In this essay, I aim to look at the similarities and differences between Shuggie and Eddie from the story of 'Brilliant'.
I will look first at the characteristics of Shuggie and then move on to the characteristics of Eddie and explain the similarities and differences between the two characters.
Shuggie, the main character of this story, is proud that he is in the Govan Team. However, he accidently finds an advert in the newspaper about joining the army and immediately put it in his pocket, deciding to fill in the application form as soon as he gets back home. He states that the reason he decided to join the army is because if he joined the army he would maybe see a bit of the world and learn a trade. By learning a trade, he believes he would have a greater chance to get a decent job. This indicates that he wants to get out of his ordinary life and change himself and his future. He also states that he wants to make his mother happy by not being like his dead father, just laboring. The intensity of Shuggie wanting to change his life can also be indicated from his feeling towards Aleck. He feels jealous towards Aleck because he is a school boy, having a bright future ahead. Also, he has a feeling of respect towards Aleck, checking if he will not be at the dance because he doesn't want Aleck to get hurt, although he is a school boy which Shuggie often attacks as the Govan Team.
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Unlike Shuggie, he isn't concerned about his future and doesn't want to change what he is at the moment. This is indicated by two points. Firstly, when Shuggie tells Eddie that he is thinking of joining the army, Eddie seems to have no interest towards seeing the world. Secondly, he only has a feeling of hatred towards Aleck who has a bright future
At the age of 16, Eddie began to question the system, and the government. He began to ask why it is that his race is treated differently, and subjected to cruel and unjust laws. This was the beginning of his career in politics. Later in his years, he learned that the land on Murray Island, which he
Eddie’s father influenced Eddie to be the chaperone in the family despite his age. At an early age he felt as though he had a financial responsibility, which influenced him to get a job as both a shoe-shiner and a paperboy. He describes his family’s structure as the father being the head of the family, and the mother as the heart. This helped create a balance within the family, but caused tension between Eddie and his father’s expectations. Eddie experienced two spheres of education, American school and Chinese school. “I loved going to American school, but Chinese school was another matter.” (Yung 25) He disliked the limited exposure of Chinese education, and felt that he had been exposed to a wider world in American school, which eventually led him to flunk out of school. This came as a disappointment to Eddie’s father, and added immense pressure to Eddie. The confinement he felt in Chinatown frustrated him, his overprotective mother crippled his adventurous-ambition and the pressure added by his father to lead the family caused him to runaway when at the age of 13. He
This essay will touch upon both characters and elaborate on the idea of society alienating two brilliant minds.
Throughout the novel, Eddie also can be exemplified as a sympathetic character. sympathetic characters are when readers feel sympathy for throughout a story. The reader can feel empathy for Eddie, when the author describes the pain of Eddie’s gunshot wound. The pain was described to be unbearable and the description of the event of the gunshot pains a morbid picture in the reader’s mind. During Eddie’s time as a soldier in World War II, any reader can feel an astonishing amount of sympathy for Eddie. During, Eddie’s time as a soldier, he experienced, “A piercing pain ripped through Eddie's leg. He screamed a long, hard curse then crumbled to the ground. Blood was spewing below his knee. Plane engines roared. The skies lit in bluish flashes. He lay there, bleeding and burning, his eyes shut against the searing heat, and for the first time in his life, he felt ready to die,” (Albom 84). The reader can comprehend Eddies suffering and pain. Eddie was on the ground, in a war zone hurt and slowly dying. Readers can feel a lot of sympathy for when Eddie wanted to let go of the world and die. Before Eddie’s death, he ran under a falling amusement park ride to save a little girl, Eddie
Not only does Eddie possess immense knowledge; amazingly, he also possesses an incredible personality that reflects the ideal qualities that all great leaders should have. Eddie's kind yet honest persona are the epitome of what every great leader should strive to be. His cheery disposition gives him the ability to inspire and influence everyone he meets which is an important asset for a leader of the galaxy. His personality maintains a balance between cheerful optimism and straightforward honesty. Eddie is not afraid to say things like they are but he does so in a cheerful and calm manner. These qualities are absolutely necessary for the betterment of the galaxy. Eddie's cheerfully calm demeanor could pacify the turmoil of any crisis. Eddie also possesses an alternative personality which gives off a much more motherly vibe. This persona of his is incredibly protective and prioritizes safety above all else. This is clear evidence that as the ruler of the galaxy Eddie would do everything in his power to ensure that his citizens remain safe and free from harm. Surely, this super computer is the absolute definition of
At the bottom of page 38 we see that Eddie can get angry very quickly. "(holding back a voice of anger)Yeah, but he don't have to go lookin' for it, Beatrice. If he's here to work, then he should work". This quotation is an example of Eddie's feeling of jealousy towards Rodolfo and his relationship with Catherine.
With striking similarity in both appearance and personality, it seems that Amory has “inherited from his mother every trait, except the stray inexpressible few, that made him worthwhile” (3). Fitzgerald is pointing out the meaningless of the trappings of the upper class. Although Amory and Beatrice are rich and beautiful, these traits do not make them worthwhile. It is the characteristics that Amory develops on his own, without Beatrice’s influence, that redeem him.
