The Birds Character Analysis

Have you ever wanted to know what it was like to live on the wrong side of the law is like? Well, Ruben Hart does. In the Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle, Ruben and his family live in a small town in Rhode Island in the 1930’s but the town has big business in Rum running. Now Ruben and his friend Jeddy are faced with a choice to join the rum running or rat them out. Jeddy’s main trait is his truthfulness to his father .

“I just really don’t like being the center of attention that much. It’s kind of ironic.” Whether it means giving a speech in front of an audience or dancing on a stage, no one likes it. However, in the novel, The Flamingo Rising, Larry Baker introduces Louise, a different type of person that will do anything to be the center of attention. In Larry Baker’s novel, Louise and her brother, Abraham Isaac, start their first day at school at the age of twelve. Louise’s limp becomes obvious because she is nervous. As the class stares at her, she overcomes this nervousness and takes control of the situation. In the novel, The Flamingo Rising, Larry Baker clearly shows that Louise’s identity is created more by the environment than

Cold Little Bird, a short story by Ben Marcus, is about an intelligent young boy whose parents struggle coping with his emotional detachment. Throughout the story, the boy’s father, Martin, has the reader questioning whether or not there actually is a problem with Jonah or whether he is over-reacting. Through various scenes in the story one may conclude that it is combination of both.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Marnie (1964) depicts the psychological development of a young woman as she navigates a life of crime and familial melodrama, ultimately unlocking the suppressed memories that offer answers to her childhood traumas. The director utilizes evocative mise-en-scene, subjective point-of-view shots, and expressive lighting schemes in order to project the title character’s internal state onto the physical world of the film. In doing so, Hitchcock crafts a diegetic universe that reflects the unique capabilities of film—one that, through subjectivity and expressive editing, reveals a deeper truth than objective representation.

In the novel In the Time of the Butterflies, written by Julia Alvarez, one of the main characters, Minerva, shows many different types of courage throughout the whole story. The novel is about the true story of how a family is dominated by their countries dictator and the daughters attempt to free themselves and their family.

In Ken Kesey’s novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, the nurse Miss Ratched is a fine example of a realistic fictional villain. Possession of three key components is essential in identifying what makes Miss Ratched a villian. Motive is what drives the villain to commit the very acts that allow them to be considered evil in the first place, and often drive their entire being as a character. While they must possess motive, they must also have a sense of morals that coincides with their motives (typically evil, or distorted) and follow their moral compass in a way that often causes trouble for those around them. Additionally, a villain is frequently associated with their opposite; the hero who combats them. Kesey’s character perfectly aligns with these three categories of what makes a villain, and it is unquestionable that she is the villain of the novel.

Lord of the Flies is a novel written in 1954 by William Golding. A plane carrying a group of British citizens trying to escape the nuclear war gets shot down and lands on a deserted tropical island. The only survivors are children ranging from the age of six to twelve-year-olds. The younger children are nick named “littluns” and the older children are nick named “biguns”. At first, they celebrate their freedom from the war but then they begin to realize there aren't any adults to supervise them, they don't have food, they don't have shelter, and they are stranded on a deserted tropical island. One of the characters Piggy is classified as smart but is fat chubby and has asthma so he isn't capable of much things. “ “My auntie told me not to

Based on a true story, ‘In the Time of the Butterflies’ is a captivating, moving, and superb story written by Julia Alvarez. It takes its readers through the challenges and acceptances of a growing family and the life changing moments for the Mirabal sisters. These sisters will forever be remembered in Dominican Republic because of their honorary fight for their country. As women, their story is inspirational. However, two sisters that stand out the most to me are Patria and Minerva Mirabal, these sisters are perhaps the most conspicuous because they are complete polar opposites. Yet, no matter their differences they will always be remembered as the Butterflies. (not really satisfied with this intro)

Did you know that a soldier in the Iraq war wrote about his experience during the war? A soldier in the Iraq war documented his experiences and his thoughts while the war was escalating. He talked about the intimidating and joyful times he experienced. He leaves the story at a cliffhanger as he explains how he and his friend didn't want to be the last people assassinated. In The Yellow Birds, the author, Kevin Powers, uses personification and imagery in order to explain the challenges and experiences he faced during the war.

