Character Analysis of Marie from “Puppy” by George Saunders In the short story “Puppy” by George Saunders, Marie is driving to Callie’s house to purchase a puppy for her children, Josh and Abbie. Throughout the drive to Callie’s, Marie is trying to connect with her children but they are not interested. Once Marie makes it to Callie’s home, we can see how judgmental she is when she talks about the uncleanliness and disorganization. She decides against purchasing the puppy after seeing Bo, Callie’s son, chained to a tree.
To begin with, both Tan and Crutcher utilize characterization to pursue the shared theme, that a strong sense of self is crucial when under the pressure of the expectation of others. In “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan, Amy feels propelled to conform because she feels judged for not being “normal”. Tan states, “What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas” (2). Also, it’s obvious Amy was self-conscious about the Chinese style of cooking and in this sentence she’s self-conscious because she says, “For Christmas I prayed for this blond-haired boy, and a slim new American nose”(1). In the first quote, she was over thinking and doubting that Robert would not like “our shabby Chinese Christmas” though in the end she was correct about Robert
Amy Dunne is so unlikable because she shares traits with the classic male antagonist and she behaves very badly. She so fully betrays the trust of the reader by using her diary entries to manipulate both the reader and the media into believing she was a person that she is not as she puts on the mask of Diary Amy. How does she do this? One might ask, and embodying the “good” stereotypes places it upon women by a patriarchal society. Amy, however is, according to Sarah Appleton Aguiar in her book
Koly in Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan reminds me of Matilda in Matilda by Rhold Dahl because they both insist on learning and reading even though their families are against it. In Matilda, her family is against her learning because they are all more interested in money, food, and TV. Therefore, Matilda was unhappy with her life, so she chose to live with Mrs. Honey because she treasured education just as much as Matilda. On the other hand, Koly’s family is against her getting an education because of cultural reasons. Using what I know, I predict that Koly will become forlorn with her new life and husband, which will lead to her running away from home to get an education.
Lily Bart exhibits a penchant for addiction, which first manifested itself as gambling on card games. One of Lily Bart's character traits is her need to fit in with the upper-class society, even though she does not have the money for it. In fact, "for a long time [Lily] refused to play bridge" and simply observed others such as the young Ned Silverton develop an addiction to the game (26). However, in the last year she had found that her hostesses expected her to take a place at the card-table.
People shouldn't be judged by their culture, or religion, or how they look, people should be judged by the content inside of them. In the short story “ Names/ NOMBRES” by: Julia Alvarez, it talks about a spanish girl and her family, and how they are made fun of for their spanish names. In the short story “ Fish Cheeks” by: Amy Tan, it talks about how a chinese girl is embraced by her family's way of celebrating their chinese Christmas. Both stories show that sometimes your culture may be different than other peoples, but you should be proud of it and who you are.
It took a lengthy and embarrassing Christmas dinner, and many years after to make Amy discover that “the only shame you can have is to have shame. ”This remarkable quotation from Fish Cheeks shows that you must be yourself if it even makes you have shame because “the only shame you should have is to have shame. ”Also,this theme finally applies to when many middle schoolers hate something they like because “the cool kids” hate it. I believe there is no such idea like shame. The theme of having no shame applies to the author’s life as well as my life too.
J.D. Salinger’s short story A Perfect Day for Bananafish, is a war story in disguised , as it contains a sufficient amount of war imagery and references. The story, is about Seymour Glass, a WWII veteran, about how he loses his innocence after experiencing combat and how it affects him when he returns home. Its about how ordinary people go to war, and see things that changes them forever. To quote a WWII General, “There are no such things as extraordinary men who change events, there are only extraordinary events that change ordinary men.”
25, 26). The night continues with dinner, drinks, and indulgent activities, and the emotional conflict of discomfort and goodwill leads to a climax with late night television. The suspense is heightened when the narrator’s wife falls asleep and Robert says “We haven’t had a chance to talk. Know what I mean?” (par.
As a result, the present environment shapes Amy’s identity because Amy’s behaviour changes constantly so that she can adapt to those that surround her. Although it may be unintentional, Amy uses unconventional English with her mother in attempt to talk more like the way her mother talks. When Amy exclaims to her mother, “not waste money that way”, she is utilizing the same broken up English that her mother often uses (Tan 1). Although Amy’s mother understands English that “[Amy] cannot even begin to understand”,
Everyone sees the world through their eyes differently depending on the influences they have had in their life, especially with their culture. In Amy Tan’s novel the Joy Luck Club the protagonist Jing-Mei ( June) Woo as well as the other characters in the novel experience life in an on-going struggle with their culture identity. The author Amy Tan presents how the main character views others and the world using symbolism, flashbacks, and point of view. Symbolism within storytelling and objects were used to spread the idea of culture.
Beauty is a thing that cannot be measured by one single unit, it takes time to measure the beauty in things. In the poem, “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop, the poet talks about an experience that they had with a fish in a small pond, and how the fish help her understand beauty. Throughout the poem, the poet describes what they felt during their experience with this fish, and the beauty that they got out of it. Therefore, in this poem, the poet is suggesting that beauty can be found in many things. However, the poem also suggests that it takes time to actually see beauty and understand what beauty is.
" It was at this time, the husband “sees” Robert as a human with the same feeling, ideas and emotions as
Your Inner Fish In the book Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin, Dr. Shubin, a 55-year old paleontologist, explains how every living organism can somehow be drawn back to a common ancestor, and that we are all theoretically related. Shubin explains in depth about the “Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body,” and how we are all intertwined and connected back to the very first living organisms. Dr. Shubin bases a lot of the book on things he has found while looking for fossils, and things he had studied while in college, naming many different scientists and how they helped him to put together facts and puzzle pieces to write this book. You find that Doctor Shubin always relates his topics back to his personal story of expeditions
Social stigmas and stereotypes are built up through the many forms of media outlet and depict a generalization of certain people. Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl tears down many of these stigmas and stereotypes through her unique and dynamic characters. The main character of the novel, Amy Sullivan highlights deviancy through her dynamic actions with her split personality of the cool girl façade and her genuine vengeful character. Amy is deviant even in her cool girl guise at the beginning of the novel.
