Manuel Montes Robin Lewis May 9, 2016 9:10am-10:05am Compare and contrast Sherifff Poppell and Thurnell Alston are the main characters that have strong and charismatic characteristics. They have a lot to offer to this diverse story, but they have a lot in difference to that makes them a complex character. Some of the differences are their leader skills differ fro both characters. First and foremost, Alston and Sheriff Poppell are strong characters with a really bold charismatic personality. Their ability to obdurate their beliefs and use their power to keep swaying the community towards their believe on the well being of the McIntosh county. Thurnell Alston was a disabled boilermaker with a mighty attitude who wasn't frightened by the …show more content…
For example, Sherriff Poppell shows this characteristics when he sees poor black families arrogate a crashed semi truck for all of the shoes " All day long under a sky like white coals the High sheriff stood spread legged on the highway, directing traffic; the road crews swept and shoved; and hundreds of local families quietly harvest shoes" ( Greene 4). Considering how the sheriff did this it shows his compassionate side towards the poor African Americans in the county of McIntosh. Similarly, The author of the story dedicates a major time of the story to show the audience the dedication Alston had as a compassionate father. " Four sons were born to her and Thurnell; Thun, Anthony, LeVan, and Keith; and four foster children were taken in by them. Chickens in the backyard, dogs all around, mother in law and sisters in law and brothers and aunts in cabins and trailers in the pine woods about the house" (Greene 48). It describes him as a father that's really compassionate and loving for the …show more content…
Thurnell Alston is fighting for the civil rights and equality for the county of McIntosh. At the same time Poppell is contending to keep the county controlled by the white pecking order. The sheriff Poppell is gravely rooted to the historical past in McIntosh county due to his father passing his position to him, notably to the ruling of the community "much as they had since emancipation" (Greene 23). In the same way, Alston is devoted to change in the county "Thurnell had something to give the black county again, and the immediate future full of novelty and progress" (Greene 299). Another example of the differences between Sheriff and Alston is the lack of attributes that keeps Alston from being an outstanding leader. " He rarely matched words to thought very happily. In fact, in an inverse relationship, the more he desired to express something of deep importance to himself, the more tongue tied he became" ( Greene 53). On the other hand, Poppell had a more natural way of leading people or events " he would handle everything just as cool and brilliant, just country brilliances is all I know how to describe it" (Greene
In the Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett, Homer and Mother Maria both display straightforward, hardworking, and stubborn character traits. Firstly, Homer and Mother Maria both display a straightforward personality by being brutally honest about their opinions. For example, when Mother Maria asks Homer to build a chapel, Homer speaks his mind by telling her he does not want to build it. Mother Maria shows her straightforward behavior during Homer’s stay at the convent. One morning, when Homer sleeps in late, Mother to becomes extremely upset and is not afraid to show how she feels about him. Secondly, both Homer and Mother Maria display a hardworking spirit. Homer is a hardworking man because after finally agreeing to build the chapel,
As one can see, Harriet, Dick and Reverend Lewis Merrill, even though they are all minor characters, affect the major characters, such as Johnny and Owen with their identity, or personality. Without these characters, the novel would never be the same. As Alan Rudolph said, “Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth.”
To begin, parallel and conflicting characteristics can be realized by exploring the judges of the two cases. Judge Horton and Judge Taylor both presided over the cases. Judge Horton was the second of three judges in the Scottsboro cases, and Judge Taylor was the fictional judge in To Kill a Mockingbird. The two both exhibited undeniable sympathy to the defendants in the cases. Judge Horton sympathizes with the nine Scottsboro boys by declaring, “You are not trying whether or not the defendant is white or black … you are trying whether or not this defendant forcibly ravished a woman” (People and Events). It is obvious that Judge Horton was unprejudiced and believed the boys should be treated with equality. This attitude is akin to the one of Judge Taylor; Taylor assigned Atticus Finch, a notable lawyer, to the case of the fictional black character Tom Robinson. Maxwell Green, an inexperience rookie, should have been assigned the case; however due to Taylor’s empathy, Tom obtained a decent lawyer who would do h...
FN-2817 is an unique name that matches his unique story. FN-2817 or, Finn, is a character who has a start unlike most heroes, he starts at a stormtrooper. The irony of the situation is hilarious because stormtroopers are one of the villains of the movie. Finn’s call to adventure is one unlike any other. His call to adventure is actually when he was on the dark side. His call to adventure is when his Kylo Ren and the Stormtroopers went to Jakku. This is the location of his supernatural aid. His supernatural aid came from, oddly enough, Kylo Ren the main antagonist of “The Force Awakens”. Kylo Ren used the force to thwart a shot fired by Poe Dameron, a Resistance fighter. This is one of the reason’s Finn joined to fight against the First Order because he saw other people stand up for what right.
The the Peters have a similar relationship to the Hales , but it is more deftly revealed. The sheriff is a a heavy man with a big voice, who was particularly genial with the law-abiding, as if to make it...
In the novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Colonel Sherburn lectures the crowd that desires to lynch him for shooting Boggs, a drunk man who had insulted Sherburn. His speech decries the false courage generated by a large group of insecure individuals as a flaw that plague average men and societies. Colonel scoffs at the idea that the mob will lynch him for his violent deed, saying that they “didn’t bring a man with [them]”, but “brought part of a man” and is “no braver” (Twain 190). Despite being outnumbered, Sherburn attacks the men about their manhood. He proclaims that they are “afraid [they]’ll be found out to be what [they] are –cowards– and so … they don’t fight with courage that’s born in them, but with courage that’s
He is hardworking, as seen in the fact that “all day he had been walking” (194) in order to gather the “necessities” (194). He is also uncompromising, as seen in the fact that his decree to his child to stop interacting with the son of the shiftless neighbour to be “unalterable” (193). Finally, he can also be seen as sympathetic. Despite the fact that he despises the behaviour of his neighbor and the neighbor’s child, and that he was “foot-sore as well as hungry” (195), he decides to save the crying child, whom he thought was the neighbor’s. By reaching an epiphany, to listen to his conscience and save the child. The settler is also described as prosperous, owning a “substantial frame-house” ().
