Round Characters Character Analysis

In a short story the personality and character traits can either make or break the story. Learning from the stories read in the series of short stories in class, characters play a vital role in a short story. If someone were to change a mental or moral qualities of a character in the short story the short story would become a different story. Some examples of if a character were to change the story would be different is in the stories Gorilla

Literary Analysis: Thank You Ma’am How would you feel if someone tried to steal something from you? The woman and the boy create an unexpected relationship when he tried to steal her purse. The story “Thank you Ma’am” is an excellent story showing the relationship unfold between these two people.

Hi Koshy, How are you doing and how is your family. My honest opinion is that Kavita has progressively gotten worse in terms of her attitude. she was on bad terms with 99.9% of the people in pharmacy and the COR staff at the time she was fired. I doubt she will change her attitude in the future. I hope all is well with you.

“Now that's how you drink a really cold coke.” (Okay for Now page 29) Many quotes from Lil Spicer, Doug's best friend, continue to inspire and teach many things to lots of people. This quote, from Okay for Now wrought by Gary Schmidt, represents that relationships can start at any time over many things. According to the book, many times relationships with people help Doug and many other characters.

The 400 Blows Prompt #1 Though initially Antoine is an unsympathetic character because he is mischievous, through the camera’s movements I came to understand more about Antoine as the movie progressed. Singerman argues that when Antoine is arrested his experience is “softened”, and as a result he is protected from the exterior world. Another scene that also shows a softening effect is the jogging scene that starts at 0:46:32. Though the world is often portrayed as being a cruel, harsh place where a child cannot survive on his own, in the jogging scene the world is portrayed as an escape for the children. At 0:52:43, there is an overhead shot, which allows the audience to see the progression of the jog, as well a large part of the scenery.

Hi Peeps, Today 's Quote " In any job, work like it is your last day, your last check, and your last chance to show people your character, integrity, wit, love, sensitivity, toughness, fairness, and quality you bring to the table each day, which positively effected the lives of everyone around you; Don 't be a lazy lier." ~ Jon Barnes It Is

The novel Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins exposes the everyday life of a group of teenagers in a small town, Seldem. Set in the 1960’s, Debbie along with her friends, Hector, Phil, Patty, and Lenny busy themselves with average teenager activities. They can be found at the local ice cream parlor, the Tastee-Freez, listening to the radio show, Criss Cross, together in Lenny’s rusty pickup truck, or at the town’s annual summer fair, Seldem Days. Debbie and Hector constantly analyze them self and other people as they progresses through the summer. The characters emerge into different worlds to find a sense of identity though plot development, point of view, and character development.

Thanhha Lai wrote a heart-wrenching novel, Inside Out & Back Again, that conveys the difficulties of refugees escaping the Vietnam War. Ha is a ten-year old refugee girl fleeing from the Vietnam War and Communist rule. Consequently, Ha’s life twists inside out in the areas of intelligence and religion, but she manages to find her way back again. Intelligence is one challenge that Ha faces as she assimilates into American culture. While in Vietnam, Ha boasts, “Now I am ten, learning to embroider circular stitches, to calculate fractions into percentages” (2), which reveals Ha is confident in her knowledge; ergo she is confident in herself.

In the story, ‘The Gilded Six – Bits’ revolves around the two main characters, Missie May and Joe. They both reside in a predominantly black neighborhood or community. Joe works at G and G Fertilizer. He is the one completes the financial duties.

It might seem like “Wonder” and “The Other Side” our very different kinds of stories. One takes place in the past and the other takes place in the present. But if you look closer, you will see that both stories actually share a common theme. In both stories the authors teach us that just because you our different you can still be friends with whoever you want.

In the short story "The Four Fists" by F. Scott Fitzgeral, the main character, Samuel Meredith, is presented with the start of boarding school who then moves to the business world. At the start when in boarding school, Samuel is given a punch by his roomate because of an incident and then effortlessly walks away to surprisingly not throw a punch back. Through time after the cause of these actions, Samuel is then forgiven and is then known for one of the best-liked students at his school. Fundamentally, he had learned that this punch had fiven him great importance and change.

Legend by Marie Lu takes place in the future when the western coast of the United States, the Republic, is at war with the colonies. The point of view alternates between two characters, 15-year-old Day and June. After the death of June’s brother, the only family she has left, June goes out to hunt his murderer. She is told that it is Day, the most wanted criminal, who has done it. But, as time goes on their paths cross and secrets unravel.