John Green's Turtles All The Way Down

Some core beliefs are universal — for example, most people share the belief that stealing is wrong. These kinds of beliefs are beneficial to both us and to our collective society. However, some core beliefs can be limiting, particularly when they encourage a negative view of yourself or others. That’s why identifying your core beliefs — especially limiting ones — can help you shape your experiences in a way that helps you fulfill your potential. ” We can see throughout the book that Valentina and Oksana's beliefs have changed drastically about each other, and they eventually develop a lifelong friendship.

But to her, she had ventured into the mean and meant to ride it out. Win something. Kill the pain.” Kya also proves that she is capable of harming or killing and does not find it morally unjust or troubling to do so, which is her most concerning symptom yet. Much of Kya’s social and emotional redemption comes from her love of biology.

become aware of her ability to act of her own volition, but her naivete renders her ignorant to

When facing adversaries, there will always be a factor in the story the protagonist personality flaws are either illustrated or torn apart by their own complications. The worse part it that their identity can be easily influenced by the manipulation of people who are looking to take advantage of the individual's guilt and emotions. In Sinclair Ross’s story, “The painted door”, Anna the main character is manipulated to believe that her husband is not going to arrive home when a blizzard is undergoing; which ultimately leads her to her ultimate downfall. But in the end, this all came down to her failure to remain faithful to her husband, wanting more in her life and the failure to keep her habits in line with her marriage. Ann’s failure endure the temptation resulted in her losing her happiness moreover losing her biggest love.

Nya sat outside under the shade of this house and ate” (Park 20). Nya is not only an independent and resilient girl, but also an empathetic person who cares deeply for those around her. Furthermore, one example of this is when she takes her little sister to the pond, even though she doesn’t want to. Nya nodded. She picked up the plastic container and took Akeer by the hand.

Being isolated from one's peers is not an easy thing to handle. Rayona spends her days alone, wondering about her mother and blaming herself for her troubles. This enhances her feelings of inadequacy. Rayona pulls inside herself by keeping her worries private. When others inquire about Ray's condition, she conceals her problems with lies. By lying she dismisses her difficulties; denies their existence to herself. Inside, she is falling apart; the stress she has to deal with brings her near to a mental collapse.

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them”, says Maya Angelou, an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. This quote reflects to Sarah’s journey in the novel Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay, since the main character, Sarah, faces events that affect her well being, as they make her both weaker and stronger. These events causes her to lose her innocence, makes her persistent, and then eventually drives her to be pessimistic. Sarah experiences traumatic events through her journey, which leads her to change both in a positive and negative way.

Id dominated people often say or do the initial action that comes to their mind, and do not care about others reactions or the consequences of their actions According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, an id subconscious is defined as the “unconscious instinctual part of the mind.” . In the book, it is assumed that Zeena Frome completely obeyed her id subconscious. Throughout the book Zeena

(page). 245). The 'Standard' is a 'Standard'. This marks the beginning of Aza’s self-acceptance, the acceptance that she is a real human being like everyone else. In addition, this revelation makes Aza a dynamic character because her perspective of her identity changes rapidly and

As seen through the character, Connie, she recognizes her repressed thoughts too late and that leads to her demise. Even though she tries to build her identity separate from her sister, her family will never accept who she truly is. This causes her to develop repressed thoughts, that warn her about Arnold Friend through her daydreams, and trigger her defense mechanisms of repression and denial. Although her recognition of her repressed thoughts implemented her reality anxiety too late, she came to the realization that the identity she was trying to form was hollow. Therefore, the recognition of one’s repressed thoughts can not only be a form of protection but also unlock essential information about

Even though she writes this in the book due to peer pressure, she realizes that her actions are wrong and her superego makes her feel bad for behaving in this manner.

Aza's mind is constantly struggling to escape her never-ending spiral of fearful, obsessive thoughts. It is this very inability to control her own thoughts which leads her to question her very identity and control over herself

Katerina’s insanity exposes how her unstable behavior shows death is upon her. While Sonia was once describing Katerina as strong, she switched thoughts by explaining how Katerina’s, “Mind was unhinged. [Sonia then continues with how Katerina] had been so harassed that her mind might well be overstrained,” explaining how Katerina is becoming ill. Katerina’s mentally unbalanced reasoning creates a sense of insanity by providing knowledge on how she is thinking. The imagery of Katerina’s intellect being unhinged helps to portray her mind as physically broken into pieces. This mental image of her fragmented mind shows how she is insane; this insanity helps to prove how she is unable to think properly, therefore, causing her to act out of place and unstable. This unstable nature Katerina is in exposes how she is closer to her death by showing how she is becoming more ill, causing her to think erratically. Moreover, when Katerina was acting, “Lively and [with] peace-loving disposition, [Her behavior took a turn when] the smallest disaster reduced her almost to frenzy.” The choice to use the word frenzy when describing how she reacts when it comes to a small disaster is unique by showing how she is in a state where

Furthermore, Nia’s character traits can be explained by the following defenses. Apparently seems to use sublimation as an ego defense. She intends to convert her impulses from a socially objectionable aim to a socially acceptable by saying that reckless actions are things all young people do during high school. Similarly, Nia rationalizes and justifies her actions as she does not recognize the underlying reasons (Goldstein, 1995). Due the family’s reaction to Nia’s behavior she constantly attempts to psychologically erase unacceptable or guilty-provoking acts, thoughts and feelings by trying to undo them.

Finally, she uses character change at the end of the story to reveal the theme of: it is important to love and accept others for who they are, not who you think they should be. Initially, Khan begins to introduce the theme through the literary technique of character interactions. When Aleena gets