Mr. Leetham Character Analysis

Dunstan Ramsey comes of age as he moves from childhood into his teen years. At the age of sixteen, the small landscape of Deptford becomes too much for Dunstan to handle so he decides to drop out of high school and join the Army. It is evident that Dunstan needs a change in his life and something to get his mind of the impact that Mrs. Dempster had on Dunstan childhood. Leading up to leaving for the War Dunstan never really saw much of Mrs. Dempster because every time he saw her he could not hold back his guilt and remorse, which continues to trouble him in his teen years. Like many other young men, Dunstan is thrown into the chaos of the war, converted by the front lines and beginner to rifles and survive. Thus, this affects him in many ways,

On our final local community service day, we were primarily accompanied by the 2 of the more abled patients in Dover Hospice. Their positive energy illuminated the room, they were cheerful and entertaining as we folded paper flowers together. We even began singing songs in the midst of folding the paper flowers. Once we were completed, we attempted to brighten their day through distributing the papers flowers we made, and interacting with the patients.

Simon Legree is considred the most diabolic character in American literature. Mr. Legree short, broad and looks very muscular despite his height. On auction day he was elbowing his way through the crowd of other buyers, but his attitude was different from other buyers. He looked like a buyer who was buying slaves strictly for business. He examined each slave systematically, opening their mouths checking their teeth and other parts. Legree would also ask where they were raised and what kind of work they have done. After he made his purchases which sadly Tom is part of, he proceeds with putting his new slaves on boat to transport to his farm. As he is walking around his boat he sees Tom and orders him to change into new shoes. Legree then checks,

Patrick is the protagonist who we follow through the course of the novel, starting from Patrick's boyhood, growing up with his silent father, Hazen, who "did not teach his son anything, no legend, no base of theory (19)." It is in the very first scene of Patrick as a boy watching the loggers cross the road in the early morning, where we learn that a landowner owns the cows and Patrick’s father works for the landowner. Later Patrick’s father goes to work in the feldspar mines, which is dangerous work not undertaken by those with other means. Patrick Lewis, the "immigrant to the city" (53), is drawn into the immigrant groups by poverty and work; they engage his sympathy and his skill with in their fight for workers' rights. Patrick is not an

Japanese-Americans were forced to evacuate from coastal areas following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. A massive amount of Americans who were not of Japanese descent believed that the Japanese community could not be trusted, so the government felt that it was necessary to remove them from their homes and place them in camps located away from militarized coastal regions. This was a controversial decision at the time and still receives criticism today for going against typical American constitutional values centering around citizen’s unalienable rights. Through the research of many letters written during Japanese internment or reflecting on the event, it seems that Japanese-Americans of that time period had mixed feelings about being relocated and the majority of the community was upset that they were viewed and treated differently than other Americans but did acknowledge that the overall treatment they received at camp was fair. Japanese Internment camps were psychologically damaging to Japanese-Americans due to the racist nature of selective forced evacuation, and the Japanese community was more upset about being removed from their homes than how they were treated at camp.

Life is pack full of choices that test an individual's nobility. To be unique and true to oneself, an individual must rise above the influence. In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, There are many choices to make regarding the character’s virtues or their reputation. Dolphus Raymond enjoys spending time with his family in privacy rather than being bothered. Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson both believe in benevolence instead of acting in a violent way and conform to stereotypes. When an individual is faced with societal pressures or being themselves, then they must stand their ground because if they do not, they will be going against their morals.

Reverend Lee looked over the mirror again and said, “I do not trust this thing. I can feel the evil emanating from it. I will give you proper advice, Mr. Avery. Burn this before you are cursed, because it obviously did not work for the family who previously carried it.”

Omar, an elf, a human-shaped supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore, prowls through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops and makes his way through the unforgiving Candy Cane forest. While Omar trudges through the Candy Cane forest, he stumbles upon a large penguin. This is Larry. Larry is a large penguin who has an enlarged beak. Larry and Omar talk about the delicious flavor of candy canes. Omar goes as far as describing a candy cane as a “peppermint wonder.” Larry describes a candy cane as a “zebra on Christmas day.” Unfortunately, as Larry and Omar share their admiration and love for candy canes, a large beast appears. This beast is hairy, brown, bear-like, and frightening. Larry and Omar freak out, but are even more frightened

I don't particularly feel like talking about it because my heart can barely take all the emotion of today. I am overwhelmed with confusion a sadness. Today my eighteen month old son died of Cholera. As I sat cradling him in my arms for the last minutes, the last breath of his short life, I could see the life being sucked right out of his small, frail body. His eyes were glassy and his skin was as dry as the dust on my boots. It felt as if the life was being sucked out of me the longer I sat there staring into his blank expression. He seemed so disconnected; So helpless. That was one of the hardest things I have ever done. No way to help, all I could do was sit there and accept that my child was breathing his last breaths. I referred to him as my sunshine child. At only one year and six months, he lit up my day like the sun fills the sky with light and gives everyone a feeling of warmth. I will never forget my baby boy. Having experienced losing someone so close to me I can sympathize with all the poor, powerless slaves at the unjust auctions. You will always be in my heart Samuel Charles Stowe.

