Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is a new perspective on the classic story of Dorothy Gale, the Wizard of Oz and the Wicked Witch of the West. The book introduces Elphaba, the Wicked Witch from the original tale and shows her life before the classic story, which paints her in a different and far more sympathetic light. Elphaba has an unfortunate childhood, born with unusual physical features, her unique appearance is used by her father to help encourage conversion to his religion. Additionally her mother was very distant, if not neglectful, and both parents doted on her sister instead. In the story Elphaba pushes people away, transforms from a well meaning activist to vengeful extremist and attacks and kidnaps Dorothy in a series of events that lead
Beautiful and gorgeous Amy Freeze is an American meteorologist who is best known for being the first female Chief Meteorologist in Chicago, Illinois. This American meteorologist is a talented person who has shown her excellence as a journalist, reporter, host as well as a television personality. One can refer Freeze as the best example of a person being the beauty with brain. According to Amy Freeze bio, she was born on June 19, 1974, and that makes her present age be 43 as of now. Her nationality is American and belongs to the white ancestral background. People admire her for her presentation, accuracy in forecasting and outstanding reporting skills. It’s worthwhile
As you keep reading you start to see Leah 's relationship with her father and the Lord start to become shaky when she see how they culture in in the Congos and learns about human rights. When Leah has journeyed the Congo over the period of time she begins to meet new people and seek new culture. Leah watches how her father looks down on people and his family, knowing it 's morally wrong and she doesn 't think the same way as him she begins to restrain herself slowly from his presents. Leah 's culture she once was changes as she “learns the language of Kikango and begins to recognize the wide gap between cultures and between American games.” (Ognibene) Leah has shifted her place because she does not want to be associated with her father and his attitude, which causes her to learn more about the Congos and the people inside it. In the two
She shows a lot of integrity and strength with her career. She is also very smart and intelligent at what she does. I admire her because we have a few things in common. She had a stepfather who she admired just I did. They divorced soon after she was born, my parents divorced too. She doesn’t let negativity stop her from being great. Also, she is known for her good looks and clothing she wears. She was replaced by Megyn Kelly on the Today Show after she had been at the network for 10 years. She came from a poor background but, made it out and is very
Some of the problems that Clarisse has at school are that all of the kids that she goes with call her anti-social because her peers find her weird. She explains to Montag that she is not anti-social, just all of the things that she is interested in are different than everyone else. Clarisse explains it by saying to Montag, “I’m anti-social, they say. I don’t mix. It’s so strange. I’m very social indeed. It all depends on what you means by social, doesn’t it? … Talking about how the strange the world is. Being with people is nice,” (pg 26-27.) She looks at the world in a more unique perspective than everyone else and classifies her as crazy.
Just like most novels, The Great Gatsby has a mixture of admirable and despicable characters.There are three characters that stood out the most for having one trait or the other. Jordan Baker, Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby have certainly earned the titles given to them.
Throughout history there have been many world leaders. These leaders are the ones who have excelled in various fields. Usually a successful leader is a person who has been on a journey of some kind. The definition of a journey is defined as “travel from one place to another” (The American Heritage Dictionary). Most successful leaders throughout history have traveled through difficult or trying situations. The journey of a leader can change history, and impact the world in either positive or negative ways. Jennifer Lopez is a person who has made a difference in the world of entertainment.
In the 1942 film Casablanca we are introduced to the character Rick Blaine. When we first meet Rick, a café owner, he is portrayed as a selfish and self-centered person. He only cares about himself and is even quoted saying “I stick my neck out for nobody.” While we have no idea why Rick is this way, towards the beginning of the film, as the film proceeds we learn that his past has is what shaped him to be this way. Towards the middle of the film we learn that his one true love, Ilsa Lund, left him long ago breaking his heart. Rick allowed this experience to change him completely into a person that cares and trusts nobody but himself. However, once he and Ilsa run into each other years after their time together, Ilsa explains herself. She tells him what she had to choose between, him and her husband whom she thought to be dead. This allowed Rick to have some closer. He is able to let go of the anger Ilsa caused when she left him and to see the bigger picture.
In the sitcom, Friends, we see a variety of stereotypes. Sitcoms usually aim for using strong stereotypes because they can easily create humor from them. There are three women: Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe. Each of them are characterized as just a few of the stereotypes commonly associated with women.
In the past century, women have started to stand up for themselves and do what they want regarding their body. Men previously have made all the important decisions, controlled women, and really only saw them as objects or entertainment. Slowly but surely, however, women gained their power and voiced their opinions for what they wanted. This can be seen in Jig’s character in Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants.” Even though it is not said directly, it is still easy for the audience to understand that what Jig and her boyfriend are talking about is a woman’s matter. In “Hills Like White Elephants,” Hemingway does not reveal the underlying meaning, but rather uses symbolism in his story through Jig’s attitude towards her boyfriend, the station in which the couple is at, and the absinthe drink she tries.
Katie from the movie "Mean Girls" is a great example of a shift in power. When she started her first day of school she desired to have an average teenage girl life. In the beginning, she made two friends with abnormal qualities, but within the next week she began to be friends with the schools plastic girls. When her personality changed it caused an increase in her power because the school would pay more attention to her, which gave her more power over various alumni's in the student body. At times when the power increases the protagonist of the movie will lose who they are as a person. Eventually, they reach a peak and have a break down causing a shift in power to occur again. After Katie's lowest point in the
A group of four men called the untouchable. Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone but he learns that it 's not going to be easy, because Capone has the police in his pocket. So in going up against Al Capone, agent Eliot Ness picks just two cops to help him and his accountant colleague. One is a sharpshooting rookie, the other a seen-it-all beat man. The four of them are ready to battle Capone and his empire, but it could just be that guns are not the best way to get him. Oscar Wallace, who wants to prosecute Capone for tax evasion. When they make headway, Capone tries to get them but they are untouchable.
Gitchie Girl, is about the protagonist, Sandra Cheskey, who goes out with some of her friends on a camp out in Gitchie Manitou park and three men try to murder them because they had marijuana, but Sandra was released. Sandra Cheskey is the main protagonist. The other protagonists are Roger Essem, Stewart Baade, Mike Hadrath, Dana Baade. The main antagonist is Allen E. Fryer. The other antagonists are “The Boss” David L. Fryer “Hatchet Face” and James R. Fryer “J.R.”.
What’s more interesting is her being a strong female character that can hold her own out there in Gotham, even if it can be a real pain sometimes. She is athletic, immune to deadly toxins and quick on her feet when it comes to her going toe-to-toe with villains twice her size, including Batman the most feared in the entire city. Even if Batman can break sweat out of the biggest and strongest
The book Cherry Heaven has many differing characters. Main characters in this book are teenage sisters who have moved into City 1 after their home is ravaged by a brutal war. Tanka is the younger of the two sisters, she is ditsy and unbelievably annoying to most, especially her older sister. Katana is the oldest sister, she is reserved unlike her outgoing younger sibling. Katana is my for sure my favorite character. Her soft spoken manner and her peaceful observations really give me an vast amount of respect for her. I adore the way she can take in so many little details all at once. Sherlock himself would be envious of her deduction abilities.