If I Stay Character Analysis

Question One: Doug has a difficult family life. His father behaves less like a parent and more like a bully, but in Marysville, Doug meets other adults who show him kindness and compassion. Name a few of the adult characters in Okay For Now who offer Doug guidance and instruction. What does Doug learn from them? Support your response with evidence from the text.

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.

My essay will be on how one character is dynamic throughout Okay For Now. Gary D. Schmidt is the author of Okay For Now. He tells a thrilling story about a young boy whose life changes very fast and it affects all of his family. The character analysis is on Doug Swieteck. This essay will be showing how Doug hates his life at first ,but then changes his mind throughout the book.

Family, friends, but still alone. In the book If You’re Lucky, written by Yvonne Prinz, The main character, Georgia, loses her brother to a surfing accident while he was away in Australia. But the accident had not made any sense to Georgia because she knew that Lucky knew better than to go out into bad water. Lucky’s girlfriend and one of his friends come back to Georgia and her family. But Fin, Lucky’s friend, seems to know something more about what happened when he starts to take over things that Lucky used to do, such as working on their father’s oyster farm and taking Lucky’s old girlfriend Sonia. Georgia has to comprehend everything that is going on. She has to take medication because she has the mental illness called Schizophrenia. She also uses the medication to help out with her brothers tragic and sudden death. But when Fin starts taking over Lucky’s old life, she stops taking them, hoping it will help her understand better. Georgia develops over the plot of the story because first, she is really just there. She is present in the story, but not mentally present, she is kind of just going along with things. Then, Georgia soon senses that something is going on and that lies are being told. Then lastly, Georgia gets involved and stops taking her medication to make sure that she can stay intact with what is actually happening with Fin taking over Lucky’s old life. Georgia developes the freedom of being her own self and develops the courage to go and figure things out

This highlights the realistic atmosphere prevailing as well as reflects the true meaning of relationship. The readers are exposed to the mother-son relationship. It can be seen that even if the narrator is a twenty-year old law student, he is still the little boy who needed his neck scrubbed from the point of view of the mother. Whatever good advice the son gives, it is not followed and instead he is given a lecture. This is a typical mother-son relationship which shows that no matter how much a child grows, he always remains a little kid for the mother. Moreover, the readers also notice the routine life of the narrator and his mother. The boy used to accompany his mother to work and help her which makes a four-hour job becomes two. There is solidarity, strong family bond and understanding between them because although he did not like his mother

In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, a young girl named Connie is testing the limits of the freedom granted to her by her parents. She spends her summer by hanging out with her girlfriends, and finding different boys at a restaurant across the street instead of walking around the mall with her friends. Oates shows in many examples how a naive Connie is taken advantage of by a man preying on her young and carefree mind, and transitions the main character from a carefree youth to a scared young woman being cheated by life and forced to grow up and understand the world and it’s unfairness more.

I was pleased to have attended a lecture cosponsored by the Ethics Center, the Fresno State office of the president, the Fresno Bee and Valley PBS. The lecture began with Dr. Castro recognizing a few leaders on campus, including a past Fresno State president, Dr. John D. Welty and campus volunteer Mary Castro. Dr. Castro then mentioned a few things about Mr. Brooks stating that he is a columnist for the New York Times and an analyst for the PBS “News Hour” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Dr. Brooks also teaches at Yale University, one the finest university in the country. Dr. Castro continued by saying that he learned that Mr. Brooks office hours are from 9am to 1pm and how “cool” it sounded to him. I was surprised how many people attended the event. I was fortunate to find a seat. David Brooks mentioned how he has some remote roots in the Central Valley because his father grew in Chowchilla, CA but Mr. Brooks grew in New York.

In addition, the author helps the reader understand the selfishness of the mother when the reader finds out she have stole the Persian Carpet “several months before” (230) the divorce and puts the blame on Ilya, the poor blind man. Furthermore, the visit of the children is supposed to signal a fresh start for the family. The mother even emphasizes she wants the girls to come “live with [them]” (229). Yet again, even if they meet in order to reunite, characterized by a situational irony, they see themselves separated because of her mother selfish decisions.

After Mia finds out Teddy is dead she doesn’t want to accept it because she knows it is horrible and doesn’t want to live without him. “Teddy? I call. Where are you? Come back to me!

Some may say student – athletes have it easy because they get to go to school for free and live the life of a college athlete when that is not the case in most situations. College athletes are in the business of marketing at a young age without playing professional sports which is a business. Which is why I believe student – athletes should be paid to play college sports. My reasons for this argument are that the student athlete may need spending money and money to support their families, secondly the schools along with their sport profits off of the students athletes names, and lastly for big events some student athletes are required to miss schools due to these events.

The author creates themes of commonality that are relatable to many in this story story. There is a crucial moment in rebellious child’s lives that pushes them to act out. For Lola this happens to be her mother and her battle with breast cancer, “with her cancer there wasn’t much she could do anymore” (Diaz 5). Lola,

I agree with this statement for many reasons. If a classical story like Macbeth was changed in any way, the outcome would be totally different. The style it’s written in is very important as well as the format and language. For example if Macbeth was changed in any way or adapted people would interpret the story in a different way. The main reason the story could be damaged is because it’s written in old English, the whole meaning of the story would change if it was adapted to today’s language.

If I stay, which is an outstanding novel written by Gayle Forman, was published in 2009 and is an emotionally gripping story. The most interesting part of the novel starts with Mia’s life after the accident. The readers also learn about her life before the tragedy with the help of plentiful flashbacks. She recalls her colorful and vibrant family members so vividly that they could easily step off the page and break the hearts of the readers. Furthermore, her remembrances also highlight her passion for music and romance with her boyfriend. Moreover, the readers will find the entire novel very interesting and inspiring and will also find the climax of the novel very satisfying. The story revolves around seventeen year old Mia, who finds herself dealing with the aftermath of a terrible car accident which killed her entire family. During the coma, Mia goes through an out-of-the-body experience and observes all her friends and family that gather at the hospital. The memory of Mia flashes before her and she debates about whether or not she should wake up and face the grief of losing her family or, if she should die. Before summarizing the story, it is pertinent that the main characters of the story should be discussed briefly.

Evolutionary theory suggests that early humans would have to ensure the survival of their genes by best making use of their resources and adapting. As a result, we have evolved certain food preferences of foods with high energy content to give us the best chance of survival.

The resentment within the young girl’s family is essential to the novel because one can understand the young girl better as she makes her decision.