Anvil Is The Antagonist
Clayton’s story is a story about two boys who have a disagreement that escalated terribly. In Clayton’s story several characters in the story could be antagonists. Tucker could be the antagonist because he gets mad at Anvil for eating his apples and tries to kill Anvil. Anvil’s dad could be considered an antagonist because he abuses Anvil and is never home to support Anvil. However Anvil is the overall antagonist, Anvil causes the overall conflict because he purposely antagonises Tucker. Anvil’s dad is mean to Anvil the trait of being mean rubbed off on Anvil. Anvil always tries to make Tucker mad so Tucker will try to fight him and Anvil knows that he will always win because Tucker is smaller.
Tucker is not the antagonist because Tucker is kind to Anvil, Tucker tries to make Anvil happier by saying “ They dont hate you.” Tucker actually gives Anvil a chance to finally be friends with someone. Tucker is extremely kind to Anvil at times and Tucker sees something in Anvil that no other person does. Although nobody else likes Anvil because he is mean and abusive just like his father Tucker tries to be friends with him. Those are some logical reasons why Tucker is not the antagonist in Clayton Bell’s story.
Anvil’s dad is never there for Anvil and he is very abusive and mean to him for example, in the story Tucker
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That is how Tucker feels, Tucker knows if he tries to tell Anvil to stop bullying him he won't stop. Additionally, Tucker doesn't even do anything to Anvil to make him feel negatively towards him. Anvil just takes out all of his anger on Tucker, he basically uses Tucker as a punching bag to get all of his anger out. Tucker knows that if he stands up for himself that he will make matters worse for himself. These are all examples supporting why I think Anvil is the antagonist is Clayton Bell’s story The White
People can inflict different emotions on others based on who they are and what kind of people they surround themselves with. The same could be said for characters in a story. One of those kinds of characters is Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Atticus is one of the most respected people in Maycomb County. He functions as sort of the “moral backbone” of the county, a person to whom others turn in times of doubt and trouble.
The antagonist in the text is the surroundings. As they change when he walks in the streets of New York he develops into a
Depression. Some of the main characters are Jean Louise (Scout), Jem, Atticus, Calpurnia, Dill, and Boo Radley. Scout and Jem are the children of Atticus, a lawyer defending a black man named Tom Robinson in a trial that is heard about all over the town. The book is placed in the 1930’s, and the majority is told from Scout’s point of view. There are also many ethical and social issues that are shown in the book. Racism, classism, and prejudice are three issues that are portrayed throughout the novel.
However, Atticus children Scout and Jem are tease by the other children because their father wanting to help Tom. In this case, some of the people in the town do not agree with Atticus decision about helping a black man. The protagonist is Atticus because he was defending Tom Robinson of something he did not do. The antagonist is Bob Ewell because he accused Tom for raping his daughter and beating on her. The dramatic actions of the play were Atticus is assigned to defend a black man Tom Robinson that was accused of a rape charge. While watching the trial, Scout and Jem could not understand how a jury could possibly convict Tom Robinson of rape based on Ewell story. The themes of the play were good and evil; and the importance of moral education. The inciting moment was when Atticus decided to defend Tom Robinson on trial. The climax was when the jury finds Tom Robinson guilty for the rape
Matt Berman from Common Sense Media commented, “This richly textured novel, woven from the strands of small-town life, lets readers walk in the shoes of one fully realized character after another.” To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, one of the major messages is identity. Harper Lee lets the people look into the perspectives and identity of some of the characters that make it seem very life-like. In the novel, many characters possess both admirable and dislikable qualities which are shown through their actions. With the nurturing of her father, Scout contains the charming qualities of being courage and mature for her age. The father that instilled these characteristics in Scout, is Atticus Finch. While dealing with the stressful case of Tom Robinson, Atticus maintains to keep the likable aspects of sympathy and strong will. The antagonist in this novel fighting against Tom Robinson is Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell has instilled, in him, the terrible qualities of cruelty and racism. These life-like characters that Harper Lee illustrates gives people a clear vision of who the characters portray.
