The Character Development of Celia Bowen, “The Night Circus” by Aubrey Jones "The circus arrives without warning," (Morgenstern 1) and one of its many performers goes by the name of Celia Bowen, an illusionist. In the beginning, Celia is presented to the reader as a five-year-old girl who hardly speaks; Celia becomes hardened by the teachings of her father during the rising action; at the climax, Celia's ties with her father become close to broken and she slowly becomes a more happy and open person; finally, Celia's character is classified as a well-rounded person, having a knowledge and understanding of a great many things and really becoming more herself. In The Night Circus, the character development of Celia Bowen goes from quiet and nonchalant …show more content…
with her hands folded in her lap. Her gaze is fixed downward... There is a small scuff on the toe [of her boots], but the laces are knotted in perfect bows" (10). Once her father realizes her gift for magic, he immediately sets her on a path to become a contender in a challenge of magic. "As soon as Prospero recognizes his daughter's talent, he begins obsessively training her to dark tasks like repairing her fingertips after he slits them open and resetting her bones after he smashes them" ("Celia Bowen"; bookrags.com). Due to Prospero's forced teachings, Celia becomes increasingly pessimistic and cautious for a child her age: "Her pessimist personality shows especially when she spends what should be worry-free years of her childhood training and learning what her father shoves down her throat. "I can't do it," Celia says with tears in her eyes" (31)" ("Celia Bowen"; thenightcircusx.weebly.com). Between her father constantly leaving her so that he can …show more content…
"Besides becoming optimistic, Celia also becomes aware that life is what you make of it." ("Celia Bowen"; thenightcircusx.weebly.com). "While she enjoys [her first performance] more than she thought she would, she is grateful that she has stretches of time to herself in between" (Morgenstern 126). As her time with the circus increases, she gradually becomes more independent; especially when she ignores her father's wishes to be with Marco: "You do not get to dictate how I spend every moment of my time, Papa" (174) "Celia dislikes being treated like a child, or having to follow orders and rules she does not understand" ("Celia Bowen"; thoughtspresso.wordpress.com). Although she has fallen in love with Marco, her competitor, her guarded nature compels her to push him away. "She ends up very self-protective, often not allowing Marco to love her. She tries to be in control of things and pushes away the people, especially Marco, who hinder that control" (thoughtspresso.wordpress.com). Although Celia is at a constant push and pull of her bonds with other people, she cares deeply for everyone at the circus. "Celia's caring personality makes her close to many at the circus..." ("Celia Bowen"; thenightcircusx.weebly.com). When it comes to the point that Celia has had enough of the competition and how it will affect the inhabitants of the
In the short stories “Celia Behind Me” by Isabel Huggan and “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, there is both a bully and a victim. In Celia Behind Me, the narrator Elizabeth is bullying a young girl named Celia to disassociate herself from her, advancing herself in the social hierarchy of her friend group. The narrator in “The Scarlet Ibis” trains Doodle, his disabled brother, to walk. Unfortunately we learn on Doodle’s sixth birthday that he does this not to only benefit Doodle but also himself for he fears being seen with a brother who was not normal. These two stories have many similarities but also some major key differences with their antagonists motivations, and decisions.
In the book Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow, there is an adolescent girl who is battling a “normal life” every teenager is supposedly suppose to live and trying to stay alive while the Revolutionary War is happening. During trying to balance these two aspects of her life she goes through many obstacles, between losing her fiancé, Jimmy, and spying for her new lover Luke. Celia shows attributes for being a exquisite role model, from keeping her faith throughout the book, to being respectful and loving to all the people that came into her life, and being and staying humble. Throughout the hardships and twists of the war, Celia still remained intact with her religion and love for God.
In the novel Monument 14, written by Emily Laybourne, there are many recurring ideas. These topics include the coming of age, survival, and dependence on technology. The author portrays these ideas by character development in Monument 14. In the time that the setting takes place, there is something very similar to the internet called “The Network.”
“Cassie’s story is not only mine and Brad’s. It is yours, and what you do with it will now give it meaning” (Bernall 101). “Cassie’s story” is of a teenage girl who lost her life in a school shooting, along with many others. However, Cassie’s death was especially prominent as she stood up for her beliefs as a Christian when they were challenged just before being shot. Author Misty Bernall, mother of Cassie, shares the story of her daughter’s life and death throughout the memoir.
Considering this, she doesn't have a strong foundation based on her future and dreams she would like to achieve. While in the other hand, for Victor and his family their migration journeys being in Quincy, Florida there where they are picking tomatoes. For Victor his family is the inspiration and they will always be his inspiration because he does not want to see them suffer. He knows what they have been through and is ready to change not just his life, but theirs as well. Victor is his little sisters’ role model and the one held responsible since his other sisters are still back in Mexico.
Dreaming in Cuban explores the interpersonal and familial relationships of one Cuban family. The matriarch Celia and her American granddaughter Pilar serve as the two main protagonists. Much of the novel focuses on their struggles with identity and their relationships with their families, though the novel dedicates a significant amount to tell the story of Lourdes Puente, the mother of Pilar and the daughter of Celia. Throughout Dreaming in Cuban, Lourdes is shown to be unable to properly cope, which began with the trauma of miscarrying her son shortly before the family fled to the United States. She lacks the proper familial support system outside of her father to do this, so she is shown using sex and food to cope with her helplessness as
The Significance of Circle Images in The Night Circus For centuries, circles have been used to represent eternity, whether it be rings, ritualistic drawings, etc. In the novel The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, circle images play an important role. The novel follows the lives of two young magicians, pitted against each other in a competition of magic where only one can survive. They soon fall in love, complicating the challenge. Eternity is a recurring topic in The Night Circus, and it compliments the love story, along with other elements of the story.
Nicholas Sparks once said, “I don’t know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.” In the memoir, The Glass Castle author Jeannette Walls shows how her father Rex Walls changes with everything thrown at him as a father or four. In the beginning of being a parent Rex shares his intelligence with his children.
In “Wildwood”, Junot Diaz presents a troubled teenager by the name Lola to have distinct conflicting values with her mother. Her mother has controversial Dominican norms and responsibilities. These norms are not what Lola wants to be. Her mother soon gets sick and increases Lola’s feelings to take action on how she wants to live her life. When Lola and her mom continue to carry their abusive conflict, Lola decides to run away to Wildwood.
In the memoir “Night” written by Ellie Wiesel it tells a story during the time of world war two. The story describes how people were mistreated and showed what they went through during the time. Not only how they (the jews) were treated during the time, it explained how they weren't allowed to show their real selves without being judged or looked upon as nothing. The main character in the book is a boy named Ellie, he lived with his parents in Sighet Transylvania. Later on his instructor faces a traumatic experience regarding the nazi’s.
In the book Renegades by Marissa Meyer, many things happen throughout the book that many will find interesting. This story follows two main characters, Adrian Everhart and Nova Artino/Mclain. In this world, there are these people who are prodigies with superpowers that they either inherit or are born with. There is also a Council that is made of the best superheroes or Renegades, all around the city that this book takes place in and the son of the top two Council members is Adrian Everhart with their leadership skills and the ability to make whatever he draws come to life. There are also villains in this world of heroes called the Anarchists and within these villains is the niece of the formerly ruler of Gatlon City during the Age of Anarchy.
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Celia has allowed herself to let her guard down completely and not care about what others think about her anymore. Celia is has become more independent and has discovered who really wants what is best for her. Her relationship with Marco has given her confidence to do what is best for her and think about is best for the circus conveying that love is
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