Naota represents japan on the edge of a new period of maturation (Lunning 7). He is innocent and new to the adult world. Being a blank slate means that he has the potential to be anything. The formation of his identity is being affected by the other characters. Naota just like japan is being pulled in many directions by the other characters and the aspects of history, modernity and future that they each represent. As the series progresses each character ultimately helps Naota discover an aspect of adulthood helping him realize his own identity. The two characters that have the strongest influence on Naota are Haruko and Tasuku. Tasuku is a character that never actually appears in the series. Before the first episode he had already left Japan …show more content…
His actions resulted in Naota and Mamimi, his ex-girlfriend, feeling abandoned and empty. To remember, and in a sense imitate, his brother Naota carries his brother’s bat around. This shows that Naota longs for his brother he had lost his role model and is now lost, that is until he meets Haruko. As stated before Haruko is the catalyst for the series. She is the reason why everything occurs and without her Naota’s growth would not have been possible. She is an alien searching the galaxy for an intergalactic being named Atomsk. In her search she runs into Naota (literally running into him with her scooter) and finds that he may be the key to finding Atomsk. By hitting him with her scooter and her bass Haruko turns Naota’s head into a channel that she believes Atomsk will escape through. Seeing Naota as an important asset in obtaining her goal she decides to stay with him. This inadvertently provides Naota with a new role model and a new love interest. (add left hand thing) …show more content…
From her pink hair to her Italian Vespa nothing about Haruko seems Japanese. It is her foreignness that opens up Naota’s view and allows him to do things he’d never dreamed of. Similar to Tasuku, Naota becomes enchanted by the foreign aspects that he sees from Haruko, yet unlike Tasuku Naota doesn’t abandon his culture. The conflict Naota face from Tasuku’s leaving; was whether he should discard his initial culture to adopt a new potentially better one. It was his time with Haruko that showed him that adopting a new culture isn’t the only way to accept a foreign influence. She showed him instead that influences can be added to one’s identity to expand and enrich them. The argument of adoption versus adaptation shown through the characters is
Scout was the narrator of the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" (by Harper Lee). At first she didn't know a lot about Maycomb (the town they live in), the people in the town and life. Through the book she had lots of new experiences and learned a lot. This knowledge caused significant changes in her characteristics and perspective. As the novel progressed, she has grown up. She has become a better person.
advised them what was the right thing to do. When he told Jem to help
“I ran in the direction of Jem’s scream and sank into flabby male stomach. Its owner said, “Uff” and tried to catch my arms, but they were tightly pinioned. His stomach was soft but his arms were like steel. He slowly squeezed the breath out of me. I could not move. Suddenly he was jerked backwards and flung on the ground, almost carrying me with him. I thought, Jem’s up. The scuffling noises were dying:someone wheezed and the night was still again”(Lee 301). What happened was Jem and Scout were coming home and Bob ewell attacked them and kill them because Atticus beat him in court.So the person that is wheezing later turns out to be Bob Ewell who was stabbed by the mysterious Boo Radley who saved there life. This would be one of Atticus lessons of kindness to others because Boo Radley single handedly saved their lives. Atticus has a lot of life lessons that are taught throughout the events of what happens in To Kill a Mockingbird. Throughout the book Atticus points out lessons his children can learn from like the true meaning of life, understanding racism, stereotyping people, and human kindness.
Martin Luther King and Gandhi are one of the few people who changed society, and stood on their own. They were individuals who didn’t worry what other people thought. They decided to bring a change in the society. King and Gandhi fought for their own rights and freedom. Lots of people get influenced by a person and make him as a leader, So he can do all the work for them while others were lazy. So this shows that a person can change a society. In “To kill a mocking bird” by Harper lee, in the county of Macomb, Atticus a lawyer defending a black man at that point of the time is changing the society. So lee clearly sends this message to his readers by using Atticus and some other characters in To Kill Mockingbird.
A lawyer in Maycomb and the father of Scout and Jem is a well respected person because of his judgment, intelligence, and morality he demonstrates to other people. Atticus practices the ethic of humbleness and understanding that he teaches to Scout and Jem to never hold a grudge against the people of Maycomb. Despite their cold indifference to racial inequality, Atticus sees much to admire in them. He recognizes that people have both good and bad qualities, and he is determined to admire the good while understanding and forgiving the bad. Atticus passes this great moral lesson on to Scout; this perspective protects the innocent from being destroyed by contact with evil.
