Okay For Now Character Analysis

He mostly shows this trait when the family goes to the Ballard annual family picnic. After Doug wins the trivia contest, Doug’s father tries to make up excuses of why he didn’t win. Not wanting to make it obvious, Doug's father is trying to cover up his jealousy. “...except for my father, who pointed out how unfair it was not to have a single question on babe.”(167) While Doug and his family were on the way home from the trivia contest, Doug’s father clearly shows he is jealous. “Don't you get it? He set you up more than anyone.”(167) From being jealous Doug’s father shows how he only cares about the good things that happen to him, not other

Authors in many instances use the main elements in the story such as setting and narrative to prove a point in the story. For example, writers often use characters, their actions, and their interaction with other characters to support or prove a theme. In the short story “Our Thirteenth Summer”, Barry Callaghan effectively uses characters to develop the theme that childhood is fragile and easily influenced. One of the ways that Callaghan makes effective use of characters to develop the theme is by describing the tension between Bobbie and his parents. This usage of characters supports the theme because Bobbie’s childhood is no longer free to do what he wishes, but has to bow down to his parents’

Our actions and interactions with others and society are what define us. Society’s perception of an individual may contrast with that individual’s perception of self. Our actions and interactions with others create certain stigmas which may not change despite progression and change an individual has undergone. But however at the end of the day we are our own creators and we chose who we interact with.

The 1967 novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about the social outcasts; the Greasers and their rivalry against the high class Socs. In the beginning of the book the characters values and attitudes are revealed to the reader through the point of view of Ponyboy. As the book progresses and the lives of the characters take a turn for the worse there is a significant impact on the characters resulting in an alteration of their values and attitudes. Ponyboy, Dally and Johnny experience these changes due to the death of Bob the Soc and the chain of events that follow.

Randy Pausch. Who is he? What does he stand for? The day he gave the last lecture... His last lecture he only had months to live. He packed a lot of lessons into his lecture. The claims he gave that stood out were to be optimistic, to be determined, and to take risks.

I was pleased to have attended a lecture cosponsored by the Ethics Center, the Fresno State office of the president, the Fresno Bee and Valley PBS. The lecture began with Dr. Castro recognizing a few leaders on campus, including a past Fresno State president, Dr. John D. Welty and campus volunteer Mary Castro. Dr. Castro then mentioned a few things about Mr. Brooks stating that he is a columnist for the New York Times and an analyst for the PBS “News Hour” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Dr. Brooks also teaches at Yale University, one the finest university in the country. Dr. Castro continued by saying that he learned that Mr. Brooks office hours are from 9am to 1pm and how “cool” it sounded to him. I was surprised how many people attended the event. I was fortunate to find a seat. David Brooks mentioned how he has some remote roots in the Central Valley because his father grew in Chowchilla, CA but Mr. Brooks grew in New York.

Jimmy knows too well the agonies of abandonment. First, when his mother, Cecilia, ran away with Richard to pursue a better lifestyle. Then, due to his father’s, Damacio Baca, alcoholisms and violent behavior; he also had to leave Jimmy behind. In spite of the drawbacks from abandonment to being a maximum security prisoner in Arizona State Prison, Jimmy preserver’s the darkness of prison by overcoming his illiteracy. However Cecilia and Damacio is not as fortunate as their child; Cecilia is shot by Richard after confronting him for a divorce and Damacio chokes to death after he is released from the detox center(Baca 263). Therefore the most significant event in this section of the memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca is the death of Jimmy’s parents.

Q1. Doug has a difficult family life. His father behaves less like a parent and more like a bully, but in Marysville, Doug meets other adults who show him kindness and compassion. Name a few adult characters in Okay for Now who offer Doug guidance and instruction. What does Doug learn from them?

Grace has been told for more than half her life that she was crazy. Her mother’s death that she witnesses was an accident, there was no scarred man, and there was nothing she could do to change what had happened. But Grace knew they were wrong. With the help of her friends Noah, Megan and Rosie, she managed to discover that the scarred man was Dominic, the first love of her mother, who was there to kill her mother, but chose instead to stage her death. Grace came down just as Dominic was taking the picture, and picked up the gun that was lying on the floor. Firing blinding, she missed Dominic and shot her mother instead. The traumatic moment of shooting her mother was blocked from Grace’s mind as it was unable to handle what she did. Her family tries to protect her from this, saying it was an accident, trying to get Grace to stop pushing. When pushing too hard, Grace discovers the truth of what happened that night, and what she did, and with the

Doug is starting to become a nicer person but still gets in trouble a lot. “ Four fights

When Doug Swieteck moves to his new home in Maryville’s New York, his life begins to change. It all started when he found a book at the Maryville’s public library named, “Birds of America”. This book had pages that were missing. His quest to find the pages led him to Lil Spicer who became one of his best friends. Along with some of Doug’s customers that he delivered groceries too on Saturdays were some of the people who gave him much needed experiences. Then there was Ms. Windermere who chose him to play a part in play that she wrote. The main idea of this story is that a middle school kid from a family with many challenges still has the choice to make a positive life for himself even though he has many obstacles to overcome.

Doug can not read, and Miss Cowper needs a student to practice on for the County Literacy Unit. Doug is going to “play the part of the student who is learning to read.”(Okay for Now PG. 128). Doug is very grateful that Miss Cowper is teaching him to read, and she is one of the few people that help Doug. Learning to read is a great experience for Doug, and he is very proud of himself because he said that he bets Clarence is rocking. This is a good sign because when Clarence rocks, it means that Mr. Ferris is proud of someone. Doug learns to read from Miss Cowper, and this has a major influence in his life because now that he knows how to read, he can do better in

At school, Charlie finds a friend and mentor in his English teacher, Bill. He also overcomes his chronic shyness and approaches a classmate, Patrick, and his stepsister Sam, become two of Charlie's BFFs. Charlie’s new found friends – Sam, Patrick, Mary Elizabeth and Bob - aren't exactly popular and are outcasts themselves. They are all seniors and often hang out at the Big Boy except Bob who doesn't go to school.

In the novel Catch Me If You Can by Frank William Abagnale, Frank is a well defined static character. Even though he faces different challenges throughout the novel, he remains the same a the end of the story as he was in the beginning. Being said this, he still continued to run away from his problems and did cons. He is a confident individual who ran away from home at a young age to find a life for himself. Frank is a smart, young and charismatic boy. During his early teen years, his parents started to go through a divorce, which left him torn between whom to choose to stay with. After learning about the divorce that was about to take place, Frank decides to runaway. Frank states, “One June morning of 1964, I woke up and knew it was time to go.

Seventh grade has been a very long journey and now we are coming to an end.On this journey I have experienced new things and met new people.Seventh grade has taught me skills I can use for the rest of middle school, high school and even college.Obtaining these skills has let me know that they can better my future.Now that we have made it to the end I have realized I have changed in character,gained knowledge and 21st century skills and with these skills I can be very successful in life.