Essay The Essex and Hazel Motes in Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor

She witnesses her son Harrison’s bold attempt to claim his role as Emperor and sees him get shot as well. After that she apparently forgets what she witnesses. In the movie 2081 however, Chandler Tuttle struggled to understand why Hazel watched the incident and could not remember. Since he could not figure it out, He set up a scene where Hazel leaves to wash the dishes and leaves George alone to watch alone in the living room. She says “urgh i think i will get started with the dishes.”The real reason Hazel forgot about her son’s death is because she got desensitized

Hazel and George casually discuss the subject of being in Diana’s situation as Handicapper General. Hazel was under the belief that she could do as good as a job being a Handicapper General as any other person could. Hazel expresses this belief through saying, “I’d have chimes on Sunday-just chimes. Kind of in honor of religion,” (2). This reveals Hazel’s cluelessness to the government’s reasoning for having a Handicapper General. Hazel’s ideal image of a Handicapper General proves to not be someone worthy to be able to keep society in order. Diana’s job is to keep everyone in line and make sure that no laws are being broken. By Hazel implying that she would use chimes and honor a religion, people would not likely recognize the superiority Hazel would have over them, which would lead to society not following the laws and respecting Hazel’s orders because she isn’t intimidating. Yet another instance where Hazel’s incognizant tone towards society is shown is when Hazel witnessed her own son’s death on live television. Watching what was on the television, Hazel was unable to comprehend what just

In this scene Mrs Lyons is very desperate to get her own way, she is

"He kept a pillow and an army blanket back there and he had a sterno stove and a coffee pot up on the shelf under the back oval window" (158). Hazel finds his car to be a place where he can find safety in, where he can be comfortable, where he can stay and think. The nouns “pillow”, “blanket”, “sterno stove”, and “coffee pot” are all common household items.[1] This gives the sense of a cozy and comfortable home environment where he can stay for a brief period of time. The Essex serves is a temporary home for Hazel which reflects on his internal desire for an improved place to live. Another use of Hazel’s car is as a platform for him to preach on. "Haze parked the Essex in front of the Odeon Theater and climbed up on it and began to preach" (165). The verbs “parked”, “climbed”, and “preach” show how Hazel utilizes the car, even for the one simple yet important task of preaching. He decides to take these actions and is not being forced to do so; however, without the Essex, Hazel would not have the opportunity to preach. It provides him a way to get to his location to preach, and raises him up higher so he can be heard. This reflects on the desires of Hazel to project his thoughts and builds on his character, which is a motivated civilian with a task to complete. Hazel not only uses as a method to sharing his message, but

Firstly, within the novel, it is clear that Hazel is a caring person and is fully aware of what her body’s condition does to her

Although, Hazel is courageous enough to “...hide the money…” (Bambara 450) from the “…big boys…” (Bambara 450) that take their money, she has fear as any other child would have. Ultimately the age of the narrator helps establish this sense of betrayal to the reader. Hazel sits in the “navigator seat” because she is afraid of “…sittin in the back with the pecans.” (Bambara 449)In fact, she says that “…if you scary like me, you sleep with the lights on…” (Bambara 449) because like most kids being in the dark scares them. This helps elevate the thought that the narrator is a young age because it shows child-like behavior.

Hazel is under the impression that there is no difference. A promise is a promise, and there are no ifs, ands, or buts about it. The suggestion that the perception of trustworthiness may evolve with age is something to consider. Hunca Bubba admits that he is not the same person he used to be, and neither he nor Grandpa recognizes how serious this act of betrayal is in the eyes of young Hazel. Hazel’s family was generally open to what she had to say and could often see her point of view, but Granddaddy

Hazel grace is a dynamic character because she changes throughout the story. In the beginning, Hazel doesn’t want to get close to Augustus, because she was afraid he is going to be shattered when she dies. But towards the ending, hazel finds out it doesn’t matter if you die in the middle of a relationship, it’s about the moments you spend together. A quote in the book, on page 214, “Only now that I loved a grenade did I understand the foolishness of trying to save others from my own impending fragmentation: I couldn’t unlove Augustus Waters. And I didn’t want to.”

She desperately starts to look for this last testament with hope that she could have changed something. Later comes depression; in the finding and hunting for Gus’s last testament she feels frustrated and slowly starts to depress. Until that spark of flame ignites her and she reaches the last stage of grief, which is acceptance. She finally finds the last testament which ends with this: “You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world but you do have a say in who hurts you, and I like my choices, and I hope she likes hers. Okay, Hazel Grace?”. (Green. 313) With her response being: I do. Peter Van Houten became a monster after he lost his daughter to Leukemia. He is a symbol of what you can become if you do not overcome grief. John Green was wise when incorporating him to the novel because he put him as a species of foreshadowing tool of what could have happened if Hazel would not have accepted Augustus’s death. She saw that and she accepted

To begin with, this story takes place mainly in Indianapolis in the 21st century. The story also takes place in hospitals, support groups in churches, as well as each other’s homes. From this, I can understand when Hazel describes

Hazel has a strong identity in the story, she has much self-confidence and is not afraid of letting everyone know that she is the best, “Now some people like to act like things come easy to them, won’t let on that they practice. Not me. I’ll high-prance down 34th street like a rodeo pony to keep my knees strong even if it does get my mother uptight.” p. 1 ll. 29-31. Thus her strong and proud personality, she still loves and protects Raymond and is not afraid of showing this either. At the end of the story Hazel’s view on other people changes, when she sees Raymond running parallel with her at the May Day race in his own unique style. She realizes that everyone is not just who she sees them to be, that there are more to people than you can

Augustus makes an impact on Hazel’s life. Augustus and Hazel meet at Support Group and grow a close bond. Augustus and Hazel fall deeply in love throughout the story. When Augustus’ cancer sprung up again, he asked Hazel to write him an eulogy. In Hazel’s eulogy she says, “My name is Hazel. Augustus Waters was the great star-crossed love of my life. Ours was an epic love story, and I won’t be able to get more than a sentence into it without disappearing into a puddle of tears”(Green 259). This shows that when Augustus dies he will leave a (mental) scar on Hazel, because Hazel will deeply miss Augustus when he dies. Augustus transformed Hazel

Interestingly, Augustus got in contact with a charity that gives cancer kids a wish. Augustus decided to use his for the two of them to go on a trip to Amsterdam to meet Peter and Lidewij. In the midst of this, Hazel painfully experiences her lungs filling up with fluid causing her to be rushed to the hospital. She lives, however her personal doctors say she isn’t healthy enough to go to Amsterdam. During one of her cancer meetings, one of her doctors, Dr. Maria, says that Hazel should live her life, convincing

Bertha Mason, although a minor character in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre , played a crucial role in the love story between Jane and Rochester and gives a deeper understanding of how mentally impaired people were treated at the time. She is necessary to Jane and Rochester’s imminent marriage and her actions lead the two to reconcile. Her motives and the causes for behavior are unclear, besides her obvious jealousy towards Jane and betrayal she felt from Rochester. Not only that, but Bertha also symbolizes everything Jane is not, mirroring her in a way as a polar opposite.

Hazel’s incorrect beliefs stretch beyond his thoughts of Sabbath, and he even proves himself to be a hypocrite