Furthermore, he joined the military, working to show that he could excel at anything that he desired to. Gatsby also threw extravagant parties, believing that his fantasy could become reality, and the love of his life would reveal herself. Jay Gatsby is a great character because he is optimistic, believing that he can achieve his dreams by pursuing them. One of the first dreams that Gatsby wished to achieve was a switch from the lower to upper class. He had come from a family of “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people,” (Fitzgerald 99), and was determined to gain greater things.
The Blind Side Michael Oher is a seventeen year old guy that was basically all alone; he was just all by himself because his mother was a drug addict who left him and his other brothers when they were little. He was living with one of his family members but it didn’t seem enough so the family members he was living with decided to try to get Michael into Wingate Christian School. But it all worked out actually thanks to Coach Burt’s persuasiveness to let him in because he knew Michael could be a great part of the football program they had at school. Things were really odd and strange to Michael when he had his first day at Wingate Christian School because he hadn’t been at school for so long and because he didn’t knew what students and teachers were discussing
rom the first. Farming and land speculation had brought the family moderate prosperity. However, when George was eleven years old, his family was dealt a terrible setback. Augustine became mortally ill after surveying his lands during a long ride in bad weather—ironically, the same circumstances killed George almost seven decades later. His mother, Mary, a tough and driven woman, fought to hold home and hearth together.
She wrote Tiger Tiger as a memoir of her fourteen year relationship with Peter and everything that came with being “in love” with him. It is a shocking eye opener that takes readers on a journey through the eyes of what may seem as the wrong behavior yet, for Fragoso it was all she knew. Marguax’s up brining was in a poor neighborhood in Union City New Jersey. From the beginning, her parents never considered their family to be broken yet, it was. Her father Louie did the entire house work and provided for Marguax and her mother; while he complained that neither of them did anything or appreciated him at all.
“This is my personal favorite characteristic of him, and most likely the smartest decision he ever made in his life.” States my Aunt Jenny about the mobster deals that Da’dooch turns down. Da’dooch was always looked down as the non- experienced and feeble- minded brother in the eyes of his father. His father always wanted his sons to be great business men or baseball stars. My great Uncle Pete (Da’dooch’s brother) was a third round pick for the New York Yankees, there he played for five years. Da’dooch never became the extraordinary business man or baseball star that his father intended him to be.
Jeanette and Junior both come from families with an alcoholic father and a mother who was not involved much. Jeanette had a different relationship with her father than Junior, but both knew alcohol was a problem. Junior’s family was poor and surrounded by other poor dysfunctional Indian families. Jeanette’s family was also poor, but, by her parents’ choice. Her mother owned land worth one million dollars.
‘Lost Property’, a novel written by James Maloney, is about a seventeen year old boy named Josh who superficially has an easy, comfortable life; plays in a band, has an attractive girlfriend and is supported by a loving family. However, it is gradually revealed that this is a family that is only appearing to be holding itself together, but is breaking down to the absence of one of its members. Due to many factors in Josh’s present and past life, they have caused him-self to down spiral and left him feeling Melancholy. Josh’s brother Michael is a big factor of josh’s unhappiness as he left the family. Another reason is that josh doesn’t live up to his dad’s expectations.
Because I always tried impressing people, I never felt as if I fit in anywhere. Because of this I had seldom actual friends. I did have a best-friend though, and around second grade he caused my life to flip upside down. A combination of my best friend hurting me and me feeling that no one wanted me sent me spiraling into depression. And the kicker is that I was only seven.
She always got into fight and read with his father. She was also the narrator of the movie. Jem was a 12 year old son of Atticus, who thought his father didn’t do well at the beginning, but he considered his father was a hero at last. The Atticus’s family had a strange neighbor who named Boo Radley, he did not come out his house for 15 years, but he was a kind man and he did not want to hurt anybody. There was a black man, who was accused of raped a white woman, named Tom Robinson, but he
Mohandas Gandhi’s ways of life and beliefs had to begin with his own life. Gandhi was born October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India (Paston, 7-8). Gandhi wasn’t very social and did average in his schooling, but he was obedient. Although he wasn’t always a perfect child, Gandhi did try eating meat, smoking, and stealing, but afterwards regret fell over him. Gandhi’s father died while he was still in school and was married at the age of 13 making so Gandhi learned great responsibility early (Rosenburg, internet).