This novel has very significant features, from ducks and fishes to red hunting hats. This novel shows the journey of a 16-year-old boy finding his path to adult life. Holden character develops throughout the book, at first you think he is a bad boy but then at the end of the novel Holden gets very emotional, as a reader it makes me feel likes there are two sides of Holden Caulfield. PENCEEY PREP The novel starts of with him in Pencey Prep. This is the first sign of Holden not being a typical teenager.
As we know, Wes Hayden is one of the main characters in the story Montana 1948. By making very big decisions, he undergoes a big character change throughout the story. Wes Hayden, having grown up as the “Other Son” in his father’s eyes, has developed a good and rightful sense of justice through a bad example, his father Julian. Although he is said to be inexperienced, Wes has developed this sense of right judgment through the learning experience of life and his daily job. He is a victim of favoritism, and because of never being the one with the attention he has learned not to be like his bad father and his brother by teaching himself what is right in others eyes, not the eyes of his dad.
In Montana 1948, By Larry Watson, Wes matures by coming to terms with his Brother Frank’s Crime. While Wes knew his brother’s guilt from the beginning, it took Marie’s murder to drive him to action. Instead of crumbling under the pressure of his brother’s guilt, Wes rises to the challenge and becomes one of the strongest characters in the book. In the beginning of the book, Wes doesn’t take advantage of the position of headship he has with the law. He starts out not using his authority for the position as sheriff as a role in leadership: “As long as my father was going to be sheriff, a position with so much potential for excitement, anger, and bravery, why couldn’t some of that promise be fulfilled?” (5).
Whereas Sonny had an addictive personality, his brother had his own internal struggles with understanding. When the brother learns of Sonny getting arrested for heroin, he immediately reflected on how life was when he was a boy which was very similar for the boys he taught in his algebra class, “Children growing up with a
In the end of the book Henry finally gets his Red Badge of Courage, but earns his in a sort of dishonest way. Henry matures a lot by the end of the book and shows bravery by leading the troops in many of their battles together, surviving alone for some time because he was separated from the others, and he picks up the flag
In Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin,Sonny's brother discovers that he has been arrested for possession of drugs.He reminisces on their past as children and can only imagine how his students could probably be doing the same things Sonny was. Sonny's brother has never accepted Sonny's way of life.He believed that the right way of life was to get an education and a good career.Sonny lived his life on drugs and with the dream of being a musician.Sonny and his brother were complete opposites which was a problem for their relationship.When his daughter dies,he finally decides to get in communication with Sonny. Music is a very important theme in Sonny's blues. Sonny's brother always had a difficult time understanding why Sonny would want to grow up
He is opening the door for other alcoholics like himself to show them that they can come inside. Sometimes this is all it takes for someone's eyes to open. At the age of eighteen Tom Brown made a mistake that changed his life forever. 32 years later Tom was sharing his mistake with others, hoping that they wouldn't make ones like he
Things seem to be going pretty well but a secret Travis has been keeping from Hawaii causes him to struggle with himself. He gets the same nightmare almost every night and feels like the only thing that helps him is by doing drugs and being back together with Laura. While Travis keeps his secret about Hawaii to himself, he finds out Laura has been keeping one too, one that will ruin their relationship for good. Throughout the book, Travis tries to build his life back up only to find it crashing down in the end. Just when you think something may turn for the better, it goes downhill and you think of the two phrases in the foreword that “this is not a love story” and “There are no happy endings.” To find out what Travis is hiding, and what his friends
In the short story “the toughest Indian in the world” by Sherman Alexei, Roman Gabriel fury seems that he has been through a lot, from losing his mother and father, being poor and being discriminated against cause of his ethnicity. But that doesn’t seem to get in his way to getting a better future, he did what he had to do to be able to take his little test and get a better education, and he did it all with pride and power. As a Native American roman seems to get a lot of unwanted attention in all the wrong ways. Mr. Williams seems to be more interested in the fact that roman is a Native American and his test taking skills rather than focusing on the fact that he got an almost perfect score on the little test even when
Parallel Structure Exercise on Parallel Structure *Rewrite the following sentences, improving the parallel structure: 1. Jack is a sports announcer, an alcoholic, and as a son he is very confused. Jack is a sports announcer, an alcoholic and a confused son. 2. Their relationship raises questions about their ability to communicate and how much they understand each other.