Summary Of Gary Stull's Crude Currency

He was the voice of justice and reason in Salem, and acted as a leader of the people. John’s flaw that ended up leading him to his death was his arrogance about his character’s pride and reputation. John respected his name more than he respected his own life, and would not be disadvantaged because of his pride in his name, even if it was to be the cause of his death. John’s arrogance comes at the end of the play, when he is on his death row. He will not do or say anything that

Rachel Price is a character within the novel who is very self-centered, arrogant, selfish, racist, and independent. Although some of these characteristics go along with each other, others seem to contradict each other. Rachel’s selfishness shows through in many parts of the book. She is typically only focused on her successes and issues, without much regard to anyone else.

The two good main characteristics John wields are loyalty and determination. His loyalty shows when he is being inspected my Mr.Hale. Thou shalt not steal. John recites “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors goods, nor make unto thee any graven image.” (Act II pg.67). He tries his hardest to keep loyal to his religious community. He told Hale that he built a majority of the church. Most of all John Proctor stays true to Elizabeth's side even after his incident with Abigail. Aside from loyalty John is also determined. Determination is a trait he possesses all through the play. Most of all it shows when he goes to court for Elizabeth. He risks his innocence to the court releasing his action of adultery for his wife and also to defeat Abigail. During the entirety of the play John fights most for separation and peace between Abigail and himself. Characteristics like these bring a character back from their downfall. John redeems himself by not selling out to the court and being truthful with himself and the whole village.

The best part in the chapters is when they arrived in Bellingham. It was about the time when things were about to change. It was nice because it described how John felt towards making new friends and adjusting to a new life.

, she is giving the readers a way she knows how to describe her feelings. This shows her character because its her describing her feelings in a personal way. The point-of-view of the story helps to characterize Rachel. By the story being in Rachel’s point-of-view, the reader gets first person responses to events.

John is a unique character in this book, he acts out on what he wants. He never speaks much but he acts a lot, and for john his actions speak louder than words. Such as riding away from San Angelo into mexico. He rode with his friend Rawlins and they do not encounter much trouble, this is when they are truly living the life of the cowboys. For John this shows that he's ready for what's going to come at him. Heading out into mexico with no plan shows us that John is ready to embrace any future that hits him. Whether it hits him like a train or rolls by like a tumbleweed. John Grady will be ready for what comes his way no matter what.

Throughout the book, Rachel had the most character progression. Initially, Rachel was too scared to go against her father than to defend her friend. She tells Drummond about a recurring dream she had, "But I was more scared of him [her father] than falling (Pg. 55)." Ultimately, Rachel apologizes to Cates after the case and finally forms a stance of her own on

The narration in this novel adds so much dimension to the story. It all starts with John telling his own life story. His story becomes much of Owen’s life story when John and Owen meet. John narrates his and Owen’s life along with telling his own thoughts and feelings about how everything happened. John also flashes back and forth between his present day life in Canada and his past life in Gravesend. This is what adds dimension to the story because Johnny is relating his present life to his past life. He has many political aspects when it comes to the time period that he grew up in. Growing up in the sixties was not a pretty time. There was war, assassinations, and social inequality. John even states, “Whenever I hear someone generalizing favorably about ‘the sixties,’ I feel like Hester, I feel like throwing up”(510). Referring to all the times that Hester threw up in the rose bushes on New Year’s Eve.

Rachel- She isn’t submissive so much as she is intimidated by everyone else into doing what the majority wants her to do. Bert- He is a soft-spoken person with strong ideals.

most of the story revolves around John, the narrator and the woman in the wallpaper. According

He tries to get the reader’s attention so that we can understand every single part of the chapter taking specific details to generate a bunch of ideas into our minds about what is happening and what is going to happen through the whole chapter. Maybe many authors and writers use that technique, but this is a case where the author of In the Heart of the Sea tries to give us an idea of his writing to interpret at the same time part of the history we must know about. This book teaches a way to introduce us to a big adventure since we take big aspects such as the whaling culture in Nantucket and aboard The Essex to this little detail such as the writing style Philbrick

It is primarily our own decision to associate with a desired group of people. The way others see us, as well as the way we see ourselves can change as a result. In the movie Witness, it is evident that Rachel is quite fond of John Book. In the scene where she is dancing with him, a change in her identity becomes apparent. She steers away from all past influences from her family and religion, and is driven to act like John. She feels a need to relate to him, and is envious of his behaviour. Her behaviour then reflects a woman who is not of Amish belief, much to the dismay of her father.

The postmodern style of writing John Kennedy Toole, makes so that the various cast of the characters in the story are much closer to people in real life making this book a perfect case to study and relate to characters of people across the world .

The information was written after the actual events however are detailed with sources and legal documents cited and reference throughout the book. The information is very informative and gives detailed accounts of historical facts that support the subject. The intended audience would be Wild West historians or those just interested in Wild West history. The Author is well known for his writing and publishing of real life people who were instrumental in the Wild West.

John Kennedy Toole greatest accomplishments in this novel were the characters, and how they developed a web like relationship. What I mean by a web like relationship is that all the characters were connected and by the end there were no loose ends. The main character Ignatius J. Reilly an unusual personality that readers wont find in any other novel. A Modern Don Quixote, peculiar and creative, sometimes to the point