In the beginning of the novel, Cole behaves cruelly when he becomes emotional. For example, Cole beats up Peter after Peter has told on Cole for breaking into a store. Another time, Cole hated the stare he was getting, he spit into the wind, were the wind would catch the saliva and carry it back to Edwin. The only reason to why Cole spit cause he hated the stare he was getting and he wanted the saliva to hit Edwin. Whenever, Cole was asked to eat the ingredient separately, he told Gravey it won’t taste good, but you mixed the food together it tastes good. Cole got really mad that he made the food going flying cause how he acted, once he is angry. Cole becomes very angry and he ends up acting very harsh.

“In the Time of the Butterflies” by Julia Alvarez, I feel as if all characters in this novel are all real human. Author Julia Alvarez pointed out saying, “It was to understand that question that I began this story. But as happens with any story, the characters took over, beyond polemics and facts. They became real to my imagination. I began to invent them” (Alvarez 323). From class discussion the author was worried that the sisters from the novel did not feel real to many people. But, since the author was also from Dominican and she also understands the connection towards family and siblings together, she wrote very organized novel that points religion, feminism, political activity, and devotion to Trujillo. Young sisters struggle all the themes above, and they all fight over to become politically involved. From reading the above sentence that the author wrote, I assume that the characters took over facts and arguments in every chapter and the characters slowly became real to my imagination. I just want to point out few themes from the novel and paragraphs where I felt very strong that the characters are like real human and as if they are real person on the reading the journeys. Struggles

Examine the ways on which Alejandro Inarritu utilises literary technique to explore the central ideas of Birdman. The themes of greatness, reality/madness, and power in Alejandro Inarritu’s Birdman are explored using numerous literary and film techniques. The theme of greatness is examined through the use of intertextuality, juxtaposition and catharsis. The blur of diegetic/non-diegetic sound, an unreliable narrator, characterisation and irony illustrate the core theme of illusion/reality.

The short story "The Birds" was written by Daphne du Maurrier and was filmed and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It has a very interesting and suspenseful plot. The short story was well written and the film was well played, both are very similar. Although, they have a few differences the film and short story have the same mood and theme. Would the differences in the film and the short story affect the suspenseful and frightening plot?Alfred Hitchcock did an outstanding job filming the movie matching it with the short story. In both the short story and film flocks and flocks of gulls, robins, and sparrows join each other.

In Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Mayella Ewell, a young woman as well as the daughter of Bob Ewell, lives a life of insolence and isolation in the town of Maycomb. As a Ewell, which they are familiarized as being vulgar, uneducated, and indigent, Mayella is disrespected by the people of Maycomb as well as by her father. During the court case, Atticus shows courtesy towards Mayella by addressing her as a miss and a ma’am, which is not surprising for his values of equality. Mistaking his manners with sarcasm, she replies with, “Won’t answer a word you say as long as you keep mockin’ me” (pg.181). Harper Lee is demonstrating the amount of disregard Mayella faces in her life, so much that courtesy can’t be identified as just that. Mayella finds that Atticus is ridiculing her for what she doesn’t have, respect from others. With a reputation such as Mayella’s, people treat her like an outcast. Her lonely life can be a reason to explain why she always asked for Tom Robinson’s company, she wanted to experience friendship and perhaps love for the first time. Her loneliness was so clear to see, even Scout, who still has their childhood-innocent mind, can see through it. Scout compares Mr.Dolphus Raymond’s “mixed children” to Mayella because they both don’t know where to stand in their social class, “white people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs; Negroes wouldn’t have anything to do with her

A little girl and a young boy play in a field, as the sky gets darker. The clouds are not covering up the sun, but instead there are hundreds of large birds. The birds start to fill up the sky, it is just full of the animals all shape, size and size. The children start to bolt to safety, but they are too late. The birds dive bomb the children like rain, tearing at their fragile skin. This is the picture that Daphne du Maurie painted in your mind and Alfred Hitchcock put on your screen. Daphne du Maurier's short story “The Birds” was written in 1952, which lead to the idea of the movie The Birds in 1963 by Alfred Hitchcock.