If you come across as too wonderful, too faultless, simply perfect, people will resent you and view you with suspicion. Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston. His father, Josiah Franklin, a tallow chandler by trade, had 17 children; Benjamin was the 15th child and the 10th son. The Franklin family was very careful in their spending and diffident in their behavior, like most New Englanders at the time. Benjamin Franklin did not attend school for long; soon he was taken from grammar school and would later become an apprentice to his older brother.
He works hard and he vows they would never go back. He saved his earnings and buys a plot of land. He dies a young man, but not before he instills in his children a work ethic and so it was that the next generation drops out of school at an early age to go to work in the factories. He meets the love of his life, they get married young and soon he finds himself a family man He was now part of the greatest generation, those who lived
David Hayden 12 year old narrator. “The problem with me was that I wanted to grow up wild.”pg.21 He wanted to live in the country. He thought his town was meant for “storekeepers, teachers, ministers, for the rule-makers, the order-givers, the law-enforces.” He felt like he never understood “how town life worked.” His character was shy and too serious and he blamed his town for that. He wanted to escape. He “loved” Marie, though his love for her was, “as a twelve-year olds love often is, chaste.” He was an outgoing person, he “did what boys usually did and exulted in the doing.” He rode horseback, he swam, and he hunted.
The social order of the school calls for strength, cunning and survival of the fittest. Archie, leader of the gang Vigils, has a presence that everyone fears. Archie is in charge of making sure everyone is selling their chocolates and earning enough money. As for Jerry, he made a bet with some of the guys that he could go ten days without selling the chocolates. Making this bet would raise Jerry from a nobody to a somebody and be “one of the guys”.
The last time there was a draft, typically, congress persons' sons nearly always found a deferment, an "essential" job status, Reserve Officers Training Corp (ROTC) commissions (that did not involve going into a war zone), or some other way to not have to serve in an actual war. That draft harvested hundreds of thousands of poor and minority group members, not the sons of those in power. Those congress persons were still able to vote to send boys off to war ("with a clear conscience?") without fear for their own sons' safety. I should know .
Sister feels like Stella-Rondo has always gotten everything that she has wanted and that most of it was at her expense. Sister say’s that “She’s always had anything in the world she wanted and then she’d throw it away.” This included Sister’s boyfriend, Mr. Whitaker. Sister felt like Stella-Rondo stole Mr. Whitaker from her and once again she got what she wanted and then threw it away. Stella-Rondo married Mr. Whitaker and then they separated. Now she is back at home with the rest of her family causing trouble for Sister.
He gets up early works hard all day, has time to spend with his family, goes to bed and starts the same routine all over again the next day. He starts with nothing and “pulled himself up by the bootstraps” and made a great living for himself and his family. Herb Clutter is living the American dream, but nothing is ever perfect. With the tragic hero comes their tragic flaw which is our next characteristic of a classic tragedy. Perry has a number of flaws that
Each day that went by we ran faster we lifted more and we practice even harder than the day before. Practice and practice that’s what I did that’s was a wrestler life nothing else besides wrestling. My days were simple wake up each day six in the morning and start training go to school. I
East of Eden John Steinbeck In the late nineteenth century, two different families move into farmlands in northern California. Samuel Hamilton, from Ireland is very respected by all the people in town. He works very hard and has brilliant ideas but due to the location of his farm, he never becomes wealthy. Him and his wife, Liza raised nine admirable children and although they were new to California, they were all a suitable fit for Salinas Valley. Adam and Charles Trask live on a farm in Connecticut until the death of their father.
“Are you alright?” Rose asked. “Yeah.” Lied Elena. Elena hated people asking if she was alright after her parents’ death. Elena still loves her friends,