Luke Reid Character Analysis

“The Chrysalids” is a novel lived through the eyes of a telepathic child, David Strorm, from central Labrador. Throughout the novel you can easily identify the problems David has to face and notice his lack of being able to problem solve, constantly relying on other characters in the novel. David shows very minimal heroic qualities, and often gets himself in trouble and at home by disobeying his father, Joseph Strorm, and his religion, rules and traditions. David concealed the identity of a blasphemy which is a major crime in his village. David is not the protagonist in this novel because he lacks wisdom and heroic traits that a true protagonist would have.

He wasn’t the boy who brought it in, nor was he interested in keeping it. But the teacher saw him with it,

This would help you adapt faster and think quicker in the dark. In conclusion, it’s not easy to learn how to be an amateur spy, or to be a professional spy, and its also hard to be a CIA spy. But at a young age James Bond has proven that he has the skills and talent to become a great spy. Bond showed us that he has the skills of a professional spy even though he has never trained himself to become a spy.

Pap Finn is a very good example of minor and antagonist character types, he represents themes like denial, and he relates to many characters outside of this book. Pap Finn is arguably a very important minor character. Despite the fact that he was abusive, he stressed out his son, and all he wanted from his kid was his money, he was still an important part of the book. Huck was never fond of his father.

He is going to Alaska because he robbed a hardware store and beat a boy named Peter Driscal so badly he could have died. The Rising Action is when Cole beats up Peter because Peter told the police that Cole had broken into a hardware store; and that he robbed the store and then trashed it. After nearly killing Peter some boys from their school pulled Cole off of Peter.

Wes knows he must work hard for everything and always try his best because nothing lasts forever. He knows he must work hard so he feels as if he even mattered in life. When Wes was on the run from the police after killing a cop he ran away to North Philadelphia. This quote is significant because it shows that no matter what Wes will not change his lifestyle. Wherever he goes, he always ends up at a place that feels like home to him.

In “A Boy Named Sue” the dad completely walks out on his son at the age of 3 said so in the lyrics by Johnny Cash. Unlike Sue, the other story only shares that the father ignored his son and never found time to spend with him. “But there were planes to catch and bills to pay he learned to walk while I was away,” this is part of the song “Cat’s in the Cradle” , and is a great example of the wrong doing of the father. Another contrast between the two would have to be resolving and not resolving the issues that occur. The father and son, in “Cat’s in the Cradle”, never resolve the conflict that arises between the two which makes both unhappy.

After finishing As I Lay Dying, I cannot help but feel cheated. Then ending upset me so much. Anse is practicly the only happy person in the end of this story. Everyone else is left in despair. Darl gets sent to an insane asylum.

This actually leads to other part of story, where she is going to Hong Kong see her brother, on the way however was forced to get adopted. She got force adopted to a family, where they treated her like if she wasn’t human, also she couldn’t see her brother again forever until she died. For her, Jack was the only family that she had, it break her heart when Jack tried to reject everything from his mother food, culture, paper menagerie and even talking to his mother. “can you understand how it felt when you stopped talking to me and won’t let me talk to you in Chinese? I felt I was losing everything all over again”(76).

The box is used year after year no matter what the circumstances are they always use that same box. “Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box”, (Jackson pg.2). Nobody knows why they use the same box, or how they started using that particular box in the first place.” The black box grew shabbier each year”, so even though the box is in horrible condition the people still make no changes and just stick in little bits of paper to just cover up the blemishes and basically

I read a passage called “Raymond’s Run” . In the beginning, Hazel gets introduced also known as “Squeaky”. In the story, she states that she is going to run in a race. There is another little girl named Gretchen that Squeaky doesn’t really like because she thinks she is going to win the race. Squeaky says, “In the second place, she has short legs.

Dally successfully suicided because his buddy Johnny died, and Ponyboy lived in pain for some time after

In the story Among the Hidden by Margaret Petersen Haddix, the character Luke shows bravery. First of all, Luke sees movement in the sports families house when everyone has already left, he continues watching for any movement until he saw the lights and TV on and had no doubt that someone was hiding in that house. Peterson says, "Mark thought of a plan, he saw that they left their sliding door open so he would go and sneak in from their." "He counted 28 people because that was the magic number and started his journey from his house to the sports families house." (Haddix 53)

Every character in "Unwind' grows from the beginning of the story to the end. There are many characters that change and out of all of them Connor has grown up from the start of the novel to the end. Connor's individual experiences, and different relationships, changes him for better. In the beginning of the book Connor was very hot headed and getting into fights school.

Summary: In the book Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson, Old Yeller is a dog who protects and helps Travis Coates and his family when Papa goes off on a cattle drive. When there is danger Old Yeller would be the one who comes in and saves the day. Mama is Travis and Arliss’s mother and takes care of them when Travis’s father leaves. Arliss is Travis’s brother and is adventurous and playful, which sometimes gets him in trouble and danger.