Tropic Of Orange Character Analysis

Louie drinks to wash the memories away. When Louie could drink it is said “The alcohol had brought him a pleasant numbness” (347). Louie couldn’t stop himself. Sometimes “If he got drunk enough, he could drown the war for a time” (359). Louie was desperate to forget about his experience in the war. If drinking could make it better then he would drink multiple. It wasn’t until Cynthia, Louie’s wife, heard about a sermon from Billy Graham that made Louie hear about him. At first Louie was hesitant. Louie believed in science; Cynthia told Louie “Graham’s sermons discussed science at length” (378). It was enough to get Louie to go. Hearing those sermons opened Louie’s eyes. He stopped drinking and found more of Jesus. Louie had overcome his darkness. Louie’s an unforgettable leader. Leaders rise to the top and persevere. They don’t give up and quit. Louie overcame his problems and moved on with his life; Louie pushed himself to be better, like a true leader does.

Anna In the Tropics is a play in which people are trapped by the events and circumstances in their lives. The roles and circumstances that they are forced into due to their past, their culture, their families and their lives lead to a lack of contentment. This lack of contentment in their lives leads them to attempt to transcend their situation, trying to escape and find freedom, even just for a moment through their dreams or love. The two characters that best display this sort of behavior are Conchita and Marela; and the effect of not having the ability to dream or love when caught in such situations is evidenced by the destruction of Chèche. Manipulation of set, lighting and costuming

In Scott Russell Sanders’ memoir titled “Under the Influence,” he recalls his childhood and his father’s losing battle with alcoholism. First, Sanders starts with his father’s death from alcohol. Though his father had a problem, he never admitted having one. Sanders goes through his memory of his father and the times when he drank. He looks back onto situations where he and his siblings would encounter their dad consuming alcohol on a very regular basis. Then he describes how he struggled with his father's drinking. Sanders refers to how society portrays alcohol and the people who suffer from alcoholism. He also describes the literature aspect of the word “drunk.” Sanders follows

Another symbol is Just Frank, who is an old guy that stayed at the corner in the apartments. He would tell Bobby that he needed to change if he wanted to become a man. One night Just Frank was killed while trying to help a girl from being dragged into an alley by an idiot. Frank trying to help the girl was being a man. Bobby wants to be a man like Just Frank. He wants to be someone’s hero and make a change. “I went to his funeral at Zion AME, then walked home and held Feather for the rest of the night, wondering if I would be a man, a good man” (Johnson 7). This quote from the novel shows that Bobby wants to be like Just Frank and be a man.

“Dry” is a memoir written by Augusten Burroughs. Burroughs talks about his life and what led him to his addiction and how he lived his life as an addict. Burroughs lived with his mother who was ill until he was thirteen years old. His mother then placed him in the care of her psychiatrist. Living with his new family he basically had no rules; you could say he was a part of a dysfunctional family. Burroughs had a talent which was advertising. He took his talent and got a job in New York where he resides. As Burroughs got older he started to drink uncontrollably. Even though he tried to hide the scent of the alcohol, he could not hide it enough. People around him started to notice the affect of his consumption of alcohol. Unfortunately he did

Men who when stark sober could “let themselves go”, men who were in dread of convention, were utterly different beings when they drank. For alcohol made most men bold. Most timid men like the feeling of boldness (Anonymous 122). As depicted in both stories, alcohol can be used as a tool to help people break out of their shell and discover traits that they never knew existed.

In the book ‘Dry’, Augusten Burroughs gives us an insightful look into the life of someone who has been struggling with alcohol abuse. Augusten is just an average man in his twenties, he lives in Manhattan, New York, works in advertising, and has plenty of money. But there is one thing that makes him anything but. When an average man may be having one or two drinks, Augusten had eleven. His whole life revolved around alcohol. He would stay out going to bars all night, and never go home. At work you could smell the alcohol in his pores and his breath. With his job on the line, Augusten was asked to go to rehab.

Many people today have their own ideas and thoughts, these thoughts and ideas produce multiple points of view. These points of view can clash and lead people to disagree with each other. This is shown in the fictional passages Confetti Girl by Diana Lopez, and Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes. The main character in Confetti Girl disagree with her father on multiple topics. From her english class, to her misunderstanding her father’s main intentions. However, Izzy from Tortilla Sun experiences the same misunderstanding with her mother. Both of these characters have their own point of views and their own misunderstanding of their parents. Many emotions are expressed from both characters, because of those misunderstandings. These are just some

“Life is a matter of choices, and every choice that you make, makes you.” -John C. Maxwell. In the book, Tangerine, Paul had most of his life based off of the decisions his older brother, Erik, made. Erik’s choices impacted Paul by not allowing Paul to feel safe in his own home, causing Paul to become blind, and hurting many of Paul’s friends.

long term stable job; after he got drunk, he damaged household facilities, hurt his wife and children, and sometimes got some street fight and hurt himself. He is a man full of knowledge and life skills, he could have had a good career and a perfect satisfied family, but alcoholism ruined his life and he died indirectly from it.

“You can't blame anyone else, ... , no one but yourself. You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices.” -Max Brooks. Tangerine by Edward Bloor is about a visual impaired kid named Paul whose family moves to Tangerine, Florida. During the book he is on a journey to find out what really caused his impaired eyes. During his search he is faced with a muck fires, sinkholes, a new school, and worst of all his older brother Erik. One day Paul witnessed Erik tell Arthur to hit Luis which killed him 6 days later. Then empowered by Antoine Thomas’s words, “The truth will set you free” Paul decides to tell everyone about Erik telling Arthur to hit Luis which gets Arthur arrested and Erik in

Someone has to pay for Erik’s humiliation at the football game because they messed up his plan. Throughout the book Tangerine, Erik’s character shows a person who is tough and doesn’t like his plan to be messed up and to be humiliated. When Erik and Mike had their first encounter, Erik said “Coach Warner knows what I can do. He can send anyone out there to kick a field goal. When I go out there, it’ll be the coach’s call.” (Bloor 21) Erik had a plan of being a goal-making placekicker. Yet, someone messed it up, making him look like a fool. Erik wants to get his revenge. His character also shows him as the type of person that does what he has to do, and no one should get in his way. He will do anything to get his way. When Mike Costello dies,

What was their passion, what is it that they wanted to produce that was good for them. He was no longer the boss, he was there to serve and listen. He stated that, “the passion that the person has for their own growth is the most important thing. We help them to find the knowledge because nobody in the world can succeed alone.” The person can have so many things they want to do, sometimes doing it alone is going to be a problem and that’s where he came in. He refers to them as his children, parents want to see their child succeed so they’ll help guide them. He was being different from the rest, he didn’t do it for the fame he did it to better their lives economically and

Another trait he had was perseverance. He always worked hard to achieve his goals and get whatever he wants. When his son and mother died,

His key traits were determined, visionary, risk taker, tenacious, dedicated, high energy, caring, conscientious, motivated, persistent, and ambitious.