Jim Beyers In The Fight, By Lucy Calkins

What he is refusing to see is that their relationship is lacking love. He is in a one-sided relationship where he keeps getting pushed aside because Alena’s priority is saving the animals, and not on Jim. This is evident when Thanksgiving comes up as a subject and Alena’s first instinct is to free the turkeys while Jim’s first thought is whether he should introduce Alena to his family. Once again, Jim still is not getting love in return.

To begin with, among the many characteristics of Jim, his compassionate nature shows throughout the book. When Huck and Jim come across the

I can tell he is very defensive in his speech because he says “Lord Sugar with the greatest respect that’s an exaggeration”. Jim is trying to persuade Lord Sugar he is incorrect in his thinking. However, Lord Sugar is not taking what Jim has said into account. Even though Jim is trying to tell Lord Sugar he is wrong in his thinking, he still addresses Lord Sugar in a formal way, this is most likely because he feels threatened by Lord Sugar and knows he has the power to ‘fire’ Jim, this is due to the control Lord Sugar has over the contestants. So Jim knows he must consistently respect Lord Sugar, even though he can say what he wishes to. Jim uses a very anxious tone to say this quote; this suggests he is trying to cover up he has done something wrong. Jim accuses the other contestants, trying to get himself out of trouble, he knows that if he -takes the blame Vincent is more likely to take him back in to the boardroom. The word “exaggeration” means Lord Sugar is making a bigger deal out of a situation than it actually is. This could also suggest Jim is trying to show up Lord Sugar as someone who over-exaggerates.

I would say negative do to the fact that that he is not standing up for himself and explaining himself, nor is he asking for help. He thinks so highly of his dad and so low of himself he can’t seem to stand up to his father. Jim thinks his dad had it easy but in school but if he would have a real conversation with his father about school, he might see his Dad had these same issues. His perception of his father is wrong by believing he had is so easy in school, that his just cruised through his college due to being a brilliant person (Wood, 2012). When Jim is around his father he tends to feel down about himself. “When we’re around people who put us down, we’re more aware our weakness and less confident of what we can

Jim also struggles with the nature of truth and feels that events can become more real in a story than in reality, as if by turning the memory into a story makes it more concrete and committed to one version. And in the process of telling the story all the men can come to an agreement of what happened and add to it. Sometimes things happen so fast in life that they don't really happen until you go over them in your mind and set down the facts and details, finalizing the version in your mind of what happened. And

In the short stories “A Drug Called Tradition,” “The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor,” and “The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation Doesn’t Flash Red Anymore” collected in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, author Sherman Alexie uses humor to reflect the life on the Spokane Reservation. In “A Drug Called Tradition,” the story starts with a joke by having Thomas sit down inside a refrigerator in response to Junior’s comment as to why the refrigerator is empty. The Indians are having a party hosted by Thomas, who gets a lot of money from a corporation for leasing some of his land. Alexie’s three second selves, Victor, Junior, and Thomas, later go to the Benjamin Lake and use the drug that Victor brings with him. In “The

In the United States, there are millions of acres of land dedicated to our national parks. Over half of the states in our country have land dedicated to national parks, and according to Linda J. Bilmes and John Loomis, the National Parks Service protects 412 of these places. The amount of land dedicated to these parks is quite a considerable amount and it has drawn the attention of the federal government. The government believes there should be cut backs on the amount of land dedicated to places such as Yellowstone and Ellis Island. However, if these parks, monuments, etc. were to be reduced in size, the United States would lose protection of a magnitude of important things such as areas of land and water, animal habitats, historical sites, monuments, and areas sacred to

In “Something Wicked This Way Comes” Jim is faced with many forms of conflict both internal and external. One example of internal conflict is seen through “I’m a fool…why didn’t I leave it up?” (Bradbury pg. 146). It shows that Jim is regretting his decision to remove the lightning rod and further explains how he lacks self-control. We see Jim struggle with himself again through “He slapped another brass pole. This time his palm glued itself tight.” (Bradbury pg. 268). We see Jim again lack self control and do what he desired even if the outcome could be harmful to himself and others. Jim was contemplating whether or not to jump on and he ultimately lost self control and jumped on the carousel he didn’t care if he could get hurt or if Will

