Pencey’s ad says that they have been “Molding boys into splendid, clear-thinking young men” (2). But Holden’s response to this boast is that, “They don’t do any damn more molding at Pencey than they do at any other school” (2). As the readers can see quite clearly, Holden is very cynical about people already. The school is actually probably full of nice people and well-rounded individuals, but Holden just makes them out to be phonies because that’s what Holden is himself. Holden’s cynicism is actually well-founded at times.
However, such adversities do not deter me, as they do not deter Brian from his strict values. Brian is shown to occupy numerous statuses throughout The Breakfast Club. The most blatant of such statuses is that of a nerd, due to his love academics (he is a part of many academic clubs). Another status of Brian’s is that of an outcast from “popular society”. Being a nerd in his school is to be labeled “a nobody”, at least outside of his academic scene.
He did not waste his opportunities and proved to be an excellent scholar, particularly in mathematics and the classics. He is noted as being a determined, meticulous hard worker and, although bullied in his younger years due his lack of sporting ability, grew into a very secure, self-assured young man graduating with first class degree honours (Harris, 1977). Following in his family’s footsteps, William progressed from schooling to study law but did not feel inspired by a profession “he saw as having nothing to do with any real problems of difficulties” (Low, d.u/k). In 1906, with much protestation from his loved ones, he chose to work within the progressively thinking “settlement movement” as a sub-warden at Toynbee Hall, situated in the poverty stricken region of east London (Harris, 1977). His role there was the equivalent of a modern day social worker and it was during this time that he used his skills to research, understand and campaign tirelessly for free school meals, pensions and unemployment
In the movie Rudy, Rudy wants nothing more then a chance to be in the football game to make his parents proud. It’s his senior year when he finally gets a chance to play. Even though it wasn’t that long he is ecstatic because he overcame years of just practicing and finally made his parents proud. Not only were his parents happy for him but his teammates were ecstatic. The underdog is someone who makes everyone stronger, by proving that hard work does pay off.
Molly Pals University Seminar 11/27/10 The Perks of Being a Wallflower Bibliography- Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. 1999. Main Characters: Charlie- Genius, something from his past is affecting his life but he cannot remember what it is, reads a lot of books that are given to him by his English teacher Sam- Charlie’s crush, Brings Charlie in as a friend but also introduces him to the party scene Patrick- Sam’s stepbrother, gay, has a secret relationship with the star QB of the school Older Sister- Typical high school teenager, thinks she is in love, hit by her boyfriend, gets pregnant but has an abortion Big Brother- In College, football player, comes home twice during the school year Aunt Helen- Sexually abused Charlie when he was a young boy, died a few years before the book’s current setting Teacher- Gives Charlie extra books and assignments because he is smarter than everyone else Anonymous friend- receiver of Charlie’s thought provoking letters Summary: Unlike the other books I have read so far for this class, this has a lot of small issues that would take pages to write about. The other books just had a couple of large issues that were easy to talk about.
No. Junior has hope, Mr. P told Junior that he is the smartest kid in school, and he encouraged Junior to leave Rez otherwise he would give up his future. Mr. P pointed out a bright way to Junior, and Junior took the advice bravely. The other thing that stuck out to me is racism. After Junior transferred to Reardan - a school with a lot rich white kids, every his new classmate seems a racist, they made fun of him just like in reservation.
Rivalry between friends is not entirely uncommon, especially between teenagers. In the novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, the rivalry between the main character Gene and his best friend Phineas is a common motif. The rivalry between Gene and his best friend Phineas drives Gene to attempt to better himself as a person, but also leads to the destruction of their friendship. As the rivalry between the two friends deepens, Gene makes several attempts at bettering himself in order to match Phineas. Gene begins to work harder in school so that his academics are able to match Phineas’s athletic ability.
He was also still very smart the only issue was how hard he wanted to try; his true dedication found in cross country. It’s hard to say whether Alec’s physical appearance has changed at all since elementary school other than growing into his abnormally large head (well now normal). His disposition never seemed to change and he never ceased to make you laugh no matter what mood he was in. The one thing you couldn’t take away from him was the fact that Alec was his own person and if he made up his mind it was probably going to happen. This story pinpoints Alec in one of his finest moments.
Expecting a chastisement for not following the norms, Baker was in complete disbelief when Mr.Fleagle singled out his essay to be read to the entire class. He describes the satisfaction of having his words capture the audience. The author’s last point was that Mr. Fleagle counted amongst the finest teachers in school and that he had opened a door to a career possibility. I have made a comparable discovery of the joy of doing something for myself; however, it was not about my writing but about sports. From a young age, my parents decided that my brother and I should be involved in some kind of sport.
An example of this would be, “ I usually Lone it anyway”. Which shows his feelings on how he doesn’t care. Also when the reader imagines Ponyboy you get a lower class hoodlum image but when you read on Ponyboy doesn’t fit the Hoodlum stereotype as you find he is very intelligent as he has a high IQ and makes good grades but doesn’t like to show it as his older brother Darry expects a high grades from him. In addition Ponyboy admires his brother Sodapop as he