Daniel Moreland
Mrs. Miller
AP Literature
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East of Eden Character Analysis:
In John Steinbeck’s novel, East of Eden, many characters are used and developed throughout the story. Similar to the plot, many characters fall into similarity with biblical characters. Catherine Ames is a main character who is considered to be evil and shows similarities to the Serpent from the book of Genesis and Satan himself. Steinbeck goes the distance to call Cathy a monster in our introduction to her as a character. Cathy begins her evil ways at a young age, later developing them and becoming more of a monster than anticipated. She is so evil that
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As a child may be born without an arm, so one may be born without kindness or the potential of conscience,” (Steinbeck 71). This is the quote that Steinbeck starts chapter 8 off, as a way to describe Cathy. The town Cathy lived in as a child saw her as an innocent child. When she murdered her family, she broke into a safe where the family kept their money and took the money. The town people were unable to find her remains, however her parents remains were identified. Steinbeck says, “If it had not been for Cathy’s murder, fire and robbery might have been a coincidence. Then it occurred to people that without Cathy’s body you couldn’t prove anything even though you thought she was dead,” (Page 88). Cathy also ends up driving her Latin professor to commit suicide by toying with his affections. As the story continues, Cathy meets Charles and Adam. She ends up marrying Adam but drugs him into a deep sleep and has sex with Charles. She winds up pregnant with twins, however it is unsure whether they are Adam’s or Charles’ kids. Cathy runs away after the kids are born and joins a whorehouse and in the process, changes her name to Kate Albey. Kate takes over the whorehouse by poisoning her predecessor Faye. Eventually Kate is visited by Charles, who is disgusted with her. She reveals her plans to him and he leaves after offering her $50,000 left by Charles who died, in which she denies the offer. She
Matt’s quest through his adventure in the House of Scorpion was to find his true identity and make Opium a better place for everyone. Through this journey, Matt maps the definition of an archetypal hero because he enters both the known and unknown worlds, gets help from numerous people, and receives a gift of compassion which he uses to make Opium a better place. Matt’s lonely early years and an inherent curious nature compel him to connect with the outside world in his call to adventure when he sees Steven, Emilia, and Maria playing outside of the small cabin that both Celia and he lived in. At that point, Matt’s curiosity overcame the strict rules set by Celia, and he broke free. Matt’s call to adventure maps one of an archetypal hero because it propels him into the cruel, unknown world of Opium.
Jonathan is the main character of the book “The Fighting Ground” by Avi. To provide further information, Jonathan is a thirteen-year-old boy who wishes to fight in the American Revolution, like his father, brother, and cousin. He is brave, naive, a bit of a dimwit at times, and a convincing liar. He is also a bit of a pushover, and seems to be easily frightened. However, some of that has changed by the end of the book.
Throughout the novel, Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson the protagonist, Isabel, must face the brutal inequalities and inhumane treatment of a slave during the Revolutionary war in 1777 in New York. Everyday Isabel must face the wrath of her monstrous master, Madame Anne Lockton. On one occasion she changes Isabel’s name to Sal because it was “more suitable” (55). The woman completely stripped Isabel of her own identity, and this small action shows how much power a master had over their slave, who could not speak back without fear of punishment. Another form of punishment was locking Isabel in a potato bin, “That was more than half filled with potatoes and smelled of damp earth and worms.
Even though she is depicted as a murderous monster who worked to destroy her own children through abortion and the revelation of her true identity to Aron, in reality, Cathy solely worked against what she didn’t understand –goodness. This highlights how Cathy also followed the idea of timshel, but she could only follow what she knew –human nature. Not only did Cathy serve as the novel’s main adversary Steinbeck utilizes the evil within her to show how evil could be defeated by goodness. Opposing viewpoints state East of Eden contains underdeveloped, stereotypical female characters argue that Steinbeck categorizes women into two, extreme types: caring mother or heinous villains.
