Around this time the school is full of drama with relationships starting and ending everywhere. The author might have picked this setting to relate with similar ages just beginning to date. The main character a young girl named Piper. Piper is a pretty, blonde headed girl.…
The importance of friendship Have you ever wondered what the theme of a book is. In When Zachary Beaver Came to Town one of the main themes the Kimberly Willis Holt was looking for was friendship and how much it helps you in life. In the story Toby Wilson and Cal McKnight get into fight here and there but somehow they always pull together and are still friends at the end. Zachary Beaver claims to be the fattest boy in the world, but when he comes to Antler Texas, Paulie Rankin leaves him for a couple weeks. Cal, Toby, and Kate help get Zachary get baptised, slowly towards the end he becomes friends with Cal, Toby, and Kate.…
The story is told to readers through multiple perspectives but with all of them focusing on Amelia and Kate. In the story Amelia attends a private school located in Brooklyn with many students from upper class families. McCreight develops these characters and situations through the first person perspective of Amelia. As her last few months alive is recounted Amelia is caught in a secret club -the Magpies-that was created by the upperclass students as a form of entertainment.…
Nevertheless, her life changes dramatically and abruptly when she starts to attend Sequoia Middle School. On her first week, she is sent to a counselor…
Raised From Scratch is such a meaningful book because the testimony of Thompson’s experiences offers two perspectives of hopelessness and hope in one. Yes, having been raised by his uncle and not his biological parents shaped him into the man he is today, but it did not make his transition as a foster youth any easier. Even though his invisible parents neglected him by prioritizing substances over providing Thompson with family and love, his uncle and mentors were able to provide him with a new understanding of those concepts. At the beginning of the book the author is pessimistic because of his foster youth identity, towards the end of his book the messages are uplifting and can help foster youth understand that it takes time and growth to…
I believe that the theme of the novel Nil was survival because it’s thinking outside of the box and trying to put others needs first before yours. A group of teenagers from 14- 18 years old get stuck on island for 365 days, killing for food protecting themselves from wild animals and find shelter to rest. Thad risked his life to save Charlee’s life. Not knowing if your going to make it makes you very brave of Thad to make that decision. I enjoyed my summer reading novel, it was interesting and exciting.…
‘The Cather in the Rye’ which was written in a post-World War I time and it is still relevant today. Teenagers today still face the same problems Holden faced in the 1950’s. In a time when he was expelled from school, abused substances, delved into promiscuity, questioned religion, dealt with loss and pondered about people from his past and present life, Holden would be able to time travel to the 21st century and still feel at home, as these are issues most teenagers today still struggle with. Teenagers today feel as lost as he did then.…
In the memoir, My Beloved World, By Sonia Sotomayor, she speaks about the ongoing hardships of growing up in a world that seems to only push you down. Sonia rose above it all, she had the strength to continue on. She speaks of the several hardships she faced throughout her life such as a poor home life, chronic illnesses, anxiety and stress, and just the disadvantages of growing up as a person on Latina descent. In the starting pages of the novel, you get a glimpse into her chaotic world.…
Coming of age is not something that happens overnight, it takes many different challenges and experiences to occur. When it does occur however the person who experiences it finds a new motivation and understanding about there life which can drive them into the future. This occurs to a character Minke whose story is told by Pramoedya Ananta Toer in two books, This Earth of Mankind and Child of All Nations, about his coming of age during Dutch colonial rule in Surabaya, Indonesia starting in 1898. The first book This Earth of Mankind begins the maturing process for Minke as he is faced with many obstacles in his life which he must overcome. These include being a native student at a predominantly Dutch school, falling in love with a half native…
What comes out of paranoia and fear? A desire for control. This simplified concept applies when considering the gradual and predictable rise of authoritarianism in the United States. The past decade has brought on events which have generated chaos and uncertainty in particular groups of American people. Great social and cultural change has seen white and traditionally Republican voters feel the threat of outside intervention.…
Detailed plot, likeable characters, suspense, and unpredictability. These are just some of the many characteristics that a reader will look for in a good novel. If all of these expectations are met, a reader will be satisfied with the content they have read, and will be intrigued to read more from that particular author. The book Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen is categorized as a good novel for many different reasons. Firstly, the novel contains a vast amount of character development.…
SMART KIDS GO TO TUTORING. Everyone wants to have all A's on their report card, but is it extremely that easy? A teacher named Mr. Jupena believed I could go far in life, so he once told me a short story about his life through high school. He said that through high school, he was an A student, but always took the easy way out, and in his senior year of high school he was failing calculus, and had to go to tutoring.…
I plan to start once we come back to school next week. We can go to each class period. It would just require more clarification and organization to everyone who is partaking in this initiative. I thought it would be easier if the teacher would quickly explain to the other class periods after hearing the message the first time, rather than being interrupted and listening to the same message over and…
This story starts off with the writer telling a story about how mothers are using their children to get food and money. I like that he started this off like this because he shows how the life of a poor family used to be and in reality still is. He later go on to say that the mom instead of going out to work she rather have her children follow her and beg for money. I like how he goes on to say that if this is how the mom wants to take care of her children then when they grow up some will be theirs while other go and join the Spanish to fight and some maybe will get a job. I do think that he made a good point on that and he does use a little bit of satire so make it so that the reader does understand how serious this is but then they can kind of get a lough out of it.…
1. A major theme in this novel is “Actions have consequences.” Using specific text details explain how the theme is developed in this novel. The theme “Actions have consequences” has been repeated throughout the book The Giver.…