The Alchemist Character Analysis

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is a novel that explains the history of a family murder through two characters perspective. Capote unravels each character through the concept of juxtapose, which helps prevail the occurrence of events. Dick, is a very straight forward man that does not care about what others think. Whereas, Perry has a shy, conserved personality that is shown through transitions and details. Juxtapose effects the readers and characters as explained throughout the novel by comparing and contrasting two different characters opinions.Details are shown on every page and are illustrated in every sentence, which gives the reader the image. In Cold Blood represents the development of characters, juxtapose, transitions and details.

If you have never read the Harry Potter series by acclaimed novelist J.K. Rowling, then you are missing out a thrilling story full of adventures and laughter, perfect for all ages (but mainly children). Assuming you’ve read the book at some point in your life (or seen the movie, if you’re one of those people), you would know all about the antagonist-turned-hero Severus Snape. He held one of the most complex storylines, with a single chapter changing the view of almost every reader. “Almost”, as in it didn’t change mine.

Albert Camus once stated, "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so free that your existence is an act of rebellion." If something is not how it ethically should be then it is acceptable to rebel within the limits of what is morally correct. In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, he presents a world where the government has restricted access to printed literature so they can gain increased control over their citizens. The main figure, Guy Montag, shows an incredible growth in his personality through his journey of enforcing and accepting the government restrictions to stop the flow of information to a realization that the sharing of knowledge leads to a stronger society.  Guy Montag's role comprises many qualities, including that he is a loyal and accepting government employee that works as a "fireman" whose job is to destroy all remaining books and to burn the personal property of those that he caught reading the outlawed books.  A depressing and lonely home life influences Montag's personality, including a drug-addicted and shallow wife, named Millie. While sadness and loss surround Montag, he is a strong individual that can overcome obstacles and the challenge of the government's policies. Montag struggles when he realizes the impact of his orders from his boss puts on others, and that he must take a stand for the betterment of the public. When the government is not doing their duties of protecting their citizens, either by limiting their knowledge, putting them in danger or destroying those who disagree with them these actions can prompt citizens to turn toward rebellion.

Fahrenheit 451 is a novel based on a character amed Montag and the life he lives. Throughout the novel his belief will be challenged and he will begin to see the world he and the other characters live in differently. Overtime the man who he was will not be the man he becomes. His beliefs, the characters who have influenced him, and the ways that Montag changes will all be discussed in this essay.

“It’s because he no longer loves us sweetheart. Pack your stuff, we’re leaving this house and your father who doesn’t care enough anymore about this family.”

Natalie Sterling, a seventeen year old senior at Ross Academy had just won class president and beat her opponent Mike Domski. Mike was the kind of guy that Natalie and her best friend Autumn tried to stay away from. The girls at Ross Academy were known as demeaning and “boy crazy.” One day, during the pep rally a bunch of freshman dressed in trampy clothing and started to dance inappropriately. The leader’s name was Spencer a girl Natalie used to babysit for. The flirty freshman called themselves “Prostitutes” or Ross Academy prostitutes. Not only was Natalie embarrassed and angry by Spencers action but, she was disappointed. When the principal and Ms. Bee the student council head were talking to the girls punishments Natalie barged in. Natalie explained how she wanted to have a lock-in for all the girls in trouble and any others from school who wanted to come, about feminism and women's rights. Ms. Bee and Natalie agreed that it would be a good idea for

Dick exhibits several of the characteristics typically attributed to psychopaths. Two of those characteristics that he shows are control over the murder and deceitful actions performed in daily situations. Serial killers are generally either in control over the murders they perform, or make small mistakes, causing their capture to be easier. Like Dennis Rader, who “showed ingenuity and complete control” during his murder of the Otero family, Dick is the former type of killer. He carefully planned out how the murder of the Clutters was to happen. For example, after Perry shot each member of the Clutter family, Dick carefully searched for the spent shotgun shells to leave as little evidence as possible – “But the voice plunges on, ejecting a fusillade of sounds and images: Hickock hunting the discharged shell; hurrying, hurrying, and Kenyon’s head in a circle of light, the murmur of muffled pleadings, then Hickock again scrambling after a used cartridge…” (Capote 244-245).

