The main characters of The Shack are Mack, Nan, Elousia (God), Jesus, and Sarayu. Mackenzie Allan Phillips is the main protagonist however, his friends and family call him Mack. He is a father of five children and husband to Nan. He has built a wall around him ever since Missy was killed and has found himself in the “Great Sadness”. He has backslid in his faith and his love for Nan isn’t as strong as it used to be before the “Great Sadness”. Nan is the glue that holds the family together she is very faithful to the Lord which she calls “Papa”. She is very strong and helps the family through this hard time. Elousia which means the Creator God who is truly real and the ground of all being or Papa who is portrayed by an African American Woman is the housekeeper and cook of the shack. She helps Mack out of the “Great Sadness” and shows him she isn’t at all like Mack thought she was. Jesus who is portrayed by a Middle Eastern carpenter is very relatable for Mack and helps him to understand about Papa, himself, and Sarayu. Sarayu which means wind is the Holy Spirit and the gardener at the shack. She helps Mack to find joy in this situation.
The setting of The Shack is a shack in the woods and this story takes place in modern day. It is in the dead of winter the weather is really cold and it has recently snowed at the shack. As he is walking away from the shack it transforms into a magical and pretty place. The weather at the shack is now summer and it is very humid and hot. The
North Carolina, Camp Lejeune base camp summer two weeks after Operation Barbarossa or also known as Operation
Muhammed Ali stated that “He who is not courageous enough to take risks in life will accomplish nothing in life.” It was gutsy of Rikki-Tikki to fight to fight the snakes Nag and Nagaina because they are one of the most deadly creatures in the Bungalow. There is a huge variety of similarities throughout the book and the movie such as the characters, setting and conflict.
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, portrays an array of conflicts between Henry and his father, Marty, and Keiko throughout the novel. Henry's relationships that he encounters throughout his life, changes Henry as a person in many ways. Henry battles adversity, other characters, and himself, but it all leads him to become shaped into a new character.
The Glass Castle is story about the Walls family and their life story. The Walls are very dysfunctional and they rarely have money to spend. The family never has a permanent home to sleep in, they are always on the move. Jeanette is the main character who mainly cooks for the family. Rex is Jeanette’s father, who is a drunk
*One of the themes of “The Glass Castle” is that, although you might have a horrible and hard childhood, it doesn’t mean you’ll stay that way. Jeannette had gone through so many things, but because she tried her very best to get out of her struggle she now succeeds in life.
In The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich Omakayas the main character and I have many similarities. We both are quiet and don’t like to put ourselves out there. We also miss family we wish to be with them but we can’t.
Everyone that has ever lived has a past. We all know this. Whether if it was filled with drug addiction, alcoholism, or abuse. Or if it was filled with supporting families, prosperous parents, or a happy childhood. Our outlook onto the world is most typically formed on what we have experienced in the past. But we cannot let this define us. In the glass castle, there are many examples of how a person’s childhood or past does not define who they become in the future.
“It’s because he no longer loves us sweetheart. Pack your stuff, we’re leaving this house and your father who doesn’t care enough anymore about this family.”
Cannery Row is a town located in Monterey, California. Despite being small, dirty and crowded, it is a well functioned town and is home to people from different walks of life. In the novel’s prologue, John Steinbeck wrote the following: “Its inhabitants are, as one man once said, ‘whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches’ by which he meant Everybody” and “[have] the man looked through another peephole he might have said: ‘Saints and angels and martyrs and holy men,’ and he would have meant the same thing” (Steinbeck 1). He basically comments that the difference in viewpoints given the same event results from the power of perspective and duality observed in people. One might see Cannery Row as a low-down place while the others might see Cannery Row as a lively, vigorous town. One would see a character’s actions disputable while the others would see their behaviors admirable. The viewpoints of readers and the way characters behave at various times explain the fact that Cannery Row and its inhabitants possess qualities crossing good and evil.
The play Lost in Yonkers written by Neil Simon take action in the United States in 1942. In the Jewish family, Kurnitz becomes a tragedy. Died a wife and mother of two children, her name was Evelyn. She left the widowed spouse with a debt of $9,000 for her medical treatment. Eddie, her husband, quickly got a decent position of a Salesman, which allowed him for the year to eliminate this burden. But, his duties related to the continuous travels and he has somewhere to leave his sons, Jacob (Jay) and Arthur (Arty). The only possible place where to leave them for an almost a year will be his mother's house. She is a senior woman with a very heavy character with whom he had no contact for several years. The father took the boys in Yonkers, where
As Ricky Baker thrives to build his relationship with his new uncle, Hector, he is also running away from his consequences. The film,“The Hunt for the Wilderpeople”, begins with the delivery of Ricky Baker, an orphan, to his adoptive family. As the story progresses, his aunt, Bella, passes away, which begins his journey to disappear from society. Hec, Ricky’s uncle, receives a letter regarding Ricky’s confinement in juvenile. As Hec started to vocalize, Ricky refuses to go to juvenile due to his desire to disappear. Through Ricky’s determination, loyalty, and his adventures, these traits allow him to gain life lessons during his journey to run away from his consequences.
In “The Journey to the West,” the monk was accompanied by Pigsy, the Sha Monk, the Handsome Monkey King, and the horse. Each of these supporting characters possess a certain magical ability that assisted the monk on his journey, additionally they had their own flaws. This contrasts the monk, which has no magical ability and was devoted buddhism. The strengths, weaknesses, and backgrounds of these supporting characters encapsulate the idea of buddhism throughout the novel, and by including them and Xuanzang the book is able to summarize the idea of buddhism.
Bad things happen from people making decisions based on lies and fear, but evil things
In the post-apocalyptic novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy, a majority of the characters are portrayed as “evil” or would be in an ideal world. Though the main characters; the Man and the Boy do not show any “evil” behaviours I would presume that if at some point in time they became desperate enough for food – and desperate enough to live, that they would do what they needed to do in order to survive. As in, eating other humans and stealing, I do not think that this is necessarily being evil or good.
“ As I am now, I am no wife for you”(Ibsen 887) This statement is from Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll House, is a play based in 1879, and it sets the tone of the remainder of the story. Ibsen seems to be making a statement that women need to mature and be independent before they have a family of their own. All of the women in this play leave their loved ones behind to gain their independence. Ibsen’s statement and character portrayal helps make Ibsen’s play take on feminist characteristics. Ibsen’s play shows that women must mature and be independent before they are ready to have a family. This is exemplified through Nora, minor characters such as Krogstad’s wife and the Nurse, and Christine. With this being one of the major themes