In 2012, my cousin suffered a severe heart attack which lead to heart failure. After witnessing someone I love suffer a life-changing event, it was important to find ways in which I could help. During her time in the hospital I cared for her children, encouraging them to remain positive around their mother, explaining how important their presence was to her recovery. I assisted in organizing a fundraiser that provided financial benefits for medical expenses. An extended hospital stay can create a feeling of isolation, and the fundraiser served as a physical reminder of the amount of support she had behind her during this battle. Childcare and fundraising were both pivotal ways in which I made a difference, but being present with my cousin at

In Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Mayella Ewell, a young woman as well as the daughter of Bob Ewell, lives a life of insolence and isolation in the town of Maycomb. As a Ewell, which they are familiarized as being vulgar, uneducated, and indigent, Mayella is disrespected by the people of Maycomb as well as by her father. During the court case, Atticus shows courtesy towards Mayella by addressing her as a miss and a ma’am, which is not surprising for his values of equality. Mistaking his manners with sarcasm, she replies with, “Won’t answer a word you say as long as you keep mockin’ me” (pg.181). Harper Lee is demonstrating the amount of disregard Mayella faces in her life, so much that courtesy can’t be identified as just that. Mayella finds that Atticus is ridiculing her for what she doesn’t have, respect from others. With a reputation such as Mayella’s, people treat her like an outcast. Her lonely life can be a reason to explain why she always asked for Tom Robinson’s company, she wanted to experience friendship and perhaps love for the first time. Her loneliness was so clear to see, even Scout, who still has their childhood-innocent mind, can see through it. Scout compares Mr.Dolphus Raymond’s “mixed children” to Mayella because they both don’t know where to stand in their social class, “white people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs; Negroes wouldn’t have anything to do with her

In her coming-of-age novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, portrays the main character Jean Louise “Scout” Finch to reveal to the causes and effects of lies in the small southern town, Maycomb County. In Maycomb County, Alabama, the civilians of the town make “telling lies” a helpful thing to do. Most of the people who live in the town come up with lies to protect themselves and other, affecting the lives of innocents. This harmful and selfish act harms the town and its citizens in many ways. Through the use of characterization, rising actions, and falling actions, Lee portrays gossip spreading and telling lies have a big impact on the town, Maycomb.

The term of events of the movie August Osage County blew me away. Personally, I think Meryl Streep is a brilliant actress and the way she takes on a character amazes me. Seeing this film for the first time in class just reminded me of how great she is on the big screen. Not only was this movie dark and twisted but so was her family. She played a sick mother suffering from Oral Cancer and a heavy drug addiction, Violet Weston.

As Charles Darwin once said. “It is not the strongest of species that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change”. Darwin’s quote strongly relates to “The Call of the Wild” in many circumstances where the stronger species was not able to thrive, but the one that was most able to adapt to change. In Jack London’s novel, “The Call of the Wild” it is conveyed that in order to survive in any environment one must be able to become accustomed to their surroundings. To survive by adaption one must drop old habits, be able to thrive in poor treatment environments, and love when given the chance. The main character in “The Call of the Wild” Buck, proves this idea on a multitude of occasions throughout his journey in the hostile Canadian Yukon Territory. The first adaptation that is made in “The Call of the Wild” is conveyed when one must drop their old habits to survive.

Drug laws apply on state and federal levels. In federal circumstances, “convictions are from drug trafficking” and in the states, it’s for “drug possession.” The federal punishments are longer sentences and harsher punishment while the states place the arrestee is charged with misdemeanor and is put on probation, short jail term, or a fine. However, in court, if the criminal pleads guilty, they keep a clean criminal record and take a prescribed substance abuse program…vacated…and [18 months later] the accused can claim to never have been arrested or convicted of a crime. This is a law, or more of a procedure that should change. If a person has committed the act in having some relation to drug usage and adheres to it, their record should provide that information for later use in other drug cases.