Character Analysis: Hi Gene

Adah being able to conduct palindromes subjects her to discrimination as well. The discrimination that she receives because of her palindromes comes from mostly her family. Ruth May describes this as weird when introducing Adah and explains that no one understands her. That is how Adah wants it to be. Based from a medical point of view, the coupling of hemiplegia with extreme intelligence is very unlikely.

When Auggie’s mom told him that he was going to Beecher Prep he was really nervous, but was happy that he can make some new friends.He will have a great time so that maybe he can’t have a negative impact.

Truman Capote characterizes Holcomb as a innocent and peaceful farm town with a small population of people and a few rundown buildings. As he describes the town of Holcomb he paints a picture that not a lot happens in the town and that the surrounding towns do not pay attention to Holcomb or even know that the small town exists. Capote describes the town as being melancholy, lonesome and unknown he describes the town like this so that when a crime happens in this town it has a greater impact on the people. In order to convey these ideas Capote uses a great deal of imagery and has a good use of diction that is easy to understand so that his ideas come across clear and he is able to paint the picture he wants to paint.

In John Updike’s short story “A & P”, a dynamic and round character expresses his subjective attitude towards his views, a plot twist causes him to realize his future. Sammy an opinionated cashier at A & P grocery store does not agree with his Lengel, his manager after he reprimands a particular group of customers at the store. Sammy’s further actions cause him to face the true reality of his future.

Friends aren't always what they turn out to be, in "High Noon" Will Kane is being hunted down by Frank Miller and his gang, and when Kane asked for help there was nobody by his side. They leave him dry. Everybody is different in the story "The Most Dangerous game" Zaraff's everyday life living on Ship-Trap island, and hunting humans and animals isn't a normal life.

Violet Duran being a protagonist of the novel “Feed” by M.T Anderson stood out the most. To me she wasn't just some girl, she was different. Titus was drawn to her and from the minute he and his friends started talking to her at the moon, they noticed she wasn't like them. Violet had her feed implanted in her brain when she was seven years old due to her parent’s financial situation. She is also home schooled by her father who is a professor who teaches the dead language.

The journey of the Joad family takes course during the period of the Great Depression in United States. This century brings extreme hardship upon families across America. Especially for the Joad family as they are also affected by the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma. The economic decline and natural disaster cause the family to relocate and abandon their home, and their past. In times of crisis, the Joads must endure the loss of family, property, and a home. The Joads travel west to California in hopes of finding new jobs and a new home. On their 2,000 mile journey a leader arises among the family. Ma Joad becomes the leader of the family, she learns to control her emotions and act for the greater cause of her family’s survival. Ma Joad possesses the

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My favorite part of the book is when JD found out that he did not have AIDs because it was the most interesting thing in the book and it had me on the edge of my seat. My favorite character is JD because he is very persistent with everything he does , he is honest ,and he was one of the smartest characters in the book.The book was about a guy name JD dawson who is from the ghetto part of oakland, California who try to make a better life for himself by going to college. Most of the guys who JD grew up with are dead or in jail but when one of his best friends die that's a wake up call for him so when he is accepted into the university of atlanta he goes without thinking twice. When he gets to atlanta he finds trouble when he meets a girl named

Violet Duran being a protagonist of the novel “Feed” by M.T Anderson stood out the most. To me she wasn't just some girl, she was different. titus was drawn to her and from the minute him and his friends started talking to her at the moon, they noticed she wasn't like them. Violet had her feed implanted in her brain when she was seven years old due to her parent’s financial situation. She is also home schooled by her father who is a professor who teaches the dead language. Both her parents didn't have the feed and were even hesitated about getting it for Violet. Until Violets father figured it was necessary for his daughter due to the generation she was going to grow up in and because of the job interview. He stated “Then one day, when

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I think it is like this, there is a town called Sameville and in this town, everyone always wears a suit both male and female and they all must speak softly to one another. These are the most important rules of their society. One day John decides he is tired of wearing a suit he can’t stand it, so John rips the sleeves off, cuts his suit pants above the knee, and he also talk very loud. This makes John a deviant because he is no longer abiding by his societies norms. Everyone in Sameville sees what John has done and gossip ensues, this would be a type of informal punishment, but the people see no change in John by doing this, so his society decide that they now need to take him to court, this is a formal punishment. John is found guilty for

Culture has been shaped throughout history in various positive and negative ways. Gather at the Table explores the many ways that the past has shaped the culture of two people who come from very different places. The independent stories of Tom, who is a descendent of slave owners, and Sharon, a descendent of slaves, illustrates how much history affects the world view and everyday life of the two friends. The high contrast cultures of Tom and Sharon create cultural conflicts that are a result of their unique histories. Even though a lot of conflict is brought up between the histories of Tom and Sharon, similarities are also revealed throughout the duration of the book. The cultural differences and similarities are brought up through the people that Tom and Sharon meet along the way, through the experiences that the two explore together, and simply the prior knowledge of each others cultural backgrounds.

Ha is being turned inside out in the following ways, Ha goes to a new school, she doesn't know where to sit at lunch and she has to deal with bullies. One way to show that Ha is turned inside out is when she wakes up for school and she is nervous saying that “I woke up with dragonflies zipping through my gut”(Lai, pg. 139). This shows that Ha is inside out because she is nervous about going to school since she is in a new place and doesn't know what school will be like in America. Another way to show that Ha is turning inside out is at lunch there is “...one side of the bright, noisy room, light shin and on the other side dark skin”(Lai pg. 143). Since Ha is in the middle of dark and light she doesn't know where to sit; she doesn't know what

Jody is about an adopted child. It is about searching her natural parents. Who wants to know her true identity. This is the story of being human who has ever about the heart’s journey home. This is true to life story written by Jerry Hulse. Jody was an adopted daughter by Mary and Bruce Carr, who’s married dozen years before they adopt her. She was born on May 13, 1931 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was faces now serious surgery and the doctors needed her family background or medical history about her parents. When she was 16 years old, she knew that she was only an adopted daughter. Her adoptive parents never told her about it, only the place where she was born. And that is the only information to find her mother. Jerry Hulse her husband is the first travel editor in Los Angeles. He was died on 2002 at the age of 77.