In the novel Misery by Stephen King, many of Annie’s murderous personality traits affect Paul’s terror during his confinement, but ultimately Annie’s heartlessness influences him regarding many scenes including, police investigations, two important books, and cruel punishments. To begin, Annie’s heartlessness terrorizes Paul during his confinement when the police come to investigate. When Officer Kushner arrives at Annie’s house to investigate, Paul screams “Africa” in hopes of being saved and breaks the window with the ashtray. Despite Paul’s hopes to escape Annie, Annie gets to Kushner before Kushner can try to save Paul and kills Kushner by stabbing him in the back with a cross. Paul getting affected by Annie’s mercilessness becomes evident …show more content…
after this scene because the next time the police come to investigate, a few weeks later Paul doesn’t even have the courage to breathe. Furthermore, Annie’s heartlessness impacts Paul regarding two important books. Paul is horrified after reading Memory Lane and learning that Annie has killed many innocent people including her father, her roommate, newborns, and elderly, when it made him realize what Annie has in store for him. In addition, Annie’s cold-bloodedness terrifies Paul the most particularly after Annie made him burn the only copy of Fast Cars. Paul was proud of this book and was hoping it would win him next year’s American Book Award, but Annie made him burn it because she didn’t like it, which shatters Paul’s heart because it was the only copy he had.
Also, even though at times it may seem like Annie is caring towards Paul, in reality she is just making him healthier so he can endure her misery for longer. After Annie finds Paul in his car by himself on the middle of the road, she takes him home and gives him first aid, and Annie does this she seems like she is a kindhearted person but in the end she chops Paul’s foot off, because Paul lied to Annie about how many times he left the room. Clearly, only heartless Annie could chop Paul’s foot off for something as simple as lying. Annie also punches Paul’s already twisted and broken legs because she was emotionally hurt when Paul criticized the paper, this isolated Paul in a situation that was worse than what he started with. Although Annie has many different personality traits that are a part of her murderous nature, her heartlessness is what terrorizes Paul throughout the entirety of his confinement. Annie’s heartlessness terrifies Paul without extent because he knows Annie doesn’t think twice before doing something
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Annie was yelling at Lenny because she was very distraught with the way he gypped Mr. Lejeune and Alvin. Everyone but Lenny knows that what he did was very heartless, but Lenny failed to care about anyone but himself. He told Annie that she needs to get use to him doing things the way he likes; even if that means ripping off the elderly and the handicapped. At that point Annie finally understood why his parents left him in the street. She finally realized that there was a piece to him that was missing and was never going to be found. After Lenny heard her say that; he turned around and slapped her across the face, but she came back and punched him off his feet. This argument shows that Lenny will never care because he would rather do what he wants no matter what anyone else says. The fact that he would slap his girlfriend also shows that he doesn’t care about anyone but
The reading “The Terror” by Junot Diaz is a story I can relate to because of the emotional and physical bullying I experienced in high school which I was able to curb after informing my parents who took immediate actions to put a stop to it. Junot Diaz was narrating his experiences with fear after getting beat-up as an adolescent.
As a child Paul and Norman were very much the same, for they both seeked love from their father but, growing up Paul strayed from his fathers teaching. We see that in fly fishing; Paul leaves the four tempo technique, and creates a technique called shadow casting. Paul seeks attention, for example when he danced with the Native American girl all eyes were on them due to the provocative dancing or Native American. Paul loves being in the center of attention whenever; he came home he would often tell stories with both parents giving him full attention. Paul’s character was very boisterous and quick-tempered. Paul tended to start fights and cause a scene. Paul is not reserved, and he will quickly tell you how he feels. Paul is a very independent person, and he does not like to receive help; for example after the gambling scene Paul tries to dissuade Norman away from helping him. Paul is not one to follow other people’s example, but rather sets examples like fly fishing. Paul has an alcohol and gambling problem, and he knows, but he refuses help due to his pride. Paul was equally loved as a child, but he craved for attention as an adult because he did not know what to do with the love that was given to him. In the movie Paul started to really act out when Norman came home, and perhaps this was because he felt as if he was in Norman’s shadow. Norman was called the “professor” in the family because he went to college, but Paul never left Montana, and he could never achieve what Norman achieved perhaps that is why he acted so immaturely to receive
While living in her father’s house, Goldman became a victim of her father’s abuse, and of her mother’s lack of emotion. Her eldest sister, Helena, showed Goldman as much love as she possibly could but was still unable to fill the void.
Throughout A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, Conor, the protagonist worries about many issues. He suffers through all the emotions he has to combat about his mother's battle with cancer. However, the greatest emotion Conor has conflict is with fear itself. He is so fearful of countless issues he has to struggle with such as the fact he might have to possibly live with his grandmother for the rest of his life, or if he might not stay with his father the way Conor would like to. Primarily what Conor suffers through the most is the fear of his own mother's health. Conor cannot handle the fact that his mother is not getting any better and her health is slowly failing. Conor has an incredible amount of conflict with his fear, he tries to hide it, pretend it is not there, but soon his fear will grow until his fear finally get hold of him. In similarity, it is like procrastinating on an assignment in some sort, when there is no time left the assignment must be done. When there is no time left Conor has to acknowledge and face the fear. Patrick Ness tries to say that, through the way Conor deals with all his fears, Ness says it is better to overcome his fears than hide them. Also, not acknowledging his fears will lead to painful internal conflict, and acknowledging fears is difficult, but facing them is for the better of Conor.
