...Christopher to me is a reliable character. I do believe that everything that he tells us is true because I think that he doesn’t understand everything that goes on in life. Christopher proves his validity with all the letters he added to his book from his mother. When Christopher retells us the conversation he has had with Mrs. Alexander about finding the truth about his mother, in particular when Christopher says, “Do you mean that they were doing sex?”, I was reassured that he was a character that I could trust. The minor characters within the story reinforce to me the fact that Christopher doesn’t really know when he has said too much. I feel as though what would be hurtful or shocking to most individuals isn’t to Christopher since he cannot...
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...In Stand by Me the four main characters are all going through emotional rollercoasters, from obsession over a lost jar of pennies to thinking about getting away from their home town. The journey the boys go on is not to just see a dead body but to find their selves. Get away from their home situations and have a friend to confined in, especially Chris and Gordy. These four boys build strong friendships that they’ll remember for a lifetime. They all have different home or emotional situations they are going through and it helps us better understand the importance of friends at this age. Teddy’s father is in a mental institution; he is known around town as a loony. He once tried to burn off Teddy’s ear, but even though that happened Teddy still...
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...The Game In “The-Hand-Me-Downs,” by Joey Poole introduced a character with great intrigue. Simon is a young man who has a kind soul who is ignorant of the harsh facts of life. The events surrounding a summer with his older brother changes his inherent nature. Through the game that was invented by his older brother Ricky, Simon rises from his subservient position. Simon now exhibits the behavioral traits that are evident in his older brother Ricky. At the beginning of the story Simon can be seen covering the face of the doll with his toe while before turning off the water spigot, inferring that he can’t look at what has been done to her out of respect. He lacks understanding of what it means to be raped when informed of the girl who lived in...
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...The novel Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya is a powerful story about a young boy named Antonio who lived in New Mexico in the 1940s with his family and an old, magical woman named Ultima who guides him through his transition from childhood. Antonio is a young boy who confronts difficult issues that blur the lines of right and wrong regarding religion and his family’s cultures. He is deciding between his default religion of Christianity and pagan ideologies, and he is being pressured to decide who he wants to be regarding his parent’s expectations. Antonio is doing a lot of moral questioning, and as the church repeatedly fails to answer his questions, he is learning moral independence to make his own decisions with his beliefs. He is increasingly...
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...In the novel ,Black Like Me,the atonishing authore John Howard Grfifn had used and displayed many differen t techniques and seconday characters tto build drama and sussense.He also creates and uses it to inteart with readers.For example whenhe usesd imaginary ords to describes the first time he has seen hksef as a black man and get very emotional as to what he looked like in the presnece.Also he uses secondary characters during the time when a blavk counterman had given Grffin advice o being a black.Additioally,John Howard Grffina quoted a stament from a black preacher tht was truly important and menaingful which involves both a sedodary character and a certain technique.John HowRD Griifin had concluded that those who strugle are the ones with joyful harts and smiles that never turn upside down rather than those who areenviosu and cold hearted. Grifffin had often written sentences in the novel using imagery thoughts and wordsFor instance he used imagery in the quotes hat had states”IN the flood of light againeest whitr tile,the face and shoulders of a stranger ,a freee ,bald,vety dark Negro-gared ar me from the glass.He in no way resembed me.THe tranfrmation was tota ad...
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...Bless Me Ultima In-class Essay Rewrite Not everyone gets to decide the life of the people around them; however everyone decides the path they get to create in their own life. As a child Antonio was taught that god punished the evil and rewarded the good. HIs teachings became doubtful when Florence told him, “How could god let this happen to a kid? I never asked to be born. But he gives me birth, a soul and puts me here to punish me.” (pg 196) This helps Antonio reflect on some questions he wanted answered such as, “Why was the murder of Narciso allowed? Why was evil allowed?”(pg 196). This is essential to the plot because it demonstrates how Antonio is beginning to doubt if God is real and if he wants to follow in the footsteps of a priest....
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...All of us, healthy or sick, are going to die someday it is inevitable; however, we don’t know when that day will come. Although most of us are left to wonder, some people have horrendous, incurable, life-changing diseases that makes them get closer to their finish line. This group of people should be entitled to know when their day will, thus they should be informed by their doctor. Lives could end in a blink of an eye; therefore, we live life to the fullest. On the contrary, humans with life threatening diseases don’t have the option to wait longer for a beautiful experience, so they should take advantage of their time left. For example, in the book, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Greg finds out his ex-friend has leukemia. As a result, his mom insists he becomes good friends with Rachel so she can have someone for her last months. Greg does as insisted and becomes great friends with Rachel and introduces his best friend to her. They formed a group of an amazing friendship;in addition, Greg and Earl did anything to make Rachel smile. For instance, they made videotapes that Rachel enjoyed until her very last moment. Although...
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...The Part Greg’s Character Development is Discussed Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a story that showcases the life of a self-loathing high school teenager, Greg Gaines, who displays an extreme lack of confidence. Greg is a kid who uses strategic defense tactics to remain “invisible” to society, in order to survive the harsh horrors of high school. His life changes however, very quickly when he meets a girl named Rachel Kushner; a girl dying of leukemia that goes to school with Greg. Prior to meeting her, his only friend was Earl, who he only considers to be a “co-worker”, because of the “worst films in the world” they produce together. It is undeniable that Greg’s biggest character development relates to his growth in maturity,...
