Bystander Character Analysis

    On Eric’s first day, while in homebase he recognizes the boy who ran past him this summer.   He learns that this kid is David Hallenbeck. David is the center of all of Griffin’s bullying. Mary, one of the girls that was with Griffin, walks up the Eric and tells him to stay away from Hallenbeck, after noticing Eric looking at David.

    Eric Calhoune, both the protagonist and narrator, is an important character of the text. It is fascinating how he is such a devoted friend to Sarah, and wants to do whatevers best for her, even if it is not beneficial for him. Over the course of the novel, Eric evolved into a more forgiving character. This is accomplished when he goes to someone who used to bully him, Dale Thornton, for help on how to get Sarah Byrnes to

One of the choices Erik Fisher made is when Eric would be mean to paul. Now paul is scared of Eric so Paul will not tell his parents what Eric does because his parent think he has very bad eyes and he cant see good. The

Then when he told Mr. Byrnes where Sarah was, it was a decision he made for both himself and Sarah, because if he hadn’t told Mr. Byrnes, then he would have been dead and unable to help her anymore. In addition, when Eric kept Sarah from going to Colorado, it was a decision for both of them because he knew that if Sarah stayed, then she could have a family, but also that Eric did not want to lose her or her friendship. Even though Eric had to choose Sarah’s safety over her friendship for different decisions of the book, he was able to do it in a way that he saved their friendship and kept her

I made Eric Fisher a square. I made him a square because he stays the same throughout the entire story. He is a bully for the whole book. Inside of the square, I colored it black. Black represents evil and power. Eric is powerful because he has many friends that do whatever he says. For example, his friend, Arthur, does whatever he says, even if he ordered him to kill someone else. This happens on page 284 when he orders Arthur to kill Louis. I also made the square yellow because it represents cowardice. In the end of the book, he wasn’t sorry about hurting Paul, or promising to never hurt or steal from anybody again, he was scared of getting in trouble. Eric just stays in his room. It says, “back and forth, back and forth, in the cage that he had made for himself”

In A Warriors Heart, Eric is also going through his hero's journey too, he was a Student at Duke who studied abroad and had some humanitarian trips that changed his perspective. He went to China where he was arrested and detained while they questioned him about America. In 1995 he had a humanitarian trip that changed him for the better; Eric was in Rwanda where there was already lots of violence and once was held at gunpoint. A few years later he decided to join the military (but most of

It’s necessary to be courageous. Being courageous helps when you need to stand up to someone, do something bold, or even speaking up about a situation can be courageous. But in the book Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher, Eric Calhoune goes above and beyond for his best friend, Sarah Byrnes, so she can get out of a sticky situation. When Sarah Byrnes first tells Eric about the whole deal ( page 139 “how's it going?” There will be no response, no head movement, nary a twitch of the eye.

Jimmy knows too well the agonies of abandonment. First, when his mother, Cecilia, ran away with Richard to pursue a better lifestyle. Then, due to his father’s, Damacio Baca, alcoholisms and violent behavior; he also had to leave Jimmy behind. In spite of the drawbacks from abandonment to being a maximum security prisoner in Arizona State Prison, Jimmy preserver’s the darkness of prison by overcoming his illiteracy. However Cecilia and Damacio is not as fortunate as their child; Cecilia is shot by Richard after confronting him for a divorce and Damacio chokes to death after he is released from the detox center(Baca 263). Therefore the most significant event in this section of the memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca is the death of Jimmy’s parents.

He has short, blonde hair and is perceived as a likeable person. Eric’s mental description

Eric is characterized as an irresponsible character. From the play ” “She treated me as if i was a kid.”. Eric is portrayed as an irresponsible character, from his foolish acts, and him being drunk. Being drunk shows that he enjoys the time being loose from life, not willing to take more responsibility, and trying not facing the reality. Eric was having a hard time, with pressure from his father and society, he tries to escape those expectations by being drunk, which is an evidence of not being responsible. From the quote, being treated as if a kid, shows that Eric from other people’s perspective he is still a child, which shows he is irresponsible.

Eric is in a fight or flight situation where he doesn't really know what to do. He is torn between his own safety and the saftye of a important friend. He later shows tons of courage by not telling him and getting cut and hurt. Quote, " 'You better not do anything to me,' I warn meekly. ' People will know.

In conclusion, Eric understood that bystanding and trying to fit in was wrong so, he learned to stand up and defy the jerks. Eric had become Griffin’s friend until he found out his true colors. For many reasons, Eric decided to put a stop to all the bullying once and for

“His sadistic streak permeated the journal... ’I want to grab some weak little freshman and just tear them apart...show them who is god.”(294) This quote supports Dave Cullen's claim because there are many instances in the book where both Eric

Together with Eric, who was described by Priestley as shy and childish. This changed as we realised his part in Eva’s death. Eric was honest and admitted his faults. Eric refuses to try to cover his part up, saying, what he did is what he did and he can’t change it. He was embarrassed that he was a hardened drinker. He is a thief and he later feels the guilt of this when he realises he contributed in encouraging Eva Smith's death and that he was the father of her unborn child. Moreover, when Eric realises that his mother is partly responsible for the death of his unborn child he is petrified, shocked and turbulent. By the end of the play Eric had taken responsibility for his actions alongside Sheila.

The film, Ordinary People, relies solely on the realistic interactions between “ordinary” people living through “extraordinary” circumstances. It examines the dynamics of families and reveals the different parts of dependencies. It also looks into a type of client/therapist relationship and how it evolves over time. Healing, communication, and relationships are illustrated very well in this film. Ordinary People presents a family catastrophe and how the resulting trauma plays itself out among the survivors. The two models I have chosen are Structural Family Therapy Theory & Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy Theory.