Hope Valley Character Analysis

Of all the deaths that plagued New Bremen in the summer of 1961, Ariel’s death robbed their community of more than just her music. William Kent Krueger’s novel Ordinary Grace cleverly weaves in filaments and truths about grace through the person of Ariel. As the summer tumbles forward at a fevered pace, Ariel’s character continuously gives insight into the threads of grace that hold the Drum family together. Ariel plays a pivotal roll in Ordinary Grace because her character explores the facets of grace: kindness, beauty, forgiveness, and hope, while exposing how dark life is without it. As the eldest and only daughter in the Drum family, Ariel carried the expectations and hopes of her family like hefty luggage.

Emmy Laybourne’s Monument 14, follows the main character Dean Greiber who is a junior in highschool living in the city of Monument, Colorado. Although the flow of the book is a little disconnected at times, the development of the major/minor characters was truly astounding throughout the book. The book starts out quite quickly with a weather phenomenon. The destructive hailstorm cause two buses to violently crash into each other with Dean and his brother on board. Immediately, the remaining students ranging from elementary school to highschool take refuge in a store with absolutely no adults to look after them. Not only did the hailstorm cause widespread destruction, it also disrupted a nuclear power plant causing extremely dangerous chemicals

Initially Ms. Strangeworth is a widely respected lady among her those around her. In the beginning when Ms. Strangeworth was on her morning walk, she would often stop and greet them with a “good morning.” As well when she entered the store everyone stopped what they were doing and acknowledged her. Ms. Strangeworth knew everyone in town and everyone knew her back. She is very dedicated to the town and the townspeople that she would take the time to learn everyone’s name. She also never took more than “a day outside [the] town in all her life” as she cared greatly for the town especially Pleasant St. and its people. Ms. Strangeworth took great pride in her family and the success it brought to Pleasant St. Whenever tourists stopped by her house

    The main character of the book Heartland Is JayJay Parsons, He was born and raise

Chris had an extremely hard time letting people into his life, there were multiple encounters that Chris encountered people, yet he shut them out of his life, never wanting to get to close with anybody. Charlie quoting from Into the Wild "Didn't like to be around too many people, though. Temperamental. He meant good, but I think he had a lot of complexes--know what I'm saying. Liked to read books by that Alaska guy, Jack London. Never said much. He'd get moody, wouldn't like to be bothered. Seemed like a kid who was looking for something, looking for something, just didn't know what it was” (42). Chris on multiple occasions never let people into his lives, including his parents. The tendency to shut people out was a contributing factor the death of Chris. Jay on the other hand was always

Wes Moore’s mother Joy tried very hard to make Wes a well rounded person. She made sure Wes go to Riverdale Country school, which was one of the best school in Bronx. Even though Wes didn’t feel like he belonged there. When Wes got into horrible habits such as attending school irregularly. Wes’s mother warned to Wes if he doesn't straighten up, she will send him to military school. Wes knew if he didn’t start to behave there were be consequences. Wes said, “ I knew my mother was considering sending me away, but I never thought she’d actually do it” (Moore 87). Joy made Wes go to Valley Forge because he wasn’t behaving. Valley Forge is what shaped Wes into well rounded person. Joy’s disciplinary attitude is what influenced Wes into good person. Unlike the other Wes’s mother

Netflix has released season one of the show. It wasn't as favorable, but it certainly a hit! They came back with a SECOND season that is full of even more family drama. As in which the show has always been popular for, even years ago! The show series itself has been coming up on its 30 years since Full House was made.

I think it is like this, there is a town called Sameville and in this town, everyone always wears a suit both male and female and they all must speak softly to one another. These are the most important rules of their society. One day John decides he is tired of wearing a suit he can’t stand it, so John rips the sleeves off, cuts his suit pants above the knee, and he also talk very loud. This makes John a deviant because he is no longer abiding by his societies norms. Everyone in Sameville sees what John has done and gossip ensues, this would be a type of informal punishment, but the people see no change in John by doing this, so his society decide that they now need to take him to court, this is a formal punishment. John is found guilty for

Twyla and Roberta are two very different people, but bond in very similar ways. They become friends very suddenly, not because of how old they are, but because both have a mother. Twyla's mom is a dancer, and Roberta's mother is too sick to raise her. They later meet in their twenties in a not so settling way. Twyla had been bussing tables while Roberta had been living large about to meet Jimi Hendrix. Twyla was embarrassed at her long past friend and was ashamed to show herself. Five years later they meet at a grocery store where they both have kids and are settled down. They decided to go vet coffee where it starts off both are different races so they take opposite sides of the debate.  Roberta accuses Twyla of abusing one of the girls at the orphanage. Twyla only remembers sitting and watching the girl get abused by other girls, and Roberta's memories start to come back to her. This holds their relationship together for the next five years when

In East of Eden, John Steinbeck explores how the personality trait of vulnerability affects an individual. He shows this through Cal (Caleb) Trask’s result in his defensive position from society and a desire to change himself.

No one is free of making mistakes. However, this doesn’t mean we can keep on making the same mistakes over and over again. We have to learn from our mistakes in order to become a better person. In Rock Springs by Richard Ford, the protagonist Earl Middleton struggles to stay out of trouble’s way. This is shown as he drives a stolen car to Rock Springs in an attempt to procure a better life for his girlfriend Edna and daughter Cheryl.

Reverend John Hale from Beverly, Massachusetts was summoned to Salem, a town full of supposed witches, manipulative children, a corrupt government, and depraved leaders, yet he takes on an impossible task of saving the wicked from themselves. Playwright Arthur Miller's 1950’s play, The Crucible, displays static character John Hale as a determined, willing, young man who stays true to his morals and remains righteous and compassionate throughout the work. Beginning to end, John Hale exhibits consistent traits as an eager and zealous individual, although at times ingenuous; additionally, Hale displays honesty and morality through the four Acts that complete his compassionate and trusting personality.

Now that it has been a few months since I have heard the sad news, I have gotten a little better about the situation. At least there will be two new characters added to the show. Their names will

Camp. This was a little disappointing but, the characters, the setting and the way everything is

Does Vinny really mean it when he says Joe-Boy is his best friend In the story, “The ravine”? Vinny and Joe-Boy are 15 year old boys that were born in Hawaii. They are heading to the ravine to swim and jump off a 50 foot precipice.Vinny and Joe-Boy are best friends . Also Joe-Boy and Vinny are different that doesn’t mean they’re completely different, they are still similar in a few ways, they might be friends , but they are also very different and still alike.