Character Analysis and Literary Analysis: 'Scythe' by Neal Shusterman

Arthur miller’s The Crucible is about how a group of girls that start a witch hunt a salem and end up killing many of innocent people. The Crucible has a deeper meaning to it about how people react when fear hits them, and who would be pressured to do the things they do and who would fight for what they believe in. Abigail has the most power in the trials as she convinces the girls to join her to get revenge on people that look upon them. John is a well respected man that realizes that Abigail and the girls are lying about witchcraft and is having the whole town of salem going crazy. Rev.Danforth is a stubborn judge that tries to help keep salem calm and not to cause a overthrow in the court. Danforth is the last decision to decide who gets

Cormac McCarthy’s brain child “The Road” is a postapocalyptic novel that illustrates the harsh reality of the world. This story serves as a truth that humans, when stripped of their humanity will take desperate measures in order to survive. The reader learns; however even when it seems all hope is lost good can still be found in the world. The son character of this story illuminates this philosophy. He is a foil of his father and shows how even a person never accustomed to the luxury of a normal life can still see goodness.

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor, the protagonist, is a farmer in his middle thirties. The author gives little to no detailed physical description of him, but from Proctor’s speech, we can still picture him as a strong and powerful man who is able to keep every situation under the control, the kind of personality which earns him deep respect and even fear from the people in town. On the other hand, Abigail Williams, the antagonist, plays an inferior role as an orphan who has no social status in a place like Salem. Over the course of the play, John Proctor is absolutely awakened and transformed by Abigail Williams. In the end, he overcomes the crucible by releasing himself from his guilt of

Unwind by Neal Shusterman is the “newer version” of America. In this New America, your parents could easily get rid of you by Unwinding you. Your body would be split into separate parts but your “soul” would still be intact. Your body parts would go to people who need it though, such as a prefrontal cortex for someone who was in a severe head injury accident or just has some type of brain problem. These known Unwinds that have been chosen are going to harvest camps, spending their last few days there before being Unwound. Connor, Risa, and Lev are the three main characters in this book, all Unwinds. This book was a very controversial story for the likes and dislikes of it, and there are many different connections and recommendations that I

After recently starting the book Silver by Chris Wooding it is clear that there are are many different characters shaped the way they are because of previous experiences. Thus far, the characters of the novel have been introduced one by one. Paul is the new kid at Mortingham Boarding Academy, and he has a dark secret that no one knows. Caitlyn admires Paul from afar and resents that he only has eyes for Erika. Erika thinks that she and Caitlyn are best friends, but she’s wrong, Adam is a bully with a major chip on his shoulder and Mark is outgrowing his old friends but doesn’t know how to make new ones. Each individual character has a different problem and they all stem from different walks of life. One quote that showed insight about the characters’

In society there are individuals that are closer to others; like friends and family, and then there are also people that we notice are there, we know of them, but we don't actually know them. Those are called peripheral people. Usually people think that the peripheral individuals will not impact the as much, but in reality they actually have the most impact. In different literatures people face different objects and people that affect them, called the minor characters. They either can leave a positive or a negative effect depending on the situation, but the truth is that everyone's actions make a difference no matter how involved or not.

“My mom, Shirley, was a nurse. This came in handy... when we ran through windows, fell out of trees, crashed our bikes, stuck a dart in Tom’s leg, or broke Gregg's collarbone” (14). Jon Scieszka, author of his memoir, Knuckleheads, is the second oldest child out of six rowdy and fun-loving brothers, making the Scieszkas a very entertaining family. As a kid, Jon Scieszka was a model airplane war veteran, but when he becomes a Cub Scout and, later, attends Culver Military Academy, he is slowly forced to become accountable for his actions. In doing so, Scieszka, a fun-loving, amusing child, evolves into a responsible young adult who still has a potent sense of humor.

