Glenessa Young: Character Analysis

A character’s own speech, thoughts, feelings, and actions can show a person's emotions. Vera Claythorne’s life is always about what happened to Cyril. Furthermore, she spent every day thinking about Cyril and Hugo. For example, after arriving on the island Vera states that. “The smell of St. Tredennick” (pg.196). Meaning that the whole island reminded her of the ocean that Cyril drowned. After smelling the ocean Vera began to recollect about the day of Cyril’s death. The scent had caused her so much guilt to the point that she passed out. Secondly, Vera begins laughing hysterically over what appears to be the death of Mr. Rogers. She began to ask if there were any bees on the islands, because she feared that it would be her to die next. To

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Weakness and strength are only one thing in a person. This only tells us about their physical appearance or how much force you can apply with muscle. In the same kind of case for Doodle in The Scarlet Ibis, by James Hurst, he was on the weaker side of things with a disability and a heart condition. Character traits for him would be weak, slow at learning, and very dependent on others.

Ryleigh Gangarossa is a sixth grader at Martha Brown Middle School. She loves to read, write, and play football and soccer with her family. Ryleigh is a hardworking and intelligent person who loves to work with her friends. She hopes to be a professional soccer player when she grows up.

1. In "Battle Royal," why do his grandfather's last words cause so much anxiety in the family? What does his grandfather mean when he says,"I want you to overcome 'em with yeses, undermine 'em with grins, agree 'em to death." (Pg. 2)?

Have you ever lost an family member like a brother or sister that you were sorta mean too quite a bit, and sometime you did it to make them stronger but when they died... It reminded you of something from the past? Such a tragic ending. That’s what happened in the short story “The Scarlet Ibis.” The author’s name is James Hurst, the setting is an old time. Doodle was the brother, and he was crippled, and died from a tragic accident, and his brother was the one who was alway hard on him even to the death. Doodle was enthusiastic, naive and also weak.

After Jeannette’s mother leaves the family to re-certify herself as a teacher, she leaves Jeannette $200 for food and other necessities. However, with Rex’s knowledge of her possessing this amount of money, when he runs out of money to purchase booze and cigarettes, he goes to Jeannette. He did not charm his way into receiving the money from Jeannette but, “he simply waited for her to fork over the cash, as if he knew she didn’t have it in her to say no” (209). Jeannette displays weakness here as she relents to Rex’s request for cash even though she’s on a tight budget. As Jeannette is on a tight budget to ensure her siblings are fed, Rex takes her to a bar in order to pay her back, however uses her youthful looks to attract pool players, such

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On a normal day at West Wilson Middle School, Mrs.Williamson’s class was learning about the Cawton Family heritage. Allie Smithing was an above average girl and the worst lesson she has every had happened that week.

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Miss Brill is a very interesting and unusual character. She talks to fur and she thinks that she can control what goes on around her. She believes the bench that she sits on every Sunday at her local park gives her that power. Every Sunday at her local park Miss Brill sits on her bench and eavesdrops on people who go to the park believing that no one is aware. Eventually she’s pushed back into reality when she’s being mocked by a younger couple. Every Sunday she repeats the same routine, living in her own box. Miss Brill is unusual because she talks to her fur, she stick to a strict routine of visiting the park every day and, she enjoys eavesdropping on people.

In Ntzonke Shange’s Betsey Brown, the titular character decides to run away because she no longer feels like she belongs at home: “Every time she played music she was a n-----. If she mentioned Nasser, she was a communist. If she wanted to boycott her school, she was a rabble-rouser. If she wanted to eat at Howard Johnson’s, she was giving whites more than was their due. No matter what she said or did, it wasn’t right.”

In speaking to Coach Chad Price, I learned even more about Erin McGuirt. Chad Price was appointed Head Swim Coach of the Sharks March 1, 2002, so he has a lot of experience in the world of swimming. When I asked Coach Price to tell me about Erin, he was quite happy to share his thoughts about this shining 15 year old Shark. I found it interesting that he described Erin very much like her parents. He even used some of the same adjectives.

Mia Hall: Mia is a cellist living in Oregon, she loves her family and boyfriend Adam very much but nothing compares to the passion she has for her Cello. Mia describes her style as casual and she has brown hair. Mia is kind and quiet and often feels like she doesn’t fit in with her family because of their obsession with rock-and-roll.

Alaska Young is a complicated girl from Vine Station, Alabama. Much of Alaska’s life seems to be shaped by her fear of inaction. She is constantly up to something which often gets her into trouble, but usually nothing she can’t think herself out of. She has a fascination with what she calls the labyrinth, the maze of life that we are all in. Alaska wanted to find a way out of the labyrinth, she was not content with finding a corner of the maze to call home and pretending that she was not lost.