“Should The Fan Club Have Ended Like it Did?” In the short story “The Fan Club,” the protagonist is Laura and the antagonist is Rachel. Throughout the story, our protagonist faces both internal and external conflicts, not only with herself but with other characters. For example, both the protagonist and antagonist face an external conflict with each other. Laura and Rachel have an awkward interaction. The narrator states, “She turned to go, but Rachel still stood there, her mouth half open, her pale, moon-like face strangely urgent. It was as if an invisible hand tugged at Laura’s sleeve.” This quote shows that Laura is embarrassed by talking to Rachel in the hallway which creates an external conflict. “They”, a group of students that go to Laura’s school can see both Rachel and Laura talking so Laura doesn’t want to give them another reason for them to talk about Laura because she thought that they were talking about her that morning. When Laura tries to walk away from Rachel, she gets drawn back into the conversation. Laura clearly shows no interest in talking to Rachel but Rachel keeps talking to her. …show more content…
She then began to clap.” Laura ends up joining the making fun of Rachel for many reasons. She’s put on the spot by Diane by telling Laura to join the fan club of Rachel. If Laura were to deny pinning the card to her shirt, she would also be made fun of for not joining the others. Laura chooses the decision that is right for her and in doing this she betrays and loses her only friend that she
Firstly let us consider conflict. In each act of the play, we see the overpowering desire to belong leading to a climax of conflict amongst the characters, which has the consequence of exclusion. Conflict is a successful literary technique, as it engages the audience and focuses our attention on the issue of conflict and exclusion, brought about by the characters’ desires to be accepted by their community.
Society often pressures individuals within it to conform to different ideals and norms. This stems from the fact that individuals in a society are expected to act in a certain way. If a person or group of people do not satisfy society’s expectations, they are looked down upon by others. This can lead to individuals isolating themselves from others, or being isolated from others, because they are considered as outcasts. The emotional turmoil that can result from this, as well as the internal conflict of whether or not to conform, can transform an individual into a completely different person. This transformation can either be beneficial or harmful to the individual as well as those around them. The individual can become an improved version of himself or herself but conversely, they can become violent, rebellious and destructive. The novels Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk and A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess both explore the negative effects experienced by individuals living within the confines of society’s narrow-mindedness. In A Clockwork Orange, protagonist Alex was the leader of a small group of teenage criminals. He did not have a healthy relationship with either one of his parents or with others around him. Instead he spent most of his time alone during the day and at night roamed the streets in search of victims he could mug or rape. In Fight Club the unnamed protagonist was an outcast in his community. He chose to distance and isolate himself from others and as a result had no friends, with the exception of Tyler Durden and Marla Singer. Due to his isolation, he often participated in nightly fights that took place in Fight Club so that he could relieve his anxiety and stress. In this way, Alex and the unnamed protagoni...
They say that the best moments in life are best seen through a picture or painting in “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu” by John Updike, uses very careful words to paint a vivid picture in such a short amount of writing. In the first paragraph we as the reader learn when the baseball filed was built , and when it was rebuilt. This filed is not just any baseball field , but can be seen as“Boston artifact.” This filed is also a treasure, and one day be a piece of history. Updike, chooses his words very assiduously because instead of saying farthest end he says the deepest end. I think he uses this because even though its a huge filed he wants us to know that does not seem that way. Updike, successfully puts the really important part of this image, and
A discrepancy between one’s internal and external state means that there is an imbalance of one’s emotional equilibrium. With or without dissonance, the individual is alienating themselves from the rest of the group because they are disconnected from their emotions. My internal state at the celebratory dinner did not match the positive facade I put up, because prior to the event, my car was towed and I anticipated an uncomfortable gathering with both of my parents under one roof. I used deep acting by telling myself that I was there for my brother’s engagement and that I should be happy for him just as my family was. I changed a personal part of myself to fit the context of the
For example, Abbott’s inner conflicts are how he, as a state-raised convict, is perceived and viewed by the public, as well as his own awareness of how his life in prison has led to him becoming a more violent person who lacks emotions, and his inability to break away from the typical prisoner mindset and into that of a functioning member of society outside of prison bars. Abbott wrote of how although he knows about certain emotions through reading them, he cannot actually feel them and ultimately, he cannot fully understand them. Robert Beck also goes through a conflict, but of a different form. When Iceberg Slim is released from prison, he is faced not with the conflict of whether or not he should change and turn from his illegal practices of being a street pimp, but how best to leave his past life behind with the least damage done. He realizes that bitter, former prostitutes could easily turn him in if they felt that he had wronged him, so he did his best to ensure that his last prostitute wasn’t left unsettled, allowing him to leave the business without
When facing adversaries, there will always be a factor in the story the protagonist personality flaws are either illustrated or torn apart by their own complications. The worse part it that their identity can be easily influenced by the manipulation of people who are looking to take advantage of the individual's guilt and emotions. In Sinclair Ross’s story, “The painted door”, Anna the main character is manipulated to believe that her husband is not going to arrive home when a blizzard is undergoing; which ultimately leads her to her ultimate downfall. But in the end, this all came down to her failure to remain faithful to her husband, wanting more in her life and the failure to keep her habits in line with her marriage. Ann’s failure endure
Conflict exemplifies how anger and prejudice is bad for a relationship. The relationships shown were in first and third person point of view. Chris Crutcher used first person point of view so that the reader could get an in depth look of anger and prejudice in the relationship.
