Joe and Warren have a nice conversation about what happened and Joe forgives Warren. A few months later Warren Tracey dies and Joe comes to his funeral. Joe tells Paul to write a story about what happened. The novel ends with the beginning of the story of “Calico Joe” by Paul
In this movie, Joe is immensely fortunate as the villagers are always there for him when he is in the most menacing circumstances. In one incident, the Devine sends its minions to subjugate Joe’s cow and tries to accuse Joe for allowing his cow to graze the grass of the Federal Government. When Joe attempts to get back his cow, he is threatened with gun by one of the minions. However, he is rescued by the villagers just in time. Besides, Joe also successfully escapes from death when one of the villagers comes to his assist when Kyril Montana attempts to kill him.
Joe is a caring person who loves simon and wants to be there for him. In the movie at a ball game Simon was up to bat and Joe was the only one cheering him on. Joe still loves simon even though Simon killed his mother. When Joe found out who his father was he didn’t want to believe it was the preacher. The preacher had treated Simon so badly.
He represents his love for the sport by showing up to his practices and putting the time and effort in. Joe also did not complain in the book showing that he was resilient enough to continue and do what he loved. When his teammates began leaving the team due to irregular weather conditions Joe continued to stay indestructible and continue on with his practices. He had to deal with the emotional and physical toll of the sport and his family life. He had gone through rejection, depression, and soreness.
Joe’s life had changed right before his eyes, just like a lot of Americans lives and the Jews in Germany during the early 1930s. Millions of people were displaced during the tumultuous times of the
After hearing her say this about him Joe slaps Janie, which isn’t something a good husband would do. This situation is what causes the marriage to really go downhill, and soonafter Joe gets sick and he dies, while still fighting with Janie and overall being a bad
Joe forced her to tie her hair up in rags so the attention would be on him, not her. He became very impatient and crushed her on his way to the top. b. Logan came and sweet talked her. He made her feel like she could be young again. c. Joe differs from the others because of his dexter inaction to be powerful no matter what.
He discovers that his limbs had been amputated, most of his face he was left without. Joe cannot speak, nor can he hear, the only mode of communication he has is, a choppy version of Morse code, where he uses every ounce of his strength he has left, to tap out a message with his head. Additionally, Joe's emotional state is affected by war. Joe is only able to relive his past, in his mind.
He is alone; he has no job opportunity in Washington because Roy has died. But Joe is happy. Joe has finally faced unlocked that “hidden thing” and he has embraced it. Joe’s secret exists no more, and he gains that confidence and sureness that he was missing. Although Joe loses everyone else, he finds himself.
“He wanted her submission and he’d keep on fighting until he felt he had it.” (71) Eventually, “The years took all the fight out of Janie’s face. For a while she thought it was gone from her soul.” (76). Whether Janie would have ever been able to gather the courage to leave her abuser is questionable, but as fate would have it Joe died.
In chapter one, Joe is order by captain Augustino to drive Dr. Oppenheimer, Oppy, around and listen in onto his conversations and report back to him, making him an informer (6). Later in chapter 4 we learn that Mr. Augustino suspects Oppy of being a communist spy (38). We learn Joe is scoundrel because he was locked up for sleeping with an officer’s wife (4). He later ends up sleeping with Augustino’s wife (29). We learned that Joe use to be a fighter in the ring (55).
Later in the novel, Joe is diagnosed with a failure in his
When Joe was about ten years old, the only life he really knew was drugs, sex, and stealing money. His parents worked everyday all day, so he was never able to look to his parents for when he needed help. By the age twelve, he had dropped out of school and was behind bars many times. As years went on, Joe became high in the Vice Lords and was one of the leaders for his group. He began to use heroin and became obsessed with the stealing business.
This is a reflection of who Joe was in the beginning of the book, where he was just another kid with no worries. It is ironic because of who Joe has developed into and what he's been through. However, by the end of the chapter, Joe is portrayed as a child who is dependent on his parents to bring him back home. His young age is an obstacle but it also provides some protection as he would be tried as a juvenile and no one really suspects him. 13-year-old Joe is already making well-advanced decisions that no regular 13-year-old would be making at this age.
Although he is set to be released in less than two years, he does not obtain the help he needs while in prison, where he has resided for almost three decades. It is a devastating story because most people do not understand the help he needs. It's the people who would surprise you the most that do. One of Joe’s Inmates noticed Joe’s severe mental disability, “An inmate incarcerated with Joe writes to EJI about Joe's abuse and his disability" (“Joe Sullivan Character Analysis” N.P.). This inmate realized that Joe does not deserve to be in prison, but instead needs help getting out so that he can receive the help that he needs.