Maycomb is a small town with big problems. Maycomb is a town in Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird”. “To Kill A Mockingbird has a slew of character, including Atticus, Jem, Scout, and Tom. Atticus is a lawyer with a son, Jem, and a daughter, Scout. Tom is a black man who is accused of rape, and Atticus has to defend him. It makes sense for Atticus to defend Tome because he has good character; he is selfless and brave.
I often have a difficult time describing my situation to others, but I wouldn’t want it any other way. Three divorces have taught me what successful and not so successful relationships look like. My younger sister with autism has taught me empathy, compassion, and patience. My step siblings have been there for me when did not have to be and for that I am grateful. No matter the family situation, every family has an undeniable sense of pride. For example, my family, most of whom were born in Ireland, throw the loudest St. Patrick’s day parties and keep our Irish flags up all through March. We are proud of our incredibly fair skin and abundance of freckles and redheads. My family’s pride is similar to that of Aunt Alexandra’s and her obsession with heredity and the certain “family streaks” in the novel’s Maycomb county. Scout mentions said streaks in chapter 13. “Everybody in Maycomb, it seemed, had a streak: a drinking streak, a gambling streak, a mean streak, a funny streak,” (Lee 129). I again feel Scout and I could relate to each other through our unique family situations, hers of course being her family’s cook Calpurnia and her neighbor Miss Maudie as her mother figures. Another unique family are the Pritchett’s on the show Modern Family. I was elated when this show came out because, while dramatized for comedic effect, it is a break from the straight, white, “we all get along fine” families usually depicted on TV.
To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb County, an imaginary district in southern Alabama. Maycomb was an old southern town where the streets are not paved and the courthouse was described as sagging in the square. The time was in the 1930’s during The Great Depression, many people were poor and did not have much education. The Ewell family fit this description perfectly, Mayella Ewell struggled with having power in the small town of Maycomb. Is Mayella powerful? Mayella is considered weak in the novel, because of her race, class, and gender. This paper will explain how Mayella is considered “powerless” on many occasions.
These injustices have begun long before Tom’s trial, but it is his trial which epitomizes the problems with our society. The first witness was simply just a misguided fellow named Heck Tate who it seems didn’t have much to offer to the case. Next, Atticus Finch called Bob Ewell to the stand. When I saw Ewell take the stand such a fierce hatred rose within me that I began to shake and tremble. Ewell wrongfully accused Tom of raping his daughter Mayella, however, with the grace of God, Atticus Finch had shown that it was very possible that it was Bob Ewell who because he was a lefty could have beat Mayella. If it were not for great men like Atticus Finch I would have lost all hope for this world. As I watched Mayella take the stand I wondered how such a kind looking person could be someone of such poor character. Her words seemed to paint a picture of a sad life; one where a father neglects her and she has fallen under hard times. Atticus, after pointing out it was probably Bob who beat her, asked Mayella who it really was that beat her. Mayella made it clear it was Tom Robinson, upon which Atticus asked Tom to stand. To the astonishment of the court Tom was handicapped! Tom was then called to the stand where he laid open for all to see the truth, explaining that it was Mayella who came on to him (that treacherous woman!). Soon enough the trial ended and every one awaited the verdict of the jury. The next few hours were the most nerve wracking of my life.
The lack of knowledge in Maycomb about the outside world and their opinions about black people ingrains ‘Maycomb’s usual disease’ into their minds as they have no other opinions about black people. This is shown by the crowd’s outrage as they gather to lynch Tom, not knowing that he was innocent, but blinded by their pre-conceived ideas about black people, thinking that Tom obviously did it as he was black. Their prejudice and ignorance blinded them to the fact that the Ewell’s had manipulated him to their own benefit. Also, this prejudice causes the people who are prejudiced to be as prejudiced towards people who are not. This is shown by Mrs Dubose’s statement to Jem, “Your fathers no better than the niggers and trash he works for.” This shows that Atticus and his family are put on a lower level than normal citizens.
Atticus should defend Tom Robinson because Atticus is the best lawyer in Macomb County. For example, Scout says Atticus was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town.(5)”For his first five years in Maycomb, Atticus practiced economy more than anything.” This quote supports my claim because it shows that Atticus puts a lot of time and effort in his work. Another example is when Miss Maudie says that Atticus has never
Throughout all the sinful things Hester Prynne has done, she still managed to obtain good qualities. Hester was an adulterer from the book The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hester was looked down upon by the citizens of Boston because of the sin she and another person committed, but no one knew who her partner in crime was because she refused to release his name. Towards the very end of the story Hester’s accomplice confessed and left Hester and Pearl feeling joyous, because now they didn’t have to keep in a secret. Hester is a trustworthy, helpful, and brave woman throughout The Scarlet Letter.
...aches his children to see through people’s disabilities and skin color. He stands for what is right without disrupting the town, but isn’t afraid to voice his opinions when it was necessary. He creates equal rights for everyone by helping Tom Robinson during his trial while everyone else didn’t.