Dr. Spencer Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese? is considered a guide on how to face change. The best-seller tells the story of two mice, Sniff and Scurry, and two little people, Hem and Haw, and how they each responded to running out of cheese. Cheese was portrayed as something they all highly desired and loved. The two mice were able to follow the right path to change, and were successful at finding new cheese. The two little people, on the other hand, resisted change and were left with no…
The book, This Girl Isn’t Shy She’s Spectacular by Nina Beck was a really fantastic book that related to my life in many ways. I had a liking for the book, because I felt as if I had a relation to the character. The way, Nina Beck, wrote this book made me feel as if I was reading about my own life. This Girl Isn’t Shy She’s Spectacular was an easy read. I was in awe of how Beck made me relate to the character, how well she organized the book, and the amount of detail she incorporated into the…
males trapped in a maze and they are being tested on how they escape. A Universal theme is central idea found within a story or passage. It also represents a message or lesson the author wants to convey. In this story, the author uses universal themes to develop the story in a unique way. The author uses strong males, heroic scenarios, odd elements and social cohesion. The story uses strong males to show how the characters have developed through the time they have been there. These characters…
In the story of Beowulf 's great feat he comes to a point of fate as everyone does. As much as he achieves in his life, he doesn 't achieve immortality. Beowulf knows he will have to leave sometime but King Hrothgar gives him critical words of wisdom while he was in his prime. Hrothgar has lived the life of a great warrior himself. Now as an old king, it seems as if he becomes Beowulf 's mentor and Beowulf is his protector. Their relationship presents a good example of a trade-off. If Beowulf is…
to be the genius in this story. She tells us, in quite detail, the story of how her family came to reside in the town of Fingerbone, and the struggles she and her sister Lucille went through after their mother and grandmother passed away. Ruth starts out the story by telling us, the reader, about her grandfather, whom she never had the pleasure of knowing. She tells us of his paintings of…
“Behind the Bedroom Wall” by Laura E. Williams and “Do teachers treat children differently based on their color? Study says yes” by Yolanda Young show that stereotypes can control people's lives and because of this our society needs to end it. In the story “Hum” by Naomi Shihab Nye, a blind man named, Hugh treated Sami fairly, while many others treated him badly because he was from the Middle-East. In the text the author states, “Sami…
Smoke Signals A Young Man’s Journey of Self-Discovery In Chris Eyre’s independent film, Smoke Signals, he tells the story of a young boy named Victor Joseph and his journey to forgiveness in the late 20th century. In the beginning, Arnold Joseph, Victor’s father, accidentally sets Thomas Builds-The-Fire’s home on fire in his drunken haze, killing Thomas’s parents on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation in Idaho. He miraculously saves baby Thomas as he was thrown out of the burning building. Arnold…
J. (2012). Wonder. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Wonder, by R. J. Palacio explores the life of August (Auggie) Pullman, a boy with mandibulofacial dysostosis – a condition that leaves the face with undeveloped bones and tissue. This heartwarming story is told from multiple perspectives to convey what Auggie and everyone else feels and experience as Auggie starts going to a mainstream school for the first time. Being the new kid is hard enough, but with a face like Auggie’s, he really struggles…
detail and drive the story further. The artist also uses the pointing hands of several figures to show a psychological point; Atlas on his throne and Selene driving her chariot. Another element the artist used was the use of red, black, and orange (by mixing red and yellow) colors. The black creates a contrast to the orange and reveals the importance of the figures in orange. The basic hue of the vase is red and…
If children aren’t allowed to read stories about negative topics, then are they guaranteed that these things won’t ever happen to them? Children must be taught right from wrong, so that we can make good choices in our own life. Stories and characters help us learn about these things that we sometimes know nothing about. I don’t think the book, ‘’Bridge to Terabithia’’, should be banned just because it shares a story that deals with real situations that might be difficult for…