The School Story

Much of the story does follow Tayo’s life, but it also follows the journey of the Laguna people as a whole, and more generally, the Native American experience. Multiple characters in the book discuss the importance of Tayo in an interesting way. It’s not so much that Tayo himself is an individual that’s any more important than any other, Tayo is important because of what he represents. Ku’oosh and the others are so interested in hearing Tayo’s story because it’s a story of redemption, an…

"The Reward after Leaving the Comfort Zone" Spenser Johnson’s book “who moved my cheese” (1998) Introduces to the readers with a great story that displays a few friends who are talking about changes in people work and life. One of the friends tells a brief story about how four different characters confront the changes in all aspect of their life. Their life depends on their cheese supply that is in the maze. I will evaluate how one particular character is forced to fight his fears in order to…

leave your home, get split from your brother and father, while trying to survive on barely any money or food. This is what Ko and Yoko had to endure in So Far From the Bamboo Grove book by Yoko Kawashima Watkins. So From the Bamboo Grove is a true story about the life of the Kawashima family, Mrs. Kawashima, Hideyo, Ko, and Yoko, finding each other after World War II. While trying to avoid Korean communist soldiers and anyone else who might put them in harms way. Ko took many risks and gave up…

Gabriel Olondriz tries to sue Senator Regis Zapanta for stealing over 60million pesos which would have gone to hospitals, houses and schools. He was put to jail after he counter sued him bribing the judge and his friends around him. He was a catalyst as he gave them information they needed and encouraged them to go in a direction of that led to them getting justice. 7. Andy Mulligan(the…

Have you ever read a story blindly and just couldn’t understand it so you made assumptions about it? That is what happened to me. I recently read Tartuffe by Moliere, after my first read of the story, I thought it was not relatable, virtually impossible to ever happen, and just not funny. However, after understanding the cultural background, the life experiences of the author, and the author’s purpose for writing these stories, I now see this literary work as a strong satire that is relatable…

stressful, and a lot of other things. St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell is a story about a pack of girls that are sent to St. Lucy’s to rehabilitate and to eradicate their wolf identity. Claudette is the main character of the story and the story and the narrator. The story talks about how Claudette, along with other members of the pack, develops their human characteristics. The story also talks about how Claudette’s wolf instincts cloud her judgement on developing into…

to help clients normalize their experience by determining similarities and differences between the client and the character in the story and their situation (as cited in Neimeyer, 2012). Once, the child can engage and relate to a character it opens a door for the child to discuss grief and loss with the counselor and facilitate their thoughts. This book can be a story a counselor can recommend a parent to read to their child. The book looks into the process of mourning, disenfranchised grief,…

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 to find true friends, considering the principal asked three students to befriend him, which does not necessarily work in Auggie’s favor. With a rough start to the school year, Auggie starts to…

by schools and colleges for their students to read. One of these such books is The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, except the fact that this book, while commonly loved by many, is on its own not a good piece of literature, as it is filled with a number of flaws such as an incomplete story line and a lack of character development. One of these issues is an irredeemable cast of supporting characters, as both Christopher’s father and mother show potential in the story to…

bildungsroman is a story where the main character looks for answers of his life through experiences. In genera like this, the main character normally has a pivotal decision that eventually changes his, or her life and allows the plot of the story to unfold. In The Bear Hunter by David Musgrove, the protagonist David faces several life changing events. These events range from breaking up with his girlfriend to killing two bears on two different occasions. But within this story, there is one…