A Trip John Foster Character Analysis

The darkest, gloomiest times can bring out the best in some people, however they usually bring out the worst. Before injury, Finny was thought to be strong willed and having good morals and values. After injury, he is self absorbed and only values the importance of himself. He has no pity for anyone or anything; he just believes that he is worse off.

In Chapter 1 the author explains the symbolic reasoning of why a character takes a trip. They don't just take a trip they take a quest. Structurally a quest has a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and a reason to go there. Quests usually involve characters such as a knight, a dangerous road, a Holy Grail, a dragon, an evil knight, and a princess. The quest also involves the character to gain self-knowledge out of taking the adventure to the stated place where he or she is going.

In most stories, the main character has a goal. This goal could be a variety of things but most importantly, they must endure a journey to reach that goal. This journey, is their quest. Foster breaks the quest down into 5 simple parts, “a quester (a), a place to go (b), a stated reason to go (c), challenges and trials en route (d), and a real reason to go (e).” (Foster 18) Part a is simple, the quester is normally the main character, b is the goal, and c being the reason for wanting that goal. C is what the quester comes across in their quest, the “monsters” and hurdles they must pass. Part e is where most stories create their theme. What the quester learns throughout their quest, changes their desire for the original quest. They usually learn a lesson, or gain knowledge that is more valuable and important than the original quest and it changes the character for the better. The Wizard of Oz is a phenomenal textbook example of what a quest is. Dorothy, the quester from Kansas dreams of going "over the rainbow" to somewhere safe where her unkind neighbor won't harass her dog. Dorothy ends up in the land of Oz, and faces many challenges and trails en route. On her trip she meets the scarecrow, the tin man, the cowardly lion, and the wicked witch of the west. Each new character adds a new stress to Dorothy and forces her to make critical

Many of us readers would agree that after reading Tim O’Brien’s “In the Lake of the Woods” we find John Wade’s behavior more than unusual as he would do some unusual things such as burning plants with boiling water while saying “Kill Jesus”, and have flashbacks. Most readers would wonder how a psychologist would diagnose John Wade. Based on his behavior, John Wade would probably be diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any life-threatening event which results in psychological trauma. Wade’s diagnoses would affect O’Brien’s implicit argument as anyone that has a perfect or normal life can be ruined by PTSD.

There is no need to always be in an agreement with the main character. Our opinions are developed from our own experiences and how we were raised. As for the opinion whether John Grady matures, he does grow up to have control over his emotions. This is seen after killing someone and being in a near death situation. After being set free, he goes back to where he was arrested to get the horses back. He was seeking to bring them back to the original owners. This action is perceived to be taking action into his hands. He is not abiding by the laws of the town the horses were in. Is John Grady classified as a hero or a vigilante? Is he a hero in the terms set by society and culture of this novel? What is a hero? What is a vigilante? What is a hero in the book? A hero is someone who brings justice according to the law of the land while a vigilante is someone who follows their own philosophy of justice and administers their philosophy of justice. John Grady is no hero in terms of the definition

The five aspects of the quest are the quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials on the way, and the real reason to go there. When I read The Secret Life Of the Bees the quester was Lily, she was looking to go to Tiburon to find out more information about her mother and the past. On her journey she runs away from her father, falls in love, and becomes a part of a family. The real reason behind her journey is to get away from her father and feel connected with a family.

Foster describes the five aspects of a quest as a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and a real reason to go there (3). These conditions of a quest can be seen in a YouTube video entitled “CHUCK E. CHEESE”, uploaded by the account OlanRogers. It may be just a story told by a goofy guy in his twenties, but it still follows the formula of a quest described by Thomas C. Foster. In the video, the narrator, Olan, wants to meet the main mascot of the Chuck E. Cheese franchise. He travels to one of the branches only to realize he is terrified of Chuck. He wants to escape but his father already paid for their meal. The real reason for the trip was to gain self-knowledge, in this case being that an animatronic

In chapter one of How To Read Literature Like A Professor Foster speaks all about the quest, which is very important in every well written story. Every character, in every novel, nevertheless of genre has a objective, something they are looking to fulfill. Foster addresses the many encounters that come with the quest in chapter one, which consist of: the quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trails en route, and a real reason to go there. He later on discussed that true reason for a quest is self- knowledge,and that every trip is not always a quest. But when a trip becomes a quest Foster explains to stay attentive because some interesting things may be abroad!

