Friday, September 27, 2013
English III- Question 2 Due 10/2!
Often, the protagonist of a story is unique from other characters that surround them. Based on what you have read so far, how is the protagonist in your story a unique individual? What qualities or characteristics make them stand out? In what ways do their thoughts and/or actions relate to the Transcendental ideas that we have discussed in class? IF you feel that your protagonist is NOT a unique individual, explain why you think this. How does your protagonist represent ideas that are opposite to the Transcendental ideas we've discussed? Support your answer using specific examples from your book.
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I think that the protagonist of my story is Adam Cayhall.He is the main character in the story.His grandfather is on death row and everyone else has given up on him.But Adam does not want to.He has faith in his grandfather and decides to represent him and try to remove him from death row.Adam Cayhall is like transcendentalist because he does not care what other people think.He knows what is right and what his grandfather deserves and he will do anything to help him.
The protagonist in my story is Montag. He is unique because he is a fireman which is the opposite of normal firemen. Firemen in this book light stuff on fire. Firemen are usually all about them and just want to burn things. Montag questions a lot of what is going on the book. It relates to transcendentalism by how Montag questions and things about a lot of the events. He is different from everyone else since he thinks on his own instead of just doing and follow the orders. He is different than what the other people act like. He questions the men that come to the house to help his wife. He questions why the didn's send M.D.'s. He questions what they were doing to fix her and why he has never seen then before.
The protagonist of the book I'm currently reading is Odd Thomas. He stands out as a character because he has a quality that no one else has. He sees the dead. He is definitely an individual because he does what makes him happy (his job as a fry cook), and he helps others that are in need, for example the dead people that talk to him need his help so he helps them in some way or another.
The protagonist in my story is Garret. He is unique because at the boarding school, the kids around him are suck ups that know how to work the system where Garret is new and is voicing his opinion of what he thinks. He does not really care what the other kids are doing, he is doing what he thinks is right and is sticking up for himself. He is reluctant to share some of his ideas because he knows that people are going to judge him but he is getting over it. I think Garret is very unique in how he carries himself and speaks out for what he believes in.
The protagonist so far in the hunt fro red october is the crew of the soviet submarine red October. unlike most stories this protagonist is a group of people, and their russian most in this story will most likely be american or british. The new captain shows great calm under pressure and leadership. the crew cant be transcendentalists because they have to think about each other and help each other to survive and stay hidden "our mission is to avoid detection, and so we shall" (Clancy 43)
In my story, a unique character is Sam Cayhill. His way of being and individual is his dislike for blacks and jews. He stands out because he was a member of the KKK and even helped in a bombing. While the rest of the country is willingly desegregating, Sam still is ignorant for the change. I don't believe he is totally unique however, because many whites from the south share his views.
In my story Taylor is the protagonist. She is a very young and strong girl. She is a teenager when she made her big decision. Taylor adopted a little girl. She is herself. She doesn't care what people think. Taylor and Turtle are happy the way they are and they way things worked out. Taylor wouldn't change for society, only Turtle.
The protagonist in The Lord of The Flies is Ralph. He is set apart from most of the other boys, at first, because he is one of the older ones. Trapped on the island, there are only boys, and there are no adults. The kids range anywhere from 15 to 6 years old. So, because Ralph is one of the older kids of the group, he is automatically looked at as in charge. Ralph is also a take-charge kind of person. From the beginning, he was calm and clear-minded, even though everyone was trapped on an island. He got everyone else calmed down, and thought positively about being rescued. Ralph thinks for himself, and not for anyone else. He doesn't let anyone else tell him what he should believe, and that is what makes his thoughts relate to transcendentalism.
The Protagonist in my book is Max. Max in a mutant that was created in an effort to make a new kind of human being. He doesn't know who his real parents are and the man that raised him was killed. He has 5 other siblings and he is the oldest. He is unique obviously because he and his sibling(who aren't actual siblings) have powers but he is the leader of the family. It is just him and his five other siblings living in a house and he has to do his best to keep things in line. He is running the house and he is only 13. Max doesn't care what others think he only cares about him family. This is a transcendentalist way because he is being himself even thought there are others that have powers like him. He is an amazing leader of his family of much younger kids. When max's "sister" was taken my the Erasers, He did everything in his power to get to her. When he couldn't saver her he developed a plan to get her back safely. Max wants to be isolated from the rest of the world, away from people that are "normal" because all they want to do is do tests on them. That is not trying to be yourself when others are around.
