In the book Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, there are many Strong and powerful characters. There are a few females in the book that are powerful in their own way and some are not so much. Olympia, Elly and Iphy are the females that interest me to write about. The three females are siblings. These three individuals have different roles in the book. They grow up in a family travel carnival. They all have different personalities. Each individual has a different way that show they are powerful women or eventually have some power.
Olympia (Oly) is the third child from the Binewski family. She is a hunchbacked albino dwarf. She is not deformed enough to be a star in the family’s carnival act or has any talent like her other sibling. She helps Arty
She is the nicer girl between the two of them. She is also romantically in love with her older brother Arty. The love that she has for Arty blinded her, she does not realize that Arty is a manipulator and also a bit of a sociopath. Elly really hates it whenever Arty and Iphy are together. Iphy always the one that wants to do the right thing and be nice to everyone unlike her twin sister. Elly can easily control Iphy and convince her to do thing that she never want, so Iphy is not as strong as Elly and sometime can be a pushover. Even though Iphy gets control by her twin sister, she sometime shows that she has a little power in her.
After her child is born, she cares for her baby so much and tries everything she can to feed the baby because the baby constantly needs foods. When her sister Elly kills her child, she has enough courage to kill her own twin sister; while knowing that she will too, die because they are conjoined twin. The females in the book Geek Love are interesting to read about. Oly, Elly and Iphy are three very different characters. Each has their own way of showing the readers how they are powerful. Even though at start, Iphy and Oly does not show so much power in them, as time goes on, they grow older and things change in their life, they show some power and that they can get control of the situation. They are all powerful women in each of their own
Alyss has changed and transformed throughout this novel. Alyss was introduced as a mischievous little girl playing pranks. Throughout the novel she learns how to become a strong proper young lady. Alyss went through many obstacles to prepare her for battle. In The Looking Glass Wars, Frank Beddor uses conflict to transform a naive, mischievous, and endearing little girl into a confident, leading, and boss so she can save the queendom from Redd’s rule.
In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as dependent, loving, and imaginative. Throughout the story these traits mature and Alyss becomes more adult like but still is a little childish in certain scenes. One can say that the maturity that Alyss goes through affects herself later on in the story. During the story the
criminal justice system is considered to be adversarial and complex; that is there are two sides essentially competing for victory amidst a maze of multiple potential legal ramifications (Patton, 2013). Gideon was designed to ensure that every defendant involved in the process received a fair trial. Since the government hires lawyers to put defendants on trial, it is only fair that defendants receive legal representation in order to ensure the trial is balanced on both sides (Patton, 2013). The reality is that since the Gideon ruling, the number of cases going to trial has substantially decreased. In 1963, the number of federal criminal defense cases that went to trial was at fifteen percent. As of 2013, that number has dropped to 2.7 percent (Patton, 2013). This is not a reflection of an overall reduction in crime or an overall reduction in the number of charges found to have enough evidence to proceed to trial, but an increase in the amount of plea bargains (Patton,
Since Sister was affected the most by certain actions of the family, Welty narrated this short story through Sister’s point of view to show how the function of the family declined through these actions. Sister was greatly affected when her sister broke the bonds of sisterhood by stealing her boyfriend and marrying him. Secondly, Sister was affected by the favoritism shown by her family towards her younger sister. Since her sister was favored more than her, this caused her to be jealous of her sister. For example, Sister shows a lot of jealousy by the tone she uses when describing what Stella-Rondo did with the bracelet that their grandfather gave her. Sister’s description was, “She’d always had anything in the world she wanted and then she’d throw it away. Papa-Daddy gave her this gorgeous Add-a-Pearl necklace when sh...
...individual can completely change the way the Courts view a defendant. During this time period the system only viewed people with special circumstances (EX: Mentally Ill) or those who have raped or murdered to be assigned counsel, but it seems obvious that every criminal should be entitled to be appointed counsel. That is exactly what Gideon fought for, he believed he was innocent and the only way to prove this is with a lawyer who understands the "ins" and the "outs" of the legal system to give their client the best possible outcome.
Frankel, Valerie Estelle. From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine's Journey through Myth and Legend. Jefferson, NC: McFarland &, 2010. Print.
June-May receives a letter from her twin sisters shortly after her mother’s death. However, her sisters do not know their mother is dead and have been searching for her for years. June-May takes the letter to Auntie Lindo who writes back pretending to be their mother and says that they are coming to visit. June-May protests saying “They’ll think I’m responsible, that she died because I didn’t appreciate her,” (Tan 149). She believes that her sisters will hate her when she shows up without their mother and has to announce her death. As a result, Auntie Lindo writes back announcing the passing of the mother and announces that instead their sister, June-May, will be coming. It is during this trip that June-May fulfills her mother’s dream, “carrying with me her dreams of coming home. I am going to China,” (Tan 147). By doing this she gains another part of her mother. However, it is when June-May reunites with her sisters that she fully becomes one wi...
...In her death-throes, she lands on her brother, causing him to die of fright. The narrator escapes only to see the entire
American Romantic Hero portrays a character who is drawn to nature and has an insight of how society works, but he rejects the rules of society. He is faced with strife, but he eventually overcomes the opposition of the sophisticated and civilized world. The Last of the Mohicans introduces the setting of the movie in 1757 as the American Colonies begins their third year of the war between England and France for the possession of the continent. Only three men, the last of the vanishing people, are on the frontier west of the Hudson River. Natty Bumppo, also known as Hawkeye, is shown as the American Romantic Hero. As the protagonist of the story, Hawkeye demonstrates different characteristics who possesses young or youthful qualities, possesses a sense of honor based not on society’s rule but on some higher principle, and possesses love for nature and avoids towns.
Lewis Carroll’s Alice and Frank Baum’s Dorothy are two of the most well-known and well-loved heroines of all time. At first glance, both Alice and Dorothy appear to be rather accurate renditions of actual little girls who embark on their own adventures in strange and fantastical lands. However, closer scrutiny reveals that only one of these characters is a true portrayal of what a little girl is really like, while the other is but a fulfillment of what most girls would only dream of being like.
With the final lines give us a better understanding of her situation, where her life has been devoured by the children. As she is nursing the youngest child, that sits staring at her feet, she murmurs into the wind the words “They have eaten me alive.” A hyperbolic statement symbolizing the entrapment she is experiencing in the depressing world of motherhood.
...ities. Love is a long hard road and cannot be reached by taking a straight, clear-cut path. Even though throughout the scene Hermia and Lysander are in constant conflict, a resolution is eventually reached. Hermia and Lysander remain in love, proving that true love can prevail.
In both Sundiata and The Romance of Tristan and Iseult women do have power within the society. This power is shown through their knowledge, experience, and craftiness. This power that they possess in both the Epic and Romance story are crucial to the success and failure of both stories.
Lies, Betty Bonham. "The Wise Goddess Athena." Earth's Daughters: Stories of Women in Classical Mythology. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Resources, 1999. Print.
tragedies that befell her. She is an example of a melancholic character that is not able to let go of her loss and therefore lets it t...