Safe Haven Play Character Analysis

On the eve of Katie's wedding, she brings up the dress again. She is calmly told that she was adopted and is not of Amish blood. Katie seems to be okay until the next day, at her

“That was the dirty secret associated with her past. Not that she had been abused but that somehow she felt that she deserved it because she’d let it happen.” (125). In the novel, Katie had run away from her husband that was abusing her. This is very traditional because the woman is the one getting abused by her significant other. A contrarian

Katie ended up in this small southern town as a result of running away from her abusive husband. Katie didn’t approach the situation “head-on”, but rather avoided the conflict entirely by leaving.

In the movie, ‘Silver linings Playbook’ Pat Solitano is diagnosed with clinical bipolar disorder 1 and struggles with stress-induced manic outbursts. This is revealed by a manic episode where Solitano is seen to almost beat to death a co-worker, who he caught cheating on with is wife. The repercussion of Solitano’s actions results in termination of his job, estrangement from his wife who takes out a restraining order and sees Solitano institutionalized for eight months in a psychiatric hospital.

Firstly, Kate is noticeably affected almost immediately after the death of her mother and father. We see this by her descriptive quotes about how she was feeling and the observations she made about others in her life. Some instances include “I remember being rigid with fear, not daring to look at him” (19), “it was like being at the bottom of the sea” (53), and “...there was a whirlwind howling through me” (54). These quotes represent how Kate felt overwhelmed by unmanageable emotions; she felt almost numb and empty. She even ends up cutting her finger just to feel something and it hardly hurt at all. This is a confused, traumatized little girl. Next, Kate is affected by the basic principles her parents taught. The simple memory of her parents provoked thought of the Presbyterian Commandments they would follow. These principles shape who she is and represent a background where people do not talk about problems or share emotions. “No, you swallow your feelings, force them down inside yourself, where they feed and grow and swell and expand until you explode, unforgivably, to the utter bewilderment of whomever it was who upset you” (36). Lastly, the trauma she has endured has made her scared. Scared of sharing feelings, scared of commitment, scared of loving someone. Daniel, Kate’s boyfriend, feels he is in the dark when it comes to Kate’s past and her emotions. This is because Kate is simply scared to love him. She proves this and it’s connection to her past by saying, “people I love and need have a habit of disappearing from my life” (89). The death of her parents has definitely shaped who she is but some may say, it helped her show resilience and strength to embrace her past and move

In Ken Kesey’s novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, the nurse Miss Ratched is a fine example of a realistic fictional villain. Possession of three key components is essential in identifying what makes Miss Ratched a villian. Motive is what drives the villain to commit the very acts that allow them to be considered evil in the first place, and often drive their entire being as a character. While they must possess motive, they must also have a sense of morals that coincides with their motives (typically evil, or distorted) and follow their moral compass in a way that often causes trouble for those around them. Additionally, a villain is frequently associated with their opposite; the hero who combats them. Kesey’s character perfectly aligns with these three categories of what makes a villain, and it is unquestionable that she is the villain of the novel.

on Raymor Drive. This is one of the spots in Western, Ontario that was most affected by the aftermath of the hurricane. Hurricane Hazel was the most famous hurricane in Canadian history, pounding the Toronto region with winds that reached 110 kilometres per hour and 11.23 inches of rain, all in 48 hours. Bridges and streets were washed out, homes and trailers were washed into Lake Ontario. Thousands were left homeless, and 81 people were killed. (“hurricanehazel.ca”)

Character Traits 1.Courage “‘I’d advise you to hand over your practice Sim pass and campus credentials before security has to get involved,’ the instructor said. Security? No, if Far had to leave, i’d be on his own terms” (39). The protagonist in the book is Farway.

I feel as though Katie Nolan lacks the ability to confront her problems. Rather than making a compromise with her drunken husband, she locked him away. This symbolizes that she may not be a strong willed, emotionally stable person after all. What if she only ignores her problems until they wither away into nothingness? I took a particular liking to Sissy. Although overly promiscuous, she appeared to be a very good person. - it’s just the way she solved dilemmas, through the use of promiscuity and lies. She was certainly emotionally available, however. Which is why I believe Francie and Johnny took a liking to her.

In the book “Egghead” by Caroline Pignat, the character Katie is a slim, freckle-faced, and bright highschool girl with a father who has cancer. Katie is a compassionate person in “Egghead”. She is caring towards others, sympathetic, and warmhearted. When Shane bullies Will, Katie is always there to defend him. She feels sympathy for Will when he is mistreated by others and is willing to help him.

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She is very involved in every aspect of her families lives and does what is best for them as they learn the hard way that mom is always right. That means most of the time she has to tell them no when they get a wild idea. Like when her husband Greg decided to buy a barbeque pit without telling her. (Season 2, Episode 2 “Boar-Dain”) Katie tried to make him return the barbeque but when she was told she wasn’t being supportive she tried to get onboard.

When Katie was a child she should have been taught by her parents how to be caring to others, but this proves that due to Katie not holding a strong relationship with her parents, she does not understand that it is in rude for a woman not to show compassion to her friends. Being caring to other is an important part of being a good friend. When a friends is put into a hurtful situation it is the responsibility as a decent person to show compassion for the given situation. Katie’s lack of compassion for Arthur’s loss is why O’Malley chose to not bring him back till the end of the book. So that Katie could feel how it felt to lose a friend because of her choices.

He’s able to help Katie access her memories and realize that she had a baby, but Katie still insists she did not harm her child. Ellie feels this is a good foundation for an insanity plea. However, Katie convinces Ellie during the pre-trial hearings that an insanity plea wouldn’t work as a defense. Katie, who has been raised to never lie, feels an insanity defense would be crossing the line. Ellie agrees to change the defense, and Coop continues to work with Katie to uncover her memories of that night.

In the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, the main character Wade Watts is a teenage boy who grew up in a dystopian lifestyle, where most people spent their time inside the virtual world. Director Wolfgang Petersen filmed The NeverEnding story, the main character Bastian lives a dull life, being teased by school bullies. Bastian is a lot similar to Wade. They both had a hard time while growing up. Through both protagonists are similar in the way they escape the real world, the stories differ significantly in how realistic they are.