Both the men are fresh faced and just out of education. Raleigh even recognises Stanhope from school, which suggests that the young officer still fits the persona of a “schoolboy” and Sherriff uses Raleigh’s over-enthusiasm, desire to “fit in” and awkwardness to demonstrate this as they are all attributes of a typical English public schoolboy of the time. Tom is much like Raleigh in that he is young and naïve about what the war will actually be like. When Raleigh is introduced in “Journey’s End” he is at first not given a name or a title, Sherriff merely suggests his “boyish voice” in the stage directions. He is then described as a “well built, healthy-looking boy of about eighteen, with the very new uniform of a second lieutenant”.
“Ender knew the unspoken rules of manly warfare, even though he was only six…” (p.7). The quote showed that Ender is knowledgably boy who know the rules of manly warfare and also it describe the age of Ender. As the chapter going, I learned that the device that Ender have in the back of his neck is a device that allowed the authorities to view the world as he did, and from Ender's thoughts we learn that the monitor has made him an outsider. After Ender return to class, he face with Stilson with is a boy who usually bully Ender but Ender didn’t really care about Stilson because he isn’t like school very much. After school, he was being bullied by a group of bully which led by Stilson but he Ender know that he must be strong and faces the problem by a logical way.
The novel, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, is about a group of buddies known as greasers that stick together through a battle of social classes is told. This group is confronted with many dilemmas in a short period of time that threaten the bonds that they share. The main character, Ponyboy Curtis is top of his class at school, but almost bottom of the class socially. Being intelligent like he is doesn’t mean he doesn’t act like regular people at home, when he argues with his brother, but when he’s around the people he is everyone knows when to keep their trap shut.
Francesca Garcia Mrs. Welsh 6th Period 21 September 2012 The Weaknesses of Knowles’ Two Main Characters Just as the great Mark Twain said,” we all live in the protection of certain cowardice which we call our principles.” In A Separate Peace, young boys lives are recorded at Devon Prep School. Living in a protected environment has its perks, especially with a war going on. Yet the young men were weak; they were feeble in character, handicapped in the skills of handling a real world situation. Incapable of controlling their over the top emotions or scenarios that would make anyone drop to their knees and weep. Both of the main characters, Gene and Phineas, are equally weak, but only because of what they were exposed to or
Both Greene and Zafón uses the characterization of their characters to show the way male teenagers cope with losing their first love. Greene creates Pudge into an unpopular geek that is insecure about showing himself. Greene portrays Pudge as almost invincible because he thinks he can do anything for love. Once he attends the boarding school, new friends and people come into his life. Through the suffering those friends cause him, Pudge finds himself in a way.
The book depicted Chris McCandless as moody, sensitive, smart, hardworking, persuasive, determined, and very resourceful; these qualities are evident from very young age. The book also painted a picture of a young man at odds with his family and conflicted by the opportunities his upper middle-class status has afforded him. He was acutely aware of those who were less fortunate them himself, and he attempted to know that world and to encourage his peers to know that world. Though McCandless seemed to value the friendships and relationships he built after embarking on his journey, this was inconsistent with his ability to sever all ties with those with whom he had previous lifelong relationships. McCandless also struggled with his desire to go to and exist in the Alaska wilderness, and the reality that he might not
(Card 19) Even in the middle of the book when Ender is confiding in Bean, he states that he felt he could not lose any of the battles, for some reason which he did not reveal (Card 197). This drive is so embedded into Ender’s personality that even he can not understand it himself, or it is so personal he can not even reveal it to one of his closest companions while at the school. This gives Ender a passion that soon boosts the rest of his army, and they too come to realize that being good is not enough; they have to be superior. Although these are just three characteristics that explain why Ender is such a great leader, there are many more reasons listed in the
Lost control of himself and then he- sort of- came to- and cried.’ The hyphens show how Hardy is trailing off almost as if he himself does not believe what he is saying about their ‘courageous’ First In Command. Both of these protagonists could be considered heroes as they are looked up to by others. In ‘Journey’s End’, Stanhope is seen as a practically perfect person by Raleigh, who is unable to see how he has changed from the rugby playing school prefect he once knew, ‘…He’d just got his
Chris sticks up for Gordie and risks being beaten by the two older boys. The director uses Low angle shots of Chris trying to get the cap back off him, this makes him seem inferior and helpless in his efforts as the two older boy’s tower over him. This incident helps us understand the strength of the two boy’s friendship. The strength of the Chris and Gordie’s is especially noticeable when mid shots display two boys in convocation about life and the problems they are both facing. Gordie is faced with the neglect of his parents and feels like the “invisible boy at home” after the death of his older brother Dennie.
I could see that in my brother’s behaviors. He was always trying to come up with cool things to say and fun things to go and do. Devon even went as far to tell me that he thinks is one of the popular guys at school and he is stoked about that. I tried to talk to him about why it was so important and really the only answer he could come up with is, “that’s just the way to be cool and be someone.” I understand the need to be accepted, which is definitely what he explained, but it made me sad that that was his only way he thought he could be cool in high school. Basically everything that Devon did for the rest of the hour of observation had to do with friends.