Daniel Hardman: 32 years old. He is very courageous, strong and fearless but also bossy and impatient. He is in the army and loves to fight for his nation. He wants people to remember him as a brave soldier who would always stand to fight back even in difficult situations.He wants to spend more time with his wife and son but he can’t as for him his duty comes first. He and his family live in Toronto, but he has to go to different places due to his postings. Sofia Hardman: 30 years old. Wife of Daniel Hardman.She is a very bold, lovable and patient but also too practical,preserved and little harsh female.She believes in giving back to society and wants her family to contribute as much as they can to their nation. She never feels guilty or regretful …show more content…
Son of Daniel and Sofia Hardman. He is innocent, sweet, stubborn, curious, messy and smart little chap. He loves his family and misses his father when he is in his mission.He is not so well aware of what it's like to fight for your nation but thinks his father as a hero who fights the villains to protect his country. Major David Harmon: 45 years old. He is a Major in the canadian army. Well polished, concerned and gallant while authoritative, strict and aloof.He misses his family who died in a car accident. He aspires to protect his nation till his last breath.He has a home in Toronto and he lives there alone. Shawn Brooks:31 years old. A friend of Daniel Hardman.Also in the canadian army.Understanding, confident and friendly in nature while emotional and not so courageous like Daniel. He loves his wife and 6 years old daughter but feels guilty of not spending enough time with his wife and daughter due to his missions. He too lives in Toronto. SCENE 1 DESCRIPTION BY THE NARRATOR: The scene takes place during September 1980 outside Daniel Hardman’s house in Toronto. Where his wife is almost about to cry while she gives him his backpack. Daniel is leaving to fight in against the terrorists.He bids them goodbye and sits in the jeep next to his friend Shawn Brooks.They leave for their campus. Daniel and Shawn have a small conversation regarding if they would ever be able to see the faces of their family mates
Before going to Alaska, Chris McCandless had failed to communicate with his family while on his journey; I believe this was Chris’s biggest mistake. Chris spent time with people in different parts of the nation while hitchhiking, most of them whom figured out that McCandless kept a part of him “hidden”. In chapter three, it was stated that Chris stayed with a man named Wayne Westerberg in South Dakota. Although Westerberg was not seen too often throughout the story, nevertheless he was an important character. Introducing himself as Alex, McCandless was in Westerberg’s company for quite some time: sometimes for a few days, other times for several weeks. Westerberg first realized the truth about Chris when he discovered his tax papers, which stated that “McCandless’s real name was Chris, not Alex.” Wayne further on claims that it was obvious that “something wasn’t right between him and his family” (Krakauer 18). Further in the book, Westerberg concluded with the fact that Chris had not spoken to his family “for all that time, treating them like dirt” (Krakauer 64). Westerberg concluded with the fact that during the time he spent with Chris, McCandless neither mentioned his
He continued with this for almost another 5 years. During this time, he had his first child. A daughter name Shae-Lee Georgia Griggs. It was a very special time for Cameron. He had his own very special daughter to love and care for. He couldn’t bear to be away from his family so he made the decision to give up the army life in the tropics and move back down to Adelaide with his girlfriend, Kira Druwitt and daughter, Shae-Lee. There was a lot of uncertainty as he had no job to support his family but soon enough, he found a job as a Security Guard.
In the novel Mr.Was by Pete Hautman young Andie had long red hair, green eyes, loved going on walks in the woods and loved a good adventure. Andie was trustworthy, loyal, and was often pushed around. Scud and Jack love her, as they grow up things start to change for her and her feelings change. Andie is the total opposite of Scud, Scud is a troublemaker and Andie just kind of tags along but never really does anything bad.The feelings for Jack and Andie become strong when Jack goes to war. Jack and love is Andie’s motivator, she follows and always stays in touch with Jack due to her feelings. As the story goes on the characters grow up. Andie now has the same characteristics but is done letting people push her around. Andie is a lot like Brutus
shares his thoughts, fears as a war companion, and colleague as well as a former
The book, Heat written by Mike Lupica, is a novel about a young boy named Michael Arroyo who faces many difficulties throughout the book, all for his right to play his beloved game of baseball. Michael lives with his dad, Papi, and his brother, Carlos. They are all Cubans who came to the United States for a better chance to follow their dreams. Papi always encourages Michael to play baseball and he always has high hopes for Michael’s career in baseball. It is right to believe in Michael so much because later he fulfills his father's dream for him. After Papi dies of heart failure, Michael still continues Papi dream for him, to be the Little League Champion. Throughout the book Michael meets two characters who have significant impacts on him,
Sean Parnell was a normal college student, partying on the weekends, going to class when he wanted, and being as carefree as one could be. A year later, he becomes the leader of a forty-man platoon at the ripe age of twenty-four. After being the leader of the platoon for only eight short months Parnell claims he “had enough knowledge to know that he didn’t know anything” (page 27). The job of ...