...Nao learned the horrible truth that the Haruki she had admired is only the exact opposite of what he is really like. Haruki is a peaceful person who loves to study French literature and secretly detested the war. Instead of sacrificing himself to kill his so-called enemy, he drove his plane into the sea. After Jiko’s funeral, Nao’s father revealed the truth about his job loss: the army thought his design of the video game is very ingenious and want to experiment it in real life. After he refused, he was fired. Astonished by the truth, Nao felt deeply ashamed for what she thought of her father before. Having understood each other, Nao and her father regained hope and decided to live on. She had set goals for her future, return to school to study French, also write the story of Jiko’s life. The ending of the diary is very hopeful and indicated a new beginning for Nao.
Jem Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is set in a small town called Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930s. The community of Maycomb is of mixed ethnicity and like most places of that time, white people believe they were the dominant race. The book is seen through the eyes of two. children: Jem and Scout Finch who are growing up in this society. As Jem gets older he becomes conscious of the fact that this community and these adults who surround him are not always right and this makes him feel lost in the world.
This concept of hatred spreads past, even the bounds of individuality. Notably, this collective hatred shows in the moment the mob comes by the Jailhouse to lynch Tom Robinson, for a crime that he has not even been found guilty of by a court. This attitude and contempt stemming from the collective hatred of the mob. This proves itself to be more true when looking at the definition of the collective unconscious, which “is a level of unconscious shared with other members of the human species comprising latent memories from our ancestral and evolutionary past.”(McLeod). The men who are coming by to lynch Tom are doing so because he is not like them. He is black. In the end, it takes a little girl to calm them. Atticus says “That proves something—that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they’re still human.”(Lee 210). Their rage and anger directed collectively towards Tom Robinson is only quelled by remembering their own individual humanity. This scene incorporates the sense of bigotry that encompasses the whole mob, while having it quelled by the aspect of enlightenment through the understanding of an individual’s humanity. Ultimately this illustrates the inherent ability to grow out of groupthink and into an individual understanding and power for goodness.
Have you ever wondered why people see things differently from other or why they think the way they do? Harper Lee, the author of to Kill a Mocking Bird, once said, “you will never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside his his skin and walk around in it.” I believe what Lee had said is entirely true. People won’t ever fully understand what someone is going through without actually being them. Seeing through other people perspective gives us some understanding of a certain situation and helps us realize all parts of the story. When you change the way you look at thing the things you look at change.
Harper Lee’s only book, To Kill a Mockingbird, is the stereotypical tale of childhood and innocence, yet it successfully incorporates mature themes, like the racism in the South at the time, to create a masterpiece of a work that has enraptured people’s minds and hearts for generations. According to esteemed novelist Wally Lamb, “It was the first time in my life that a book had sort of captured me. That was exciting; I didn’t realize that literature could do that” (111). Scout’s witty narration and brash actions make her the kind of heroine you can’t help but root for, and the events that take place in Maycomb County are small-scale versions of the dilemmas that face our world today. Mockingbird is a fantastically written novel that belongs on the shelves for classic literature that everyone should take the time to read and appreciate for their execution of style and the importance of their content.
Entry 1: I feel as though the Lord only caters to white people. I’m really shaking and I just keep shaking but I am staying strong. There was an empty cell between me and all of the other prisoners. Ms. Emma came to see me but I was quiet and just starring at the ceiling. I didn’t care about anything, nothing mattered to me. I am going to die soon anyway so what’s the point. (“What it go’n feel like”(pg. 225).
A person’s identity is not something that can be removed, It can only change over time. Some people may feel as if they have lost their identity, but they have not lost it. It is only hidden. Many people have different definitions of identity, but there should only be one, universal definition. The definition of identity is the values someone has, and how said person treats others.
A person’s identity is created by his family, friends, and neighbors. These influences can be people that choose to interact or have to interact with each other. The decisions made based on these interactions define a person. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, the narrator, is affected by numerous sources. Scout’s identity is shaped in part by Atticus, Miss Maudie, and her experience with the court case.
The Power of the Past: A Look at the Impact of the Holocaust on Identity in Thomas Buergenthal’s A Lucky Child. Although many people might like to believe that their past does not determine who they are today, this is not entirely true. Human beings are greatly influenced by past experiences, whether this be in a positive or negative manner. The things people undergo during their youth, good and bad, consistently shape their perspectives, values, and interactions with the rest of society. Thomas Buergenthal suffered horrific trauma at a young age, which exerted influence on him for the rest of his life.
Avatar’s plot is about a disabled ex-marine named Jake Sully who finds life on the planet Pandora, only to find him battling mankind with the planet’s Na’vi race. Jake is sent to learn their ways so that he can help relocate them so humans can take over. Neytiri is the daughter of the Na’vi leaders Mo’at and Eytukan. She is brave, loyal and strong willed. When she meets Jake she begins to fall in love with him because of his bravery. Grace Augustine is a scientist who studies the plants and creatures of Pandora. She is the head of the avatar program, and she is peaceful with the Na’vi clan because she set up a school to teach them English.