All The Bright Places Character Analysis

Throughout life, we lose a countless number of possessions and many are taken away from us. Loss is an inevitable part of life, we lose friends, family, cell phones, papers, and even tiny items such as paper clips. Though, most people do not actually appreciate what they have until it is taken away from them. In Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, Lina loses her lifestyle, family, and freedoms when she and her family are taken as war prisoners during World War II.

There is a moment in A Raisin in the Sun when Beneatha is put in the position to question her identity in a way she has never done before, through her hair. This moment approaches when Asagai, a Nigerian man from the Yoruba tribe that Beneatha originally sought out because she was questioning her identity, teases her about her “mutilated hair” (Hansberry 513). Beneatha is taken aback by the remark and immediately questions her identity. This is shown in Lorraine Hansberry’s stage directions when she wrote “she looks back to the mirror, disturbed” (Hansberry 513). This moment influences Beneatha to cut her hair. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Beneatha Younger defies hair standards established by American society and becomes her own advocate for discovering her identity as an African American by embracing her natural hair, which creates for herself a sense of empowerment and self-love.

Authors in many instances use the main elements in the story such as setting and narrative to prove a point in the story. For example, writers often use characters, their actions, and their interaction with other characters to support or prove a theme. In the short story “Our Thirteenth Summer”, Barry Callaghan effectively uses characters to develop the theme that childhood is fragile and easily influenced. One of the ways that Callaghan makes effective use of characters to develop the theme is by describing the tension between Bobbie and his parents. This usage of characters supports the theme because Bobbie’s childhood is no longer free to do what he wishes, but has to bow down to his parents’

Conflict will always exist in the modern world. One of the biggest motivators in the approach to conflict is fear. Conflict shapes the formation and intensity of fear. Fear can bring about ideas or actions that one normally would not ever think or implement.As fear builds up people will often go to extremes to try as much as possible to mitigate their fear. Eventually fear grows so large that it may consume all of one’s thoughts. This will motivate someone to resort to desperate plans to try and assuage their fear. The fear caused by war can do many things to the human body mentally and physically. In “ All The Light We Cannot See”, Anthony Doerr proves in times of conflict, fear becomes one of the motivating factors.

Among the Hidden is a science fiction novel written by Margaret Peterson Haddix, published in 1998. Luke Garner is hiding from the Population Police. He meets a brave girl named Jen, who wants to revolt against the government because she is a third child like Luke. The Garners live on a farm in a community where families can only have two children. In the fall, the woods behind twelve-year-old Luke’s house are destroyed. Luke must stay hidden!

1. Who is the main character(s) of the novel? Consider both protagonists and antagonists. Provide a brief description. Lina Vilkas is the fifteen year old main character and protagonist of Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. Lina has long, wavy, honey-colored hair and blue eyes like her mother, but she bears a resemblance to her father as well. “‘Kostas, Lina looks just like you” (Sepetys 34). Her personality is headstrong, impulsive, and outspoken, which puts her in danger with the Soviets. Though it is risky, she uses her art to express her strong emotions and opinions. “When I imagined sketching the commander, I had no problem, until I got to his head. My mind saw… a nest of wicked snakes sprouting out of his neck, or a skull with hollow

The fight for justice is not always unequivocal or favorable, sometimes justice is given by means that do not seem fair at all. William Styron says in a novel that life “is a search for justice.” It is blatant that throughout Khaled Hosseini's novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, female characters are continuously battered with injustices. Hosseini hones into the oppression of women and the fight for women empowerment through the life of one of his main characters, Mariam. Her journey is shown throughout the novel where she struggles to search for and understand justice.

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.

Twyla and Roberta are two very different people, but bond in very similar ways. They become friends very suddenly, not because of how old they are, but because both have a mother. Twyla's mom is a dancer, and Roberta's mother is too sick to raise her. They later meet in their twenties in a not so settling way. Twyla had been bussing tables while Roberta had been living large about to meet Jimi Hendrix. Twyla was embarrassed at her long past friend and was ashamed to show herself. Five years later they meet at a grocery store where they both have kids and are settled down. They decided to go vet coffee where it starts off both are different races so they take opposite sides of the debate.  Roberta accuses Twyla of abusing one of the girls at the orphanage. Twyla only remembers sitting and watching the girl get abused by other girls, and Roberta's memories start to come back to her. This holds their relationship together for the next five years when

How does the author encourage virtue or corruption? In the book, The Dark Inside, the author Jeyn Roberts encourages virtue through her character’s actions. Roberts encourages virtue through the insincere actions within a character. Roberts encourage virtue through another character dishonest actions. Lastly, Jeyn also encourages virtue through cowardice actions in a character. In Dark Inside, Jeyn Roberts inspires the reader to be virtuous.

The book Beyond The Pale is about Two ordinary people (Travis Wilder and Grace Beckett) who get transported to this new and magic filled world that resembles earths medieval times. With there new found powers they hope to save this new world from its impending doom. (The pale king and his iron heart followers). I choose to write about Grace for my character analysis because I admire her intelligence, her cleverness, and her independent nature. Grace is intelligent because she always had a plan.

Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful are two films both written by John Hughes and directed by Howard Deutch. They depict themes similar to that of The Breakfast Club. Central themes such as class and popularity along with secondary themes of angst, love, self-discovery, fitting in, and the need to connect with others are prevalent throughout both of these films. Pretty in Pink is a prime example for the depiction of class and popularity. Its strong main characters, Andie and Blane, contrast in both of these categories and they develop into deeper story lines as the movie progresses. Class is a strong theme throughout the entire film and is presented in unforgettable scenes. Everyone is nervous walking into their first big high school house party, but the look on Andies face as her and Blane walk through the door is unforgettable. Clearly someone of a different social status, Andie, a true fashion icon, dresses how she desires but sticks out like a sore thumb amongst the upper-class teens. No one can forget the iconic line, “Nice pearls. This isn’t a dinner party, honey”, uttered at Andie in this scene. The clear and evident vulnerability of Andie shows just how uncomfortable she is in this setting along with the guiltiness of Blane for having brought her there. Class divides their two worlds and creates conflict throughout the film. A secondary theme that is very popular and might be controversial in the ending is love. Notable with John Hughes films are

A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon is able to connect to the world through many different scenarios and situations. These situations can be represented by George's irrational fear of having an unsolvable disease or death, Katie's self doubt about her future decisions, and Jean’s longing for something more than what she has. The human race is known and expected to make decisions and inevitably second guess themselves at the slightest provocation. All people should have experienced this and will continue to. A Spot of Bother accurately demonstrates this by providing specific and detailed situations that, in most cases, are blown completely out of proportion.

Are things ever truly black and white or is it a matter of perception? For example, when one hears the word war the mind automatically thinks of two or more parties fighting over a common cause with the use of some sort of weaponry. However, the truth is that battles are much more than some sort of physical altercation between groups of people that simply result in a win or loss. It effects every individual involved on a deep and personal level, both physically and emotionally. Soldiers in combat are internally conflicted with matters such as the difference between what is right and wrong or who/what are they fighting for. The novel A Midnight Clear by William Wharton, explores this topic in a tale of six young and highly intellectual U.S.

‘All The Bright Places’ is a story about love and depression, where a boy, Finch, helps Violet find the will to live, while he has trouble keeping his head above water. My family has gone through the stress, anger and sadness of depression, too: my cousin, Mitch, committed suicide by hanging himself. Although it has been two years, the pain has still not completely gone away.