The Importance Of Characters In The Novel Station 11

Arthur is very ungrateful, and impossible to please. He thrives off of driving his daughter and son-in-law crazy, and it always seems to work. Arthur always has an ailment, and he believes the world revolves around him. Every once and a while Arthur gets what he deserves, and people unleash their wrath on him. Of course, Arthur acts as if he doesn't understand why people get so angry at

He has an annoying, bratty little sister that he loves to death and a mother that cares about him deeply. After serving 3 weeks in juvenile detention, Arthur is just glad to be home. He notices that his little sisters pink bed spread on her side of the room didn’t bother him nearly as much. Pearsall also shows different methods of grieving process. Arthur is more closed out about his feelings of his father, but decides to keep everything he can to preserve the memory of his father. His mother on the other hand does not want to be reminded of her late husband. She tries to get rid of everything as best as she can. Pearsall also hits the nail on the head while writing Arthur’s personality. Arthur is occasionally sarcastic, has a bit of a temper, but is a good kid overall. He stands up for others even though he knows it’s going to have a negative impact on himself. For example, Arthur finished lunch early and decided to get his textbook so he doesn’t receive a detention. He sees some older kids taunting a smaller boy in a trashcan. At first he minds his own business, but he later decides that he no longer wants to put up with them bullying the obviously defenseless boy. The older boys go to the office and report Arthur. They all stick together and say that Arthur attacked Squeak, who will later become his best friend and help him finish off his

Thirteen is a portrayal of a teenage girl growing up in an impoverished home, with no true parental figures, searching for acceptance and love. While the world around her seems steady, Tracy Freeland feels alienated from this stability. Raised by her alcoholic mother and her mother's drug addicted boyfriend, Tracy feels lost and angry. For a time, Tracy finds solace in school, excelling academically and habitually hiding behind naive innocence and a modest form of dress. However, the dawning of puberty and the start of seventh grade leave Tracy with a wavering self worth and a desire to leave childish ways behind. Determined to gain the attention of the popular, Evie Zamora, Tracy convinces her mom to buy her a new, sexier wardrobe and begins her slow descent into a life of theft, drugs, alcohol, and sex. Throughout her journey, Tracy finds herself lost and alone, wondering who she is apart from her dysfunctional lifestyle. There are pivotal moments when Tracy reaches out to both her mother and father, only to be met with disinterest and disregard. More often than not, Tracy's mom, Melanie is too busy with her own recovery efforts, her job, and her boyfriend to give Tracy the attention she is desperately seeking. Though Melanie is a constant in Tracy's life, scenes regularly depict her as being a pushover, allowing Tracy too much freedom and not enough discipline. On the other hand, Tracy's father is absent from all areas of Tracy's life, constantly cancelling plans at the last minute. In one central scene, Melanie reaches out to him for help and when he finally shows up he merely dismisses Tracy's needs in favor of his own career.

The fight for justice is not always unequivocal or favorable, sometimes justice is given by means that do not seem fair at all. William Styron says in a novel that life “is a search for justice.” It is blatant that throughout Khaled Hosseini's novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, female characters are continuously battered with injustices. Hosseini hones into the oppression of women and the fight for women empowerment through the life of one of his main characters, Mariam. Her journey is shown throughout the novel where she struggles to search for and understand justice.

To make the character Winston Smith, the main protagonist from the book 1984, complex, George Orwell had to give his character multiple traits to keep Winston from being another boring, vague, and 2-dimensional character. Winston is a complex character because he undergoes emotional changes throughout the book, he has a variety of personality traits to drive the plot, and he has significant interactions with other characters throughout 1984.

The Fault in Our Stars depicts Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl diagnosed with terminal thyroid cancer. The book chronicles her relationship with Augustus Waters, who has also been diagnosed with cancer. Throughout the novel, Hazel constantly struggles with her identity in relation to her disease. She is conflicted whether to accept the prescribed image society has of her or to embrace her true inner self. Through a period of self-realization, she eventually comes to terms with and redefines her identity. Although society may define an individual’s self-image, The Fault in Our Stars demonstrates that identity is defined by the inner self, rather than external forces; in turn, that self-perception deeply impacts one’s perspective on life.

