Wintertears Character Analysis

In order to resolve a conflict i would show I was using careful listening skills and have a calm tactful approach towards that person that offers a compromise that both sides can accept.

A tale can be told in several different ways. Many people are aware of the astonishing feat of the 1980 USA Olympic Men’s Hockey team, who were huge underdogs in their bid to win the gold medal against the powerhouse USSR. The movie “Miracle”, directed by Gavin O’Connor, is the dramatic journey taken by this team, from the anxiety-filled tryouts in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to the exhilarating game against the USSR in Lake Placid, New York. The book, “The Boys of Winter” written by Wayne Coffey, is based on the same events, but takes a less emotional, more factual approach to the subject. The purpose of this essay is to compare these two resources, and to discuss how they differ in tone, style, and theme.

As Charles Frazier portrays in his novel, Cold Mountain, the Civil War in the United States was an eerie time where men of both sides—the North and the South—fought brutally against each other for four long, bloody years, leaving in their wake thousands and thousands of deaths. Inman, the young male protagonist of Cold Mountain, was unlucky enough to participate in the Civil War, leaving behind Ada, the young female protagonist he was previously courting. After miraculously living an almost fatal wound to the neck, Inman is sent to recover at a military hospital. Determined to get back to Ada, he escapes and makes a long, painful journey back to Black Cove, which is Ada’s residence. Unfortunately, a young boy who was part of the Home Guard,

In Tobias Wolff’s “Hunters in the Snow”, the plot illustrates a struggle for power between the three main characters. Throughout the story, the balance of power shifts between characters from Kenny leading to Tub and Frank sharing power over Kenny. The narrator conveys this struggle for power in the use of conflict, motivation, and suspense.

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A beautiful man and a beautiful woman falling in love. Usually, these stories have a sort of happy ending for both of the parties when the tale is done, but that’s not what Fitzgerald displayed. Instead, “Winter Dreams” has a different tale, one of how it is like to string a person along with a pretty character and enchanting words. In “Winter Dreams.” Fitzgerald displays society’s view of using people as playthings, using characterization and dialogue as examples like this.

Both Chbosky and Anderson establish the central theme by using conflict. By using conflict, these authors illustrate a coherent concept of how the two main characters, Lia and Charlie, went through a distraught past that has conflicted with them until they find the path of insight within themselves. In Wintergirls, Lia has a conflict, specifically, person vs self, that has to do with her inner turmoil of anorexia. An example of Lia facing this conflict with herself is when she throws out the cereal she is supposed to eat and instead eats, “ten raisins(16) and five almonds(35) and a green bellied pear(121)(=172). The bites crawl down my throat. I eat my vitamins….I wash everybody down with hot water”(Anderson, 10). The way the author format this quote specifically describes Lia’s battle with anorexia, which includes calorie count, for her to eat a certain amount of calories

The characters adapt to their surroundings in different ways. London writes, “Dat buck for sure learn quick as anything”. (London 1). This helps the reader understand that Buck was learning a new way of life. When the author describes “Brian’s Winter” , he says, “His mind and ears were tuned to all the natural sounds around him and there was no sound in nature of metal on stone. It snapped him awake in mid-breath.” This helps the reader understand the character has adapted to the sounds of nature. Both characters are living in new areas under different circumstances but are able to survive.

Imagine having to move to a whole new state for no reason. I read the book Autumn Falls for this letter essay. This book is about a girl named Autumn Falls. She is a teenager and student at Aventura High. This book mainly takes place in her house and at school. The problem is that she likes a boy named Sean. This is a problem because the “queen bee” of her school, Marina Tresca or “Reenzie”, also likes Sean. In the book Autumn wins a contest to meet Kyler Leeds and invites Reenzie to go just to get to her house and show every one she was the one that wrote the blog about other students secrets. But when she does this she ends up getting caught.

I never imagined myself as a mediator, but prior to beginning this class I learned from previous students that it included role plays in which we mediated disputes between our classmates. I incorrectly assumed we would be thrust in a simple situation like helping mutual friends work out some simple disagreement. I did not realize we would practice our conflict management skills in so formal and serious a setting. I found the prospect somewhat daunting, but as the semester progressed I became increasingly comfortable with mediation. I performed well in certain aspects of the mediations and struggled, but improved in, others, culminating in my best mediation yet. In short, I improved my mediating abilities throughout the semester, progressing from an average mediator who performs adequately to an excellent one who effectively uses key mediation tactics, at least in role plays.

Winter Turning by Tue T. Sutherland was a mediocre addition to the fantastic series that is Wings of Fire.

F. Scott Fitzgerald was a thought provoking author of the 1920s who wrote the short story “Winter Dreams.” This story centers around the dreams of Dexter Green and his pursuit of these dreams. As a young man, Dexter fell madly in love with a young girl named Judy Jones. Throughout the story, Dexter becomes fixated with Judy and pursues this love interest until the bitter end. Fitzgerald brings life to his story by developing conflict through Judy Jones. Although this character is well developed, she is considered static and unchanging. Judy Jones is narcissistic, manipulating, and undeserving.

In team settings, I generally take the role of team maintenance. Conflict resolving and comforting are the two C’s that are not task related. I believe the role of conflict resolving and comforting is so important because many diverse teams have fault lines that can cause conflict within the team. Last month, I was placed on team to come up with a new idea on how to instruct new hires to position a newly developed product. I found myself acting as the mediator amongst colleagues. During the storming stage, two employees had a shouting match during a brainstorming session. I quickly tried to deescalate the issue by address their concerns with a question that would provide value and clarity to their argument. The debate sparked based on an issue

I believe i am a mediator because I like to see a happy ending. I don’t like people fighting and arguing over things that will end or bring issues to their relationship. For my core i believe is a great role. First of all we would not end up with a situation that i need to step in. But if it happens I would understand and try to resolve the situation.

At any time many leaders do not handle any situations that occur in the workplace or situations that occur between workers. This is where the successful option of mediation can become helpful to not only the members who are in the disagreement but as well as the boss or as I will refer to them; the leader. For those who do not know exactly what mediation entails it is an alternative informal process of a lawsuit. A Mediation process involves a third party who assists the opposing parties to reach an agreement. Usually this agreement will originate from enhanced sharing knowledge of the situation. This is the reason mediations usually become successful since both opinions, issues, etc. are all out in the open. This is where members begin to realize there was never an actual situation; it just never got resolved because it was never confronted or discussed. The use of this technique should definitely be learned by leaders in order to improve their leadership skills. What is important about mediation is that members can discuss issues in the charge, deliver opinions only to soon find out it was a simple miscommunication. There are sufficient amount of studies that support the success rate for mediation. Along with the success rate research has shown leaders who can mediate or learn too become successful and make their work environment a positive one.