The main introduction in this essay is to point out the different character's personality, the internal and external issues and what causes the conflicts between them. Bringing out the violence that occur in the characters environment. Both the external and internal conflicts are going to be analyzed and comparing the incidents between these three books, which are chosen, and giving a view if the characters manages to solve their conflicts. Although to get more clearness of why there are violence at all and to see what their relations to one another. Putting everything together and give the reader a theme; a point and meaning what the subject is. The books chosen for this paper are The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton and The Quiet American by Graham Green and the play Oleanna by David Mamet. .
The Book of Ruth.
If we look at the first thing in The Book of Ruth we see how a young girl, whose name is Ruth is growing up in a underprivileged environment in Honey Creek with her mother May and her brother Matt. Ruth is the main character in the book and she is telling the story by her own words how she is growing up in this unhappily poor society without human intervention. She finds a comfort and relieve with her Aunt Sid. Aunt Sid is the positive character and she is giving Ruth attention she never had and a dream of a better life encourages Ruth a lot. Ruth external conflict is a weakness of character and she is not being independent to handle the circumstances in a mature way. She is a very passive character. Not once is she trying to change her life or improve herself; she simply accepts her life as it is. Unfortunately Ruth has not that many opportunities in life like her younger brother and she is living a life filled with dreams and hope to becoming someone she can be proud of and she is wanting to live up to everybody's expectation. But sadly this is not happening in Ruth's reality. May is not giving Ruth any attention like she is giving Matt.
This is a book about life and death, war and peace, evil and moral, Buddhism and philosophy. ... This book does not discriminate anyone. Let me tell briefly about the plot. ... " (page 341) So Ruth found Nao diary and became worried for Nao. ... It was as if Nao was Ruth Ozeki and she was observing her own life by narrating 'Ruth's' life. ...
This was because the movie, which was more popular than the book, was advertised as a "chick flick-. ... However, the main plot line tells the story of two women, Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, and the trials and tribulations of their life in the 1920's and 30's. ... Idgie loves Ruth more than anything in the world, and Ruth feels the same way about Idgie. ... It could not have been directly stated that they are in fact lesbians, because that would have changed the focus of the entire book. ... Lesbianism is just one of the many issues that this book addresses and it is d...
Fanny Fern, the author of Ruth Hall, and J. ... While the novels both have very different plots to them, they both follow the same writing styles in terms of the way the authors use the setting to influence the characters and the world around them. ... Lastly, Fanny Fern creates adds a similar negative connotation to the city in her book, Ruth Hall. Fern connects a lot of the negative in Ruth's life to the city. ... Though the stories were not written by the same author or derived from the same plot, they are connected through the description of the imagery in the country and the city....
Travis Younger, the son of Ruth and Walter, wants his family to be happy. ... Plot - Lena Younger receives the check of $10,000 from life insurance. ... Similarities in Characters, Setting, Plot, or Theme to other Books I have Read - A book that is similar to A Raisin in the Sun is, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. The book is very dramatic like A Raisin in the Sun. ... Ruth Younger wants to move into a bigger place. ...
Updike achieves this by advancing central themes, character development, and plot to help support his message. ... The bush portrays his mother, and the clubs are Janice and Ruth. ... The way Updike presents the information to his plot engages the reader and sets up the story. ... He gets a sense of nervousness and ends up running away from the situation to Ruth. ... Updike emphasizes this through complex character traits and development of Rabbit, the use of central themes, and plot. ...
She mainly wants to figure out the things that happened between Ruth, Tommy, and herself. ... Much like today, euphemisms are used heavily in the book to cover the harsh realities of life. ... Because Tommy and Ruth completed, Kathy seems to be telling not only her story but also their stories. ... She has "lost Ruth, then [she] lost Tommy, but [she] won't lose [her] memories of them" (286). ... In this case, the trauma narrative asks readers to focus, not on plot, but on Kathy H. and her feelings. ...
Overall the whole plot of the two stories were the same, they were just gone about in being portrayed in different ways. ... It was only possible for me to see how much hatred Matt and Ruth had for him, along with some others. I also felt the connection that Mary Ann's boys had with Frank in the movie was much better then in the book. ... Strout, in the book, shot Frank with his boys sitting right there. ... I"m not sure if I liked how Matt killed Strout better in the book or in the movie. ...
A theme of a book usually sets the mood and describes what is happening during the time that the story is written. ... Thomas Putnam gains land by having his daughter Ruth accuse his neighbors of witchcraft. ... The theme of the story keeps the plot going. ...
The whole plot line is based on the weaknesses of humans. These weaknesses end up coming to a destructive ending of the book. ... One of the most selfish acts in the book is that of Mr. ... Putnam's daughter Ruth was one of the children that were seen dancing in the woods, and afterwards becomes unconscious. ... Abigail and Putnam show the most selfishness in the book. ...
