Hani's Character Analysis

I disagree that in the first half of American Born Chinese, Wei-Chen was Jin Wang’s foil and in the second half, he was Jin Wang’s antagonist. I believe that Wei-Chen is the foil throughout the entire story. This is because Wei-Chen never purposely tries to make things more difficult for Jin, yet still reveals things about him. Wei-Chen is everything Jin is not. He embraces his cultural roots, while Jin tries to block them out entire. Wei-Chen represents “F.O.B.” Asian-Americans, which initially makes Jin not want to be seen with him or associated with him, as he is trying so hard to seem like a normal American. Later in the book, Jin turns into a jerk because Wei-Chen never betrays his trust and does everything in his power to help him. In

One of the protagonists and main characters in the story Hamadi, by Naomi Shihab Nye, is a girl named Susan. She is a 14-year-old freshman in high school, who lives in U.S, Texas. She is reaching the point in her life where she starts to question her surroundings and the world, which leads her to an interest in a family friend, Saleh Hamadi, who’s an old-fashioned man and very wise. She is a complex character in this story because she has many different relatable traits, has many thoughts and relationships in the story and changes throughout the story.

“A blind man who sees is better than a seeing man who is blinded,” Proverb. Lorraine Hansberry wrote “A Raisin in the Sun,” 1959. A family named the Youngers live in a small apartment in Chicago’s South Side. The Youngers are an African American family that has a difficult time going on in life with peaks and valleys throughout the play. In the end, the Youngers manage to move out of the apartment and into a house, looking for a better future. Hansberry reveals one of her themes through the character of Walter Lee.

Jimmy knows too well the agonies of abandonment. First, when his mother, Cecilia, ran away with Richard to pursue a better lifestyle. Then, due to his father’s, Damacio Baca, alcoholisms and violent behavior; he also had to leave Jimmy behind. In spite of the drawbacks from abandonment to being a maximum security prisoner in Arizona State Prison, Jimmy preserver’s the darkness of prison by overcoming his illiteracy. However Cecilia and Damacio is not as fortunate as their child; Cecilia is shot by Richard after confronting him for a divorce and Damacio chokes to death after he is released from the detox center(Baca 263). Therefore the most significant event in this section of the memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca is the death of Jimmy’s parents.

“Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.” ~ Barry Bonds. In this world bad situations occur frequently and it takes a good strong person to handle them in a mature way. Dealing with them this way not only shows that the person has self-control, but also makes them a good role model for people to look up to. In the book The Chosen, Chaim Potok uses Mr. Galanter to express his opinions of a good role model. Acting as a baseball coach and gym teacher, young boys look to him for guidance and motivation every day. Having this kind of position causes stress at times, and requires him to stay calm and level headed. Throughout this book, Mr. Galanter

Farah Ahmedi wanted a life free of war. Aengus was desperate to find his true love and Walt Masters was motivated to save a man's claim. Whether if it was one's determination to find love or determination to save one from danger, Farah, Aengus, and Walt all worked hard to succeed at their own goals.

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines takes place in 1940’s, a time period of segregation. This was a time when blacks were often at fault for a crime they did not commit, such as what transpired in this book. A man named Jefferson was convicted of a crime he did not commit and was insulted during court. Now his family, friends, and even Jefferson himself were trying to prove the white community wrong about their beliefs that a black man is unequal and lacks dignity against Jefferson and the black community. Not only is Jefferson going through a period of suffering on death row, but others, like Grant Wiggins and Miss Emma, are also facing their struggles and they will try to prove others wrong and redeem themselves through knowledge,

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

"We attract who we are and repel what we are not, which is who you are, what you love, and why it has your attention with attraction." ~ Jon Barnes

Sixteen year-old Adam Daley, son of a pilot and police officer, was helping his best friend Todd with his assignments at school when all computers and electronics suddenly turned off and stopped working. The students are dismissed from school because not even the lights will turn on, and people find out that anything relying on computers, such as automobiles and planes, will not work. Fortunately for Adam, his vehicle is a 1981 Omega, which is able to function because it is not controlled by a computer. Using his car, Adam drives Todd and Lori Peterson, a girl that Adam has a crush on, back to each of their homes.

“Two Years he walks the Earth, no phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road. Escaped the Atlantic. Thou shalt not return, ‘cause “the west is the best.” And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure… bring him to the great white north. No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild.” (Krakauer 163). Chris McCandless was a smart and adventurous young man who loved to challenge his abilities in the wilderness. He journeyed to Alaska to try and find himself. On this this trip, he donated and burned his money, got rid of most of his possessions, and disconnected from his friends and family

Throughout the text of The Yellow Wallpaper, one significant moment was when the narrator began to rip down the wallpaper. In the text it says, “As soon as it was moonlight and that poor thing began to crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help her” We chose this part because it was a major turning point in the story. The main object of interest that the narrator has is finally being removed. We demonstrated this by having windows on all of the walls of the room. And we added bars on the windows. Behind them we made a night background scene to show that this was occurring at night. One window had a view of a full moon. One had a view of stars and one had a view of the garden. As far as the floor, we painted it white because that

From what I have heard, most people would love traveling to Paris, but not in this case for Andi. Andi’s father forced her to go to Paris, even though she did anything to stay back in Brooklyn with her mom who has gotten an abnormal problem after Truman’s death. In this case Andi´s contention here was between her and her father. Andi never intended to got to Paris, but since her dad made her and at the same time, she was failing her classes, and her mom had severe depression, she had a lot on her plate at this age. Because of this Andi´s dad made a deal with her that if she did her an exceptional job on her senior outline thesis, she could go back home to her mom. Readers can have a glimpse of how hard it was at this point in the book for Andi.

Orr is an optimistic young pilot who has a real knack for crash landings. He’s described as being small with “buck teeth and bulging eyes to go with his big cheeks”(Heller, 25). Orr was quite the handyman and one of his main goals was to make his and Yossarians tent as comfortable as possible. He was constantly tinkering, fixing and building objects for their luxury- “Each time Yossarian returned from one of his holidays in the hospital or rest leaves in Rome, he was surprised by some new comfort Orr had installed in his absence- running water, wood-burning fireplace, cement floor”(Heller, 17). As it turns out all of Orrs seemingly mad actions are all done with a deep purpose and passion to escape, he remained patient and he convinced all

That is unfortunate, although I completely understand and I'm sure I will have other opportunities. Thank you for thinking of me and taking your own time to follow up on that. It means a lot to me.