The Protagonist in my book is Max. Max in a mutant that was created in an effort to make a new kind of human being. He doesn't know who his real parents are and the man that raised him was killed. He has 5 other siblings and he is the oldest. He is unique obviously because he and his sibling(who aren't actual siblings) have powers but he is the leader of the family. It is just him and his five other siblings living in a house and he has to do his best to keep things in line. He is running the house and he is only 13. Max doesn't care what others think he only cares about him family. This is a transcendentalist way because he is being himself even thought there are others that have powers like him. He is an amazing leader of his family of much younger kids. When max's "sister" was taken my the Erasers, He did everything in his power to get to her. When he couldn't saver her he developed a plan to get her back safely. Max wants to be isolated from the rest of the world, away from people that are "normal" because all they want to do is do tests on them. That is not trying to be yourself when others are around.
The protagonist is Atticus he is holding the family together . Atticus is strong talks to the point and does what he has to do. He always thinks before he acts because he wants to be the most fair to how he can be. I think that Atticus is very smart and has good input as a character in the book To kill a Mocking Bird.
The protagonist in my book is Aron Lake, He is running for president for the cia just so they could have more power in the government. Aron is doing this secretly because he is the first person ever to run for president and have the government throw the election.
I have finished chapter of my book now. What makes my character unique is that he can not do what other people can do. Yet he experiences most of what a normal person does. Yet he can't react. In chapter two my character realizes that his dad is trying to kill him. This made him feel sad. So chapter three has become about how he sees death. So on his way home from school he watched a dog get hit by a car. This was his first real experience with death. His sister Cindy ran out of the car and loved on the dog as he died in her arms. He stared into the dogs eyes. He believed after watching the dog die that he was empty. Just a body there.
My story is Thirteen Reasons Why, and the main character is way different from the other characters because unlike everyone else he didn't affect hannah in a negative way. He was one of the few people that actually cared about her and when he tried to help her and be with her she pushed him away and made him leave. Clay is a transcendental type of person, meaning he thinks that he is above everyone else that is on Hannah's tapes. He thinks he never did anything wrong to Hannah, at least not as bad as half the things these people did to Hannah. He looks down on all these other peers that hurt hannah. For example Clay wants to beat up one of the boys because of what he did to Hannah, and he often asks what he did to her when all he did was try to be with her and not believe the rumors that were spread about her.
My story is Thirteen Reasons Why, and the main character is way different from the other characters because unlike everyone else he didn't affect hannah in a negative way. He was one of the few people that actually cared about her and when he tried to help her and be with her she pushed him away and made him leave. Clay is a transcendental type of person, meaning he thinks that he is above everyone else that is on Hannah's tapes. He thinks he never did anything wrong to Hannah, at least not as bad as half the things these people did to Hannah. He looks down on all these other peers that hurt hannah. For example Clay wants to beat up one of the boys because of what he did to Hannah, and he often asks what he did to her when all he did was try to be with her and not believe the rumors that were spread about her.
The protagonist in the book Seabiscuit is Charles Howard. Charles is an ambitious younger man, 28 years old, who started off his life in the automotive business. He has a wife and two wonderful kids. As a young guy starting out in life, "He was the was soon the world's largest distributor in the fastest-growing industry in history" (Hildenbrand, pg. 11). Howard was a successful business man making millions of dollars, but then moved on from cars to the horse racing industry. After the death of his son, Frankie, he turned away from vehicles and found interest in horse racing instead. Charles was not a very good representation of a transcendentalist, as he only cared about money, and nothing else. He doesn't look at the others things in life, but money.
