Book Title: Chopping Spree Author: Diane Mott Davidson Current Page in Book: 304. 1. When you hired your assistant, Liz, were you relieved? Goldy: I was extremely relieved since I used to do everything for my company by myself.…
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Dumbledore says, “One can never have enough socks.” Socks, such commonplace things that no one really notices them until they are gone and no one seems to ever have enough. No one knows where they go when they inevitably disappear. Socks are metaphors for the little things in our life that we barely notice and only miss when they’re gone, maybe forever. Maybe it’s the stranger that smiles at you when you walk by, maybe it’s the piece of art that has always hung in that one spot on that one wall, and maybe it’s the little things that you don’t really notice until they disappear or stop.…
For our Multicultural Curriculum Project, we will be working with the book, Rain of Gold. Over a three-week span we will be working with 9-12 grade high school students, ages raging from 14-18. The book titled, Rain of Gold, written by Victor Villaseñor, tells the story of two different families during the 1910 Mexican Revolution. The author references three generations and their migrations between Mexico and the United States. It represents a detailed account of life in Mexico and California during the early 1900s.…
It seems like everyone tries to grow up as fast as they can. Often times forgetting that the innocence of being a child is precious and valuable. In the memoir entitled A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah , the protagonist finds himself having to become a child soldier taking adult actions in order for his survival. One may learn through A Long Way Gone that childhood is a treasure and when lost or taken away it's impossible to get back .…
Want to read a book whose rich themes will make a long lasting impression on readers worldwide? In The Chosen by Chaim Potok, the main character, who is an orthodox Jewish teenager named Reuven, tells a story that will impact the hearts and minds from all walks of life. During a heated baseball game, a baseball shatters Reuven’s glasses and his eye becomes injured so badly that doctors are unsure if it will heal, and he ends up in a hospital for a week. Once there, he meets people he will never forget, and forms a strong friendship even with the one person he knew he hated. The book exhibits an array of thought-provoking themes.…
The short story “Blowing up on the Spot” by Kevin Wilson, is made to be magical fiction. The protagonist, Leonard, has a very lonely life in the short story, his little brother Caleb, is a talented swimmer with issues of his own since the passing of his parents. Joan, who is the girl he sees every evening after Leonard returns home from work is his only friend he seems to have, who is always there to talk to him. Leonard learns to find himself and forget the daily struggles of his over bearing life, allowing him to become who he wants to be again. Learning to love what you what you have in life, and to stop living in fear of what is to come.…
The Role of Adults: Failed Parents One thing that comes to mind when the role of parents is thought of, is that they their job is to love their children, do what is best for them in terms of their emotional stability, mental health and their success in life. This statement is true for many, but there is are still children whose parents are not like this at all. People are lead to believe that these parents have failed their children, which also happens with Mariatu in the novel The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara and Susan McClelland. Under the unfortunate circumstances of poverty, the adults in the novel, The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara and Susan McClelland, have failed their children by not meeting their wants and needs,…
SOME KIND OF AMAZING INTRO AND THESIS STATEMENT Salt to the Sea has been framed in an unique way, the beginning and end of the story is tied together using a common metaphor. The initial emotion gathered from the characters in Salt to the Sea is identical. Every character feels hunted; no matter where they are, they are never safe from themselves and their pasts. Comparing an emotion to that of a hunter alludes that these emotions are constantly there, waiting in the background before creeping up.…
We all have dreams that are so close, but seem so far away. There may be something stopping us from reaching for these dreams such as, other people’s opinions, cultural traditions, or our own self-doubt. A controversy lies between what we wish to accomplish and what others think we need to accomplish. It all comes down to our personal responsibility and the opinions of others that keeps us from moving forward. It is simply reality.…
John Carpenters ’s 1982 horror film, The Thing was made as a premise for social commentary on the deterioration of humanity, warning society of the devastating potential of thinking as individuals in isolation rather than a collective. These themes are accentuated through the use of an alien specimen that enters the world of American male scientists based in Antarctica. The alien (or “Thing”) infects living organisms and attempts to take over the human race by ‘imitating’ them, leaving the men in a fight for their own survival as they try to differentiate between “human” and an alien imitation of a human. The term humanity itself is redefined in this film and is stripped to its bare minimum: the mere biological relationship between humans.…
Dragon keeper critical essay Dragon keeper is a fantasy novel by Carol Wilkinson. It features a slave girl who worked for a cruel master in a palace. The slave girl then encounters a dragon named Danzi who told the slave girl her name which was Ping and that Ping was destined to be Danzi’s dragon keeper. Ping and Danzi went on many adventures together while protecting the mysterious dragon stone for dangers such as the dragon hunter. This novel contains the themes lies and betrayal, friendship and abandonment.…
Experiences and people influence the way we see life. While some people perceive their world in a different way, others accept the world presented to them. There are people who dream and see the world as fantasy; everyone has different ideas and thoughts because of their experiences. Jacey Choy’s “Red Cranes” and Jun’ichiro Tanizaki’s “The Firefly Hunt” are two different short stories which center around the idea of a child’s imagination. For Mie, she is a realist.…
Based on “What of this Goldfish Would you Wish”, “The American Flag Stands for Tolerance”, and my own experience, our relationships with others define who we are by showing what we are passionate about. In “What of this Goldfish Would you Wish?” By. Etgar Keret Yoni, a young man is intrigued in making a documentary so he can knock on doors and ask people what they would wish for if they had three wishes from a magical goldfish. Yoni is interested to examine the different answers and to document all of it.…
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby is a memoir that tells readers about Bauby’s life after, and some memories before, he had a stroke. He was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, who suffered from a stroke at the age of forty-three that leaves him paralyzed. Unfortunately, he suffers from “locked-in syndrome” until he passed away. Throughout the memoir, Bauby still uses many different types of figurative language, especially symbols and metaphors, and can still find the irony in certain situations, considering he composed it with just the use of blinking his left eye. It shows that imagination isn’t always lost in times of hardship and it can help readers gain some insight through the author’s point of view.…
One of the main things that causes family divorces is one of the spouses is being greedy and selfish. In the book The Pearl, Kino was on the verge of causing his family to split up. When Kino found the pearl all he wanted was to make his son better, but as the story continued on he became more greedy with the pearl. The theme of the story is greed takes over things you love. Kino proved this theme true by, in the beginning not caring about the money and only caring about wanting his son to get better, in the middle caring a little bit more after getting the first money offer, and in the end kills a man because he was scared he was going to lose the pearl and the money.…