The Raft is a book written by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen (S.A. Bodeen). This book was about a young teenage girl named Robie who after a plane crash, was stranded in the middle of the pacific ocean with nothing but a raft and a hopeful memory of the plane’s co-pilot which kept Robie emotionally intact. Throughout the book, Robie showed great bravery despite being stuck in the middle of the ocean. Robie fought hard to survive, even if that meant facing her fears and doing what was hard. The Fault in Our Stars is a book written by John Green.…
The Rivaling Brothers In the book Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, Paul and Erik Fisher are rivaling brothers who don’t get along very well. In the book, Paul and Erik have diverse personalities so they are opposite geometric characters. Erik Fisher is very bold, he stands out on the football field and in the neighborhood. Erik is also very popular and cool, because of these characteristics Erik is defined as the shape is “pow”.…
On June 10, 1991 in California, a girl named Jayce Dugard was kidnapped at the age of 11 years old. She was abducted while she was walking home from a school bus stop. Jayce was brought to Phillip Gardios house, where he kept her in tents, shed and lean to’s in his own back yard. She endured harsh sexual assault resulting in the birth of two children. This story relates closely to the imprisonment of Ma and Jack.…
SUMMARY Sets in the futuristic period, Guy Montag, a fireman, who, paradoxically, burns houses and illegally owned books. One night, after having burning quite number of homes and books, Montag met Clarisse, who happens to be his old neighbor. Clarisse, a seventeen year old, who is like a typical teenager, who likes to talk but what Clarisse sets from other teens is that she question about the world and nature In the course of the chapter one: part one, Clarisse asked Montag if he is happy, and that struck Montag to doubt if he is really happy about his life Going home, when Montag and Clarisse part their ways, he found his wife Mildred lying in bed, overdosed by sleeping pills From that scene, Montag realized that he is no longer love his…
Farah Stockman sets up how neighbors can cause either damage or strengthen a person’s identity with anecdotes. Stockman introduces an adverse effect caused by a neighbor while telling Junior’s story: “The bottle sailed through the air and smashed. Fire spread across Junior’s yard. The ‘friend’ ran off into the dark” (Stockman 1). By Stockman using an anecdote, he creates a foundation of empathy for the reader to have with the protagonist, Junior.…
"The man tells his stories so many times, that he becomes the stories. They live on after him. And that way he becomes immortal. " This quote is said by Edward Bloom in the film Big Fish directed by Tim Burton. This quote could have meaning in the sense that stories never die and are told throughout the years making the characters immortal, but if a story is not that important it will be forgotten over the years.…
The novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor narrated the social development of up-and-coming soccer superstar, Paul Fisher, with underlying meanings contained in his simplistic thoughts. This young protagonist showed his growth as a character by way of childish reason. His quote, “But today I wasn’t a coward, and that counts for something,” provided the background that he was not an exceptionally brave teen. Paul’s view of society was limited because of a lack of attention during his childhood.…
BODY 3 Topic Sentence: Use a transition and state CLAIM 3. Based on your thesis above, what is your third claim? (Analysis) ( Not only is this book about_______it’s also about) Also, another key concept made clear in the ending of the book shows how to cope with these issues through finding passion and love in life.…
As they begin to break in he tells Margo how stupid, unsafe, and illegal the act they are committing is. He is positive they are going to get caught. After breaking and entering they don’t get in trouble or get caught. Quentin feels on top of the world and wants to achieve more acts like that with Margo.…
Main character, Guy Montag, is the hero in this classic book. He bravely chose to form his own opinions about books, and society itself. At the beginning of the story his character appears to be cold, and distant from the rest of the world. Montag appears to be moving through his life, without really living. That all changes when he meets Clarisse, and girl who lives in his neighborhood.…
xUnorthodox Characters of Brave New World Unorthodoxy in the World State is really any form of individuality, so many of the upper caste characters of Brave New World are unorthodox on some level. A few of them stand out as fundamentally unorthodox. Bernard Marx, Helmholtz Watson, and Mustapha Mond are all unorthodox, but they vary in how and why they are unorthodox. Bernard Marx is a strongly unorthodox character, mainly because of his physical appearance; He is shorter than the other Alphas, and they find him strange.…
Guy Montag is a fireman who lives with his wife Mildred. Every day he gets up, sees Mildred watching the parlor walls, goes to work, burns books, comes home and sees Mildred watching the parlor walls, and goes to bed. His life is almost always like this until he experiences an awakening. Montag now sees the sad, empty, and censored lives him and everyone he knows is living. This awakening is influenced by Clarisse, Mildred, and Faber.…
With influence from Clarisse, Mrs. Blake, and Faber, Montag undergoes a major transformation as a character, his persona ultimately shifting from being indifferent about the flaws in his society to impassioned about changing them. By compelling Montag to think about his dissatisfaction with his life, Clarisse McClellan acts as a catalyst for Montag’s conversion of character by helping him realize the faults in their materialistic and destructive society. After meeting Montag, young girl Clarisse asks him if he’s happy as she leaves for home, to which he comes to realize that “He [wears] his happiness like a mask and [Clarisse] had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back” (Bradbury 12). Montag’s society, who focus solely on trivial matters such as money and material items, are not used to speaking about topics such as people, nature, and happiness.…
Quentin Jacobsen is a boy living in Florida, who is quite intelligent and has always been in love with his childhood and current neighbor, Margo. Miles “Pudge” Halter is a boy going to a boarding school, although his hometown is in Florida, just like Quentin. He is also quite intelligent: he has a special talent, in which he memorizes famous people’s last words. He falls in love with the girl living down the hall, Alaska. Both Margo and Alaska are not very sympathetic people, and are not necessarily the people a parent would want their child hanging out with.…
In page 8, “Margo always loved mysteries… I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one.” Nobody knows where she disappeared to, why would she leave without telling anyone? No one really noticed she disappeared except for Quentin. it’s true when they say that the only people that actually truly care about you know when you’re gone physically and mentally. You could easily noticed the attraction Quentin has for Margo, it’s very difficult for some people to understand a connection between two people who really care about each other.…