Analysis Of Turning Oneself Into A Character By Phillip Lopate

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor, the protagonist, is a farmer in his middle thirties. The author gives little to no detailed physical description of him, but from Proctor’s speech, we can still picture him as a strong and powerful man who is able to keep every situation under the control, the kind of personality which earns him deep respect and even fear from the people in town. On the other hand, Abigail Williams, the antagonist, plays an inferior role as an orphan who has no social status in a place like Salem. Over the course of the play, John Proctor is absolutely awakened and transformed by Abigail Williams. In the end, he overcomes the crucible by releasing himself from his guilt of

What are the most five important things that have happened to your character in his or her life so far?

“ His Expression remained the same- cynical, defiant, painful” (Gaines 84). Miss Emma did not think that Jefferson knew he was going to be put in the chair, which kind of furthers this whole idea that everyone has that’s he’s incompetent. Even his own aunt without realizing has degraded him. I think that maybe Jefferson can’t read or write but he’s a human who understands laws. At the beginning of the book I was feeding into the notion that he was mentally challenged, but I think now that he just grew up in the uneducated black stigma put on him by white people not letting black school have the same education. And so he knows he is going to die, he doesn’t fight he doesn’t resist he faces the unjust punishment with grace and is going o let

The novel Conversion by Katherine Howe, published in 2014, is an incredibly gripping teen mystery that includes suspense, satire, and sadness all at once. The story centers around an all girls private school and its eerie similarity to the female hysteria during the colonial Salem witch trials. Howe, a descendent of three of the women accused of witchcraft during these trials, was interested in the topic of this time period and sought out to find a reasoning behind the accusations made upon the women. The novel varies its chapters and the timeline of the story between those set in the current time of 2012 and others taking place back in 1706. With these chapters switching back and forth, readers begin to notice the strange resemblance of the

In the reading, “Writing About Yourself: The Memoir” by William Zinsser, the author uses organization, examples, and direct advice to develop the purpose and message of the selection. The message of this piece is that writing about oneself and delving into what has made the author who they are gives the writing individuality and distinction. Like the message, the purpose is to encourage writers to write about themselves and what has shaped them without hesitation. To begin with, the author uses a pattern of organization where he introduces an excerpt of a memoir by stating a quality that makes this memoir exemplary. After the excerpt, he will further comment on what makes this memoir memorable for him. For example, the author states, “One secret of the art [the memoir] is detail… a sound or smell—as long as it played a

The Man Who Was Almost a Man is a fictitious short story about an uneducated black boy's quest to become a man. Growing up in the early 1900's was a very hard task for most black people. The lack of education was one of the hardest hills they had to overcome to

Miss.Trapp is a lighter complexion African American woman who is 5’7, chubby with short grey curly hair, she also wears glasses. Miss. Trapp is a 42 years old teacher at Euclid High School she is a english teacher to 11th and 12th grade students. Although her attitude is “very matter of fact” she is also caring. I'm actually a little different from my mentor although I’m chubby as well I’m 5’4, a darker complexion African American teenage girl with black and blonde hair who attends Euclid High School as a 12th grader. My attitude is also different im more caring over others feelings and like to hear different opinions on situations and i'm very open minded

Dunstan Ramsey comes of age as he moves from childhood into his teen years. At the age of sixteen, the small landscape of Deptford becomes too much for Dunstan to handle so he decides to drop out of high school and join the Army. It is evident that Dunstan needs a change in his life and something to get his mind of the impact that Mrs. Dempster had on Dunstan childhood. Leading up to leaving for the War Dunstan never really saw much of Mrs. Dempster because every time he saw her he could not hold back his guilt and remorse, which continues to trouble him in his teen years. Like many other young men, Dunstan is thrown into the chaos of the war, converted by the front lines and beginner to rifles and survive. Thus, this affects him in many ways,

Holly Hollingsworth The Chosen Essay 11/20/15 Differences between people often cause resentment and anger. In chapter one of Chaim Potok’s novel The Chosen, the main character, Reuven, struggles to control his emotions when confronted with an unfamiliar Hasidic baseball team. Potok uses Reuven’s first person point of view to reveal Reuven’s conflicting emotions towards Danny and his baseball team. Potok begins his novel with a striking observation to set the tone for the first chapter, acknowledging that the main character, Reuven, and another boy Danny live “within five blocks” of each other, but have never met or even known of the other boy before.

Throughout the novel “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin, the main character, Edna Pontellier travels through her journey of finding herself. A complete foil to Edna’s open-mindedness, her friend, Adéle Ratignolle is one of the most influential characters on Edna’s awakening. Remaining a static character throughout the plot, her devotion to her family, conventional and set-in-her-ways behavior, and candidness make her an interesting character with a hidden, but deep impact on the plot.

In Beneatha’s case Asagai is a better suitor than George, because George is caught up trying to live the American Dream. Asagai and George differ greatly from one another making them both foil characters. A foil character is known to have different qualities to help highlight the traits of the other character. For example, Asagai is seen to be an ideal black man, one who is attached to his African identity rather than having an American perspective. On the other hand, George can be seen as an African male trying to live in a white society. Clearly showing their character’s qualities are the converse of one another. George qualities of viewing how Beneatha dresses and acts clearly shows he is not capable of being with her. For instance, when George

In the book The Chosen by Chaim Potok, Danny, a Hasidic Jew, is raised without communicating normally with his father. Even though Danny expresses interest in secular topics his father traps him in religious studies, restricting his thoughts and relationships. However, after a baseball game, Danny gains a new friend called Reuven, who is central to Danny’s mental transformation. By meeting Reuven and his father, Danny’s religiously restricted outlook on his future and life changes to be more forgiving, and he gains freedom in exploring topics other than religion, releasing him from his religious trap.

Friendship: the emotions or conduct of friends, the state of being friends. In the novel The Chosen by Chaim Potok neither Danny Saunders, and Reuven Malther lives would have been the same without each other.

Both Dade and Julian where fixated on proving themselves right and defending their beliefs about

My character has both opened and closed many doors for me in life. Most of the time you will see that I'm very laid back and relaxed. Independence is one of my key qualities. I never like to bother people with my problems because ultimately they're not always going to be there for you. I roam around in silence; being loud and obnoxious is not something that has ever given me much success in life. I try to conquer a healthy and happy lifestyle, but you know how that usually goes. I am pretty athletic I believe because I have put in so much hard work and dedicated even more time to football throughout my eighteen years of life. My life experiences have given me a rebellious trait. For example, whenever I get yelled at in football by Coach