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...Don’t Call Me Ishmael In the novel Don’t Call Me Ishmael by Michael Gerard Bauer, one of the characters, James Scobie is represented as an intelligent and quirky, fearless and confident student. But as we read on we find out that there is a secret that stops Scobie from feeling fear and it comes back later in the story as a repercussion which results in Ishmael and the rest of the debating team having to improvise. Scobie is an intelligent but unusual sort of character as he is extremely smart but has an unusual habit of screwing up his face and doing abnormal things involving his face. From the moment he arrives at St Daniels he is described in hurtful and unflattering words. The face that Barry Bagsley made when he saw Scobie walk into the class was “like a kid that had just been given a Christmas present” (p57). Bauer uses metaphors such as “with his face writhing and his tongue popping in and out like a moray eel” (p59). The use of metaphors such as these give the reader an image of Scobie and how and what he...
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...In the novel by Rudolfo Anaya Bless Me, Ultima, he writes about the complex, confusing, and unsettling process of a young boy finding this faith. In this novel, one of the main characters is an elderly woman called Ultima, the Curandara is central to Antonio, the young boy’s quest to find his faith. Supernatural, magic, and miracles are part of the Mexican culture and people like young Antonio Marez. The scholarly article in the journal, Atenea, by Holly E Martin, “Hybrid Voices in the Borderlands: Translation and Reconstruction of Mexican Image in Rudolfo Anaya”, analyzes the supernatural culture of the Mexican people. For example the legend of La Llorona , also known as the weeping woman. The stories o La Llorona is said to be of an Native American woman that had three kids with a Spaniard man how didn’t wan to marry her since she was a foreign woman. So he preferred to marry a Spanish woman instead. Out of sadness, grief and depression the Native American women drowned her three kids in the river then committed suicide. (Martin 63) There are so many variation to the story of La Llorona some...
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...At the end of Daniel P. Deneau's article, he uses APA style, which means it is formatted for academic documents such as journals and books. At the end of Daniel P. Deneau article not only did he cite his work he used notes as references to further his credibility as well. The intended audience for this reading was for students to the sophisticated. It was intended for everyone. Daniel P. Deneau uses descriptive words and metaphors in his text to get the readers to understand more to what he is trying to convey to them. Daniel P. Deneau's subject of the text is Mrs. Mallard and her many emotions that she is having from the news of her husband's sudden death. Daniel P. Deneau uses many descriptions when describing the setting and the scenery...
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...PhD THESIS COMMITEE ACKNOWLEGDEMENT This thesis could have never been done without the help and contributions of many people that I am very thankful to. First of all, I would like to express my deepest acknowledge to my supervisor, Dr. Ho Thi Bich Van – lecturer at Business Administration School, Ho Chi Minh City International University for her unbelievable and unreserved support, enthusiastic and valuable advices. She is a wonderful teacher who has taught and encouraged me from the beginning of this task till the end. Again, I want to say “Thank You Very Much” to my advisor for all she has done for me. Then, I would like to express my earnest appreciation to the professors and lecturers of Business Administration School for their guiding me in during my academic years at International University. I have been assisted very much in the accomplishment of this thesis by the knowledge and skills that I have learned. Finally, to my parents who were enjoying and sharing with me all happiness and difficulties during my...
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...University of Tennessee, Knoxville Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 12-2009 Peeking Out: A Textual Analysis of Heteronormative Images in Prime-Time Television D. Renee Smith University of Tennessee - Knoxville, drsmith@utk.edu Recommended Citation Smith, D. Renee, "Peeking Out: A Textual Analysis of Heteronormative Images in Prime-Time Television. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2009. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/10 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact trace@utk.edu. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by D. Renee Smith entitled "Peeking Out: A Textual Analysis of Heteronormative Images in Prime-Time Television." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in Communication and Information. Catherine A. Luther, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: Michelle T. Violanti, Suzanne Kurth, Benjamin J. Bates Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice...
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...Assignment: Character Analysis Worksheet Name: Assignment total: 30 marks Part 1: Questions about the character. They may not all apply. Point form answers are fine. 20 marks 1. When does the character live? Past, present or future? Future 2. Where does the character live? In the country, the city, the suburbs…? Suburbs 3. What is the socioeconomic background of my character? A middle class socioeconomic background. 4. What is a typical day for my character like? Obeying and following orders for now.. 5. Who else heavily influences my character? Members of the gang. 6. What is my character’s biggest life goal? Become the master, take charge of things 7. What is the primary emotion my character has throughout this story? Anger 8. What other emotions are affecting my character underneath that emotion? Rage, over thinking, hate towards others. 9. Does my character have mental or emotional difficulties, illnesses or tics? Yes 10. What kind of self-esteem does my character have? Low 11. How does my character relate to the outside world? Involved in a lot of things such as gangs and follows orders and does what he is told What props or scenic elements does my character relate to within the story? X 12. How do those props/scenic elements develop my character? Make him stronger 13. What emotion should the audience feel toward my character? Sympathy, hate, friendly? 14. In the beginning of the story, what do we discover...
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...class, as it was our primary learning source in the discussions we had about Hamlet. This source is unlike my other sources, due to the fact that it is the base text for my work. From this source, I can learn how Ophelia slowly fell into madness, and what events helped lead up to her peak of insanity in the play. This helps develop my essay, because it is the main source that I will be using in relation to my other research sources. Considering that this is my base text, it is relatable to both my thesis and my arguments, in that it is the source that first showed us of Ophelia’s insanity due to her male dominated social up-coming. "Hamlet By William Shakespeare Character Analysis Ophelia." Hamlet: Ophelia. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 April 2014. This text is an essay that describes the thought behind the character of Ophelia in Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. This essay contains...
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