https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f Literary Term Descriptions en-us 2016-10-03 16:08:53 UTC 2025-12-15 21:19:44 UTC hello@padlet.com butzand https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/127935244 The Protagonists of the book, "All the Bright Places" are Violet Markey and Theodore Finch. I realize that most books have one protagonist but I believe this book has two due to the fact that both charactors are the narrators (alternating chapters). 

First off is Violet Markey, she is a very complex charactor. Up until about 9 months ago in the book, she was the happy popular girl who's life was perfect with the perfect college, perfect boyfriend, cheer caption, even a chance to go to college and become an author, which is her dream! Then when she was driving home with her older sister, they got in a terrible accident where Violet barely got hurt but her sister died, her best friend passed. This changed everything about her, she becames the party hating, anti fun, and depressed Violet that Finch meets on the edge of a building. She was so distraght by her sisters death that she can barely function. Now, she is awkward and silent and hates any and all attention, for example Finch in class announced to the class he calls hers Violet as his partner, and her face got red from embaressment and anger and told Finch how much she hated him for the attention.

Then there's Finch, who is almost the complete opposite. He is loud and obnoxious and doesn't care about anyone or anything. Finch isn't afraid of life, or anything for that matter. In the book when he standing on the edge of a building 5 stories high he decided not to jump not because he was afraid but because it would be too messy and too many people were near. He didn't wanna look like he ran through a blender at his furneral. Also, later on Violet and Finch are on a tower with nothing but a gaurdrail about knee high to stop from falling and he just leans against it, while standing, and yells at the world.Not only is Finch not afraid of practically anything, but he is very mentally ill. He will, "Sleep" as he calls it where he will lose all senses but sound and be just barely alive, then he gets spliting headaches to a point where he can feel and see colors, and only colors. Then when he is "Awake" he gets a rush of everything he missed, all the light and feelings and everything, pushing him to the point of suicide, well almost.

]]> 2016-10-03 16:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/127935244 butzand https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/127944510 Finch, as I partially explained in Protagonist, is very mentally ill. He is in a constant fight with himself, when he "Sleeping" he ignores everything, like he is infinitely zoned out, but when he is "Awake" he just plans any and every way he could kill himself. The internal conflict of this is whether he should or not. The pain he has been through, daily upsetting his mother, his abusive father, constant bullying at school, he believes he hurts everyone. The only thing keeping him from killing himself is the thoughts, for example:
Hanging: He's tall so it doesn't work in his bedroom, but basement he won't get found.
Carbon Monoxide: It's too slow and his family could die trying to get to him before it's too late.
Jumping: He says it's too messy, since his mother insists open casket, no one wants to see that.
Sleeping Pills/Overdose: They are just boring and generic, Finch want's to leave with a little more pazzaz.

Everything has it's own reasoning, yet he has come so close every time that you'd wonder how he is still alive. So, in conclusion, Finch has the internal conflict of whether he should end his life or not.