The protagonist in my story is Lindsay Boxer. Lindsay is different, because she is the chief inspector for the SFPD. She is one of the only women in the homicide department in the SFPD. She also has a condition that is lethal, her blood doesn't make enough oxygen. So she has to deal with that and try to stop a killer. She believes in doing things her own way and not being like everyone else. At the same time, she is a cop/detective and she knows that she has to work with other people and be able to conform to the needs of her partner and her department to get her job done. She has a new partner named Raleigh, whom she has never worked with before. She has to figure out how to work with him and be compatible, yet still get the job done that is needed to be done.
The protagonist in my story is Charlie Drouet. To me, he is a protagonist because when Caroline got off the train in Wisconsin, he had no idea who she was and he was observing her the whole time. Other people don't stare at a person for a long amount of time unless they have something planned. He stands out in the book because he told Caroline that he would take her on a walk around Chicago and then they exchange their addresses with each other. When talking about the Transcendental ideas, in class we mentioned that people believe that society and its institution corrupted the purity of an individual. It was random that out of everyone on the train, Charlie wanted to show Caroline, a young girl, around the big city of Chicago. That "corrupted" the purity of Charlie, because you would think that he is going to kidnap her or something because she is only 18 and knows only her sister in Chicago. Charlie represents the opposite of the Transcendental ideas because he really isn't in touch with nature and his spirit. The book does not really go into much description of Charlie very much. For example, it says in the book that Charlie randomly offers to go to her sister's house to meet Caroline there when they go and explore the city. From that, you can tell that Charlie does not really care about himself that much because all he is interested in is Caroline and seeing her again.
The protagonist in my story is the traveler, the convict or Jean Valjean. He is treated so terribly in this book because he decided to steal a loaf of bread. He was sent to the galleys and was a criminal with a yellow card. This yellow card makes him an outcast. A statement in the book shows how Jean Valjean was an individual in society, "He questioned himself if human society could have the right alike to crush it's members , in the one case by it's unreasonable carelessness, and in the other by it's pitiless care (23,Hugo)."He was judged for being different and although he had stolen a loaf of bred, it was a harsh and unreasonable punishment. Society degrades him and puts him down because he is different than others because he was without parents and had to take care of children/siblings at a young age. In the book it describes Valjean as entering the galleys sobbing and shuddering and exiting hardened. It also mentioned how he entered in despair and went out sullen. This shows how the galleys can change a good-natured person.
I have read all the way through page 95, and there is still not a clear protagonist. There are actually two protagonists. Clay is the Narrator and the main protagonist he is an individual, because as a Narrator he is sharing all of his feelings and memories about the tapes, but as a character he isn't an individual, because he doesn't tell anybody about the tapes or his thoughts about them. Hannah, who made the tapes, is the other protagonist, and she is an individual, because she put all of her thoughts and feelings on tapes, to show people what affected her, and why it was important. She isn't afraid to bring up what has happened in the past.She stands out, because she is willing to put all of her thoughts out in the open. Her thoughts relate to transcendental ideas, because they include the five I's, and she is not afraid to be an individual, and show everybody who she is.
I think my character is unique because he doesn't fight in the wars and think of the wars and fighting the same as all of the other soldiers. He thought at first that the army soldier coming in to subway, where he worked, was a sign so he signed up, and now he was thinking he didn't know if he would run out and chicken out and not fight like most of the guys like him. He say all the other guys fleeing, "He, too, threw down his gun and fled". But he thought to himself that he didn't want to be like them and that he could make it through this, and he ended up making it through the first war and even helped a couple of people back to camp. One of the guys he helped was making fun of him saying "Think m' leg is made of iron? If yeh carry me decent, put me down an' let someone else do it". He is strong and cares about the people around him. When he was fighting he was thinking about himself and how he could making it through the war even though it was going to be tough, and he also was thinking about the people around him and when they were done fighting, the people that had troubles walking back to camp and getting back he would carry and help them back and not just worry about himself getting back. He really thought through everything he did and didn't do, because he wanted to make sure he was going to do the right thing and make the right decisions.
