In the book Wild by Cheryl Strayed, the author portrays the main character (Cheryl Strayed) as someone who undergoes significant changes and exhibits varying traits throughout the text. The story unfolds with the main character facing numerous challenges and personal issues, leading to severe depression and impulsive decisions that ultimately shape her journey. As the story progresses, the author delves into Cheryl's fierce experiences, illustrating the profound impact of her impulsive decisions and the subsequent challenges she must confront. Furthermore, one crucial moment that contributes to these traits occurs after the unexpected death of Cheryl's mother.
At one point in the book, Scout wishes to invite Walter Cunningham over for dinner when school starts, but Aunt Alexandra forcefully tells her that is not an option. Scout becomes confused. She questions her aunt and tells her that they are “good folks,” but Alexandra snaps back saying that they’re not “our kind of folks.” The argument eventually leads to Alexandra yelling at Scout and stating that Walter is trash. Her words acquire a huge reaction from Scout.
Imagine your entire life changing, for the worse, because of how you identify. Imagine being beaten, abused, and starved because of how you identify. Imagine being a part of the six million plus Jews that got sent to concentration camps, only because they were Jewish. Imagine being part of the 700,000 Jews that survived. Yanek Gruener is a real holocaust survivor, and the protagonist of the novel, Prisoner B-3087, which shares his life story during the horrid events.
This book has been written to bring the truth to life; this is not a fictional story telling false stories of abuse and hatred, it is fact! This book retells the childhoods of my twin brother David and I, and how we suffered at the hands of our family, and especially at the hands of our mother Kristine. From the moment David and I were born Kristine emotionally detached herself from the both of us, there was no unbreakable mother child bond that connected us together. Kristine never displayed any motherly affection towards either David or I, and at no point in our lives have either of us consider her our mother. This is due to the fact that Kristine is the most evil, manipulative and sadistic person either of us has ever met.
Annemarie was a young Danish girl who took the high response to protect her family and friend from Germany soldiers (Nazi). Annemarie was a brave girl who likes to help people around her, such as, families and friends. She was pretty kind to people, and also try her best to be a good sister and friend. She has a best friend who was a schoolmate and neighbor as a Jewish girl known as “Ellen Rosen”. Also, Annemarie had saved Ellen to hide Star of David necklace by a night that German soldiers came to Johansen’s house to find Rosen’s family.
In Up a Road Slowly, written by Irene Hunt, the readers view of Julies aunt, Aunt Cordelia changes throughout the novel. At the beginning of the book Aunt Cordelia is looked at as being a stern and strict Aunt. After Aggies death, Jonathan Eltwing's visit and the way Julies view of Aunt Cordelia changes, readers can see that in fact Aunt Cordelia has a sweet and nice side to her. Readers understand that Aunt Cordelia changes throughout the novel because by the end of the book Julie begins to love, appreciate and recognize the good in her.
He knows “It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason” (Lee 268). He doesn’t ignore them and he loves the woman who has bared his children, he also shelters others from what they don’t understand. Finally Scout tries to explain to Miss Caroline why Walter will not take her quarter. Scout explains that the “Cunninghams never [take] anything they can’t pay back” (Lee 26). Scout does not yet understand how to explain things.
“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart”- Anne Frank. “She puts me to shame”- Otto Frank (1375). The first quote is the last thing Anne Frank wrote in her diary, right before the Nazis took her. Otto Frank's quote is his reaction to Anne's writing. Who is right, Anne or Mr. Frank?
The Diary of Anne Frank "The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places." - Ernest Hemingway. In the context of characters living in fear and suffering, this quote suggests that even in the darkest of times, there is still hope for a brighter future. Despite the hardships they may face, they can find strength in their struggles and appear stronger on the other side.
In the novel, there are families with lower status than everyone else, the Cunninghams and the Ewells. When Scout asks Aunt Alexandra if she can invite Walter Cunningham over to play, Aunt Alexandra responds by saying, “Jean Louise will not invite Walter Cunningham to this house.” She says this because, “he—is—trash, that’s why you can’t play with him. I’ll not have you around him, picking up his habits and learning Lord-knows-what.” (PDF pg. 228).
Scout didn 't understand when Mrs. Caroline said, “Now you tell your father not to teach you anymore. It is best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I’ll take you over here and try to undo the damage” (Lee 19). Scout 's experience in school has helped her understand people better. When Miss Caroline offered Walter Cunningham a quarter and Walter didn 't except it, Scout informed Miss Caroline that he 's a Cunningham and Cunningham 's never take anything that they can 't pay back.
Miss Caroline doesn’t understand Walter’s money situation and when Scout attempts to explain the situation, “ I tried again: ‘Walter’s one of the Cunninghams, Miss Caroline.’ ‘I beg your padon, Jean Louise?’ ‘That’s okay, ma’am, you’ll get to know all the county folks after a while. The Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back—no church baskets and no scrip stamps. They never took anything off of anybody, they get along on what they have.
On her first day of school, a classmate named Walter Cunningham didn’t bring his lunch. He was from a Cunningham family, who were poor, but never took what they couldn’t give back. When Miss. Caroline, their first grade teacher, insisted on giving him a nickel to buy himself lunch, Scout stands up for him. ‘“You’re shaming him Miss. Caroline.”’ Scout said outright.
On one of the first days of school Scout tries to explain Walter’s actions to her new teacher from outside of Maycomb County by saying that, ¨Walter’s one of the Cunningham’s, Miss Caroline¨ (Lee 22). Because of the size of Maycomb county, one’s status depends on their name and their reputation depends on their status. When Scout says this, she does not understand that people outside of Maycomb don't realize what ¨being a cunningham¨ means. The children try and fail to explain to their teacher the ways of their small town, and how the families are categorized by financial stability, cleanliness, and knowledge.
Miss Caroline gives Walter a quarter to spend in the town and politely asks him to pay her back in return, yet when he refuses this generous offer, Miss Caroline turns to Scout in hopes of finding a reasonable explanation. Scout’s clarification to Miss Caroline about the Cunningham family is, “they never took anything they can’t pay back – no church baskets, and no scrip stamps. They never took anything off of anybody, they get along with what they have. They don’t have much, but they get along on it” (Lee 22). Miss Caroline failing to understand Walter’s financial needs perplexes Scout because she is
