Eulalia, a book written by Brian Jacques, is one of many in his series Redwall. Eulalia follows the life of a badger named Gorath. This badger is special in that he is destined to become the king of the badgers and rule over them in the mountain called Salamandastron. While living on a farm with his grandparents, vermin attack and imprison and Gorath on their ship and making him watch his grandparents die in a fire that was set to their house. Gorath becomes angry and swears to kill them all. This is similar to the novel Triss, also by Brian Jacques, because Triss was a slave and escaped from the island, only because her father’s friend died protecting the pier where Triss was escaping. As Triss sailed away, she watched her father’s friend …show more content…
die for her, and she promised to rescue the rest of the slaves and kill all those responsible. Triss would later return and take the island by force, just as Gorath was trapped on the plateau and was ready to make a stand until his friends arrived. Gorath was a peaceful badger before his grandparents were killed.
He owned a “Tung”, or a pitchfork, and used it for farming. When the vermin came to attack him, he had it with him, and he used it as his weapon. This was the first time he had fought someone else and released his Bloodwrath. Bloodwrath is the anger in battle that most warrior badgers have when the fighting starts. Gorath had used his Bloodwrath before to move enormous boulders after being told he couldn’t do it, as well as using it to take down trees that were in the way. Trisscar Swordmaid, Triss’ full name, uses the Sword of Martin the Warrior. Trisscar Swordmaid escapes to Redwall and is visited by the founder and warrior of Redwall in a dream, since he has been dead for quite some time. He urged her to take up his sword and fight to defend Redwall Abbey and attack Riftgard, her former prison. Trisscar Swordmaid fights to free fellow slaves and protect the citizens of Redwall Abbey. Gorath the Flame fights to revenge the death of his beloved grandparents, protect the citizens of Redwall, and ultimately watch the vermin die for their previous …show more content…
crimes. Gorath was separated from many other creatures because of his loss of his grandparents and of his livelihood. Gorath dealt with this in anger and frustration in his Bloodwrath when fighting enemies. It was not until Gorath met Salixa and her mentor Tabura, did Gorath understand how to control his emotions and feeling. Once he solved his biggest obstacle, his anger, then he was able to be a normal creature. Trisscar Swordmaid was made more compassionate from being in captivity than most other creatures. Having to watch other creatures be beaten for talking, seeing creatures starved for not working hard enough, or even slaves that were tortured or killed for the pleasure of the master, changed how Trisscar reacted with others. Trisscar protected the younger slaves, and would beat up a guard for going too far with a punishment, in turn earning her starvation or over work. This is how struggles and conflicts can make people change differently. Gorath is taken captive by Vizka Longtooth as his grand parents die inside their house as the vermin set fire to it as well as their farm.
Gorath escapes from the vermin with help from a Redwall creature that was also captured. The two make it to Redwall and learn of another foe, the Brown rats. Gorath kills some of the Brownrats with the help of his Redwall allies, but most of the Brownrats escape. The terror is thought to be all gone, but when they return from the battle, a water vole that had been used by Vizka Longtooth, stole the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior. Three Redwall heroes set out to reclaim the valuable weapon, when they are captured. Once the trio figures out who has the sword, the Redwallers expertly take down the guards left to monitor them and start to follow the trail of current holders of the sword of Martin the Warrior. They take it back, and join back up with Gorath who had been encircled on a plateau. Gorath had met two other badgers, a young female named Salixa and her old mentor Tabura. Salixa and Gorath have fallen in love and now are together on top of the plateau ready for anything. Right as the vermin under Vizka Longtooth and the Brownrats (who have teamed up at this point) are about to massacre Gorath’s force consisting of mostly shrews, the vole who first helped Gorath escape from the vermin appears with the rest of the Redwallers. They win the day, and Gorath travels with Salixa to become Badger Lord, in charge of Salamandastron and
defender of the coasts.
