A Different Story

The fascinating thing about a war story is how it does not revolve solely around combat. They are actually more like a hurricane, in that while in the midst of what seems to be a hellacious and destructive disaster, the anxiety and fear before landfall as well as the aftermath, leaving a planet in ruins, are critical in understanding the entirety of the experience. Though the war is a key component to the story, many of the battles occur before and after and create deeper wounds than could ever…

However, “that which is changed can be changed back in the fullness of time” (Ysabel, 504). In Guy Gavriel Kay’s novel Ysabel, the effect of change is a key element to the story as the main protagonist, 15 year old Ned marriner, experiences a myriad of dangerous and mystery-packed adventures that draws him in deeper into a story world; in search for his father, Edward Marriner’s, assistant Melanie who has been possessed by the spirit of Ysabel during the eve of Beltaine(201)—along with two other…

The mother tells us she is a "big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands" (876). We can see a large rough woman, who wears overalls during the day and a flannel nightgown when she goes to bed. Because she compares herself to a man many times, we can picture what she looks like. She and her daughters are black, but she describes Dee as being lighter than her other daughter, Maggie. She seems to be dreaming about how beautiful Dee probably is after all these years. She continues her daydreaming…

goal that is to essentially, change the way that clients view themselves you could help in otherwise hopeless situations. For example, let's take a single mom working three jobs, who has barely any time to see her kids.This mom could come with a story that she is a horrible mother and leave with one where she is proud to be working hard for…

boy” (Silverstein, 1964, p. 1-3). This is the first- line of the very controversial children’s book, The Giving Tree. This story starts with a young boy and a full grown tree. The tree loved the boy and gave everything she had for the boy until all she had left was a stump and the boy was an old man. Yet, in the end, “the tree was happy” or was she? There are many different ways this book could be interpreted and there are many arguments about what the book is trying to convey. Some examples…

narrator came from a Puerto Rican family and she would look at a two story home that jews used to live in but one they another family moved there and that was Eugene’s. Which the narrator fell in love with…

In his book author Shane Burcaw tells his story in a unique way of facing the challenges of having Spinal Muscular Dystrophy. Burcaw is a witty and hilarious with no type of filter 22 year old boy who lives every day to the fullest and stays true to his motto you only live once. This is not your typical story of a how a teen overcomes all obstacles and beats the odds. Burcaw tells it how it is and doesn’t sugar coat anything about how his life has been, in fact he has a camera crew following him…

Even though "Hills Like White Elephants" was written in the 1920's, the topic of the story continues to be a controversial subject. The word abortion is never used throughout the story, but it is obvious early to the reader that the American is persuading a woman named Jig to undergo the procedure. It is evident she does not want the operation, but the American ignores her subtle hints. He pretends to be concerned with her thoughts and tries to moderate the difficult operation she is about to…

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key is a story of a young boy who suffers through his daily life fighting to keep control over his racing mind and exploding behaviors. His tragic life story began with his parents walking out, leaving him with nothing but his uncontrollable grandma. His mom soon decided to grow up and return to better her son’s life. As Joey goes through a series of mishaps, teachers begin to give up on him. He is sent from classroom, to special-ed classroom, to a special-ed center…

Mercy, A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson, and All American Boys by Jason Reynolds are connected by the theme and moral lessons each novel puts forward. Just Mercy, is written from the viewpoint of Mr. Stevenson as he goes through many people's cases trying to give them the justice they deserve. All American Boys is the story of a young teenage boy who is beaten up by a cop because it is believed he is stealing a bag of chips. Although the storylines of these two stories are…