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Consequently Wos’ syntax presents a childlike tone, which intentionally helps to display her complex reaction over eliminating

In Purple Hibiscus, Adichie utilizes the character Kambili to prove this idea to be tough and respectful, but only when she’s being pushed to that limit. In the beginning of Purple Hibiscus, Kambili’s adversities do not elicits talents she never knew she had, which disproves Horaces’ argument that adversity leads to positive change. Papa beats mama because she was too sick to go to church which cause her to lose the baby. “Counting made it seem not that long, made is seem not

* So for my project I decided to do a painting in chinese symbols. I painted the background in watercolor because chinese watercolor paintings are very popular. I used the colors red and gold similar to the cover of the book. *

Deborah Hevitz even suggests in “Nameless Ghosts: Possession and Dispossession in Beloved” in Studies in American Fiction, that, “Beloved is not only the reincarnation of Sethe’s dead daughter but she is also the detailed representation of Sethe’s mother. ”(158) Not only is she a representative of Sethe’s mother, but she represents much more. Sethe longs for the relationship she was denied with her mother. Sethe tells Beloved: “You came right on back like a good girl, like a daughter which is what I wanted to be and would have been if my ma’am had been able to get out of the rice long enough before they hanged her and let me be one.”(203)

Gregor’s sister, Grete, treats him with kindness and at the end, she also was the one who confront to Mr.Samsa and Mrs. Samsa that they need to get rid of the monster that is living them. “‘Father, Mother,’ said his sister, hitting the table with her hand as introduction, ‘we can’t carry on like this. Maybe

She seems very eager to subtly point out that their mutual children should be Jimmy 's first priority, and takes every chance to belittle Katie and her importance to Jimmy. This is a perfect example of her jealousy towards women in Jimmy 's presence, regardless

But I must say, some of you could do with cutting down on the potatoes”. Then the sisters continue to further objectify and abjectify these poor women by playing a “game” of comparing or rather ridiculing their bodies focusing on sexually significant parts such as breasts, bottoms and pubic

In the opening chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird one character introduced who is strikingly interesting is Calpurnia. Calpurnia is considered a mother figure for Jem and Scout; always getting onto them is they misbehave. We observe this when Scout says “she always ordering me out of the kitchen, asking why I couldn't behave as well as Jem.” Calpurnia also respects others no matter their origin or race. This is portrayed after Scout scorned Walter for pouring molasses all over his food.

Mary Maloney “simply walked up” behind Patrick and struck him with a “big frozen leg of lamb” “as hard as she could”. This completely contrasts the starting character of Mary as a housewife whom was patiently waiting for her husband to return home, which no one had expected. She did it “simply” which moulds an image of her not needing to think through her action, effortless and swift. The readers would be disgusted at how fast her character changes, thus suspense would be created as they would constantly question themselves about how it was possible. Additionally, after she struck her husband, she thought that it was “funny” on how “he remained standing” for a while.

She interprets the idea as if the reader does not believe on a God. O’Connor also carefully draws out her characters. O’Connor made the Grandmother a women so that any reader felt lower than and feel below in authority. The grandmother is shown as a pushy woman with characteristics of selfishness. These characteristics show when she insisted on going to the old house.

In chapter 8 of The Pigman Lorraine Jensen, one of the main characters, portrays her thoughts and feelings about the Pigman’s wife Conchetta, along with being spoiled to the point where she doesn’t actually want anything anymore, due to the Pigman buying John and Lorraine almost everything they could wish for. When John had found a funeral bill for Conchetta, Lorraine had already been thinking or running thoughts across her mind that the Pigman’s wife had died. She had even thought about the possibility of Mr. Pignati killing her. The smile on Mr. Pignati’s face could not be returned by Lorraine, because she didn’t understand why he couldn’t come to terms with his wife dying . His smile also seemed to become quite forced.

In “Peanut’s Fortune”, Tan uses narrative to move the plot forward. With Peanut’s sister narrating the short story, Tan’s writing is predominantly narrative because it depicts events in the view of Peanut’s sister who is essentially a bystander to Peanut and Wen Fu’s interactions. Not only does the writing portray her observations, but it also reveals the thoughts and feelings of Peanut’s sister to the reader. The narrative especially shows her growing envy for Peanut’s love with Wen Fu, but also shows the dear love she has for her sister. Occasionally, when important events occur or when introducing new characters, Tan interjects dialogue into the narrative, revealing the thoughts and perspective of others surrounding Peanut and her sister.

Krakauer In the beginning of the last section of the novel uses a narrative and descriptive style. The point of view is first person. The only time the author doesn’t use first person is when he is talking about events that he didn’t see himself. That’s when he transfers to a third person.