Character Analysis Ponyboy Curtis Ponyboy Curtis is a 14-year-old boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother‚ Darry‚ who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother‚ Sodapop‚ who is 16. Darry characterizes Ponyboy as lacking common sense. Pony agrees with this assessment. He readily admits that he is smart at school‚ but sometimes
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Pranav Chandrasekaran Mr. Paul Dyer English 3rd September‚ 2014 CHARACTER ANALYSIS: PAPPACHI Pappachi is the original patriarch of the Ipe Family. His real name was Shri Benaan John Ipe. Pappachi had lived during the British occupation of India and had worked as the Imperial Entomologist. In British India‚ Britishers formed the dominating class and ruled over the Indians. In such an environment‚ Pappachi had begun to consider Britishers
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Not acting like yourself just to be accepted by others can truly be problematic and will eventually catch up to you. In the movie crash Cameron Thayer is an African American television producer. He manipulates himself into acting how he feels an African American should act in order to survive in this corrupt American society. The society in which he lives has molded his mind to place his reputation over his dignity. This way of living had him drying up like a raisin. He was depriving himself of his
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Ophelia: Character analysis Ophelia‚ a young beautiful woman‚ is known to be the young daughter of Polonius‚ sister to Laertes‚ and Love interest to Hamlet. In the play‚ Ophelia is stuck between her obedience to her father and her love for Hamlet‚ which seems to possess some tragic consequences. Ophelia is the archetypal obedient daughter‚ a role required to be played by all young women in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. When her father orders her to
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Table 27 Police Officer as Sociologist # Title Role of Police Officer 1 Cultural translator Police officer attempts to lessen misperceptions between parties and to build trust between them. 2 Peace publicist Police officer attempts to redirect resources to improve social life in a more efficient manner. 3 Assessor of novel ideas Police officer points out the pleasures gained by misconduct so that a better understanding of why people engage in conflict may be realized. 4 Defender of the language Police
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Continuing with this topic of fictional characters brings us to the most charismatic character of the film‚ Joe “Lightning” Little. Again there is no real life “Lightning”‚ but his character is based on Wendell Pruitt . Pruitt was known for his incredible flying abilities‚ and his propensity to take risks other pilots would never make. “Pruitt seemingly was cut out for flying. He took chances that the boldest and most experienced pilot dared not to take. Even professional acrobatic pilots were cautious
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the soft‚ nasal rasp‚ his chest rising and falling with each inhale and exhale of air. Trapped in the REM cycle of sleep‚ he dreamed of the life he would share with Booker‚ the life he knew was his destiny. He felt safe knowing the dark-haired officer was by his side‚ safer than he’d ever felt since becoming an adult‚ and it wasn’t because Dennis was an outstanding cop. It was the intensity of his lover’s devotion that cocooned him‚ the love lavished upon him wrapping him in a protective shroud
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teaches only one of the girls a game she plays and now the girl‚ Windy‚ is part of “the breath sisters” a dangerous game‚ which can ruin a person. I am planning on predicting the future of Elena and Windy’s relationship and evaluating Nina as a character. In this journal‚ I will be predicting that Elena and Windy will become distanced from each other and terminate their friendship now that Nina is in their lives. To begin‚ Windy already likes Nina’s presence in her life more than she does Elena’s
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Character Analysis: the narrator (Raymond Carver‚ “Cathedral”) The narrator in Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral‚” is portrayed as someone who lacks insight and awareness of the things around him. He is paralyzed‚ stuck in a destructive way of living. The narrator does not realize the limitations he has placed on himself that prevent him from seeing things greater than life. Carver exposes the narrator’s true personality using a first-person narrative. It isn’t hard to tell that the narrator is jealous
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Wilson 1 Comp & Lit 19 February 2013 Character Analysis Essay The actions a person makes demonstrates the characteristics that develop and change during their life. A person’s characteristics defines a person and it shapes that person. Mariam began her life as a young‚ hardworking‚ independent‚ quiet‚ thoughtful child from Afghanistan that was brought up in a small shack outside of the city of Herat with her mother Nana. She is also a strong girl that
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