overreacts to Scout’s innocent question by grabbing her by the collar and shooking her to never say a word about the courthouse, Scout’s reaction is the following one: “I crept from Jem’s room and shut the doors softly, lest undue noise set him off again.” (Lee, 331). From someone who first fought Jem for showing a bit of superiority, Scout’s reaction is quite impressive and inspires a lot of maturity. Note that shutting the door is the first thought that comes in her mind. At this passage of…
“Low-down skunk with enough liquor in him to make him brave enough to kill children” (Lee, 360) These are the words of Mr. Tate to tell Atticus Finch what he truly thinks of Bob Ewell. One thing about This is true because, Bob loves to drink, but when he does, he has no self-control and even attacks the children of the person he hates the most, Atticus Finch. Bob and Atticus have two drastically different lives, they have totally different social classes and ways of thinking and behaving.…
Belle, a film released in 2013, depicts the life a biracial woman, Dido Elizabeth Belle, living with a white family in 18th century England. Although she lives as a white woman, she is marginalized on numerous occasions. Belle illustrates the difficulties of being a biracial person in a society that is predominately white. As the story progresses, Dido learns the truth about her position in society, struggles with her identity, and strives to make a difference, just as the Invisible Man did.…
To a New Start Brutal, rough, eventful. My day in three words. Nothing could have gone worse. It was a brand new start for me. New start to the teaching aspect. New to the town of Maycomb, Alabama. I was From North Alabama, Winston County, so the Maycomb residents have a different lifestyle and I was definitely not fitting in or adjusted to it at all. Maycomb is a little world of its own. As soon as being introduced to all of my fellow, new students, I knew something was already off. It was then…
“Remember,” Duke whispered, “No talking.”. Bill nodded as they went out into the darkness of Mufasa’s dirt road. When they reached the center of the town they bumped into the hyena statue and it made Bill jump. “Calm down, it’s just a statue”, whispered Duke. “Sorry, it startled me”, replied Bill in a normal voice. “Shush”, Duke said in a yelling whisper. At that moment they had realized, they should have been quieter. Then out of the dark alleys the hyenas come out charging directly toward…
With the help of his teammates, a boy discovers what lies beneath the surface of his strange new hometown. Paul Fisher developed a lot throughout this book tangerine. First Pauls family moves to Tangerine because of this move he has problems at his school about his eye vision. Then he gets kicked of the soccer team and has to leave the school because the sinkhole ate his classroom. The sinkhole changed Paul a lot. It showed that he was a courageous boy because he was not scared of the sinkhole…
In the beginning there was only darkness. The space above the ground was pitch black with just a few stars to light up the ground below. The birds never used their wings because they found that the higher they flew upward, the darker and colder they became. All the animals in the kingdom of Shady Grove felt a big storm coming their way and so they started to prepare. The squirrels gathered their nuts and darted for a hole at the bottom of a tree stump. While the other animals gathered their…
This is the story of a young man who is introduced to a gift he couldn’t imagine. The gift is what he imagines. His imagination or what he thinks can happen if really wants it to happen. This young man’s name is Brice Coltman. Brice Coltmans gift was discovered one day when he was headed to the gym (Brice is an athletic, smart, average man, so the gift comes from his intelligence and an unusual mixture of his genes when he was born). Brice was crossing the street and a car was headed straight…
A boy named Dill moves in next door with his aunt for the summer. He becomes friends with Jem and Scout Finch and they play together. They live near their neighbor Boo Radley and there are a lot of rumors going around about him because he never comes out of the house he lives in with his brother. Some say he stabbed his father and his brother, Nathan Radley, moved into the house. The whole town talks rumors about Boo and Dill, Scout, and Jem try to get Boo to come outside with several antics.…
Holes is a mystery-drama novel written by the great author Louis Sachar, which is enthralling with a thrilling end. I chose to read this book because I had to, but as the story unfolded I was hooked. The setting of the story of Holes is based in Camp Green Lake, which is a juvenile correction facility where the main character is sentenced to serve his punishment for the crime, he did not commit. In this story, a boy called Stanley is unfairly accused. He is sent to a Camp Green Lake, a juvenile…