Akeelah Character Analysis

In John Updike’s short story “A & P”, a dynamic and round character expresses his subjective attitude towards his views, a plot twist causes him to realize his future. Sammy an opinionated cashier at A & P grocery store does not agree with his Lengel, his manager after he reprimands a particular group of customers at the store. Sammy’s further actions cause him to face the true reality of his future.

Jimmy knows too well the agonies of abandonment. First, when his mother, Cecilia, ran away with Richard to pursue a better lifestyle. Then, due to his father’s, Damacio Baca, alcoholisms and violent behavior; he also had to leave Jimmy behind. In spite of the drawbacks from abandonment to being a maximum security prisoner in Arizona State Prison, Jimmy preserver’s the darkness of prison by overcoming his illiteracy. However Cecilia and Damacio is not as fortunate as their child; Cecilia is shot by Richard after confronting him for a divorce and Damacio chokes to death after he is released from the detox center(Baca 263). Therefore the most significant event in this section of the memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca is the death of Jimmy’s parents.

“Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.” ~ Barry Bonds. In this world bad situations occur frequently and it takes a good strong person to handle them in a mature way. Dealing with them this way not only shows that the person has self-control, but also makes them a good role model for people to look up to. In the book The Chosen, Chaim Potok uses Mr. Galanter to express his opinions of a good role model. Acting as a baseball coach and gym teacher, young boys look to him for guidance and motivation every day. Having this kind of position causes stress at times, and requires him to stay calm and level headed. Throughout this book, Mr. Galanter

All refugees, the circumstances notwithstanding, face immense hardship throughout their lives. In time, these hardships give way to new opportunities, dreams, and perspectives, as even in the face of suffering, one always retains their intrinsic self. Kim Ha, the protagonist in Thanhha Lai’s Inside Out and Back Again, experienced this through her family’s daring escape from war-torn South Vietnam. Consequently, Inside Out and Back Again serves as a fitting title for her story.

The journey of the Joad family takes course during the period of the Great Depression in United States. This century brings extreme hardship upon families across America. Especially for the Joad family as they are also affected by the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma. The economic decline and natural disaster cause the family to relocate and abandon their home, and their past. In times of crisis, the Joads must endure the loss of family, property, and a home. The Joads travel west to California in hopes of finding new jobs and a new home. On their 2,000 mile journey a leader arises among the family. Ma Joad becomes the leader of the family, she learns to control her emotions and act for the greater cause of her family’s survival. Ma Joad possesses the

The journey of the Joad family takes course during the period of the Great Depression in United States. This century brings extreme hardship upon families across America. Especially for the Joad family as they are also affected by the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma. The economic decline and natural disaster cause the family to relocate and abandon their home, and their past. In times of crisis, the Joads must endure the loss of family, property, and a home. The Joads travel west to California in hopes of finding new jobs and a new home. On their 2,000 mile journey a leader arises among the family. Ma Joad becomes the leader of the family, she learns to control her emotions and act for the greater cause of her family’s survival. Ma Joad possesses the

In the novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, we are introduced to the Bundren family. This isn’t the typical family you usually read about and they are far from the normal day to day families you encounter in real life. In the novel we see a very strange and distinct relationship between the members of the family. The most interesting character of the Bundren family is Darl. Darl is the closest thing to a narrator in the story. Due to the fact that Darl is nothing like the rest of his family his relationships with his family seem to be very negative, all the relationships he has except one. The one relationship that really stands out in the story is the one between Darl and Cash. The reason that this relationship stands out is because

Frank is denied originally going to his first opportunity with a client and is shoed away until he finds the case of the vegetative girl.

Interviewer: Good evening, and welcome to 60 minutes. Can you imagine the terror of fleeing the only country you knew, just to go home? Tonight we talk to Rashida, an Afghan girl who's faced starvation, language barriers, and even pirates, to return to a home that she didn't even know. Welcome, Rashida.

Rosanna, made my day when she asked me to be a guest on her blog. We seem to share the same belief, a Selkie would make an amazing choice for a hero in our books. A mythical creature of Scottish and Irish folklore who is a little less known than other shifters.

Artie’s three key relationships - his relationship with his mother, father, and the public - are interdependent, which means that Artie’s survivor’s guilt from his relationship with his parents affects his relationship with the public. His survivor’s guilt drives him to create MAUS to try to understand his parents’ suffering. Furthermore, he feels obligated to correctly convey the unimaginable evils of the Holocaust to the public, because doing so unsuccessfully would be a disservice to his parents and all those who suffered during the Holocaust. This is a very difficult task, which is shown by the public reaction to MAUS. Although MAUS is commercially successful, Artie is frustrated by the public and feels very confused just like in his other

Hi Anthony it's nice to meet you. I am hoping the same as you to be able to earn a high passing grade. I am also hoping to improve my writing skills as well. I can agree with you on being able to talk about almost any topic for a long period of time, but writing it out can be hard. I hope you have a great quarter and you earn the A that you are working

School shootings are normally unexpected and they drastically impact life. The effects of an unexpected school shooting are displayed in Jodi Picoult’s novel, Nineteen Minutes. In the novel, Peter Houghton has endured bullying throughout his entire life. One day he snaps and he goes to his school, Sterling High, where he kills ten people and wounds many others emotionally and physically. Peter is then put on trial, where he is sent to prison for life. Josie Cormier, the girl Peter has been in love with since kindergarten, admits to shooting her boyfriend, Matt, and is sentenced to five years in prison. Many changes occurred in everyone’s lives after the shooting. School life and daily life changed majorly after the shooting. The shooter’s family,

The Chosen, By Chaim Potok is an interesting and thought provoking read, yet the moral ideas and thought provoking actions of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, will leave a lasting impact on one’s life. Throughout both novels characters are forced to make important decisions and difficult choices. The 2nd novel mentioned, To Kill a Mockingbird, stands out among the two due to the type of moral choices expressed, the way that the book connects the reader with the characters, and the many well written plot twists and story lines. The Chosen has most of these attributes as well, yet the author did not express them nearly as well as the author of the other novel. Both novels are marvelously written and carry important lessons. The lessons of TKAM were more interesting however, and connected the reader’s thoughts with that of the characters.

The film “Sankofa,” raised a lot of awareness to the African American community. An African American woman named Mona was transported to the past as a house servant named Shola. She experienced slavery in the Southern United States during the Atlantic Slave Trade. Shola was abused by her slave master and often a victim of rape. She was afraid to fight back, for the fear of her life. She was in love with Shango, a field slave that wanted to kill the white slave owners. A headman named Joe was raised believing his master’s religion instead of his own roots. Joe knew he was different from the other slaves but he did not know why he was. Joe’s mother, Nunu, was taken away to be sold in one scene and Joe did absolutely nothing about it. Mona called him a coward because he could care less if his mother was being sold or not. The priest from the church made Joe’s mother seem like an evil person all because she was darker than he was. Luckily, no one was interested in her because she was a little too old.