He is tempted by gang life, but at the same time, he seems to have a pure heart that stops him from falling too far. Manny’s dad describes him as too trustworthy, “Perico, or parrot, was what dad called me sometimes, Dad didn’t say it because he thought I was dumb but because I trusted everything to much,” Manny said. Manuel Hernandez is characterized to be a hardworking, helpful, caring, delicate, trustworthy, intelligent, and a loving boy. Manuel’s coming of age situation in which impacted him the most was when he decided to join a gang. “The whole disaster with Dorothy Giddens made me realize that I wasn’t anywhere close to being smooth with girls, not so much because I was ugly but because I was to chicken to ever say anything to a girl.” he said.
There is not much I can do, except stand there and watch. If I were to stand up to Sonny and his men and tell them to stop it and go easy, they would most likely gang up on me and beat me up. I would definitely get some form of a hard time. I would never join in on deliberately physically hurting someone. In this situation, I would have to think fast and you would not really have much of a choice what to do.
This situation is a very heavy weight for David to carry. Everywhere he is and everything he does after that moment is affected by his decision to give away his daughter. David never forgave himself for what he has done to his family. At one point he decided he should come clean about the entire lie but “he couldn't do this; he could hardly imagine anymore what his life would be like without the weight of his hidden knowledge” (Edwards 322). The secret has eaten him alive and he is never able to recover and forgive himself.
Just too scared to. Mr____ and Grady are getting ready to go out. None of them say where they goin, but don’t care all I care bout is finally hearing a word from my dearest Nettie. I can’t help but to feel anxious, thinking bout how Nettie is. Once they leave, we run to the trunk.
“I ran because I was a coward. I was afraid of Assef and what he would do to me. I was afraid of getting hurt” (78) Although Amir is very young, he hasn’t developed the sense of judgment between fight or flight. Amir witnessed the rape of Hassan, and it will haunt him for a very long time. 9.
Genetically, they told him he was predisposed because of his grandfather. Psychologically, the pain and rage that he held inside him, from his childhood ear infections, was begging to be heard, the alcohol and drugs masked the pain. Environmentally, James kept company with others that drank or did drugs. When someone tried to help him, he would turn away from him or her, often leaving the city, state, or even the country. James was very aware of how sick he was, but he did not feel worthy of being helped, because he felt he would only let someone down.
In the Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, Jack could never know that someone is going to fight with him on the day he married. The worst thing is that he didn’t bring his gun that he always take with him on that day. Moreover, he was unable to know that Scratchy just left without troubling him. These series of events can tell the world is always
Jim also displayed the image of father that would give up his own life for his boy when stayed with Tom after he got shot. The doctor saw it and was grateful for “a nigger that was a better nuss or faithfuller, and yet he was resking his freedom to do it” (289). Huck took on a father type roll when he decided he was going to educate Jim with stories about kings and such, but respected Jim when he just didn’t get about King Solomon, “So I went talking about other kings and let Solomon slide” (155). There can be no dispute about Huck pulling in and risking his life, as well hell, “to set a free nigger free” (292), just as a father would do for his son. What was different about the relationship of Huck and Jim is that it was not expected by society, but it was based on mutual respect and trust that earned.
Either she was too weak to figure out her situation, or a lifetime of having everything handed to her made her simply not want to. Tom and Daisy left the very next day. And through how a stressed Daisy ran over Tom's mistress, Myrtle, causing her husband, George Wilson, to shoot Gatsby out of grief and confusion, it caused his death too. It still wouldn't have mattered if he hadn't died-Daisy and Tom still would've left. His dream of reliving the past was all he really had.
It was very frustrating, I felt everyone was watching me all the time even though I knew that no one did. One of my friends who was an alcoholic lost all of his friends due to this. At first his friends wanted to help him but he would refuse and so they gave up on him because they thought there was no hope. If you decide to start drinking heavily or doing drugs you have to realize that everything will change and nothing will ever be the same. It is sad how a small thing can change your entire life.