Brian's Hunt By Gary Paulen Character Analysis

In the book The Body in the Woods by April Henry there is a contrast/contradiction moment where Ruby’s parents don’t allow her to go on the SAR search. The book states that, “Ruby had an excruciating awareness of her own strangeness. No matter how hard she tried, she found it impossible to fit in. Being friends with Alexis had helped.” This shows that Ruby normally doesn’t fit in, but when she joined SAR the only girls were Alexis and her, so she felt she fit in a little bit when she had a friend. Another piece of evidence states that, “ ‘You’ll go to school tomorrow, not the sheriff’s office. And you’ll contact the SAR and tell them you’re going to have to withdraw from the group... Anger made Ruby rigid, locked her rebuttal in her throat.”

The antagonist in the text is the surroundings. As they change when he walks in the streets of New York he develops into a

Throughout the time the boys were stranded on the island, Simon, in particular, displays his longing for peace and understanding. He not only desires those things but also desires to be alone in nature or alone when trying to understand. Golding first introduces this quality of Simon when Simon excluded himself from the “littluns” and goes into a secluded place in the forest where he seems to have found peace by communing with nature. He held “his breath...cocked a critical ear at the sounds of the islands” and brings himself into a meditative state (Golding,57). His actions of listening carefully to the “sounds of the bright fantastic birds, the bee-sounds, even the crying of the gulls” expresses his love of peace which he finds in nature

For this Case Study I chose fictional character Will Hunting from the award winning movie Good Will Hunting. Will Hunting was born in a poor region of south Boston, Massachusetts, an orphan, who lived with a very abusive alcoholic foster dad. As a kid, Will was subdued to frequent physical abuse by his foster dad, between getting beat with a wrench, and having cigarettes put out on him, Will dealt with a lot at a young age (James A. Frieden).

“Bang” the gunshot echoes off bodys like wind chimes, the bullet pierces the target and the war starts. In the short story "stop the sun" by Gary Paulsen, a man lives through a terror filled night and has to live his life with that tragedy in his head. Fear can be controlled by hope, but if you have no hope then there will only be fear. Gary Paulsen focused on multiple craft moves: simile, flashback and hyperbole. Multiple craft moves help visualize the story. The main character is Terry and the scared man is Terrys dad. Their house is the main setting, they also go to the mall. Terrys dad was in a war, he had a mission with 54 men. When they get to the paddy horror strikes and... After that nightmare of a day Terrys dad started to space,

Alexis’s mother is mentally ill. No one knew until she told Bran. (Bran is one of her friends.) One day her mom and her got into an argument about people watching her. She was off her meds at the time and when She stormed out of the house she didn't take anything, not even her phone or jacket, and she didn't come back home for days at a time. Alexis never gave up looking for her mom. she looked everyday, asked people if they had seen her. She was very persistent.

It is often said that the people one surrounds themselves with can reflect things about themselves, such as their beliefs and ideals. One’s friends and acquaintances can reveal subconscious attractions to people that fulfill their ideals or agree with the things they say, but these relationships can also help one discover their personal philosophies by reinforcing opposing views. Indeed, in J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the way Holden reacts to and interacts with secondary characters reveal his established philosophies and the values he holds most dear to him.

The movie Good Will Hunting an American Drama Film was directed by Gus Van Sant, and starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgard in 1997. This movie is about a man named Good Will Hunting who was a genius but chose not to live as a genius because of fear of past experiences and the ill treatment he received when he was in foster home. Some of the other characters in the movie were supportive and some were not supportive of him. This essay discusses Good Will’s personality traits and his interaction with the other characters in the movie. Good Will Hunting possessed the following personality traits, namely: independence, intense interest in a problem, and the need for stimulation.

As Ricky Baker thrives to build his relationship with his new uncle, Hector, he is also running away from his consequences. The film,“The Hunt for the Wilderpeople”, begins with the delivery of Ricky Baker, an orphan, to his adoptive family. As the story progresses, his aunt, Bella, passes away, which begins his journey to disappear from society. Hec, Ricky’s uncle, receives a letter regarding Ricky’s confinement in juvenile. As Hec started to vocalize, Ricky refuses to go to juvenile due to his desire to disappear. Through Ricky’s determination, loyalty, and his adventures, these traits allow him to gain life lessons during his journey to run away from his consequences.

Which one between John Turner and Robert Johnson will succeed? Why will either Turner or Johnson make it and the other not make it?

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.

It is a common experience: a woman dates a man who is rude to everyone except for her. He makes her feel special, but a few months later, he becomes an abusive, controlling boyfriend. Walter Younger from the play “A Raisin In The Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, while not an abusive person is a milder example of this phenomenon. He is the father in a large African American family, and lives with his mother, sister, wife, and young son. His father has recently died, and his mother, Lena, receives an enormous check from their life insurance. They need this money, as they live in a small house and need to move to a larger one, but Walter wants to invest the money into opening a liquor store instead. Although the play seems to revolve around him, Walter

“Mom said to Smell Factor, ‘Hey. Hey! Stop playing with your food.’ Smell Factor was head-banging with the feed music and turning his bunny plate around and around with his little pudgy fingers.”

Kathy Wade is the wife of John Wade, who was a former soldier and failed politician. “In the Lake of the Woods” the novel by Tim O’Brien, John is being investigated for the disappearance of his wife. John is dealing with multiple traumas from his early life to adulthood, from the death of his father, to being involved in the Vietnam war. The traumas John faced helped shaped him to become the person that he is today. People like John who decide to not get help for their problems, tend to lash out on the people around them and are harmful to society. “Military Service, Exposure to Trauma, and Health in Older Adulthood: An Analysis of Northern Vietnamese Survivors of the Vietnam War” by Kim Korinek and Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan discusses how

Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff is set in Spokane, Washington during the winter hunting season. Three acquaintances with diverse characteristics go into the woods for an “enjoyable” hunting experience. The three characters have polar opposite characteristics and they all have messed up moral compasses, but they have a few similarities such as lying and selfishness, which causes the short story to have a dramatic ending. Selfishness and lying can alter a person's moral compass and change their perspective of what's right and wrong.