Jeanette Character Analysis

The key character traits that are exposed include perseverance, determination and also creativity. Brian show’s perseverance when things are not easy or don’t go his way. The text supports this is the many times it seemed nature itself was trying to make Brian’s life harder or to even kill him. An example of this is when a bear shows up in his camp in the dark of night and begins eating his food. The beer ends up throwing him twenty feet in the direction of the lake causing many injuries. Brian is very hurt and it isn’t easy for despite everything he keeps on going after the bear encounter. Brian shows determination many times throughout the story. When something seems impossible he keeps on going and pushes through. An example is when he begins trying to make a stronger bow. He repeatedly fails but does not give in. Creativity, if Brian did not possess this trait he couldn't have survived more than a week. He used creativity when doing so many things. These things included the area of the lake that he made a wall that traps in fish for him to spear and get an easy meal. He also uses creativity when designing his shelter door to keep animals out. After having various unwelcome guests, he decided to do something about it. All in all Brian uses the three traits Perseverance, determination and creativity many times to last in the

Brian stays alive because he stays positive and never gives up even when he’s nervous and sad. When Brian was sad, he thought of his teacher and how Mrs.Perpich always said to keep going and stay positive. For example, He never gave up when he had spent weeks building his camp and a tornado came and destroyed the entire house and all things in it, he had his fish spears, bow and arrows, his bed which took hours to make and his walls were all lost. Also, when he drops the hatchet in the lake trying to get the backpack out the plane he keeps trying to get it even when he feels stupid for dropping it.

Many of us readers would agree that after reading Tim O’Brien’s “In the Lake of the Woods” we find John Wade’s behavior more than unusual as he would do some unusual things such as burning plants with boiling water while saying “Kill Jesus”, and have flashbacks. Most readers would wonder how a psychologist would diagnose John Wade. Based on his behavior, John Wade would probably be diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any life-threatening event which results in psychological trauma. Wade’s diagnoses would affect O’Brien’s implicit argument as anyone that has a perfect or normal life can be ruined by PTSD.

Battles and fights are some examples of conflict in most fictional stories. They can be many different fights, like the epic battle between good and evil, or a kingdom defending their land from enemies. When people think of the word ‘battle’, they may think of climatic sword fights and war. But sometimes, battles can take place inside of a person. Perhaps a character may have conflicting aspirations and desires that may cause an internal battle and maybe result in something catastrophic. Or perhaps a character has opposing personalities that might clash and cause something important to happen. In many works of literature, the writer

Sophie Biyoya Ciardulli is the main character in the book, “Endangered”, by Eliot Schrefer. She is the daughter of Florence Biyoya, who is Congolese, and an Italian-American dad. Her mother had always thought of protecting bonobos as her top duty in life, so it was no surprise when she chose staying in Congo to develop her bonobo sanctuary rather than returning to the U.S. with her husband and daughter, after Sophie’s dad is transferred to Miami, Florida by his company for a job. Sophie attends school in America, but spends summers with her mother. Sophie had always been angry and hurt by the fact that her mother was the reason her parents divorced, but when she meets Otto, she transitions slowly in opinion and grows in acceptance of her mother’s

The character Mrs. Mallard from Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” can be considered both sympathetic and unsympathetic for various reasons. She could be seen as a sympathetic character because of the times Mrs. Mallard’s character came from. On the other hand, she could be seen as unsympathetic for how her character is very self-centered. We see this in how she is constantly rationalizing with herself that her feelings of joy at her husband’s death were well founded. There are also several other variables that must be taken into consideration when deciding if Mrs. Mallard is a sympathetic character, or not.