Steven Alper’s life started out completely normal. Steven starts out as your average teenage middle school boy; skinny, wears glasses, has braces, and last but not least, invisible to the hottest girl in 8th grade, Renee Albert. Besides being a complete geek, Steven excels at playing the drums; even making into the All-City Jazz Band. But after troubling times come after attempting to make “moatmeal” for his younger brother Jeffery, Steven’s world gets turned completely upside down; changing and challenging the rest of his 8th grade year.
Have you ever heard about the hippie who had to go to a Middle School after living on a remote farm in the novel Schooled by Gordon Korman? Well, Capricorn Anderson is a flower child who lives at Garland Farms until his grandmother, Rain, falls out of a plum tree, which changes this hippie’s life. Now, Cap has to go to a public middle school and live with Mrs.Donnelley, a social worker, which he is not prepared for.He is just a hippie with a soul of good, who is not prepared for physical fights, cursing, and even video games! He doesn’t understand this modern world; he’s as lost as a kit who couldn’t find her mother.
Christopher Johnson McCandless, the main character in the book “Into the Wild,” had made a lot of friends even though he did not like people. Wayne Westerberg was one of Chris’s friends who he met in a bar. Chris also befriended a girl named Jan Burre. Another person who befriended Chris was a guy named Ronald Franz,
that journey, but she has most of her children that she care them lot to her life.
The Chosen by Chaim Potok is a phenomenal novel about two Jewish boys who live in two very discrepant worlds because of the impressions of their fathers.The Hasidic Rabbi, Reb Saunders wants his son, Danny Saunders, to perdure the family legacy and become a Rabbi. Mr. Malter, Reuven’s father, is an Orthodox Jew who is easy going about what he wants his son to do. Throughout the book, both Reuven and Danny face problems and sufferings that helped them both to become stronger and get through the hard times they faced.
Sergeant Spencer G. Harris is a United States army recruiter. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1987. Growing up, Harris always wanted to be soldier often playing the game, Soldier. In high school, he started seriously thinking about joining the United States army, but instead went to the University of Utah to study psychology. After graduating, Harris enlisted in the army and wanted to serve as a special forces agent. He went to train in Georgia and was stationed at Fort Stewart for five years before going on tour in Iraq for a year and Afghanistan for nine months. Unfortunately, he was not selected to become a special agent.
In the story, Young Goodman Brown, the character, Goodman Brown changes throughout the story. In the beginning he was a kind man, loving husband with nothing holding him down, not even the warnings of his wife, Faith. As he walked and talked with the Devil, he became more aware of what had happened in the past with his own family. When he saw the Devil talk with Goody Cloyse on the path in the woods, he figured out by the nature of their conversation that the Devil was more mischievous than he thought. He started to have uncertainties about the errand he was on. At that point, Goodman Brown told the devil he was not going another step. Shortly after the Devil left him in the path, Brown found a ribbon on a branch of a tree
She is a multi-talented women with determination and believes if you set your mind your goal there isn't anything that you can't achieve. My grandma wasn't able to be somebody that gave a lot of influence and didn't meet some of her goals, I am proud of her intelligence and how much she was able to do independently. Even as a grandma she loves to learn and presently is learning English. She is almost eighty years old and she looks like she is only sixty. Even now as a grandma, she is active and passionate about education. She encourages me to get a
My grandmother, Rokeya Sultana, grew up in the urban parts of Bangladesh, with 2 sisters and 3 brothers. Her father, my great grandfather, was the chief officer of the district. She would go to school or to places by a motorcycle, car, or helicopter. She was living the life of her dreams. But then, my great grandfather had diabetes, and it was discovered one month before he died. It was a great shock for my great grandmother’s family because they had to move from the urban city to a rural neighborhood. My grandmother went to elementary, middle, and high school as a child. She also received a Bachelor’s degree in teaching. She was a good student and a very honest and respectful person. Once she reached the age of 20 to 21, she married Jonab Ali, my grandfather, and moved to Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.