Geek Love Character Analysis

Max and Kevin’s friendship developed based on their personalities, in the novel, Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. Max is large, slow, and lacks self-confidence, he is also loyal and kind-hearted towards people he cares for. Furthermore, Kevin is fragile, physically handicapped, but exceedingly intelligent. Max rarely pays attention in school and does not care about education. Whereas, Kevin loves learning new things and is the epitome of smart. Kevin’s physical description shows a minuscule, frail kid who avoids doing anything, however mentally he is a very bright and his willingness to learn is off the charts. Max’s physical description shows a gargantuan, tough kid, who doesn’t care about anybody or anything, but mentally he deeply

The Fault in Our Stars depicts Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl diagnosed with terminal thyroid cancer. The book chronicles her relationship with Augustus Waters, who has also been diagnosed with cancer. Throughout the novel, Hazel constantly struggles with her identity in relation to her disease. She is conflicted whether to accept the prescribed image society has of her or to embrace her true inner self. Through a period of self-realization, she eventually comes to terms with and redefines her identity. Although society may define an individual’s self-image, The Fault in Our Stars demonstrates that identity is defined by the inner self, rather than external forces; in turn, that self-perception deeply impacts one’s perspective on life.

For a 12-year-old Cuban boy living in the Bronx, baseball is his family's only way out and means a better tomorrow. In the novel, Heat by Mike Lupica, baseball represents a way out and a better tomorrow. He loves baseball and idolizes the Yankees pitcher El Grande, who was also Cuban-born. Michael Arroyo is a young boy who has reasons to distrust the representatives of the state must figure out how to continue life on his own terms while navigating the adult world and avoiding both the well-meaning and the badly-intentioned interference of grown-ups. Michael is also the best baseball pitcher on his South Bronx all-star team. Michael's arm is so good, that a rival Little League coach begins requesting proof that he's only 12 and eligible to play. They ask for his father but, recently, his father took a trip to Florida and had a heart attack, killing him. Michael and his 17-year-old brother Carlos, are trying to avoid Child Protective Services until Carlos turns 18.

Bethany Hamilton, a shark attack survivor once stated, "Courage doesn't mean you get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you." Author, Gail Giles wrote the novel Girls Like Us about two special ed high school graduates named Biddy and Quincy. They end up living together in the real world helping out an elderly lady named Elizabeth. Though they struggle in the beginning with their friendship, a tragic incident draws them closer than they ever imagined. Despite all the struggles the girls have faced, they found their shining light through having courage and building up confidence. Courage is enhanced through the symbolic use of objects and character development.

¨The Joy Luck Club¨ by Amy Tan was an interesting novel. The book consisted of about eight characters, meaning eight different perspectives. Each of which, had a whole chapter or two dedicated to a short story in there life. They tell each other these life stories at a gathering they have every once in awhile to play mah jong. Throughout each story, or chapter, the mothers try to connect more with their daughters, and the daughters try to connect more with their mothers. It makes you wonder how well daughters know their mothers.

In the novel A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, religious theme, symbols for armlessness, and unchronological events of foreshadowing displaying a boisterous, yet spirited story. This story leads you on then leaves you hanging, proving the reader with a thrill throughout the entire book. Theme, symbols and foreshowing all help tie into the literary elements displayed in the novel.

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

Can a strong friendship form when a potential new friend is demanding and humorous, and when a friend is insecure and shy? Both Kevin and August’s first actions to their friends change over time as Kevin is demanding and intelligent, and August is insecure and shy.

"We get pulled out of our comfort zone to help shed our lukewarm nature, eventually trusting God in all of our circumstances"~Taryn Barnes

“I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while...,” are the words of Max, one of the main character’s perspective on Kevin, “Freak”, and Max’s friendship. Throughout the novel Freak the Mighty, author Rodman Philbrick creates a developing friendship for the two main characters, Max and Kevin, of whether or not the two of them can work together in life. Throughout the story, Freak and Max become like brothers in how they act and how much time they spend together. Then, Kenny Kane shows how not to act in a family by his actions toward others. Next, Gwen, Kevin, Max, Grim, and Gram show how to act in a family by how much time they spend together and how much they care for eachother. In an attempt to be kind to one another all of the main characters realize that family is determined more by behavior than by blood.

“When you’re up in life, your friends get to know who you are. When you’re down in life, you get to know who your friends are.”-Anonymous. First, in the novel Freak the Mighty, Max and Kevin demonstrate a strong friendship. In order to have a significant friendship your friendship should include going on adventures, teamwork, and trust. Correspondingly, they were there for each other in the good times, and they were there for each other in the bad. Above all, a good friendship includes teamwork, trust, and having adventures.

As I continue reading, I find that Joseph is sarcastic and annoying, stressing sarcastic. In my other reading responses, I was “sitting on the fence”, but now, I am sure that I don’t like. His personality makes one feel that you want to just go up to his face and tell him to correct himself. He makes caustic comments to the people who are trying to help him, like the social workers Gord and Stan. He thinks of the other boys as less than him, as on page 127, he thinks “I had total faith in them-faith that they were all screw-ups.” For me, this one comment is infuriating as Kevin is constantly offering help to Joseph and talking to Joseph (on page 133, Kevin says that Joseph should stay close to him if he needs help and Joseph coldly says “Need you? I don’t need you for anything!” This shows how rude and discourteous Joseph really is! There are other instances as well, such as when he insulted the pay that the two social workers make (page 151) and constantly calls two other campers “the weasels” (page 128). I can connect the character of Joseph to a story that I read in my religion textbook called “You Won’t Like Me”. In both books, there is a kid who is annoying and rude and some people don’t like him, but in the story, someone comes to try to be his friend, just like Kevin and the social workers try to

In book one, Arseny is seen growing up, and being trained as a healer by his mentor, Christofer, who plays the role his name, meaning “Christ-bearer” suggests. Christofer teaches Arseny the ways of healing, but far more importantly, the ways of God, giving us an understanding of how Arseny gained his perspective. He learned the formal teaching of Christianity while simultaneously living a life of self gift, which combined to create a perspective few men gain early on in life. When Christofer passes away, Arseny learns for the first time, but certainly not the last, that this world is fleeting, and that life is about the higher world that he is slowly learning to see. However, Arseny’s reaction to learning this lesson for the first time

I am not allowed to watch much TV. Therefore, I must be super selective about what I watch. While I could waste a lot of time watching Duck Dynasty, when it comes to choosing a show, Family Guy is my top selection. I think the popular cartoon comedy Family Guy, written by Seth MacFarlane, is one of the best shows still running today.

I feel bad for that poor kid Amir. I mean he has a good life and all but Baba thinks there is something wrong with his son. Yesterday Amir was pretty happy that he wrote his own story and wanted Baba to read it. Baba just gave Amir a neutral face and ignored him. I decided that I would read it to make the kid happy. It must have hurt Amir that his father didn’t even bother to touch the story Amir wrote. Amir’s face lit up with joy when I took his story into my hands and read it. I even left a little note for Amir letting him know how great of a writer he is. I treat Amir like he is my own son. His father thinks that it is weird that Amir prefers to have his face stuffed in a book than to fight with other boys. Baba considers Amir as a wimp