Little Boy

Game. Ender’s game is based on a strong, intelligent, young boy who is taken from his family to train in a position that is meant to save the world. Almost the whole book surrounds around the abuse Ender endures to become this warrior. Card uses the traits of strength and intelligence within Ender, even at such a young age, to show the theme of “determination guides a way to success”. Ender is observed as a strong and intelligent young boy in this chapter. He had a tough time getting through…

looks up at the night sky the world becomes a planetarium - the specks of sparkling diamond dust that’s set up against the jet black backdrop of space, this crisp view. there are spectacular light shows - shooting stars, constellations like the little dipper and…

Afternoon in the Year 1957” are stories that both similarly center on a teenage male protagonist and somewhat broach the idea of innocence and naivety brought about by youth. “The Bread Of Salt” is about an ambitious fourteen-year old, lower class boy who dreams of success and aspires towards winning the heart of a young lady named Aida. Unfortunately, Aida belongs to a prominent Spanish family. And towards the end, the protagonist realizes they cannot be together as he does not have the same…

미란(MI-RAN) The first character introduced and interviewed is Mi-ran. She is introduced as a young teen that has a love interest in another boy named Jun-Sang. It starts out as an innocent love that is shared between the characters but there was a problem. Mi-Ran was born from a poor miner that was a former South Korean, the enemy. As she matures she finds out that she is treated lesser than Jun-Sang as he is from a higher class. Her family is of the lowest class with the father working in the…

the question comes, as it often does, we say we have no preference in whether a baby is born a boy or girl. In private, just us, we talk about the pros and cons of each gender. We talk about which would have more advantages or who would have an easier life in today’s world. According to author Richard Dorment, “the comparison is a toss-up or even a draw. In today’s society, it is impossible to say that a boy or a girl has any conspicuous advantages because of his or her gender”. In his 2013…

In Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations, the main protagonist Pip, grows throughout the novel as he develops from a simple, noble, naïve young boy to a respected and matured gentleman. As Pip narrates the story of his youth and the life changing events that made him a wise and mature person, Pip is contemplating how the changes in his life are not only relying on a particular person or event. – unlike what other fictional stories and books contain. – Starting with the convict, to the experiences…

Humor Essay Many works of literature today have persuasive strategies incorporated in them to grab the reader’s attention. Most of the time, writers also use strategies such as humor to send a crucial message to the audience. While this is one effective way of sending a message, other writers utilize formal writing to express the seriousness of a problem. Both methods are effective in getting a message across; however, writing without humor is stronger than those with humor because it is…

When entering the military young men are often looking for themselves; unsure and confused. While in the military young men learn discipline and integrity, this help figure out their manhood. When they leave the military they are able to apply their teachings to real life situations. In the novel Devil in the Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, Ezekiel Easy Rawlins does just that. Easy enlisted for the military to go fight in World War II hoping to find who he is and what he wants. After the war his…

have a nice rest of your day. I will be back tomorrow” I picked up my briefcase and left the room. The nurse came down the hallway to lock the big concrete door that held him captive. I peered through the foggy window on the door to see the young boy slamming his hand against the wall the enclosed him. I did not stop it and I did not tell the nurse. I thought it was his coping method, but I later learned it was his trigger to becoming destructive. The classroom was filled with the sound of…

This stage in Erickson is probably one of the most difficult ones for me to articulate. At age 6 we had a visitor in our home, he was a step uncle and an army man approximately 25 years of age. He was staying in our home while recovering from an illness; my job was to bring his meals to his room every day. I did this several times, he was always nice, wanting to read to me and always asked me to jump up on his bed while he read. Each time he would tickle me as he read. Then he began to touch me…