In the novel The Immoral Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, the author tells the miraculous story of one woman’s amazing contribution to science. Henrietta Lacks unknowingly provides scientists with a biopsy capable of reproducing cells at a tremendusly fast pace. The story of Henrietta Lacks demonstrates how an individual’s rights can be effortlessly breached when it involves medical science and research. Although her cells have contributed to science in many miraculous ways, there is little known about the woman whose body they derived from. Skloot is a very gifted author whose essential writing technique divides the story into three parts so that she, Henrietta
Act 3 of the Crucible can only be described as crazy. Each character was fighting their own battle; Every one of them lost except for Reverend Parris. Revered Parris was struggling to keep his reputation and career alive. If the trials were to end fraudulently, Parris would be left with a lying daughter and niece. He is only trying to cover himself and make sure his social position is not lowered because of witchcraft in his house. I am not a fan of Reverend Parris.
The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, takes place in the 1930s in a small Alabama county called Maycomb. The novel is about the Finch family of three. Atticus, the father, Scout the older brother and Scout the younger sister, who acts like a tomboy. Scout may be a lady, but does not like to act like one, she likes to play and get dirty with her brother. Being young, both children learn lessons throughout the novel by many different residents, such as, Calpurnia, the maid, Miss Maudie, the neighbor, and their father, Atticus. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird various citizens in the town of Maycomb play an important role in the lives of Jem and Scout Finch
In the book, Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, it follows a Olympian named Louie Zamperini, and his journey. Louie Zamperini was born in Olean, New York, his family later then moved to Torrance, California. Louie is: rebellious, resourceful, among many other things. Louie is who he is because of how he grew up, and the obstacles he overcame. Louie Zamperini shows rebellious and resourceful characteristic traits through his actions.
Elizabeth Lavenza (later Elizabeth Frankenstein) is one of the main characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. She is a beautiful young girl; fragile and perfect in the eyes of all. Her father was a nobleman from Milan, while her mother was of German descent. Before she was adopted by the wealthy Frankenstein family, she lived with a poor family. After Alphonose and Caroline Frankenstein adopt Elizabeth, they lovingly raise her alongside their biological son, Victor Frankenstein, in hopes that the two will eventually get married. When Victor goes off to Ingolstadt college, Elizabeth writes letters to him that later become a crucial part of the story. It weaves together every piece of the story, holding together each individual
The novel, ‘Between shades of gray’ written by Ruta Sepetys was published in 2011. In the novel, various character traits can be distinctively seen between the protagonists and antagonists. In the book, the main protagonist, Lina Vilkas is one of the characters with various traits such as hopeful, brave, caring, helpful and determined. Within the book, these traits can be thoroughly seen from the beginning to end.
The narrator reflects,”I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two things life and death,”(Hurst 3).This quote showed that at first the narrator thought pride was good but later he became self centered and ashamed of his disabled brother and pushed him far beyond his limit.The short story called The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst is a drama where the narrator, or older brother, wishes his younger brother wasn’t disabled. Because he is so fueled by pride, the older brother ends up pushing his brother beyond his capabilities to his death. In this story, we will learn how the narrator’s pride led to the tragic death of Doodle.
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818 about the scientist Victor Frankenstein who committed sin-filled crimes of pride for his own personal benefit, but redeems himself by confession. Shelley wrote this novel for the sole purpose to warn “all men make mistakes, But a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repair the evil; the only crime is pride” Man should not play God and should apologize for his mistakes committed. In the work, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley drives Dr. Victor Frankenstein to pursue morally wrong, selfish, and prideful crimes that eventually lead to his redemption; however, not without compromising his life, the lives of others, and his immortal soul.
In Pearl Tull’s old age, she starts to lose her sight until she is completely unable to see. Pearl may be the only one within Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant who has gone literally blind, but many of the characters are just as blind emotionally. Throughout Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, many characters are too absorbed in their own problems and self-pity to notice the problems of the people around them. Almost all of the characters don’t realize how much their actions may have affected someone else, or are oblivious to the fact they did anything at all. When taking a closer look at the story, it could be said that Pearl Tull is the reason behind all of her family’s problems. Pearl is blind not only literally—in her old age—but metaphorically
In the greek tragedy Antigone , the author Sophocles conveys Antigone as the tragic hero because she arouses the most fear, she shows both good and bad which is a tragic hero characteristic and Antigone has the tragic flaw of loyalty to her family and to the gods.
