KES Kes is a story of knowledge, of love and not just about a boy and his hawk, It shows the life of a boy from a poor family, and his struggle to get through his teenage years, a story of a boys life which was planned before he was even born. It all starts with a boy named Billy Casper, Billy is the central character in the play and some may say that he is no angel but is he really a villain? He may have nearly knocked Mr Porter of his ladder and he hits Jud when he’s drunk but all of his wrongdoings are never unprovoked, like when Jud steals Billy’s food and pushes him out the way whenever he’s in a hurry. Billy is bullied in school because of his size, as he is a lot smaller than all the other children, he is mistreated by his mother by his fellow peers and by his teachers, but not all his teachers, Mr Farthing is probably the only person that Billy trusts to be around Kes because, he understands, he understands that Billy isn’t the sharpest tool in the box and that his bird is the only thing that set’s him apart from all the other children in his school. Where many would have just given up trying to tame the bird, Billy has exceeded he is now confident enough to give a speech in front of the whole class because in his mind he is one thing that all the other boys aren’t, he is unique. The story is set in a run down Yorkshire mining town where the best job you can get is ending up down dingy old, dark shaft mining. Billy’s family is broken. Jud, mum and Billy constantly bicker and bully each other. Billy realises that most of his problems come from home and the fact that no one supports him, everything started to go wrong for Billy when his dad left and all we hear about him is that “ He ere a wrong en ”. There is no one to provide support for Billy –the only person who does is Mr Farthing. Billy loves Kes and she becomes part of his family. It is doubly cruel that Kes is killed by Jud, who should know how much the bird meant to Billy. Family life then is not always happy, but it’s possible to survive, yet it affects people’s behaviour and attitudes.
Now Billy's life has been quite stressful, losing his father at such a young age and in the middle of a war. Then after this father's death Billy actually had to go off to war. And his wife, I mean she was no Marilyn Monroe and it wasn't like he was in love with her. Billy only marri...
There are many conflicts in his mind, considering the differences he notices between Africa and America. Seeing the snow, Kek wonders if the people in this new setting will be as unkind and cold as the winter itself. Further, his desire to be like one of the Americans continues, when he meets an old woman by the name Lou, who lives on a neglected farm, and she owns a cow. The image of a cow becomes very important to Kek, as it gives him an African i...
Each Man’s Son, by Hugh MacLennan, is set in Cape Breton where the mining industry acts as the focal point in the lives of most characters. Mining brings “great wealth and prosperity, as well as great misery and environmental destruction” (Armstrong et al. vii). Industrial capitalism, in Each Man’s Son, is a toxic force that aids in presenting the negative social and physical effects on the community of Broughton through the changes in environment, the physical and emotional repercussions of the colliery being bombarded onto men, and the emotional effects the colliery has on women.
Although she is obviously in disbelief, Billy seems rather proud of his first sexual encounter with a woman. As soon as this became apparent to Miss ratched, she began to mention how disappointed Billy’s mother will be when she hears what her son did. She says, “what worries me, Billy, -- is how your poor mother is going to take this” (315). She also states, “this is going to disturb her terribly. You know how she is when she gets disturbed”(315). Billy instantly becomes caught in her trap and begins to stutter, begging her not to tell his mother but Miss Ratched insisted that she must be informed. He continues to rat out Mcmurphy and Harding and states that they teased him into having sex with the woman. Miss Ratched then comforts Billy and takes him to the doctor’s office and tells the doctor that “he needs a lot of sympathy” because “he is in a pitiful state.” (317) Miss Ratched regains control of Billy by mentioning his mother because she knows of his underlying fear of the mother. Although it is completely normal for men to want sex, Miss Ratched makes him feel ashamed for the “sin” he had just committed to evidently secure her dominance of the
Billy got tired, but when his grandfather gave him the encouragement he kept going until he got that tree down and that was the first coon he caught with Little Ann and Old Dan. Even his dogs were engaged they snuck out at night when Billy went home and they stayed in that tree. Billy finally cut down the tree by asking God for help. Billy’s grandpa said “Every boy should cut down a tree like this big one. It’ll teach them discipline and control.” Billy will work for something that he really wants and will keep working at it until he gets
Billy is the main Character I already talked about him in last paragraph, so you can just look there for more info on him.
Keds is a leading American brand of canvas shoe with rubber soles. Keds was founded in the year 1916 by U.S. Rubber. The shoe brand was later on purchased by Stride Rite Corporation, and is presently owned by Wolverine World Wide. While selecting a name, the first choice was Peds, from the Latin meaning foot, but that name was previously a trademark. Keds were first mass-marketed as canvas-top "sneakers" in 1960. They became known as sneakers because the rubber soles permitted sneaking around silently. Keds later established the Keds Studio, which permits customers to produce custom shoes by images, text, and colors given by Keds or from the customer's own files. In March 2009, Keds establsihed Keds Green. The shoes uses organic cotton uppers, 20% recycled rubber soles, non-toxic inks, dyes, nickel free eyelets, and shoelaces created from 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate .
