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In the book, The Power of One, the main character Peekay has a vast amount of traits that make up his peculiar personality. Three of these personality traits are resilience, maturity, and independence, and he gets each from a different life experience or person he meets. These, combined with something he called his “camouflage,” made it possible for Peekay to get through the rough patches in his life. Peekay’s personality traits show up in a different part of his life, but they all come together to help him survive in the end. An important trait that Peekay acquired while he was at his first all boys boarding school is resilience. During his first term at boarding school, he was persecuted and physically tortured for being English. However, psychologically, Peekay did not understand that this treatment was wrong, so he allowed the torture to continue. Peekay was given multiple opportunities to report his abuse to an adult, but he chose to keep his pain internalised. For example, in the book Peekay says, “It’s true, sir. That’s what happened, I fell out of the tree and hurt my shoulder against the wall” (Courtenay 35). In this situation Peekay is asked by a doctor what has happened to his shoulder, and Peekay lies. He did not fall out of a tree; he was actually thrown across the room by a teacher. Maybe he lied to the doctor out of fear, but it is suggested that Peekay’s resilience and bravery are found subconsciously or instinctively. The use of his camouflage helped him develop the resilience to survive during the torture sessions. At the beginning of the torture sessions, Peekay cries from the pain, but soon learns to hide …show more content…
These personality traits, combined with his use of “camouflage” helped him survive the real world. Peekay lacked a real childhood and ended up having to develop those traits early in life. Each part of his life brings up a new trait, and these are just three of the
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,
“The thing I hate about space is that you can feel how big and empty it is… ”
In The Big Field, author Mike Lupica explores the theme, "Success uses motivation as fuel." Lupica portrays this theme through the main character, Hutch. Throughout the entire book, Hutch, a young boy that has just recently joined a highly talented baseball team, displays moments that exemplify this main theme. Hutch and his team have a chance to play in the stadium of the Miami Marlins, a Major League Baseball team, as long as they can keep winning games and advancing through a challenging tournament; however, Hutch's favorite position on the field, shortstop, the position located between 2nd and 3rd base, has already been filled on the team. Unfortunately, Hutch gets a demotion from shortstop, to second base, the position located between 1st base and 2nd base. Although Hutch was disappointed and melancholy about the switch in position, he was even more upset about the downgrading of leadership, since the
The production of Honky is a satirical comedy, following the lives of five people and the language of racism. While it focuses on the plot of 5 characters, the storyline was well thought out and intriguing. One actor in specific, Gerard Joseph, who played Thomas, did an exceptionally well job at conveying emotion and projecting to the audience, in my opinion. The overall directing, from the actors to the soundtrack and lightning, seem to be presented with excellent detail. Overall, this production was well done.
The main character in the book Savvy, written by Ingrid Law, is a girl who just turned 13 named Mississippi Beaumont. Mississippi or Mib’s just discovered her magical power that all Beaumonts get on their 13 birthday called her Savvy. Mibs embarks on a journey to go to Silina Hope Hospital so she can see her father who was just involved in a car wreck. She thinks her Savvy will be the one to save her father from the coma that he is in. But she faces many obstacles on her way to Silina. Mibs will find her true Savvy on this adventure with her friends and her many character traits such as being brave, caring, and selfish at times.
... nine personalities. Sammy in "A & P" has a mysterious side and yet sensitive side to him. Sammy also showed his flamboyant way of thinking and his wild and wicked imaginations. A personality can shape the way you think and what you do. In Sammy's case, through his way of thinking, showed us that he is a character full of imaginations and a distressed on life. He also showed his emotional side without getting overly sensitive and not wanting others to notice he has a weak side to him; this is usually the case of a romantic personality. As stated by Chou: "fours (are) sensitive to emotional pain... (and) they share a need for intensity."
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.
His first show of strength is when he was the youngest at his boarding school yet out of everything he went through he would never cry. “One thing got to all of them more than anything else. They could not make me cry” (45). As a little kid Peekay was beaten and made fun of but nothing was worth making the Judge and his posse happy so he held in all his pain. As Peekay gets older he learns to stand up to what he feels is right. “Then you are trespassing and I must ask you to leave at once… It isn’t nine o’clock yet, Lieutenant. No one’s broken curfew” (450-451). Peekay finds out that the police does not have the right reason to be there because the ticket has the wrong school on it, therefore Peekay stands up for what is right and tells the police what he knows is right. The police tried to mess up Morrie and Peekay’s black people school but the police was wrong wrong the whole time. Peekay is also very strong when it comes to boxing. “Lemme tell you, I never have seen an amateur throw a perfect thirteen-punch combination before” (433). Strength from Peekay's boxing comes from the countless hours he has put in to win all the fights he has been in. Geel Piet has raised him right and taught him how to stick through every fight. Peekay’s strength came from various people that came into his life. He was raised to be strong when it came to boxing and stick up for what he knew was
Have you ever thought about the evolution of developing a character trait over a course of unfortunate events, just because those things happened? Well, that’s basically what happened in the book, The Cay by Theodore Taylor. The main character in this book, Phillip Enright, has to live through some pretty bad events, but ends up having some major character changes that help him get off the island. In The Cay Phillip’s character reveals that through many problems and events he developed independence, maturity, and determination.
Characteristics are used to describe a person’s personality, quality, and features. These traits set every individual apart. In the short story “Trouble Is My Business” by Raymond Chandler the author reveals many distinctive traits about Marlowe. From him being able to take a lot of physical punishment, to using his fists well, and also handing out insults and wisecracks. With this, you may never know what Phillip is capable of at any given moment.
BeeZow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-bop-bop is the name of my character and this is an independent man that lives in the boiler room in a hotel. It's not that he is poor its just thats his job as a janitor, his job makes him work 5 hours a day and he earns 15.00 dollars per hour plus tips from the people that live there. His appearance is a long gandalf beard but, all of the beard is blonde. He is 8.5 feet tall but, still can’t dunk a ball. (He works 9 days a week) that's what he said in his interview when he was getting his job.
A personality is a combination of various attributes that belong to a single person. Each one has its own unique qualities and traits that create an individual that is different from any other human being. How this individuality is formed depends on the environment that a person has lived through and their experiences. Alison Bechdel grew up in a home with a father who alienated himself from his family so that he could conceal a dark secret from his life. Nevertheless, Bechdel was able to take from her past so that she could become a strong and independent women who kept true to who she was. Likewise, straying from the expected path of her family, Dorothy Allison was determined to become the person who she wanted to be. Expressing who she is and not changing to match others expectations has become high priority in Allison’s adult life. It was through a journey of hardship in their childhoods, both Allison and Bechdel were able to discover their individual identities in their adult life.
Determination is shown in many different characters, but mainly in Peekay. For example, Peekay was determined to become an extravagant boxer just like Hoppie. He had to overcome many childhood fears that he had. He was determined to be a great boxer just like Hoppie. Determination brought Peekay to becoming the champion boxer of South Africa.
In chapter 16, Peekay meets a new friend named Morrie. Although Peekay is hesitant at first, they quickly become allies. According to the text, the boys have some similarities, as they both have been outcasts due to their differences from others. Peekay states: “Morrie has never known any real racial prejudice, yet he had a strong sense of alienation as well as, it seemed to me at times, guilt, which he spent a lot of time trying to cover up by pretending to be tough minded” (Courtenay, 330). They bond over the fact that Morrie is good with money and going to be Peekay’s manager. At first, Peekay was somewhat hesitant to partner with him, ‘“...Hey, can be friends, I mean proper friends, Peekay?” “Sure, I said, not really meaning it”’ (331).
self identity and is trying to figure out his place in society. His characterization is important