Royce Peterson Character Analysis

Through thick and thin bestfriends are always there for eachother. In the novel The Contender Alfred Brooks struggles to become a contender and reunite with his best friend James. Alfred is a high school dropout and has a job at a grocery store that’s going nowhere. James, his best friend is also a high school dropout but he is messing with the wrong crew. Throughout the story, Alfred begins to train at Donatelli’s gym to become a boxer. Later in the story James, who has been doing drugs, goes to rob the Epstein's store , where Alfred works, and almost gets caught. At the end of the story Alfred finds James in a cave with a cut arm that was caused by the burglary. James asks Alfred for a fix but Alfred, the contender, takes him to the hospital

We all change whether good or bad. It is in us to make decisions that shape the way we act towards everyday occurrences. In this cases Chris Theodorakis changed immensely. Chris went from a unconfident recluse to an outgoing professor. This just shows how fast you can change to become a better person for yourself.

Cedric then continues on about the music of today and how different music is now. He brings up Rihanna and Beyonce and how their music is extremely influential to his children. Cedric also discusses how entitled his children think they are to his money and time. He shares a few examples about this and begins with an example of how his daughter wanted a new Camaro even though she's not the best student.

Professor Crawford is a assertive human. He does not like to be corrected. The first time Jamal turned in an essay Professor Crawford doubted that he wrote it by himself. Crawford doubted Jamal because he was African American. Jamal is an extremely talented writer and Crawford knows, but he refuses to accept the fact and continues to bring Jamal down. Crawford wanted to see if Jamal can come up with his own words so he made Jamal write an essay with his supervision.

In the book the seventh most important things by Shelly Pearsall the character Arthur demonstrate that Arthur are these words that I think about him its, Hardworking, heroic, angry.

Arthur is very ungrateful, and impossible to please. He thrives off of driving his daughter and son-in-law crazy, and it always seems to work. Arthur always has an ailment, and he believes the world revolves around him. Every once and a while Arthur gets what he deserves, and people unleash their wrath on him. Of course, Arthur acts as if he doesn't understand why people get so angry at

Laurence Yep and Greg Ridley View their fathers as someone who is disappointed in them, but unlike Lawrence who wants to bond with his father, Greg doesn't want to. Laurence feels like he is a disappointment to his father because his asthma prevents him from playing sports, and he will not compare to him and his billions of trophies, or his brother Eddy. Greg’s father is disappointed in him for his bad grades because his father wasn’t lucky enough to receive an education as good as his so his dad always makes him study.

In the book 1984, Smith is trying to be an individual in a society that is ruled by Big Brother. as a consequence of him trying to be an individual, he is testing the rules of the party. The individual in an authoritarian society is forced to follow the rules and beliefs of the rest of the society.

The character I would like to have as a friend from the book POP is Marcus Jordan. Marcus has just moved to Kennesaw, New York in and I can relate to that because I have moved a few times. But the main reason that I would like to have him as a friend is three character traits he has. These three character traits are courage, resilience, and he is caring of his friends.

This realistic fiction novel, by Edward Bloor, describes the problems and relationships that Paul discovers when unlocking the meaning of truth, no matter the obstacles people put up to block him from it. The motif of “sight”, is what introduces Paul to the universal statement of truth and makes him aware of what the people surrounding him can and cannot “see”. Paul Fisher, the main character, uses the motif of sight to have a new understanding of his friends, family, and himself.

Chris (Alex) McCandless a wise, well educated and determined young man. Not your typical young man, some say he’s crazy while others admire him, Chris is self reliant and an extraordinary young man. I wouldn’t follow in Chris’s footsteps but he’s a go getter. Despite all the “craziness” Chris did he had a tough time grasping everything that happened at home and never could he be around someone for a long period of time he wanted everything he did done his way. Some may believe that Chris McCandless went into the wild to escape a toxic relationship with his parents, but it is more than that, his rebelliousness, risk taking tendencies and family problems led him into the wild.

Werner exhibits courage by going against his beliefs of Germany helping Marie-Laure and the French natives, picking his ethics over the beliefs and qualities he was taught since birth. Werner has been overhearing discussions with his sister talking about making the right decision over wrong. Werner's closest companion is subjected to go to a school where individuals of a lower class are minimized and beaten. Werner is aware of this event, however, does nothing to meddle with such conduct. “Frederick hardly ever thinks of himself. Frederick is stronger than he is in every imaginable way. Werner opens his mouth but closes it again; he drowns; he shuts his eyes, his mind. At some point, the beatings stop. Frederick is facedown in the snow” (Doerr 194). Toward the start of

Will-power and determination plays a major role when it comes to people accomplishing goals and performing the tasks they are given. When a person possesses these two qualities they are motivated, focused, will not give up easily, determined along with many other things. The word determination is defined as, “the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.” Will-power is, “the strength or will to carry out one’s decisions, wishes, or plans.” In the short story A Worn Path by Eudora Welty, the main character Phoenix carried out the meaning of these two words throughout the whole story. She had experienced many road blocks during her journey, but she did not let them stop her from reaching

In book 1984, by George Orwell, the main character named Winston, attempts to “stay human” in the face of dehumanizing, totalitarian regime by informing others about the past. At the beginning of the book, he buys a diary from a junk shop, which is against the party will because he is committing a crime by going against the party. On (page.7), “was he writing the diary? For the future, for the unborn” Winston is writing a diary for the unborn so he could inform them about the past and tell them to hold on to their beliefs. The totalitarianism government uses different kinds of techniques to break a person emotionally and eventually force them to believe what the government wants them to believe. Orwell is criticizing, no matter how hard they try they will get caught by the party. Also constantly advocating the citizens of Oceania that the power lies within the proles and warning to all the citizens, how the government has controls their thoughts and their mind.

For the words to describe Arthur in the book The Seven Most Important Thing was Adventurous, Dedicated, Moody, and Lazy. Starting with the first things, I have said Adventurous for two reasons, one being I thought Arthur was adventurous because he would have never went on and looked for help when looking for Mr Hampton's place. I also thought this because he wouldn't had ventured into Mr Hampton's garage when it was opened slightly. Which leads me to him being Dedicated, I thought he was dedicated because he felt as though he was going to be pressured to stop school, but went on anyways. This now leads me to where he is moody, Arthur was moody in my mind because he felt furious and sad in the beginning of the story when he had thrown the brick.