Character Analysis Of Charlotte Douglas

82). The third quote is one of her notes that put the reader inside of her mind and gives proof to the fact that Didion lets her imagination take over her sense of reality. The fourth quote was another example of her starting off realistically and then she added some detail and she was off in her own world, again putting the reader in her mind. Depending on the type of detail she used made her notes realistic or imaginary.

In addition, Chiger utilizes point of view to present her own thoughts and experiences, further pushing the themes. The whole book is written in first person, meaning the author is narrating and explaining everything.

“I jolted awake. My sheets were soaked through with sweat, blood, and the foul-smelling black substance that marked a victim of yellow fever. Yellow fever,” despite her desperate cries for mercy, yellow fever struck young Matilda Cook with its evil hand, along with thousands of other unfortunate victims. An unpredictable future haunted the families of Philadelphia as this unbearable sickness slithered in between their homes. In the novel Fever, Laurie Halse Anderson described the fictional epidemic that occurred in 1793 to the citizens of Pennsylvania. She passionately painted the picture with blended colors of pain, perseverance, and hope. Despite unbearable pain, the protagonist pressed on with strength and hope. While her character certainly deserves admiration, Matilda Cook is not the only strong character in this story, her friends Eliza and Nathaniel share some of her inspiring traits as well as some of their own.

Joan Didion’s book of essays titled “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” provides a great deal of information on the author. She summarizes herself in the preface of the text. She states that she is “so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate” (xiv). She tells readers that she avoids situations where she has to talk to press agents and or make telephone calls. It is quite obvious that Didion considers herself shy, bland, and anxious (xiv). Readers know that she grew up with a mother, father, and small brother and lived in Colorado Springs at the age of eight, and now that she is older, her family resides in the Central Valley of California (29, 164). When she was younger, she lived in friends’ apartments in New York, later moved to a “monastic” apartment on Seventy-fifth Street with her husband, and then to Los Angeles because of obvious dissatisfaction with their New York

One of the most noticeable elements of this novel is within the structure and plot in which Janie goes on a quest to find herself as a person. Through Janie's struggles and happy moments throughout this story with numerous relationships, Janie grows as a woman and learns something new within each marriage. The third person narrator allows the reader to follow not only Janie's interpretation certain situations, but the thought process of the other characters too.

In U.S. history the roles of society were decide by gender, men’s role was mostly the same throughout history, but the women’s role changed slowly over time. There was many women who were fighting to change their roles and one such woman is Anne Marbury Hutchinson. In “Divine Rebel” Selma R. Williams tells the story of Anne Hutchinson, who was a Puritan woman of the late 1500s, and researched informations was hard to find. She was often described as a woman who did not fit the ideal woman mold and she did nothing to force herself into such a mold. Anne Hutchinson is described differently in the textbook that was assigned to our class as well as a few similarities. Anne Hutchinson may

Anderson’s assessment stems from the fact that men found obedience to be a desirable female quality during the eighteenth century. Moreover, according to feminists, society during that time was designed for the pleasure and benefit of men alone. While Feminist criticism works well with Charlotte Temple, it is evident that another concept also deserves attention. Although the majority of novel seems to focus on women, chapters two through five connect almost exclusively to economics. The significance of economics and social class in these opening chapters implies that Charlotte is not only victimized due to her gender, but also due to her class. During the first few chapters, the importance of money and gender are revealed. Mr. Lewis exploits and then proceeds to blackmails Mr. Eldridge for money, thus sending him into financial tragedy. This short background story sets up the theme of class struggle for the novel.

Dunstan Ramsey comes of age as he moves from childhood into his teen years. At the age of sixteen, the small landscape of Deptford becomes too much for Dunstan to handle so he decides to drop out of high school and join the Army. It is evident that Dunstan needs a change in his life and something to get his mind of the impact that Mrs. Dempster had on Dunstan childhood. Leading up to leaving for the War Dunstan never really saw much of Mrs. Dempster because every time he saw her he could not hold back his guilt and remorse, which continues to trouble him in his teen years. Like many other young men, Dunstan is thrown into the chaos of the war, converted by the front lines and beginner to rifles and survive. Thus, this affects him in many ways,

Janie Crawford, an independent women living in the early twentieth century is on a quest for fulfillment which she believe can be found in true love. As she tells her story to her friend Pheoby Watson, we learn that instead of finding love she finds everything but love. After running away with Jody Starks, a handsome educated man, Janie begins to see how human nature can turn your once loving husband into a power seeking monster. Through the buying of land, the complete control over a town’s workings, and eventually the control of Janie it becomes evident that the only thing Jody Starks wants in life is control.

The main conflict and the antagonist, her sister Lydia are both compelling because they make the memoir more personal to the author, which forces her to share feelings to the audience. Lydia’s character development from the guide to the antagonist who poses as a barrier to her sister in making peace with the past, gives the author tension within herself when she stated that “maybe harsh judgement is what [she] deserved” (235) as a part of her reflection of Lydia’s intolerance. The author sharing the tension with her sister gives readers a chance to understand her motivations for the memoir’s main plot. The realization that that she’s been haunting herself (250) gives the reader satisfaction because the author builds up tension very well where after many years feeling haunted by her past. While there is a rising action, a climax, and a falling action present, the amount of anecdotes overshadowed the main plot which made it hard to define these elements. However, the anecdotes did not detract from the main idea of the book, such as when the author saying that she believes “in spooks” (242) during a school reunion, which indicates that she was still plagued by how she could not make sense of the past, so this did not detract from the theme of being haunted by it. The way the author uses dramatic conflict greatly adds to the memoir’s quality by forcing her to share her feelings and many personal parts of her life, and this makes the reader understand her feelings toward the book’s entire

Susanna Rowson uses Charlotte’s seduction in Charlotte Temple to warn of the situations and interactions that can lead any woman, even one brought up with virtue, into a sinful and compromising situation. With seduction, she also shows how compromising one’s virtue, even once, can lead to a slippery slope of immoral decisions. In addition, she warns parents to be wary of allowing their children to be in the presence of immoral people because they may influence their impressionable children and teenagers.

This novel is written in first person and written in recent perspective along in present tense form. Lily Owen's the protagonist of the story telling her life experiences and how she perceives things. Lily's point of view stays consistent all throughout the story which makes the reader experience her life at

Didion uses inclusive pronouns such as, “we” and “our,” to once again highlight that she is relatable to the audience. This allows for construction of Didion’s character by displaying credibility by appearance of standard individual, rather than a famous author and model. Didion’s use of ethos allows her to present

In her novel Charlotte Temple, Susana Rowson warns young girls to be careful in a world with guys like Montraville. She explains the calamities that girls and women face during this time. The eighteenth century is a period of sexism and most women fear betrayal and seduction. Charlotte is the best example of being a victim of both betrayal and seduction by Montraville and her friends. She is indecisive and allows her emotions to shape her decisions. In addition, Charlotte neglects her fears and is shamed by the male characters of this novel. These are some reasons of how her respective downfall is achieved.

For years, wolf shifter Bart Cairo has harbored secret feelings for his co-worker Charlotte Moffatt. Even though he thinks he’s been discreet with his affections, everyone at Gemini Island’s Ursa Fishing Lodge knows he and Charlotte, a fellow wolf shifter, are meant to be mates. Everyone, but Charlotte.