Character Analysis: Roy By Richard Griffin

Professor Crawford is a assertive human. He does not like to be corrected. The first time Jamal turned in an essay Professor Crawford doubted that he wrote it by himself. Crawford doubted Jamal because he was African American. Jamal is an extremely talented writer and Crawford knows, but he refuses to accept the fact and continues to bring Jamal down. Crawford wanted to see if Jamal can come up with his own words so he made Jamal write an essay with his supervision.

Through Wes Moore’s The Other Wes Moore, the author tells the story of himself and another man with the same name and a strikingly similar upbringing. In chapter 6 it is revealed that the parental and authority figures in both their lives greatly affected and shaped who they became. By comparing and contrasting the tough choices they made, complications they face at home and at school, and their new authoritative positions, the author uses the two Wes Moore’s lives in Chapter 6 to appeal to pathos, allowing the reader to feel a connection with each character and develop an understanding of both Moore’s accomplishments and hardships.

Arthur Bauer was hanging out with his friend Erik Fisher. He knew that he would be unpopular if he did not obey Erik. Recently, Arthur even killed a man named Luiz Cruz. He always hated to carry out these evil plans, but he felt forced to do it to protect his status. The first thing that Erik got Arthur to do was to make fun of the death of his old friend, Mike Costello. “Ha! Do you remember the picture of his face! Priceless!” Erik laughed. “Pretty soon we’ll get to see the close up!”

Jasper Jones was my favourite character while I was reading Jasper Jones because he is a strong character. He doesn’t have much family or friends in the book but seams to have a steady life. He had to grow up fast because his father isn’t around much and his mum died. He has to steal to get food and clothes so people think that he is no good and that the children of the town shouldn’t be around him, “He’s the rotten model that parents hold aloft as a warning: This is how you’ll end up if you’re disobedient.”

The main idea in West Moore's novel, “The Other Wes Moore” is about the different paths that people take, despite going through similar events. Author Wes Moore founded a homogeneous circumstance between himself and the Other Wes Moore, who was in prison for convicted criminals. The Other Wes Moore and Author Wes Moore both experienced a tough childhood. They both grew up in downtown Baltimore and was raised by single mother. Succumbed to their curiosity, they both got involved with drugs; however, individually, they ended up taking different roads towards their future. Author Wes Moore became a successful business leader and juxtaposed to Other Wes Moore, he was sentenced to life in prison for robbery. The novel is presented to us that tragedies

Being a troubled young man from the slums of Baltimore, the other Wes Moore grew and lived in what was around him. When you grow up in the negativity surrounding you, the average person will become a product of their environment or surroundings. Trouble and habit become all you know and once you’re indulged in that kind of lifestyle it becomes harder and harder to stray away from it. The other Wes’ life ended up negatively because of the poor decisions he made as well as the negative environment he grew up in.

In this short story by Tim O’Brien, Lieutenant Jimmy cross leads a platoon of men in the Vietnam War. Unable to keep his thoughts from his unrequited love interested, Martha, Cross allowed his platoon to become lax in their duties and mentally removed from the war. The conflict arises when one of his men, Ted Lavender, is killed on a mission. The conflict is resolved when Lieutenant Cross abandons his youthful fantasy world for the reality of the war he is living in. Cross finds new purpose in the vigilant leadership of his men.

Trust is like gambling. The more trust you give to someone the riskier it becomes that they could betray you. Gene Forrester is the main character of the novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles. Gene at the beginning of the book is revisiting his old high school, Devon School. He struts to an old tree where he reflects on old memories and it flashes back to him and his best friend Finny.

Imagine— you are sitting upon an old dock at the edge of a pond as the evening sun begins to set. A captivating ornamentation of light dances off the water as the sun slowly disappears behind an overbearing mountain. You become mesmerized by the mixed celebration of the faint yellow, baby blue, and champagne pink lights that shine across the ripples of the water. When suddenly, there is the faint cry of a loon in the distance. This cry startles you and brings you from that tranquil state back to the harrowing vapidity of reality.You try your best to ignore the loon as his noisy laugh continues to mock you from across the pond. You immediately want to turn to annoyance, but you instead decide to embrace the loon after realizing that he is time and you are Norman Thayer. You are the character from the play “On Golden Pond,” written by Ernest Thompson, who lost their charismatic outlook on life to the turning of time. A vast array of critics call “On Golden

Rudy’s perception of himself changed over the course of the book for the better. During chapter 3 Rudy was living a sloppy life; Rudy slept on couches, dried off with bath mats, and never washed his clothes. As a child growing up going through grade school, Rudy struggled to find pride. He was teased for his red hair as a little boy and to combat that he teased back. As time went on he made friends but went down a troubled path, paving the way to his procrastination, misbehavior, and bad grades. Rudy had little aspirations, and as Rudy says on page 53, “I was hell bent on going to diesel mechanic school after graduation.” As Rudy scraped by high school and got into UH Manoa through a special program his life continued in its downward trend

11. Shifting from summer to winter, Knowles describe, "like the first fallen leaves, by a new and energetic winds" creates a depressing and solemn mood. The fallen leaves represent the transition from lax to strict and uptight. Since summer is over the boys gradually lose their freedom. The discipline of Devon effect Gene's character because it is competitive. The competitiveness is built into Gene which why he wanted to be better than Finny. However, Devon can give pressure like Finny he is a troublemaker and break the school

Distributed Cognition is a theory of learning in which cognition is a social phenomenon. Cognition and knowledge are not focused on as an attribute of an individual. Instead, cognition and knowledge, distribute through people, tools, and objects in the environment. Distributed Cognition is useful for situations that involve problem-solving.

Personally to overcome an horrible accusation that ruins your life is a very trying situation that I think a lot of people will have a hard time adapting and dealing with. It takes a strong person to truly forgive another person who has ruined not only their reputation but their life as well. Ronald showed true character when he looked past all the damage that Jennifer and Poole had caused. He showed others not only what it might to walk in god's shoe but another person shoes. During his stay in jail he took on a lot of emotional tribulations to overcome his anger. He was tempted many times to not do as a Christian aught to but he was strong in all his decisions. As Jennifer eventually realized Ronald is truly an extraordinary man of faith.

Lola is a girl how during the time she take care by herself and his brother. She work hard for herself because she hasn't the stereotype of typical Dominican woman like her mom. She had so many problems with her mom; she feel stressed and insufficient to do things alone and needed someone who could help or try to understand her situation. But her friend [Yunior] felt comfortable to help her because she support her each time that he need it. This friendship create in both something more than that: “ [Yunior] I had-all my great wonderful friends- only Lola came fuking through… Lola, who actually cried when she saw the state I was in. She was the one who took care of my sorry ass.” (Diaz 168) He is telling all the moments that Lola is there to take care for him and suggests thinks a bit of his life. Not matter what happens or the circumstance that she had, she supports him every time that he

“When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend” (Blake). In the beginning of The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Charles has died and Dr. Mortimer, a friend of Sir Charles needs help trying to figure out who killed him. The heir wants to go down to Baskerville Hall to inherit the land. They get more clues to solve the case of Sir Charles’ death and they have a lead that Jack Stapleton is an heir to the Baskervilles. They have Sir Henry go out on the moor alone to get Jack Stapleton to come out. The reason why they do this is to catch Jack Stapleton which is the egotistical person that killed Sir Charles. In addition, Jack Stapleton is evil because he is a murderer, a liar, and he was