Mim Character Analysis

After being kicked out of her mother’s house, Miki Howard moved in with a friend and her mom. However, Miki’s friend grew envious of her because she gained the attention of a lead singer from a popular band. Because of

Many literature authors use writing techniques such as Characterization within their writing, which allows the reader to envision a character’s personality and their thoughts. Unfortunately, our world is filled with people who are given the choice of right and wrong. However, often people choose the wrong path and hurt one another in the process. Furthermore, when an individual’s actions rely on negativity a person tends to lose the better part of themselves. From the beginning of the short story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”, Flannery O’Connor paints Mr. Shiftlet and Mrs. Crater in a negative light. Throughout the story these characters manipulate one another despite the consequences. Although, both characters hide their intentions,

In John Updike’s short story “A & P”, a dynamic and round character expresses his subjective attitude towards his views, a plot twist causes him to realize his future. Sammy an opinionated cashier at A & P grocery store does not agree with his Lengel, his manager after he reprimands a particular group of customers at the store. Sammy’s further actions cause him to face the true reality of his future.

Mason is frequently required to make adult decisions throughout this book and it changes the relationship that him and his brother have. Tex by S.E. Hinton is about a 15 year old boy named tex, who loves his horse Negrito. Tex lives with his 17 year old brother Mason and their pop, who hasn’t been home in five months. Wherever Tex goes there is trouble and he is usually with his best friend Johnny Collins when it happens. These decisions fall in Mason's hands because their pop isn’t home to do it for him without their pop Mason is pretty much Tex’s father and has been his whole life pretty much. Masons and Tex’s relationship changes alot throughout the book.

The book “Ugly” by Robert Hoge it is a inspiring, true story about, Robert, a boy who grew up in Brisbane, Australia, with a tumor the size of a tennis ball on his face and two deformed legs. Robert had four other brothers and sisters, who were all older. The story is the journey of Robert Hoge and his life with artificial legs and deformed face, and all the challenges he faced along the way.

Toni Morrison’s short story, “Recitatif” is about two young girls, named Twyla and Roberta, who grow up in an Orphanage because their mothers were in no condition to properly take care of them. The main theme in the “Recitatif” is concentrating on racism. A very mind- grabbing event in the story is how the author never tells the race of the two girls. Morrison leaves class codes but not racial codes, as in the story Twyla states, “ It was one thing to be taken out of your own bed early in the mornings—it was something else to be stuck in a strange place with a girl from a whole other race” (pg 201) , even the girls do not mention which race the other is. Recitatif is a great story as it plays with the reader’s emotions and effectively makes the reader aware of the stereotypes and each races characteristics.

When they pulled up to Mia's house Erik walked her the door and kissed her goodbye. Mia walked into a dark as the house not being able to see anything. As she turned around she saw her mother turn on the lamp. "Mom you frightened me, Mia said." "Where have you been young lady, Sheila asked?" "I was out with dad and the others, she responded. Right then and there Mia saw something different in her mom that she never saw before. She knew that her mom was a different person than who she was

“Yes. Nomi has one as well, but her mother does not see her for who she is.” Through the psycellium, he feels echoes of the pain that each ‘Michael’ brings.

In conclusion family should always help each other out. By helping each other out you can do this much more efficiently like how the Gilbreths had a family council to made sure everyone knows what's happening and how they are handling the situation. Also finding tactics to help make things go faster for people who live in a large family like the Gilbreths is helpful because then you can spend more time with your parents and siblings other that spending a long time doing something like taking a bath. So being efficient can help in many was in in this novel it helped bring the family together and spend more time doing other things like studying for school or helping the father with motion study. Lastly, the movie and novel Cheaper By the Dozen

Mike’s grandmother also tunes into her own natural instincts rather than society’s given standards, which is what makes her

Mia: Caring: They show empathy, compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of others. They have a personal commitment to service and act to make a difference in the lives of others and to the environment. Mia the main protagonist of this novel is a caring character this can be conveyed through the following quote, “Teddy is never going to graduate from T-ball to baseball. He’s never going to grow a moustache. Never going to get into fist fights or shoot a deer or fall in love.

In Toni Morrison's short story "Recitatif", the story revolves around two girls, one white and the other black, and how their social status affects their way of life. The narrator, Twyla, has five significant instances in her life where she is in a setting with her childhood best friend, Roberta. When they first met at the orphanage, they disliked each other, but because both of them still had a parent to their name, they were seen as social outcasts to the other children of their orphanage. Through their social disgrace they became friends and helped each other out. As they grew up, their lives were distinctly different with Twyla living the life of a lower-middle class citizen while Roberta was living a lavish lifestyle, creating conflict between the two. In the end, there is a slight sense of reconcilement in that they clear up a misunderstanding of their past, but there is an open question to what had happened to an element of their past.

Mim’s hatred of Kathy is introduced very shortly into the book, but it is later revealed that Kathy is pregnant with Mim’s half-sister, who will be named Isabel in honor of Mim’s dead aunt, only making her hate Kathy even more. Mim spends much of the book trying to get away from the way Kathy has made her family, going so far as to blame herself for her father meeting her stepmother. It is the driving force of the plot of the book, and it helps Mim figure herself out and decide what kind of person she is going to be. “I turn sideways in my seat, look at the back of her head, and realize - my stepmother is a complete stranger. I don’t know the first thing about her, not really. And I’ve never told her anything about myself, for that matter. ‘Mim? We clear?’ I am Mary Iris Malone, and I see all things new.” (Arnold 342) Throughout the book, Mim constantly reminds herself who she is and how she is feeling, allowing her to process what she is going through. Her journey is mainly one of self-discovery, and it was all because of

The author of Recitatif, Toni Morrison, is an acclaimed writer known for her fictional stories and her explorations within the black community. Receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 was one of her most acclaimed accomplishments. Morrison’s American Midwest family had an unfathomable appreciation and love for black culture and showed this through there many traditions and storytelling. Recitatif, a fictional short story, was written in 1983.

Cal is a strong-willed individual, although quite complex and often keeps a disguised façade on. He is often torn between knowing what is right in his heartt and what he must do for his kingdom and please his father, the King. Although he maintains a disinterested exterior, he is drawn to Mare Barrow because she's the only one who understands him. Cal became distant after the murder of his father and Maven's betrayal. Cal is also benevolent, dauntless, and selfless. He takes no interest in killing people like the other Silvers. After Maven's betrayal, Cal is also filled with revenge on his brother and step-mother. Growing up, Cal often felt that nobody understood how he felt and had doubts about becoming king one