The Big Muddy It is the longest river in all of North America and the fourth longest in the World. It runs through a total of 31 different states and 2 Canadian provinces. The river has served as a main route of transportation and trade throughout the history of the U.S. as well as a border and a communication route. I’ve been to the Mississippi in Minnesota and Missouri and it is a big, muddy, slow moving river with about as much history as a river can have. Now in the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which is one of the greatest pieces of text in all of American literature, ever!…
In the book Blue Skin of the Sea, the theme of Chapter 6 is that it is important to treasure the people you love, because they could be taken away unexpectedly. The way the author makes the character think, act, and feel helps the readers to tell what the theme is. In the book, it was easy to recognize the moral or theme of the story because of Sonny’s emotions during his search for his father. In Chapter 6, a Tsunami hit Waiakea town, where Uncle Raz and Sonny’s father were visiting. Sonny, Keo, and Keo’s grandfather drove out to look for them, and walked on the devastated land.…
Setting: Soil symbolizes the setting in the novel “Witness” because like the soil is the base of a plant, the setting is the foundation of where and when the story takes place. The specific setting in the book is in “Vermont” and the time period is “1924” (Hesse 1). This provides the reader with a very general and basic idea but does not fully explain the setting.…
In A Long Walk to Water, Linda Sue Park tells a true story about one of the thousands of Lost Boys of Sudan, named Salva. Salva ran when the Second Sudanese Civil War hit his village. This story takes place in Southern Sudan to Ethiopia to Kenya. He moves from country to country to get away from the war. Also Linda made up a character, named Nya.…
How many times have we changed our minds on something in one day? All the time, too many to count! Internal and external conflicts are what control most our decisions. In, "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," Tom wants to get a job promotion but he also wants to go out with his wife. Throughout the whole story, he fights with external and internal conflicts until he comes to the conclusion that his wife matters more than his promotion at work.…
The main character of Dive is Bobby Kaczinski, but his nickname is Kaz. He used to play on a hickey team. Kaz is in his teens and he is a natural born leader/athlete. He is a tall, muscular, dark-haired teenager that walks with pride. He is oftern leasing the team of diver's.…
The main conflict in this story is person vs self. This is because Nathan battles with himself throughout the course of the story over several issues, such as whether he really should have married Eunice as she deserved someone who wasn’t in love with her own sister, shown in the quote, “‘We turned around then, and there was the light from the fire and our feet already set on its path. And I found I wanted to be back there with all the people around me. Eunice deserved better, and I knew it.’” He also wonders as to what would have happened if he had saved Eunice rather than Delia.…
Character Analysis of Eadlyn Schreave Eadlyn Schreave, a character in Kira Cass’ The Heir, the fourth book of The Selection series, is a strong woman who is trying to prove her worth as a leader. Eadlyn is going to become the first female ruler in the kingdom of Illea, and her kingdom is currently in turmoil because the caste system that was in place was recently dissolved. Eadlyn is willing to do what’s best for her country, even if it interferes with her own happiness. When her parents suggested that she should keep the country entertained by holding a competition for her hand, she wasn’t happy, but she agreed and said, “I give you my word.…
Everyone can understand the struggles of overcoming a challenge. In the children's short stories we learn about the obstacles that Captin and Marvin face. Captin is a young boy who is bullied and goes on a journey to face his fears, where as Marvin, discovered how to breakdown his walls and share his feelings with others. Furthermore, the characters share a likeness in the challenges they come in contact with.…
Conflict is the anxiety caused by two opposite characters or the struggles created between a person and the society (Cuddon, 2013 & Quinn, 2006). According to them, conflicts are divided into internal and external. Internal conflicts happen when the character struggles with himself, his inner side, whereas external happens when the character struggles with another character or the society, the outer world. In this part of my thesis paper, I will be focused on the external and internal conflicts of the main character Jay Gatsby.…
How do you find hope? How do you see through all the darkness into the light? How do you look at all the horrible events that are going on around you and still find a way to smile? Hope is the feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. In the book, Salt to the Sea, Ruta Sepetys explores the idea of hope through her characters, their journeys through life, and their experiences with love, courage, and grief.…
Sometimes in order to solve an external conflict, we must solve our internal conflict first. In his short story “The Interlopers”, H.H. Munro presents the “character vs. self” conflict as the most significant. This is because it affected the inciting incident, rising action of the story, and climax. The first reason of why the “character vs. self” conflict was the most important, is because it created the inciting incident.…
“Desiree’s Baby” is a short story written by Kate Chopin. The story is about a girl that is found with unknown origin and is adopted by Monsieur and Madame Valmonde. Since they were not able to conceive a child they accepted her as a gift from God and named her Desiree. Eighteen years later, Armand Aubigny falls in love with Desiree and without investigating her origin, immediately marries her. She later gives birth to a baby boy that brings joy to the couple.…
There is practically a whole chapter dedicated to Hazel looking up things about this girl. She is what makes Hazel so afraid to get close to people, and especially to Gus, because she doesn’t want to hurt them, and in this case especially Gus because she would be his second girlfriend to die of cancer. Leaving her out of the movie was a huge…
How Can Sports Competition Affect People? Competition is the basis of life. It has been with humanity possibly since the beginning of humans. Competition can improve life or make it worse. Sports competition can change an individual 's life.…