Character Analysis: Kamehameha Schools

Having an older sibling is rough already, but having a brother that you have to worry about him breaking in and stealing valuables of your own, that's tough and the main character Gordie Jessup has to deal with the betrayal of his older brother, Chase Jessup everyday throughout Katherine Holubitskys’s novel “Tweaked”. Gordie’s efforts trying to fix his family are overwhelmed by Chase’s drug addiction and money debts he has with his dealers. There are many themes throughout the book.

When the haoles arrived, “the Hawaiians had their nationality forcibly changed in their own homeland” (30). These immersion schools are a chance for the Natives to gain a better understanding of their culture and heritage, without the control of outside forces. If Hawaii became their own Independent Nation, they would be able to expand this practice throughout all the islands, and be able to freely exercise their own beliefs and practices.

The mythological story "A Worn Path” is of tales and figures, the most considerable, being the legend of the phoenix. There are numerous symbols and allusions brought about in the story relating to the legend of the phoenix. The phoenix is a bird that comes from Egyptian mythology. The best analogy of the phoenix is a magnificent bird. The phoenix has astonishing powers. It has the knack to materialize and vanish in the blink of an eye. The myth states the phoenix travels to the sun. The sun gives the phoenix it powers. The heat incinerates the bird. The bird is reborn from the ashes. From her name along with appearance to her action and the symbolism throughout the story, Phoenix Jackson is the manifestation of the phoenix (bird).

At the beginning of the movie, Koro is the leader of the community. Koro demonstrates many great leadership qualities for example; he is knowledgeable, passionate, caring, loving, stern and has authority. Koro is very knowledgeable about the Maori culture. He is one of the few that knows how speak the language, memories chants of by heart, knows the dances and legends of the Maori culture. He told Pai the legend of Paikea and how they originated from him, people respect him for that knowledge. Another quality Koro possesses is he is really passionate about his community. He is passionate about the culture and keeping tradition in place. He wants the future generations to hold on to their culture. Koro cares about the community, he realises that people have lost their way. If he didn't care about that he wouldn't go to the trouble of starting that school and making sure the boys found their way and knew they belonged. Koro deeply loves Pai, they're family after all. We can symbolise their love through riding the bicycle. In the opening scenes of the movie, we see Koro and Pai riding the bike together and he also takes her to school by the bike. Furthermore, just as Pai and her dad was about to leave, Koro and Pai were doing circles around the tree. Koro at times be stern with her, he just doesn't want her to rebel against tradition. Koro doesn't tolerate any bad behaviour or discrimination to tradition, we can see this when Koro clipped Hemi's ear with no delay. The director

“ His Expression remained the same- cynical, defiant, painful” (Gaines 84). Miss Emma did not think that Jefferson knew he was going to be put in the chair, which kind of furthers this whole idea that everyone has that’s he’s incompetent. Even his own aunt without realizing has degraded him. I think that maybe Jefferson can’t read or write but he’s a human who understands laws. At the beginning of the book I was feeding into the notion that he was mentally challenged, but I think now that he just grew up in the uneducated black stigma put on him by white people not letting black school have the same education. And so he knows he is going to die, he doesn’t fight he doesn’t resist he faces the unjust punishment with grace and is going o let

Wes Moore’s mother Joy tried very hard to make Wes a well rounded person. She made sure Wes go to Riverdale Country school, which was one of the best school in Bronx. Even though Wes didn’t feel like he belonged there. When Wes got into horrible habits such as attending school irregularly. Wes’s mother warned to Wes if he doesn't straighten up, she will send him to military school. Wes knew if he didn’t start to behave there were be consequences. Wes said, “ I knew my mother was considering sending me away, but I never thought she’d actually do it” (Moore 87). Joy made Wes go to Valley Forge because he wasn’t behaving. Valley Forge is what shaped Wes into well rounded person. Joy’s disciplinary attitude is what influenced Wes into good person. Unlike the other Wes’s mother

Bernice Pauahi Bishop was a Hawaiian princess, the last direct descendant of the Royal House of Kamehameha. Her bequest endowed the Kamehameha Schools, which specialize in educating the children of native Hawaiians to this day.

"...What impact did your father not being there have on your childhood?"(The "Other" Wes Moore -Part I: Fathers and Angels - pg. 4) This question is what connected me to the novel. The "author" Wes began the story of his and the "other " Wes's memories of their fathers. This explains how and why they grew up fatherless. Wes " the author" recalls only have two memories of his father one was when his father had a talk with him after he punched his sister Nikki and the other one was the day his father passed away. The "author" Wes father didn't choose to leave, unlike the "other Wes's father, which he never met until years later. I related to this chapter a lot, I too was raised by a single mother but my story is just a tad different. My family

Through my time at St. Joe, although it has only been two years, I have learned the necessities to become a strong woman’s valued leader. By learning how to become involved in not only my schoolwork, but also an active participant in extracurricular activities has shaped the person I am today. In regards to this, National Honor Society’s pillar of character has defined for me what a true dedicated, hardworking student should be.

The five areas of excellence recognized by National Junior Honor Society are developing character, scholarship, leadership, service, and citizenship. I believe that all of these different areas are important for children, teens, and even adults today.

Holly Hollingsworth The Chosen Essay 11/20/15 Differences between people often cause resentment and anger. In chapter one of Chaim Potok’s novel The Chosen, the main character, Reuven, struggles to control his emotions when confronted with an unfamiliar Hasidic baseball team. Potok uses Reuven’s first person point of view to reveal Reuven’s conflicting emotions towards Danny and his baseball team. Potok begins his novel with a striking observation to set the tone for the first chapter, acknowledging that the main character, Reuven, and another boy Danny live “within five blocks” of each other, but have never met or even known of the other boy before.

In the novel Speak the main character is Melinda and her being the narrators everything is filtered through her vision and thoughts :however, the way she is treated by other character is an obvious look no matter the point of view this novel is told in. There are a couple characters that are involved in the side of treating Melinda ;for example, Heather, Principal Principle, Andy, and Rachel. However there is one person that is treating her the right way and when she is around him she feels safe and feels as she is in a bully free zone you can say ,and that person is Mr. Freeman. In the novel, there is many situations where she is treated in a mean way. Such as when Melinda decides that the pep rally won't be so bad after all, and at least she has somebody to sit with she decided to go thinking of a good

Before Prosper was named Prosper, it went by the name Eagletown. Everyone in Eagletown was very into witchcraft, causing them all to develop superpowers. There was a girl named, Prosper, who had the power to control and produce electricity. She was 17 and in her last year in school. Prosper was very nice and loved to include every one in whatever the social event may be.

In “The Journey to the West,” the monk was accompanied by Pigsy, the Sha Monk, the Handsome Monkey King, and the horse. Each of these supporting characters possess a certain magical ability that assisted the monk on his journey, additionally they had their own flaws. This contrasts the monk, which has no magical ability and was devoted buddhism. The strengths, weaknesses, and backgrounds of these supporting characters encapsulate the idea of buddhism throughout the novel, and by including them and Xuanzang the book is able to summarize the idea of buddhism.

I read five articles on character education. These articles helped me to better understand the importance of character education and useful techniques and methods to teach children values and morals.