“ Stay Strong, Stand up, Have a voice”- Shawn Johnson. This quote epitomizes this story perfectly. There are characters that demonstrate this lead in literature. In the short story, “The Truth About Sharks” Beth, is introduced as the dynamic character. Beth from The Truth About Sharks by Joan Bauer, wakes up and is in a very lazy, tired and cranky mood. She doesn’t want to do anything her mom asks/wants her to. So, instead she went shopping for new pants. Beth goes to Michelle Gail’s and meets Hannah the sales person. She starts trying things on, Beth leaves her stuff in the changing room and walks over to the sales rack by the elevator and gets falsely accused for stealing the pants she had on. Madge P. Groton took her to her office and calls for backup and Beth is later greeted by Officer Brenneman who takes her to the police station. On their way there Beth asks for a chance to prove herself with a witness she has back at the store. Her witness Hannah who luckily remembers her and defends Beth because she was very polite to her in the morning. Beth stands up for herself and goes back to the store demanding an apology, which she later gets and a really pricey gift card given by the manager on behalf of the problem caused in his store. A study through Beth when you stand up for yourself you get something good out of it. …show more content…
An analysis of a dynamic character like Beth, of The Truth about Sharks, illustrates a central theme of, that if you want to be treated the way you deserve to be, people must stand up for what they believe is right. At first Beth was a regular teenage girl who was lazy and disrespectful to her family. Beth didn’t want to do anything her mom said to do. She also didn't want to get out of bad to do anything. This is a prime example of Beth being lazy. “I lifted my head from beneath the cover and saw unhappily that it wa morning.” (1). It supports it because it shows and gives clues that she isn’t a morning person. For example when it says unhappily that it was morning it shows that she is very distraught that it is morning and just wants to go back to sleep. Another event from the text that supports this theory is “ “Beth,” said my mother, “the day has begun; I suggest you do the same. You have to go shopping, wash the dog…” “ (1). This supports my topic sentence because it is showing that she is being disrespectful to her mom by doing what she is saying to do. She is also being lazy because she is not wanting to get up. So, as you can see she is being disrespectful to her mom who was waiting at the door. “ I dropped to the floor ignoring the knock on my door.” (1). This shows that she is lazy and doesn’t want to get up to answer the knock at her door. Beth also is disrespecting her family because her mom was the one knocking at her door so she is now ignoring her mom which is very disrespectful. She is lazy and disrespectful but then she becomes more aware and kind to others later in the story. Beth is more humble and cares about others. Beth cares for others because she was helping Hannah out with her boy problems and her boyfriend who just broke up with her. This part is significant because it shows she is caring about other people's feelings and is trying to help them. “ Males. I was between them at the moment. Probably just as well given my last boyfriend’s sizzling attraction to blondes-” (4). She is because she is helping Hannah get over her problems with boys. It is also showing that she needed help and Beth not knowing her decided to help her to be caring. One reason why she is humble. “ “Officer,” I whispered, “ I know you’re doing you job. I know that security guard was doing hers, but I’ve got to tell you, if we go back to that store, I’ve got a witness who knows that I didn’t do it.” (8). It shows that she is being humble and she doesn’t want to cause problems she just wants to solve the problem that is going on. Another reason why she is humble. “ I am really scared and I don’t know what else to do. Would you let me try to prove I’m innocent?” (8). This shows Beth is humble because she has scared feelings but she doesn’t want to show them on the outside. It is her sorta giving up but hoping the officer will take her back to the store to prove her wrong. Beth is humble and cares for others she was a lazy teenage girl but, watch she becomes a more independent self confident young women. Beth has now become a self-assured and courage young women. She becomes a more self-confident because she stood up for herself and proved to everyone that she was innocent. She is a courageous young women because she showed up to Uncle Al’s party looking nice. Which she usually doesn’t do. The author uses “ I was the hit of Uncle Al’s party. I wore an old black dress, but there was something shining in my face that I could feel-” (15) to help the reader understand the fact that she is becoming more self- confident. This supports my topic sentence because it shows that she is becoming self-confident and coming out of her shell. They are very impressed with her because she usually wears sweats and a sweatshirt. The reader learns that the mom is proud of her and doesn’t think she is lazy anymore “ .... my mother, who kept saying how proud she was that I had handled this by myself.” (16). This is showing that her mom is proud that she took upon herself to look nice and not all raggedy like usually. It also shows that Beth is becoming more mature. She is becoming courageous and expanding the boundaries she had. This is another example of the author’s use of her feelings. “ The sign read: Thomas Lundgren, Store Manager. “It can’t wait” “I’m afraid it’s going to have to, dear, you see…” “ (13). This is showing she is courageous. Courageous is brave and she was brave by going to the manager to complain about Madge P. Groton and what she did to her. She now has self-confident now that she did that she feels like she can do anything if she puts her mind to it. Eventually, Beth changed a lot and became more mature and courageous young women. An analysis of beth a dynamic character, from the Truth about Sharks, illustrates a theme of if you want to be treated the way you deserve to be, people must stand up for what they believe is right. At first beth was a regular teenage girl who was lazy and disrespected her mother. Then she started to be more humble and care for others. Finally Beth shows the dynamic aspect of her character and becomes a self-confident and courageous young women. Creative closing: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp is an essay written by Joy Williams, about the overwhelming complacency that todays culture shows towards nature.Williams argues in a very satirical way, that todays culture has all but completely lost touch with what nature really is, and that unless we as a nation change our morals regarding the role that nature plays in human existence, we may very well be witnessing the dawn of our own destruction.
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...o everyday use, such as Mama and Maggie have rightly done. Both of these short stories express the importance of standing up for what is right, regardless that one’s action may go unnoticed or that one may be faced with the difficult decision of choosing one daughter over the other. A person’s integrity and character develops every time a person stands up for what he or she believes in. Standing up for what is right is a good deed, and people should always stand firm for what is right because despite the possible losses, there is much more to be gained. .
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