Brother Armstrong Research Paper

Even trough thus far the brother has been selfish about his beliefs he is not all bad. Both the brother and Doodle go down to the swamp and play around. To me even trough the brother is gaining from it, i believe that Doodle is gaining even more. The brothers plan to teach Doodle how to climb, swim, fight, and run before the start of school is bittersweet. Having Doodle learn how to do all of those things would be great for Doodle since I doubt that Doodle likes being crippled.

In "The Swimmer" of John Cheever's, the main character named Neddy is a well- known and respected man. However, his neighbors complained about Neddy's hangover and these strange things that he does. Neddy's never cared about a negative thing around him because he doesn't feel like to take any social problems that will affect his current life anymore. He just wants to finish his journey. In the beginning, Neddy's first start of his journey he feels young and enthusiastic, and he greeted with joy with friends.

Until Doodle could walk, the narrator had to push him around in a go kart. Having to bring Doodle everywhere he went, the narrator was “embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t walk, so I set out to teach him” (446). The narrator and Doodle set to work on his walking ability. On Doodle’s sixth birthday, the narrator wanted to surprise his family with Doodle’s walking. The narrator’s family did not know “that I did it for myself; that pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices, and that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother” (469).

His Older brother Frank gave him a hard time focusing on his dream. He constantly teased him and always found a way to bring him down. His other brother Johnny, was his nicer brother that made him feel more optimistic about himself and took down the pressure from Frank. As Rudy gets older, we see the challenges he must face and overcome them while still living in a world of negativity. Rudy and his whole family is portrayed as the main protagonist in the movie.

However, Stephen’s unwilling of forgiving others’ sin eventually leads him to sin towards others. Even though Stephen sins to John with hatred, he eventually feels guilty and confesses his sin. On the last day before his son is hanged, Stephen goes up to the top of the mountain and immerses in his memories: “He

Have you ever broke down a bus? Well Stacey came up with the idea to dig a ditch, then fill it with water so it would look like a puddle and when the bus drove into it then it would break down it ended up working and the white children had to walk until the bus was fixed. He did this so the bus would stop splashing him and his siblings. On the first day of school they got the Logan’s dirty

Stand Strong with Courage-Chloey Boldin Courage is defined as having the ability to do something even if it scares one. Throughout the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor shows Stacey as a young boy that stands up for what he believes in even though his life is not the most opportunity given. Stacey is a young boy that lives in the 1930’s and he is the eldest Logan child. This means that he believes that he has to stand up for his siblings, and this makes him have a lot of courage.

Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is about an imaginative boy’s many adventures in his youth named Tom. On his many adventures, he developed a good relationship with another boy named Huckleberry Finn. Huck is the boy every boy envies, but all the parents hate. They both have differences, but their similarities allowed them to have this strong bond.

The character Brother starts the story out by going back to when his sibling was born. The younger brother Doodle is disabled, the doctor thought he wouldn't survive but he did. Overtime Brother became embarrassed that Doodle couldn't walk. He let his pride get the better of him and made it his mission to make Doodle walk. Eventually Doodle did learn to walk, but Brother was still not satisfied, he wanted his brother to be able to run and swim like all the other kids.

Finding Nemo, a popular children’s movie, the protagonist Marlin, goes on a heroic journey trying to reunite with his son. As a father, he goes through a lot of obstacles as well as success. Marlin’s greater truth was that he realized how to be a better parent by letting Nemo learn on his own and that he isn’t as weak as he thinks he is. Because this story is told from 2 perspectives, both Marlins and Nemo’s. Nemo has a greater truth as well.

Ed Boone is the antagonist in the novel called the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. Does him being the antagonist make him the villain in this novel. Christopher John Francis Boone, Ed’s son started thinking he was the bad guy from the second half of the book since he found out that his father lied to him about his mother 's death and from everything Christopher tells us about his father, he does seem like a bad guy. But then again are things always as they seem? In the beginning of the novel after Christopher got arrested and is dad came to get him.

He couldn 't just leave him here. I can 't leave Hector,” (Louis Sachar 219). Stanley never would 've spoken to Zero at the first, seeing as he viewed him as a nobody just like all off the other boys. All Stanley wanted to do was fit in and be accepted/popular for once, but Zero acts as his mentor to seeing the right way. During their journey to Big Thumb, Stanley felt weak, but, “as long as Zero could keep going, he could keep going too,” (Louis Sachar 162).

Biff Loman grew up as his father 's prized possession: the apple of his eye. Always receiving extensive appreciation, - which was everything Happy longed for - Biff was raised in a world in which he could do no wrong. Willy supported, and even promoted his misbehaviors, such as when Biff boasted about how he had stolen the football from his high school and Willy responded by “laughing with him at the theft,” (Miller 30). Yet, this acceptance and constant praise did prove to be detrimental to Biff as he grew up and became an independent man in the world. Because he could never live up to his father’s expectations, Biff felt that his life was worthless and that he wasn’t good enough, which arguably turned him down the path that ended him up in jail.

On his trip he meets various people who care for him. Often times, these people that Chris builds relationships with, will recommend that he do something before he heads into the wild. However, Chris’ arrogance caused him to leave behind his new friends with ease in order to reach his intended goal. Chris’ dad Walt understands that Chris is a knowledgeable young man, but Chris would always refuse to listen: “Chris was good at almost everything he

The character that interest me in The Nine Guardians is Ernesto. Ernesto is the bastard son of Cesar’s brother and likes to keep his thoughts to himself but wants Cesar approval because he looks up to Cesar. Ernesto is a dynamic character in the story because in the beginning he is a bastard son then to a future teacher in the Arguellos family. Since Ernesto is a bastard son he didn’t change his thoughts about his father even though from his body language it showed that he was happy to be his son. In Nine Guardians Ernesto’s feelings to his father, “yet in spite of everything he had loved the man, who had never consented to be anything more than a stranger to his son” (82).