Fear brings forth a certain atmosphere which compels us to act upon it. The era in which the book was published allows us to see how common these fears were. Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House is an excellent portrayal of how fear controls the human mind by using the characters as examples. In the book Eleanor, Theodora, Luke, and Dr. Montague have all been influenced by fear in the story, whether it be the fear of love, the unknown, family, rejection, expression, or loneliness. These different types of fear plagued their minds causing their actions to reflect upon them. Jackson explores the theme of fear in The Haunting of Hill House by creating a cast of characters that in turn are manipulated by the inner workings of their minds and the
When you are seen as a negative person you feel negative, and after the many times Annie almost sabotaged Lilian’s wedding most of the bridal party deemed her a negative person that Lily shouldn’t even bother with. Ultimately Annie’s many freak outs landed her out of the bridal party as well as off the weddings guest list. This devastated her, not only was her friendship falling apart she wasn’t doing so well in the relationship department either and was also being forced to move home after losing her job. For Annie it was like hitting “rock bottom” and she became severely depressed over her foolish actions. On the day of Lilian’s wedding Helen visits Annie looking for Lilian and claims no one can find her, instinctually Annie helps find her. After locating her Annie visits her alone and discovers all the things Lilian I dealing with and how hard it has been for her not having her best friends support. During this scene Annie is able to see through Lily how she really is, a great, loyal friend who will always be there even if it makes her uncomfortable. Annie finally understands what is most important to her and how wrong she has been when she sees Lilian get into her honeymoon limo and drive
Fear in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Fear is an important force in the novel because it is the cause of most people's actions. The main theme in the book is a result of fear. such as the Tom Robinson case and Boo Radley. Ignorance breeds fear which in turn breeds prejudice. Fear is infectious, and each character.
As time passed, she eventually was given small bursts of freedom and allowed outside for short increments of time. She began to look forward to this personal time, not considering running away. During the middle of the story, Annie became pregnant. During one of her increments of outside freedom one day, she went into labor. The house had a sense of wellness and almost normalcy as Annie did her best to care for the infant. One night she woke up to ‘the Freak’ holding the baby, dead in his arms which he had murdered as she slept..At this point in the novel, Annie realized she had been victimized long enough and decided to fight back. She became a determined, angry woman and killed him with an ax. She took flight from the cabin and wound up at the police station where she was able to obtain the help she needed. As she tried to resume her prior life she, she was again the victim of an attempted kidnapping while walking home and a robbery at her home. She lived in constant paranoia; finding it hard to make amends and rebuild trust with friends and
Fear is a driving force in The Lord of the Flies. How does fear in all of its forms influence the boy's attitudes and behaviours?
Misery the movie is about a famous author Paul Sheldon (played by James Caan) who is known for a series of award winning novels called Misery. To get inspiration for his books Paul Sheldon has ritual of visiting the Colorado mountains to complete his novels. Sheldon visited the mountains and in due time finishes his novel. In a haste to get back to his daily routines, Sheldon travels down the mountain unknowingly heading directly into a severe winter storm. While driving he ends up crashing and becoming seriously injured in the process. Thankfully and somewhat regretfully former nurse Anne Wilkes (Kathy Bates) Saves him. Anne bring him to her nearby home, on an isolated farm away from town to nurse Paul back to health. Anne is
The second example of selflessness comes near the end of the film in the form of a flashback when Christie was still alive, after the death of Annie’s and his own children, Ian and Marie. Annie has had many troubles coping with the death of her children, to the point where she has self-harmed and was put ...
Around the end of the story, Paul decides to run off to New York for a week to finally live his dreams. However, by making his dreams a reality he exposes himself to something he wasn't prepared for, the truth. At first, everything is all Paul ever wanted it be. He is able to finally live life as he sees fit. He spends his money without care, and is able to live up to all his lies. (Although this reaches its climax when Paul meets a young man in the street), "The young man offered to show Paul the night side of the town, and the two boys went out together after dinner, not returning to the hotel until seven o'clock the next morning" (Cather 11). After this, Paul's fake reality falls apart quickly. Faced with the reality that he will have to return home, Paul decides to take his own life. Instead of ending it quickly with a gun, he decides to go a different route, "When the right moment came, he jumped. As he fell, the folly of his haste occurred to him with merciless clearness, the vastness of what he had left undone. There flashed through his brain, clearer than ever before, the blue of Adriatic water, the yellow of Algerian sands. He felt something strike his chest, and that his body was being thrown swiftly through the air, on and on, immeasurably far and fast, while his limbs were gently relaxed. Then, because the picture-making mechanism was crushed, the disturbing visions flashed into black,
While Annie still resides in Harlem, the film is influenced by the social and technological advancements of the time. One example of the influential power of social norms shines through in the form of foster care. Ditching a history of orphanage based child care, a modern Annie finds herself within the home of Colleen Hannigan. However, the current portrayal of a young Miss. Hannigan is consumed with the thoughts of her failed acting career and the search for love. With her sights set on herself, a new empowered Annie is able to slip through the cracks of Hannigan’s view. Taking advantage of her freedom, the young girl engages in a very manipulative and street smart nature by exploring the streets. Due to her almost pain free livelihood, Annie’s rise to the life of rich and powerful comes off as a small enhancement rather than a transformational change. Failing in both tension and climax, the modern adaptation takes away the inspirational nature of the
Stephen King’s novel IT, takes place in Derry, Maine and focuses on the experiences of seven children who are constantly terrorized by a demonic entity known as It. It is an entity of unknown origin and preys on Derry’s population every 27 years. One of the many powers that It has is the ability to shapeshift typically taking form of a man dressed as a clown known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. The novel takes place in 1957-1958 and 1984-1985 when in the 50’s they are kids and in the 80’2 when they are adults. The losers club is composed of seven children. William Denbrough is the leader of the group. Next is Ben Hanscom, who is a very intelligent boy: Beverly Marsh is the only girl in the group and is described as very pretty. Richie Tozier