Greenleaf Character Analysis

I love wearing masks. I love transforming my entire being into something completely different. Offstage I’m Culley Emborg, a likeable, friendly, normal kid, but on stage, I can be anyone. Over the years, I have participated in ten musicals and I’ve played a variety of characters ranging from one of the oblivious Who-people in a Dr. Suess-inspired production to a spiteful doll in “Mary Poppins” to a crippled nerd in “13: The Musical.” The best character I’ve played, however, is the stupid yet loveable Leaf Coneybear from “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” As Leaf I wore the most wacky, unique outfit to ever grace my body: a pink bike helmet intended for little girls, knee pads decorated with Dora the Explorer stickers, a collared, tie-dye shirt, and even a long polkadot cape embroidered with a purple “L.” To this day that cape hangs on my bedroom wall and every time I happen to glance at it I reminisce about the odd boy it once belonged to.

Born into poverty, wealth, or even fame, no one has any control over what they are born into in this world. Throughout the novel Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver provides many examples of how the effects of what environment a person is born into effects them morally during the 1980s. With all of the characters being stuck in penury all the way from the beginning of the novel to the end, helps to explain how it affects them each differently as an individual. The main character from the novel, Taylor Greer, is a prime example of the consequences of how her environment affected her moral traits as a character.

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leaders is how each character uses a different method and style of leadership. As a leader Hazel uses rabbits strengths to accomplish goals. Hazel looks for a group to send to Efrafa, even though he wants to go but decides to send Holly instead because he is more fit for the job. Hazel tells the group, “I knew you wouldn’t let me go. I’m not the right fellow anyway-Holly is. He knows everything about moving in the open and he’ll be able to talk when he gets there”(195). This shows Hazel is willing to sacrifice what he wants for the best interest of the warren. General Woundwort in contrast, is obsessed with power and keeps his warren on lockdown at all times.

In John Updike’s short story “A & P”, a dynamic and round character expresses his subjective attitude towards his views, a plot twist causes him to realize his future. Sammy an opinionated cashier at A & P grocery store does not agree with his Lengel, his manager after he reprimands a particular group of customers at the store. Sammy’s further actions cause him to face the true reality of his future.

Also, this show is a very sexist show, they always make reference to women being in the kitchen and that is all they’re good at for example, in one episode peter tells Louis that making sandwiches and babies are the only thing she is good for. This kind of behaviour shows to young children that women are no good for anything because that is how the men on this show treat the women. There’s also lots of coarse language towards women, for example Quagmire a neighbours always has many women over to his house for pleasurable reasons and you hear him call them names like whores, bitches, sluts and more this foul language towards women is another bad influence. Also peter has a teenage daughter Meg, everyone in the show is mean to her. This girl is treated very badly for example in an episode she had sexual intercourse with a guy and a little after that the guy Brandon, broke up with her, in another episode she has another boyfriend Luke and Louis, her mother stole

The book “Ugly” by Robert Hoge it is a inspiring, true story about, Robert, a boy who grew up in Brisbane, Australia, with a tumor the size of a tennis ball on his face and two deformed legs. Robert had four other brothers and sisters, who were all older. The story is the journey of Robert Hoge and his life with artificial legs and deformed face, and all the challenges he faced along the way.

Toni Morrison’s short story, “Recitatif” is about two young girls, named Twyla and Roberta, who grow up in an Orphanage because their mothers were in no condition to properly take care of them. The main theme in the “Recitatif” is concentrating on racism. A very mind- grabbing event in the story is how the author never tells the race of the two girls. Morrison leaves class codes but not racial codes, as in the story Twyla states, “ It was one thing to be taken out of your own bed early in the mornings—it was something else to be stuck in a strange place with a girl from a whole other race” (pg 201) , even the girls do not mention which race the other is. Recitatif is a great story as it plays with the reader’s emotions and effectively makes the reader aware of the stereotypes and each races characteristics.

Good morning/afternoon members of the curriculum board. My nam0065 is Liam Hayes and today im here today to give an analysis of the epic novel Cloudstreet to ensure an informed decision on the novel’s inclusion in the new text list. The family dynamics and the idea of the family unit in the novel reflect Australian society and values of the time, and has great historical relevance and important messages for today’s audience. Through the Pickles and the lambs, two completely different families, Australia is well represented through the relationship and problems surrounding the family which keep them together stronger than ever. The novel Cloudstreet demonstrates the problems that lead into separation within families, the novel is thoroughly

In Toni Morrison's short story "Recitatif", the story revolves around two girls, one white and the other black, and how their social status affects their way of life. The narrator, Twyla, has five significant instances in her life where she is in a setting with her childhood best friend, Roberta. When they first met at the orphanage, they disliked each other, but because both of them still had a parent to their name, they were seen as social outcasts to the other children of their orphanage. Through their social disgrace they became friends and helped each other out. As they grew up, their lives were distinctly different with Twyla living the life of a lower-middle class citizen while Roberta was living a lavish lifestyle, creating conflict between the two. In the end, there is a slight sense of reconcilement in that they clear up a misunderstanding of their past, but there is an open question to what had happened to an element of their past.

Imagine waking up one night to whole squadrons of troops deployed around the exterior of your house, armed so heavily that it seemed as if they are about to invade a combat zone. I know that entering a house where two teenagers live has the possibly to be a scary-treacherous-life-threatening hazard to an individuals well-being, but can it really be that dangerous? ☺ In Witch & Wizard by James Patterson, siblings Whit and Wisty Allgood experienced this nightmare. The New Order, the corrupt government that takes over society, arrests both Whit and Wisty with outlandish charges of being a witch and wizard, and sentence them to execution. While saying in the New Order Reformatory for the execution, Whit and Wisty discover that they actually do

The author of Recitatif, Toni Morrison, is an acclaimed writer known for her fictional stories and her explorations within the black community. Receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 was one of her most acclaimed accomplishments. Morrison’s American Midwest family had an unfathomable appreciation and love for black culture and showed this through there many traditions and storytelling. Recitatif, a fictional short story, was written in 1983.

What makes a man worthy to be honorable? Is his greatness something earned through struggle or just a title that has been passed down? It is the man Sundiata is destined to have been, the greatest king, as he is portrayed in D.T Niane’s classic tale “Sundiata: an epic of old Mali. This classic tale shows the impact of courage, power, and motherly love on the life of the ancient africans kingdom's greatest king. D.T Niane’s shows the life of a man once being looked down upon, to now being known as one of the greatest in history.

Throughout the book “Westmark”, Theo is known for his kindness and is always questioning himself about what he is doing, you can see him as one of the only characters in the book who stays away from anything bad or harmful. Theo not only avoids these things himself but is also cautious about them for his friends and companions, not only that, but Theo also watches out for his foe’s. Theo is a really selfless character whose conscience wants the best for everyone and that is what leads him to his rise.

In Falling Leaves, Adeline Yen Mah illustrated the desire of wanting to be accepted and appreciated by your family. This is significant because most of the conflict in the book revolves around Adeline not be appreciated by her family.. In the book she does everything she can to be accepted by her parents, like doing what her parents want her to, even as an adult