As you can see, there are a lot of major internal conflicts. However, there are many more not so important conflicts that weren’t listed! Ranging from racism to loneliness, the characters in this novel have gone through a lot, physically and mentally. As the novel progresses all the characters seem to go from a negative, depressed mental state to a positive and loving one. Jefferson dies with courage because Grant was able to crack Jefferson and help him, which also ended up helping himself. Miss Emma and Tante Lou are now at peace thanks to Grant’s affect on Jefferson. The only reason the novel ended with everybody in a positive state of mind is due the decisions and actions made because of the internal conflict. In conclusion, internal conflicts are very important to the story causing conflicts and plot twists to interest the reader and pull the novel together.
When he asks what she gives it to him for, she replies, “A—souvenir.” Then she hands it to him, almost as if to show him that he had shattered her unique beauty. This incident changed her in the way that a piece of her innocence that made her so different is now gone. She is still beautiful and fragile like the menagerie, but just as she gives a piece of her collection to Jim, she also gives him a piece of her heart that she would never be able to regain. Laura and her menagerie are both at risk of being crushed when exposed to the uncaring reality of the world.
According to the writer antagonist is a virulent disease in the church (Hug. 23). A body cannot regard attack on a single part as an inconsequential threat requiring no response by other parts. This case study is conflict over a woman as a pastor or in authority. Congregations face these type of issues, which is belief issues (Everist. 17).
Laura is the character that has never hurt any other individual. Regardless of her own problems, she shows affection for the rest of the family. Laura additionally has the quality of benevolence, however, she is the pivot which the story revolves, and all the images in some sense talk about her. She recognizes her leg damage and her shyness without feeling inferior to other people.
..... the hat is yours, It’s is made for you. It’s much too young for me. I have never seen you look such a picture. Look at yourself!”(6). Furthermore, according to Mrs.Sheridan, this hat is claiming Laura into her upper class life and proving to her that she has dominance and superiority over all others not in her class. However, Laura isn’t too sure if she is comfortable with this. The hat is placed upon her and she isn’t able to look at herself, she feels uneasy and troubled which is showing her embarrassment of the class she is in. When Laura arrives at the house of an impoverished family, to give her condolences because of their recently deceased family member, she again begins to feel awkward because of her hat. She even says to the homeowner, Mrs. Scott, “forgive my hat”(8). Moreover, this shows Laura isn't very comfortable in her privileged, upper class life.
Books aren’t easy for me to focus on and just read, so they must capture my attention with thoughtful conflict. I like stories in which the main narrator can relate their own opinion to the reader, usually through a first person narration, by doing this I feel I’m more connected with the story and can interpret the plot and conflict on a deeper level. I want to be able to know the characters internal interpretations of the conflict, how they feel and what actions they make according to this thought. Then being able to relate to that character's
When conflict arises , it destabilizes relationships . A concrete example of interpersonal conflict happened between the restless 20-year old optometry patient and the staff of the Emergency Department in the 5th case. An expressed disagreement about the patient's demand to be immediately seen by the doctor and the Triage nurse lack of assessment of not being a priority aggravated the challenging behavior of the male patient from excessive distress brought about by his health condition.
Laura Wingfield is described by Williams as having “failed to establish contact with reality, [and] continues to live vitally in her illusions.” Laura is unmotivated to move beyond the daily life she has with her family. She seems comfortable and content, in the sense that because she has always been taken care of, she believes that she always will be. She is not concerned about her future unlike her mother who vocalizes her concerns to Tom, “nothing has happened. She just drifts along doing nothing. It frightens me terribly how she just drifts along,” (34). Amanda has Laura attend Business College to help her in the future. However, Laura drops out the day after she “was sick to the stomach and almost had to be carried into the washroom,”