Often in works of literature, a character struggles against powerful forces or obstacles, and these have a significant effect on the character. In the fictional novel Deathwatch by Robb White, the protagonist Ben is an example of a character who has to struggle against powerful forces or obstacles. Ben is a college student who wants to be a geologist. He was given an opportunity to earn some extra cash to help pay for college. The only thing he had to do was to guide a big game hunter named Madec in the desert to the location where Bighorn Sheep would be found. It sounded easy but he later ran into problems with Madec. He first had to fight through the hardships that was experienced for survival. Then he had to manage to undertake mother nature. …show more content…
Third he had to be mentally and physically strong to be able to push himself. Lastly he had to prevent Madec from framing him and prove to everyone that he is innocent.Overall the obstacles and struggles that Ben faces shows that he is an ultimate survivor. He managed to push himself and manage to keep himself mentally stable and physically strong to push himself. He fought through the geography of the Mojave Desert, even with someone trying to kill him, and he has to fight for his innocence when no one believes him. Ben is a young college student who grew up in a small town on the edge of the Mojave Desert.
His mother died when he was young and now is studying to become a geologist. He doesn't have many friends nor enemies. Then a rich big game hunter named Madec offered Ben a job which in return he would get a large sum of money to pay for a semester of college. All Ben had to do was to be a guide for Madec to find Bighorn Sheep in the Mojave Desert. As Ben and Madec were scoping out their surrounding in the desert Madec saw something move on a mountain. Madec immediately took the shot thinking that it is a Bighorn Sheep, he rarely ever misses a shot. Madec went up to the mountain where he shot and saw what he killed and told ben that it was a female sheep nothing important. Ben still went up to look seeing that it was actually an old prospector. Ben was petrified he didn’t know what to do. He told Madec that it has to be reported as an accident. Madec does not want it to be reported because then it will affect him because he is very important and busy. Ben still wants to report it to the sheriff, Madec decides to hunt Ben …show more content…
instead. Ben does a lot of things to get out of the desert and prove his innocence.
When Ben found out that Madec is going to hunt him he realized that he had to stay mentally and physically strong. As he was wandering around the desert he experienced the later stages of dehydration. That made him want to give up but he didn’t. He then finds a butte and climbs it even when he is incredibly weak. In the butte he finds a tunnel with a dirt puddle of water at the end of it which he uses to rehydrate. Since he was feeling better he hunted some small animals that were around and cooked them up on a hot rock heated by the sun. Now that he feels better and like himself again he realizes that now is his time to take down Madec. He goes over to Madecs camp and hides underneath the sand to prevent Madec to see him using a pipe to breathe and to listen out of. When he gets out of the sand he goes over to Madec’s tent and light it on fire to get his attention. Then shot Madec using a slingshot using a shotgun buckshot. He gets Madec into the Jeep and throws the old man into the back and drives to the town. As he arrives to the Sheriff's station and the Sheriff sends both of them to the hospital for treatment. No one believes Ben’s story on what happened out in the desert. So because of that Ben uses his slingshot to show them what he used to shoot Madec with. The doctor also finds out that the first bullet that entered the old prospectors body wasn’t from Ben's gun which makes Madec the
shooter. After Ben proves his innocence he decides to not press charges because that it was an accident.
In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford is shown as intelligent, determined, and competitive. Rainsford is shown to be intelligent in the story when he beats General Zaroff back to his house with only two options for beating him to his house. Nevertheless, he thought of a faster route to General Zaroff’s house so he could surprise him and catch him off guard, which is alarmingly smart. “ ‘Rainsford!’ screamed the general. ‘How in God’s name did you get here?’ ‘Swam,’ said Rainsford. ‘I found it quicker than walking through the jungle’ (Connell). This quote definitely shows that Rainsford is intelligent. Consequently, his knowledge of accurate timing and overall understanding of his surroundings help him outsmart
...ngle time, until Madec stopped going for the .358. Then, Ben tied Madec up, and put him in the jeep. He then salvaged the stuff for the car and headed for town.
There was a game. The Westing Game. To find an heir. To win it all. Sixteen players. Eight teams. One winner. Who became the heir of Sam Westing. Sam Westing died, or supposedly did, and his sixteen heirs were trying to figure out who killed him, or if he was killed at all, which we found out, later in the novel was true. All of the teams had different clues, and they tried to figure out what those clues meant. In the mystery novel, The Westing Game, written by Ellen Raskin, the elements that were mysterious were: the main conflict, setting, characterization, and the technique the author gave clues to the reader.
As the story comes to its conclusion, the hero has endured his hardships; he went from the one that started fights to the one that thought of what could make everything work. An ordinary person in an ordinary world faced his share of trials and tribulations to come out as a new person. Defining the hero myth—he struggled and still was able to triumph to his prize at the end ; individuals relish these type of stories, they can
Once, a wise soul has spoken, “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful”. Adversity means having troubles and difficulties. It’s what you need to persevere through in order to do something you’ve wanted to do for a long time. If you want to pass that test, you’ve gotta conquer your fears and fight through all the troubles that arrive in front of you. Become your own hero. Adversity is a situation that took place in the novel “The Outsiders”, by S.E. Hinton.
The Death Ray by Daniel Clowes is a graphic novel about the story of Andy and how he learned about his superpowers. A superhero is someone who has saved the day by accomplishing something heroic. Even though we look at superheroes as a something fiction, based on this we have everyday heroes around us such as firefighters, police officers, doctors and many more. In Clowes work, we quickly discover that this superhero theme plays out a little differently than what we are used to. The way that Clowes presents Andy to his super power, it is evident this is not an ordinary superhero story. It is arguable that despite the fact that Andy did more harm than good with his powers, his intentions were good. Therefore, he would be considered a superhero.
