A fiction novel, “Traitor,” by Gudrun Pausewang, is a story about betrayal is worth risking your life for somebody ’s good. Anna found the last prisoner who was hiding from the Nazis. Anna was the only person who knew where he was hiding. If she turns him in, he'll be shot.…
The Character Of Hayley In “Confectionately Yours” The main character in my book “Confectionately Yours”, written by Lisa Papademetriou, is a girl who likes to bake and find out how to do new things everyday. Hayley’s dad has big plans for an untraditional family thanksgiving- with his new girlfriend and her parents, which she is not looking forward to. She spends most of her time at the shop.…
This demonstrates not only the happiness generated by being kind, but also how when individuals are kind,…
Compare and Contrast Do you ever walk into a store and see something you really want or really like? I shall compare and contrast to characters who are like this. The characters are the father from “Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer and Yolanda from “The one who watches” by Judith Ortiz Lofer. These characters both are very interesting topics.…
A second example of how the statement works in Willa Cather’s literature is in Lucy Gayheart . This novel is known for being a poetic novel. There are different major events that had happened, throughout the novel, but not all detail was written. Like in Sebastian’s death, how Lucy found out about his death, as well in her own death. Sebastian’s death is read about in a newspaper article by Auerbach.…
`In the story, “Golden Girl,” by Gillian Chan, Anna proves to be oblivious, demanding, and selfish. Together, these traits create a very flawed character. Anna is accustomed to receiving anything and everything that she desires, ranging from compliments of her natural beauty, to various material goods. After all, “Nothing’s too good for ‘Princess,’” (Chan 74).…
Living in a community that prides itself on holy perfection, Hester becomes the town gossip as her private life is torn apart at the pleasure of those who feel she is not morally right. The women in the town belittle Hester and attempt to make her an ugly individual who should feel ashamed and have little value over her own life. Hester, however, resolves not to be the person that the community wants her to be. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne paves her own path with her strength, compassion, and loyalty and goes against the Puritan lifestyle. Hester, the adulterous woman, is a strong person.…
In the movie called Black Swan (2010), a dedicated ballerina name Nina Sayers’ conscious is portraying a persona to the world and the ballet’s company that she is well-balanced and has complete control over her life. However, as she strive to impress her mother, Thomas, and Lily that she is well capable of dancing both the black and the white swan scene in the play. It look as if Nina deepest passionate desire has unleased the black swan personality from out of depth of her unconscious, the id. This personality is uninhabited and unpredictable and for that reason it is fighting to emerge itself from captivity. On the other hand, Nina preconscious is the superego who is trying to behavior as her mother perfect little princess. This personality…
Easy M As humans we all poses flaws, some are internal and some are external. We tend to hide our flaws from society. No matter how hard we try at some point our flaws will leak out. Hester Prynne was a young woman who made a costly mistake.…
There is a famous disney movie, Beauty and the Beast, about a prince who gets cursed and is turned into a beast who must fall in love with someone, otherwise he will remain that way forever. In the beginning, the beast is thought of as this terrifying monster who everyone is afraid of, but towards the end of the movie, he turns out to be a nice and caring character who is actually the complete opposite of scary. People just assumed he was terrifying because of the few actions that the movie presented at the start. Comparatively, in Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, Chris McCandless is presented as a selfless man for feeding the homeless and donating money to OXFAM, a charity dedicated to solving the hunger crisis. However, he constantly leaves…
This quote explains Hans’s character traits as being selfless and kind to the point where he is willing to risk his life to help someone in need. The author portrays the beauty among the ugliness with the act of giving food to a starving comrade in the midst of a march to tens of thousands of people’s deaths. This picture helps the reader to realize what true beauty is when one will do something for another even though they won’t be awarded for it. This relates to an…
Daytripper is a graphic novel by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba; it follows the life of one character Bras de Oliva Domingos who is a writer. He begins this book as an obituary writer at a newspaper stand, and along the way becomes a published author like his father. Throughout the novel, we experience his transformation as an author and a person. We follow Bras throughout his life and his travels as he meets new people, has new adventures, starts a family, and dies. Each chapter ends with Bras dying in some new way, and each death brings us a bit of insight into the entire story.…
In the novel, Zusak juxtaposes the kindness and cruelty of humans several times. During the brutal Death Marches, Liesel, Rudy, and Hans selflessly offer the Jews bread. Their generosity towards the Jews proves that kindness is often the result of malice. In another instance, Rudy places a teddy bear next to a dying soldier who has just been in a plane crash. This incident depicts the innocence amidst the suffering that surrounds them.…
South Africa has a complex political history. It is filled with intricacies and subtleties which are difficult to understand from an outside perspective. The power and volatility of South Africa’s political climate was enough to drive hordes of South African’s to find refuge in other countries while still longing for their homeland. This review is about Rian Malan’s 1991 book “My Traitor’s Heart, Blood and Bad Dreams: A South African Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself” published by Vintage Press in London.…
Stereotype is defined through certain associations or beliefs that group entire assemblies of people together with certain traits or characteristics. Prejudice is explained by negative feelings towards other people based on their membership or connection in specific groups. Discrimination concerns behaviors, particularly negative ones, directed against individuals because of their membership in a particular group. Stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination all operate independently, but they often influence and reinforce each other. An example of prejudice in the film, Schindler’s List, is portrayed while Amon Goeth and Oskar Schindler are shaving their faces.…