Lee uses Scout’s situation to suggest that people’s prejudice mindsets about some individuals are forced upon by society. After Atticus reveals that the Cunninghams were in the jury, Scout asks Atticus a question."Why didn't Tom's jury made up of folks like the Cunninghams, acquit Tom to spite the Ewells" (Lee 226). Here Scout sees that the Cunninghams and the Ewells dislike one another, but does not understand that both of these families
Over the course of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the three main characters (Scout, Jem, and Dill) learn important lessons like courage, justice, and forgiveness, from characters like Atticus, Heck Tate, and Mrs. Maudie. However, the most important lesson that the kids learn over the course of the book is that of empathy. Empathy is demonstrated as well as taught to our main characters through the trial of Tom Robinson. The conviction of Tom indirectly and directly leads both Scout and Jem to empathize with Boo Radley, as well as teach all three characters that empathy goes beyond race and class.
When individuals have empathy for one another, people are able to see what another person is going through. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, the characters develop over time. They learn empathy from others, use empathy to keep them from having prejudices, they mature and grow up, and the lesson of empathy allows them to understand others. In To Kill A Mockingbird, the characters are Jem, Scout, Dill, Atticus, Calpurnia, Aunt Alexandra, Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell, Bob Ewell, and Boo Radley, formally known as Arthur, who are citizens in Maycomb. Jem and Scout started to find gifts in a tree on the Radley property walking home from school one day, and gifts usually showed up everyday after. The kids pick on Boo Radley to come out of his house
The Novel begins dialectically between Mr. Shelby, Tom’s owner and Haley, a slave trader whom Arthur is in debt to. To settle his debts, Mr. Shelby decides to sell Uncle Tom, who has a wife and children, and Harry, the son of Mrs. Shelby’s maid, Eliza. Despite the fact that both Mr. and Mrs. Shelby agreed to not separate families, they decide to do it anyways. I believe that in the opening dialect, we can see that Arthur Shelby is a gentleman of good moral character. I believe that to a certain extent, Haley; the slave trader can be viewed as the typical southerner in relation to his views on blacks. And Arthur is the character who is constantly pushing back against this to a certain extent. To further reiterate this point, we can simply look at the dialect.
Who are the antagonist(s) in the short story and explain why the character(s) are the antagonist(s)? Use evidence from the story to support you answer. The antagonist of the story is Grandison. He made everyone think he was against abolitionists and presented himself as a loyal slave.
In To Kill A Mockingbird The different characters have personalities that will fit their person of the story correctly. Early on in this book Scout a young girl has issues at school with kids bullying and calling her dad, Atticus, names. She usually gets into fights so her brother has to come get her out of those fights. Jem, Scout's brother, Is always having to keep her fights under control. Around where they live, Maycomb County, Atticus is a lawyer and he is helping others in their cases.
Atticus is the town’s most respected lawyer. He is not wealthy, but he is well off in the community and is very kind towards everyone. As a single parent, he faces the world, raising his two children with his maid, Calpurnia, who experiences better conditions and responsibilities than other African Americans of her time, due to Atticus’ beliefs. He has a reputation for being an open-minded, fair man, and a unique personality that is overflowing with honesty. He has been assigned a case of defending a black man who is apparently accused of rape. Now Atticus is both loved and unloved by the townspeople. Since they live in the South during the 1930’s, Atticus gives a lot of advice to his children, Scout and Jem. Atticus tells Scout and Jem that they should not say anything about a person especially when they do not know that person. Atticus describes what he means in a quote “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around it”(Lee 39). Atticus defends a black man named Tom Robinson, who is accused of raping a girl. Atticus has the confidence and the courage to defend Tom and prove that he is innocent. Scout does not believe that her father is nice enough or has the courage to defend Tom. Atticus proves that
The main antagonist of the story is Jack Merridew. He is proven to be an angry, cruel boy from the very beginning, this is shown through his snarky comments and uncaring of others.
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