Jim is ignorant but kind. In the book, he takes care of Huck. Once, the fake Duke and the fake King ask Huck and Jim to stand the night when they go to sleep. It is nice of Jim that when Huck is tired, he stands for Huck and let Huck sleep. According to Huck: “I was pretty sleepy by that time, so Jim said he would stand the first half of it for me; he was always mighty good that way, Jim was” (P138). And there is another time Jim stands for Huck, and Huck says that “I went to sleep, and Jim didn’t call me when it was my turn. He often done that” (P165). Jim is just so kind to Huck, makes Huck be grateful for him. Huck appreciates what Jim done for him. Huck realizes that friends take care of each other because he sees Jim taking care of him. He would not be lonely any more. Also, Jim is a black slave; it is different from a white friend to Huck. This makes him feel the humanity from a slave. He knows the slaves are also humans but not objects because of Jim’s kindness. Huck learns those when he thinks Jim is always mighty good. It is a good environment of having Jim there, Huck is influenced by him to be kind-hearted and selfless. Huck sees the nice side of a slave instead of a bad side which is described by people in general, too. Jim is the friend who accompanies Huck, affects him to feel the

     Jim was brought up as a Methodist. He became quickly fascinated with the pulpit oratory. Vera Price, a childhood playmate remembers, ”He’d always be the preacher, standing up making sermons”(Axthelm 54). Even at the young age of seven Vera, recalls Jim’s speeches encouraging strict discipline. She remembers occasions when Jim was playing with other children and “he’d hit them with a stick and make them cry. He had a power that most boys don’t have”(Axthelm 54). As Jim matured into a young adult this internal power he possessed was not fully matured. In high school Jim was in the popular crowd, but never the leader of the pack. “Only in retrospect does anyone claim to have spotted seeds of the horror to come.’ I had a hunch something bad was going to happen to him,’ says a middle-aged man in Lynn. He was smart as a whip. But he had some strange ideas. He never fit in with the town. He was different”(Axthelm 54).

Is it right to be nice to a person that was mean to you in the past? Many people will say no you should do what they did to you, and make them see how you felt in the past. In the story The Bully by Roger Dean Kiser, it’s the opposite, you should be nice to a person that was mean to you. The story The Bully is about the protagonist Roger; back in middle school he uses to get bullied by Tony. As time passed the have met again in their late age in life at a restaurant, but Tony is in a wheel chair and Roger is nice to Tony. Despite their unstable past. Roger is a kind person and will not keep a grudge even towards other people that have bullied him in the past.

Jim is usually well-mannered but he can do stupid things sometimes that get him in trouble. His mild mannered way of life and his not a care in the world attitude makes him quite an interesting character. Jim is also an interesting

Jim is also a relatively flat character. He goes through the novel with very little change in his character. He is always superstitious, but also is very accepting of people. One example of his superstitions is, “And [Jim] said that handling a snake-skin was such awful bad luck that maybe we hadn’t got to the end of it yet.” (Twain, 64.) Jim always adheres to his superstitions, and in a way they govern his life. Even when Tom and Huck are attempting to set Jim free near the end of the book, Jim goes along with all their crazy machinations. This is similar to his superstitions, because he is willing to do silly things, since he believes they are essential to gaining freedom.

Fast food industries are a major reason for why the number of overweight teens in the US has tripled since 1980 according to the article "Burger Battles". So why aren't the same industries doing more to reduce the numbers knowing that they are the leading cause? Jennifer Harris led a team from Yale on a yearlong study of the foods kids choose to eat at fast food restaurants. Harris told WR  News that '' There is a lot of research showing that eating fast food is harmful to young people's health, increasing the rate of obesity,". The research is not just big studies but on any nutrition chart of a fast food industry. These companies add unnecessary amounts of sodium and sugar into their products so the customers will want more. In addition companies

He shows his determination two times throughout the play. The first time is when he is with Tom on the terrace. He talks about how excited he is to be taking night classes in public speaking and and radio engineering. He also later talks about how he is trying to get into the television industry to Laura. Jim says “I believe in the future of television! I wish to be ready to go up right along with it. Therefore I'm planning to get in on the ground floor. In fact I've already made the right connections and all that remains is for the industry itself to get under way!’ Jim knows what he wants and he is taking actions to get there. Jim also shows his determination when he is with Laura. He is determined to get to know her and break into her secret world. He eventually does break into her own little world by being so nice and warm. He just had to keep at it and eventually she warmed up to him. Whereas Tom is determined to do something but it is nothing useful. He want to move away and have an adventurous life, but by doing that he is abandoning his