In my book, "Mockingjay", Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist. She is a very unique individual because she is the Mockingjay, the symbol of the rebellion. Although not everyone likes her as a person, they look up to her, for she is the only hope they have to be safe again. Katniss's action relate to Transcendentalism because she likes and wants to do her own thing. For example, she doesn't go and get her daily schedule printed onto her arm everyday, or she just doesn't follow it.
The protagonist in my book is Winston Smith. Winston is very pensive and curious as he is desperate to understand how and why the Party exercises such absolute power in Oceania. He hates the Party passionately and is very rebellious. In his diary, he repeatedly writes "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" which is a huge crime during that time. Like the Transcendental ideas we've been reading, Winston believes the Party has corrupted people.
This comment is going to be horrible, but my book isn't nice. Additionally, this will be a little difficult to do because the characters have not been named yet. So in this case we will call them Friend 1 and Friend 2. Friend 1 displays a dominant, power-hungry personality while friend 2 displays a submissive, shy personality and pretty much does whatever friend 1 tells him to do. This is how most criminal partnerships work, with one being the alpha male and the other just going along for the ride. Therefore the protagonist is friend 1 because of his dominant personality. Most people like to be in charge and control what they want to do, but this is taking it to an extreme. This is horrible, but he is an individual because he does not conform to the social norm and pretty much does what he wants. A little refresher- they are a sadistic pair that rape and torture black women. This book is REALLY dark, and hopefully it picks up sometime.
My Main Character is Robin a.k.a. Birdy. Being not a complete rebel he leaves his home and his life to go to the army to which he is deployed to Fallujah. He rebelled against his father and his family leaving in the night to join the army. He doesn't stand out a lot because he seems to have the best qualifications in the field. Multiple times has he been compared to the others and the seem to be excelling in the stuff and he is the normal solider.
I believe that my protagonist is not very unique yet. He may become more unique later but at the moment he is just trying to talk to an old war buddy to get information on the war he fought in so he can write a book on it. The story hasnt really picked up yet but it might soon as I think it will switch to telling the story he wrote later on. He is not going to conform and make it a pro war or anti war book about that war, just a war book in general that dosnt make them all seem like heros.
Henry Fleming is the protagonist in The Red Badge of courage. Ultimately he is a young boy leaving his school not even finishing school. So every one looks up to him seeing him as a hero. But in reality he fights for the Union in the Civil war. Henry has not yet ben at war and questions his own loyalty and courage to the Union. So far he sits quietly wondering if people fell the same as he does wanting to run. He whats to have courage and be that hero that everyone see him as.
In my story Katness finally meets up with Peeta and Peeat is a lot bigger then he used to be he just looks a lot stronger.Then they meet up with their Sponsor Haymitch. He is a very heavy drinker so, Katness brought him over some stuff to drink just so he doesn't go crazy. And they sat around and talked.
In my story, there's not really a protagonist that I can see yet. Nobody really stands out. Everybody follows the rules, and nobody goes their own way. They are all scared to stand up for themselves.
In the novel I am currently reading, the point of view is third person omniscient, meaning that it is very hard to pinpoint a specific main character due to the hopping around of the description of the different characters lives. Although this technique may give the reader a better insight as to what every characters mindset it, it is very hard to pinpoint exactly what or who to focus on. The main two characters that have been in depth explained so far are Rufus, a small boy, and his father, Jay Follet. In the beginning of the novel, the perspective was mainly geared towards Rufus, but as the story is unfolding, I am finding that the narrator is steadily changing the character of interest to Rufus’s father, Jay Follet. Since they both play such key roles in this novel, I find it to be appropriate to treat them both as co-main characters, so as for the question of what makes them each unique; Jay is unique because he tries so hard to portray the perfect American father and husband, but deep inside he knows that he is only doing this so he can avoid turning into his father, who by the sounds of it was a very cynical man, but had good intentions. As for Rufus, he is unique due to his modesty. Rufus tries so hard to live up the the expectations of his father and by doing this he is becoming quite the intelligent young man and is very inquisitive for his age, which is duly notes many times in the novel. It is also for these qualities that make them stand out, because even though they try so hard to be perfect and live up to expectations, they still have their doubts and struggles just like everyone else, but instead of using excuses as a crutch, they use it as an advantage to get better and keep progressing as individuals which also makes them relate to transcendentalism extremely well. With both Rufus and his father Jay withholding an abundant supply of pride, they both refuse to conform to the restraints of society. They show this by going above and beyond. For example, most children in this era could not read or write as well as Ralph could, because Ralph took it upon himself to strive for greatness and become something he was proud of. Jay was individualistic, because he took it upon himself to maintain and support the family. Without Jay, the family would have no backbone and it is for his courage to stand up to the world for his family that makes him a perfect character to exemplify transcendentalism.
