Dillard Wayne Early Jr., a Southern boy who has faced countless setbacks and casualties throughout his life, looks towards his close companions, Travis and Lydia, to save him from complete darkness. Son to a Pentecostal minister known infamously as the Serpent King, Dill is faced with consequences as he is looked down upon by those around him due to his father’s drastic faith. With his senior year of his high school, Forrestville High, coming to a halt, Dillard is left with very few opportunities for his future. As Dill’s mother presses him to live a simple life and help work to pay off their debts, and his father demands Dill to follow his faith and succumb to the poisonous vipers, his relationship with his father and mother slowly wither
Dally from the outsiders is way different than described he is actually a really interesting character. You may think Dally is just a person who tries to break the law. But, he actually is a very complex character. In the outsiders he is a very dark, not social, and Crime committing person. He is also part of the greasers gang that kills himself near the end of the book. Although Dally did do some interesting and questionable throughout the book. Some things like in the part when Johnny and Ponyboy got in trouble he tries to helped them, then he also he tries to get arrested as much as possible, and he cried when Johnny died. That seems weird, right?
Approaching the topic of how war stories should not be moral, O’Brien brings an interesting point to the novel by introducing Curt Lemon as a character who died in a pointless manner. As described by O’Brien in his short story, Curt Lemon is a young and free-spirited soldier in Vietnam whose life ends in an extremely sudden and horrific way when he accidentally steps on a rigged mortar round. Through the analysis of sentence structure in The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, one can find that Curt Lemon’s character demonstrates the carelessness that many soldiers in Vietnam displayed.
In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, A complex character named Dill comes into the story. A complex character being someone who appears in more than one conflict and gains many different traits throughout the story. Dill is creative, neglected, and more understanding as the book goes on therefore, making him a complex character.
Throughout history, pride and determination have motivated people to do amazing things. In The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson proves that pride and determination aided the creation of The World’s Columbian Exposition.
Dillard Early is referred to as “The Serpent King” in the book and undergoes an character intervention as he's traveling through his senior year of High School. Dillard was considered a “nobody” in high school and only had Lydia and Travis as friends. The Early family was also hated by many in the small community for Dill’s father being a pastor and being arrested for child pornography. His secret crush, Lydia and the pressing factor that she's leaving for college drives Dillard to try things outside his comfort zone. His character is revealed through several instances early in the book. Some include getting bullied by other kids in school and made fun of because of his father. His father was a pastor of a Christian Church which believed in rituals
Daniel Kloysuntia from Jackson,Miss, has played baseball since he was four years old and is currently a starting pitcher for the Ole Miss Club Baseball Team. He also serves as a umpire for the USSSA league at FNC park in Oxford.
Davon Coleman is an interesting player. He has the physical tools to play in the NFL. It’s just he never would take things serious. These last few weeks he’s been having great practices as well as playing good in the game. However he does need to work on developing more pass rushing moves instead of always trying to bull rush an offensive lineman. Coleman will be fighting with Ken Bishop for a roster spot. Jack Crawford maybe listed as a defensive lineman but he really now is a defensive tackle in the three technique behind Tyrone Crawford. Just like last year when the Cowboys moved Tyrone from defensive end to defense tackle position he found his comfort level and started to go beast mode. Jack is doing the same exact thing the coaching staff
“Courage, I seemed to think, comes to us in finite quantities, like inheritance and by being frugal and stashing it away and letting it earn interest, we steadily increase our moral capital in preparation for that day when the account must be drawn down.” (pg.40) Tim O'brien turns a boy decision of weather to fight in the Vietnam war or flee to Canada into such an exciting piece of writing by using character Elroy Berdahl who is a silent Observer who helps Tim overcome his fears and hallucinations.
Without Dill, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, would not be the same! The book portrays Dill as a minor character but if he was taken out of the book the book would lack certain characteristics that Dill offers in the book. Dill enlightens the book because he gives the type of joy that other characters lack or do not show at all. The novel foreshadows Dill and focuses on the lives of Scout and Jem but barely mentions Dill life.
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson has two main characters, Daniel H. Burnham and H. H. Holmes. Burnham is the protagonist. He was an accomplished architect who was chosen to design the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. ''It was easy to see how he got commissions. His very bearing and looks were half the battle. He had only to assert the most commonplace thing and it sounded important and convincing'' (Larson 26). This was how he was able to successfully build the fair of people's dreams. He was completely committed to building it. He lived on the grounds so he could always to make sure things were going smoothly. They hardly ever did, but he was able to push passed it and deliver. He then lived a happy life designing cities and being with
The author, Tim O’brien of the book The Things They Carried uses events and characters from the memoir in place of some experiences him and the narrator shares. Fictionalizing many emotions and events that happened to Tim through other characters usually that he wouldn’t feel or do. For example Tim talks about how at a point he wanted to run away to canada when he received his draft notice. This feeling of discontent and the thought of war sickened him to the point he was just yards away from Canada but felt as though that would be a coward move. The author and character shared similar ideas however the author Tim didn’t attempt to run away but his character did. O’Brien informs his audience on the difference of the war from the stereotypical
Dill is showing many characteristics about himself throughout this book. He is very young and is friends with the main people in the book. This book is called “To Kill A Mockingbird” this book is by Harper Lee. This book is mainly about a story of how one person broke there arm, all the events in the story lead up to the certain young boy, breaking his arm. This story has a lot of racism in it and I don’t believe in racism at all.
Dixie: What part of the shores in Alabama are you going to? I spent last winter in Mobile, Alabama. Gulf shores is just beautiful. The waters are really a pretty blue. The dolphins at Dolphins Island is amazing. A lot to see around that area. Biloxi Mississippi is another beautiful spot. We’ll have fun and don’t forget about us. I like that you are working a head so you won’t fall behind. Good time
A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO Hello my name is Emily and I am here to give you my 5 paragraph essay. My essay will be about the book A long way from Chicago by, Richard Peck. It is a receiver of the NewBery Honor when it was 1999 and is crafted by, Puffin Modern Classics.
Emotional strength is a mental survival tactic, and can make or break the outcome of a bad situation. The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill tells the story of young Aminata Diallo, born and living in Africa enjoyed her life of serenity training to be a midwife in her village. One day after returning home from delivering a baby, she found her village raided, her parents murdered and soon after she was abducted and sold into slavery. Her life of being sold to various plantations in the United States continues to come with more and more hardships, until she finally finds freedom. Aminata’s ability to make friends and find the good in people during horrible conditions, her ability to set her focus on learning and knowledge are her two main strengths that Aminata demonstrated that affected the chain of events of her life.