Being a teenager is really hard. Perhaps they make it difficult for themselves or the world is simply against them. Regardless, it is an indisputable fact that adolescence can be a time of difficulty and the years ahead cannot always promise an upside. With this in mind, who can blame them for booking the next ticket out of this place called life. At least, this is the plot that writer Lynn Weingarten establishes in her bestselling work, Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls. When June finds out her former best friend, Delia, did just that, she realizes how little sense it makes. The truth June eventually uncovers is one neither she nor the readers expected. How is it that Delia, raised in similar environment as her best friend, could develop into a character so different from June? According to one side of the …show more content…
In support of this, one would compare the two main characters, whose common thread is parental neglect, although it is manifests in different ways. June is often portrayed as a frightened rabbit, keeping mostly to herself and trying to be tough when she really is not (Weingarten, 2015). Delia is the opposite. She is described as a well-contained, fiery ball of anger, more than willing to escape at a moment’s notice. Unlike June, she is confident enough to do whatever she wants without fear, but not without her own fair share of problems. This is the true characterization of Delia, a person that is not merely misunderstood, but possessive, manipulative, cold, and hateful. So how did she develop this personality? By examining these characters side by side, it can essentially
Norma was a really good student. She was smart, intelligent, and attractive too. She seemed flawless. Sonia made Norma her role model. She used to follow her in every way. But then as Norma changed, Sonia became
All signs in the beginning of the movie point to her personality was being mostly influenced by the environment. Examples of environmental factors include her overly affectionate parents, her rich upbringing, and no punishments for her
Delia Jones is a hard working woman who uses her faith in God to guide and protect her from her husband's relentless physical and emotional abuse. From the very beginning, Delia represents diligence in work, humbleness, and saintly virtue. This protagonist is depicted as physically feeble yet spiritually strong.
Delores displays many emotional set backs and triumphs from beginning to end. Through articulate vocabulary, Wally Lamb manages to pull you into the world of Delores Price, and the struggles she goes through from age four to forty. Though Delores tries day in and day out to discover who she truly is as a person she struggles a great deal to find just what she is looking for. She thirsts for attention and relevance at a constant rate and never seems to receive either.
Some characters are defined better by their actions than their speech. Tamora is a veritable mold for the perfect Machiavellian character. She lusts not for power as her marrying the emperor would at first suggest, but for revenge. However, she is fatally flawed since she cannot perceive the obvious signs that Titus is at some level aware of the reality around him. She is too wrapped up in her own plans, and thus denies the signs of his lucidness.
She worked hard as a wash woman and was the sole money maker in the household. She grew more independent mentally as the story went on and the reader could tell this by the dialogue between Delia and Sykes and the description of Sykes reactions. For instance, when they were arguing at the beginning of the story over Delia washing the clothes, it was said that, “she seized the iron skillet from the stove and struck a defensive pose, which surprised him greatly. It cowed him and he did not strike her as he usually did” (Hurston).... ...
She is talented because she is able to write for a broader audience with the Ebonics language, which depicts the image of the uneducated. It takes real talent for a person who’s well educated as she was to write in an uneducated language. She is able to use symbolism very effectively. She also uses allegory for God and Satan in conflict in “Sweat” where Delia seems to be the good Christian who’s strong willed and also has a lot of faith and Sykes who can be seen as bad with a dirty tongue. Zora uses other people in the story to paint a picture of the characters from their perspectives. The idea of introversion comes in as one would not have expected Delia to get mistreatment from another person from the same race or ethnicity the way Sykes did to her, physically and psychologically “as beatin’ is concerned ,yuh aint took near all dat you gointer take ef yuh stay ‘roun’ me…look at yuh stringey ole neck. You looks jes’ lak de devvul’s dollbaby yuh me” (1027) which is ironic for him to
She was an orphan, the niece of Leonato. Her most obvious objective is to stay a lonely spinster. She has known Benedick for years and because he wants to be a bachelor their hate for the opposite sex clashes- until they fall in love that is. She never realized that she could love anyone other than her self until she found someone that was the exact copy of her. Once she fell in love she couldn't be helped.
In chapter six, “Lives of Girls and Women”, Del and her friend, Naomi, have daily conversations about sex. They are both virgins at this point in the book. However, Del meets Chamberlain, a news anchor at the local radio station, and on an envelope he writes, “Del is a bad girl”. Abandoning hers...
4 Why does Delia remain passive through all the turmoil in her life? She knows that physically she is no match for Sykes. She thwarts his attempts to draw her into confrontations by remaining indifferent to his abuse. It states in the beginning of the story that she gave up on love when Sykes started cheating on her. Without love Delia needs to focus her energy on other things to make her life worthwhile.
A 17 year old boy, Douglas Stewart, came home from school to find his mother lying on the sofa with a strained back. Being concerned for her he rubbed her back briefly then put on some easy listening music. Douglas then proceeded downstairs to his bedroom. Two of his friends came to the door. His mother waited to see if he would return to answer it; minutes later she answered and then yelled for him to come up. When he did not come, she went downstairs to get him. That is when she found him strangled and her son’s body dangling from the ceiling. This is a senseless tragic sight for a mother to endure. The mortality rate from suicide in 1996 showed 9.5 per 100,000 for 15-19 year olds. This also shows boys are four times more likely to commit suicide then girls. However, girls are twice as likely to attempt suicide. (American 1996) It is imperative to reverse this trend and in doing so we need to understand the characteristics, behaviors and events associated with youth suicide.
...er to realize that she has to think about her decisions and what she gave up in order to be with Garnet her identity. This is proven when she says "And already I felt my old self in the stupid pain of loss."(263) This shows that Del lost her beliefs and values when she began dating Garnet. Addie also noticed this and confronted Del saying "You've gone addled over a boy do you want to be the wife of a lumber yard worker..." (240) Before Del met Garnet she was a good student and because she spent so much doing what he wanted her marks dropped and lost all of her chances at getting a scholarship.
...e she was curious about things that she was supposed to keep out of her mind, such as sex. Yet, Del learned in the end. Del learned many things such as religion, love, sex and hardships of life where you just have to accept when the ones you love die. Alice Munroe explains the life of Del as she grows from a child, to an adolescent teenager to a fully grown woman heading into University, writing a novel about a Sheriff and his family. The main idea portrayed in this book is that being curious isn’t a bad thing. Everyone is born with curiosity, everyone has a right to be curious about things as life gives them an opportunity to learn and gain more knowledge from the events that occur in their life.
...owing problem amongst today's teenagers. Depression brings with it many problems that can be self-destructive. If a teenager has the benefit of early intervention and help in coping with his or her depression, however, the life script can be quite different.
A young, teenage girl sits with her friends, talking, laughing, and making jokes. She seems completely normal and happy, even. What people don’t know is that this is nothing but a mask covering the loneliness that seems to run through her veins, and the unexplainable sadness that never goes away. She fears speaking of it, of admitting the uncontrollable hatred she feels for everything about herself, so much that she contemplates ending it all. The fact is, suicide is the third leading cause for death in people under the age of twenty-five. Our country needs to stop seeing this as a casual thing. Depression, anxiety, and suicide in youth are real and serious issues that we need to be more aware of in today’s society.