Sarah Louisa Wheelock Character Analysis

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia McLachlan is a historical fiction which takes place in a rural place, such as, the prairie sometime during the 1800’s. This book centers around characters Anna, the 12 year old narrator, Caleb, Anna’s little brother, Jacob, the children’s father, and Sarah Wheaton, papa’s new wife. Anna, Caleb and their father, Jacob are so stricken by their mother’s death that they long for the need for her void to be filled. The children soon become worried for their father because this almost seemed impossible. Anna’s father, Jacob was having a hard time raising his family and taking care of his farms’ needs after the passing of his wife, so he began to search for another wife.

Sarah’s family debts kept increasing, so she left home to find work. With her leaving home as a woman she would soon find out not many options for work were open to her so, she found some men’s clothing and found work on a river barge along a canal in Utica, New York. During one of the canal trips, Sarah met some soldiers from the 153rd New York Infantry and she was convinced enough to join them. She enlisted under the name of twenty one year old Lyons Wakeman, receiving a hundred fifty two dollars in cash for her enlistment. She was described by recruiters being five feet tall with blue eyes, brown hair, and a fair complexion.

everything around it. And it goes on with the character she is famous for Cassie Louise Lightfoot. She uses the character Cassie a lot in her quilts and children’s books; in addition, the character is a persona of the artist herself. The book and quilt is about Cassie about having the freedom to go wherever she wants to go and be whoever she wants to be for the rest of her life.

first The narrator said in page 22, “How different would it be if his mother hadn 't been killed.” So he thinks that if he had a mother he would have a good, complete family and it shows how different Sarah family is because she had a mother and a father so her

Towards the beginning of the story Sarah says, “Mother, please, let me… let me give Hetty back to you” (Kidd 16). Sarah’s main act of rebellion in this story is when she begs her mother, also known as

Many would like to think that sisterhood overpowered the separation of race and class, but from the journals of slave women it is evident that this was not always the case. Again, the lack of evidence and data relating to slave women results in historians and scholars having to presume a lot about what happened during this time. In Incidents in the life of a slave girl the mistress-slave dynamic is illustrated through Mrs. Flint’s disdain towards young slave girl Harriet. “I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.” (Jacobs 29)

Sarah ignored the fact that she could be thrown in prison if she goes. Her bond with Hetty makes her use her courage to save her friend and to stand up to her mother. She explained, “I don’t know if I can do anything, but I can’t sit here on my hands… I’m going back to Charleston. I can at least try and convince my mother to sell them to me so I can set them free. ”(343).

As the story opens, the reader becomes aware that Sarah Penn, a hardworking housewife,

Perseverance Jaycee Lee Dugard was just a little girl when she had her whole life snatched away from her. Everything Jaycee experienced in captivity made her the person she has become today. Many of the things Jaycee has gone through, others will never experience or even come close to going through in their own lives’. Jaycee Lee Dugard’s conflict with Phillip and Nancy teaches the reader that perseverance is needed in life through the horrific torturing Jaycee endured for 18 years.

Do you believe women can do things just as easily as men can? In the novel, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Charlotte Doyle becomes part of the crew on the ship, the Seahawk. For starters, Charlotte is very brave, she climbed the Royal Yard just to become part of the crew. She is also tough, her knife throwing skills are incredible! Additionally, Charlotte is a hard worker.

And he’d kill me before he’d let anyone else have me. I just have to get away.”(273) Sarah knows that if she leaves she will be ‘alone’ but it 's better than having all the people that you have ever loved die, because of you. She was showing courage in this situation because she scared to be alone and be facing her dad alone but she, again, is putting the people

By all appearances, Miss Strangeworth is a sweet, old lady, living in a perfect, shiny, happy town. But appearances are not everything, especially in the case of Miss Adela Strangeworth of Pleasant Street. Miss Adela Strangeworth, a character in the short story “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson, is a 71-year-old spinster living in a small town in the 1940’s. At the beginning, she seems like any normal old lady, but it is quickly realized that this is not the case and that she has a dark side. Of the many traits that Miss Strangeworth possesses, the most prominent are her deceptiveness, perfectionism, and the god complex that has developed.

We all have seen movies where the Princess can never leave her castle or she will be ruined for life. When you read Lady Shallot you see she is a Princess name Shallot who is stuck in her castle. Here comes a knight. “He rode between the barley sheaves, the sun came dazzling through the leaves, and flamed upon the brazen greaves” This to me means the knight is rushing and showing his powerfulness.

Kierrah Edwards ENGL 201 9/20/15 Character Analysis: Emily Grierson The short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner depicts how seclusion can certainly impact one’s life. Throughout the story, Emily gives off this “insane” impression. However, after fully reading the story, the reader can fully understand why Emily was the way she was. Emily Grierson was a very dependent person.

Daisy Miller is a flamboyant, tease from Schenectady, NY. She is traveling all around Europe with her mother and brother, Randolph. Daisy comes from a wealthy family. She is vibrant, individualistic, and well meaning but Daisy is also superficial, ignorant, and conceited. She is also very manipulative when it comes to men.