I have read three texts this year which share a common theme. In all the texts there is a group that experiences bad luck and develops their friendship. In the novel "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor has a main character who has bad luck. Phillip faces bad luck when his country was attacked by Germany and was forced to evacuate. Before they could even get on the ship it was blown up by a torpedo. Then Phillip and his mother were lowered into a lifeboat and were plunged by water "Crash, boom, smash!" Something hits Phillip on the head knocking him out. Several hours later he wakes upon a raft to see a very old negro man named Timothy who Phillip thinks looks ugly. Phillip realizes his mother isn't with him. Phillip was stranded on a raft with …show more content…
"Stanley always ended up on the short side of the stick getting in trouble every time. His bad luck got him in trouble with the law and landed him in camp Greenlake. But Stanley wasn't the only one facing bad luck his Father and Grandfathers inventions would either blow up or never work. This streak of bad luck started when Stanley's great great grandfather forgot to fulfill his promise to carry madam Zeroney up the mountain. When Stanley got to camp Greenlake his bad luck got him into fights with other people landing him into even deeper waters. While at camp Greenlake Stanley met Hector Zeroney and became good friends. Stanley and Hector ran away from camp Greenlake and ended up in the middle of nowhere with no water or food. They came across a mountain when Hector suddenly dropped to the ground. He was dehydrated from the long walk and couldn't move anymore. Stanley carried Hector all the way up the enormous mountain. This is similar to Phillip and Timothy's where they had to rely on each other to survive the rigorous situation they were put in. In the end, Stanley got Hector to the top of the mountain breaking the curse that had been placed on his
Peter rushes back into the burning house where he sees his wife and daughters for the last time and is finally forced to let them go. At this point he has coped with his Dissociative Identity Disorder and is letting the traumatic event go. He fully lets go of Will Atenton and embraces his new found self, Peter
The short stories, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and “The Luck of Roaring Camp”, written by Ambrose Bierce and Bret Harte respectively, share similar conflicts, notions, and themes. In Bierce’s story, a man is being held for execution for his crimes in the Civil war as a part of the Confederacy; as he imagines himself cleverly escaping the military executioners through a river under the bridge, until his seemingly brilliant streak of luck ends, and he dies from the noose he never left. Similarly, in Harte’s story, an entire town in California during the gold rush is stuck with again, seemingly brilliant luck, when Thomas Luck is born, only to have that hope crushed when Thomas is killed
Tommy Phan is on top if the world. He had just purchased a brand new Corvette and is living his fantasy of living the American dream. On his way home he calls his mother to inform her of his new car. After feeling guilty about the conversation, because he is living his dream and not living with his family and working at the family business. On his way home he stops at a diner to get something to eat, he meets a young blond.
life without them once they leave. The stories both discuss the challenges that they both must
He said “Pig-Polack-disgusting-vulgar-greasy…Remember what Heuy Long said-“Every Man is a King!” And I am the King around here, so don’t forget it! My place is cleared! You want me to clear your places?”(Williams131). This proves that Stanley has a violent and disrespectful character. He claims that he is the man of the house and no one else can take his place even temporarily. Every time his dominance is doubted by someone else he feels challenged and impulsive. Especially with women, he gives them no respect but expects their respect and shows a deep desire for control. This relates to the thesis because he talks and acts with women in a very violent way, which makes them emotionally hurt. This scene is also very ironic because Stanley states that he is not an animal and that he is a hundred percent perfect American but in reality he has an inhuman behavior and he is savage, which is portrayed in the way he talks, eats , and acts with
When I found out I qualified to be a candidate for the NJHS, I knew I had to take this chance. This group is made up of people who depict leadership, character, citizenship, academic success, and service and I would love to join. These characteristics wouldn't just be valuable for a candidate to have, but for everyone to have to exceed in life. If I were to be in the National Junior Honor Society, it would give me an opportunity to ameliorate my future and motivate me to do better.
