Everything is unique in one way or another. That was Shannon L. Alder was implying. In Joan Bauer’s short story “A Letter From The Fringe‚” the protagonist Dana and her friend Sally constantly gets bullied by the antagonists Doug Booker and Charlie Bass at Bronley High School. They are not fitting the standards given to them by society. Dana wants to speak up not just for herself and Sally‚ but everyone who sits at the Fringe Table. The people at the Fringe Table are labeled as social outcasts by the other
Premium Short story Symbol Friendship
Character Analysis: Odysseus Smart‚ yet Arrogant In books 9-12 of Homer’s The Odyssey‚ Odysseus shows three prominent character traits: quick-wittedness‚ hubris‚ and self control. Odysseus has gone down in stories and history books for his life-saving quick-wittedness. An example of his quick thinking is in the scene where Odysseus and a few of his men are trapped in Polyphemus’‚ a cyclopes‚ cave and Odysseus devises a cunning plan to help them escape. He gives Polyphemus all the liquor he
Free Odyssey Greek mythology Odysseus
Character Analysis of Agamemnon Power as prime motivation In The Iliad‚ Homer gives us many characters to examine: Some characters are simple while some are complicated‚ some are heroic‚ some are cowards‚ some are motivated by the desire for kleos and plunder while some are motivated by power. Each warrior goes into battle with different responsibilities‚ obligations and motives depending on rank and class. For example‚ a king has different motivations for going to war than a soldier has.
Free Iliad Trojan War Achilles
Atticus Character Analysis Atticus is the father of Jem and Scout‚ and one of the main characters in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. He is an outstanding lawyer‚ father and neighbor in the town of Maycomb. The story takes place during the Great Depression‚ and Atticus is an example of a man who worked with justice to maintain his family and educate their children‚ being the only parent they had. Everyone esteems him; no matter their social status he would treat them all as equal. That is something
Premium White people Black people Race
The Pigman is a novel about two kids‚ John and Lorraine‚ and Mr. Pignati who is known as “The Pigman.” John and Lorraine are tenth graders and are very different people. John swears and drinks a lot‚ unlike Lorraine. Lorraine is a very sweet and caring person. One of John’s avocations is bombing the bathrooms at school. He is known as the bathroom bomber because he likes to just set them off at random times. John’s best friend is Norton‚ who is antagonistic and mundane in some ways. Also‚ he was
Premium Roller skating Roller skating The Pigman
Salamatin 1 Matthew Salamatin Ms. Watkins Junior English 12/12/12 Gatsby Character Analysis Essay Outline The color yellow can be interpreted in both positive and negative ways. In the Great Gatsby‚ Gatsby is described by the color yellow multiple times to portray how he is rich and corrupt. Gatsby is also described as “new rich” and near the end of the book we find out how he came to become rich. In the Great Gatsby‚ Gatsby is often associated with the color yellow which indicates his wealth
Premium F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Yellow
drives from the house? Or is Beloved unquestionably a ghost? The uniformly accepted notion that Beloved is a ghost is interesting‚ given that evidence throughout the book suggests that she is a reincarnated being. As the reader recalls‚ Sethe killed her first daughter with the idea that doing so would free her daughter from slavery. As a result of Sethe’s “motherly” actions‚ Beloved‚ enslaves the rest of the family including Sethe’s daughter‚ Denver. The family becomes disconnected from and outcasted
Premium Family Toni Morrison Oprah's Book Club
INTRODUCTION This case study is about CEMEX‚ a Mexican firm that emerged from being a family owned business to a multinational giant‚ becoming world’s third largest cement company. The case focuses on the strategy adapted by CEMEX‚ its globalization and how it was attained. The case also discusses about the cement industry in general and international competition within the industry. ISSUES ADDRESSED Issues discussed in the below analysis are the following: Motivation that drove CEMEX abroad. Means
Premium Mexico Mergers and acquisitions
There are many fences exist in the world that prevent people from others. Physical fences in the border between different counties prevent people migrate to other countries‚ while virtual fences help people protect their free time. In the essay “Bumping into Mr. Ravioli ”‚ Adam Gopnik’s daughter has an imaginary friend who is too busy to play with her. He realizes Ravioli‚ the imaginary friend‚ is a typical New Yorker who is busy all the time. Ravioli makes Gopnik reflect on how people live in New
Premium Goods Imaginary friend
Mrs. Minati Pattnaik‚ born in Cuttack‚ Odisha on February 4‚ 1964 was raised up in various towns of Odisha owing to the transferrable nature of work of her father who was a Central Government employee. She is the second sibling in the house among four and the older daughter of the house. “She was a very responsible child right from the beginning and helped me with the household chores since she was in standard 8 and looked after the house in my absence. She was never interested much in studies but
Premium Virtue Domestic worker Life