Sam Is Alive Character Analysis

No one is the same everyone is a different person and while people may have similarities they are still different people with different ideas and thoughts and outlooks on life even mothers and daughters. Such as the daughters and mothers in the book, The Joy Luck Club.

Christopher Reeve once said, "A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." (“Christopher Reeve.”) The quote is remarkable. The strong and mighty Superman spoke it himself…but nowhere in the quote does it say that a hero must be strong and mighty like Superman was. This quote can apply to anybody, evident by its use of the word “ordinary”. Throughout the semester, I had the opportunity to develop an opinion on what I would consider a ‘strong female character.’ Eventually, one teenage female came to mind. Her name is Callie and she appears on the popular television series, The Fosters. Even though many may say that Callie is an irrational teenager because of her choices,

“The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance” (Socrates). In Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay, it is determined that this quote is in fact true. In the novel, Sarah a ten year old girl is introduced. Sarah lived in Paris during 1942 when Hitler demanded that all Jews be arrested and sent to concentration camps. Most of the Jews had no information on what was going on, especially in France where the French police rounded up all the Jews and brought them to concentration camps. Major conflicts arise in the novel because of character’s lack of knowledge. Sarah’s innocence created her lack of knowledge leading to her brother Michel's death additionally, William’s lack of knowledge created a conflict within himself, and finally

Shawn Spencer, the main character in the TV show Psych, is a hyper observant individual who pretends to be psychic for the Santa Barbara Police Department. He uses his episodic memory, extraversion, and self-regulation in order to solve crimes and be successful in his endeavors.

The name of the film selected for this case study is I am Sam. (2002) The protagonist of the film is Sam Dawson, who is played by the actor Sean Penn. Sam Dawson is a developmentally or intellectually challenged adult male, who has a young daughter, primary school aged, named Lucy. Sam and Lucy live together without her mother, who is a homeless person. There is not extensive information provided in the film regarding Sam's upbringing, but based on his present situation, he is a well adjusted person in a middle class atmosphere. It seems he has enough assets to provide for himself and his daughter in a fairly independent basis. His daughter, Lucy, is happy and taken care of, but the tension begins when Lucy exceeds Sam's mental capacity. Her peers ridicule her and her father because of his intellectual deficiencies, calling him a "retard." The character's family consists of Lucy primarily, and some of Sam's other disabled friends who all help each other. One of Sam's greatest and most prominent "likes" is that he is a huge fan of the band The Beatles. One of his strengths is his love for his daughter. Another strength, although it is perceived as a weakness by others who might prey on him, is that he goes through life with a sense of awe and naivete. Of course, this is a result of his disability, but even still, he could have

Both Dolly and Sam are responsible for much of the hardship their family experiences, Sam through his relentless gambling and Dolly through her alcoholism and infidelity. Their belief that hardship is a matter of luck and not a result of their own actions, keeps them mired in misfortune. When Sam’s world is falling apart because Dolly has been unfaithful, his sons “sense he is a loser” and Rose is starving herself to death, Sam contemplates suicide because losing his family is “more than a man can bear.” Ultimately Sam does not take

Shortly thereafter, the apartment building in the center of town burst into flames with a child still on one of the floors. The rest of the kids and teens were scared to go in so Sam dives into the fiery hands of the building. As he neared the child, fire came from her hands and struck him. Then he accidentally unleashes his own secret power and kills the girl. He sobs and takes her body out of the fire,

Final, Steve the last character plays a big part in this theme because of his life.

Samuel Death is an inevitable event. Most times we have no control over how or when it will happen and in the short story, “Samuel,” by Grace Paley, a young boy loses his life while he and his friends partake in a very dangerous game. An unfortunate situation, it was and it leaves you to ask yourself the question “Who’s to blame?” After thoroughly reading the story, it becomes quite clear that though the boys were taking a huge risk and acting childish, they were just kids being kids and the people surrounding them could have done more to help them. The onlookers couldn’t have known what would happen, but they also didn’t do much to prevent such a tragedy.

However, Nichole lied about the speed as a strategy to end the lawsuits and to punish her father for sexually abusing her. To Billy Ansel, who was following behind the bus in his pickup, it was all an accident. But as he says in the book, many townspeople and lawyers couldn't leave it at that: "And then there were those folks who wanted to believe that the accident was not really an accident, that it was somehow caused, and that, therefore, someone was to blame. Who caused this accident anyhow? Who can we blame?"(73-74). Very quickly, many of the parents come to see this tragedy as anything but a simple, yet unexplainable, accident. Those parents and victims, with the help of a crowd of invading lawyers, attempt to reassess the story to find the truth. As Stephens says: "I knew at once that it wasn't an "accident" at all. There are no accidents. I don't even know what the word means, and I never trust anyone who says he does"( 91). Stephens passionately wants to uncover the truth, but his tactics of to finding the truth are unsuccessful in this case, and do nothing but further disrupt the lives of the residents in Sam Dent. Banks conducts an "investigation" of the accident in his novel. He examines the cause and effects of blame and also compels us to think about why we so desperately need to assign responsibility when something goes wrong.

The book is beginning to close. This chapter talks about the details of Oliver’s inheritance.

The supporting character I will be writing about is Sam. Sam is the main protagonist's little brother, who was taken away by the alien forces (antagonists). Many things wouldn’t of happened if Sam wasn’t taken. First of all, the main storyline would’ve been completely different. This is because the story is based around him being captured and if he weren’t captured in the first place, there wouldn’t be anything major for the main protagonist (Cassie) to fight for, therefore making the story extremely bland. Second of all, Sam just brings this humorous, and warm fuzzy kind of feel to the book because of how ‘cute’ and funny he is. If he weren’t in the book, it would feel a bit too serious and not make the reader have any other feelings other

Nora Ephron’s Heartburn adeptly explores six weeks in the life of Rachel Samstat. Through creating a story about heartbreak into one of heartburn, Ephron uses wit and humor to continually give the reader hope while simultaneously changing our perspective on the definition of divorce. In a disguised account of her own marital collapse, Rachel develops from being the victim to the heroine of her life. Following the discovery of her husband’s infidelity, Rachel initially believed that she was at fault and blamed herself. As the novel progresses, however, Rachel gathers the strength to free herself from such guilt.

Displaying great satisfaction in doing what’s right and obsessed with success, that’s been driven by past experiences, Steven Camden has become set in his ways and hesitant to change. Scared to uncover buried emotions he has neglected his truth by devoting his life to work. He exhibits all the characteristics of a good leader, hardworking, driven, and committed, with the exception of self-awareness and truth. Mr. Camden has successfully climbed the cooperate ladder leading others along the way, but he has come to the realization that his ways of leading are now becoming ineffective. In search of new techniques of dealing with the stress of improving cooperate margins, Steve was introduced to Maria who has encouraged him to seek new perspective

is normal for people to share morals and how with that comes similar values (Dempsey 324). Due to the two having similar morals the grandmother deemed Red Sammy as a good man after he questioned why it was that he let the two strangers get away with what they had did when she said,” Because you're a good man!” (O’Connor 122). It is clear that gullibility and respectable gestures is what makes a man good in her eyes and Red Sammy was in agreeance.