Call on Me

cranberry with vodka because it makes me relaxed. All of a sudden my song comes on, “Call Me” by Ceelo Greene. We went straight to the dance floor, and I was definitely feeling myself. As I started moving my body to the music, a tall guy came guy came walking towards me. He was 6’1, pretty brown eyes, pecan skin, and he was dressed as if he was going on a interview. When he looked at me I was speechless, so he asked me to dance, I nodded my head yes. As we danced he turned me around and our body…

a boy out of the mind of Pamela Joern in the short story, Don’t Call Me Kid. Jason has been dreading to see his father, if fact hes been thinking of how hes going to tell him off when he arrives Friday afternoon but for some reason, Jason doesn 't. They start there journey to Nebraska, miles of nothing to go on a buffalo hunt in the middle of nowhere. Along the way they bicker like two brothers that dont get along and it reminds me of the relationship i had with my dad at a point in our lives. I…

Don't Call Me Ishmael - Themes and conflicts Cerys Moore year 9 The use of narrative conventions in the novel, Don't Call Me Ishmael, written by the award winning author, Michael Gerarad Bauer teaches the reader many themes and conflicts that demonstrate lessons about everyday life, while referring and connecting to Moby Dick, through the use of inter-literary links and adding humour to the plot. Ishmael Leseur is a ninth grader, who self diagnosed himself with ‘Ishmael Leseur Syndrome’, which…

‘Don’t Call me Ishmael is a young adult genre book which is written by author Michael Gerard Bauer. It is a fictional novel written in a journal diary style and in the perspective of a 14 year old boy, Ishmael Leseur. He was named after the narrator in Herman Merville’s infamous book, Moby Dick. Ishmael is continuously being verbally bullied for his name throughout his entire highschool life, which caused him to have a low self-image of himself and completely lacking in confidence. However with…

giving up is Electric Summer and People call me crazy. Electric summer is a story written by Rebecca Peck and about a girl named Mary that was forced to go to the fair with her mom and family when she never liked fairs. Gary paulsen a author of the story People call me crazy is about a little boy named thatcher overcame his fear of big reservoirs of water and he saved his friend from the water when they were trying to find a way back to camp. People call me crazy and Electric summer have…

It’s Okay, Call Me Fat As a fat person who has worked their ass off to unlearn all of the self-hatred that I have been internalizing all my life, few things irritate me more than when someone says, “But you’re not fat!” when I use the word to describe myself. I know they are trying to be nice and say the thing that they think they are expected to say, but it makes me want to rip my shirt up over my face and jiggle my belly in their face screaming, “But I ammm! Can you not seeee it?” Like, what…

In the novel ‘Don’t call me Ishmael’ written by Michael Gerad Bauer, we meet a fourteen year old boy called Ishmael Lesuer. Ishmael Lesuer is the only recorded case of ‘Ishmael Lesuer syndrome, it is capable of turning a normal person into a walking disaster are registering at nine point nine on the imbecile scale. Through out the novel Ishmael and his friends let fear stand in the way of their many capability. One of Ishmael’s biggest fear is going the debating team and talking in front of a…

main Character in “Don’t Call Me ISHMAEL” has that exact name. The Author (Michael Gerard Bauer) uses humorous and light-hearted language to inform readers about bullying which is a very serious topic. Not all, but many teenagers can relate to this book's target (to understand the consequences of bullying). And that it’s a horrific thing to do to others and that there is always a solution. The characters in “Don’t Call Me ISHMAEL” The main protagonist in “Don’t Call Me ISHMAEL” is Ishmael…

Don’t Call me Ishmael! Are words actually causing this world to be cruel and suicidal or are actions more affective to hurt others. Could the words that are used, be stronger, up lifting, or down putting than action could do. Life could be like hell just because words that come out of other peer’s mouths can make a person’s life horrific. Words can make you feel like people need be living ghosts and not exist. Lives can be destroyed just by saying a single word. The novel Don’t Call me Ishmael…

The Power Of Words Kyle – Blue Some people say words are stronger then violence, if you’re not afraid to use them wisely. Figurative language helps bring out every character’s individual traits and personality. In Don’t Call Me Ishmael by Michael Gerard Bauer, it is clear that Ishmael’s low self-esteem and James Scobie’s debating skills are constantly emphasized by Bauer’s use of similes and metaphors. The author uses figurative language to develop Ishmael’s alarmingly low self-esteem, together…