Character Analysis: Tyler

Through thick and thin bestfriends are always there for eachother. In the novel The Contender Alfred Brooks struggles to become a contender and reunite with his best friend James. Alfred is a high school dropout and has a job at a grocery store that’s going nowhere. James, his best friend is also a high school dropout but he is messing with the wrong crew. Throughout the story, Alfred begins to train at Donatelli’s gym to become a boxer. Later in the story James, who has been doing drugs, goes to rob the Epstein's store , where Alfred works, and almost gets caught. At the end of the story Alfred finds James in a cave with a cut arm that was caused by the burglary. James asks Alfred for a fix but Alfred, the contender, takes him to the hospital

He was exposed to violence, drugs, and a constant harsh environment during his 3 years serving as a soldier for the Sierra Leonean army. He’d killed hundreds of people and done a extreme amount of drugs before even reaching adulthood. After 3 years of serving his commander had him sent off to a rehabilitation center to recover from the drugs and war experiences. During his time at the rehab center he had; beat up or killed 2-3 other kids, beat up the staff when they wouldn’t give them what they wanted, sold school supplies for money, took unauthorized visits to the city, and didn’t attend school. After a few months of all this died down the center allowed them to go to the city with supervision and on one condition, that they children attend school. His social officer found a member of his family who came to see him every weekend, his uncle to be specific. Once his uncle had come up to see him his attitude changed for the better. He no longer acted with umbrage or rage rather than thinking before making a rash decision. The rehab center turned his life from the mindset of being a soldier and winning the war to being a civilian and wanting to stay safe and as far away from the war as

“The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure” (57). Two men that lived for their passion for adventure was Chris McCandless and Jay Moriarity. Chris McCandless was a young man who hitched hike to Alaska to explore and survive in the wilderness. Jay Moriarity was a young surfer who was determined to ride Mavericks, the largest waves. Chris's story was heard by a man named Jon Krakauer and Chris's story was developed and published into a novel for the world to hear, which got controversial feedback. Although both seem to come from very different lifestyles and had different pursuits for adventure, both share many qualities such as home life, preparation for goals, and the willingness to let people be there for them.

Natalie Sterling, a seventeen year old senior at Ross Academy had just won class president and beat her opponent Mike Domski. Mike was the kind of guy that Natalie and her best friend Autumn tried to stay away from. The girls at Ross Academy were known as demeaning and “boy crazy.” One day, during the pep rally a bunch of freshman dressed in trampy clothing and started to dance inappropriately. The leader’s name was Spencer a girl Natalie used to babysit for. The flirty freshman called themselves “Prostitutes” or Ross Academy prostitutes. Not only was Natalie embarrassed and angry by Spencers action but, she was disappointed. When the principal and Ms. Bee the student council head were talking to the girls punishments Natalie barged in. Natalie explained how she wanted to have a lock-in for all the girls in trouble and any others from school who wanted to come, about feminism and women's rights. Ms. Bee and Natalie agreed that it would be a good idea for

The worker contacted Jimmy Stephens who is the father of Wanda Stephens. Mr. Stephen stated “Wanda is a very good mother, one of the best I’ve ever seen she keeps those children clean, her house clean, and my grandchildren are very well mannered and well behaved. “Wanda doesn’t do any drugs or drink, she doesn’t let that stuff around her and the kids. And my granddaughter Briana has never displayed to me she could or do anything inappropriate with other children and Briana has always been open to speak to Wanda about anything if something was wrong she would of talked to Wanda because that how close they are.”

It does not matter how rich, famous or beautiful you are many of us, in fact, all of us have once in our lives overcome some difficult situations that help shape, make and take us to where we are today. You can’t just BE confident, you can’t just BE angry, you can’t just BE brave, you BECOME these things. And for many of us, like Jake La Motta, we fight like we don’t deserve to live just to

My essay will be on how one character is dynamic throughout Okay For Now. Gary D. Schmidt is the author of Okay For Now. He tells a thrilling story about a young boy whose life changes very fast and it affects all of his family. The character analysis is on Doug Swieteck. This essay will be showing how Doug hates his life at first ,but then changes his mind throughout the book.

Even though it was serious at some parts, I learned a lot from it. This book shows that no matter how rough your childhood was, how poor you were, how many mistakes you made, you could turn out famous. Tyler Oakley comes from what most people call “a broken home”. He grew up poor and his family didn’t have much. Although he didn’t grow up the best Tyler turned out to be known as a New York Times bestselling author, who has gathered 24 million social media followers, and conducts high-profile interviews. Tyler has also travelled all over the world. He has interviewed and met with many famous people such as One Direction, Michelle Obama, and many more.