]]> 2016-10-03 16:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/127944510 butzand https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/128045056 My other conflict in the story is the fact that first off, everyone at school calls him Theodore "Freak", but then the fact that the popular group is constantly abusing and hurting Finch, in and out of school. For example, in gym class Roamer is the schools baseball star, and in the baseball unit Roamer hits it towards Finch and his friend who refuses to play catches it, every time. Roamer instead of dealing with the fact that he is out he runs over to Finch and starts to beat him up, he hits Finch in the stomach and eye and nose. As the gym teacher goes to stop it, Roamer just keeps going so in the end Finch is bruised and bleeding and Roamer is just getting a little speech. Also, Ryan Cross, Violet's ex, is constantly doing little things to Finch such as name calling and picking on him in the halls. Not only that but anyone of Violets friends and Ryan or Roamer's friends will also pick on Finch. So in conclusion, there is an external conflict of character vs. group of Finch vs. Popular Group.]]> 2016-10-04 02:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/128045056 butzand https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/128045071 The first External Conflict in this story is Finch and his father. Finch's father is a very abusive man, he has sent Finch and his Mother to the hospital, multiple times. Not only that but he has hit Finch so many times in the head that his mother believes that that is why he "Sleeps". For example, when Finch is going to visit his father for their family dinner, his father is mad and takes it out on Finch by hitting him on the side of his face, then shoving him into the wall. Also, his father left his actual family for another. So all this adds up to added up hatred towards each other and never-ending pain. Then there's the fact that the new family is just a bigger house with a better kid and hotter wife, so they all feel like they weren't good enough for him. This I believe is a bigger conflict in the story because a lot of the story is about Finch's mental health, and his father is a huge part of it. Also, because his father leaving Finch had a huge impact on him, he felt worthless and unworthy of having a father. ]]> 2016-10-04 02:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/128045071 butzand https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/128231571 I decided to do Narrator because I know of few authors who write with multiple points of view. Gary D. Schmidt writes from Violet's and Finch's point of view. This is important because it shows how different yet the same Violet and Finch are. It allows the reader to know not only Finch's messed up family, but Violet's family thats about as the same as black is to white. Yet, somehow black and white work, just like the families. The author allows the reader to know how Violet's family is so different because of her sisters death, yet also show her love for Finch. All while in the previous chapter the author shows us Finch's father and his family. Overall, the author allows you to see more than what it would be if he didn't have the two points of view, the two different lives, that he somehow intertwines into a beautiful story. This greatly increases the voice and emotion in the book, it allows you to feel and know what both charactors are going through.]]> 2016-10-04 16:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/128231571 butzand https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/128240982 Even though I am only around half way done with my book, I can tell you that Finch is a VERY dynamic character. Throughout the book he has changed personalities 5 times. You see, Finch is a very complex character who can never really find himself so he makes himself up so to say. He started as 80's Finch, he didn't smoke, and he wore, well clothes that were a modern version of the 80's. Next he was bad boy Finch, wearing leather jackets, leather boots, he smoke and drank and didn't care about what anyone thought or did. Then came along British Finch, wearing nice clothes, not smoking, calling people lad and saying stereotypical British slang. He also spoke in a mostly believable fake accent. Following British Finch was Dirtboy Finch, this constisted of red knit caps, boring old sweaters, and plain jeans. Also, minimal smoking and bag lunches. Finally, he is currently All American Finch, each outfit has some red white and blue, whether it's a flannel or navy jacket. He smoked and just tried to have good time. Now, you got to remember I am only half way through my book, and he has changed 5 times. Not only his looks and attitude , but his personality has changed. Finch still thinks about suicide, but he doesn't set it up, to where one more step or minute he could of done it, he just thinks of it. This I believe is HUGE for the story because most of the exposition explains how he is suicidal.]]> 2016-10-04 16:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/128240982 butzand https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/128248058 The exposition of All the Bright Places introduces a lot of background information about Finch, Violet, and the small town of Bartellt, Indiana. Firstly, the author explains Finch's suicidal tendancies, he does this by introducing Finch and Violet on the edge of a building. The author goes in depth about Finch's abusive father and depressed mother, which I have touched on in other terms. The author especially explains how Finch has his "Sleeps" and how he just woke up, this I believe is very important to actually understanding most of the story. The next chapter the author explains Violet's sister, Eleanor's death. He explains how much it affected Violet and her family. The one thing that overlaps in the exposition between characters is he explains why they both want to end their lives. Finch is so mentally ill and abused and bullied he feels the only way to stop it is to die. While Violet is so torn by her sisters passing, I mean Eleanor was her best friend. Not only that but she feels it is her fault, she let Eleanor drive home instead of her. Then later on he shows how the small little town is really not a lot, not like you would have expected. It seems like a glorified Kewaskum, if you ask me. This small town is like a mini city, only a little bigger than Kewaskum yet with 5 story buildings and towers scattered throughout.]]> 2016-10-04 16:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/128248058 butzand https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/128254864 There are many physical antagonists in my book, but I believe the real antagonist isn't his dad or the people who bully him but himself. With his internal conflict and his fear of nothing but himself, I believe he is the true antagonist. Finch has multiple times showed and stated how the only thing stopping him from being happy is himself. The author shows this by how he has Finch internally fighting with himself, whether he is good enough or worthy of life. Finch is so hard on himself to a point where he can barely function, let alone be happy. Finch is the antagonist by how he hurts himself more than anyone else, I mean, what hurts more than believing you mess everything up and can't do anything right and that you aren't worthy of anything? Finch is the protagonist, yet his brain is the biggest and worst antagonist the author could of made.]]> 2016-10-04 16:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/butzand/yz2mz7j0yl3f/wish/128254864