In Judith Ortiz Cofer's “First Love”, the speaker is opportunistic and infatuated. The narrator is opportunistic because she did not let a sense of morality stop her from taking advantage of whatever opportunity she had to get what she wants. Simply because the narrator wanted a mere glimpse of her crush who worked at a grocery store, she hoped her mother “[smoking] with so little enthusiasm”(Cofer 1) did not mean that she'd have to stop going to the store to pick up cigarettes. The narrator did not have the morality to think that to quit smoking cigarettes may be good for her mother's health. Rather, she wanted her to continue “[smoking] them fast” just to go to the grocery store more often(1). The speaker even called that moment of her life…
Ruth Pierce was an American citizen who found herself in Kiev during the time of the Soviet Union. In her book Trapped in “Black Russia” Pierce collected the diary entries and letters she wrote to her parents, between the time of June 30, 1915 to sometime in November 1915. Though her stay in Kiev she was arrested for espionage, forcing her to delay her travels in the fight to get her passport back. In these letters and diary entries she explains what is going on in Kiev, other parts of Europe, the negotiation with military officers, and the struggles she faces. Remarkable personality traits are revealed from Pierce in her writing from her humanity, her significant other, Peter, and her constant update on war time needs without focusing the…
Chris McCandless was a deep thinker and he lived his life accordingly, but he was somehow crazy enough to try to live in the wild unprepared. His poor decision ultimately led to his death. Chris was willing to abandon his loving family and not say a word to them just so he could go live by himself in nature. His actions were inconsiderate. It demonstrates how crazy Chris was since he was willing to do this, and pretty much get himself killed. He, at the time before his adventure, had a great life that most people would have loved to have. Chris was a strange, crazy young…
Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love is the tale of an oddly sensational traveling freak show called the Binewski Carnival Fabulon. The show, run by Aloysius (Al) and Crystal (Lil) Binewski, ultimately is hit with hard times due to some of the performers shortcomings so Al “decided to breed his own version of freaks” (Dunn 7) in order to insure they would not have any more issues with such behaviors. Or as Al so loving recalled: “before I even dreamed you, my dreamlets!” (Dunn 6). Not only was the creation of their children considered a means to provide for the family but also as described by Lil "...the idea of inherited security was ingrained from her childhood, "What greater gift could you offer your children than an inherent ability to earn a living just by being themselves?" (Dunn 7). Throughout each of Lil’s pregnancies Al would concoct various cocktails for her to take. The cocktails…
Who was Chris ? What kind of person was he ? Some say he was foolish others say he was intelligent. Some say that Chris was a man full of hate others say he was full of love. What was Chris searching for? Perhaps it was Happiness others say it was an escape from society. If you read the book Into the Wild by John Krakuer it is clear that Chris is the mix of the both Worlds.…
Christopher’s family life leads to him having an internal achievement later in the story. Christopher’s mother is an important person in this novel because she reveals what his dad has been trying to cover up this whole time. Christopher’s mother apparently dies one day at the hospital a couple years before the story takes place. Christopher remembers certain things about his mom and believes his dad when he says that she is dead. One day, Christopher discovers the truth about his mom while looking into the murder of his neighbor’s dog…
“Against Love”: immediately controversy is conveyed by the title of Laura Kipnis’ article on modern relationships. The reader is put on the defensive as Kipnis starts her argument with strong metaphors attacking one of the most basic human interactions that we see as natural and embrace without question. Namely, love, a word held in superposition between complex and simple. Kipnis argues it has been overrated and too much is sacrificed in the pursuit of making it last. Defining her own terms that apply to most relationships such as “advanced intimacy” and “mutuality” she provides a new perspective on old notions. Her tone throughout is consistently sarcastic but make no mistake, Kipnis is addressing a real issue on what we value as a society. Descriptive language is Kipnis’ fishing line that keeps you reading, often creating vivid and objectionable images that no one can avoid cringing at. Concepts surrounding love and the ideal couple change from age to age and from culture to culture but Kipnis doesn’t disregard this. She compares today’s norms to historical precedence as she identifies the shift from focusing on the convenience of financially organized marriages to the achievement of unending life-long love. Kipnis’ article presents a fascinating argument by proposing an idea…
