INTRO ( 1 PARAGRAPH) In James and the giant peach the main characters are, James, the old Green Grasshopper, Miss Spider, the Ladybug, the centipede, the Earthworm, the Silkworm, and the Glow-worm. In the book, James lives with his aunts, Spiker and Sponge, who were not nice at all. BEGINNING ( 1 - 3 PARAGRAPHS) James meets a old man in the garden on the hill where he lives with his aunts. The man gives James a paper bag of little green, wiggling, magic crystals, and tells him to pour them into a jug of water, and then drink the whole jug full in one gulp. As James is rushing by the peach tree that never gave peaches, he tripped on one of the roots of the tree, the paper bag burst, and all the green crystals went down into the ground. The peach tree grew a peach and it grew very quickly. It was so big, that it made the branch bend over and was bigger than a house. Spiker and Sponge started charging people to come see the giant peach. James had to clean up the mess outside that was left by visitors. At night, James wanders out to see the peach. He finds a tunnel in the side of the giant fruit and follows it to the stone of the peach, and takes small bites of it along the way. All of a sudden James saw a door cut into the side of the peach. He opened it and froze in shock. Sitting in front of him he saw seven ENORMOUS insects. At this James tried to go back in the other direction, but the doorway had sealed itself, and now all that was behind James was the thick, solid,
But the car James was trying to get in was his car, he had lost his keys. The group of teens got out the car & beat James and robbed him.
He decided since he was so hungry that he would go get some food, but the only place that was open was the convenience store at the gas station and there was no one at the front desk, so he decided to steal some chocolate bars, chips, and a bottle of water. He grabbed everything he needed and then walked out the door without realizing that the door had a scanner that causes it to trigger an alarm and that’s exactly what happened and then James was caught. The police came and so did his parents. “Mom, Dad!” they were hugging for about a second and they were so happy.
For the first ‘bare’ part of her life, Janie is a mule not to a man but to her own grandmother. In her youth, Janie yearns for relationships and objects that to her symbolize freedom. She is drawn to a blossoming pear tree because of how its “barren brown stems [turn] to glistening leaf-buds; from the leaf-buds from snowy virginity” (10), Here, Janie is awed by something changed from ‘barren’ to beautiful as she struggles with the suppression of her grandmother, who goes on to bash Janie for kissing a boy through a gatepost. It is clear Janie associates the pear tree with freedom, as she was avoiding her chores to sit under it. Thus, the beauty she finds in the turn from stem to blossom is directly correlated with the joy she finds in the escape from her grandmother and discovery of freedom.
They start off as little pupils that barely knowing the definition of empathy. By the end of the book, they could write a college essay describing empathy in their town. The book has four main characters. Scout is the main character and the book is from her point of view. Jem is her older brother and Dill their friend who comes to visit every summer.
James would have dreamed that one day he will find a way out. After his mom died from lung cancer James was only sixteen and raised by the street. If he was going to eat or have a roof over his head he needs to figure the ways of the street to survive. The problem was upholding his motto became almost impossible. Not to mention one day while James was hanging
The Great Gatsby and The Jungle Both dated back during the 1900s, the books “The Great Gatsby” by Scott F. Fitzgerald and “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair, take place in America while industrialism was occurring. However, Fitzgerald and Sinclair represent completely different sides of the social spectrum. Although both novels are fiction, they appear to illustrate a more realistic point of view on the time period in which they take place. Fitzgerald and Sinclair also show the moral and physical challenges that are faced during the industrialism period, however Sinclair seems to have a more accurate plot because it is consumed with facts relating to the time period, making it more like the reality of the time. Both novels are captivating,
I crafted a claim to portray how James is in the beginning, middle and end of the story. In the beginning, James is trusted by his mom and helps her out by staying home to watch Isaac. In the middle, he is daring and does not obey his mother, but in the end, he felt bad about what he had done, and tried to earn his mother’s trust back.
Fifteen year old Alex de Large is the narrator and main protagonist of “A clockwork orange”, who, along with his 'droogs ' (comrades), rampages through a dystopian Britain committing random acts of 'ultraviolence ', brutal rapes, robbery and ultimately murder. Alex 's other great source of intense enjoyment is listening to classical music, and above all the music of Beethoven or 'Ludwig van ' , which seems to heighten his pleasure and intensify his savage and psychopathic impulses. He is a classic anti-hero, and this includes him having a quality of innocence, even at his most depraved. Deceived by his 'droogs ' and arrested for murder, he is then conned by his fellow cons, who lay blame on him for the murder of a new prison inmate. After
In the early chapters of James’ story,
The peach blossom demonstrates peace. Another symbol in the story is when the General tells the boy that he is the heart of the army. The heart of the army symbolizes the speed of the army and how everyone moves in
“Courage doesn 't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I’ll try again tomorrow’” - Mary Anne Radmacher. Through this quote one can see the advantages of real courage. One can really understand the true meaning of courage by reading the books To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The book by Harper Lee is written by a 9 year old’s perspective named Scout.
In this stage of the hero’s journey, Scout begins her journey and crosses over to a strange new world. This new world is not a physical state but rather Scout ’s state of mind after viewing the trial of Tom Robinson. For instance, Scout reflects, “Tom Robinson was probably the only person who was ever decent to her. But she said he took advantage of her and when she looked at him in court, she looked down upon him like he was dirt beneath her feet.”
PLS 325 Ancient Political Theory Dr. Shu-Shan Lee Sagynysh Yeltayeva December 11, 2015 Term Paper #2 Practical wisdom of hero and a villain: comparison of Forrest Gump from the film “Forrest Gump” and Hans Landa from the film “Inglorious basterds” Aristotle in his compilation of books “Ethics” described his perception of happiness, which lies in the exercise of the virtues. He describes rational and irrational part of the human soul. Irrational part consists of virtues of character, developed through habit. Rational one is further divided into invariable and variable parts.
The name of the novel being explored is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the 1950's in Alabama Maycomb during the racist times towards the blacks. Throughout this topic the focus is on the main character/narrator Scout (Jan Louise Finch). This essay will explore Scout's character and the negative and or positive influence she has on other characters at the start, throughout and at the end of the text. At the beginning of the novel 'To kill a Mockingbird' Scout is a naïve, has a very tomboy like personality, is a judgmental five year-old girl who was oblivious to the cruelty's of the outside world.
Essay 1 Date Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird “To kill a Mockingbird” is a novel in which Harper Lee, the author, presents forth various themes among them the unheard theme of social molarity. Harper dramatically uses a distinctive language through Scout, who is the narrator of the story to bring out the difficulties faced by children living in the southern Alabama town of Maycomb. Harper has dramatically displayed use of bildungsroman throughout the story; this helped to give the story a unique touch of a child’s view to bring out a different type of humor and wit. It has also used to develop and thrive the theme of morality in the society.