No one really cared about him, so he built up walls with drinking and now Katniss and Peeta break them down and help him. On the train ride over to the capitol he is drunk when he should be giving advice to his tributes on how to stay alive in the games. Once he realizes they had a fighting chance this year and were not automatically written off as usual, he managed to focus on helping them instead of drinking. This helps Haymitch by giving him something to focus on as well as focusing on people who care for him. In the film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire his drinking is not as prevalent because he now has Katniss and Peeta who care enough about him to try and help him stay sober.
His lack of knowledge allows him to do things he thought it would be ‘cool’ and to be accepted in the group because his ‘friends’ told him to, a clear representation of peer pressure. By having him being clueless and unaware of what was going on, this enchants his vulnerability to Peer Pressure. His parents whom Derek was very fond of disapproved Chris very much, but Derek chose to ignore the fact and kept going with Chris, dominating his life. Chris would make Derek do things he didn’t want to, such as drinking, smoking and sneaking out at night, only to do things that he
'The Story of Tom Brennan' follows the lives of the Brennan family after the events of a fatal car accident, which shows how Tom the protagonist struggles to cope with his past. Similarly the song 'Father and Son' is a representation of an escape, as a man seeking to flee a life he finds suffocating, and the film 'Dead Poets Society' also explores two protagonists faced by challenges of moving into the world and dealing with issues of fear, growing up and following their dreams. All these texts reflect the experiences, ideas, knowledge and beliefs that are evident in society,and reflected throughout these texts. J.C Burke emphases many themes through out 'The Story of Tom Brennan' such as fear, relationships and growing up. These thematic concerns are echoed in the related texts therefore linking the texts and reflecting how texts may represent society.
The Pigman: Chapter 9-11 1) I don't think John and Lorraine are falling in love but have feelings for each other and don't want to admit it. 2) Norton is curious about Mr.Pignati because john and Lorraine go over to his house everyday after school. Johns reaction to Norton's questions is calm and not worried. He probably acts this way because if he shows any other emotions he will know something is going on. 3) Mr.Conlan's feelings toward John's drinking and smoking habits were disappointment.
Keller knew how Paul’s music would sound like and crushed Paul’s smugness about his ability, which was less accomplished than he believed. Paul thought of it as an insult and a waste of his time, as reflected by his strong opinion expressed with frustration to his father after the first lesson that, “He practically broke my arm… He’s a sadist,” when he complained to his parents. Knowing that Paul was an arrogant teenager who had been praised too much, Keller tried to teach him more than just the mastery of the piano, but how his attitude should be. Although Paul did not receive Keller’s message, later on he realized how much Keller had taught
Rafa also seems to be someone who would rather get out of the way then to stick up for Yunior to Papi. There is not much to be known about Madai other than she is younger than Yunior and thought by him as cute. Papi being authoritative due to his dismissal of Mami and again when he pulls Yunior up by the ear when he finds out the boy at dinner. We learn that Yunior gets carsick and Papi does not allow him to eat before long car trips because he has thrown up in the car before and Papi will not have another incident like that again. This is also where the rising action takes place.
“Candy looked a long time at Slim to find some reversal. And Slim gave him none”. This makes the reader feel bad for candy by showing the reader that he really didn’t want his dog to be shot and wanted someone to he him but instead he was left alone. On page 75 Steinbeck keeps referring back to the awkward silence that leaves the room. “The silence came into the room.
In the beginning of the story he is somewhat immature in the ways he views life. He is a daydreamer, which is shown numerous times in his talk of the three young girls. He is selfish when he quits his job with no regard to how it will affect his parents who may have to support him now or Lengel who has had to take over his job as cashier. Sammy show a sympathetic side by getting upset when Queenie becomes embarrassed, he also shows devotion by sticking to his decisions even after he realizes they were not wrong. By the end of this story Sammy shows how his characteristics have changed from that of a young man with no worries to that of a man by realizing how hard life would be on him and everyone who loves
He is very shy with the others and at first he doesn’t want all the others to know his nick name they used to call him at school. But because he has told Ralph he’s relying on Ralph to keep the secret from the others ‘so long as you don’t tell the others’. Piggy doesn’t come across as being intelligent but he is the only one on the island that talks sense ‘nobody don’t know were here’ he doesn’t talk in proper sentences that’s why all the boys in the camp do not thing he is intelligent but he is the only one that is talking sense and knows what is going on. Piggy is also rational and has an understanding about life. He constantly warns the boys about their behaviour and foolish ways.
Like the devastating reality that Gatsby is unable to fit into daisy’s class, he is also hit with short coming of his new life due to lack of meaning. Gatsby as a little boy dreamed of making his life into something admirable. Mr.Gatz shows nick that Gatsby kept a book stating these things: “read one improving book or magazine per week.”(Fitzgerald, pg. 173) Gatz says, jimmy was bound to get ahead.”(Fitzgerald, pg.173). However in Gatsby’s adult reality he becomes a criminal to make his fortune, in hopes to win Daisy's affection.