St. Lucy Character Analysis

Lucy’s. Claudette, the average student, is learning to stray away from her animal instincts by staying away from Mirabella, the main problem student; “I snatched the bread away from Mirabella…. Mirabella gave chase, nipping at my heels…. After that I spent less time with Mirabella.” Also, Claudette refuses to comfort Mirabella while she is covered in splinters; “Lick your own wounds,’ I said not unkindly….. The nuns had instructed us to say;” The pack, as a whole, is learning how to adapt by doing everyday activities such as riding a bike;” we’d ride bicycles uphill…grim-faced nun pedaling behind each one of us.” Another activity the learned, was how to play checkers;” The purebred girls were making mistakes on purpose in order to give us an advantage.” Learning the human culture is a main component of adapting;” we understood this was the human’s moon…” The pack learns more about the human culture from their choir director, then from the nuns;” She showed us how to pattern the old hunger into arias.” As the girls start to grant their parents’ wishes of adapting to change, they then start to develop with those

The pack’s parents were “ostracized by the local farmers” and wanted “something better for [them]” (227) through becoming human. They want to improve their children’s lives by having them integrate into the same society that is chauvinistic towards themselves. However, the after long, exhausting days of adapting to a foreign culture, Claudette dreams of home. She fantasizes of “rivers and meat” and “full-moon nights” (229). “The whole pack was irritated, bewildered, depressed” (229) from the difficulties of changing to a civilization they feel no connection to. The process separates the once tightly bound pack. Claudette shows the human idea of exclusion when she describes hating her sister Mirabella because she is unable to fit in. They “began to avoid her” (233) and “couldn’t show Mirabella the slightest kindness anymore” (236). After months away from her family, Claudette has reached the furthest stage in her acclimation to human society but still can’t

Frequently in life individuals end up in intense circumstances. In the novel The First Stone, a youthful high schooler by the name Reef winds up in such a circumstance. Don Aker, the creator of The First Stone constructs this novel with respect to the conditions that numerous youngsters confront. He utilizes the character of Reef Kennedy to uncover and help us to remember ideals like indicating thoughtfulness, taking proprietorship and being sympathetic. Therefore, Reef takes us through his excursion towards adulthood and we take in the estimation of empathy. At last, Reef figures out how to be contrite, to take proprietorship for his activities and to be empathetic. Minor individuals in the novel that affects him towards his life are Lezza, Frank Colville and Scar. These minor characters in the novel individuals shows various influential impacts towards the main character in Reef’s life.

In the novel Legend by Marie Lu, there is one character in which I would be delighted to be my friend. Day is everything you ask for in a friend. He is an honest and humble person. Day has a charisma as well as a loving personality to him that makes his loved ones like to be around him. If there were two words to describe Day, it would be daring and caring. Day completes all of these stunts to annoy and anger the Republic. He gets hurt sometimes, like his three story fall out of the hospital, but always springs right back life. Day is a caring person because of his actions towards his family and dearest friends. In the book on page 6, Day shows that he cares for his family. “I dig through the little pile of goodies inside the bundle, then hold up a used pair of goggles. I check them again to make sure there are no cracks in the glass. ‘For John. An early birthday gift.’ My older brother turns nineteen later this week. He works fourteen-hour shifts in the neighborhood plants friction stores and always comes home rubbing his eyes from the smoke. These goggles were a lucky steal from a military supply shipment.” Even while Day is constantly living on the run and off of his steals, he still manages to take care of his family. John is the messenger that gives most of Days care packages to the family. No one else knows in which Day is still alive and that he is now the Republic’s most wanted criminal. While living on the streets with Tess as his only company, he still cares about

In Saint Marie (1934) Marie is only fourteen years old and is trying to find her identity and sense of importance. Even though she is half native american and half white, she doesn’t feel like she is fully accepted into either community. In order to find her calling, she believes she can prove herself good

In the play “A Raisin in the Sun” written by Lorraine Hansberry, she is able to take us to place to see what it was like for an African American family to survive in the mid-twentieth century. The play details how the main characters are going through an evolving social and economic position, as well as the evolving gender roles. Hansberry uses the characterization of Beneatha, Ruth, and Walter in order to show the expectations and assigned gender roles for the characters in the story. In short, Beneatha is depicted as a woman who is challenging gender norms and expectations upheld by her family, whereas Ruth is seen as an example of a submissive housewife fulfilling her expected duties. Using “A Raisin in the Sun,” as well as “Marxists