The mythological story "A Worn Path” is of tales and figures, the most considerable, being the legend of the phoenix. There are numerous symbols and allusions brought about in the story relating to the legend of the phoenix. The phoenix is a bird that comes from Egyptian mythology. The best analogy of the phoenix is a magnificent bird. The phoenix has astonishing powers. It has the knack to materialize and vanish in the blink of an eye. The myth states the phoenix travels to the sun. The sun gives the phoenix it powers. The heat incinerates the bird. The bird is reborn from the ashes. From her name along with appearance to her action and the symbolism throughout the story, Phoenix Jackson is the manifestation of the phoenix (bird).

Foster breaks down the aspects of a journey to describe the quester, the destination, the stated reason, the challenges, and the real reason. The character who embarks on the journey, also known as the quester, has a defined reason to do so, whether it is to obtain an object, save one from the lurking dangers, or acquire life-saving knowledge. Along their way to reach their destination, they may encounter various challenges such as a physical barrier, a challenger/defender, or a personal obstacle they must face. Through whatever form it takes, these barriers force the quester to challenge their abilities and beliefs, which ultimately leads to them discovering personal knowledge previously unknown about themselves. Though the quester may have accomplished their stated goal of their journey, they return from their voyage often as a changed person as the real reason for their quest was to gain self-knowledge. After they finish their conquest, the quester realizes that the journey was more important than the destination whether they built upon their relationships with another, conquered a personal fear, or gained new found knowledge about themselves, altering their personality and their identity. Foster believes that every trip is a quest, and the quest is a revelation about one’s

Melinda is a first year recruit in secondary school, who is experiencing a great deal of changes managing pre-adulthood and troublesome circumstances. She experiences difficulty fitting in with different associates, she is appalled by her own particular appearance; for instance "I search for shapes in my face, certainly not a dried face", Melinda conveys what needs to be in a frightful route as a result of the way Andy assaulted her and caused a colossal effect on her life . Luckily, she has an instructor who gives exhortation as lessons to enable them to have the capacity to stand up to each other. Mr. Freeman," the coolest craftsmanship educator", is a skilled craftsman, carefully affected. That makes discretionary school less asking for

The five aspects of a quest are ( A.) a quester, ( B.) a place to go, ( C.) a started reason to go there, ( D.) challenges and trials en route, ( E.) and a real reason to do there. “Once you figure out quest, the rest is easy”. The started goal fades away throughout the story line and a new one is created. In the movie The Wizard of Oz the ( A.) Quester is a young, naive Dorothy, who is from Kansas. Dorothy is caught in a tornado and lands in the Land of Oz. ( B.) A Place To Go: When Dorothy arrives in Oz she finds out the only person the can get her back home is The Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz, who lives in the Emerald City, and the only way to get there is to follow the Yellow Brick Road. ( C.) As Stated Reason To Go There: Dorothy wants

Jessie Bedford: Oh Luna Loo, and i now understand what happens when we were at school with your mum lucy told me about it i’m sorry i didn’t hear you out, i was just young and dumb you know? Now i have sorted my life and made the most for me and my small family i understand why you did what you did, so if you would like we could go and get coffee sometime? That way we can catch up like the old days?

Mr. Foster is an interesting character. He’s the sort of vindictive person that would throw spitefulness against foolishness to make a point that he’s irritated by certain behaviors. Such behaviors are portrayed when he teases Mrs. Foster on her next flight to Paris by going to get cigars, looking for a present, and by not showing up altogether (386). His sarcasm over dramatizes his wife’s dilemma and his sluggishness emphasizes the reactions out of her.

My assigned character, Tom Robinson, plays a huge role in chapter nineteen of To Kill a Mockingbird. From chapters nine to nineteen, Thomas Robinson had grown to become one of the major characters of this book. Chapter nineteen finely puts a description of Thomas Robinson’s character by outlining him as a “twenty-five years of age; [he] was married with three children; [he] had been in trouble in law before: [he] once received thirty days for disorderly conduct” (Lee 254). I am guessing by that “was married” (254) statement, Tom’s wife, Helen, probably had left him and gave him no support. I wonder if she actually loved him because if she did, she would have stayed to support and trust her husband. If Tom is proven innocent and all