Lastly, his EST family is depicted in this music video as his support system. Whether it was them pushing his broke down car, or sitting on the floor in a circle showing the equality within the EST family. MGK’s drive, ambition, and love for his daughter and EST family depicts the American dream as a struggle that for him, I feel he feels happy that his daughter will not have to struggle as he
His therapist, Dr. Patel, was a very good listener and is very calm. I think it is very hard to be a calm listener while the client is aggressive and angry but the therapist handled the situations very well. He was different from Robin William’s character because he didn’t share the similar experience as the client and tries to keep his life very private. The therapist in Silver Linings Playbook did a great job asking Pat why he does things that he does. For example, Pat gets very aggressive and his mood changes every time he hears his wedding song.
Furthermore, Ben is extremely brave; imagine trying to hide such a great and terrible secret from your loved ones for almost a year, imagine how much courage that would take. Lastly, Ben is a sympathetic person. When Dallas Suzuki, the object of Ben’s lust and admiration, and his girlfriend, tells Ben that she was molested by her uncle as a child, and that her “brother” is really her son, Ben does not reject her and is not disgusted by her, instead, he embraces Dallas for being able to trust him enough to
Another trait reflected in ET and Elliot’s friendship is loyalty. Once ET learns to speak English, he tells the kids that he needs to call home. ET built his communicator device but it only works way out in the forest, so they had to plan out an entire night and Elliot had to risk being caught by his mother just so ET would be able to go back home. This shows true loyalty because Elliot is putting a lot on the line for ET. Another example of the strong loyalty the kids have towards ET is when they sneak ET out of the hospital to get him back to his communicator.
When the story progresses Smitty’s life turns around, after the kiss Ginny give him. Closer to the end of the novel Smitty faces his fear, Russell his brother, and doesn’t die because of it. After that he is more confident and living person. The main character Smitty Tibbs is not like any other character. He is more closed in himself and doesn’t interact with other people.
The boy from “Araby” was alone, with this feeling that he could not make sense of because his faith tells him that they are a sin. Something similar happened with Nickles as Sebacher says, “That night, unable to sleep, Nickles drove his Nova out to her house. The house was completely dark and vacant-looking, but he knew she was there. He felt as though all the light had left the world, which was not an entirely unpleasant feeling, somehow. The loneliness of interstellar space, he said to himself-a line from Ulysses Robert [his best friend] often recited” (Sebacher 1).
Take Beryl for example, Carl never has enough confidence and motivation to stand up to her for the way she treats Harley. It is only towards the end of the book where he finally stands up for himself and also Harley. Justine played a big role in this, because as Carl started opening up to her, he became more and more confident and self-assured. Beryl never took responsibility for the kids. “If you just stayed with him, Kept an eye on him, loved him, he wouldn’t get into trouble.’ It’s because of Beryl Harley gets into strife.
In the story “ The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton each character feels acceptance from someone or something. Pony feels acceptance from Darry, Johnny and Bob feels acceptance from their parents, and Dallas feels acceptance from society. At the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy blames Darry for being too strict and always bothering him for not using his head. He recognizes the sacrifices that Darry has made to raise his two little brothers, but still thinks Darry just doesn't care for him at all. But in Chapter 5, when Soda and Darry come to the hospital, Ponyboy has a revelation.
Also, if the husband wasn’t using substances every night, he would realize that his underlying problems are not with Robert, but with himself. However, the couple always evades their issues. Robert is an innocent bystander in this story. He is not aware of the miscommunication that the couple is having. He is a catalyst that brings the couple’s problems to the surface.
Her relationship with Michael Andretti is initially difficult, but she is determined to be frank and honest with him, and a warm relationship develops between them. Suddenly Josie has another champion in her life. He rescues her from a difficult situation with Carly Bishop's father, Carly having been on the receiving end of a flying textbook thrown by Josie following a racist remark. Again, her father comforts Josie after a bitter argument with Jacob. He also provides her with a part-time job.