In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, there are two main characters, Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff. The story starts off with Rainsford and Rainsford’s hunting partner, Whitney, on a yacht heading to Rio de Janiero to hunt big game animals. Rainsford ends up becoming trapped on Ship-Trap Island, and that is where he and the reader are introduced to General Zaroff. Unfortunately for Rainsford, General Zaroff is not your normal General. General Zaroff and Rainsford are similar and different in many ways, and even though Rainsford believes that Zaroff is a sick individual, at the end of the story he becomes more like Zaroff than he realizes.
Everyone is faced with difficult obstacles at some point in his or her life, whether or not they are able to overcome them can define them as a person. Every story has a plot, but a plot is determined by the characters and their actions to events that take place in the story. According to the article “Science Fiction Images of Computers and Robots” written by Patricia S. Warrick, many of the plots in Asimov’s novels depend on “computers and robots [along with] space exploration and development” (54). Characters in the novels written by Isaac Asimov have to figure out the capabilities of new technology, understand other characters, and find solutions to problems with no end in sight. Characters’ actions and responses to problems play large roles in the plot of a story. The characters in Asimov’s novels have to solve problems that could affect the future of humankind. With such great advancements in technology, the humans begin to worry that technology such as robots will take over and become the primary race. In Isaac Asimov’s novel, Foundation and Empire, one of the themes is deception and some characters use deception to get what they want, and in a world of power, they became the most powerful of all. When the structure of organizations and countries begin to fall apart in the world, there are some people who will do almost anything to gain power. In Asimov’s eyes, the future world is going to be enormous expanding across galaxies, having unlimited technology, and billions of people. Asimov is one of few writers who has had success writing novels containing science fiction and mystery. Isaac Asimov depicts similar themes of power and deception by using the plot, characters, and setting, while the use of all these makes him an i...
While fulfilling their journey, a hero must undergo a psychological change that involves experiencing a transformation from immaturity into independence and sophistication. Campbell states that these events are what ultimately guides a hero into completing their journey by, “leaving one condition and finding the source of life to bring you forth into a richer more mature condition” (Moyers 1). She first enters her journey when she learns about invisible strength from her mother, “I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength. It was strategy for winning arguments, respect from others, and eventually, though neither of us knew it at the time, chess games”(Tan 89).
Being committed to something comes from an effort within. Being obligated is a sense of duty. Sometimes they may seem alike. In Ernest J. Gaines’s novel A Lesson Before Dying, we are introduced to a young man named Jefferson who is being put to death and a teacher named Grant Wilson. Their paths will intertwine when Grant is asked by Jefferson’s godmother to teach him to be a man. What starts off as an obligation becomes a commitment to teaching and learning what it means to be a man, a human being. With the help of strong women and a diligent reverend, a lesson truly taught. In this novel, Gaines wants the reader to understand that obligation and commitment is sometimes very difficult to define.
The external conflict of man against nature and the internal conflict of man against himself play a huge role in the whole story, leading to the fateful outcome of the man. The man fell victim to the struggles the conflicts presented, majorly impacting the story. "To Build a Fire" encompasses the idea of man becoming his own enemy and people remaining insignificant to forces of natures. The conflicts presented in the story embody the aspect of nature as an unstoppable, unpredictable, and powerful force that easily overtakes man. That thought shows how one man has little effect on nature, and in the end, does the most harm by subjecting oneself to nature's fury. The story, "To Build a Fire" by Jack London truly shows how weak an unprepared person compares to the unruly forces of nature.
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal” (Henry Ford). This is shown throughout the book as the reader follows the main characters on their journey to take down WICKED. Throughout their journey the reader sees them visit several new cities and territories that propose new challenges to them. In the novel The Death Cure by James Dashner, the setting motivates the characters decisions, and creates suspense in the plot.
A person’s character is developed by the surroundings around them as well as their experiences. The Roman poet Horace quotes “…Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents in which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant…” I agree with the Roman poet, Horace, in that adversity has a way of waking talent from slumber. Adversity can encourage people in ways success and wealth cannot, as there is a benefit in the hardship. In Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, as well as Macbeth, by Shakespeare, adversity has developed the characters. From my observation, I strongly agree that experiences, such as hardship and danger, shape a person.
Jane is murdered by a hunting arrow, dying in a manner that resembles an animal preyed upon by a hunter. Although Ben chooses this method of murder in order to avoid suspicion, Ben reveals clues into his motives that help the reader understand his motives before he is convicted. He tells the town the difference between a hunting arrow and a more modern target arrow. He says “The arrows are different. You’d have to be amazingly lucky, or unlucky, I guess, to kill with a target shooting arrow…a target-shooting arrow has a very small head, not unlike the tip of a bullet. But a hunter’s arrow, well, that’s different” (Penny 93). Ben had clear intent to kill Jane and therefore, took every precaution necessary to ensure her death. Rather than using the more common, yet more difficult, target-shooting arrow, he deliberately chooses the weapon that will be sure to kill
This new information concerning Ben has now provided evidence for some kind of psychotic episode. His behavior is uncharacteristic for him. His past history and family history bring up more cause for concern. With his medical records concerning his prior auto accident, physical damage is no longer a primary concern.