when he meets Alex Forrest‚ an editor for a publishing company he does legal work for‚ at a Japanese business event. While his wife‚ Beth‚ and daughter‚ Ellen‚ are out of town for the weekend visiting family and looking at a potential house‚ Dan has an affair with Alex. Although he believed it was understood to be a simple one-time occurrence‚ she becomes emotionally and physically dependent for him. Once Dan explains that he must go home and their weekend affair should be forgotten‚ Alex cuts her wrists
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Alex Standall in Thirteen Reasons Why Throughout Jay Asher’s novel Thirteen Reasons Why‚ he has demonstrated to the reader how one’s inability to make rational decisions can lead to another individual’s suicide. Over the course of the novel‚ the reader follows the events in the life of the protagonist‚ Hannah Baker that have led to her tragic suicide. One can argue that secondary character‚ Alex Standall plays a significant role in the story‚ and in Hannah Baker’s suicide‚ as none of the
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Responsibility | Pre-‐Module Mathias Haas 1402010 1. How would you describe Alex’s dominant leadership style (according to “Leadership Run Amok”)? Would like working with Alex? Why or why not? Alex leadership style could be described as both‚ directive and pacesetting. Directive‚ as Alex likes to handle projects only in his own way‚ telling people what to do and when to do it‚ even if he has to “steamroll over someone’s feelings”. He describes his own style at work “pushy and
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6 Diary Entries Alex is fourteen years old when he learns that his Uncle has died in a car accident. He finds this odd as he knows his Uncle to be a predictable character who is generally very careful. Alex’s Uncle is a banker and he therefore feels very suspicious of his death. As he is the only living relative‚ he cannot talk to any other family about the way he is feeling. As Alex is unable to talk to anyone about the way he is feeling‚ he needs to find out further information for himself
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was a time when someone named Alex was considered my friend until he showed the contrary. What made me realize Alex was not a true friend happened during my teenage years in a neighborhood where growing up was a very dangerous environment. On a beautiful summer night Alex and I were drinking a few beers sitting on top of his car listening to music. Alex had to use the washroom but chose to use a nearby bush to pee that is when a van pulled up right next to the car as Alex watched from a distance. The
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power as an individual. Any efforts to control or influence this choice between good and evil will in turn govern man’s free will and enslave him. In the novel A Clockwork Orange‚ the author uses symbolism through imagery‚ the characterization of Alex‚ and the first person narrative point of view to prove that without the ability to choose between good and evil‚ Man becomes powerless as an individual. The symbolism through imagery proves how Alex’s ability to choose between good and evil is his
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individualism. The freedom of individuals must be limited in order to achieve stability and order within society. The antagonist of A Clockwork Orange is fifteen year-old Alex‚ a vicious boy with constant violent impulses. Alex rapes‚ steals‚ and murders because it simply feels good. This violent way of life makes him feel astoundingly alive. Alex enjoys being evil and takes pleasure in seeing blood flow‚ describing it as "beautiful" and "lovely." His individuality and power gives him freedom‚ but only at
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Ginger refused and was horrified when Alex began to consider and even support the idea. A few weeks later Ginger fell ill‚ leaving Alex to work alone. Over the next couple weeks Ginger says that Alex began working later and Ginger learned that she had taken Lydia’s advice and started prostituting. Ginger noticed their relationship rapidly deteriorating‚ stating that she felt Alex slipping away and began desperately trying to cling to Alex. One night when Alex came home late Ginger learned that she
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small house on the edge of town‚ Katie becomes friends with her neighbor‚ Jo and meets handsome Alex Wheatley‚the manager of a local convenience store‚ and his two children‚ Lexie and Josh. Alex’s wife tragically died of cancer a few years prior. Alex immediately takes a liking to Katie‚ doing small helpful things‚ such as leaving an old bike at her house. They go on a ’family’ trip to the beach‚ and Alex asks her to go canoeing with him‚ after which‚ they fall in love. Lexie immediately accepts Katie
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They fail to conform to social norms‚ are deceitful and aggressive‚ and seek to destroy with little remorse. Sex‚ cruelty‚ and dominance define parts of antisocial personality behavior‚ and also perfectly define the odd‚ near-antithesis of a hero‚ Alex‚ in A Clockwork Orange who exists as the "beloved" psychopath in this story. He religiously ventures out on nightly rampages with his band of "droogs" after consuming some type of spiked beverage‚ tearing down what society has morally built and ripping
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