In the book “Me Before You” is about this woman named Lou Clark. She lived in small town England. She used to work at a coffee shop. Then the owner shut the place down. So she is hunting for jobs. She found one as a caretaker for a man named Will Traynor. He was paralyzed. Will was a young man who was involved in business. He also was a extreme sports enthusiast. Until he got hit by a motorcycle while he was crossing a road. That event happened two years ago. He almost was almost fully paralyzed. Will's mom tells Lou to monitor him at all hours of the day. Even though he already has professional medical care needs. But will is a jerk to Lou at first. But he eventually warms up to her. Will and Lou’s relationship grows very close together. Until Lou really finds out why she was hired to watch out for Will. He attempted suicide. Will made his mom promise to take him to a assisted suicide …show more content…
Then Will realizes that he is no longer in control of his life at this point. After some more adventures the trip to Africa. It was absolutely breathtaking. Lou is so shocked by the exotic place. Then her feeling grow stronger towards Will at this point. The last night of the trip Lou kisses Will. She tells him her love for him. Then she tells him that she knows about the six month plan, but she wants to be with him for the rest of her life. Even though Will loves her too he is still going to do it. So in return Lou is so furious that she ignores Will the entire way back to England. But Lou gives in and so she spends Wills final moments with him. At Dignitas the suicide facility. Then Lou’s mom finds out about this and she is furious. So she tells Lou to return home if she goes. She still went to see Will in time. She shares a heartwarming moment with Will before he goes through the procedure. But before Will’s death he wrote a letter to
Answer: Will had climbed the tower wall and got the bars protecting the window, and tried to use some special acid that he had received, but he was unable to get through the bars, and makes a quick getaway after he is spotted trying to free her, he barely gets out with his
When Will came extremely close to death when he was going through Mill Town, Lightfoot McLendon coincidently came over and helped him out by assisting him off of the train tracks. Lightfoot McLendon is a very attractive and intellectual young girl from the impecunious Mill Town. Lightfoot is the object of Will's affection as a young teenager. Will was on the train tracks when the train was approaching, he laid flat on the trestle as it got closer; he survives by lying flat between the tracks so the train passes just overhead without touching him. After this the train stopped and Lightfoot comes running towards Will to help him come off the tracks safely when the train almost killed him. During all this commotion Lightfoot happened to leave her bucket of blackberries near the trestle, in an attempt to make her feel better Will invites Lightfoot, “Why’n’t we go pick some more early in the mornin’? Mama’s been astin’ me every day when am I go’n get her some blackberries.” (Burns, 83) This lie was made up just to help Lightfoot out, knowing this was very upsetting to her and her poor family. He knew Lightfoot was embarrassed that she was so upset over a few berries, so he validated her feelings. Will is a very considerate, caring young boy.
Will learns about death early on through dealing with the recent passing of his grandmother, encountering a life or death situation, and dealing with the passing of his grandfather. He learns about love and sexuality through developing feelings for a mill worker and trying to figure out how to explain his love for the mill worker, Lightfoot. Will learns about accepting others and diversity through his grandfather’s remarriage. The experiences that Will goes through in this novel teachers to not judge anyone based on what we hear, what we see, their social class, or where they come from. We must be open-minded people, embrace others from different backgrounds, and not care what others might have to say about
”(24) They are now in Gallica ready to travel through a pass into Skandia to save Will and Evanlyn. Will has overcome his addiction to the powerful drug warmweed and finally regains his senses. 2-"When there's no point to something, the best idea is not to do it."(36) Evanlyn is was out checking traps for food when she was suddenly
The adolescent and young adult stages in a person’s life are impressionable years, which is clearly demonstrated by Willa Cather’s ability to so vividly recall the details of rural Nebraska, despite only living there from the ages of nine to sixteen. However, in those seven short years, young Wilella - her birth name - met many questionable “mentors” who held great significance and responsibility in the life choices she pursues. The first of these shady characters in need of assessment is a man by the name of William Ducker.
Furthermore, Eden Robinson uses the character of Will’s father, Greg to show how the actions of Will’s biggest role model can have a negative influence towards Will’s ability to make a better decision to benefit himself.
