Character Sketch Cathy Ames East of Eden Cathy Ames was a very interesting character in the book, East of Eden. She was the antagonist in the book. In my opinion Cathy was a very deceiving person. Also, she manipulated many characters from the beginning to the end of the book. She killed her parents because they were to worried about her life, and set up the scene where they were killed to lead to believe that Cathy was murdered.
In the shadow of her mother’s fame and success, Christina grew up in an unpredictable family environment. She would have to act presentable in public and especially to guests so she wouldn’t ruin her mother’s reputation and image. She became a victim of fame and fortune itself except it was not by being spoiled, but instead she was a victim of her mother’s unpredictable levels of sanity. At first it seems as if Christina's mom would end up spoiling her new child Christina, but it eventually turns into her mom trying much too hard to teach her discipline, often times going a little bit too far. Fame and fortune does not always take its toll on children through spoiling them, but Christina’s story shows that it can definitely take a toll on a family.
In the story you almost feel bad for her because her parents really do not take her side, but then find out she is a huge drama queen. She tries to get you to be on her side by making you feel sorry for her when in fact she is a jealous person towards everyone. She is really jealous of her sister and judges her sister for all of her mistakes.” The passage above supports my thesis due to the fact that Laura Lukes believes that due to Sisters selfishness she is unable to connect with you her family. Instead of Sister embracing her sister’s homecoming she tries to cause trouble. “And I said to Stella-Rondo, ‘I think I would do well not to criticize so freely if I were you and came home with a two-year-old child I had never said a word about, and no explanation whatever about my separation.’” The way
A very popular reason is post-partum depression. Another reason is sympathy. The final reason, that moms kill their own children is pure selfishness. Three of the most famous mother killers to discuss are Andrea Yates, Susan Smith and, Casey Anthony. Andrea Yates, mother of five boys killed each of her sons one by one by drowning them in the tub.
Eddie Carbone and his wife Beatrice have brought up Eddie’ s niece Catherine like their own daughter. Eddie is a kind but strict guardian. He loves his niece but wants to be in control. In the first scene, he tells her that her new clothes are too sexy, then that she can’t take the job she wants. He tells her that she is acting in a way he doesn't approve of, he says that she is ‘walkin’ wavy’ and that this is making men notice her and ‘their heads are turning like windmills’.
The main character in the film, Babydoll, has been institutionalised by her abusive stepfather shortly after the death of her mother. In the opening scene, which shortly I will begin to analyse in full detail, we see Babydoll accidently shoot and, presumably murder, her younger sister, by misfiring a gun aimed at her stepfather whist trying to protect her. Horrified at what she has done, she flees, meanwhile her stepfather has rang the police and falsely claimed that Babydoll has murdered her sister in some form of crazed state, - resulting in her institutionalisation and the stepfathers probable inheritance of the contents of his deceased wife’s will, which she had previously left everything to her two daughters. The opening scene begins with the opening credits merging from the point of view of an audience in a theatre. You can clearly see a stage and the curtains rise to reveal the protagonist of the film, ‘Baby Doll’ sat in what appears to be her bedroom, facing away from the audience with her back to the camera.
In “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” the grandmother is the main character. She is a snobby old woman who only has faith is these words, “I’m a lady” (pg. 507). In her last moments of breath, she tries to plead with her murderer, the Misfit, by adding prayer and Jesus into the picture when she knows that Jesus and prayer are not the faith she is using to save her life when she says to the Misfit,
To gain their support, the grandmother had mentioned the existence of “secret panels” in the house. While driving on the road which was full of dust and hilly, the cat that the grandmother had brought with her in secret jumped out of a basket onto the shoulder of Bailey, her son. He lost control of the car causing it to turn over. They were waiting on the road for someone to drive by but unfortunately help would arrive in the shape of the escaped criminals. It was the end of their journey.
This vindictive hatred from Abigail soon prompts a witch hunt involving many innocent people: “Twelve have already hanged for the same crime.” While many panics, John Procter knows this from the start ; “this is a whore’s vengeance”. He tersely identifies the main cause for the witch trials to be directly linked with a spurned lover, who has become disemployed by Procter after having a brief extra-marital affair with her. Still overwhelmed with lustful feelings for John Procter, Abigail decides to manipulate the situation by accusing innocent people of witchcraft, to achieve her own revengeful goal. Abigail is not the only one who takes advantage of the witch trials, to accomplish their revenge. Thomas and Ann Putnam, as a resentful and greedy couple, will take it out on anyone who has caused them trouble.
After a trip down a dirt road, the grandmother suddenly realizes the old plantation isn’t in Georgia, but in Tennessee. Too embarrassed to admit her mistake, she causes her cat (which she secretly concealed into the car in the beginning of the story) to jump on her son (Bailey), which then causes the car to crash into a ditch. An escaped convict, called