Out of the books “The Jumping Tree” and “The Ravine” the characters had to make a decision about to jump and follow their friendship or be a leader for themselves. In “The Ravine” Vinny didn’t jump from the ravine into a pond and in “The Jumping Tree” Rey did jump off a tree. I think Vinny made the best decision. In “The Ravine” Vinny and friends were in a ravine were a boy had just got killed about two weeks ago in the pond they were going to. When I read the book I found out that Vinny was caring not only for himself but for others. When he saw his friends jumping off a ledge in the ravine to the pond he was scared especially for Starlene. In the book on page seven Vinny said this in his mind, “Pleasepleaseplease Starlene, I don’t want to
In the novel To Dance With The White Dog there are many similarities between Sam Peek and Kay’s father. The Dedication and Authors Note, located before and after the[b1] novel, give the reader insight into the true meaning of the book. In the Authors Note Kay speaks of his father and the fruit trees that he cared for; from this a correlation arises with Sam Peek and his beloved pecan trees.
Poney does not want to be in a boys home, due to his parents death all three boys should be in a boys home. He mentions both in the book and the movie he has to be careful with getting into huge trouble because if the cops found him they would put him in a boys home since he has no parent. Cherry is very kind hearted in both the movies she tells Ponyboy about how you can’t assume if one person from this group is like that, then that must mean everyone else there is the same. She finds a way to figure someone out, if they are a certain way it's because of their past because they've gone through tough stuff she says “Things are rough all over”(S.E. Hinton). In both Cherry spills soda on Dally for trying to hit on her and tells him “get lost hood” (S.E. Hinton), but then tells Pony that if she sees Dally she's afraid she will fall for him, because she sees the good in him. Poney boy also talks to Johnny about the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay in both while watching the sunset about losing your innocence and views in life. When Johnny passes away he tells Ponyboy Stay
Uncertain journeys are numerous in Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees. Many characters in the novel put their current lives aside to go off in hopes of finding a better one.
Two people could be living two very different lifestyles, yet they could be very similar in the way they act and react in the same situation. Charlotte from “The Metaphor” by Budge Wilson and the Mother character from “Borders” by Thomas King live very different lives but the way they deal with the problems they are faced with is very similar. Both protagonists have to deal with trying to be forced to be something they are not by society and their families, but Charlotte from “The Metaphor” has been challenged by her strenuous home, she must face her organized mother and orderly home; the Mother from “Borders” must stand up for what she believes in and fight for what she wants.
The Protagonist “Ponyboy Curtis”, had Adversity with Darry. He tried his best to explain all the mistakes that he made, and Darry would just start yelling at him, and go completely insane. Ponyboy didn’t want to live with him that way, because his would’ve
The film and play form of fences are extremely similar. Compared to the play, the film’s script is almost identical. The film has some exaggeration in some lines for hollywood purposes and entertainment . A difference in the film and the play is the feeling. The visuals, musics, and acting in the film put more emphasis on certain parts in the movie that are not as emphasised in the book. This is a way to keep the viewer attention during the movie. In the film when Troy’s daughter was born it was raining to give the scene a sad feeling. Another example is when Troy told Rose he was cheating on her. When this happen the acting portrayed something that text itself can simply not display on that magnitude. For this reason the play and the film
“Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to stay together only as long as we behave (2).” This explains why Ponyboy, Dally and Sodapop did not have parents. In the novel, this really effected their life and character. "…It was Darry. He hit me. I don't know what happened, but I couldn't take him hollering at me and hitting me too... He didn't use to be like that... we used to get along okay... before Mom and Dad died. Now he just can't stand me (2)." This shows that not having their parents anymore effected Darry’s character and how he treated Ponyboy, which in return effected how Ponyboy felt about himself in comparison to how he was treated. This illustrates that Ponyboy believes that Darry picks on him all the time. This shows that Darry was like a caring parent in a tough way,
Is the characters in the story still going to be friends?Vinny and Joe-Boy are the characters in the story called the”ravine”. The boys are fifteen and going to go swim in a pond where a boy had died two weeks and one day ago.
