Nimona, a book that takes place in a world of medieval times with magic and technology, introduces us to characters with their rules and principles that they support or break. The main characters with rules that amplify the story line are the Director, Goldenloin, and Blackheart. The Director’s rule of removing anything that threatens her power is reinforced, possibly causing her downfall, Goldenloin’s rule of doing what's best for the people is shown to be reinforced, helping the people out even if it means losing his life, and Blackheart’s rule, similar to Goldenloin’s of never killing any humans progressively vanishes throughout the book when he overlooks his sidekick possibly causing some deaths, afterword in the middle of fights, and when he puts the importance of his sidekick over the citizens. …show more content…
Possibly affected by her mysterious past, the director reinforces her own rules after finding out that Nimona was a shapeshifter, trying to end Nimona.
Shown in the book, the Director demands at Goldenloin, “We cannot allow this.”(33) Putting emphasis on the word, “cannot” displaying that she thinks this is a serious matter and that Nimona needs to be stopped. On the second attack, Nimona and Blackheart targets the bank, escaping while leaving a mess. The director continues to order goldenloin, “Get rid of the sidekick, by any means necessary.”(86) Instead of possibly having a discussion and listening to their demands peacefully. When matters got into her own hands and most of the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics was obliterated, she faced off with the dangerous side of Nimona by herself, trying to slay Nimona, and ended up perishing, trying to follow her own principle of removing anything threatening to
her. Goldenloin, part of the institution and Blackheart’s former friend, pursues his principles of doing what's best for the people. He was tricked by the institution thinking he was doing what’s right, by trying to stop Blackheart from revealing all the wrongdoings of the institution. Fighting against Blackheart and Nimona, he never wanted to hurt them, until seeing the dangerous side of Nimona. When talking to Blackheart, he assumed that Nimona was a monster, and rationally thought to keep the people safe, he must kill Nimona. He betrayed his own rule trying to help the citizens, knowingly said “I never did anything good my whole life,” (208) and in trying to fix the mistake he has made, “I can’t defeat her but I have to try.” (208) Although he couldn’t stop Blackheart from talking to Nimona, he resolved his rule and did what was best for the people. Blackheart never wanted to end a life, but thanks to the circumstances, blackheart broke his rule of never causing the death of a civilian when he put his friend Nimona in front of the people. It all started when Nimona partially ruined Blackhearts plan, and after some scolding he let her off the hook, when Blackheart told Nimona to “show a little more restraint.”(23) later on, the apples Blackheart engineered to fake jade root poison, was shown that it might have killed people as “two of the people infected by your virus has died.”(164) The last evidence shown that Blackheart broke his rule was to save Nimona, and risk everyone's life on it, but before that happened, Nimona may have killed some civilians and even the king was killed by Nimona. Although Blackheart may have indirectly killed a civilian and broke his rule, he saved his friend Nimona and the rest of the people. Overall, the rules made by these characters were broken, kept, and fixed, everyone trying to achieve their goal, doing what they think is right. Director followed her rule to the end, Goldenloin broke his rule at the start but later on fixed it, and Blackheart sacrificed his rule to help a friend in need. Although all rules try to keep order and unity, there is a good chance of having an acception, or a good reason to change your thinking and have a different perspective.
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,
Humans are never perfect, and their emotions often conflict with their logic. In “The Scarlet Ibis”, the narrator receives a physically disabled brother, Doodle, thus trains Doodle physically so that he could live a normal life. Throughout the story, the narrator’s actions and thoughts reveals his true personalities to the audience as he slowly narrates the story of himself and his scarlet ibis, Doodle, whose existence he dreaded. In the story written by James Hurst, pride, love, and cruelty, these conflicting character traits all exists in Doodle’s brother. And the most severe of all, pride.
Absence of Rule in William Golding's Lord of the Flies Works Cited Missing In today's society, rules control peoples' everyday lives. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the result of a society without rules and regulations is demonstrated throughout the novel. The boys of the novel are abandoned on an island without adults and only their own teamwork and knowledge to keep them alive.
The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry has many interesting characters. In my opinion, the most fascinating character is Ruth because of her many emotions and captivating personality. She goes through extreme emotions in the play such as happiness, sadness, anger, stress, and confusion. Ruth is very independent, firm, kind, witty, and loving.
Alex Rider “The Fourteen-Year-Old Spy”, is working against “Scorpia” to save the lives of 12,000 school children. He is the main character and protagonist in the book Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz. The theme of Scorpia is the importance of family. Scorpia, an acronym for Sabotage CORruPtion Intelligence Assassination, is a secret spy organization built and run by criminals, making them the antagonists of the book. In an attempt to eradicate Scorpia, Alexa travels to various locations in southern Europe to unravel mysteries and problems created by Scorpia. As Alex approaches each conflict throughout the novel Scorpia he develops and expresses various forms of characteristics. In the novel Scorpia, Alex Rider reveals his character traits in the forms of loyalty, naïvety, and intelligence. Without those traits he wouldn’t be where he is now and wouldn’t be doing what he is doing now.
When Shakespeare wrote Titus Andronicus, the issues of race were at their peak. It was the time where blacks were seen as barbarous and villainous, and that is exactly what Shakespeare gave his audience when he presented the character Aaron the Moor. Unfortunately white Europeans did not sympathize or connect with this character, mostly because Aaron seemed to symbolize the black population as a whole. Shakespeare makes it very clear that Aaron has a hard time of gaining the likeness and approval of not only the audience, but also the characters in Titus Andronicus. In his article, Uddalak Dutta states that “Shakespeare seems to attest that “blackness” is, indeed, not merely skin-deep but an essential character trait” (927). Aaron’s characterization is one that cannot be matched by any other character in Shakespeare’s plays. Aaron embodies the characteristics of
Lancelot is known to be the greatest knight in the Arthurian legend. He is talked greatly about by John Steinbeck and Sir Thomas Malory. In their tales, Lancelot, is shown as a perfect knight and has a pure personality. Sir Launcelot du Lake and The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, present Lancelot in a way where he is likable by all. Lancelot’s pure personality and bravery makes him the greatest knight.
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In the novel Wonder, by R.J Palacio, there was Ah-Ha signpost when August realizes how his sister, Olivia, feels about him being around her in public and how his mother is sheltering him from reality and knowing what's going on with her and his sister. August shows grit by telling them that he knows what they are arguing about about and they can't make up any lies. The main character august who is in 5th grade and has a peculiar appearance due to all the surgeries he had after birth and has to deal with the problems he is facing in life. For an example, at his new school students are afraid of being around him and say that who ever touches him will get a plague. But 3 brave kids, charlotte, jack, and summer, learn
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