Two outdoorsmen are out in the wild of the north. They are on a mission to deliver the body and coffin of a famous person. Their dogs disappear as they are entised by a she-wolf and eaten by the rest of the pack. They only have three rounds of ammunition left and Bill, one of the men, uses them to try to save one of their dogs that is being attacked; he misses and is eaten by the pack with the dog. Only Henry and two dogs are left; he makes a fire with leaves and scattered branches, trying to drive away the wolves. They draw in close and he is almost eaten, saved only by a company of men who were traveling nearby. The wolves are in the midst of a starvation. They continue on running and hunting, lead by several wolves alongside the she-wolf, and when they finally find food the pack starts to split up. The she-wolf mates with one of the wolves and has a litter of pups inside an abandoned cave. Only one survives after several more famines and harsh weather, and he grows strong and is a feisty pup. The puppy learns the basics of hunting and survival. They come to an Indian village where the she-wolf's (who is actually half-wolf, half-dog) master is. He catches her again and White Fang, her pup, stays nearby. Soon, she is sold to another Indian, while White Fang stays with Gray Beaver, her master. White fang whines and cries but it does'nt help. The other dogs of the village terrorize White Fang, especially one named Lip-lip, who for now is bigger and stronger. White Fang becomes more and more vicious, more like a wolf than a dog, encouraged by his master who beats him. One day he meets is mother and is turned to a light-hearted pup but, his mother does'nt even notice him. He kills other dogs that used to terroize him. Gray Beaver goes to Fort Yukon to trade and discovers whiskey, which he calls sweet water. White Fang is passed into the hands of Beauty Smith, a monster of a man who got Grey Beaver drunk and tricked him into selling Whit Fang. Beaty Smith put White Fang ino dogfighting and he fights other dogs until he meets his match in a bulldog from the east and is saved only by a man named Scott.
In the novel, the Chrysalids religious intolerance plays an important theme throughout the whole novel. In the town of Waknuk is an intolerant society that is ruled by extremist that have a certain vision there is little acceptance of anyone who is not built in gods image, you are blasphemous. The lack of acceptance is shown when David and Sophie are playing in the water and another boy sees Sophie's footprints that showcase her extra toe. After that, Sophie is forced to flee to the badlands for her own safety. David is mortified at this and asks why can’t they just cut off the toe in order to protect Sophie.```Mrs. Wender, if it's just Sophie's toes, couldn't you have cut them off when she was a little baby? I don't expect it would have hurt her much then, and nobody need have known.``` This shows how intolerant this society of Waknuk is by David suggesting to cut off toes in order to save a baby. David’s Father is very strict on the enforcement of the religious intolerance. For this reason, Sophie's parents do not want David and Sophie to spend any time together because of the extremist action that Joseph Stern would take if he found out Sophie had six toes.
The ways women are presented in Northanger Abbey are through the characters of Catherine Morland, Isabella Thorpe, Eleanor Tilney, Mrs Allen, and the mothers of the Morland and Thorpe family, who are the main female characters within this novel. I will be seeing how they are presented through their personalities, character analysis, and the development of the character though out the novel. I will be finding and deciphering scenes, conversations and character description and backing up with quotes to show how Austen has presented women in her novel Northanger Abbey.
“They were pleading with me to save them, silently promising that they could offer me more fun....You could throw away an entire cow more quietly. I then carefully put the fish eyes into my pocket and went into the house” ( page 3 paragraph 5,6). This shows how David came to grow the attachment to the pair of fish eyes that his father told him to throw away otherwise there would be consequences and he would have to eat a bowl of fish eye soup. Another quote is “When I lowered, this foul article of clothing would come to rest directly on my brother’s pillow. A second dreadful sock was rigged so that it could be pulled across his pillow”.(page 1 paragraph 6). This part shows how David got his revenge back on his brother because he was constantly pranking him every time in his sleep so the consequence was that David
Wolf and put him into handcuffs. After he had subdued The Wolf, he heard a muffled cry