Felt

The novel, The First Stone written by Don Aker, talks about two teens, Reef and Leeza, who have their own issues and both experiencing character development throughout the novel. Reef, a young offender who threw a rock under an overpass that hits Leeza’s car and causes a car accident which resulted Reef going to court and being sentenced to volunteer at a rehab centre, Group Homes, and more. Reef had more things to do that changed him such as volunteering at a rehab centre which made him a…

change the subject. I wanted to know if maybe I was not communicating enough on my end or if there was just a lack of knowledge on the subject and he was unsure on what to do. The modest risk I decided to take was to openly ask my dad about how he felt about my situation and why he never seemed to be willing to show me compassion when I needed it. While we were hiking over the weekend I decided to bring it up. Of course, I wanted to address this more smoothly but it came out like word vomit and…

She wanted me to go with her, but i was scared because of what my grandparents would say. I finally decided to try it out one day. When i got there everything was pretty cool and new, there was lots of modern things and lights and big screens and it felt pretty cool. I wasn't ready to try out the children's class yet because i didn't know anyone there and there was a lot more people there than my old church. My favorite part of the church was the music, I loved it. When i finally decided to go…

couple of events that occured when I felt like I became one. One event that I had occur where I felt like I had become an adolescent was when I applied for my first job at the grocery store in my town. I was 16 when I went in for the interview and I was so nervous but knew that this was good for me to get a job at this age. I got the job and am still working there till this day as a cashier/ bagger. This job made at the time made me feel more independent and I felt very proud about that. Another…

Bruce does not have a close relationship with his children, but I felt he wanted to be closer to Alison. I felt like this because as the reader I could clearly tell he would buy her pretty dresses or jewelry that he would have liked. Bruce portrayed that he would have liked to be a woman perhaps this was a way he could buy what he wanted without being judged for it, and see Alison in a sense as himself. As I read through the book I felt Bruce was always trying to live vicariously through Alison.…

land, to understand that the move would provide his children a new future in a new place, but that did not lessen the pain he felt as the roots of his soul pulled away and severed themselves from the earth which had nurtured his life" (pg. 3) Clemente Chavez had been born at his rural home in Mexico and had spent his formative years on the land. The old countryside home must felt to Clemente…

profitable farms like it did in the South. Instead, the North became an industrialized region, where steam powered factories produced textiles that used the souths raw cotton. The problem with the differing economies rested on the fact that the south felt that they were being unfairly taxed. Taxation had been granted to the United States federal government through the United States Constitution. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the US constitution states that ““The Congress shall have Power to…

angry. He felt like the world just took advantage of him. He thought that if he was too nice, people would step all over him. And like that his heart of gold turned into a heart of stone. For the rest of the year the boy was mean to everyone , even to his friends. He was especially mean to this girl named Emily. Through all this anger and bullying the boy had one best friend, her name was Chanel. Towards the end of the year the boy felt bad about everything he 's done to everyone. He felt like…

not be able to come back”, those words could never come out my mind”. After I heard my brother tell that to my dad my hole view changed and I felt hate but I didn 't know why. The whole night I was thinking on what to do. The next morning I asked my dad “ Did you at least try to go visit us” and he said “I’ve been trying my whole life” after I heard that I felt a relief in my heart.…

them when he was young he felt like his condition affected his parents and he would have rather them be divorced. When he was entering middle school his best friend had moved right when they were experiencing some problems, they no longer had the same interest they outgrew each other. His family also decided to move across the country so he was going to attend a public school. For the first time he felt like he fit in a school and did good academically. He constantly felt like people praised his…