1. Characterization In Passing By Langston Hughes Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. In the short story ,"Passing" by Langston Hughes, the protagonist's personality is described through an indirect self characterization. In fact, the author never directly tells the reader how to regard the protagonist but reveals his personality, step by step, through the long letter that he writes to his mother. In this letter Jack, the protagonist of the short story, recalls his past, describes the life he lives and his plan for the future explaining the reasons, which have led him, an extremely light–skinned coloured young man, to deny his identity and to reject his family in order to pass for a white man. At the very beginning of the letter...show more content... His philosophy seems to be "rather you than me". In fact, he closes his letter telling that, after marrying, he and his wife will move to an upper class district of the town. He is not even ashamed to tell his mother that he will take a box at the post office for their correspondence, probably so that his wife will not find out about. All in all Jack is characterised as a mean, egotistic and uncaring person only concerned of his own well–being, who does not hesitate to betray his actual and future family in order to maintain his place in the white society. Even the reason why he, thanks God, stops writing, underlines and validates this interpretation. He, the mischievous upper class white man, has no time to go on writing because he wants to take his white girlfriend to the movies. Meantime, his hardworking poor, honest, black family will be striving to make ends meet. He'll keep in touch because he knows: they are too proud and will never try to press money from him revealing their existence as he would do if he were in their shoes. 900 ...Get more content on HelpWriting.Net...

3. Personal Characteristics Essay There are many personal characteristics that can affect a person as an individual and his professional success, namely openness, ability to learn and adapt etc. These personal characteristics can sometimes make a person successful and sometimes doesn't. As I spend more and more time as a professional, I perceive that there are few characteristics that are essential for professional success: namely ambitious, creative and adaptable. These characteristics come out in many different ways. Have you set your goals? Have you decided the path you have to take to pursue your goal? What are the sacrifices you can do to achieve your ambition? How much can you think out of the box to resolve a particular issue or bring new idea to the table? How...show more content... This characteristic will motivate me to grow better in my future career as well. I believe that few people have a strong inner feeling that pushes them to think out of the box to identify as issue and find the solution. Personally, I always try to find the most creative solution and do not give up until I get it. Sometime this energy is contagious on to next. I always search for the missing links and fine– tune my thoughts until I reach a point that works. This creativity has steadily driven my ambitions through the organization. Today the world is changing so rapidly and the way it has changed in last few decades, it hasn't changed in last few hundred years. So adaptability has become the need of the hour. I believe that adaptability is the most important quality of all, particularly if one is in technology industry. There have been times when this adaptability has changed the nomenclature of day and night but it has also given me rewards at the appropriate times. Adaptability, personally, has created a far–reaching international outlook and I was able to spend time, living outside my country of origin, working for UK retails giants and this stay not only diversified my work experience but also my cultural experience. It has improved my exposure to diverse situations with increasing levels of complexity and this exposure has increased my eagerness for new challenges. It has instigated a feeling in me that there ...Get more content on HelpWriting.Net...