Through Eddies school experience got off to a rough start with many fights and comments about his parents and their Asian culture. He never really took comments against him very well, he fought back many times with physical violence. Many times these fights were over cultural differences at school. Huang wrote about the lack diversity he experienced when in school and the many names he was called by the students. Many students called him racist names and bullied him; Huang wrote “Edgar grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground. “Chinks get to the back!” I looked up from the ground dumbfounded.”(Huang 32). Because of the lack of
The image of the drab, everyday office space conjures different thoughts from different people; some consider it a prison, others a monument to the lack of productivity characteristic of bureaucracy. This such “typical” office setting becomes a playground of deep psychological study in Daniel Orozco's short story Orientation. Through the author's meticulous implementation of tone, irony, and plot structure, he paints a dark and vivid portrait of the underlying truth that looks can be deceiving. While many people maintain a subconscious mindset that their lives are inherently interesting and all other people that they associate with throughout the day are static characters in the story of life, Orientation reminds us that this is most certainly not the case. The tone of the story is crucial to developing the idea of unremarkable people leading interesting lives.
a young woman “…You still walk around in front of him in your slip …”
The idea of survival is conveyed through character development in “The Five People You Meet In Heaven.” Survival is shown during the war, as Eddie has to go through fight after fight. According to the book, “The Five People You Meet In Heaven,” it states, “He learned the nervous cheer of a soldier’s first survived combat, when the men slap each other and smile as if it’s over - We can go home now! - and he learned the sinking depression of a soldier’s combat, when he realizes the fighting does not stop at one battle, there is more and more after that...” This shows that Eddie has to continue to endure all the battles, although he wants to go home. Since the war isn’t over, Eddie has to continue fighting in the war, and he has to continue to go through different problems of the war. Fighting and surviving in a war isn’t easy for him, as there’s an opposing side trying
Shug Avery is someone Celie admired from a young age. Shug’s exuberance and charm with people are qualities Celie never dreamed of having herself until Shug walks into her life and Celie does more with her life by actually overcoming the abuse and becomes someone more. “I ast her to give me the picture. An all night long I stare at it. An now when I dream, I dream of Shug Avery.” (Walker 7). Shug comes into Celie’s life as her husband’s mistress who was very ill but not lacking in character. She treats Celie with disrespect at first, but after living with her for some time and being nursed back to health by her Shug gains a respect for her. She teaches Celie how to speak for herself and to defend herself against Mr. Shug is the one who helps Celie escape by taking her on her tour where Celie learns how to expertly sew pants. This is another major step towards independence because Celie is no longer financially dependent on anyone but herself because she creates a successful business by making pants. Upon her return to her home, she inherits her father’s home thereby completely separating her from the men who held control over her. She can now receive her sister’s letters and make her own money. The people who love her surround her and her personality develops unhindered by abuse. Celie’s idol came through to set her free and now idolizes her to an extent.
This can be shown by, “Sure, he’s terrific! Look at him go!” and “He could be very good Marco. I’ll teach him again.” By praising Rodolfo, he is making Rodolfo want to continue boxing with him. Eddie shows more and more authority over Rodolfo and if they go boxing more, Eddie gets the opportunity to humiliate and embarrass Rodolfo more, and prove to everybody that he is stronger. The tension between the two characters is important, as it continues to grow stronger, until Eddie attacks Marco and Rodolfo. This is important, as this is the point where the tension is first revealed obviously and directly to the reader, through physical actions, although not real violence. The audience may feel that there will be real violence later on in the play, as Eddie keeps encouraging Rodolfo to fight and continuously tries to insult him.
At the beginning of the play, Eddie is portrayed as a sensible and smart character. Eddie and the girls (Catherine and Beatrice) all have a requited respect for each other – Beatrice: “Mmm! You’re an angel! God’ll bless you” – and there are no problems as such, even when the immigrants first come. He is also respected by the community – Alfieri: “He was good a man as he had to be in life that was.” But this dominant respect that he gains is what he is very used to and the slight changes where Catherine finds another man in her life and Beatrice also looks after the two immigrants (Rodolpho and Marco) effects Eddie hugely. The respect that he becomes used to is now shared by the women in his life between the men in his house and he craves for more attention. This can be considered one of his flaws that lead to his downfall. He is also shown caring for Catherine in the beginning of the play. He can be seen as a normal uncle or father – Beatrice: “She’s got a job.” Eddie: “What job? She’s gonna finish school.” He is also very proud of Catherine – “Sure she’s the best… You look like a
Albeit a majority of Snoopy fans spent a large amount of time reading and enjoying in the funny stories in the comics, most of them seldom noticed that a certain sum of the plots in the comic strips are related to the life of its illustrator, Charles Schulz, including not only his daily-life events but also his life experiences. As a matter of fact, the settings of each character in this comic all contained lots of effort that the cartoonist paid due to his intention to convey his own standpoint and perception to his readers. In this section, subtopics are introduced while presenting the characteristics of several different main characters.