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starts off with E.L. Konigsburg telling the reader about Mrs. Olinski’s first teaching job. At that school, all the students followed the school’s rules and behaved courteously. The principal of that school, Margaret Draper, stayed in touch with Mrs. Olinski. This allowed Mrs. Olinski to know about Margaret Draper’s marriage to Izzy Diamondstein, Margaret’s move to Century Village, Florida, and Margaret’s interest in sea turtles. Mrs. Olinski also knew about Margaret’s grandson, Ethan Potter. Then, flashing forward, Konigsburg takes the reader to the finals of the Academic Bowl. There, the commissioner of education of New York has started to read the next question, “The following places in New York State are associated with women famous in American history. I shall name the place; you are required to tell me why it is important and name the woman associated with that place. The place names are: Seneca Falls, Homer, Rochester, and Auburn.” Ethan Potter rang in immediately afterward. Then, in a flashback, Konigsburg takes the reader back to the first day of school, to show how Ethan knew the answer to the question. This occurs in first person/Ethan’s point-of-view. Ethan Potter boarded the bus on his first day of sixth grade and sat down at an empty seat, hoping that no one would sit next to him. Ethan then tells the reader of his deep roots in Epiphany and of how his ancestors had been in Clarion County before Epiphany even became a town. Ethan says that in the Clarion County…

Everyday Use, by Alice Walker, the story is narrated by a black woman, who we later learn is Mama. The short story begins by introducing the character we come to know as Maggie. Mama talks about how Maggie was in a fire and it shows that Mama is trying her best to uplift Maggie's insecurities because the fire damaged her skin, it shows that she is very shy and vulnerable about the way that she looks. As the story progresses, another character is introduced, Dee. Dee is the oldest sister from…

Karen Baez (age 13) was hanging out with her friends Yesenia (age 12) and Emily (age 13) they all went to an after school program that allowed their parents to pick them up later while still being under adult supervision. Karen wanted to apprehend why the tutoring center was not open Yesenia and Emily were confused too, not understanding why they could not receive assistance with their homework that evening. The girls were puzzled, they thought that since they were present there should be no…

Toni Cade Bambara’s short story, “The Lesson”, is about a young black girl named Sylvia and her neighborhood friends. Sylvia and her friends live in the projects of New York City. Miss. Moore, who is an educated black women, wants the children in the neighborhood to be more exposed to the life outside the projects. She takes on the role as their “teacher” to help educate them to the more cultural aspects of life. Just as the title suggests there is many lessons to be learned throughout this…

Having Jem read to her was her way of a distraction from the morphine. Atticus had brought a little box from Mrs. Dubose for Jem, in it was a white camellia. Chapter 12 Jem has turned twelve years old, now he begins telling Scout to act more like a girl and to stop bothering him. This upsets Scout. Scout waits for Dill to come to Maycomb that summer, she gets a note from Dill and it states that his mom remarried and he will not be coming to Maycomb that summer. Atticus had to leave town for…

Miss Dent’s Closure in John Cheever’s “The Five-Forty-Eight” “A mentally unstable secretary finally catches up to her cruel former boss and makes him listen to what she has to say, at gunpoint” (Armstrong 1). Closure means the ending to all problems resolved. Equally, Miss Dent in John Cheever’s “Five-Forty-Eight” puts closure to all the humiliation that Mr. Blake causes her; however, Miss Dent regains her self-respect. In the “The Five-Forty-Eight,” Mr. Blake seduces Miss Dent, who is a…

The novel Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, is a not-so-typical thriller about a seemingly perfect marriage gone terribly wrong. In the novel, Nick and Amy Dunne have been happily married for five years. For everyone else, family and friends, their marriage was seemingly flawless and filled with love and humor. What no one saw was that Nick and Amy’s’ storybook romance was far from perfect. On the morning of their fifth wedding anniversary, Amy Dunne disappeared from their home and all evidence…

The missionary meeting was a turning point in Aunt Alexandra’s demeanor towards all others. She, “Smiled brilliantly. ‘Stay with us, Jean Louise,’ she said.” (p. 307). Even though Aunt Alexandra was only doing this to change Scout, it was different from how Scout was treated before. In this case, Aunt Alexandra was speaking to Scout more as an adult, than a child. Not only that, but she wanted Scout to assimilate into her own crowd. This illustrated that Aunt Alexandra felt that Scout did not…

I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 207. So far this book is about Atticus showing another side of him, Jem destroying Mrs. Dubose’s flowers, and Aunt Alexandra moves in with the Finches. In this journal I will be evaluating. G: Calpurnia is a better mother figure than Aunt Alexandra Y: Calpurnia is a good mother figure R: already has a son protective of Jem and Scout She likes having Scout in the kitchen with her She loves…

Some people say that opposite personalities attract. This is true in S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston have their differences. One is tough, cool, and likes to break laws. The other one is compliant, quiet, and would never think to even shoplift. Even though Dally and Johnny are the complete opposite of each other, they still have their similarities. They both care about each other, and they both happen to have neglectful parents that raised them. Even though they…