Quinn Whitey Wells is truly the definition of a chracter developing overtime. The novel All your Perfects', written by Colleen Hoover, apprises the reader about the characters life in a very dramatic and intricate way through the lens of a “Then” and “Now” perspective. Quinn is a perfectly imperfect character who wears her heart on her shoulder. She is portrayed as having a very narrow-minded, closed off, and depressed mentality. From start to finish Quinn is still just as narrow-minded at the end of the novel as she is at the beginning, leaning towards being a static character. She is seen as a dynamic character when you look at how her relationships have changed and grown because of the type of character she had become.
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One can exist without the other”(Hoover ). The meaning of this quote said by Quinn is related to so much in the story. The most obvious one is her relationship with Graham. The love between Quinn and Graham is so strong and you can really tell they are meant for eachother. But, what isn’t there is happiness, a wedge is drawn between them and neither of them can no longer seem to be able to find happiness when around each other. Another way this quote relates to this book is between the relationship with Quinn and the idea of having a baby. She feels such a deep love for her baby that she can’t have due to her infertility. With forming such a deep love for this child it leads to her having no happiness and this affects every aspect of her life. Quinn may lose everything, as this baby has completely consumed her. Without choosing one of the relationships over the other, love and happiness may never be concordant for her. In one relationship Love seems to be not enough and in the other love seems to be too much. Will she be able to find a way out of this …show more content…
Some people think that focus in a marriage should be put on all the perfect days. They love as much and as hard as they can when everything is going right. But if a person gives all of themselves in the good times, hoping the bad times never come, there might not be enough resources or energy left to withstand those category 5 moments”(Hoover ) Absent- not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something. That is what Quinn has been this entire marriage, absent. She may have physically been there, but emotionally and mentally she was not there, Graham has been left lonely. Quinn was there, but at the same time she hadn’t been there in so long. If Quinn had been there, mentally and emotionally, she may not have been able to withstand the category 5 moment, when Graham cheats on her. This is the real turning point in their relationship. After fighting infertility and being depressed for so long, she forgot what it was like to feel emotions. This moment brought so many emotions into Quinn, it was the real turning point for their marriage. A human being can survive almost anything, as long as they can see a light at the end of the tunnel, but Quinn was so consumed by her depression and infertility that there was no light and she saw no end, until this event brought emotions back into her life. She knew that she could and would fight for this marriage and she needed to
And because of it she finds a sense of hope. “We are like faraway lovers, lying to one another. Under different moons”(p.85-86). Her being faithful to her only love, her son, creates a sense of hope. She hopes that her and her son will be saved from the harsh life they live.
She embodies the element of the new era this book tries to portray. She is forward thinking and she is most often seen with new things to that time like
The moment she gave birth something sunk into her mind, that she could never fully comprehend until that moment. As she holds her child in her arms, taking extra precautions, so that her child doesn’t get hurt, she realizes that it is now her job to take care of her baby. That her biggest concern is no longer herself, but the child who was not in her arms yesterday. That yesterday’s problems are no longer of concern to her. That it is her job to provide and raise a human being.
In the story “Con’s” Kyle was married to his wife Lisa. Kyle had killed a girl name Shae-lynn when he was drunk driving years ago. Lisa stuck by his side through all of his depression. Through the hate letters sent by Shae-Lynn’s dad Ben. She was there to support him through everything that Kyle has had to go through.
She strives to create realistic and relatable characters who face challenges and overcome them with courage and
Lily repeats in her mind, “Unwanted, I was an unwanted baby,” (249). Even though this is upsetting for Lily to realize, it forces her to come to the conclusion that leaving her dad was the right thing to do as she would always be “unwanted” by
She is vital, essential to her husband and his life, which is when she is described this way by Nick. But, when her life shifts to that of Tom, her importance disappears because she is not indispensable to Tom. Instead, her personality is described as “hauteur.” She becomes arrogant and self-centered, and has a sense of superiority, much like Tom. This, again, connects to the “costume” that she puts on.
The audience’s thoughts towards her at first may have been sorrowful, but she does not want any of it. Instead, she wants people to see her for her strengths rather than her weaknesses. On the outside she may look like someone who has given up of
Initially, when Quinn has his first conversation with English he has the opinion of “Keep my head down and focus on the team” (178). He follows this by saying it feels like having this mentality cheats him out of something. His character starts developing into a more empathetic and understanding person. Later he says, “You aren’t the victim, neither is your brother” (223). Quinn knows that saying this would cause Guzzo to snap at him, but he wants to try and get Guzzo to understand that Paul is not a hero for his actions.
She saw that having the support from other women encourages and comforts her. She experienced a love like no other. Lily begins to feel empowered. More empowered the she has ever felt with T.Ray. We watched her grow into a new person, with confidence and support from
This quote compares her to the Golden Girl which she is to be known throughout the plot. She is
This quote shows that Melinda has no friends and is hated by many people, who she once called her best friends. It also shows how even her parents aren’t happy. Laurie Halse Anderson uses imagery by mentioning the thorn bushes and comparing herself to a hair ball. The use of imagery allows the readers to feel sympathy towards Melinda. For example, the simile the author uses is “a school that gags on me like I’m a hairball.”
This shows what she had to endure to try to keep her baby healthy. It appeals to the loving protective side of the reader. It makes them think about what the baby must be going through beacuase of their economic situation. Rhetorical questions are used to directly engage the
At first she was broken by the news when she received it. Receiving the news, she suddenly felt like her world had changed. A dynamic character is a character that goes through a change after a conflict or a crisis, this change happens over time. Even though her husband did not die Mrs. Mallard still went through the traumatic experience of losing a loved one.