All The Broken Pieces Character Analysis

The major difference between Matt and Richard is that the reader is able to tell that Matt feels guilty and even wants to back out of killing Richard when Dubus states “when Strout came around [the corner of the building]

Matt Pin the main character, distinguishes himself as the quiet season of fall. He portrays himself as, “wet brown leaves under a darkening sky.” Matt depicts his physical appearance and his emotional and mental circumstances. Matt relates himself to fall in a physical way, because he is from Vietnam and has dark skin and hair just like the colors of fall. For the emotional and metal allotment, he presents himself to this certain season, because this is

While Celia, his care taker, went to work, Matt would sit in his room and read his book to his toys. He would quickly realize how lonely his home was and when the kids of the Alacran House appeared at his window, he was very excited. He broke the window and climbed out, injuring himself. He was willing to be friends with anyone that he trusted all of them until they began treating like an animal when they realized he was a clone. He searched for true friends, but many saw Matt as a lab project. People wanted to get rid of him except Maria, Celia, Tam Lin, and El Patron, so Matt was determined to show others he was more than just a clone. He wanted to be respected and treated like a human being, but to reach his goals he runs into many obstacles that lead to unexpected

In the story All the Broken Pieces written by Ann E Burg, a character named Matt makes a comparison about him and his little brother being compared as fall and summer. Matt’s comparison is firstly being compared by him being dark and drowsy, while he secondly compares tommy, his brother, to summer a happy joyful time of the year

Although they are saying this in front of him, he stays positive. He entertains himself with the sawdust, and becomes friends with the bugs that start to live in the sawdust with him. He constantly thinks about Celia and Maria to stay happy and content with his new life.Matt stays positive by finding happiness in everything and not holding grudges. On page 147, Matt finds out that Rosa had been turned into an eejit because of the way she treated him. Instead of saying that she had it coming, he feels bad for her because she got the life sucked out of her body. Every time he got a horse, he would try to talk to her, to see if she would respond, but she never did. Finally, Matt made friends with people who believed him and believed that even though he was a clone, it didn’t matter, and this kept him

Chinua Achebe’s novel, “Things Fall Apart” is an extraordinary example of life lessons and internal battles characters can face. The novel show cases that sometimes characters can have struggles within themselves and that it does don’t necessarily have to be a person. Throughout the novel the audience gets to meet Okonkwo, the main character who is quite hard to read. As the book progresses the true Okonkwo is discovered. Okonkwo is faced with this immense pressure he puts on himself and soon we see this character self-destruct. Okonkwo’s complex character and internal struggles is what makes him such a strong and relatable character because of this everyone can formulate an Okonkwo in their life.

When Matt is finally needed for organs, he manages a narrow escape with the help of Tam Lin, but the danger isn't left behind in Opium. Near death awaits him at the border of Aztlan, luckily Matt is able to hop the border, and land right in the arms of the Keepers. Conformity was the key to surviving with the lost boys, but Matt did not conform easily. Had he been ignorant to the ways of the world –like the other lost boys- Matt would've been like a sheep following a shepherd. However, Matt was not a sheep, he had seen more of the world than the orphans could dream of, and could not be easily brainwashed. In the end, Matt's individualism caused a lot of trouble, almost killing the frail Fidelito and himself. If Matt had compromised his integrity, nobody would've been hurt. On the other hand,

Matt was born a clone. This made things very difficult for him. Some people thought of Matt as an animal. Because of this, for a period of time, he also got treated like one. When Matt was first brought to the Alacran Mansion Rosa was assigned to watch him, and she didn’t treat him well. Matt was put into a room; with barred windows and rough cement floors. The room was later filled with chicken litter. This series of struggles taught Matt to have patience. For an extremely long time one day, Tom, a rude member of the Alacran family, shot peas at Matt. Matt dealt with Tom with much patience. “He instinctively understood that if he refused to react, Tom would lose interest.” (Farmer 46) This patience helped him climb out of a bone pit and deal with outrageous

All throughout the book, Matt is constantly reminded that he is lacking a soul and in other cases, an identity of his own. In the eyes of the people of Atzlán, Matt is nothing. He is just another one of El Patrón’s clones to them; that he would be nothing without El Patrón. We can recognize that once El Patrón dies, Matt opens up and really becomes his own self; one nothing like his ruthless dictator. Reading this book, there are never any ambiguities about Matt’s humanity; he is always magnanimous and loving towards his close family and friends; especially Maria. The words, “inferior,” and, “filthy lie,” take Matt by surprise. It is clear that Matt has been pegged as inferior his whole life, and to now be told that that has been a lie this whole time, would be enough to leave anyone in bewilderment. As the book wraps up, Matt is left with an identity of his own, one he creates by making his own

Matt is a middle class man who becomes obsessed with the need to get revenge on his son’s death. His son Frank is killed by a man named Richard. He is the husband and dads father of the women his son is in love with. This is what leads Matt into killing someone he wants pay back for his son death. Matt kills because he loves.

The theme people are affected by who they encounter is displayed through Matt, and his relationships with others surrounding him.

He did face problems which caused him to worry, but he did always try to solve each problem reasonably. Matt also did a lot for his siblings too, as he would work when he could and would watch the girls so Luke could work. Matt was very devoted and willing to help out however he could. Although Matt didn’t stay in school, due to the dilemma with Marie Pye he does make the best of his life. It was a shame for him to not go and finish university since he worked very hard to get the scholarship, but he made the best of things and built a life for himself, Marie and their child. Matt had to face many difficulties and they shaped him into the good life he has made for himself and his

This book takes place in Kansas, where the summer are really hot/ warm during the month of August. I know this because when I started reading this book it said “ Dead summer --- great time to move to a new state. Thanks, Mom.” I think that this book tells me that this boy Marcus does not like warm weathers like this one because no one really comes outside to play and you really can’t see anyone near you outside.

Matt incapable of recognizing his own emotional pain was was therefore unable to seek help in getting over that pain and correcting what was causing it. Not many would consider pain to be a gift, but it is because of the fact that pain is distressing that it is important. Pain indicates that something is wrong, that something is hurting us, and with that knowledge we may discover “what hurts us, and why.” Matt was rendered incapable of registering that emotional pain after being neglected as a child, which is what made me sympathetic. He does not have the capacity to protect himself from further

The beautiful valley in the day of summer brings joy and happiness, but change dynamically when the sun sets. All of the things have two sides, such as the strong pine struggling in the wind in “the Lonely Land” and the different day and night in “Summer in Yakima