Of the many situations that Jeannette would constantly relocate and have issues from instability within her family. It was assumed that while the Walls children were young both Rex and Rosemary saw no problem with involuntary uprooting. They would make it like a game for the children. Among the effects of moving that didn’t come to consideration or the lack of emotional growth, poor education, and by far a stable environment. Many of the locations that the Walls would live in would be spoiled by an incident that would essentially give Jeannette and her siblings the ticket to leave. The Glass Castle opens with an incident where Jeannette gets burned trying to make her own food. Following the trip to the hospital Rex sneaks Jeannette out of the building to skip town and the medical bill. Adversity even follows Jeannette to New York after she leaves the family and deals with the discovery that her parents had followed. Not only was the road to make it to New York difficult, but now dealing with her mangled family continued to weigh on her. Reluctantly, Jeannette learns from these experiences. The incident with the burn is inferring the resilience of Jeannette and how she would be able to contain the madness. Adversity in New York near the end of the story shows us that despite the problems in the past Jeannette is a compassionate being and strong enough to go help the people that could have ruined her

to a less her father taught her, or a moment of weakness he helped her overcome. It is undeniable

In Jeannette Wall’s memoir, The Glass Castle, she displays various types of relationships with her siblings, from strained to unconditionally loving. Her parents, Rex and Rose Mary, may have had an effect on how the children’s relationships develop, but ultimately the siblings bond, especially Jeannette and her brother, Brian, through the situations they find themselves in. While staying at their grandmother Erma’s house, the Walls children’s relationships, especially that of Brian and Jeannette, becomes evident: “Then they flew at each other, tussling and flailing and pulling hair, locked together, with Brian and me cheering on Lori…” (147). Lori and her grandmother were in a fierce brawl, yet Brian and Jeannette were showing their support

The Walls parenting technique resulted in Jeannette being a more intelligent individual. Along the way, she encounters many obstacles many kids in her age group haven’t experienced, but she always seems to solve it her own no matter no occurs. For example, Rex decided to take the family to the Hot Pot where Rex uses a unique method to teach Jeannette how to swim. Her siblings, Brian and Lori knew how to swim, but Jeannette never learned, because the large bodies of water made her constantly intimidated. Previously, she always clanged on the side of the swimming pool, but the Hot Pot had no edges for that to be possible, so her dad came to the rescue. The father pushes her to the middle of water where Jeannette starts to drown, spit, cough, and even chock, but Rex just repeats the process. Then, Jeannette eventually realized that all Rex did was“rescue” but only to throw her back into the water. Jeannette recalls, “ ...rather than reaching for dad’s hands, I

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

“Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just have to find the ones worth suffering for” (Bob Marley). Dunstan and Janie’s relationship with their mother presents many negative affects on them as they seek other relationships, specifically with the opposite sex. Firstly, both main characters’ relationship with their respective mothers always remains in hindsight and affects their future relations with others. Secondly, Janie and Dunstan both create a healthy, strong bond with a character of the opposite sex respectively, only to have it taken away from them due to external influences. Lastly, they find successful people whose minor flaws prove to have the greater impact later on in the bond.

Sonja Vrunsky possessed a fiery determination to achieve what she set her mind to in Salome of the Tenements. Her passion was sparked after meeting Manning, a millionaire philanthropist, as she sought beauty to seize his attention. Throughout the novel, Sonja’s experiences lead her to discover the façade of beauty that hides an unattractive reality. The fire of Sonya, the Russian Jew, spread a flame that could not be extinguished, ultimately revealing a worthy beauty. Sonya used every ounce of her energy and resourcefulness to obtain beautiful possessions to impress Manning.

“I'll be all around in the dark. I'll be everywhere. Wherever you can look—wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there,” a quote said by Tom Joad from John Steinbeck’s novel Grapes of Wrath. Written during the great depression, John Steinbeck depicts a Oklahoma family traveling to California for work after losing their farm. The main character Tom Joad is first seen as caring only for himself and his family. By the ending the novel Tom has grown from caring about himself to caring and seeing the whole world as his family.

Jody is about an adopted child. It is about searching her natural parents. Who wants to know her true identity. This is the story of being human who has ever about the heart’s journey home. This is true to life story written by Jerry Hulse. Jody was an adopted daughter by Mary and Bruce Carr, who’s married dozen years before they adopt her. She was born on May 13, 1931 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was faces now serious surgery and the doctors needed her family background or medical history about her parents. When she was 16 years old, she knew that she was only an adopted daughter. Her adoptive parents never told her about it, only the place where she was born. And that is the only information to find her mother. Jerry Hulse her husband is the first travel editor in Los Angeles. He was died on 2002 at the age of 77.