According to The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 7 in 10 black people feel that their race has been a disadvantage in their life (np). This statistic is clearly evident in A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest J. Gaines. Set in Louisiana, the book centers around a black community that was trying to survive in a society set up to defeat them. A young black man named Jefferson was convicted of a murder that he didn’t commit and was sentenced to death, all because of his race. Jefferson was called a hog in front of the entire court, and Grant, a teacher, was given the job of making Jefferson into a man before his execution. Other people of color in their community struggled to feed their kids, get a proper education, and live

Abigail Williams is the most manipulative character in The Crucible. Her disposition allows her to threaten, lie, and act to get her way. After the girls were caught in the forest dancing, singing, and participating in charms, Abigail threatens all the girls to say and go along with the witchcraft accusations. If they said anything she would deal with them, like she dealt with the chicken. The purpose she started all this was to get Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor’s wife, dead. Abigail wanted to be Abigail Proctor, she wanted to marry him, but Elizabeth was in the way. This was one step closer to getting Elizabeth executed and one step closer for Abigail to be John’s wife. The final step into getting the court convinced that Elizabeth was compacted with the devil was when Abigail was

Freedom. Prosperity. Individuality. These terminologies have been socially connected to the ideals of the American Dream for generations. Even today these terms are among the most significant principles of this country. In his book Into the Wild Jon Krakauer tells the true story of Chris McCandless a young man determined to find his American identity. McCandless is an evident example of an individual who possesses a unique interpretation of the American Dream. However, McCandless’s goals were a far stretch from the original dreams of New England settlers, as shown through John Winthrop’s A Modell of Christian Charity.

Minor characters play an overall important role in the progression of the novel; as this will be proven by analyzing John Wyndham 's book The Chrysalids. Minor characters serve an important role in this story. They do this by showing the kind of environment Waknuk 's society has, how they deal with mutants. As well as revealing the history of Waknuk, how they acted before and their origin. Beyond that, they play an important role by showing the progression of the novel, in which they create subplots, and add suspense to the story. Even though minor characters are barely mentioned in the story, they do show that they serve an overall important role in the progression of the novel because they create subplots, in which they add suspense to the story. Equally important, they help reveal the history of Waknuk, which is intricately connected to the setting and action of the plot.

The minor characters in a story can play such a major role. In the novel, “The Strange Case of Dr .Jekyll and Mr.Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson, the readers are introduced to several minor characters, such as Lanyon, Enfield, Carew, and Poole, who help advance the plot. Hastie Lanyon was an old friend of Jekyll who wrote a letter to Utterson about what he witnessed, Richard Enfield told the story of the door , Sir Danvers Carew was murdered by Hyde, and Poole was Jekyll’s butler who got Utterson for help. These minor characters play a major role in the plot.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to travel to the life after death but return to the living? If not then this paper is dead to you. Well, in Death Weavers, Cole Randolph had this experience. The five kingdom series, by Brandon Mull, is a fantasy series involving magic called shaping. In book four it brings the character to a land where they can talk with the dead. The dead are called “echoes” and are essentially spirits. They are what is left of a person once they travel to the echolands, an area where spirits wander till they move on. In Death Weavers, Cole is helping Mira find her sisters Honor and Destiny. They are on the run from both Mira’s father, the high shaper, and a person they know as Nazeem. Cole

In the post-apocalyptic novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy, a majority of the characters are portrayed as “evil” or would be in an ideal world. Though the main characters; the Man and the Boy do not show any “evil” behaviours I would presume that if at some point in time they became desperate enough for food – and desperate enough to live, that they would do what they needed to do in order to survive. As in, eating other humans and stealing, I do not think that this is necessarily being evil or good.

Primarily, the characters in the book are foils for each other. One example is Lucie Manette and Madame Defarge. Lucie is a very gentle and loving woman. Everything that she does shows her kindness and virtue. Her tenderness and adoration for everyone empowers her to unite the family. For instance, when Lucie 's father was in a horrible state of depression, the only cure for his sadness was the sight of Lucie 's face and the touch of her skin. On the other