Our first character, Faber, from the novel, Fahrenheit 451, discusses the importance of integrity of oneself. Faber was an English professor that valued the community being literate, he had shown his integrity to continue teaching the community the ability to read through Montag setting up the plan to frame the firefighters. In the novel written by Bradbury, the character, Faber expresses to another character, Montag,"No, no, it's not books at all you're looking for! Take it where you can find it, in old phonograph records, old motion pictures, and in old friends; look for it in nature and look for it in yourself. Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical

Every day we see people avoiding others, and caring less about the things that matter. Guy Montag and his wife, as well as most other people in Fahrenheit 451 display these traits, and seem to act like their life has no purpose. If we continue to stray farther from social interaction and continue to rely more and more on technology, we will live in a future much like the one Bradbury predicts. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury shows us a frightening future through the way he creates the characters and the way they act. These include a lack of compassion and social interaction. The effect these traits have on the society are devastating in today’s standards.

The rural setting depicted in In Cold Blood by Truman Capote has a big impact on the novel and by looking at the time and place’s impact on the book, gender roles and rural social norms that have affected the characters become clear. These effects can be seen in the behaviors and personalities displayed by the characters throughout the book and in their reactions to important things going on in their lives. The impact on the characters is a very important thing to look at because it clearly illustrates characters and their values.

In Fahrenheit 451, the characters Clarisse McClellan and Mildred Montag play a major role in the story; although they are important characters, they are metaphorically opposites because of the events that take place before and after the book Fahrenheit 451. Mildred is Guy Montag’s wife, but throughout the story it is questioned why they even ended up together; Montag gives an example about Mildred’s opinion on “the smell of kerosene” stating that “my wife always complains.” (Bradbury Pg.6) The reason this is brought up is because Guy works as a fireman, not to be confused with a firefighter, a fireman set fires rather than stopping them. In a conversation with Clarisse, she says “it’s just that I love to watch people too much I guess” (Bradbury

The second time Irene was faced with a tough situation, was towards the end of the novel. Irene became aware of the fact of how close Clare and her husband Brian were, and it dawned upon her that Brian and Clare were in love with each other. This realization frightened Irene, and once again she was faced with two options and again her loyalty was questioned. Should she tell Jack Clare was an African American, which would result in Jack’s anger and resentment that would surely lead to him taking Clare away, or continue on living the way she had with Clare now in the picture? Irene decides to stay with Brian, and expresses, “Nevertheless, she meant to keep him.”(Larsen,107). Somehow, even though being put in a situation where anybody would have

In the story fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury shows many characters atttitude and contributionn to the story.One character that really stands out and makes me dislike hime or her more than any character in this story is mildred.Mildred is the wife of the main character Montag. She wakes up watching clowns in the t.v. that cause her to separates from her real life. This is not the only reason I dislike her, the other reason is that she treats his husband as if he were not real she rarely talks to him even if she is feeling bad she won't tell him. The way she makes herself happy is not with him it's with her lovely technology every day.She is a horrible person since she makes herself fall asleep pills which shows that she doesn’t care if

People grow both mentally and physically in their lifetimes; however, the unique ways in which people grow and develop create the wonder of diverse human life. Paulo Coelho contradicts this idea in his novel The Alchemist when he states, “And my heart and soul is your heart and soul” (IX). This underlines Coelho’s whole idea all of humanity’s stories are the same. Coelho shares this idea as he attempts to describe what he believes this shared story is through a boy named Santiago. However, while the humanity and Santiago may share the same goals, the way that Santiago achieves them is unrealistic compared to most of society. Santiago begins innocent and unknowledgeable of the world, and goes out on a mission to find his Personal Legend.

In the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling Harry starts of in the unfamiliar wizarding world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After lord Voldemort killed Harry’s parents he is sent of to his aunt and uncle's house as a baby. Harry does not like living with them but eventually at age 12 he gets a letter to attend hogwarts which he will soon find out that he is a wizard. After being sorted into one of the four houses (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, ravenclaw and slytherin)he gets sorted into gryffindor and finds friends in his house(Ron and Hermione). They have to stick together and work together to defeat him. This leads to one of the themes for this book series being that “You are much stronger when with friends”.