In the story “By the Waters of Babylon” the author revolves around the destruction of human civilization caused by World War II. Stephen Benet shows you the possible threats and dangers of war destruction, which comes to the theme of the story: the outcome and dangers of war. The readers learn in the story that this is long after human inhabitation and humans could be considered as “Gods” during this point in time. Whilst John (the main character of the story) is going east, where he is forbidden to go he enters a place, long ridden of the gods, which we know as New York City. It shows that even one of the largest and brightest cities known to man has also turned to rubble and fragments of buildings.
Cathy has no emotion, feelings, or remorse for the people that she has destroyed. Looking past her golden hair and angel like features, it is plain as day that she has a heart as black as
In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding the ultimate one responsible for the destruction of the island is Jack. In the novel Golding has wrote about how a group of british boys crashed on a plane and landed on a island where there are no adults,just little british boys stranded on a island .In the beginning one of the boys Ralph was the responsible leader where he knew what to do an how to manage. But of course there was this one cureles jealous boy that wanted to be a leader,the one in charge. Because of how ruthless and savage Jack was he took the fear that the boys had within them and used it against them to make them join his tribe which started the destruction of the island.
The author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Kesey, presents the ideas about venerability and strength by using his characters and the way they interact with each other to establish whether they are a submissive or a dominant, tamed or leading, venerable or strong. Kesey uses strong personalities to show the drastic difference between someone who is vulnerable and someone who is strong. Nurse Ratchet is a perfect example of how Kasey presents the idea of strength over the venerability of others (the patients). Keys also exhibited vulnerability throughout characters such as Chief Bromden and his extensive habit of hiding himself in all means possible from Nurse Ratchet. Another idea presented by Kesey is a character’s false thought on what
Mark Smith the author of “The Road to Winter” exhibits that in times of affliction brings out the very finest and least in people. The content is centred around the main character Finn. He remained alive through a pernicious virus that wiped out his entire town and has had to adapt to a life by himself since he lost his family and friends. He learnt to kill animals, defend himself and a whole lot more. Out of the blue a mystery girl shows up with a secret that changed Finns terrene.
People tend to be judged by how others perceive them to be, rather than how they actually are. This statement is shown in the play, Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. One example from the play in which this type of unfair judgement is displayed is when the news of Henry Drummond being the defense attorney for Bert Cates was announced. “Henry Drummond, the agnostic… A vicious, godless man… Henry Drummond is an agent of darkness.
The Envious Envy, is the desire to want something that someone else already has. Envy can cause one to go mad, and do something regrettable. Throughout the novel The Cuckoo’s Calling there was one character in particular who was very envious. The Cuckoo’s calling is a novel originally written by J.K. Rowling the author of the Harry Potter series whom chose to be known as Robert Galbraith because she worried her readers would compare it to the Harry Potter series, and expect to much of her. This novel takes place in London during the year of 2013.
Annabelle McBride, the main protagonist in Lauren Wolk’s Wolf Hollow, is forced to grow up in several harsh situations. In the novel, Annabelle witnesses unjust deaths and is forced to act alone when she is fighting to prove the innocence of Toby Jordan. He is a reclusive war hero, who some think is a mad man. He is being convicted for pushing Betty Glengarry, the antagonist of the novel, into a well. When Annabelle goes to Toby’s smokehouse in an effort to find him, when she blames herself for Betty’s death, and when Annabelle’s brother Henry gives Annabelle time to process in a hard time -- they are forced to grow up before they are ready.
Without ever uttering a single word, Charley Edwards possibly had the greatest positive and negative effect on Paul in the story Paul’s Case. Charley Edwards is a teen performer at the local theater, and Paul’s love interest. In one paragraph, Charley made Paul the happiest boy in the world; but in the next Paul became even more alone than he had ever been. How can the man, who never verbalizes a word, have such a profound and life altering impact on Paul?
Arab Open University Faculty of Language Studies Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) EL121: The Short Story and Essay Writing Fall Semester 2015-2016 Part (I): STUDENT INFORMATION (to be completed by student) 1.