King Arthur is an outstanding British leader of the 5th and the 6th centuries, son of Uther Pendragon and the Lady Igraine. Arthur is one of the greatest mythical heroes that the world has ever known. Arthur has had a great influence on other people and many of them looked up to him. The coming of Arthur was prophesied years before he was even born. Arthur was born into a world of chaos and disorder, full of love and tragedy. Nowadays, many of the scholars continue to argue whether or not King Arthur was a real person or just a mythological figure. Based on facts however, many believe that Arthur was not a real person; just a legendary British leader in the 5th and 6th centuries. According to history, there wasn't anyone named King Arthur

In the novel, Station Eleven, the Traveling Symphony has the motto “Survival is Insufficient” written across the side of their lead caravan. “Survival is Insufficient” can mean that one is not only looking out for oneself in order to survive death, but one is doing so while holding onto their humanity.

The book True Notebooks by Mark Salzman highlights what our youth behind bars are going through while waiting for decisions on their lives to be made. Two interesting characters that stood out the most to me happened to be Mr. Mark Salzman because he embarked on an incredible journey of finding himself while helping others at the same time and Kevin Jackson who grew as a person throughout the book. Mr. Salzman’s character grew a lot from a man who was afraid of entering the steps of juvenile hall into a role model for the incarnated youth. While on the other hand, Kevin Jackson’s character grew from a shyboy to somebody who became very expressive of himself and appreciative of things around him. An article that helped me better understand Mr. Salzman’s charcter and Jackson’s was Synthesized Macsunlties by Victor Rios from our unit two reading due to the fact I was given an insight on Salzman’s and Jackson’s character traits.

The novel, Station Eleven, written by Emily St. John Mandel, has an abundance of examples of speaking about the past. Many characters in this book talk about experiences with their past, whether it be memorable or something they did not want to remember. Everyone has their own opinions on whether or not they should remember the past, and if they should continue to study it or not. Three characters that are involved with the past in the novel are Clark Thompson, Jeevan Chaudhary, and Kirsten Raymonde.

Whether he meant to or not, Arthur was very convincing in his speech, which leads one to believe that he was being pulled in two completely opposite directions. A part of him wanted more than anything to have the weight of this secret sin lifted from his conscience; another part of him, arguably the practical part, knew that he could never let the people know the truth. His facade and image were much too important not only to him, but to the entire community. If he had admitted to everyone what he had done, then he would have been seen, not only as a hypocrite, but a betrayer of everyone's trust. Some people in the community might have even started doubting the religion because, if this man who they considered holy and righteous, could not live a life without sin, then how could they? Clearly, Arthur was asking these questions as well, and the world in which he had lived and had served so faithfully was beginning to close in on him. It was because of this that his health began to fail and his body could, at the end, no longer handle the weight and sadness of his soul. His spirit had been lost long before his body gave out.

The first transformation for Arthur was a perch. As this fish he learned many lessons associated with the behavior of the animals around him. Arthur learned to rely on himself as much as possible. This is evident when Merlyn says, “Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance.” (White 39) He also learned to help out those around him even if they are of lower status, which

In the book Among the Hidden the two Main Events from Chapter 27 & 28 will leave you speechless! Luke disarmed Mr. Talbot when he said he worked for the Population Police, but allowed him to have the gun back. Mr. Talbot told Luke that Jen was shot and killed at the Rally. He said that all 40 kids where shot and killed in front of the Presidents House. Mr. Talbot said, “the blood flowed into the rose- bushes.” Another Main Event is where Mr. Talbot offers to give Luke a fake I.D., because he believes the Population Police will be actively searching for him. As he was advising this there was pounding on the door and it was the Population Police. The two Main Events in Chapter 27 & 28 are mind blowing!This Summary helps to understand the big

Station Eleven is Emily St. John Mandel’s fourth novel which is audacious and dark glittering as it is set in the eerie days of the collapse of civilization. The story begins with the death of a famous actor, Arthur Leander after a fatal heart attack onstage while performing the role of King Lear. One actor Jeevan tries to pump the 51-year-old Arthur’s chest, but he is dead. Before the people can absorb this shock tragedy strikes in vast scale as flu infects the world’s population killing most of the people within weeks. Jeevan is walking home during the night when the flu begins to spread, and he and his brother barricade themselves inside an apartment as they watch cars clogging on the highways, life disintegrating round themselves and gunshots ringing out. The novel tells a story of a Hollywood star who would be the savior. A roving cluster of actors roams in the great lakes region, and they risk their lives and everything else to save humanity and for the art.

    In all the long history of literature, some fictional characters have loomed above others, written about again and again by various authors of various eras. Arthurian literature is one area of fiction that has always been popular for writers to recreate in new versions, and one of the most intriguing characters of all Arthurian literature is Merlin, the magician/ prophet who aids Arthur early in his reign. As the Arthurian saga develops, so does Merlin, changing from an aloof, druidical character into a more human, magical being, though always retaining some traces of his Welsh origins.