Important Character or Idea

Laura replied with,” I’m Laura and this is Carmilla, my little sister.,” Then after they were invited to stay with them in the woods to be taken care of and fed. As they were all eating Laura decided to take it upon herself to ask the king if she could join the group to help and protect the poor.

Describe an important symbol or symbols in the text you have studied and analyse how the symbol helped to develop ideas in the text.

Explain the relationship a major character has with at least one other character. (Describe friendships and/or conflicts. Discuss at least two examples/incidents that reveal the nature of their relationship.)

There is a moment in every child’s life where he or she realizes that growing up is not as desirable as they once thought. Before this moment they fantasize about not having a bedtime or driving or finally being able to drink. But then they feel the weight of the adult world with its responsibilities and restrictions of a society that doesn’t value the individual and expects its citizens to morph into mature, controllable adults. This is the time parents hate, the time when their children try to rebel or run away to escape their future as adults, but time, alas, cannot be outrun. The adult world expects many things of its inhabitants—a job, a family, taxes, sex, and much more. Unfortunately, most young adults feel as though they will be

Mansfield’s description throughout the narrative is intriguing and captivating, pulling the reader into the drill hall and making them sway to the “oft, melting, ravishing tune” as though they themselves could have been Leila. Moreover, her use of description allows her to create the character of the “fat man” and utilise him to portray the idea that “happiness [doesn’t] last for ever.” Because she describes him as the fat man, who is old and wearing a coat that “looked dusty with French chalk”, she creates an evident contrast between the beautiful characters she initially described. Through this imagery, Mansfield subtly portrays Leila’s fears of losing the beauty of this first ball and emphasises that in fact, beauty doesn’t last. However, Mansfield plunges the reader back in to the dance, such that the almost

In a response of no less than two paragraphs, pick two of the selections and explain how they explore the ways in which characters either develop self-knowledge or their knowledge of themselves changes.

Describe an important relationship in the text and explain the effect of that relationship on characters, events and ideas in the book.

It makes her feel like she will never be at home in the world. Not being at home in the world can often make a person feel lonely and often alienated which is the case with Laura as the reader can see. In fact Katherine Anne Porter states in “ Flowering Judas” “She is not at home in this world” (Porter 7). While this may be depressing this is the way Porter explains that Laura feels. Not only does she feel alienated but she stands alienated from the world around her.

CCSS.ELA-Literarcy.RI.1.3- describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text

The narrator frequently observes the fat man. When she first sees him, she “stop[s] at the table near his to see the old couple, [and she] first notice[s] the fingers. They look three times the size of a normal person’s fingers– long, thick, creamy fingers” (197). Her thoughts are concentrated on him, causing her to observe the fat man even when she is serving another table. She gives a vivid description of his fat fingers.

Throughout this play, Laura slowly unveils her characteristics, showing us who she really is. Additionally, she is very shy, therefore, it is harder to figure out what kind of person she is compared to a person who is more outgoing. Because Laura is shy, us readers do not fully understand the symbolic blue roses. However, at the end of the play, Laura admits that she had a crush on a boy, named Jim, which symbolizes the meaning of the blue roses.

Teenagers are mischievous, conniving, narcissistic and hormonal young adults. At least that is the common perspective that adults carry and believe. From the moment an adolescent’s voice complexion drops, they are seen differently through society’s eyes. Teenager’s reputations precede them and this notorious reputation is the cause for their behavior. A psychological theory, commonly known as Self-fulfilling prophecy suggests that teenagers act in these ways because they are expected to. A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior. In other words, teens will behave in such ways that superiors expect them to, even if it’s against their natural disposition.

            Laura appears to be the most important character in the play, perhaps the main character intended by Williams.  Although she also engages in a world of illusion, hers is much different then Amanda's.  She has no pretenses, no real faults to speak of.  She is who

During the course of reading each book, choose a main character and describe the following based on evidence from the text and your interpretation of the text:

Q: Based on the novel above, write about an important event/s in one of the character’s life, answer with evidence.