Throughout the novel he must overcome many challenges to save his friends, family, and himself. He then realizes that even though the Socs and Greasers come from different parts of town they are not as different as they think. Sodapop Curtis: Sodapop is the middle child in the Curtis family. He is seventeen years old and dropped out of high school to work at a gas station so he could supply money for his family. Sodapop is described as having “movie star looks.” He is cheery and always making jokes.
Chas had currently, the second best war souvenir collection in the whole of Garmouth. He was second to Boddser Brown. Boddser also went to Garmouth High School, he was a bully there and he didn’t like Chas. This machine gun would surely change things. In search of the missing piece of weaponry, Chas’ teacher, Mr Stan Liddell, who doubles his nights as a captain in the Garmouth Home Guard, eagerly attempts to find the ‘taker’.
James J. Braddock was one of those hundred men trying to get the job. He is denied numerous times but eventually gets a job there. The movie shows how important jobs were back then to have, when James’s work buddy states that he needs this job and that James’s broken hand will get them behind on their work and get them both fired. He threatens to tell the boss about his broken hand. The movie Cinderella Man shows many examples of how the Great Depression affected unemployment.
Although he was not unfaithful to his wife, he was left to walk from New York to Pennsylvania (p.5). The story underlines the lack of regard the "immigrant" has towards their goal and their family. Another example of the lack of regard is when Dubik explains to Kracha how he only drinks on paydays and how he only beats his wife no more than twice a week (p. 33). Emphasizing on the heavy reckless drinking habits immigrants indulged in. Which makes reference to Carnegie's article "Wealth", " industrious workman said to his incompetent and lazy fellow, "If thou dost not sow, thou shalt not reap," (pars, 3 ).
Ellie says “He was wild and outrageous. He didn’t care what he did or what anyone thought…” Homer always seemed to be in trouble. Halfway through the novel we start to see Homer changing into the leader of the group. Ellie says “It’s hard to think that this fast-thinking guy ‘Homer’ was once hardly even trusted to hand out the books at school.” At the end of the novel we find Homer being the commander of the group, devising plans and giving people orders. Ellie says about Homer’s latest plan to blow up a bridge in Wirrawee to stop enemy movements, “It was a high risk plan, but a brilliant one.” From start to finish in the novel Homer grows into a trusted, responsible leader who is very mature and quick thinking.
His father is an alcoholic and his older brother does not care for him. Eyeball, his brother is a friend of the gang leader Ace and when Ace threatens to burn Chris with a cigarette and even stab Chris, his brother does not stick up for him. He also bears a bad reputation in Castle Rock as a low- life because of his family: “He came from a bad family, and everyone just knew he’d turn out bad,” He also is a boy that is not easily intimidated because he has no problem hitching rides from strangers which was common practice during this time period: “Chris has hitched a ride to meet with the others.” This toughness makes him become a leader within his group of friends. When he is with his friends, his friends look up to him. Chris often demonstrates his leadership by taking charge and making decisions on behalf of the group: “Let’s look for some long branches.
'Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk's fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal'. This shows how little scrooge really cares about his employee's well being. An ordinary man wouldn't even think twice about Making you work on Christmas day but Ebenezer scrooge didn't expect one to ask for a holiday. Scrooge was very reluctant to grant Bob one day off from work (on Christmas day); When he did he snapped "but I suppose you must be him all the more
The simplest form of guilt in Maus is Art's guilt over the fact that he thinks he has not been a good son to his father. Right from the first panel of Book I, we are told that the two of them do not get along particularly well, and that they do not see each other often, though they live fairly close by. Art is always on edge around his father, and when they speak it feels as if an argument could break out at any moment. Indeed, arguments often do break out over, for example, Art's dropping cigarette ash on the carpet, or Vladek's revelation that he has burned Anja's diaries from the war. Vladek often asks his son for help with errands around the house, and Art is always loath to comply.
They find human ways to mirror the descent into despair; the Braddock family's poverty, for example, seems to weigh most heavily on the oldest son, Jay (Connor Price), who fears above all being sent away to live with "rich" relatives -- rich here meaning those with something to eat. He steals a sausage from a butcher shop, is caught, and then, in a scene typical of Braddock's gentle wisdom, is not punished by his father, but talked to, softly and earnestly, because his father instinctively knows why his son stole the sausage, and that the kid's daring was almost
Gates’ parent’s experienced discrimination regularly, especially his father. The specific example that Gate’s refers to in the essay involves an incident where a shopkeeper who was friendly with his father referred to him as “George,” a name that Gate’s, at the time didn’t know the meaning behind and couldn’t understand why Mr. Wilson was calling his dad that. Gate’s now realizes that it was used as a blanket designation for all African Americans. Although Gates’ father earned good money and could buy what he wanted for his family, there was nothing he could do about the level of discrimination he received by the people he had to interact with on a daily basis. It was “One of those things”, as Gates mother would put it.