Loran Rolfe
12.2
2 February 2018
Mrs Klopper
English Reflective essay
Final draft
The Words That Form Us
Book have the ability to change the world. They reflect the very nature of humans desire to learn more, feel more and discover more. As the world heads further and further away from appreciating the power of words and the beauty that is encapsulated by poetry and novels, books have become forgotten and undervalued. It's important to remember that there is beauty in the words, if we look hard enough for them, and that these words are the very tools that shape our minds and epitomize our world.
The importance of books and words is a central idea in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. The Book Thief tells a story of a young girl, Liesel Meminger, whose family takes in a Jewish refugee during the Holocaust in Germany. Together, through the novels they read and the stories they write, they begin to uncover the value of words. Liesel showed me that words have the power …show more content…
It taught me that there is still something to be found in the terrible times, and in the pieces of those words that sometimes hurt rather than heal, it's all about how you arrange them. In All The Bright Places, Niven creates a world completely of its own. The main character, Theodore Finch, is a charismatic, fearless character who enthralled me in a whirlwind of excitement, adventures and, at times, unexpected moments of raw emotion. However, behind his magnetic personality, Finch struggles with mental illness and falls in and out of what he calls "the asleep" - a state of depression and darkness that engulfs him no matter how hard he tries to stay "awake". His vulnerability showed me a type of realness that I did not expect, and taught me that even the most thrilling, charismatic people deal with the same type of difficulties and pain that I have had in my
12.2
2 February 2018
Mrs Klopper
English Reflective essay
Final draft
The Words That Form Us
Book have the ability to change the world. They reflect the very nature of humans desire to learn more, feel more and discover more. As the world heads further and further away from appreciating the power of words and the beauty that is encapsulated by poetry and novels, books have become forgotten and undervalued. It's important to remember that there is beauty in the words, if we look hard enough for them, and that these words are the very tools that shape our minds and epitomize our world.
The importance of books and words is a central idea in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. The Book Thief tells a story of a young girl, Liesel Meminger, whose family takes in a Jewish refugee during the Holocaust in Germany. Together, through the novels they read and the stories they write, they begin to uncover the value of words. Liesel showed me that words have the power …show more content…
It taught me that there is still something to be found in the terrible times, and in the pieces of those words that sometimes hurt rather than heal, it's all about how you arrange them. In All The Bright Places, Niven creates a world completely of its own. The main character, Theodore Finch, is a charismatic, fearless character who enthralled me in a whirlwind of excitement, adventures and, at times, unexpected moments of raw emotion. However, behind his magnetic personality, Finch struggles with mental illness and falls in and out of what he calls "the asleep" - a state of depression and darkness that engulfs him no matter how hard he tries to stay "awake". His vulnerability showed me a type of realness that I did not expect, and taught me that even the most thrilling, charismatic people deal with the same type of difficulties and pain that I have had in my