Jesse’s Comments (group member since Sep 10, 2011)

Jesse’s comments from the 2012 - Ms. Richardson L.A. group.

In the Hunger Games i would say that Peeta is a hero archetype but also a bit of female archetypes. he shows his female side in chapter for when haymitch tells peeta to show a bruise he has on his face because the audience will think who have fought other before the games have started. Peeta says to haymitch "Thats against the rules," (pg. 57) he is so worried about getting in trouble and being the goody good. He doesnt want to do anything that would cause trouble. most boys would be more manly and want to pick a fight and show they are strong and courageous. but Peeta is different and collins wants us to see that. she is having peeta regect what most boys and and be something different.

He shows his hero side when he is working with the carriers becasue he is really leading them away from where Katniss is when the carriers think he is leading them to her. At one point peeta comes back after katniss had dropped the tracker jackers on the carriers and katniss is supposed to be gone but is still there. He sees katniss and yells at her saying "What are you still doing here?" "get up!" he saved her life because cato was coming and would have killed her. (pg. 193) Peeta saved her and he truly does love and care about her. he is a hero. he doesnt want katniss to get hurt and does all he can to protect her. i think with this he embraces the normal more because if a boy was in love with a girl they would do what they could to protect her. he stood out a little and cared very much.

In the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" The protagonist, Rainsford starts off seeming almost full of himself and doesnt care aboyt anyone or anything. He is a big game hunter and is with his hunting friend Whitney. He says to Whitney "Who cares how the jaguar feels?" From my experience when people say who cares it just makes then sound very low. Once Rainsford reaches the island where General Zaroff lives after a long swim from falling out of his boat, he proceeds to knock on the door of the large home on the island. Once he is invited in and seems very welcome he finds out General Zaroff hunts men. He seems very scared and shocked that someone could not care for his own kind that much. He says "I am a hunter, not a killer" it shows he seems a bit more caring. Killing men is much different then killing an animal and he realizes that. He still states that a mans life is worth much more then any other life. Rainsford definitely change in the story he shows to be more sympathetic and caring. It seems that at the end of the story he takes General Zaroffs life but from my point of view it seems like he did that to save other mens life who would have happened upon this island. When Rainsford leaves the island he shows to be changed. Once he was in the same place as the animals he hunts he realizes that he needs to be a but more sympathetic because you never know what situations you could end up in.

In the scarlet ibis there are many different symbols with the scarlet ibis and doodle. The one symbol that stood out most to me was that the bridge ended up in the totally wrong place and was an exotic creature to the area he ended up in. That is the same with Doodle, he was very different from his family and any other human. He felt like he didnt belong where he was. He was almost like an exotic creature too. The bird flew so far to get where he ended up. Doodle was born differently and his brother feels like he doesn't belong and shouldn't be here. This example for symbolism was the one I saw the most symbolism in.