Personal Narrative

Ethan ends up falling in love with Mattie. Mattie offers the warm qualities of a relationship that Zeena|

When Erik and his friend sprayed the paint and Paul’s eyes, His mom found Paul unconscious and took him to the hospital. Then chose to not tell Paul about what Erik did, because Paul could not remember since the flashback, his mom said ‘we didn’t want you to hate your brother!”, which made Paul angerer, resulting to him responding “And you thought that was right for me?!” This choice influenced Paul the most in my opinion because throughout the book Paul and Erik had a lot of drama around them and knowing that in the end of the book that Erik was the reason Paul is blind, really mad Paul

As a result of this Paul feels secondary to Eric because Eric gets more attention from Mom and Dad. In page 289 it said,”When we moved to Houston, when Erik was eleven, he realized football was the star attraction.” From this evidence, we see that Paul feels less important to his family. Additionally, we can see that Paul is being ignored, almost to the point where he is abandoned. This helps Paul build his character because he tumbles down, losing more than his

For example, after his mother death he was afraid of being left alone in a big house. In a desperate attempt to assure he would never be alone he marries Zeena, because “After the funeral, when he saw her preparing to go away, he was seized with an unreasoning dread of being left alone on the farm and before he knew what he was doing he had asked her to stay there with him.” (p. 59). This shows that Ethan is so afraid of being lonely, he felt like he felt like marrying someone he didn’t love was necessary, proving he values company so much. In addition, Ethan was even willing to run away with Mattie, since he would miss her warm company.

Isolation can be the determining factor in changing one’s mindset. In Ethan Frome, Ethan faces many disappointments throughout the novel. In the novel, Ethan is an orphan since both parents have passed. His wife Zeena who is also his cousin has become the dominant one in the relationship taking over full control. While living in Starkfield, Zeena has suddenly become “sick” and is forced to bring in her cousin Mattie for help around the house. Zeena is depicted as a bitter prematurely old woman who is always “sick” while Mattie is the picture of health as well as the sweetest woman alive. When Mattie comes into the picture, she becomes the speck of happiness in which Ethan longs for but Zeena keeps taking away. This brings up a theme of failure throughout the novel.

The relationship of every brother should have it’s good and bad. Usually, that what should create the relationship between them. In the novel, there are three sets of brothers Erik and Paul, Joey and Mike and Luis and Tito each with their own similarities and differences. The brother's similarities and differences also compare and contrast with the other set of brothers. The author shows their relationship of the brothers through scenarios of events in the story.

Zeena makes the comment “I guess you’re always late, now you shave every morning” (Wharton 16). Although she doesn’t tell Ethan she knows about his love for Mattie, Zeena him uncomfortable by hinting that Ethan has changed his ways to impress Mattie. Zeena talks to Ethan with a lack of respect pushing him further away and making his love for Mattie even stronger. Zeena gets in the way of the secret relationship between Mattie and Ethan before anything even occurs between the two.

Ethan marries Zeena and falls in love with Mattie as a direct response to his neediness for care and company. As well, Ethan also finds it a necessity to be accepted by Starkfield, which compels him to live with Zeena and finally stops him from escaping with Mattie. Ethan’s desire for love and acceptance could have been the outcome of a neglected childhood. He had been caring for his parents from a young age, as Harmon Gow tells the narrator, “Sickness and trouble: that’s what Ethan’s had his plate full up with, ever since the very first helping”(6). Ethan spent most of his life caring for others and possibly lacked love from his own sick parents, which may be the reason for his neediness for society to be both proud of him and others to give him the care, which he had to give up from an early age, taking care of his parents. As many studies show, the young need love and affection in order to help with their self-esteem and it is a vital aspect of one’s mental health. Seeing the outcome of Ethan, a lack of care for the young, may cause detrimental effects on ones life as he or she grows

Ethan, while possessing a shy and reserved demeanor, is likely more intelligent than most would assume of a poor farmer from the countryside. The narrator offers Ethan a scientific journal, and he accepts with a polite “Thank you-I’ll take it”(6). This adds another dimension to Frome’s character, adding to his quiet, pensive, and conspicuously intelligent personality. His reserved intelligence also manifests itself in his manipulation of Mattie, casually implying that she would “‘have found me right off if you hadn't gone back to have that last reel with Denis,’ he brought out awkwardly”(16). Ethan resorts to this kind of manipulation to find out how Mattie really feels about him. His plan is to

This clearly states that Ethan must sacrifice his love for Mattie because he needs to take care of his sick wife Zeena. He must remain in his stagnant life to care for Zeena.

I recently read Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. The book is about two boys that are both named Will Grayson, who are living completely different lives. Later, their lives intertwine and suddenly they aren’t so different anymore. Through the book, they endure many hardships and discover things about themselves and the world that they didn’t know before, as the chapters alternate between their points of views.

For my Mystery Shop, I chose Blue Chip Cookie. Later on you’ll know more about why I chose this place and what happened. As you could guess Blue Chip Cookies is primarily focused on selling cookies, I had never been to Blue Chip Cookies before but I wanted to see what it had to offer. Sometimes smaller business put more effort into pleasing their customers and the quality of their product rather than just focusing on how much money they could earn. In this report you’ll read about my “Mystery Shop”, a project where you evaluate the customer service of a particular business.

If someone were to ask a group of individuals what their favorite kind of movie was, there would be many different opinions. Some might say that horror and blood are what they look for in a movie description. Others might believe that a good movie is filled with romance and love. Yet others would agree that unpredictable movies are the best kinds. The film, Do You Believe, is packed with surprise and suspense.

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Sometimes the most unlikely people can change your life. In the novel Tag Along, by Tom Ryan, we see a group of the most different teenagers team up, whether by fate or by an unusual turn of events, for a wild, one-night-long adventure. The story changes into the perspective of the four main characters: Andrea, Candace, Paul, and Roemi. At the beginning of the novel, they start out as near-strangers all disappointed when their prom goes askew before it even begins, but by the end, after 8 hours of haphazard events, they have formed a strong bond. The characters and the readers alike learn many life lessons, however, all of which root towards the same big  meaning, that people are not what you expect them to be. This meaning is emphasised in the story through three components, the narrative point of view, the use of irony, and character development.