The Eye of the Sheep, written by Sophie Laguna is a strong example of how memorable texts can both disturb the reader as well as instil hope. The novel follows the story of the narrator Jimmy Flick, a young, unusual boy and his family. Laguna’s writing style and use of language throughout the text enables the reader to feel the pain and distress in Jimmy’s family without ever losing hope that things will work out. One of the ways in which she does this is through the use of Jimmy’s voice, as it allows the reader to feel the positive energy bubbling inside of Jimmy, while still witnessing the problems that Jimmy’s family have to deal with, such as his father’s drinking habits. Another way is the manner in which the characters are constructed. All the members of Jimmy’s family have multiple facets to them. They are all complex characters that have both light and darkness within them. Through these cleverly constructed characters, Laguna how even good people can do disturbing things. While reading the Eye of the Sheep, there have been multiple different perspectives that have enriched my own interpretation of this text, that again show different facets to the story. Throughout the novel, Jimmy’s voice is a constant source of insight for the reader. He has a light-hearted yet astute way of looking at things. His unique and memorable viewpoint on the situations he finds himself in can at times horrify the reader, yet at other times can instil hope. Jimmy has a way of imprinting
Silence of the Lambs focuses on two main characters with problematic mental disorders: Hannibal Lector and “Buffalo Bill.” Both of these characters appear to have anti-social personality disorder (ASPD). Based on diagnostic criteria from the DSM 5, significant impairments must be present in personality functioning as well as interpersonal functioning. This can be present in either identity or self-direction. These ideas of self-functioning are focused on personal gratification from goals and self-esteem, and result from personal gain, power, or pleasure. This characteristic is present in both characters, as they feel a sense of pleasure and gain from killing their victims. Hannibal Lector would eat body parts of his victims, and Buffalo Bill would collect the skin of his victims. This also demonstrates the characters failing to conform to lawful, ethical behavior. Next, interpersonal functioning impairments are present in empathy or intimacy. Empathy is the lack of feelings or remorse for others, which is vividly seen in Hannibal Lector’s scenes throughout the movie. For example, after Lector has killed the police officers in his cell, he stands around, swaying as music plays, content with what he has just done, instead of feeling bad or guilty about the murders. In Buffalo Bill’s home, the senator’s daughter is seen trapped a well-like structure, screaming for help. Meanwhile, Buffalo Bill acts oblivious to her suffering and is not affected or remorseful about it. The DSM 5 also describes those affected by antisocial personality disorder as having pathological personality traits in antagonism and disinhibition. While antagonism has several defining characteristics, callousness and hostility are present throughout the movie, as well as disinhibition characterized by risk-taking behaviors. The other evident qualifications include these expressions not understood as being normative, not due to the effects of substance or medications, and the characters being over eighteen years old.
The short stories, “Turned”, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Good Corn”, by H.E Bates provide strong examples of how the representation of characters influence’s the reader’s perception of a text. Both stories depict similar characters: a middle-aged, childless wife, her husband and an 18-year old girl who works for them. They are both about a similar situation: man cheats on wife with girl and girl falls pregnant. However, the author’s of the text are from very different backgrounds and this is reflected in their stories. Although there are many similarities between “The Good Corn” and “Turned”, the values reflected in these stories, their resolutions and the reader’s perception of them are vastly different due to the contexts of
As Ricky Baker thrives to build his relationship with his new uncle, Hector, he is also running away from his consequences. The film,“The Hunt for the Wilderpeople”, begins with the delivery of Ricky Baker, an orphan, to his adoptive family. As the story progresses, his aunt, Bella, passes away, which begins his journey to disappear from society. Hec, Ricky’s uncle, receives a letter regarding Ricky’s confinement in juvenile. As Hec started to vocalize, Ricky refuses to go to juvenile due to his desire to disappear. Through Ricky’s determination, loyalty, and his adventures, these traits allow him to gain life lessons during his journey to run away from his consequences.
Both men, McMurphy and Luke were turned into examples, much like Jesus Christ and left behind a legacy. Luke at the prison was cool without a doubt, motivating all the prisoners to follow his lead which attracted attention of the authority who believed that Luke had to be dealt with since he was getting out of line and also taking the other prisoners with him 'Thats my darling luke, grins like a baby bites like a gator' we see here in this qoute that dragline was one of many whose heart Luke won, dragline calls him 'darling' which shows how much luke is loved by his fellow prisoners and what a huge impact he has had on their personality. When McMurphy started popping the bubbles of the 'rabbits', making them realize that they had been ripped
In the beginning of the novel, Cole behaves cruelly when he becomes emotional. For example, Cole beats up Peter after Peter has told on Cole for breaking into a store. Another time, Cole hated the stare he was getting, he spit into the wind, were the wind would catch the saliva and carry it back to Edwin. The only reason to why Cole spit cause he hated the stare he was getting and he wanted the saliva to hit Edwin. Whenever, Cole was asked to eat the ingredient separately, he told Gravey it won’t taste good, but you mixed the food together it tastes good. Cole got really mad that he made the food going flying cause how he acted, once he is angry. Cole becomes very angry and he ends up acting very harsh.
In Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, an individual’s capacity for self-sacrifice is affected by compelling circumstances. The novel follows the experiences of Chief Bromden and his fellow patients within a psychiatric hospital ruled by an authoritarian Nurse Ratched, who imposes strict rules within the facility in order to maintain stability. The novel is centred on Randle McMurphy’s and Nurse Ratched’s rivalry caused by their polar opposite views on how the institute should be run. McMurphy, a boisterous patient, believes that his fellow patients should have more freedom, on the other hand Nurse Ratched believes in the institution being run like a dictatorship where discipline is the important aspect for stability.
“Heavenly Hillsboro,” a religious and quiet country town, lays on the outskirts of modern society and excitement (Lawrence and Lee 15). It is isolated by the close-minded ideas of Matthew Harrison Brady and the people that idolize him. In Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee’s Inherit the Wind, many characters have the personality of a follower, but Bert Cates and Henry Drummond stand out as people who are not afraid to fight for their beliefs.
The cardiovascular system, composed of the heart and blood vessels, is the vehicle through which oxygenation and nutrient-rich blood is transported throughout the body and metabolic waste is carried to the excretory organs. There are several age-related changes in the system, but these have little or no effect on the lives of the healthy older adults. However, by the time one is in later life, the choices made earlier in life, e.g., smoking (although Mrs. Watts was not seen smoking, she was exposed to the second-hand smoke from her daughter-in-law’s smoking. The effects of second-hand smoke coupled with the expected changes that come with aging could result in the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Both the prevalence and incidence of
In the novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, a group of young boys get trapped on an unknown island due to a plane crash. While reading this novel one might come to realize “people were never quite what you thought they were,” (Golding 54). For example, Simon seems like any other preteen British kid. Jack also appears to be a regular kid. Piggy, too, is at first characterized as a total weakness. In the article “The Stanford Prison Experiment”, prisoners and guards also think they are kind and good, but soon realize they’re the complete opposite.
Questions- Also after the story was read I asked Jimmy 6 different questions. 4 of the questions were explicit and 2 of the questions were implicit. The explicit questions mean that the story is directly in the reading, and implicit means that the answer is inferred from the story. Both are
A lot of the characters are portrayed as basically good, for the most part. Like Ralph, Simon, Piggy, and Samneric.They were good most if not all of the time. However some characters were written as basically evil, according to Golding’s idea of evil. Those characters being Jack and Roger. Even though a good portion of the characters represented good Golding still thought that men were naturally evil. While most of the characters are good most of the time there is still a point when they are all evil.
Furthermore Slaughter thought she was going to stay at her job for as long as she had the opportunity to because it was what she loved to do, until she realized the desire she had to be with her family. “My desire to be with family and my conclusion that juggling high-level government work with the needs of two teenage boys was not possible.” (Slaughter 678). Slaughter mentions “I became aware that I didn’t only just need to go back home but that I truthfully wanted to go back home. I wanted to be able to enjoy and spend time with my kids the last couple years that they might be living here. (686) If you take the time out to prioritize what comes before what then I don’t necessarily think that you have to choose between: having a job that
Being mated to Ciaran Mallory is like nothing Lucy ever imagined. He’s wealthy, powerful, and demanding in bed—everything she never knew she wanted. But there’s one problem.
In George Orwell's Animal Farm the connection that speaks to me is my English sub Mrs. Jones to the character Snowball and my current sub Mr. McBride to Napoleon because when Mrs.jones began to teach essentially thought it be easy and we didn't like the way she teached so we wanted her gone.
Jimmy Santiago Baca, a writer whose use of figurative language evokes strong emotions in his readers, is also a man with a harsh background. I couldn’t see that when I first read his poems. He writes about love and love gone wrong. However, after watching his documentary and learning about his time in prison, his life as a child, and his struggle with emotional intelligence, it is very apparent that Baca is a symbol of hope for people like him. He advocates for fair treatment of prisoners and volunteers to teach convicts how to read and write. Jimmy Baca shares what saved him and gave him hope with those he can truly sympathize with. Mary Pipher, a psychologist and author of Writing to Change the World, would describe Baca as a change agent. Throughout her novel, she emphasizes the importance of empathy to connect, spreading hope to those you’re trying to reach, and respecting one’s audience.