What did you like about this script? To start off, I liked the incident that pulled Nephi out of his safe, secure, and shrewdly balanced religious bubble. A loss is enough to jar anyone, but I found it more respectable and relatable that his uncertainty in his faith, in God, was the result of his friend’s untimely death. As appose to the predictable and narrative cliché of it being Madison’s arrival in the neighborhood. Of all the characters who circle in Nephi’s orbit, I really liked Madison. Her character offers a clear, alternative perspective not only to the audience, but also to Nephi. Likewise, I liked the way Russell’s character helped Nephi towards the end of the script. Of my top five favorite scenes, the scene between the two of them was my favorite. Russell puts on the hat of a friend, but also a mentor who helps put things into perspective for Nephi at a time when he needs it the most. It was an unexpectedly subtle, yet powerful scene. …show more content…
The first, on page 90, as Nephi accelerated in his car on the road, which paralleled Nephi’s and Chris’ accident on page 13. In the moment, it was as though Nephi was challenging God and the crippling obedience he’s had to put up with his entire life. The second narrative parallel is in the Mormon Church on page 107, the moment Nephi steps up to the pulpit to give his speech. This particular scene seemed to match Russell’s confession about his loss of faith, and for Nephi, it is the moment of realization that he did not “believe” anymore
How did your opinion of Mrs. Baker changes as you read the book? Give specific examples and cite incidents from the story to support your view. How do the plays Holling reads with Mrs. Baker mirror events in the book? Holling’s
They did a great job on putting so much of it into the movie. I think it was what drew people. They showed pathos throughout the whole movie, with Matt telling us about his past life and how Sandusky came in and helped him find a better home then Joe Paterno getting fired. People were very upset when Paterno got fired the school even started a protest to get him back but then 3 months after he got fired he passed away from cancer.
The last section was my least favorite. It seemed as if Capote kind of ran out of ways to write so he began to throw things together. It involved him comparing the other stories related to murder instead of him writing more about Dick and Perry 's murders. You could sense Dick kept trying to get out of the death penalty while Perry sort of gave up. I think the underlying themes of this book involve wealth, family, self-image, and mental issues.
Which character in the book is your favorite, and why? Do you like characters who are sympathetic, or funny, or irreverent, or daring, or what? My favorite character in the book is Wes’ mother. She is willing to sacrifice her time and energy, work hard at her job, and think and do the best thing for her children to protect them, even if it means extra work to lead them to success. I believe, that without her caring and compassionate personality, Wes could easily have had the same story as “the other Wes.”
My favorite character was Scout Finch. I liked Scout because her views changed throughout the novel, showing her transition from childhood to adolescence. She started out as a young southern tomboy who wore britches and who looked down on Negros to a young understanding lady who wore dresses and respected them. She even began to regret tormenting Boo Radley, her neighbor and taking his gifts out of a tree without returning them, as she said in the novel: “We never put back in the tree what we had taken out of it: we had given him [Boo] nothing, and that made me sad.” (Lee 278)
What did you like about this script? I liked that this script presents such a severely psychologically damage character with the protagonist, Brent. I also enjoyed seeing the level at which Brent is still haunted by the terror his father bestowed upon him as a child continuously present throughout the narrative. Regardless of Brent’s determination to separate himself from his father and the abuse he grew up with, it is clear that Brent is still emotionally stunted even as an adult. I also liked watching Brent’s love for literature grow throughout the script, especially considering he started living in the woods when he was nine years old.
The story’s tone has reached an irreversible point of tragedy. Towards the story’s conclusion character development is shown to make the loss of innocence in many characters final. Gene has lost the one friendship that was the epitome of his innocence. Leper lost his innocence to the war, and Brinker has lost his in the heat of conflict. Here the plot has an empty feeling that ends the novel.
Overall, this article helped me reflect on the novel’s theme and gain understanding of the author’s
Merly Lee is my favorite character because she told Holling the truth about what happened with the placemat drawing. Merly’s story wove lots depth and comedy into this story because on their first date Holling took her to a Shakespeare play of Romeo and Juliet and they both enjoy Shakespeare's work so they both enjoyed this play. Holling only had three dollars and seventy eight cents so he brought Meryl a single rose and he went to Woolworth’s and he ordered both of them cokes.
Titus did an excellent job incorporating different viewpoints to explain what exactly happened. Having the perspective of someone who witnessed the event provides the reader with the ability to be able to refer to their point of view when further researching and discussing the
Lost In Yonkers by Neil Simon is a charming play primarily revolving around two boys and their relationships with their extended family, while their father is traveling the country selling scrap metal. As any other play would, it has strong characters and weak characters, strong storylines and weak storylines, effective playwriting, and wasted chances. Unlike most other plays, though, this play’s greatest strength is also its greatest weakness. The numerous characters and storylines allow for a storyline or a character that everyone will relate with, but also multiple that they will not connect with at all. Lost In Yonkers, although enjoyable at times, certainly has some obvious weaknesses.
In my opinion, he is like the character Odysseus from the Odyssey. In the film, Ulysses is confined in prison and in the Odyssey Odysseus is kept captive on Calypsos Island. Ulysses disguises himself to get his wife back, so she doesn’t get married to someone else and in the Odyssey Odysseus disguises himself so that he can safely get back home to his family. Ulysses and Odysseus both come across a prophecy. Both characters are wise and clever.
Courage is something everyone knows about, people think that courage can be easy. Truth is not everyone has courage or can be courageous, it's something not everyone is capable of. Having courage is being able to stand up for yourself and others, facing your fear, and doing what's right even when it's hard. In the book “Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes” by Chris Crutcher, there are so many characters that show courage throughout this book.
With controversial subject matter, spectacular acting, and a timeless and relevant plot, audiences truly will get hooked to this film and not want to remove their eyes from the screen. People will either be touched by the ending or they will be left hanging, all depending on perspective, but either way it is something that will affect them and leave them thinking. Maybe the audience will even wonder what their personal “rosebud” is and what it means to
The third and last character to be sorted into the category of old schemers is Lady Russell from Persuasion. As a female antagonist she is strikingly different from her already examined predecessors since she is not only on friendly terms with the protagonist Anne Elliot but also plays the role of her only confidante in the novel. Anne’s mother died when she was still a child (cf. Persuasion 5f.) and, as time went on, she did not only become Lady Russell’s “most dear and highly valued god-daughter, favourite and friend” but also “it was only in Anne that she could fancy the mother to revive again” (Persuasion 7), meaning she sees herself as a substitute mother.