I recently finished a book called Frostblood by Elly Blake. Ruby is a Fireblood. She must conceal her powers but when her eagerness to practice her gift lures the Frost King’s men to her village her mother is murdered. Ruby is taken hostage and put in jail for five months. Now all Ruby wants is revenge, and when rebel Frostbloods request a coalition she jumps at the chance. In spite of her erratic abilities, she trains with the rebels and the ambiguous Arcus, who doesn't think of her as more than a tool. As they get closer to reaching their goal, Ruby is captured and forced to compete in the king’s tournament. This tournament puts Fireblood prisoners against Frostblood warriors. She is finally given this one chance to eradicate the malevolent …show more content…
With these descriptions I could comprehend the gravity of the characters’ emotions. “The timid little flame in my chest flared to a river of heat, far beyond my control” (14). After her mother was killed Ruby started to panic. And with her panic came an abundant amount of uncontrollable anger. By reading the previous quote readers can grasp the tangibility of Ruby’s anger. When Ruby gets emotionally unstable her powers fly out of her control hurting everyone in her path. This is a part of her character that I learned about from this quote. “I had panicked for no reason, frightened by my own fire” (41). From this quote readers can glean more information about Ruby. When she panics her fire get out of control and scary. “You have power, but you need to learn control” (106). As it says on page 106, Ruby was very powerful and out of control. When Ruby joins the rebels she agrees to be trained by Brother Thistle, a calm, powerful, Frostblood. As she trains panic and unruliness appears to be only a slice of Ruby’s personality; she is also heroic and caring towards those close to her. “‘But you can’t go in. The roof could collapse.’ ‘Then I’ll have to get out before it does.’ I turned and bolted through the doorway and into the church, ignoring Arcus’ shouts behind me. A wall of fire blocked the opening to the corridor” (50). This quote shows that despite the danger of the burning church, …show more content…
Since the murder of her mother, Ruby has been filled with dark anger and revenge. “Part of my mind chattered at me that I’d found friends, I’d found people to care about here. There was more to my life than hate” (169). This quote shows that Ruby was internally battling with the need for revenge and the right thing to do. When Ruby found friendship with the Frostblood rebels, she found the good Frostbloods but this didn’t stop her hatred towards the king. When she is captured she is forced to participate in the Frost King’s sadistic game. By participating she has the opportunity to attack the king from the inside but before she does that she has to become a champion in this
The book Blind, written by Rachel DeWoskin, is about a highschool sophomore named Emma, who went blind after being struck in the face with a firework. When she first lost her sight, Emma was placed in a hospital for over 2 months, and once she was released, she could finally go home again. DeWoskin uses the characterization of Emma throughout the beginning of the text to help the reader understand the character’s struggle more. Especially in the first few chapters, it was difficult for Emma to adapt to a world without sight. For instance, DeWoskin writes, “And sat down, numb, on our gold couch. And tried to open my eyes, rocked, counted my legs and arms and fingers. I didn’t cry. Or talk” (DeWoskin 44). As a result of losing a very important scent, she’s started to act differently from a person with sight.
Cara Sierra Skyes has a hard role in Perfect by Ellen Hopkins. Cara is in love with her boyfriend Sean, she describes him as fun, good-looking, adventurous, and a jock. Everyone expects the perfect girl to go out with the perfect guy. Caras mom has always taught her, appearances are everything. So, Cara held onto that. She is a pretty and popular cheerleader. Cara holds a special trait, she is actually really smart and has a scholarship lined up at Stanford. Problem is, Cara has a twin brother, Connor. Connor is super suicidal and has tried many times to kill himself, sadly one day he succeeds and leaves a girlfriend and his family behind in his high school years. So everything is definitely not the idea her parents have of “perfect”. At Least she tries. Cara is in love with her boyfriend Sean but she starts to spark an interest for a girl at the ski slopes one day and she becomes very confused. Between dealing with all her school activities, her grades, and her brother that she worries about all the time, Cara is struggling to keep her life together and be
Ruby Turpin is not an entirely lovable character. In fact, her attitude seems quite sour at times. Throughout Flannery O’Connor’s Revelation, she is portrayed as harsh and judgmental. And until the end, she seems to be under the impression that she is a saint. Nevertheless, while her attitude in reality is far from what she perceives, I believe there is a place for her in the communion of saints.
"In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn't matter how hard it was to make it. It matters that you did." (Cassandra Clare) In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul's parents make many decisions that affected Paul's life. From moving to Tangerine, being inattentive towards Paul, and to having secrets kept from him, you could tell Paul Fisher has a pretty crazy life. Those decisions were made by his parents. However, those decisions that his parents made has molded Paul into a stronger person.
If it is fun who is going to stop anyone from doing whatever it is. No matter the dangers when the adrenaline is pumping there is a sense of invincibility. In the book Fire In The Ashes by Jonathan Kozol there is a character in chapter 4 Silvio: Invincible who was one of the main characters in that story who proves my point. A bit rebellious and still young Silvio had many different characteristics to describe him perfectly. Silvio had somewhat of a grudge against authority he never really obeyed his mother's wishes or the personnel that worked in Person In Need of Supervision or PINS. Silvio was also a defensive boy who protected himself when he was confronted by a thief who was trying to steal his mothers pager from him on the subway that
The main character, Mattie, is a fourteen-year-old girl who shows time and time again that she has what it takes to get a job done. She shows all the traits that come with grit like courage and resilience, and she turns out to be a very successful woman later in life. Although grit comes with rewards, it also can have some drawbacks. For example, Mattie is extremely cocky and overconfident for her age. When she told Tom Chaney to surrender to her, it only caused her trouble. She was overpowered by Tom, and she ended up in a situation she could not get herself out of. If it was not for her partners, she would have ended up dead. Rooster is another character that shows grit. He never gives up on his commitment to Mattie, even when it puts his life in danger. He goes all the way to save Mattie from a snake infested pit, and then he proceeds to take her to the nearest hospital with her on his back for part of the time. Rooster’s grit is extraordinary, and it is the reason he is so successful as a
Cora is a strong, reliable character and is more interesting than her sister. Cora is cunning and she refuses to admit defeat. She did not want to be looked at as a savage. Cooper makes Cora out to be clever at times too. She devises a plan that puts her at risk. She decides to risk rape or death and insists on turning herself over to the Indians.