In this part of the book, Valarie sees Jessica Campbell, who is the school mean girl who used to call Valerie ‘sister death’ , for the first time since the shooting happened. Jessica invites Valerie to have lunch at her table full of “popular kids” after seeing Stacey and the rest of Vals group completely shut her out of their table. Before the shooting this is never something Jessica would have done and in a way Val feels like she “looked changed somehow” (pg 94). “He turned back to Jessica and at the same time drew the gun upward again . I lunged for him this time, my only thought being I can’t watch Jessica Campbell die right in front of me. (pg 104).This flashback details how Val saved Jessica’s life, this explains her change of attitude towards Valarie. Seeing this change in Jessica develops her character to be deeper than just a “mean girl”, it is made obvious that seeing Val save her life despite how mean she has been to her struck a nerve. Towards the beginning of the story, all we really know about the incident is that Nick Levil committed the mass shooting that happened in the commons. This gives him the automatic role of the “bad guy”, making his character really cut and dry. However when Val has a flashback after finding an old picture of them at the lake this changes the reader's outlook on Nick as a person. The photograph makes
Some things about Vinny is that he is cautious. On page four he is cautious because he steps around the footprint and hangs on the branches and vines to stay on the slippery path.On page six, he is confused because his mom has told him to never go to the ravine because it is forbidden and his father is telling him to go to ravine
Dorothy M. Johnson’s Some Went West novel and The Hanging Tree short story share symbolism, characterization and the connecting themes of culture clashing and feminism through the eyes of men and women to reveal the experiences of nineteenth century women and their fates.
In comparison to “The Flowers” by Alice Walker and “The Sniper” by Liam o’flaherty the story “The Dogs Could Teach Me” by Gary Paulsen contained the most description. The reason of this is because the way the author, Gary Paulsen, explains in greater detail how he himself had felt physically and mentally. The other stories, The Sniper & The Flowers, do describe how the way the atmosphere has affected the plot, these authors do not properly explain
He decides to ease Lennie’s death by shooting him at the thought of taking care of his own farm leaving him to his paradise. Presently as Lennie is hiding away, George finds him and calmly sits right beside with a luger hidden in his pocket. George still gives the hope to Lennie of owning a farm when he unintended all the harm he caused by imagining him to look right “acrost the river” and imagine as if “ you can almost see it.” (51). Lennie is back next to the Salinas River dreaming of his paradise. Curley is on the find for him since Lennie coincidently killed his wife. As always, Lennie's world cannot comprehend being a reality because of his innocence. George wants to keep it by making him imagine his paradise as there is no possibility left of Lennie still achieving it. As Lennie's imagines the farm, George “reached in his side pocket and brought out Carlson’s Luger” and the “hand and gun lay on the ground behind Lennie’s back...at the place where the spine and skull were joined.” (52). Lennie is now in danger of being lynched by Curley. If he is killed this way, it would signify that he has done wrong not being able to go to heaven. George did the compassionate thing for him. He believes that shooting Lennie in a happy thought is for the best as “Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.”(_) He believes Lennie's paradise will be waiting for him in his heaven if he is shot at the thought of his hopes and dreams. He won't have to go through brutal reality faced his way. George slowly “steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied.” Lennie's Paradise of Heaven had finally arrived to him portraying how George shot Lennie was positive. This displays how death can be a
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Second on p.g 4 in’’’’The Ravine’’, it says that Vinny doesn’t want to be at the ravine. Joe-Boy said that he wasn’t scared. It says that, Joe-Boy said to Vinny’’’’what, are you going to cry’’’’, and Vinny didn’t say anything back, so that means that Vinny’s taking it. The text showed that Vinny started to get mad. The text showed that, Joe-Boy has a girlfriend, which they’re dating, but Vinny is single. The author wrote,