Character Analysis: The Storm

The storms presences is essential, without it then none of the events would have taken place. Without the storm rolling on in, then the father and son would have not been stuck at Friedheimer’s store. Instead they would have been on there way home for dinner, rather than sitting on the porch waiting for the storm to pass. If there was no storm then Calixta would not have in countered an old friend, Alcee. Though they were both still friends, Alcee seemed to still be infatuated with Calixta even though they are both now married. For if there was no storm, then neither of them would have met and they would have never decided to betray their partners. This storm is what had made these events happen, without it then this story would

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.

“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.”

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines takes place in 1940’s, a time period of segregation. This was a time when blacks were often at fault for a crime they did not commit, such as what transpired in this book. A man named Jefferson was convicted of a crime he did not commit and was insulted during court. Now his family, friends, and even Jefferson himself were trying to prove the white community wrong about their beliefs that a black man is unequal and lacks dignity against Jefferson and the black community. Not only is Jefferson going through a period of suffering on death row, but others, like Grant Wiggins and Miss Emma, are also facing their struggles and they will try to prove others wrong and redeem themselves through knowledge,

'The Storm' begins on a stormy spring day, with the protagonist Calixta at her sewing machine. She is alone, her husband Bobinot and son Bibi have gone to the store. Calixta seems to be a bored woman, confined to her duties as a housewife and mother. As the distant storm approaches she is unaware of what the storm brings, her former lover Alcee.

Natalie Sterling, a seventeen year old senior at Ross Academy had just won class president and beat her opponent Mike Domski. Mike was the kind of guy that Natalie and her best friend Autumn tried to stay away from. The girls at Ross Academy were known as demeaning and “boy crazy.” One day, during the pep rally a bunch of freshman dressed in trampy clothing and started to dance inappropriately. The leader’s name was Spencer a girl Natalie used to babysit for. The flirty freshman called themselves “Prostitutes” or Ross Academy prostitutes. Not only was Natalie embarrassed and angry by Spencers action but, she was disappointed. When the principal and Ms. Bee the student council head were talking to the girls punishments Natalie barged in. Natalie explained how she wanted to have a lock-in for all the girls in trouble and any others from school who wanted to come, about feminism and women's rights. Ms. Bee and Natalie agreed that it would be a good idea for

Spending time in jail can really change a man. In the novel A Lesson Before Dying by award-winning author Ernest J Gaines, the story is about a young man with a challenge of a lifetime. Grant one of the main characters is given a task of changing a man. The novel takes place in Bayonne Louisiana, where the Civil Rights Act has not yet taken place. Segregation was still an issue at this time, and many of the characters throughout the novel face segregation head-on.

But, in the midst of the mayhem there is a sense of peace and harmony within the walls of her home. When Alcée first arrives at Calixta’s home, the rain has just started getting bad. The sexual tension between the two of them heightens when lightning strikes a tree and scares Calixta. This causes her to throw herself into Alcée’s arms for protection. While they are in the throes of passion, the rain reaches its full force. By the time Alcée and Calixta have finished their affair, the rain has stopped and the storm has moved on. It seems as though the rain has washed away their sin of adultery, because when they walk outside the world is shiny and bright.

Kate Chopin uses characters to set the theme of her stories. Especially in her story, "The

Throughout The Once and Future King, the author, T.H. White writes of might leaders, who control their subjects through tyranny. The examples given by Merlyn, to Wart, the future King of England, show him exactly how not to rule the country. Three scenes out of this story come to mind when thinking of this theme. The scene in which Wart is under control of Mammy Ant, the scene where Mr. Pike is under control of the moat, finally the scene in which Wart is shown that leading through just and equality leads to a perfect society. Although some may disagree, the lessons young King Arthur is taught do not ultimately lead him to believe that governing by force is desirable.

Samantha Abeel’s memoir My Thirteenth Winter is a prodigious example of how a learning diablility can affect someone’s life. “You have a learing diability?But you can’t be learning diabled. . . . .I mean. . . . . you don’t look it at all!”Many teachers like in the sentence above don’t know or understand the enormity of what a learning disability is.When she started kindergarten she knew something was wrong.She was different from everyone else.She couldn’t tell time or remember her schedule.she slowly started to fall behind in school.Causing her feelings to be formidable about it.Her learning disability caused her aloofness to increase,as she gradually became less closer to her friends and family.Since she was a savent in most classes especially

Throughout the whole story, the characters Alcee, Bobinot, Calixta, Bibi, and Clarisse symbolize distinctive parts of the storm. Rather than writing about how their moment was like a storm, it appears that Miss Chopin simply desired to relate the passionate moment shared amongst the two former lovers Alcee and Calixta to the strength and force exerted by a passing storm thus the whole story becomes the embodiment of, The Storm.

Kate Chopin opens her story with the storm brewing, which keeps Calixta’s husband away from her stormy passions. She makes the storm so natural that one can never foreshadow what the storm symbolizes. The storm is always depicted as something dangerous, and destructive, but Chopin depicts the storm in her story as something that is good, and fulfilling. The characters were happy, and fulfilled after the storm ended instead of it causing destructions.

In “The Storm”, a short story by Kate Chopin, it is about a woman named Calixta who reignites a romance with a man who she was formerly in love with. This rekindle happens in the midst of a major storm, where her husband and son are stuck at the market. Calixta sits alone during this storm, very into her housework and does not even really there is a huge storm brewing. This supports the lifestyle and the roles of the women in the nineteenth century. When the wife finally notices there will soon come a storm she quickly runs to shut all the windows and get the laundry, before it is ruined by the rain. While outside, she notices an old lover Alcee, who asks for shelter while the storm passes. As her old lover enters, they fall into the lust

Tolerance is a word that gets thrown around a lot, particularly in reference to oppressed and marginalizes groups. When people talk about being tolerant of each other they generally mean to be open and accepting of people and their differences. However, some people tolerate others the way a cancer patient tolerates chemo or a dog tolerates fleas—capable of continuing on in their presence but loathe to do so. Tolerance can serve as a thin mask for deep hatred and prejudice and assimilation can rob groups of their ability to protect themselves. This question of whether to assimilate or maintain their separate identity was a crucial one, particularly during the rise of World War II. In their Novels The Mortal Storm and Farewell Leicester Square Phyllis Bottome and Betty Miller both deal with the question of assimilation. While Bottome’s protagonist, Freya, fights against assimilation overstep of the way and Miller’s portagenist, Alec, spends most of the novel actively pursuing it, both authors eventually come to the conclusion that assimilation is not only impossible, but unwise. Assimilating essentially surrenders all power to the leading monolith, leaving them ultimately defenseless.