Character Analysis Of Isabel In Chains

During the times times of when the founding fathers lived, the slaves they brought in suffered from the chains on their hands and being dragged by their owners. In the book, Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, the protagonist, Isabel, is one of those slaves. She was taken away from her home and was sold with her family when she was only 1 year old. Curzon is a slave who fights for the patriots in order to gain his freedom. Isabel and Curzon are bound by their chains from their lives. Even as their experiences may be different, they share many chains events that bind them together. This is shown through their scars, their quest for freedom, and their imprisonment.

Furthermore, the theme of the story is that persistence pays off. Doris was persistent and it payed off. Doris was persistent because because she did not give up on feeding the dog. The main character also did not give up on asking her parents to keep the gentle stray. Doris’s persistence payed off because

However, Tom originally found solace in the removal from society as it helped ease the memories of the war and his childhood with its simplicity and predictability. As the couple settles and Lucy arrives, the motif of isolation and the island itself darkens to represent a prison, entrapping Tom and overwhelming him with the lies, guilt and knowledge of Hannah suffering miles away. Unlike if Tom were on the mainland where it is much more difficult to escape the constant reminder of their choice, he manages to subdue his restless conscience at times so that “isolation lulls him with music of the lie” (159). Isabel experiences a similar effect brought on by the years of seclusion. During her cathartic visit with Ralph, Isabel admits to the powerful force of the island on her judgement: “Janus was real. Lucy was real. Everything else was just make-belief” (310). Isolation makes it easier for both Isabel and Tom to forget about Hannah and the rest of the world like they are no more than an exciting story out of a book once read, closed and then tucked neatly away in the closet to be revisited

Nora finds strength in realizing her failure, resolving to find herself as a human being and not in what society expects of her. Nora’s recognition comes when Torvald so

Isabels short story, “An Act of Vengeance” is an example of the power she depicts towards women along with her foundation, “The Isabel Allende Foundation” which she states, “Empowers women and girls worldwide”. In her text, in which a young teen’s father is killed by the same man who raped her and took away dignity and reason for living building up hate towards him. The irony is as Allende states, “She searched her heart for the hatred she had cultivated throughout those thirty years, but she was incapable of finding...Then she understood with horror that by thinking about him every moment, and savoring his punishment in advance, her feelings had become reversed and she had fallen in love with him”(Allende#1). The hatred and punishment she wanted to give him for what he did turned into an unstoppable love. Isabel Allende is a strong feminist and it can be seen throughout her writing, reason for this is her personal experiences, causing it to change the way she refers when writing about the opposite sex.

In the book Chains there is a girl named Isabel who is a slave fighting for her freedom. Isabel’s story of fighting for freedom is parallel with the nation's story because they both are running away from something, they both have many obstacles to overcome, and they both are on the losing side of the battle.

She smoothes over Sofia's betrayal of the family, her running away and fighting with her father, by calling it lucky that she ended up with such a loving husband and a beautiful blonde baby. Her story about the thieves who got caught the night Sofia was born similarly reflects her desire to look on the brighter side of things. She needs this positive attitude to craft positive family stories out of unfortunate events.

cannot change life. She writes about her take on living through how people have a

In the novel Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, the author uses the characters internal and external conflicts to show that everybody has chains both physically and mentally.

I believe Isabel has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) because of her uncontrollable obsessions with certain thoughts that results in compulsions which is an impulsive behavior that are performed repeatedly. As stated “she packs and repacks her books.”

She made her a snack and was nice to her which was very unusual behavior for Madam Lockton. She was usually very cruel and always trying to break Isable down. Even though it was strange behavior she just saw it as a good thing, maybe she was changing for the better. Isabel slept so well that night just to wake up to the worst news she had heard in such a long time. “Where is she? What did they do to her?” “She’s gone,” Becky said. “Gone?” I repeated. “Gone where?” Becky studied her shoes again. “Sold.” pg 132 , Her sister had been shipped off!! Madam Lockton was in a good mood that night because she was happy to be getting rid of her sister. She knew Madam Lockton always hated her sister but her husband, Master Elihu Lockton always stopped her. I guess it made sense why she sold her now, her husband wasn't there to stop her. Isabel was outraged by this news she just went ballistic. Being told by Madam Lockton that she could have the night off and go to bed earlier but when she woke up in the morning she found out that Madam Lockton had sent her sister away. This is an example of injustice because Madam Lockton made Isabel feel like she was just giving her the night off out of the kindness of her heart but then woke up to the surprise of her sister being

Ruth is experiencing a split—a struggle between opposing dimensions of herself. This conflict is between the part of her that wants to change and the other part of her that

Each time Nora finds herself unable to help herself the problem is easily directly traced back to her husband, her father, and to the overbearing dominance of the male society. She tries to save the life of the man she thinks she loves and in doing so sees how she has become a victim of her own ignorance which has been brought upon her by the men in her life.

These constant beatings in Maggie Johnson’s home, furniture thrown from parent to parent, and every aspect of her family life as being negative, her family situation is not an extremly healthy one. But, despite her hardships, Maggie grows up to become a beautiful young lady whose romantic hopes for a more desirable life remain untarnished.

Comparing the characters of Angelo and Isabella, one could argue that Isabella is ‘the symbol of goodness and mercy set against a background of moral decay’. Alternatively, one could see her character as self-righteous and hypocritical, as we later discover when she values her chastity higher than her brother’s life.