, intelligent and pleasant man. The narrator says, “Rainsford’s first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general’s face” (Connell 4). This statement indicates that since the general was very handsome it makes Rainsford feel very welcome.
Has anyone in your family or any close loved ones ever kept a secret away from you? In the novel The Marino Mission, in the beginning of the book we meet Alexa who goes to visit Nicaragua with her mother than later on finds herself in a sticky situation. Alexa’s mission is Difficult. Alexa’s mission is clandestine.
“Envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide” (370). In A Separate Peace By John Knowles, the main character Gene is jealous of the other main character Finny. Gene is a boy going to a boarding school. He is really smart, but he had this friend, his best friend Finny, and he is jealous of him. A Separate Peace demonstrates how Gene’s envy and imitation of Finny affects him, affects his relationship with finny, and Gene’s achievement.
There are lots of characteristics that one must learn tactics for survival while on the front line during the war, these traits decide between life and death. In order to survive, Mueller, in All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque portrays him as crude, unthoughtful, and reluctant. There are many words that describe the way he treats others, at times he does not consider what he is saying; he tends to speak before he thinks. He “is rather crude and tactless” due to how he spoke to others, he tends to step out of his place (Remarque 14). Being involved in war may have shaped him to be this way, although this is one of his highly notable traits.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that, “envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide.” (370). John Knowles’ A Separate Peace is set during World War I at Devon School, a boarding school for boys. The book centers on Gene Forrester, a student at Devon, who could be described as an intelligent, but jealous, conformist. A Separate Peace illustrates Gene’s envy and imitation of his friend, Finny, and how it affects himself and his relationship with Finny, and also how Gene eventually finds peace.
In this episode, Marge takes a job as a police officer, thus moving out of the traditionally feminized domestic space of the home and into the traditionally masculinized public space of the law. At the onset of the episode, we see that downtown Springfield is a crime-ridden area. As Homer and Marge leave a local theater, they stumble upon the petty thief Snake conducting a three-card-monte game on the sidewalk. Homer is naive enough to think he can win, but Snake quickly steals his money and runs off. In a sudden and very surprising move, Marge boldly gives chase; unfortunately, she pursues him into a blind alley, where he turns and pulls out a knife.
In the year 1914, a war started that would turn innocent people against each other, and have aftermaths that include thousands of people dead due to new equipment like tanks, gas attacks, and hand-to-hand combat. In this war there was a soldier named Paul Bäumer who is a German nineteen year old who has made friends that will last a lifetime during this experience, but has also felt immense pain. His daily routine is to sleep, eat, and fight in the trenches, and he experiences death every day. Most soldiers view death as a recurring event, but Paul views it as wretchedness, which makes him different from others by caring about his comrades more than others. Paul shows many qualities through this experience of being a soldier in the First World War, and he learns what is necessary in life, which takes some people years to figure out.
Character Essay ‘A Rose for the Anzac Boys’ by Jackie French holds a very interesting character, Anne. Anne is an upper class citizen who was determined to be married off like her other sisters. Her parents wanted it done in the first season but Anne has one problem. Spots. With this imperfection, Anne has a low self-esteem and confidence.
Tjaden, a character from All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, is a young, cunning soldier in World War I who symbolizes the coward who uses humor to ease his fear. With the largest appetite out of all his friends and a resentment towards his training officer, Himmelstoss, Tjaden shows the least amount of concern about the war. However, Tjaden has a weakness: “Tjaden wets the bed, he does it at night in his sleep” (45). This fault in Tjaden’s playful character could show the true fear he is covering up with his humor. Tjaden is a young man and has the right to be afraid, but with his confident personality, he is unwilling to show his terror.
Henry throughout the story has proved to be a hero by inspiring confidence in his comrades, doing the most dangerous job in the civil war, and leading his comrades to victory. When people read The Red Badge of Courage they either think Henry is a hero or a coward. In the book Henry picked up the flag from a wounded comrade, which proved his couragousness. Henry lead his teammates into battle showing them peace was on the other side. Henry also guided his regiment to take the other flag bearer, and taking several prisoners of war.
In the novel Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng introduces her reader to a Chinese American Family living in Ohio in the 1970s. The parents, James and Marilyn Lee, push their child Lydia to fulfill the dreams that they themselves aren’t able to pursue. At first Lydia is able to keep her parents happy by living up to their expectations but as time progresses, the expectations start to build up. In order to live up to her parents’ expectations and keep them happy, Lydia begins to lead a life of lies which eventually leads to her death. Marilyn pushes Lydia into pursuing the dream of becoming a doctor which she herself isn’t able to do.
The war novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque depicts one protagonist, Paul, as he undergoes a psychological transformation. Paul plays a role as a soldier fighting in World War I. His experiences during the war are not episodes the average person would simply experience. Alternatively, his experiences allow him to develop into a more sophisticated individual. Remarque illustrates these metamorphic experiences to expose his theme of the loss of not only people’s lives but also innocence and tranquility that occurs in war.
In the novel, Tomorrow When The War Began, by John Marsden is about eight teenagers who confronted a situation that is out of their security and are trying to save their families. Fi, Homer, and Ellie are few of the characters that showed courageousness in the novel; finding out their unknown courage, taking risks, and not giving up to everything that happens. It is some of John Marsden’s message about courage. The characters also demonstrate it while they were in conflict with the soldiers who invaded their town and imprison their families in the Showground. Courage is what Ellie has that she never thought she had.
In the book Shooting Kabul by N. H. Senzai, Fadi runs into some obstacles in his way of finding Mariam. One of the obstacles Fadi runs into is that he is discriminated because he is Muslim. Another obstacle Fadi encounters is money and that his family does not have a lot of it. One of the last obstacles Fadi runs into is the situation in Afghanistan. All of the obstacles Fadi runs into, slow him down from finding Mariam and bringing her home.
To be trapped in one's own mind may be the worst prison imaginable. In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper", the narrator of the story is constantly at battle with many different forces, such as John, her husband, the yellow wallpaper that covers the walls of her room, and ultimately herself. Throughout the story the narrator further detaches herself from her life and becomes fixated on the yellow wallpaper that surrounds her in her temporary home, slowly driving her mad. The narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a major and dynamic character as she is the main character of the story, and throughout the story her personality and ways of thinking change drastically.