During when Billy was born, there was famish in Ireland and so his mother immigrated with her son to America for a better life. They moved to New Mexico and lived in a community with many Hispanics around. The Hispanics would day that Billy was always smiling and laughing. When Billy’s mother died, he had to make some money so that he could live. So, he worked in a couple of salons so he could gain money for food and water. He was at a bar, and shot and “bully” that always got his way. Billy shot him because he went too far. He moved to Arizona where to Irish immigrants made a slaughter house with no competitors. No one ever got in their way. If anyone did, they would come face-to-face with them, and their pistols. But then came along a British man who was wealthy, and filled with determination. The men made a plan to get rid of this British man who came and thought that he could just take everything from them. Since
The story is seen through the innocent eyes of a 13 year old boy called Charlie Bucktin. The first person central point of view helps us to understand Charlie, to identify with him and his attitudes and values and for reader positioning. Silvey uses language conventions such as descriptive language, dialogue, diction, register and imagery to construct Charlie’s point of view. Since we only see and know what Charlie does thus this helps us create and certain bond with him as he grows, learns, and faces new problems throughout the novel. The fact that Charlie is a teenager and the readers are provided with teenager reactions the teenager audience is able to identify with the character and why he does things that way. Charlie starts of as a the model son, ever the obedient never to do anything wrong… to eventually losing his innocence and naivety and having a better understanding of what is right and what is wrong.
Billy Milligan, a 22 year-old white man, was not a very educated individual. He had numerous odd jobs such as a florist in a local shop and a bodyguard to drug lords during shipments, but he struggled to hold down a constant job. Because of the 10 different personalities that were ruling his life, it was hard for Billy to maintain a stable job. One personality specialized in arranging flowers, but another would rather paint. One personality was stronger than the average man, but another was a scared 8 year-old boy. These personalities are a result of horrific sexual and physical abuse administered by his stepfather, Chalmer Milligan. Billy's biological father committed suicide when Billy was about 4 years old, and ever since then Billy's mother Dorothy was in and out of relationships. When Billy was 8 years old, Dorothy married Chalmer. The abuse began soon after the wedding. Chalmer physically abused Dorothy constantly, while Billy suffered both sexual and physical abuse. Jim (Billy's older brother) was fortunate enough to escape the abuse along with Kathy (Billy's sister) and Challa (Chalmer's daughter).
Even when Jim is in this awful war-stricken place, one thing that he can still find comfort in, and which reminds him of his peaceful home is the birds, which are everywhere, still living their lives unaffected by mans war. This shows how nature is unaltered by mans cruel antics against other man, and how life and nature must, and will go on through all circumstances.
The Tale of Kieu provides an invaluable insight into Vietnamese culture, including social ideals and religious values. The issues of marriage, family and Buddhism are relayed clearly and artistically. I feel as though I understand Vietnam better because I have read it.
Billy is not happy to stay behind and tells the elderly couple not to mess with him because he knows they don’t really want to keep him and he knows that he has just been dumped off. The couple
...hut the child out of their lives. Rather than dealing with the mistake or misfortune as a parent should do and stand by their child’s side, both parents ran away and tried to hide from the problem. The feelings of each character were completely forgotten and lost. Each were treated as some sort of object that could be thrown away and replaced. And ultimately, the outcomes in their lives reflected their poor parenting. The choices they made unfortunately came from the lack of skills they were taught when they were young and impressionable. Neither character knows what it is like to be a part of a loving family because they were both used as objects for money or fame. Sadly, the lack of parenting led to the demise of each and we are reminded, from over a hundred years ago as well as today, that successful parenting today will lead to successful adults for the future.
The landlady is so obsessed with beauty, she lets Billy stay in the Bed and Breakfast for a cheap price of five and sixpence a night, including breakfast. She was terribly nice to him. Each thing was extremely cheap, so she could keep Billy there as long as she wanted to. One example of her manipulating him was ”The room itself, so far as he could see in the half-darkness, was filled with pleasant furniture. Animals were usually a good sign in a place like this.” What that factor is she's making the place look warm and welcoming. Therefore he stayed there because it felt like home. In the story, Billy says, “‘That parrot. You know something? It had me completely fooled when I first saw it. I could have sworn it was alive.’” Billy thought the stuffed parrot was alive because it looked so real, but it was real and stuffed. The landlady stuffed the parrot because of the beauty of it. The obsession of always having beautiful things caused her to kill the parrot and stuff it. One reason was that she lost her son, that made her lonely, which made her be obsessed with having beautiful things with her and never leave her side. She has already had killed and stuffed 2 other people, Christopher Mulholland and Gregory Temple. Christopher and Gregory resembled like Billy. Our beloved Billy was slaughtered and stuffed to be made into one of the Landlady's prized possessions of