Character education

present outsiders in the Reluctant Fundamentalist and the Great Gatsby. Both novels portray various characters who feel as if they are “within” yet can never move past or get rid of feelings or the paranoia of being an outsider and being “without”. This is emphasised through Nick’s comment of being “within and without”. Due to the differentiated status of the characters, it could be argued that characters within the novel are marginalised by the societies they live in. Both narrators choose to…

This play doesn’t speak much about me as a person, but as you narrow down to the characters, it does. The theme of this play is what I assume happens at a big Halloween house party. There were characters I chose resemble my traits such as easy going and laid back. I'm also typically a person who is really can take a joke and can talk about almost anything, and because of these characteristics, I'd classify myself as a person who is can easily befriend. In life, I want to be work my way up to…

Literature 3 9th October 2014 Three Characters Who Have Changed While venturing on an unexpected journey, someone will learn and change as a person wether it be for better or worse. Absalom Kumalo, James Jarvis, and Stephen Kumalo discover through time, this exact thing in Alan Paton's novel: Cry, the Beloved Country. Frightened at first, experiencing pain, and suffering but emerging as a new person with understanding proves to be the path each character will take to discover who they…

The Glass Menagerie was Tennessee William’s one first success in creative writing. Known also as a memory play, the play involves about four characters: a young man, Tom, who is supporting his family (mother, and sister) after his father had abandoned them, the sister, Lara, who is painted as a very shy and introverted person due to her handicap, and has an obsession with a collection of glass animals, the mother, who is very loving in an exaggerated way, who also lives in an unreal world, Jim,…

pickup lines. The central theme throughout the play displays a few possible conversations that end with a ringing bell that seems a fresh start with a second chance to make a good impression. The basic conversations start in a coffee shop with two characters which are Bill and Betty. From the beginning till the end of the play one can see a series of pickup lines. The lines start out fast with short feedback from the woman. All humans are critical of their fellow human traits by being critical…

sally brother has an unknown name. Which the film adaptation they give him the name “ Conrad,” which he is very untidy and seem to be quite the troublemaker. Instead of the mother being “out for the day,” as in the book, the movie modernized the character of the mother to be a hard worker. She is a realtor with a needy boss. Her boss and her colleagues will be joining her house this evening and she instructs her children to keep the house nice and tidy. Of course, that will never happen when the…

replacing letters. This poor grammar in his speech pattern makes the character more realistic but more importantly reflects his lack of a proper education. Huck’s speech is very animated with very simple sentences, reflecting his active, youthful nature. However, there are also many instances where it becomes very smooth, especially during moments of moral quandary to resemble Huck’s thought process. By incorporating Huck’s character in the style of the novel, it truly adds his essence and it…

century patriarchal society she was mentored by her mother and grandmother on how to be a lady. All of these factors contributed to the creation of The Awakening, a novel in which she expresses her views on society in the form of fictional characters. The main character Edna finds herself trapped in a society in which she cannot possess the freedom to control her own life. Throughout her novel, Chopin focuses mainly on the social injustice Enda faces. Chopin’s work initially was not well…

Jay Gatsby is a character that is surrounded by an aura of mystery. He is a man who resides in the West Egg, which is not mysterious in itself for the West Egg was home to all with “new money”. However, the mystery that overshadows Gatsby is driven by his unknown past which is revealed to the readers through Nick when Gatsby takes him for a ride. In the original work by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby takes Nick on this ride to inform him of who he is,which is a luxury that few get to enjoy. This…

or a late night movie on HBO, people tend to form a relationship between the characters on TV and themselves. Sometimes people, when watching fictional shows, get too committed to the characters. They start to compare themselves and treat the characters as real people. Richard Bach, a well-known 70’s American author said, “If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats”. In the…