Pie

“The Pie,” knew that stealing was sinning, he stole a pie despite those reasons because he thought that it would make him happy. He later discovered that he was wrong. Through symbolized versions of God and Gary’s different emotions shown through parallel episodes, Gary Soto exhibits that sin leads to guilt and not happiness in his short story, “The Pie.” In “The Pie,” Soto symbolically represented God and Jesus to maintain the theme that sin leads to guilt. After young Gary stole a pie, he…

they usually do something that will help them cope with whatever dreadful happened. Jeffrey, the main character’s brother, ends up being diagnosed with cancer. During the novel, Steven, the main character from the novel Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, goes through many problems and fights through this “adjustment” which impacts his whole life. Steven is fighting…

Just from seeing the first ten minutes of each of the movies, American Pie and The Virgin Suicides, the audience can see how they are on complete opposite ends of the spectrum of when it comes to the topic of sex. American Pie portrays sex as the thing that everyone is doing and the parents support it to the extent of as long as they are practicing safe sex. Then we have The Virgin Suicides where sex is heavily frowned upon in the main family and the parents are so controlling of the girls’…

CHAPTER FOUR Scrumptious Gnome Pie I hadn 't been asleep for very long when something above me starting tapping lightly on my chest with what felt like a finger. I cracked an eye waking from the nightmare to discover that I was face to face with the little gnome that I 'd meet in the Enchanted Forest. I struggled to raise, still shaky from the dream and shouted, "Cotton, you scared me." "Sorry, is that you Aiden?" he said and eyes twinkled as his tiny month cracked open into a huge smile.…

After reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, I had mixed reviews on the book as I found it quite confusing in the fact that the book was written in letter format such as characters would write letters to each other. I had originally thought it was an anthology series made up of multiple authors like literature to go. But had found out that this book is much different and somewhat more difficult, and slightly more boring and uninteresting than literature to go. In literature…

Often we judge people by the face that they put on when they are around other people. Steven, the protagonist from Drums Girls and Dangerous Pie puts on a makeshift happy face when he is out but really is going through a lot of pain. In Drums Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick. Steven goes through the five stages of grief denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance to help him cope with Jeffrey, Stevens little brother´s illness. As a result of Jeffreys illness, Steven shows…

caught up in it and it changes your life and everyone’s life around you in every way possible. In the story, Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, one of the main characters’ Steven, his life takes an unexpected toll and everything changes. He never saw it coming and it could either break him forever or teach him a lesson. In the story, Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie the main character Steven goes through the five stages of grief during an incident in his life where his younger brother gets severely…

Let me ask you something; How would you feel if a family member had any type of cancer? The family member is very close to you. How do you think a 14 year old would feel? This is one of the questions they ask in DRUMS, GIRLS+DANGEROUS PIE, by Jordan Sonnenblick. The protagonist is Steven Alper. Imagine everyday thinking, will your little brother die today? That’s what Steven Alper feels everyday. He wants his brother to get better, because he knows his life will change forever. Steven is a…

1. The guy walking down the street in the brown T-shirt, wiping the sweat from his face with a paper towel 2. The ant who traveled all the way up to the 8th floor just to crawl around on my bathroom tiles 3. The pair of green and yellow striped shoes, lying untied on the sidewalk 4. The way Corinne says “don’t you hate that?” and I have to say “yeah,” even though I don’t have that 5. The baby who’s crying “Ice cream!” because she sees the “berry sweet frozen yogurt” sign, and her dad who…

of one person that is really irritating and annoying, now imagine that this person was diagnosed with a cancer that possibly could kill them. They probably don’t seem so bothersome, right? The main character in the novel Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick, Steven has a younger brother who in his opinion is aggravating. Steven gradually changes his attitude towards him after he is diagnosed with leukemia. Ever since Jeffery has been diagnosed with cancer Steven has been nicer…