Celie, the narrator of The Color Purple, is an uneducated, submissive, 14-year old black girl who lives in Georgia. Celie is constantly being abused and raped by her father, Alphonso. He has already impregnated Celie twice. The first one was a girl while the second one was a boy. All her children were taken away by her father after they were born. Her father told her that she better not tell anybody about their relationship but God, which explains why every letter she write begins with “Dear God”. Celie’s mother is happy because Alphonso doesn’t bother her anymore, but the truth is that Alphonso has been raping Celie as a substitute for her mother to gratify his sexual needs. Celie’s mother becomes seriously sick and eventually dies. Alphonso brings home another woman but continues to sexually

Throughout most of the book, Craig grapples with depression and eating issues. His depression causes him to vomit every time he tries to eat. Craig can rarely hold down even small meals, causing him a tremendous amount of embarrassment. This helps Craig's “relationship” with food worsen. This results in him feeling like an outsider and it also affects his sense of belonging because he feels as if he does not fit in with his friends or family. When Craig is at home, no one around him can fully understand what he is going through making it really tough for him to cope with his problems. Craig needs people around him who have gone through what he is now, and without having those people around him, Craig continues to get worse.

Do you know what if feels like to live in a household with fourteen other people? Do you know how it feels now knowing if you whether or not you will have a roof over your head while you are sleeping the next day? When you live in this type of known environment, it is hard to do make it out become successful in life. All odds were against a man named Michael Jerome Williams growing up in these same situations and circumstances. Michael Oher was a young homeless boy that was adopted and turned himself around. Childhood for Michael Oher was living in a small home and being one of twelve children. He lived in the worst part of Memphis Tennessee, he never knew his father. He did not receive much care as a child as his mother was an alcoholic and his father spent most of his time in prison. When Michael was in high school his father was killed while in the prison. His mother was addicted to cocaine since Michael was born and he and his siblings began to separate at an early age. Oher failed in first and second standards and had to change many schools. Some were sent to foster homes, some stayed with friends and others lived on the streets. Unfortunately, Michael was in and out of foster homes and ultimately was homeless. He was basically on his own from the beginning of his life. He does not think of himself as being tough just trying to get by, to survive.
 He had friends who were as determined as he was to get out. He had brothers and sisters who helped keep him

The 1900’s – a time when blacks were segregated from whites and women were seen as inferior to men. Alice Walker's character Celie, from The Color Purple, was ugly and terrified as a young girl. Though many trials and tribulations, she would become strong and independent. In addition, Celie built up a resistance to the hurt and suffering that she painfully endured from her stepfather and husband. She eventually allowed herself to not take simple things for granted therefore recognize the beauty of everyday life. In her final years, Celie is portrayed in a blissful state and displays her independence as a mature woman. Alice Walker’s use of the first-person point of view, tone, and

Finding soda bottles was easy enough, too. At fourteen, he had to walk everywhere he had to go, including a babysitting job he started when he turned thirteen. He worked for a young single mom that needed a conscientious, but cheaply paid person to watch her kids in the afternoon, so she could work at a consignment shop. His reputation was established by his mom because she always boasted about the things her oldest son could do, and also that he was a natural-born child nurturer. There's where a big but comes in. What little money he made from the job was confiscated by his parents and deposited into a bank account that he never did see, nor was he allowed to ask how much it had grown. It turned out that the money he made was used to buy

Characters throughout Alice Walker’s The Color Purple can be evaluated and analyzed using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, a five-stage model consisting of fundamental needs and growth needs. His theory states that the basic, lower tiered needs have to be met before the growth, higher tiered needs can be met, to ultimately reach the top tier, self-actualization. In The Color Purple, Walker shows the eventual progress to self-actualization through the protagonist, Celie. Celie’s growth is shown through her letters to both God and her sister Nettie. Celie fulfills her basic physiological needs when she gets married to Mr._ because she is finally able to escape her father’s abuse, beatings, and rape. It takes a while, but Celie gains safety and security when Shug Avery tells her, “I won’t leave… until I know Albert won’t even think about beating you” (Walker 76). The relationship that Celie forms with Shug helps Celie satisfy her belonging and intimacy needs. Their love for each other can be shown when Shug states, “cause she [Nettie] the only one you ever love… sides me” (120). As Celie begins her life in Memphis, she meets the respect/self-respect needs when she opens her own business making and selling pants. Celie feels so pleased and shows her character development when she says, “I got love, I got work, I got money, friends, and time” (218). Celie finally reaches self-actualization by the end of the novel. She has a successful business, is able to be independent in her own house, and realizes that she can bring herself happiness and that through every situation she needs to see the bright side. This is evidently shown when Celie is talking to Mr._ and says, “If she [Shug] come, I be happy. If she don’t I be content” (288). Celie’s evolution to reach self-actualization is clearly displayed in The Color Purple as Celie faces and overcomes hardships and learns to be confident in herself.

Nathan habitually punishes the girls by giving them The Verse from the Bible to copy down in order to teach them a lesson. He repeatedly assigns the final Verse to Adah, for no other reason but “for being slow” (488). Adah is not able to speak and has a limp. Although she is extremely intelligent, her inability to verbalize her thoughts makes her seem less so in Nathan’s eyes. He is uncaring and unsympathetic towards her condition and chooses to punish her for something she cannot control. Despite all of this, Leah, Adah’s twin sister, looks up to him with the upmost amount of respect for most of her childhood, profusely opting to “help out [her] father” or spend time with him any way she can (35). This changes after she courageously stands