John Henry Character Traits

Throughout the old English poem of Beowulf, Beowulf displayed numerous characteristics and traits that revealed if he was a static or dynamic character. His pride, greed, and courage were consistent throughout the entire story. Therefore, Beowulf manages to stay a static character throughout the heroic poem, that is, a character whose traits and characteristics remain the same throughout the entirety of a story.

There are many types of characters in a story. Some are easy to spot while other may be a little harder. Round, flat, static, dynamic and stock are all different types of characters. Round characters are the characters we learn the most about. We learn how they live and every aspect between including their thoughts and what makes them keep going. Flat characters are the ones we learn much of nothing about. This could be the lawn person to the cousin that drops in. These characters help fill in gaps so we can learn more about the round characters. Dynamic characters are usually the ones who experience some type of change in the story. They appear a certain way at the beginning and by the end they have made some type of change in their life good or bad. This change can be a little change such as realizing something was not what they thought to a big change such as a change in their career or marriage. Static characters are those who end with the same attitude and perspective they had at the beginning. These are the ones who show no change and learn nothing during the story.

Henry did not want to live his entire life on the farm, he wanted adventure and the opportunity to be an American hero. He chose to enlist in the military more so for the fame and fortune. During the first war he could have not run because he finally got his wish, his wish to be this hero he has dreamed of. Secondly, the intensity of the war probably did not sink in until the second time around for battle and he did not want to offend his country by hopping ship. He may have not fled out of straight patriotism. Finally, the second war was rough, dangerous, and scary at multiple occasions. He wanted to be a hero, but he didn't consider the fact that freedom isn't free, and he is gonna be the one paying for it.

Lyman is the static character and Henry is the dynamic character. Examples of this would be from the book, “Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.” Junior and Rowdy are also static and dynamic characters. Junior changes schools and attends an all-white school while Rowdy chose to stay on the reservation and attend school. Rowdy changes and starts to dislike Junior because he is leaving Rowdy behind on the reservation. Junior still thinks of Rowdy as his best friend and also more important than his family. “I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. Maybe more important than my family. Can your best friend be more important than your family?” (Alexie, 123) Henry returns and is a completely different person, while Lyman just wants his old brother

“The mercy that was quick in us but late/ By your own counsel is suppressed and killed. / You must not dare, for shame, to talk of mercy,” (2.2.85-87). In Shakespeare’s Henry V, King Henry V, uses multiple personas towards certain people to gain the French throne. He justifies his right to the French throne by his descent from French royalty through the female line. Henry is still being seen as his young self and uses role play to prove that he is worthy of the French throne. Henry’s role playing is for the purpose of gaining the French throne. Henry manipulates his soldiers and opponents for his selfish want of the throne. Henry uses different personas while giving speeches and physically disguising himself to gain the French throne.

Huckleberry Finn is the main protagonist in the story he is a young boy at the age around 13 to 14 years old he is a very adventurous and mischievous all throughout the story from friends in the book he goes by the nickname hug but constantly has conversations with his conscience as he struggles to find out what is wrong and what is right and society.

Have you ever known someone with a very special gift? Well, this is John Henry's case. He was the strongest man I've ever seen and he also never said no to a challenge. I can still remember the day when he risked his life only for a challenge. One day a stranger came to offer Captain Tommy a steam engine that he had got for sale, but the boss said that he didn't need any machine because he had John Henry on his side. So, the salesman placed a bet with the captain , that was if John Henry won the machine for a full day, he would get it free. John henry accepted the bet.

John Henry is a legend that was taken place in the 1800's. During this time, locomotives were becoming a big part of the economy, and increasingly getting popular. His family was poor, and John Henry needed a job. With him being a large man, and the demand of locomotive tracks increasing, building tracks was the perfect job for him. He was the best at what he did, and nobody could match him

Have you ever known a man who is able to beat a machine? John Henry was that man, and I had the opportunity to work with him. I remember him as a man with a great self-confidence and who gets everything that he propose. The day of the competition, when he achieved the goal of beating the machine, John Henry focused all his attention to his hammer. It was like if nothing else matters for him in that moment and one hour later, he asked me how he was going and I told him the machine was ahead, but that didn’t discourage him and he told me to bring him two hammers so he could do the work faster. By the second hour he asked me for the second time how he was going and in that moment I saw that the machine was busted so he was winning. It was unbelievable!

"HAVING SEEN YOUR advertisement in the Chicago Defender, I am answering your request for information, concerning the Old-Time Hero of the Big Bend Tunnel Days or Mr. John Henry" (1%, 57/7109).

Character Trait: ​A character’s actions​, thoughts​and words​are clues to a character’s personality. How would you describe your main character? Choose ​1​word that best describes the main character’s personality. Provide ​2​examples from the story that support this character trait. Explain in your own words how this character trait is shown and provide ​cited text​and ​page numbers ​to support your explanation. Example - Tom is a mischievous boy with an active imagination who spends most of the novel getting himself, and often his friends, into and out of trouble. One example of Tom’s mischievous personality is when Tom’s Aunt Polly is searching the house for him. She finds him in the closet, discovers that his hands are covered with jam, and goes to grab him. Tom cries out theatrically, “Look behind you!” and when Aunt Polly turns, Tom escapes over the fence ( 5-6). Another example of this trait is … “...”

Would you join the war like John Reid did? John Reid is a respectful yet strict and fearless man. John Reid does many things throughout the novel. He is a tutor, but throughout the novel we figure out that he is a spy for the continental army. John then goes to war for a while. He also marries his student, Jemima, that he tutored.

Along with having a distinct noble status, every tragic hero has a fatal flaw. Brady’s fatal flaw happens to be hubris. When being introduced that Henry Drummond will be on the defense, Brady’s ego already makes him believe that the trial will be an easy victory: “The whole world will be watching our victory over Drummond” (Lawrence and Lee 29). Regardless of Henry Drummond’s experience, Brady takes facing off against Henry Drummond as a positive aspect from a popularity standpoint bragging, “When he fights [Henry Drummond], headlines follow. The whole world will be watching” (Lawrence and Lee 29). Because Brady believes that he will defeat Henry Drummond, he is already thinking about how many people will see the victory against Henry Drummond

But John Henry drove fifteen feet, The steam drill only made nine,” Although it was not without sacrifice, the race and the hammer took the life right out of him and he died a martyr. “John Henry hammered in the mountains, his hammer was striking fire But he worked so hard, it broke his poor, poor heart, And he laid down his hammer and he died.” The writer of the Steel Drivin’ Man, Scott Nelson, believes that John Henry was loaned out to the railroads by the prisons but I don’t think of his character that way.

In the Shakespeare Globe Theater production of Henry IV part one, Hotspur is portrayed as a confident and very angry character. Hotspur rambles on and on about his anger towards the King and even begins to shout at one point. He ignores his uncle because he is enraged that the King will not pay ransom for his brother-in-law, Mortimer. The King discovers that Mortimer married the enemy’s daughter, (Welsh rebel Glyndwr’s daughter) and believes that Mortimer lost his battle with Glyndwr on purpose. Hotspur defends his brother-in-law and denies these claims, but Henry does not believes him. In turn, he demands the return of the captured prisoners and forbids Hotspur to mention Mortimer’s name. Hotspur seems as though he respects Mortimer and is enraged that the King, who owes his family for helping him overthrow Richard, refuses to free Mortimer from the enemy’s hands. In addition, Hotspur is a very eloquent speaker and is able to use his words powerfully.