Wes Anderson

The Outlaw Josey Wales, produced by Robert Daley and starring Clint Eastwood, portrays the life of Josey Wales as he runs from the notorious Union Captain Terrell and his horde of ruthless Redlegs and bounty hunters. Josey Wales’ exodus from Missouri is caused by his refusal to surrender to the Union. In the film, The Outlaw Josey Wales, shadows are used to illustrate the state of Josey Wales’ soul. The film begins in Missouri on the Wales family farm as Josey and his son plow the field. The…

Nothing but Quiet Preston Frisch Ms.Bell English 9 10 May 2018 In the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, we see the positive and negative qualities of Heather, Rachel, and Melinda.The qualities of each person affects them each personally. The first quality of Melinda “It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.”(Melinda,…

however all are affected by its presence. After reading the book yellow fever by Laurie Halse Anderson, the book shows that death can be looked upon in many different ways, and how we see death in today’s world. In the story, not only do the main character’s opinions on death become apparent, but as you go further in the story you will find the author’s opinion too. Furthermore, death helps us realize how we grow and move along in life today, shaping us into better and more mature people. At…

What is the definition of family? Is family just the people descended from a common ancestor, or could it be more than that? The story Fever 1793 written by Laurie Halse Anderson suggests a different meaning of what family truly is. The story is about a 14 year old girl named Mattie Cook who lives in a house above their family's coffee shop in Philadelphia during the time of the Fever outbreak in 1793. Once the fever breaks and her mother becomes feverish, Mattie flees the city with her…

lips. It looks like my mouth belongs to someone else, someone I don’t even know.” ( Anderson 17) Melinda cannot stop biting her lips. She wants to stop but she cannot do it. She does not recognize herself anymore. Symbolism can be used in so many ways in a book and it can have a lot of meaning in the novel when you use symbolism. Mouth and lips have the greatest impact in the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson because it shows how she expressed herself throughout the story. First and…

Trees in Speak In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, a young girl named Melinda is raped at a party over the summer and calls the cops. The party is busted and everyone blames Melinda for ruining the fun, even though they did not know the full story. When school starts again, she is friendless and bullied. Nobody knows that she was raped; they think she called the cops because people were drinking. Melinda rarely talks because she is afraid of what people will think when she speaks. The…

heather “she collapses into the chair again. ‘You have to help me’ Me:’no, I don’t.’” Speak is a novel written by Laurie Halse Anderson about traumatized 9th grader with a dark past. People having a voice for themselves. In speak Melinda is never really has her own voice except in her art. But one time when she really has her own voice is when she said “no” to heather on Pg(Anderson 177-179), because it was a really big turning point for her and it made her feel like she really had a voice.…

Melinda’s surrounding of people creates her fears of speaking out about her rape case. At the beginning of Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, the freshmen are gathered up together in the auditorium, where she see’s her ex-best friend, Rachel, “This was the girl who suffered through Brownies with me... If there is anyone in the entire galaxy I am dying to tell what really happened, it’s Rachel. My throat burns. Her eyes meet mine for a second. “I hate you,” she mouths silently. She turns her back to…

happened to her and why she called the cops at a party with lots of high schoolers that summer. Her ex-best friend Rachel, who understood everything about Melinda, now hates her, and Melinda feels like an outcast. In the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda randomly chooses trees as her art project for the whole year, and is expected to find herself; with no idea how to bring her trees to life, she faces many struggles and different media, and as she begins to grow her trees begin to…

In the poem “We Real Cool” written by the first African-American to win a Pulitzer for Poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks discusses how she came across a group of young men at a pool hall, and what she thought they were feeling. Gwendolyn Brooks does a great job of discussing the issues, which African Americans faced during the time of the poem’s publication in the 1950’s in Chicago. Brooks does so in a clear and concise way that engages the readers by using alliteration, rhyme, and monosyllabic words. So…