What would you do if you were stranded on a raft with a complete stranger? Believe or not, Phillip and Timothy in the book The Cay were put in this situation regardless if they wanted to or not. In The Cay these two acquaintances try to find their way back to civilization after being in one precarious situation to the next. Phillip, who is the main character, changes his ways and views through the book thus making him a dynamic character. After leaving his homeland in VIrginia, Phillip is forced to live in Curacao with his family where he must adapt to his new environment. Just as he settles into his new home he must travel back to Virginia, and while on the trip back, things take a turn for the worse. He is stranded, and must find help or civilization with aid from Timothy. Phillip, in the book The Cay, is a dynamic character because he reveals his inner traits which include dependence, proactiveness and naiveness.
When the Captain was out in the South Pacific, they picked up a shipwrecked sailor. The guy they rescued bunked with the crazy brother. And the next morning the sailor was dead; the brother had strangled him. The crazy brother was sentenced to be keelhauled but he did not die, was just permanently brain damaged. And clawed around the windows for the rest of his life.
Stanley had escaped Camp Green Lake in hope to find zero. He tried the bring water to zero but he did not fill his canten. What he did was try to steal the
He becomes brave, a risk taker and confident. While he was at Camp Green Lake, he took the blame for taking the sunflower seeds from Mr. Sir’s water truck. Even though Magnet stole the seeds from the truck, Stanley showed his bravery by taking the blame and consequence for them falling in the hole.(Sachar 89 ) Stanley risked his life driving the water truck to go after his friend Zero. Since he cares about Zero and wants to feel wanted, he did whatever it took to catch him.
There at camp green lake Stanley took on a lot of responsibility like when he took the blame for stealing a bag of sunflower seeds that another boy stole (“so tell me Caveman how did my sack of sunflower seed end up in your hole”. “I ate them”.) (Sachar,#86). This shows responsibility because he took the blame so he took the responsibility of the consequence of Mr. Sir one of the camp bosses not giving him any water whenever he drove the water truck.
for dark, mysterious, and bizarre works of fiction. His works sometimes reflected his life experiences and hardships he tried to overcome. Examples of the troubles in his life include alcoholism, having his works rejected over and over, being broke, and losing his family, even his beloved wife to tuberculosis. There is no wonder why his works are so dark and evil, they were taken from his life. A theme is defined as the major or central idea of a work. Poe’s short story, “The Black Cat”, contains six major themes that are discussed in this paper. They include the home, violence, drugs and alcohol, freedom and confinement, justice and judgement, and transformation.
Stanley repeatedly gets what he wants by using any means possible. In addition, the person whoever threatens the existence of his poker game receives a beating, in this case his wife. This scene demonstrates Stanley’s viscous animal-like traits with such violence. If what happened here was repeated in today’s society, he would find himself in a jail cell with a pending divorce.
...left Stanley it would have left a better ending to the story. The significance of this resolution is that having a mental illness and no one believing you when you are a victim can lead one to have a mental breakdown. Life goes back to normal for Stanley when Blanche is sent off to the mental institution. When the play comes to an end reality sets in and Stanley and his friends return to their poker game.
[More laughter and shouts of parting come from the men. Stanley throws the screen door of the kitchen open and comes in. He is of medium height, about five feet eight or nine, and strongly, compactly built. Animal joy in his being is implicit in all his movements and attitudes. Since earliest manhood the center of his life has been pleasure with women, the giving and taking of it, not with weak indulgence, dependency, but with the power and pride of a richly feathered male bird among hens. Branching out from this complete and satisfying center are all the auxiliary channels of his life, such as his heartiness with men, his appreciation of rough humor, his love of good drink and food and games, his car, his radio, everything that is his, that bears his emblem of the gaudy seed-bearer. He sizes women up at a glance, with sexual classifications, crude images flashing into his mind and determining the way he smiles at them.] Blanche is uncomfortable and draws involuntarily back from his stare. She is keenly aware of his dominant position and reacts as women of the day did. Through all of this he is the leader of his group and in full control of his household. Any opposition to his leadership is quickly put down by physical force. He beats his wife, fights his friends and eventually humiliates Blanche by raping her.