Christopher like people that think like him (example the dream he has where everybody in the world died except the people like him)…
On the drive to Fairbanks, Chris tells the driver, Stuckey, everything about his family. He tells Stuckey about his dad’s actions, how he feels about the situation, and everything he loves about his little sister. Prior to this moment, Chris had not uttered a word about his family history to any person he came into contact with. This is an indicator that McCandless is becoming less hostile. Once Chris treked on to the Stampede Trail, he had begun his path to self-discovery. The only path Chris could have taken to resolve all of his demons would be one that’s uninterrupted by the trivial matters of a life at home. For some people, the only way to have gratitude for the things you are given is to experience a life without it. A person doesn’t realize what they have until they learn to do without. For Chris McCandless, it took two years to realize how many things he had, how many people loved and cared about him. Nonetheless, he still had the realization.…
Chris was a loner in a simple term. He never liked anyone from the village besides a young girl named Claire. Chris had affection about Claire which he cannot express. Every night Chris would wonder off to the park which was located very close to Claire’s house. He would stare right through her window from a distinctive space and watch her change and or her working out. The only problem about Clair was that most of the night Chris would see a man walk out of her house, even Tank. This gave Chris a hypothesis that Claire is a prostitute. Although Tank is married, he is like the person who would have sex with anyone besides man.…
-It reveals that he had a mental breakdown and that he is lost in his fantasy world. He no longer lives in his own world (Chris' letter)…
There were numerous challenges that Chris' wife Linda had to face. Ones that she had overcame and others that she had left unmended which were then made to heal themselves. One of those that were left to heal was the relationship she had with her husband and her son. A few reasons behind why it was left is bcause of the financial stress on her family which the role of providing a substancial income was then pushed upon her. But as bad as she may feel for leaving her son behind with her husband where their marriage was struggling due to the money burden they had accumulated. It was also to a more severe extent due to them having a child at the wrong time and not being able to support it properly.…
It’s easy to believe Chris suffers from a mental illness such as high functioning borderline personality disorder. This misconception comes from the fact that Chris creates a new version of himself, Alexander Supertramp, fails to maintain relationships he creates throughout his journey, and is meticulous with how the trail to his past life is left. These traits seem to be enough to diagnose Chris with such a disorder, that is if you take it out of context. Chris creates a new version of himself to symbolize the new life he is soon to pursue. He wants to limit the connections to his old life in all ways possible. A life that he regards with disdain, because it failed to meet his moral code. A code highly represented by a passage Chris highlighted in one of his books, “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth” (Thoreau qtd. in Krakauer 117). Chris’ family failed to understand, and respect these ideals, resulting in Chris’ cutting them out of his life. His parents insisted on trying to increase his quality life with material values while also keeping their previous affair a secret from Chris. He fails to maintain his relationships with people not because he’s antisocial, but because he resents society, and doesn’t…
more than one personality. They ended up getting married which was a true story from Chris’ life. However, in the movie they did not put in that they did not tell anyone about her disorder because her new husband Don and their children would have to move because the neighbors would not wanting her to live by them because she is “crazy.”…
The novel opens with the sisters Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen chatting about marriage one morning at their father’s house in Beldover. Gudrun has recently returned home from art school in London. The two later decide to drop by a local wedding, where they first see Gerald Crich and Rupert Birkin, the two men with whom they will develop affairs that drive the action of the novel. Birkin is a school inspector with extremely unconventional attitudes about life, and Gerald is the heir to the local mining operation that is the central industry of Beldover. Birkin and Gerald hate each other passionately at the beginning of the novel, but after a chance encounter on the way to London they begin to become friends.…