I am reading Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain and I finished the book. This book takes place in Portland, Oregon. Archie Sheridan is getting mental help during the start of the book; he got the help because of his previous experiences with Gretchen Lowell. Archie figures out that Gretchen has broke their deal, so Archie checks himself out of the mental hospital to go look for her. In this journal I will be evaluating and questioning.…
The book Wringer is a book that explains the life of an average ten year old kid who really does not fit in his community because he does not want to wring the necks of pigeons . Everyone wrings pigeons necks when they turn ten years old and most kids are excited for it. Wringer written by Jerry Spinelli is a great book for people like myself who love animals and never want to see anything bad happen to them. It is a very sweet book about a boy named Palmer LaRue, who takes in a pigeon as a pet in a community that hates pigeons they have a special festival just to shoot the birds and for those who survive wounded get their necks wrung by ten year old boys.…
The Cat At The Wall I read the book “The Cat At The Wall” by Deborah Ellis. It is about a girl named Claire that can kind of be a jerk sometimes. She leaving school on the last day and got hit by a car. When she woke up she was a cat at Israel.…
In her article “A Sea of Good Intentions: Native Americans in Books for Children”, Melissa Kay Thompson argues that several institutions use power to display demeaning stereotypes of Native Americans and use those stereotypes in children’s books to further diminish the Native American culture. Thompson begins by stating that many of the children’s novels that portray the lives of Native Americans have a subliminal message which is white dominance and Indian savagery. Furthermore, the author discusses three types of novels that have good intentions to share the Native American culture but, make several contradictions by disregarding historical facts. The three types of novels that lack factual historical context are “Perils-on-the-frontier stories,…
The Art of Kindness As you get older in life you need to learn the importance about kindness. The poem of kindness Naomie Shihab nye she talk a lot about the rules of kindness and how you can obtain it in life. Shihab nye tells us that in order to have kindness people must have experienced sadness. (before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.you must wake up with sorrow.you must speak to it till your sorrows and you see size of the clothes ) this little piece of the poem speaks a lot about what i said that in order to learn kindness you must feel sorrow in life in order to feel kindness and express it to other humans beans.…
Ethics begins with the determination of right versus wrong. It can be described as a standard at which people live at in order to justify their actions. Morals are a segment of ethics but hold a role in determining what is and what is not ethical. Throughout the books Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and Wild by Cheryl Strayed, the notion of ethics being challenged by two independent individuals arises. These literary examples display an influential attempt of very strong will people who are trying to achieve creating their own way in life because of external factors, all while disregarding the ethical standards in life.…
After reading the first chapter do you feel you could try to stand up for animals like Abby did? Or are you like, me and, don’t like how animals, are being treated but, couldn’t try to take that big of a step yet? Well that’s OK! I think that you can agree with me that, it’s nice to be able to know that Abby and any other animal teen activist will always be there for any animal that’s struggling. What she is doing and how.…
He provides scenarios of times that our life seems crazy and out of order. It allows us to relate and picture ourselves in these situations. He talks about the mundane day to day activities that we do not even realize we participate in. He tries to teach us to look at these mundane activities from a different perspective, from a more positive and compassionate prospective. We have to partake in them, so why not make the best of them, and we never know it could be worse.…
We are introduced to Zoey Fitzgerald-a 17 year old girl that comes from a rich family and lives in New York. Zoey is averaged sized and has beautiful blonde hair. She is book-smart but also athletic and always wear expensive clothes, make up and jewelry. She always thinks that she looks great and won’t even leave the house until her make up is perfect.…
Compassion In Tim O’Brien’s, “The Things They Carried”, he introduces his extremely personal story to his readers “On the Rainy River” that he supposedly has never told anyone. With this chapter he is faced with a huge life-changing crisis, he had been drafted to serve in the United States Army to fight in the Vietnam War. O’Brien felt trapped, he was completely opposed to this forced command but there was no way out. He couldn’t even fathom why he would have to risk his life for a war that he strongly did not even believe in.…
Would you be mad at your mother for dying or for being sick? In the memoir Wild by Cheryl Strayed, Strayed at 22 years old had several issues after her mother’s death from cancer. Strayed, devastated became involved in heroin use, and sleeping with other men rather than her husband Paul. Which led her to divorce him. Her stepfather disconnected from Strayed 's family, and her brother and sister stayed distant from her.…
Being fixated entirely on self interest can easily cloud an individual's ability to empathize. The opposite is also true in that constantly empathizing can allow an individual to neglect themselves and prevent them from bettering themselves. Both of these extremes have the potential to result in prejudicial behaviors. Nonetheless, when self interest and empathy are expressed with the appropriate level of restraint, the result has the capacity to be harmonious and the ability to maximize advantage outcomes. “Too Much Happiness” by Alice Munro, demonstrates how even a glimpse of empathy can result in the betterment of an individual's interests in addition to the subject of their compassion’s.…
The word “character” derives from the Greek word , “kharakter” meaning engraved mark, also known as a symbol or imprint on the soul. In Cheryl Strayed essay “The Love of My Life” Strayed is a vacillating grieving daughter who begins to lose herself within all the grief. Moreover, Strayed uses three prime ways to exhibit her character prominently to the reader. Her choice of relationships, emotions, and usage of diction cogently depicts her character throughout the essay.…
He reminds us of how cruel this society can towards each other, especially in a time of emotional hurt and need. He points out that we all can be mislead and blinded by the cruel activities that society…
This person finds out how harsh reality can be and how this brutal life is having a catastrophic impact on this individual. Additionally, through imagery, the readers are able to visualize how this man who’s been having a cheerful dream suddenly gets waken up and reminded of the cold and wretched life he’s unfortunately living. Similarly In Night…