In Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse Five, the main character Billy discusses death numerous times and how it’s simply a part of life. To further go on, The Tralfamadorians also see death as just another aspect in life, “Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is ‘So it goes’ (27). This quote talks about how the Tralfamadorians view death and that to them it is irrelevant. Vonnegut uses the phrase “So it goes” throughout the entire novel. By saying this, he is voicing how dying does not matter.…
She was watching me because she hated my guts.” (This is from the book “ The Wednesday Wars”) Holling Hoodhood has a problem, a big problem. His teacher Mrs. Baker hates his guts. Does she really hates his guts?…
Boxer is a loyal,strong horse who doesn’t question the leaders or government. He doesn’t complain, is constantly working, and is an optimist. “He had been a hard worker even in Jones’s time, but now he seemed more like three horses than one” (pg.29). On the other hand, Benjamin is a cynic,pessimistic donkey. He watches what is happening, but doesn’t get caught up in it.…
Everyone has to grow up and mature at some point, some take longer than others. In the book "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton, Ponyboy is the main character. He is a 14 year-old boy trying to figure himself out. Over the course of the book he starts mellowing in many different ways.…
First I would like to analyze Sammy, the 19-year-old boy who works at the supermarket. From what we have read in the story and…
Kristina Snow is the perfect daughter: a gifted student, never any trouble, keeps to herself. Unfortunately, all of that changes when she goes on a court ordered visit to live with her biological but drug addicted father, where Kristina turns into Bree, who is absolutely fearless. With the help of a boy, Bree is given her first whiff of methamphetamine, a dangerous drug known as crank, which she uses to escape reality and soon gets hooked. Ellen Hopkins’ novel Crank is anything but a normal story of a teenage girl. If readers can avoid falling into the trap of what the writer is saying, they can take a closer look at this novel and notice that the protagonist is making these bad choices due to past and current events, and not just for the fun…
From the courage that the characters show and by trying to prove themselves, they unintentionally grow because of the decisions that they have made. The group of friends did not set out on this camping trip with the intention to grow as people. The different situations that the boys found themselves in that they were trying to prove themselves actually led them to improving themselves. The group of friends found themselves in a variety of different situations, but came out of them for the better. The group did not grow because they situations they found themselves in were easy, but they grew because they faced challenges.…
Stuck in the Neutral is a novel written by Terry Trueman is centered around the subjects of Cerebral Palsy, the value of human life, and the stigma of euthanasia. The main character Shawn McDaniel, who happens to also be the narrator gives us insight into his life. “My life is like one of those “good news—bad news” jokes . . . In the jokes, it’s always the good news first, so here goes . . .”…
He struggles to keep up in class and he can not fulfill his dream of getting into a prep school. During his public schooling, Toby doesn’t feel motivated; he feels like he is in some foreign place at school and gets bad marks in his class. He cheats his way through class and changes his report cards to seem like he is doing well and lies about his progress in school. One day he gets into contact to his distant brother who is a student at Princeton. Toby’s brother, Geoffrey encourages Toby to get a good education at a prep school.…
Despite the trauma caused by residential school, the former victims of residential school in turns become the abuser and transmit their trauma to the younger generation. Josh who is introduced as a friend of Uncle Mick from high school has also experienced hardships at residential school and develops serious problems as a result. According to Robinson’s series of flashbacks, the climax of the story comes when…
Moreover, out of his caring and faithfulness, Animal is a quick learner within his friends, family, and his ‘ kind’ of people. If people were going to do his background check, he never went to school or have any kind of awards for being intelligent. However, he learned multiple languages without having an education. In the book, when Nishia was teaching Animal how to read for the first time, Animal was able to read it out loud and the text stated, “Nisha starts clapping. She says I am her best pupil.…
One of my favorite quotes is “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is”. As the boys come onto my island, some of them decide to hold back or change themselves to gain a following. This applies to two boys in particular. Piggy, who believes that if he hides his intelligence he will be able to shield himself from shrewdness from the other boys. Also Jack who is under the impression that if he becomes aggressive and an “alfa” figure on the island he will gain a following from the other boys, eventually resulting in him being chief.…
The similarities and differences between Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' "The Yearling" anad "The Sojourner" Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American author whose writing style played in a lot of rural settings and themes. Many of her readers are captivated by the rustic demeanor of her writing because it tends to grab the readers' attention. There has been much research done on the fascinating Rawlings and how her simple outlook on rural life can be picked in almost all of her novels while still having a completely different story line. Her novels, "The Sojouner" and " The Yearling" are the perfect example of such. An in depth look in to the two stories show how Rawlings portrays a similar living environment with different goals.…
Have you ever been bullied? The character Paul Fisher has. For instance on page 74 when an unknown character said this “Hey! Give me one of those tickets!” At this time Paul was walking into a fair with his friend and this person decided he wanted his ticket.…
The boys try to fend for themselves by making their own society. As time goes on, the young boys begin to adapt to their surroundings by becoming savages. The book continues putting this group of young boys through terrible situations that…