The book follows Dana who is thrown back in time to live in a plantation during the height of slavery. The story in part explores slavery through the eye of an observer. Dana and even Kevin may have been living in the past, but they were not active members. Initially, they were just strangers who seemed to have just landed in to an ongoing play. As Dana puts it, they "were observers watching a show. We were watching history happen around us. And we were actors." (Page 98). The author creates a scenario where a woman from modern times finds herself thrust into slavery by account of her being in a period where blacks could never be anything else but slaves. The author draws a picture of two parallel times. From this parallel setting based on what Dana goes through as a slave and her experiences in the present times, readers can be able to make comparison between the two times. The reader can be able to trace how far perceptions towards women, blacks and family relations have come. The book therefore shows that even as time goes by, mankind still faces the same challenges, but takes on a reflection based on the prevailing period.
"Despondency had come upon her in the wakeful night, and it had never lifted. There was no one thing in the world that she desired. There was no human being whom she wanted near her except Robert; and she even realized that the day would come when he, too, and the thought of him would melt out of her existence, leaving her alone." (108)
The character I have chosen for study from Edwidge Danticat’s written novel, “A Wall of Fire Rising” is Guy Sr. Guy is the father of a young son, Guy Jr. and husband to a woman named Lili. The relatively poor family lived in a small shack in a shanty town in Haiti near a sugar mill. Guy has a charming personality and genuinely loves his family; however, he does not have the financial means to provide for the family the way he would like. When Guy learned that his son was playing an important role in a play, his face lit up with joy and happiness. There are definitely positive characteristics of Guy’s personality such as; the love he shows for his family and his willingness to seek work at the sugar mill or wherever he could to provide a meal for his family.
The book is split into four sections each starting with a different word relating to fire. As the amount of book read increases as so does the tone word about fire. Before the first section the word/numbers “tinder, 1903” state that in the beginning of the main character’s life the “spark” of determination started. At the beginning of the next section the words/numbers “flame, 1905-1907” show the increase in her rebellion against the traditional Jewish roles. Before the next section the word/numbers “fire, 1908” are shown for the reader to see the defiance growing as the story goes on. Prior to the last section the word/numbers “blaze, 1909” reveal a foreshadowing hint about Clara’s most defying act yet which is joining the union and striking against the conditions of her workplace. Another example is on page 25, is “I learned long ago to douse these angry flames to make the coals burn low but steady.”, this line uses symbolism to show Clara keeping her anger on the inside and be calm on the inside. The line follows the actions of her father burning her books, because it’s not proper for a traditional Jewish girl to have
His ridiculous attempt at impressing her backfires on him when Veronica responds with an irate and undermining verbal response that indicates her distress over her unexploited time. Afterwards, Ron tries to redeem himself by insisting that he had unadulterated intentions and was truly interested in getting to know his new co-worker. Again, Ron fails to triumph with Veronica when she notices his explicitly obvious erection underneath his clothing and rapidly walks away.
Ruby got to school and people started screaming and yelling “get her out” The crowd was also holding up signs that said “Black Only” or “White Only.” The Marshalls had guns with them to keep people that wanted to hurt her away from Ruby. The Marshalls would tell Ruby to keep walking and to ignore what the people where saying. Before Ruby was inside of school all teachers were arguing to which who would be Ruby’s teacher and Barbara Henry offered to teach Ruby Bridges. When Ruby came in the door Mrs. Henry greeted Ruby with pleasure and Ruby gave her a
With her weaknesses towering over her strengths, it’s a bit of a struggle for Ruby. Her independence can be both of a strength and a weakness for her and throughout the book you see them both. She’s so used to doing things on her own that she refuses help at all times and can’t actually realize when she really does need the help. It’s also a strength because she knows how to pull her own and doesn’t rely on anyone else to come to her rescue because she knows she can do it on her own. Her stubbornness is another weakness, she’s very insistent and very rarely does she ever admit she’s wrong. That causes many people throughout the book to find her rather rude because she won’t ever acknowledge it but instead believes that they’re in the wrong. Her main weakness is definitely not allowing people to care for her. Whenever she feels someone trying to become close with her, she has the need to push them away until they no longer want to care. An important strength of hers would be the fact that she can take everything as it is and doesn’t complain about it. It’s evident throughout the story that whenever she’s faced with some sort of conflict, she pushes her way through it without a single complaint. Despite the fact that it’s considerably sad that she has more weaknesses than strengths, it’s all due to the fact of how she was
Right from the moment Louise Mallard hears of her husband's death, Kate Chopin dives into a her vivid use of imagery. “When the storm of grief has spent itself” introduces a weather oriented theme (para.3). This imagery depicts a violent and dark setting that denotes death and grief. Her reaction to her husband's death ideally what society would expect. Her acute reaction instantly shows that she is an emotional, demonstrative woman. Even tho...