At the moment, Eliza is the main character. She is much more educated and well kept than others, especially considering she is an African-American living in these times. Her husband is smart, yet not well kept. Her son, Harry, is well kept, but not smart. Eliza is very headstrong and determined when something is on her mind. She tries her all to help people; an example would be when her husband wanted to run away. While he was her husband, she also just didn’t want him to be hurt. She is very against slavery and wishes to be free, and wants to take action to do so. Her husband does, as well. Even more so than his wife, George is brave enough to take action and run from his master. They both share qualities to that of a transcendentalist, but I feel they have their doubts. I have not met the main character, Uncle Tom, yet. I assume he will be even more so than them in the ways of abolition and isolation from the cities and government.
So far, my protagonist is an unknown American man. He is unique from the rest because he is an American man that is a part of the Italian army, instead of the Americans. He doesn't represent the Transcendental ideas, because he doesn't focus on only trusting himself, he works with others. This is showed by the fact that he works well with others in the book.
The protagonist in my book would have to be Ralph. Ralph is the take charger kinda kid that does not tell the other what to do
,but suggest thing so the kids think that it was their idea. Ralph just suggested that there should be a leader or a chief.
The other kids just ate it up. The kids were like yeah lets have a chief, but they were suggesting other kids to be the chief not him
Ralph was chief by the majority vote.
The main character in my book is Jerry Renault. Jerry is very quiet so far in the book and doesn't say much. Jerry is the one that starts the chocolate protest. Jerry is an individual he doesn't just shout out, he's quiet and gets back at people in silent whys. He also started the Chocolate war and stood out in the crowded. He is a leader at his school so there for he's and individual.
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The protagonist of my story is defiantly Floyd. He is unique because he is a white boy coming from foster parents that wants to become a dakota indian so badly. He goes on a hanblecheya which is four days alone in he woods with no food and no water. Most boys his age would never do unless they are required to by there indian tribe. He is very brave for going on with this journey. Also he left his foster family and friends to come here. He looks up to the chief of the tribe and he likes how peaceful it is out in the open he is strong and stands for himself. He represents himself and what he truly believes in and in that way he describes transcendentalism.
The protagonist in my book is named Sethe. She is the main character so far and is the mother of 4 children. 2 of her boys had ran away and one daughter had died and comes back and haunts them. She is unique because she does the best to try and keep her only child from running away and giving her a good life. She seems very weird and kind of crazy at times. She is a transcendentalist from the way she had raised her kids. She doesn't care about what people think of her and just does her own thing.
The protagonist in my story is a guy names Alex Cross. He is a hard working father of 2 that works for the New York City Police Department. He is a unique individual because he reminds me of the hard working American. Doesn't complain about his job and the hours that go into it. He just pushed through the bad times to make them better. He doesn't really react to a bad situation like most people would. So far he is just a calm guy. For example his niece was murdered and he is on the scene. He doesn't really react like a normal person would. He still takes it serious just doesn't get mad like a normal person in today's society would.
Katniss is the protagonist in my book the Hunger Games. She is the narrator of the book. Katniss stood out to be the Hunger Games' protagonist because she volunteered for the reaping. She is volunteering to die, which makes her seem a little on the wild side. She represents ideas opposite of transcendentalism because of her caring side. She cares for her family and she cares for her friend Prim. She puts their needs before hers which is against transcendentalism.
In my book The Hunger Games Katniss is the main protagonist because she is way different from all of the other characters. She is from district 12 and she is on the poor side of her district. So she has too trade/beg for food. She is also different because she is a big hunter/scavenger and is very skilled in that category. Katniss is the opposite of a transcendentalist because she volunteers to go into the hunger games instead of her sister, because she is actually a caring girl.
