Alex Gregory Character Analysis

Through thick and thin bestfriends are always there for eachother. In the novel The Contender Alfred Brooks struggles to become a contender and reunite with his best friend James. Alfred is a high school dropout and has a job at a grocery store that’s going nowhere. James, his best friend is also a high school dropout but he is messing with the wrong crew. Throughout the story, Alfred begins to train at Donatelli’s gym to become a boxer. Later in the story James, who has been doing drugs, goes to rob the Epstein's store , where Alfred works, and almost gets caught. At the end of the story Alfred finds James in a cave with a cut arm that was caused by the burglary. James asks Alfred for a fix but Alfred, the contender, takes him to the hospital

Alex Johnson was moving to Hollywood, California. He moved there because his dad had recently died in a police shooting,his mom had lost her job as a manager for a bank, and he was having trouble in school. Alex just wanted to restart his life.When they moved Alex thought he would never fit in.

“The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure” (57). Two men that lived for their passion for adventure was Chris McCandless and Jay Moriarity. Chris McCandless was a young man who hitched hike to Alaska to explore and survive in the wilderness. Jay Moriarity was a young surfer who was determined to ride Mavericks, the largest waves. Chris's story was heard by a man named Jon Krakauer and Chris's story was developed and published into a novel for the world to hear, which got controversial feedback. Although both seem to come from very different lifestyles and had different pursuits for adventure, both share many qualities such as home life, preparation for goals, and the willingness to let people be there for them.

Arthur Bauer was hanging out with his friend Erik Fisher. He knew that he would be unpopular if he did not obey Erik. Recently, Arthur even killed a man named Luiz Cruz. He always hated to carry out these evil plans, but he felt forced to do it to protect his status. The first thing that Erik got Arthur to do was to make fun of the death of his old friend, Mike Costello. “Ha! Do you remember the picture of his face! Priceless!” Erik laughed. “Pretty soon we’ll get to see the close up!”

Alex had finally done the most absurd thing and escaped Furnace Penitentiary with the help of his roommate Simon and best friend Zee. Subsequently, due to the elopement of Alex and his friends the city goes into lockdown mode and everywhere,

Best adjective to describe Alex Honnold is brave. In D. Duane (2015), Alex Honnold climbed cliffs using climbing equipment. Through is journey, he became a free-soloist. Free soloist only uses gymnast’s chalk, short and a shirt. Not many people are brave enough to climb the tall cliffs like Alex Honnold. He conquered “most challenging climb ever” (para. 4). Alex Honnold excelled his goal by teaming with others to climb and break” speed records on the world’s greatest cliffs” (para. 4). He views his journey as an “once-in-a lifetime adventure” (para. 5). His main goal is to climb “seven El Captain routes in seven days” (para. 7). As a successful free-soloist, Alex Honnold tries to remember moves, before climbing. Free soloing is very risky.

R/s Dawson (15) wants to live with his father, Tyson because he doesn’t get along with his mother, Chasity. R/s in the past Dawson and Chasity has a verbal confrontation and he left the home. R/s last night Dawson and Chasity had a physical confrontation involved pushing and shoving. R/s Dawson is currently at paternal grandparents’ house. R/s LE advised the grandparents that mom has to pick Dawson from their residence, but Chasity is refusing to come pick the child up.

Shawn Spencer, the main character in the TV show Psych, is a hyper observant individual who pretends to be psychic for the Santa Barbara Police Department. He uses his episodic memory, extraversion, and self-regulation in order to solve crimes and be successful in his endeavors.

In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer writes about Christopher McCandless, a young man who drops everything in his life to go travel throughout the states and end up in Alaska to find the truth to his questions. But did Chris find the truth he desperately desired? Some would say that McCandless did, other would say that he has wasted his time and was being ignorant and stupid. I agree with the author, Jon Krakauer, that Christopher McCandless was not a crazy lunatic, a sociopath, or an outcast because he had made lots of friends while traveling, but there were times when Chris was incompetent, even though he managed to stay alive for quite awhile. Christopher McCandless had a pretty normal childhood.

Alex is a pilot in the Navy that is very proud of his military discipline and high standards. He came to see Dr Paul after he bombarded a school in Baghdad thinking that it was an insurgent safe house. As soon as Alex gets in the doctor’s office, he adopts an arrogant position and almost does not let Dr Paul talk. Alex tests Paul all the time, trying to control the topic of the

Yet as many patients have discovered, plain old pot may still have a valuable role. Keith Vines, a 46-year-old San Francisco prosecutor, considers himself a stalwart in the war on drugs. As an assistant district attorney, he has spent years putting street dealers in jail. As an AIDS patient, he has seen his body threaten to disintegrate. ``Three years ago my ribs were protruding,'' he says. ``I was terrified to get on the scale.'' He wanted to enroll in a study of human-growth hormone, but participants had to eat three meals a day, and he could hardly force down

Our actions and interactions with others and society are what define us. Society’s perception of an individual may contrast with that individual’s perception of self. Our actions and interactions with others create certain stigmas which may not change despite progression and change an individual has undergone. But however at the end of the day we are our own creators and we chose who we interact with.

However, youth like Alex cannot be caught in the expected rubric of life and hence, they retaliate. Nevertheless, one cannot justify Alex’s actions worth applauding but Burgess seems to favour their actions as the only possible outlet for suppressed angst. In the first act, fourth chapter, Alex says,

Alex was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 24. Alex’s life was normal until a recently when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia after an episode when he described feeling like others was out to get him. Alex reports that he remembers hearing voices that told him that his family members were plotting to kill him, or hurt him in some manner. Alex also insists that he possesses divine powers and can interact with God. He even insists that some holy spirits have come in him. Alex acted out in anger to the point that his family was scared to be around him at times. When asked Alex reports that he felt as if he was an outcast when in school, and in society.

athaniel Hawthorn’s book, The Scarlet Letter, is rife with complex and captivating characters. Throughout the book, Hawthorn displays his ability to write characters who are believable, and yet fascinating at the same time. Each of his characters posses different, unique traits, and are all intriguing in their own right. One character who stands out among the rest, is Arthur Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale is one of the main protagonists of the book, and is the tragic character of the story. He proves his tragic nature through his steady decline from upstanding Pastor to sinful hypocrite, his torturous treatment of himself, out of remorse for his sin, and by others, and his eventual overcoming of his in conflict.