Character Analysis: The Zodiac Collection

The book The 5th Wave is a fictional story that leads the reader through the struggles of the main character, Cassie who strived while surviving a disastrous alien invasion; which is not so much little creatures, as a disease that attacks a persons brain. The world is coming to a collapse and the only way to get rid of this chaos, is to kill off the power source. In the novel The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey centralizes around the idea that courage is key to survival; this is revealed through trusting one's instincts, trusting strangers and believing in oneself.

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.

-The central story is of Niska's early adolescence. It is the winter during which she enters puberty. Her Oji-Cree Anishnabe clan of roughly 30 people still live near Hudson's Bay, in the wilderness. The winter is a harsh one, with few animals to trap and eat. They are reluctantly forced to consume a young hibernating bear, who they regard as a spiritual brother (38). Niska's father, a medicine man and a spiritual leader of the clan, argues that they have no choice but to eat or starve (37). Nothing it should be added, is to be wasted.

Lena revisits her ancestry after a terrorist attack in Jordan. When a voice beckons her for “the time to return home” she obeys. She had been called back “to the land of [her] ancestors” who “had tracked [her] down and [were] speaking” to her (Howe, 20). Lena’s mother had died in childbirth, leaving Lena an orphan. Ezol guides her to reconstruct the history of the Miko Kings: to “unwrap the team’s stories as one might open birthday gifts. Out of order, but with a gift for celebration” (Howe, 22). Ezol’s nightly stories allow Lena to reconstruct lost history, in which “time opens like a coffin”(Howe, 33).

"A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow men."

The book The Pearl by John Steinbeck has an overwhelming amount of character traits that Since we don’t know the zodiacs of Kino and Juana, we can make them up based on their personalities in the book. Juana is a Tauros. There is an abundance of evidence to explain this. The traits of a torus are: being devoted, stable, along with several others traits, according to toastrology-zodiac-signs.com. Even though Juana has many valuable traits, she does not have the negative traits exercised by many other Tauruses.

The sirens are very extremely intriguing. There song is so sweet, deadly,and defying. When ever the boat comes by the sirens will start with a song that has a type of curse or magical majestic power. The crew then has to stuff the ears with was and wrap there heads. Sirens are stuck on the island stranded, but they pray on passing boats.

Stealing food and using it to feed someone is an example of what is used throughout the fictional novel, A Long Way From Chicago, copyright date 1997. Joey and Mary Alice visit Grandma Dowdel’s home from Chicago every summer. Each year for seven years they learn that kindness can be shown in different ways. Similarly, Grandma Dowdel displays acts of kindness by stealing, cheating, and lying however in the end, changes the peoples’ lives for the better. Richard Peck uses the events of his novel, A Long Way From Chicago to convey the universal theme, kindness can be shown in many ways.

In our society today, we have forgotten about the art of talking with others face to face. When we talk with others, we can learn about their life lessons. When I was talking with Jim P., I learned an important life lesson. Jim P. said, "Get over the brick wall." Jim went on to talk about his wife dying from pancreatic cancer and how that was his brick wall. Since her death, he has gotten over the brick wall. Jim said that he's living life and has accepted the fact that she is gone. In the book The Last Lecture, Randy faces a similar brick wall situation. Randy is dying from pancreatic cancer, and tries to get over the brick wall. However, his brick wall is pancreatic cancer, which is a severe cancer. Unfortunately, Randy did not get over the

In the novel Across Five Aprils, the President, Abraham Lincoln, has a large impact on the story as a whole. Lincoln was a very inspiring and important person to the nation at the time. For this reason, his legacy still lives on today. Lincoln especially impacted Jethro with his actions and wisdom, which shows throughout the novel. Many others in the country also looked up to President Lincoln. This is emphasized in the mass reaction that the people had to Lincoln's assassination.

Long ago, author Joseph Campbell created the “monomyth,” which is a universal template for stories that follow the adventures of a hero. This template has been recognized in seemingly unlimited stories, epics/myths, and films. It chronicles the trials and the successes of a hero, and it has been a facet in Stories from the beginning of time. Ancient myths and legends, stretching as far back as Gilgamesh, have conformed to the steps of the “monomyth” in one way or another. Fast forward to the twenty-first century, and the hero’s journey is still as prevalent as ever. In fact, it has pushed the bounds of literature, and is even seen today within stories told through social media. No longer are our heroes restricted to warriors of battle and combat,

In the bildungsroman, A Long Way Gone, Ishmael recalls a childhood parable Pa Sesay told when listening to a mother tell her kid a story in Conakry’s Sierra Leonean embassy. The tale tells about a hunter about to shoot a monkey but the ape articulates that if he shoots, his father will die, and if he does not shoot, his father will die. Ishmael reflects upon the parable’s unanswerable question and finally reaches a solution at age seven. Clearly, Ishmael possesses the critical thinking skills to develop a proper solution to this dilemma that truly reflects his morals. The vanquishing of the monkey compares to the solution to Sierra Leone’s internal issues such as ending war and child soldiers, illustrating a metaphor.

Frank is denied originally going to his first opportunity with a client and is shoed away until he finds the case of the vegetative girl.

Into the Wild (1996), a novel by Jon Krakauer, explores the life of Christopher McCandless and the events leading up to his death. In an effort to prove his independence, Chris makes a tragic journey to Alaska that killed him at 24 years old. Along the way, he encounters many people who have been impacted by his mature, unique personality. Wayne Westerberg, Jan Burress, and Ronald Franz are a few people who were affected by his wise character.

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