Character Analysis: A Wrinkle In Time

The Second Chance Cycle Second chances are very hard to get, but when they are given, they should be appreciated and valued. Many of the characters in The First Stone have impactful second chances that they may not fully appreciate at first. As they live out their second chances Reef, Alex, and Leeza go through major personality change that they may not realize for a while.

Everyone has to mature someday Anita, main character of the book, knows that she, too, must as well, before it’s too late. With the SIM invading along with the dictator, El Jefe, looming over her family, just how fast can she do so? Anita is a twelve-year old girl living in the Dominican Republic during the 1960’s. In the book, Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez, her family is secretly opposing the government and their dictator, El Jefe (Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina), so they can someday become a free nation. Over time, in the novel, Anita does grow up, but her change is gradual. Maturing and dealing with trauma is hard for her, just like would be for anyone.

On April 10, 1606, John Smith (an adventurer) explorer and author, and his crew were sent by King James I to start a colony in Jamestown. In December 1606 the company sent out three ships carrying 106 settlers to start the new colony. On May 13, 1607 John Smith named the colony Jamestown in honor of the King. Years later on September 6, 1620 William Bradford (an English Separatist) went to Cape Cod, Massachusetts on the Mayflower due to fear of the assimilation into Dutch culture to start a new civilization. The Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England on September 6, 1620. The 100-foot ship had 102 passengers and a crew of 30-40 in extremely cramped conditions. The two exploration narratives are similar in many ways but they both serve two completely different meanings.

In the story, “A Separate Piece” by John Knowles, Gene thinks that Finny is trying to ruin his studies and Gene gets mad at him, but Finny actually wasn’t trying to ruin his studies but rather thought Gene was gifted enough to get by without having to study. In the story, Gene becomes jealous of Finny’s athletic ability and tries to be better than him by jouncing the limb of a tree, causing Finny to fall out of it and break his leg. Gene’s friendship with Finny is affected by the accident and also due to World War II. Finny falls again later in the story, this time down stairs, and breaks his leg a second time.

There are many similarities and also many differences in the books A Wrinkle in Time, written by Madeline L’Engle, and When You Reach Me, written by Rebecca Stead, in the characters. L’Engles’ book is about a young girl and two friends who go and try and save her father. Steads’ book is about a girl and her many mysterious acts. Two characters that show many comparisons are Calvin and Marcus. Calvin is a friend of Megs and also a sidekick in A Wrinkle in Time and Marcus is a teen firebrand who later becomes closer with Miranda in the book When You Reach Me.

With a wind chill of a hundred degrees below zero and a rapidly diminishing supply of oxygen, travelers are ascending their way to attain their ultimate destination, the summit of Everest. Jon Krakauer confronts a countless number of physical and psychological obstacles with his comrades along the ceaseless expedition. Into Thin Air is a reflection of physical and psychological violence because of the treacherous environment, varying experience level of each climber, advertisement of Everest, and the mental conflict within each individual.

Throughout the story A Long Way Gone, many people helped Ishmael and his friends during his journey, rehabilitation center, when he lived with his uncle, and when he escaped to New York. Out of all the people who helped Ishmael, the person who sticks out is Ester. Ester is important to Ishmael for many reasons such as teaching him to trust, love, and to forgive himself, while being a hero to others.

All refugees, the circumstances notwithstanding, face immense hardship throughout their lives. In time, these hardships give way to new opportunities, dreams, and perspectives, as even in the face of suffering, one always retains their intrinsic self. Kim Ha, the protagonist in Thanhha Lai’s Inside Out and Back Again, experienced this through her family’s daring escape from war-torn South Vietnam. Consequently, Inside Out and Back Again serves as a fitting title for her story.

Grace has been told for more than half her life that she was crazy. Her mother’s death that she witnesses was an accident, there was no scarred man, and there was nothing she could do to change what had happened. But Grace knew they were wrong. With the help of her friends Noah, Megan and Rosie, she managed to discover that the scarred man was Dominic, the first love of her mother, who was there to kill her mother, but chose instead to stage her death. Grace came down just as Dominic was taking the picture, and picked up the gun that was lying on the floor. Firing blinding, she missed Dominic and shot her mother instead. The traumatic moment of shooting her mother was blocked from Grace’s mind as it was unable to handle what she did. Her family tries to protect her from this, saying it was an accident, trying to get Grace to stop pushing. When pushing too hard, Grace discovers the truth of what happened that night, and what she did, and with the

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines takes place in 1940’s, a time period of segregation. This was a time when blacks were often at fault for a crime they did not commit, such as what transpired in this book. A man named Jefferson was convicted of a crime he did not commit and was insulted during court. Now his family, friends, and even Jefferson himself were trying to prove the white community wrong about their beliefs that a black man is unequal and lacks dignity against Jefferson and the black community. Not only is Jefferson going through a period of suffering on death row, but others, like Grant Wiggins and Miss Emma, are also facing their struggles and they will try to prove others wrong and redeem themselves through knowledge,

I was pleased to have attended a lecture cosponsored by the Ethics Center, the Fresno State office of the president, the Fresno Bee and Valley PBS. The lecture began with Dr. Castro recognizing a few leaders on campus, including a past Fresno State president, Dr. John D. Welty and campus volunteer Mary Castro. Dr. Castro then mentioned a few things about Mr. Brooks stating that he is a columnist for the New York Times and an analyst for the PBS “News Hour” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Dr. Brooks also teaches at Yale University, one the finest university in the country. Dr. Castro continued by saying that he learned that Mr. Brooks office hours are from 9am to 1pm and how “cool” it sounded to him. I was surprised how many people attended the event. I was fortunate to find a seat. David Brooks mentioned how he has some remote roots in the Central Valley because his father grew in Chowchilla, CA but Mr. Brooks grew in New York.

Will-power and determination plays a major role when it comes to people accomplishing goals and performing the tasks they are given. When a person possesses these two qualities they are motivated, focused, will not give up easily, determined along with many other things. The word determination is defined as, “the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.” Will-power is, “the strength or will to carry out one’s decisions, wishes, or plans.” In the short story A Worn Path by Eudora Welty, the main character Phoenix carried out the meaning of these two words throughout the whole story. She had experienced many road blocks during her journey, but she did not let them stop her from reaching

When in the wild lion cubs fully depend on their parents for all of their juvenile lives. Female cubs will spend their entire lives in the pride and will not leave unless confronted with a cruel reality or to protect their cubs. It is a duty for the cub’s parents to care and provide for the cubs in order to strengthen the pride’s future and the lion’s bloodline. In the film “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete” we see the parents slack on their duties to protect their children through fault of their own. We see that the wellbeing of Mister and Pete take a backseat to heroine and substance abuse. In Ishmael Beah’s memoir titled “A Long Way Gone” his parents are taken away from him at a very early age. The civil war that takes away Ishmael’s parents is not his fault and through no fault of his own he has to grow up too

The Roman Empire was found in 753 bc on April 21, by two twin brothers names Romulus and Remus who were raised by a she-wolf. They were the children of Rheas Silvia and Mars after Amulius there father dies, the brothers rejected the citizens offer of the crown of Alba Longa. The brothers built there own empire. As they sought to become the next king, Romulus became angrey and killed Remus. And therefore, Romulus becoming the king of there land and naming it after his name.

American political cartoons often follow the general discontent of the government by American people. They run the scale from economics to foreign policy to the overwhelming popular topic of organization.