Will telling Annie stories allows him to realize all the bad deeds he’s done in the past and she helps him recover to find who he truly is. Will understands that having close relationships with his family is what he needs to survive. Will knows that children “see the world as a mystery” and they “need to grow up with a family.” (pg. 56) His understanding is that he is lost and he needs to stick with his family to learn and develop how to live the right way. Annie gains her self-identity when she realizes that Gordon, her “protector” is who she should really admire at the end other than her uncle. When she says that, “being with Gordon is a release for that I’ve been starving for” she understands that Gordon is her key to knowing who she really is and what she needs to do to serve her purpose (pg. 340). All the times she’s been trying to find her sister caused her in so much harm and it was Gordon who helped Annie escape those dangerous situations. Annie truly knows that her relationship with Gordon is what is actually keeping her strong and alive. When Will wakes up at the end of the novel, he sees how much Annie has changed: “She’s learned some things this last year. She’s becoming what my father believed she would.” (pg. 357) Will finds out that it was him that gave Annie the strength to never give up and survive to find her lost sister. Will, along
Unfortunately, Carlton on the other hand, panics and starts to reach in his pocket for more money, thus alarming the robber who then uses his gun to shoot. However, before the Robber pulled the trigger, Will pulls Carlton to the ground to avoid the bullet. The scene is then switch to the Hospital, which the audience can see the Will is in the bed surrounded by his love ones, yet he still able to make jokes making everyone laugh. As everyone laughing and joking with each other, Carlton at the end of the room yells out of anger, because of everyone’s amusement. Will tries to calm Carlton down by saying its ok things like this happen every day. Carlton on the other hand doesn’t except this logic and decides to storm out of the room. His father Phil, goes to stop him and reassures him that the law will catch up to the Robber, although his words doesn’t reach Carlton, because he no longer believes in those called “Fairy tales”. The next scene starts with Will watching tv in bed and Carlton coming inside to check on Will. While Will still has a humorous attitude, Carlton still doesn’t get how Will could act like
They drank and picked fights together which resulted in his arrest and incarceration. However, his friends wanted the best for him as evidenced by his friend Chuckie’s statement to him that he owed it to him to make something of his life. Will’s friends also bought him a car to assist him with his commute to work.
Will’s experience being dropped off at that residential school, scarred him for life and it created a disconnection between Will and his father. Will lost pride in being a son to a father who “… was too old to fight anymore, and that’s why he let me be taken away” (94). The loss of confidence in his father leads Will to not trust other people and not ask for help when situations get tough. For example, he was unwilling to ask for help when Marius began beating him. With losing his pride, it left Will feeling lonely and desperate to resolve the situation, he eventually took matters into his own hands and he shot Marius, thinking he killed him.
Jim was the naughty one out of them, so Will was there for him a lot. Jim got himself into trouble by going into the Mirror Maze, and Will found him and got him out of it safely. Jim knew he needed Will in his life for protection: “You’re always going to be around, aren’t you, Will? To protect me?” (p.68). Even Jim, who acted like he was fine on his own, still needed Will there to protect him, because you always need friends in your life to love and care about you. Jim also snuck out of his house to go to Miss Foley’s house to see Robert without Will. Will luckily saw Jim sneak out because if Will wouldn’t have been with Jim, Jim would’ve gotten caught with stealing. Robert tried to get Jim caught with stealing Miss Foley’s jewelry, but Will helped Jim escape. Will had feelings about Jim. How he was good most of the time, but sometimes wondered off to somewhere far away: “And again Will had the feeling about Jim that he had always had about an old forgotten dog” (p. 83). The time that Jim needed Will the most was when he could have died,but Will went crazy to help him survive. Mr. Dark and his freaks like when people are sad and scared, so if Will would have stayed sad, Jim would have died. But Will stayed happy with the help of Charles, who told him to “Hop! Jump! Yell!” (p. 283), because he knew that is what would help Jim wake up. Jim
Will sees himself as a “southie”, a loser. To maintain congruence between his self-view and his experiences his acts out. He starts fights and stays in trouble. He doesn't seek anything better for himself.
After a difficult start, Sean concludes that Will's defensiveness is the result of years of physical and emotional abuse, (as well as intense isolation), and that his hostile, sarcastic, and evasive behaviors are all defense mechanisms. The two work together to break through Will's considerable barriers, using a certain type of psychotherapy, and to get at the heart of the problem, dealing with Will's complex emotions. The two begin to relate to each other more, with Sean telling Will about his past and his happiness with his now
It reminds him of the moonlight-- but he focuses on the now. He was close to Hannibal and heart ache was not going to help. In Will’s mind palace he is in a home eloquently taking the misused member from Alden’s loins and suffocating him with them. Will turns off the shower and dries himself off trying to calm his pulse frustrated with the appetite Francis’ death has given him. A delicate but potent letter was lying on the floor misplaced.
First: Will finally gets to Port Cael in Hibernia were he is looking for O’Malley for information on where he sailed Tennyson and his followers. After finding O’Malley Will failed to get him to give him info with anything so he waits for his master and his good buddy horace to catch up. After he meets up with horace and Halt they convince him to give him information after taking out his two bodyguard with brutal force and threatening him until he gave them the information. After they escaped the harbor with a sailer after being chase by O'Malley's ship to get to Picta.