Across Five Aprils Character Analysis

Perry for example was already uncertain of his future and his knee injury already had him on edge. towards the end of the book after burning the corpses of his past comrades he lost all faith, and innocence. So the theme of the book is that war is devastating to person both mentally and

John writes home to tell he saw Bill, and Bill wanted his family to know it was not him who had fired the bullet that killed

A Dynamic War Hero Boom! Everyone is looking around wondering where the shot came from, not knowing what to do, the militiamen and the British Army starting flinging bullets across the field at each other. This book April Morning is a novel by Howard Fast and it takes place during the first shots of the Revolutionary war. It comes from the perspective of a 15-year-old protagonist named Adam Cooper at the battles of Lexington and Concord. In the course of two days, He meets a variety of interesting characters both before the battle has started and during the battle and one character that really stuck out was Solomon Chandler.

A Separate peace is novel, which is drawn into internal and external war conflicts throughout the novel. The author John Knowles focuses mainly on the internal conflict, which is war with oneself. He portrays this through the character of Gene. The external conflict is also war, which is played as the setting in the novel. Gene goes through a form of internal conflict, he fights within himself about jealousy and fear.

A rational and common response to seeing one’s family after an extended period of time, especially in a circumstance such as war, would be joy. Despite being home from the war, it can be argued that the war still continued for Graves in his mind.

A Separate Peace In the story A Separate Peace John Knowles shows how war impacts everyone despite mere indirect involvement. The people that are fighting in the war are not the only ones that are affected. It also has an impact on their family, friends, neighbors, and those in their communities. As the boys went through school, the pressure of the impending war was starting to have an effect on them.

War, What is it Good For? “In June of 1777, we found out that Father was dead” ( Collier and Collier 164). How would people feel if half their family died in a war? They would go through all sorts of emotions and changes, just like Tim throughout the book.

The first prompt I chose to write about was number two. Trace the evolution of the protagonist. What obstacles does she/he face and how is her/his character being revealed through these obstacles? Does the character seem to have a difficult of easy time learning and/or adapting? What do you think influence this about the character?

This heart attack caused Jethro to take on more of his father's responsibilities which forced him to gain more maturity. “If someone had asked Jethro to name a time when he left his childhood behind him, he might have named that last week of march in 1862”(92). This was truly an unforgettable moment in Jethro’s life. This impacted Jethro in many ways, one in which he had to take on the responsibilities that his dad had once had. Jethro now knows how it felt to work on the field in different climates.

Especially after the loss of his close cousin Tom, in the battle of Shiloh, Eb discovers the true horrors of war. All of this soon drives Eb to desert, and head back home, all the while, his family is completely unaware of this. In the

A. In the novel ‘Wonder’ Jack will’s character traits are best expressed as a likeable and trustworthy person or ‘friend’ to August. Jack can be a bit Intrusive as well, like always sneaking around and asking August personal questions. C. Jack is a very inquisitive person because on page 64 the author has written, ‘Then Jack whispered: “Are you always going to look this way, August? I mean, can’t you get plastic surgery or something?”

In the novel Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin, Liz is mentally shaken by one problem, the fact that she is dead. Along with this one ultimate challenge, she faces many more in Elsewhere while under the pressure and stress of her death. She makes some rash decisions that lead to unintended consequences, and some great choices that helped her out. She also made some friends and met some relatives that greatly had an impact on her. So, Liz grew stronger at working through her death with the help of friends, family, and her own decisions while in Elsewhere.

“I was contrite and guilty, for I knew that the snowball had been meant for me” (Davies 11). Dunstan Ramsay from Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business is a man who bears the responsibility of dodging a snowball throughout his life. He believes that he caused the insanity of his neighbour, Mary Dempster by letting that snowball hit her. Therefore, the guilt he experiences will ultimately influences his development into an adult. This is especially apparent in his involvement with Mary, his detached attitude towards society, and his opinion towards his parents.

Present throughout the book is the theme of disillusionment. In the school, they’ve been told by their schoolmasters and parents that unless they join the war, they would remain cowards. They see propaganda after propaganda, all alluding towards the glory of battle and warfare. Out on the front, they realize that nothing was further from the truth. Their dreams of being heroes shattered, like when they compare themselves to the soldier on a poster in chapter 7.

Roberto October Sky In the Movie/Novel, October Sky a character named Homer Hickam who is 15 years old with brown hair and Virginian Greek accent who lives in Coalwood that faces many obstacles. In the story October Sky, he likes his Mom, Dad (as a person), his teacher named Mrs. Riley and the rocket boys, also in the story he dislikes his dad's reactions, Mr. Turner, Colwood, and Algebra. All these things define who Homer is as person throughout the story, Some struggles he faces throughout the story is making his father proud, getting out of Coalwood, the rockets and science, scholarship, college. Homer Hickam is a person who had his mind focused on just building rockets, he did not have an interest for coal mining for a living.