She realizes that this wrongdoing would eliminate Miss Temple’s promise to teach her drawing and to learn French. Jane descends from the stool in search of Miss Temple, her beloved superintendent, who often “listens to Mr. Brocklehurst’s sermonizing in ladylike silence with her mouth ‘closed as if it would have required a sculptor’s chisel to open it’” (Gilbert 784). Miss Temple kindly allows Jane to speak in her defense, such an unfamiliar concept coming from the Reed residence. Once Jane’s story is corroborated she is rewarded with beginning lessons in drawing and French.

ohn and Lorraine seem like your average teenagers. John is an alcoholic and Lorraine always has anxiety about her looks. They would always hang out at the cemetery with Norton and Dennis.At the cemetery, they had an avocation of drinking.Furthermore, they all have a made up game were someone prank calls someone out of a phone book and whoever stays on the longest would win. One day Lorraine had called someone by the name of Angelo Pignati. Lorraine pretended to be a charity's agent looking for a donation. Mr. Pignati was just a mundane man, so he said that he would give a donation of ten dollars. John acted ungrateful for the money because he just wanted the money. Little did they know Lorraine, Mr. Pignati, and John would become best friends.

When wrapped up in loneliness, people make quick decisions that negatively impact the people around them. First, Robert Walton, an explorer hoping to “satiate [his] ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited,” isolates himself from his family when he embarks on his voyage (7). Only with the company of his crew, Walton travels and explores for months. He “[has] no friend” and “no one near him...to approve or amend his [plans]” (10). In search of glory, Walton would “rather die than return shamefully” from his adventure (155). Initially, when his crew demands to end the voyage early, Walton hesitates before quickly saying that he will not allow the ship to turn around, a rash choice made without anyone backing

In the book “Saint Maybe” by Ann Tyler. The main character Ian shows skills and discipline that are examples of what are required by Newman. Ian showed these examples by, caring for other people, being open to trying something new, and starting a new life doing the right thing. Ian is like Newman because he was about learning and building skills not only from school but from life experiences, which cannot come from a school setting.

In the book A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry shows us an African American family going through struggles to achieve the American dream. Each member of the family has a different view of this dream. The book shows how the dream should be for men and gender conflicts between Walter and his family arise. In the end, the book shows that the American dream can be achieved by working together and taking baby steps towards living a better life.

The story of Bartleby by Herman Melville is circled around a boss and his workers. This short story is an exert from a larger collection of short stories within a book called, Great American Short Stories by Jane Smiley. The narrator in Bartleby is this Lawyer who holds much interest and worries over one specific scrivener who works under him. He pays close attention to this employee because of the attitude and behavior he distributes. This character is quite particular, his name is Bartleby, a unique individual in the eye of the Lawyer. Throughout this short story one may witness a change in Bartleby, it happens so gradually that they may not realize it or possibly skim over it. Bartleby was a very sequestered being; his development occurred over time with him losing motivation entirely. In the beginning, Bartleby is a silent but good worker, however, he eventually refuses his responsibilities as a scribe, then he suddenly stops everything except for staring at a wall in a courtyard.

As the trip to Italy begins Lucy is under the constant very protective care of her cousin Charlotte they talk about the view from their room is when Mr.Emerson and his son George are introduced to Lucy .They offer an exchange of rooms so the ladies can have the ones with a view . ‘’You see, we don’t like to take-’began Lucy. Her cousin repressed her again” (4 , E.M.Forster) This passage shows how Charlotte can make Lucy feel during this trip.She constantly makes sure she does right and is ladylike.You can see this in the quote “Naturally, of course, I should have given it to you but I know that it belongs to the young man , and I was sure your mother would not like it”.(12 E. M. Forster)She wants Lucy to avoid improper behavior with young men and she keeps Lucy from doing what she desires and what

The details of Claudette’s interaction with her mother show how much Claudette has changed since she left her home.Claudette will likely not fit in with her real family anymore as she and her family are poles apart in their cultures now. She changed so much that her own mother does not recognize her at her first look and "recoil[s] from [Claudette], as if [she] was a stranger". Her mother needs to use her wolf instincts to verify Claudette's identity: she "sniff[s] [Claudette] for a long moment" to check if it is really her. Claudette's mother "[sinks] her teeth into [Claudette's] ankle, looking proud and sad.", which Mirabella's behavior and the kind of habits Claudette lost after she moved to ST. Lucy's. After her identity being confirmed

Personally, I found myself very sympathetic towards Lucy. I could find so many examples that would support my beliefs, but one part that struck me the most was when she forced herself to get sick with various methods in order to escape from the painful chemotherapy treatments. She experimented with drinking dishwashing liquid, trying to catch a cold by staying outside, forcing water into her lungs in order to catch pneumonia, and scratching her arms with rusty nails (95-97). To me it seems that she's going through more pain by harming herself.