Jason Stevens

To begin with, the important characters in this book includes: Tj, his parent, and foster home kids. TJ is the main character who is used and abused by his parents. Even as young child TJ's parent treated him as an adult, but even though they abused him badly they still played

The protagonist, Vahan Kenderian, is a spoiled naive child who loses his family in the Armenian genocide and now he must go on his own journey that will last more than three years. He will have experienced more mental and physical pain than any other child his age. Vahan will encounter new people that will change his character for the better. Therefore, the three characters that Vahan meets and influences his character the most is Sarkis Kenderian, Selim Bey, and Mustafa.

Wisdom is an important part of life. It helps you detect right from wrong.In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas gains wisdom from the Giver. Jonas is the new receiver of memory in training. He receives all the memories from the past. The Giver is the receiver of memory. He is training Jonas to be just like him. Throughout the book, Jonas learns about the past and memories. He strives to help his society have the freedom to make choices. Wisdom significantly impact the choice one makes.

“You're not like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon, last night. The others would never do that. The others would walk off and leave me talking. Or threaten me. No one has time any more for anyone else. You're one of the few who put up with me. That's why I think it's so strange you're a fireman, it just doesn't seem right for you, somehow. (Page 21)

If only one perspective was used to tell this story, then this theme would be completely lost, no matter which character you choose, as the novel is full of dramatic irony. Though the characters in the story don 't realize their connections, the readers do. The text reveals that even characters who never come to meet, such as Blaine (an ignorant painter) and Solomon (a grieving New York City judge), can change each other’s lives in significant ways. Without these multiple perspectives, this main theme would be lost, as the readers would have no greater knowledge than that given by a single character.

Demonstrate how your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing represent this interpretation of belonging.

In the book, The Ultimate Gift, there is a significant amount of events the movie doesn’t have. The novel focuses more on the experience Jason has with each gift rather than the relationships he shares with the other

Both The Greatest Gift and the movie It’s a Wonderful Life have many common implied themes. Some include cliches such as, “be careful what you wish for,”, “you don’t realize what you have until it’s gone,” and, “don’t take things for granted.” These can be considered implied themes because George thought he had the worst life in the world, but after seeing what everyone else’s life would be affected negatively, including his own, he decided that he really did have a great life and wanted to keep living it. While the implied themes are similar, the differences lie in the stated themes. In the story, the stated theme is, “You had the greatest gift of all. The Gift of life.” While in the movie, the stated theme is, “No man is a failure who has friends.” The story’s theme is more geared towards George’s initial will to kill himself. On the other hand, the movie’s theme is directed more towards at George thinking he was a failure. He had done everything for Bedford Falls, and Bedford Falls gave nothing back. However, at the end of the movie, all of the people George had ever affected came by and gave him money to help save the bank when he was in need, reinforcing the stated

The object, knowledge, or blessing that the hero acquired during the adventure is now put to use. The snorkeling goggles, called the mask, would be the Gift. The gift is something that will aid the hero in his quest and absolutely necessary. The mask had written on it the location where Nemo was being kept as "prisoner". The true gift was the information on the mask and is absolutely necessary. Marlin first found the mask when they were forced to enter the vegetarian sharks' pointless meeting.

, In the beginning, Jason was a horrible person only cared about money and expects everything to be handed to him. When his rich billionaire grandfather died his whole family went to get their inheritance but Jason was the only one who had to work for his inheritance but he was given a box. Nowadays kids that grow up rich, expect thing to be handed to them and don't understand the true meaning for hard work. This fits redemption because Jason's grandfather made him work for his inheritance because he wanted to change Jason in to a good

Characters: Although there were a reasonable amount of characters in the story, there were only two that were important and consistent throughout the book. The others didn’t have much of an impact into the story.

1.) Characters in the novel are John Grady, Lacey Rawlins, Belvins, Alejandra, Senor Rocha, Cole, Franklin, Captain and Perez. The most important characters throughout the novel are John Grady, Belvins, Rawlins, and Alejandra as they are the major characters.

The main theme of the book is the ‘character’ of people in that time. How people bonded and rejected one another in a time of such hardship and demoralization. I think every character played a part in the

One of the first minor characters that reader encounters is Reverend John Locke. He helps ply a major role by offering Frank supplies and shelter for a while before he left to continue his search. Some other important minor characters include the group of Good Samaritans that also help Frank on his travels by offering money and supplies. These minor characters help prelude to the theme of good versus evil because while Frank was in the army he was not too proud of what he did and seeing these people help him reminds him of what he did.

The movie, The Ultimate Gift, is a moving example of how one man, who while in search for the “ultimate gift,” actually learned and gained many more precious gifts along the way. Jason Stevens was a man on a mission to get to the big pay-off at the end of his quest but thanks to his wise grandfather Jason gained much more than just money. Throughout his journey in the movie Jason was taught and given the gift of hard work, the gift of love, the gift of friendship, etc. After learning and receiving these gifts, it was only then that Jason would receive and truly be able to appreciate the ultimate gift that his grandfather had waiting for him. Jason struggled to complete the tasks, but with the completion of each task, he then was motivated to move on to the next task. This motivation to achieve certain “gifts” and then move on to the next one is explained in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow believed that people are motivated to achieve certain needs and then when the need is actualized then they will move on to the next one. The stages in Maslow’s Hierarchy are psychological, safety, social, esteem, and self- actualization. In The Ultimate Gift, Jason, in order to receive his grand prize, goes through stages within his missions that are very much like the steps in Maslow’s hierarchy of Needs.