In my book, there is no clear protagonist as the story is told by the point of view from many different people. Each character has a very unique idea of what their purpose is. Most of them aren't transedentalists. They really care about sticking to the staus qoute. With that said they all add a unique flare to the stories. It is exciting to have the insight into so many of their thoughts.
the book the Pig Man there are many protaganest because it is told in two points of view. John you could consider an antagest because he trys to lead in a bad way. He has his own personalty because he just is kinda a loner and what we would consenter a pranker. The is transcendental because he dosen't care about what other people say about him but also is a leader. The way he leads in a bad way is the set bombs in the school and they do prank calling. I think he is an inspirer because he gets other people to do prank calls.
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department 19 has not really made it clear of what happened 2 years previous to the present day in my book. it has multiple flashbacks and it also describes the character in a weird encounter the te person has. like how he or she reacts to the situation and how they deal with the situation.
The two boys in the story are very unique. You think a prince would want to keep living the life he lives, but he switches. He is not going by what he should do, but by what he wants to do. The Pauper then gets to live the life he has always dreamed of and gets to be the prince he always thought he was. They both kind of have the transcendental idea we talked about.
In my story the protagonist is not a unique individual. He is in the military. I think this is what makes kinda a "by the book" type of person he don't really do things he should not and he Seems like he is scared to get into trouble.He doesn't really think for himself he has people looking over him telling him what todo all the time.
the person in my story that is standing out right now is Ralph. He is always getting drunk and he has weird tendencies to over exaggerate stuff. i think that he most represents imagination because of the reasonable cause of what he does.
I believe procagonist in my book is Harley Davidson. He seem to be the racer type always late for things never clean the grease out him. In the book they play a card game that base on make believe something like lord of the ring theme I guess. I think he is the protagonist he like to push things and he curious why the old man in the book said not to play that card he found.
The protagonist in my book is Montag. The book is set in the future. It is weird because the book was written in the 50's so it's funny to compare the authors thoughts to what it's like today. In the book the firefighters set book aflame for a living. So the firefighters basically carry around flamethrowers for their job which is pretty BA. So instead of putting out fires they start fires to destroy books. I haven't gotten far enough in the book to know why they do yet. He meets a girl on his way home and she says that he is different than most firefighters. Most firefighters are happy with their job. Montag seems sad and doesn't know why he has to burn the books. So the girl asks him if he is happy and he doesn't know if he is. So unlike other firefighters Montag questions why he is doing his job. And he doesn't know if he is happy with his life or not. So i think instead of just doing as Montag is told he will start asking questions and doing what others think need to be done.
I do not yet, know the name of the main character but he is a very insecure individual. He does not seem to have anything to do with the suicide of Hannah. He seemed to be nice and didn't judge her like the rest of the characters.
I just finished chapter 4. The boys are getting used to life on the island. The boys enjoy the mornings but sleep through the afternoon due to heat. A ship comes by but the signal fire is out so the ship doesn't see it. The hunters' finally kill a pig.
In my book the main character is Ralph and he is basically in charge. All the boys look up to him and he makes most of the dissuasions. I think that Ralph is unique because he has good morals and an out going personality, we will just have to see what happens when others want to be in charge. Most kids want to just play and hunt but others, like Ralph and Piggy, want everybody to have different roles.
The protagonist in my book is Mr. Shaffer who is life is in a game involving the British embassy. He is a very important individual and his nick name is death. He goes around killing people. In the game then turns into real life and now i am at the part where he picked up a hooker and took her her to the woods. He introduced him self as death and told her she was very lucky. She was brutally murdered and was under tight control of the police and the detectives. Looks like he have dont many other murders to. The police detectives say "this looks like our cold case murderer strikes again"
The character in my book is an interesting protagonist of how smart he is of from other people in his town and his knowledge of the sea and on boats and just the overall knowledge of how things work on the ocean. He stands out of how well he can work the ship and get things ready to sail and to change things if needed to be.
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