The main character in my story “The Big Field” written by Mike Lupica, is a fourteen year old boy named Hutch. He plays in a minor league baseball team in Florida for the Cardinals. He wants his team to win the championship. They can win the championship by playing their hardest and working together. Hutch is athletic, short tempered, and determined.…
Jackie Craig is a character who is really mischievous. He’s a man that is mostly unknown and judged because of keeping things to himself. People just don’t see the light in him.…
What would it be like to be caught on Ship Trap island alone? A man named Rainsford gets trapped on an island and has to survive against the "man catcher," General Zaroff, who is an outstanding hunter terminating everything he comes face to face with. While being on Ship Trap Island, Rainsford shows he is capable, intelligent, and resourceful against General Zaroff.…
mindsets. Some characters deemed it best to keep the past in the past. Why complicate your life as well as others, with disheveled, bitter, and in some cases disgraceful memories of the past. Especially when it is far easier to bury them, even forget them altogether. In contrast, some characters in the story believed that the past should be brought into the light, cracked wide open, not matter the consequences.…
Vesta Davenport was a woman of many words. Or at least, that is what she strongly believed of herself. Numerous ways to describe the woman,as she was everything except [i]gentle.[/i] The word itself sent shivers down her spinal coral. She couldn’t possibly recall a time that was [i]gentle… soft.[/i] A foul-mouthed individual since the day of her birth, her mother recollected that her first word had been “Wo-d.” The sound had an awful resemblance to the word rude, and the joke had been a running gag for the family for several years now. Disturbing calls from her relatives “attempting” to be funny using something she said [i]years[/i] ago seemed to cloud the inbox of her phone, but she completely ignored them. Vesta pulled away and decide to want…
In the novel “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak, the author writes about a young boy named Max who wreaks havoc while wearing a wolf costume. He is told to go to sleep by his mother, and he soon is transported into a jungle. He finds a boat and sails to a land inhabited by ferocious monsters called “Wild Things” where he is crowned king because he is the wildest one of all. He holds an event where his kingdom can go wild, and he soon decides to go home. Despite the Wild Thing’s dismay, he goes home and finds that his mom brought his supper and it was warm. A leader who disciplines…
Nichols and May’s skills as storytellers lie in their understanding of human relationships, a mastery that is expressed in the sketch through their delivery of character. The improvisational nature of Nichols and May’s dynamic is apparent in the conversational tone of this sketch. Nichols and May play off each other well and develop the relationship between the mother and son in a short amount of time. The dysfunction of this relationship drives the scene by creating conflict, which the characters exploit to the fullest extent. For instance, the mother in the sketch begins the call normally and proceeds to guilt trip her son with hyperbolized ¬¬reactions. May’s delivery emphasizes the nagging, worrisome traits of the character. The exaggeration of her character’s dysfunction is the focus of humor in the skit. However, once the sketch breaks down to reveal the emotional truth of the characters, the growing distance in the relationship between mother and son, a sense of gravitas hits the audience and asks us to consider our the…
While reading the novel, 'My Antonia', one can very quickly notice that author, Willa Cather has much admiration for the character, Antonia. Throughout 'My Antonia', readers can conclude that Antonia is a very optimistic and inteligent girl who grows into an independent young woman. Due to such characteristics, many people could very easily find themselves admiring Antonia.…
Protagonists of a story quickly become favorite characters of countless readers. In The Chosen by Chaim Potok, one of the protagonists is Reuven Malter, the son of David Malter. Along with his father, Reuven Malter is an orthodox Jew. In addition, Reuven has a great friend named Danny Saunders. Danny and Reuven meet at a baseball game between the Orthodox Jews and the Hasidic Jews. Even though other team mates think of Danny and his team as “Murderers,” Reuven decides to not judge them before he notices their character. After Danny injures Reuven during the game, the two become best friends. Reuven Malter shows numerous admiral character traits throughout the book, however, the three most prominent in the story consist of kind, fair, and admirable.…
The book, Ellen Foster, revolves around a young girl’s unstable life and her ability to fight through obstacles and to find people who truly care for her. As a young child, Ellen was damaged by her father especially because he treated her with extreme disrespect. After her mother’s death, Ellen did not really have any family left as her family members continued to pass away. However, Ellen learned to tend to adult responsibilities at a very young age. Specifically Starletta and her family, Julia and Roy, and her new mama all supported her in a way that made her feel as if she were a young girl rather than an adult with responsibilities.…
Clara Barton once said, “This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.”Throughout her lifetime of philanthropy, Barton never failed to show her kindred spirit to everyone she encountered, from students to soldiers.…
In the play The Crucible many of the characters learn things about themselves as well as others. Discuss the insight gained by the characters of Elizabeth Proctor, Reverend Hale, and John Proctor.…
“Show me Yours” by Richard Van Camp narrates the promising and apparent upturned in life experienced by Richard, a middle-aged man who at the beginning has experienced a nadir in his life caused by addiction issues and harmful friendships. After a bad night, by mere randomness, he decides to glue a found baby picture of him to his grandparent saint’s necklace and wears it under his shirt. Abruptly, the baby picture necklace becomes a trend in his community and seems to encourage care and positivism around the participants of the furor. Richard, who starts experiencing acceptance and recognition around the locality also reunites with an old love, Shawna, with whom he spends the night and appears to bring more hope to Richard’s situation. At…
I suddenly felt that it hadn’t been Mr. Clifton; maybe it had been someone else. When I picked my daughter up that afternoon I began to try and talk to her. Before I could bring up anything of that matter, her mouth began to pour critical details. She began to talk about one of the high school aids at the daycare, Sean. She discussed how Sean was “the coolest” and that he would give the kids prizes. I began asking what the prizes were for. Amelia had said that Sean would give those prizes if they would do certain things that would please Sean and if they wouldn’t tell…
Mark Twain, author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, writes about a young boy named Huck Finn, who experiences many tough decisions and meets a variety of people. Huck meets those whom he can trust and those he cannot. Growing into who he is meant to be, Huck starts to find who he is and his stance on topics. Throughout his journey down the Mississippi, Huck encounters Crooks, Caregivers, and Racists who positively influence his moral growth.…
