have a lot of views or not. Walter White from breaking bad represents a man that takes care of his family and is a chemistry teacher. When he discovers that he has stage 3 cancer he wants to provide for his family so they wont struggle when he is not around. He begins to experiment with drugs and sells them to other dealers. The effort that he makes to take care of his family makes him a likable protagonist. For that reason I disagree with Havrilesky’s claim that Walter White is unlikeable. The redemptive
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Walter Hartwell White (also known by his clandestine alias Heisenberg) is the main protagonist in AMC’s American television drama series Breaking Bad. The character‚ who possesses qualities of an anti-hero‚ antagonist‚ and tragic hero‚ was created by series creator Vince Gilligan and is portrayed by Bryan Cranston. A graduate of the California Institute of Technology‚ Walt was once a promising chemist who was one of the founders of the multi-billion dollar company Gray Matter Technologies. He abruptly
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Thelma and Louise are two friends who decide to take a weekend trip into the mountains. However all does not go according to plan when in a diner parking-lot Louise shoots a man who attempts to rape Thelma. From here Thelma and Louise go on the run - robbing a bank and blowing up a gas tanker on the way. ’Thelma and Louise’ is essentially a road movie‚ which embodies the spirit of the crime‚ thriller and buddy movie as well. As the film progresses the pair become closer‚ revealing more to each other
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The Unique Contribution of Walter Lee Younger Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” dramatizes the struggles of an African-American family encompassed about in abject poverty. Preceding the civil rights movement. Before the likes of Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X. This family‚ The Younger’s have to deal with the inheritance left by the patriarch of the Younger family. The members of the family all have their own ideas of how to properly manage the money‚ however none of them have ever handled
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of Walter Lee Younger Walter Lee wanted to give his family the world. He believed that he and his family deserved more than what they had. As the man of the house‚ Walter fights against the demons of poverty and racial/social injustice that plagued his father and now seem to have a tight grip upon him. His attitude is negative and deceptive through most of the play‚ due to discontentment within. Walter hated being a poor black man‚ from a little apartment in the ghetto. Walter believed
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Walter Character Analysis Walter Character Analysis Depression is ongoing feelings of hopelessness‚ sadness‚ unhappiness‚ and causes a bleak outlook on life. When someone is suffering from depression they cannot be at the top of their game. A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959‚ which was the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway. The story is based upon the family getting an insurance check; from Walter senior’s death
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this type of character in Walter Younger. Walter Younger‚ a man striving to push his family into the middle class‚ whether the attempt is risky or downright controversial. Some characters will make questionable decisions‚ and these decisions could lead to fortune‚ or failure. In a segregated 1950s Chicago‚ a small African-American family lives in a small 3 room apartment in a crowded apartment building. Award-winning A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ features Walter as a leader-to-be in this
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America the Not so Beautiful “They break through the smoke-screen for blood” (Erdrich 5). While Louise Erdrich was referencing mosquitoes in this line of her poem‚ she may have been alluding to much more. It is possible that she was‚ in fact‚ alluding to the mistreatment of Native Americans by the white people. In Erdrich’s poem‚ “Dear John Wayne‚” she argues that American culture was not made to accommodate people of other ethnicities‚ but specifically‚ Native Americans. By using the Cowboys and
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Stephanie Epperson Professor Roldan ENC1102 9/19/14 Louise Erdich ’s compelling short story "The Red Convertible" depicts the relationship between two Native American brothers and a red convertible. The story begins with the narrator (Lyman‚ the younger of the two brothers) telling the tale of a carefree summer in which the brothers purchase an old convertible and traveled‚ followed by many more encounters the brothers share. Symbolism is used very heavily on this story‚ and as suggested by the
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XXXXX (Ted) XXXXX HUM164 (Kathy Brinez) 925459694 Module 1 written assignment‚ chapters 16-18 Elizabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun was a French artist born in Paris‚ France on April 16‚ 1755. She is considered to be one of 300 women that changed the world and one of the most successful woman artists of her time for her work which was predominately portraits of women. Madame Le Brun was born to a portraitist and fan painting father and a hairstylist mother. Her father served as her first teacher
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