Character Analysis Of The 4th Floor

The characters in The Birchbark House are Omakayas a hardworking and nice girl, Angeline Omakayas’s sister and she is perfect and nice but sometimes can be mean, Big Pinch Omakayas’s brother he is very selfish and self centered, Baby Neewo Omakayas’s baby brother who is young and small, Deydey Omakayas’s father who is smart and strict, Yellow Kettle Omakayas’s mother who is loving and hardworking, Old Tallow the Omakayas’s families friend who is nice at times and very hardworking and brave.

In The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich Omakayas the main character and I have many similarities. We both are quiet and don’t like to put ourselves out there. We also miss family we wish to be with them but we can’t.

It is often said that the media and the arts are an accurate reflection of any given community. This is especially true in American pop-culture, where television shows depict the various stereotypes attributed to men and women and the roles they play in society. House, a highly popular medical drama that revolves around Dr. Gregory House and his diagnostic team, is a particularly good example as it represents the true state of the traditional gender roles in American culture today by, both, redefining and reinforcing them over the course of the show.

Authors in many instances use the main elements in the story such as setting and narrative to prove a point in the story. For example, writers often use characters, their actions, and their interaction with other characters to support or prove a theme. In the short story “Our Thirteenth Summer”, Barry Callaghan effectively uses characters to develop the theme that childhood is fragile and easily influenced. One of the ways that Callaghan makes effective use of characters to develop the theme is by describing the tension between Bobbie and his parents. This usage of characters supports the theme because Bobbie’s childhood is no longer free to do what he wishes, but has to bow down to his parents’

In the story "Cathedral", by Raymond Carver, the narrator is conflicted with issues of inner-demons that are manifested in a blind man whom he perceives as a danger to his marriage. The narrator in this story is a good example of an anti-hero showing negative characteristics while never actually being a bad guy. This gives the idea that he is very humanistic character. That being said, he is a flawed character who is just trying to please his wife while not giving up what he wants. In the end he realizes that he can have both revealing a very enlighten experience. Over the entire story the narrator is confronted with different moments that gradually alters his perspective and changes him for the better.

Jimmy knows too well the agonies of abandonment. First, when his mother, Cecilia, ran away with Richard to pursue a better lifestyle. Then, due to his father’s, Damacio Baca, alcoholisms and violent behavior; he also had to leave Jimmy behind. In spite of the drawbacks from abandonment to being a maximum security prisoner in Arizona State Prison, Jimmy preserver’s the darkness of prison by overcoming his illiteracy. However Cecilia and Damacio is not as fortunate as their child; Cecilia is shot by Richard after confronting him for a divorce and Damacio chokes to death after he is released from the detox center(Baca 263). Therefore the most significant event in this section of the memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca is the death of Jimmy’s parents.

*One of the themes of “The Glass Castle” is that, although you might have a horrible and hard childhood, it doesn’t mean you’ll stay that way. Jeannette had gone through so many things, but because she tried her very best to get out of her struggle she now succeeds in life.

“It’s because he no longer loves us sweetheart. Pack your stuff, we’re leaving this house and your father who doesn’t care enough anymore about this family.”

In the book 1984, Smith is trying to be an individual in a society that is ruled by Big Brother. as a consequence of him trying to be an individual, he is testing the rules of the party. The individual in an authoritarian society is forced to follow the rules and beliefs of the rest of the society.

There are many different issues in society today. Some have a huge impact on Americans and others don’t. In the memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, we learn that not everyone’s life is perfect. Jeannette’s childhood was not the best, she suffered many hardships but, was too young and innocent to realize her situation. Some of the hardships she faced are alcoholism, poverty, and hunger; these issues are still relevant in society today.

Everyone that has ever lived has a past. We all know this. Whether if it was filled with drug addiction, alcoholism, or abuse. Or if it was filled with supporting families, prosperous parents, or a happy childhood. Our outlook onto the world is most typically formed on what we have experienced in the past. But we cannot let this define us. In the glass castle, there are many examples of how a person’s childhood or past does not define who they become in the future.

"The Angled City" revolves around the internal conflict between "N." and he struggles to stay moral while fighting a war. This self vs self conflict is fought throughout the entire story. N. tries to give his victims a chance by keeping to a code of conduct, this is how N. separates himself from other snipers by justifying his conduct as a pattern that anyone could discern. N. ultimately is losing this battle with himself and goes into the city to a bar. While on his way back he notices the spot he normally looks down on with his rifle and is disturbed by the area from the city level. After returning to his sniper spot his inner self manifests itself into his own image but on the other end of his rifle. N. fires a shot out of his rifle

The Similarity of Two Different Lives Sometimes we question ourselves; do we ever really come to age? Or do we just stay the same all our lives? In a Gate at the Stairs, Moore creates a character named Tassie who overcomes plenty of coming of age moments by being, strong, worried, and curious. A naïve character can get through a lot of barriers with strength, and Tassie has all these character traits. Tassie lives in a world where she has to put her life on hold and care for a child in a different family, just like how I have to put my family on hold and deal with school, swimming, and balancing money.

The novel, Midaq Alley, written by Naguib Mahfouz, tells the story of various characters living in a poor alley in Egypt during World War I. Of all the people in Midaq Alley, Hamida is the one who lusts most for an escape from tradition and poverty. She despises her traditional culture, and longs for a life free from the social and cultural constraints that fall upon her. Hamida is introduced as a strong character; however, the temptation of modernization guides her towards a more enticing lifestyle. Hamida’s character portrays how easy it is for one to abandon their culture, traditions and values.

The Event did not disappoint with my hypothesis that this was a heavily male dominated program. The content of this show illustrates the social hierarchy and roles that men play in society. Subsequently, the major life events change the direction and course of the actors and force them into new roles, norms and values with their characters.