JOSIAH BONT by Jeremy Anderson Josiah Bont, in the novel “Year of Wonders” is a complex character that has a huge negative influence on his family and the people that come in contact with him throughout his village. Josiah’s love and respect for his family was diminutive for the majority of his existence in the novel, and his death suits that of a bully, who is violet to his family both physically and psychologically. His daughter Anna Frith sums up Josiah quite nicely “My father loved a pot better then he loved his children”. Josiah’s feeling towards Anna was a sense of un-accomplishment, but then opportunities for young, illiterate women in those times were scarce. He would often physically abuse her, and put her down in front of others.
The story is also told in a chronological order that starts at the beginning of the summer where Jane is somewhat “ill” to where it progresses to the end where Jane finally losses her mind. The major differences that we see from the beginning to the end of the story is Jane’s slow slip into this illness and how the love and romantic gesture she believed to be from her husband john turned into somewhat resentment towards him because of how its designed to control her. In this story the climax is for sure when Jane losses it the night before she is to be checked out and when john comes to collect her he finds that she has ripped the yellow wallpaper that she has complained about the whole summer ripped from the
During the trip, the father realizes that there is a lot of hostility between the kids. The brother keeps nagging on his sister, trying to scare her. When the father sees this, he says that people think they are safe but they really are just thinking that they are invisible because their eyes are closed (Hempel 1203). The family was safe together until the separation. The father was thinking that everything was fine between the kids, but when he got them together he saw how sarcastic they were to each other.
Roger Chillingworth was shown to be ambiguous because he was first described as a vengeful horrifyingly natured person, yet shows glimpses of human characteristics, such as assisting Hester and her child in the beginning and leaving everything he left behind after his death to little Pearl. Another example of ambiguity was Hester Prynne, because she at first is someone a reader could pity, then she becomes a cold person with no sense of feeling, then later to a sympathetic fortunate woman. Finally, Dimmesdale’s revelation of his chest marks the last questionable situation. He could have had something physical on his chest because he has always shown pain in that area, Chillingworth acted as if he found something on his chest while the minister was fast asleep, and it would be most likely that Dimmesdale only revealed his chest to the Puritans if they could observe anything significant on his
At the start of text, Atticus is perceived as an un-fit parent and having a bad influence on his children, Jem and Scout, because of his ways of living. Atticus took it up to himself to teach the children how to read, to who later the responder find that one of the children’s teachers are extremely displeased with. Atticus, being a lawyer, was one of the few lawyers
I would describe Gates feeling towards his mother as compassionate. When Gates mother started going through the depression he was hurt as well. He felt “ powerless” because there was nothing he could do about his mothers situation. Due to his mothers sickness he began to withdraw from other kids and he felt devastated. He watched his mother change everyday and go through stages of her depression.
It deals with the normal everyday or average family, and the problems that are faced in the “real” world. In the average family dealing with the tragic death of a child, one might seek therapeutic counseling to help them deal and approach life on a day to day basis. As much as one might not want to think about it, what Calvin, Beth, and Conrad suffered is life. Conrad in the movie though is pulled by his father to deal with life-issues, where Beth his mother opens the closet door puts the past in there and pretends it never existed. For that reason Beth is in denial that there truly is a problem to be faced by her and the family as a whole.
He did not learn social skills and did not developed attachments. His behavior during his first 12 years varied. His teachers viewed him as unruly and difficult. His peers scorned him and teased him about his unkempt appearance and smell. At home, he lived in fear of his mother and resented his father for not helping him.
As soon as I was done reading the first two pages the book caught my attention. I found myself lost in the story. I felt the physical and psychological hurt that David, the character/author, was feeling throughout his devastating journey. This book was a biography about a boy that was mistreated, abused, neglected by his own mother. Although I couldn’t relate to him because my mom is loving, caring, and warm.
Throughout his childhood his parents were always involved in squabbles and young Jeffrey took all this to heart. Eventually they ended up splitting up and with a bitter divorce Jeffrey lost contact with his mother and younger brother David. Dahmer’s history of desertion left him with feelings of loss and rejection. This rejection situation fueled the already withdrawn personality of Jeffrey. After they moved to Bath his insecurities were heightened and his shy nature ensured that he had few friends.