Brianna Bauer Character Analysis

“The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance” (Socrates). In Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay, it is determined that this quote is in fact true. In the novel, Sarah a ten year old girl is introduced. Sarah lived in Paris during 1942 when Hitler demanded that all Jews be arrested and sent to concentration camps. Most of the Jews had no information on what was going on, especially in France where the French police rounded up all the Jews and brought them to concentration camps. Major conflicts arise in the novel because of character’s lack of knowledge. Sarah’s innocence created her lack of knowledge leading to her brother Michel's death additionally, William’s lack of knowledge created a conflict within himself, and finally

The movie Girl, Interrupted is based on the memoir written by Susana Kaysen. In this film, Susana Kaysen, the main character is first introduced in the hospital where she was taken shortly after overdosing on aspirin and alcohol. Despite taking a whole bottle of aspirin and alcohol Susana claims that it was not a suicidal attempt. In the hospital scene, there is also evidence on Susana’s wrist that she is what is known as a “wrist banger”, Susana claims that she does this because there are no bones in her hands. Shortly after, Susana is evaluated by a family friend and former psychiatrist and is strongly encouraged to check herself into a mental institution not too far from her, by the name of Claymoore. At Claymoore, she is evaluated by psychiatrist Melvin Potts. He asks her why she took so much aspirin and she replies that she wanted to make the time jumps, depression, and wrist banging stop. Susana is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder once she arrives at Claymoore.

The Great Gatsby is considered to be a great American novel full of hope, deceit, wealth, and love. Daisy Buchanan is a beautiful and charming young woman who can steal a man’s attention through a mere glance. Throughout the novel, she is placed on a pedestal, as if her every wish were Gatsby’s command. Her inner beauty and grace are short-lived, however, as Scott Fitzgerald reveals her materialistic character. Her reprehensible activities lead to devastating consequences that affect the lives of every character. I intend to show that Daisy, careless and self-absorbed, was never worthy of Jay Gatsby’s love, for she was the very cause of his death.

Throughout this novel, we see Bridget Jones having a breakdown as she writes her way through her struggles. In the novel, the quote "her nerves are shot to ribbons" is used to describe Bridget. This is a perfect quote to overlook the whole book honestly, because the meaning behind it is that she is either disappointed or depressed. In most of her situations she never knows what to do. Her mom also explains that she cannot stand her own problems and tries to solve them through others. This metaphor is a huge part of this book because it is clear that Bridget has many issues she needs to work out.

Sophie Biyoya Ciardulli is the main character in the book, “Endangered”, by Eliot Schrefer. She is the daughter of Florence Biyoya, who is Congolese, and an Italian-American dad. Her mother had always thought of protecting bonobos as her top duty in life, so it was no surprise when she chose staying in Congo to develop her bonobo sanctuary rather than returning to the U.S. with her husband and daughter, after Sophie’s dad is transferred to Miami, Florida by his company for a job. Sophie attends school in America, but spends summers with her mother. Sophie had always been angry and hurt by the fact that her mother was the reason her parents divorced, but when she meets Otto, she transitions slowly in opinion and grows in acceptance of her mother’s

In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the Walls family is born and raised throughout the country, never settling down in one place. Rex, Jeannette’s father, is an independent thinker, and a highly intelligent man. He spends every second of his spare time inventing odd contraptions that he hopes will make his family rich. Despite his obvious intellect, Rex struggles profusely with alcoholism, making his goal of maintaining a job, and protecting his family very difficult. Jeannette’s dad is best known for “skedaddling”, when things get too hard in one place, or bill collectors come he takes his family, regardless of what they think or want, away from there. They have no say in it, he practically drags them along because they don’t have a choice. Rex asks Jeannette what

In Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden, had many opportunities to learn life lessons but every time his faulty thinking caused him to focus on the problem and not the solution. Whenever Holden looks at situations he negatively overgeneralizes them with a bad attitude rather than learning from it.

Alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance in the United States. One in every twelve adults suffers from alcohol abuse. In the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Jeannette’s father, Rex, deals with a drinking problem. His drinking problem is one characteristic that makes him crude and un-relatable to the reader. In the novel The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Rex Walls is an unsympathetic character. The reader finds evidence of this in the story through the ways he cannot keep a stable job, his drinking and gambling problem, and how he steals from Jeannette and his children. Rex Walls is a terrible father.

After years of schooling in America, a year of practical training for a new career, the rush for a job begins for many immigrants in the United States. For some to stay within U.S. borders they must obtain a green card, by either getting a family sponsorships, marrying a U.S. citizen, entering the diversity visa lottery, or getting a job and applying for an employment sponsorship.

She also loves to participate in sports activities. Her favorite sport is golf. She plays golf with her two friends Meredith and Francesca. She also plays soccer, tennis, and track. Her second favorite sport is lacrosse.

On March second, 1990 in North Little Rock, Arkansas, Brianna Ware (Bri) entered this world. At the age of nine she moved to Jonesboro, Arkansas, where she lived for two years until she moved to Flippin, Arkansas in 2001. Two years later, Bri and her family moved to Hot Springs Village where she attended Jessieville High School. In 2007, at age seventeen, Bri moved into town and received her GED at National Park College. Little did she know that nine short years later she would be a full-time college student and a single mother to her son, Damon. In her spare time, Bri enjoys watching Netflix with her friends, reading, and of course, playing with Damon. Eventually, Bri plans to pursue a career as a high school counselor. Bri manages to balance her time well between making time for hobbies, caring for her family, and working to achieve her ultimate goal of providing a comfortable life for her son through being a successful student and pursuing a career as a high school counselor.

In the story of Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay, one of the main characters that had to endure the Holocaust was Sirka(Sarah). If Sarah or anyone had the capability to rescue her brother Michel it would change the lives of multiple characters. These characters include Sarah herself, Michel, Julia, Edouard, Mame, Zoey, and William.

When reading a story you want to become familiar with the characters and main parts of the novel. Usually, stories have heroes and villains that convert the story to have an interesting plot. Sometimes, these mysterious characters can be hidden deep inside without the reader even knowing. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, a protagonist, Daisy Buchanan, is what we consider to be an alluring villain. According to dictionary.com, alluring means to be “powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.”

Lauren Parsons is a humble junior here at Chino Hills High School. Lauren claims she is doing well, and her happiness is usually fueled by Disneyland.

Erin Brockovich is a film from 2000. It is a dramatized version of the life of Erin Brockovich (played by Julia Roberts). Erin is an unemployed single mother of three children desperately in search of a job. In the first scene of the movie she gets into a car accident and gets sued by the doctor responsible for the circumstance. Erin’s lawyer, Edward Masry, is certain he would win the case, but Erin’s unethical behaviour and quick-to-anger personality loses her the case. After the incident in the courtroom, Masry won’t answer her phone calls. This leads to Erin going to his office. Still looking for a job, she successfully forces him to employ her. She is given the job of filing and she gladly accepts to work at the law firm which had previously represented her car accident case resulting in her injuries. During all this, she also meets a new neighbour, George, a motorcyclists who wants to take Erin out on a date.