Unrequited love

The book I chose to read for the second quarter is called “One Came Home”. This book was written by Amy Timberlake. I was excited to read this book because it is a mystery book and I love reading mysteries. This book is about a girl named Georgie Burkhardt whose sister recently ran away with a group of pigeoneers. A couple days later, her sister’s body is returned by the sheriff, but Georgie refuses to believe that she is dead. Georgie feels that it is her fault that her sister, Agatha,…

throughout the course of the novel. For example, Miles, at first, doubts whether Alaska, his mesmerizing and outgoing neighbor truly cares for him as a friend. Alaska always hangs out with miles, and eventually they fall in love with each other; however, Miles fails to realize this as true love later in the novel (129). When he starts hanging out with his roommate and his roommate’s friends, Miles doubts whether they truly like him. However, in the beginning of the novel, Miles doubts his newly…

to recreate the past. Gatsby’s unrelenting love for Daisy consumes his every thought, while Lieutenant Cross’ daydreaming about his sweetheart lead to his men’s demise in the jungles of Vietnam. While reflecting on the past can be productive, to dwell upon it or try to recreate it is detrimental to personal progress. Gatsby and Lieutenant Cross both exhibit a fixation on the past which inhibits their ability to live fully in the present. Jay Gatsby’s love for Daisy never extinguished after the…

Some books are make you tear up, some make you bawl, some cause no emotion. The book Night Road sends even a calloused reader on a road of twisting curves that come to halting stop. The novel starts with a young fourteen year old, Lexi, who has been through seven foster homes in five years. Recently, she said goodbye to her mom who finally died of a heroine overdose. When Lexi’s caseworker tells her she has another family for her, it is different this time. Immediately as Lexi hears the word…

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth” (William W. Purkey). According to Purkey people should live life how they want, and live life the way it make them happy. Morrie Schwartz would agree with what Purkey said to living life on what makes the person happy. In the memoir of Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie teaches others how to live life through accepting regrets, loving others, and to…

When Tea Cake died, Janie felt the most heartache she ever had experienced. The love of her life had been killed right in front of her and she was the one to blame. When comparing all her relationships, the love that she shared with Tea Cake was the one that was believed to be the one to last eternity. And it did. When she had frighteningly pulled the trigger with the one ounce of power she had…

shows how love can evolve from some of life 's simplest things. It shows the meaning of true love and how the little things matter the most. “After all, if there is a heaven, we will find each other again, for there is no heaven without you. I love you” (150). This quote really spoke to me because I really felt for Ira at this point. His whole life he was devoted to loving Ruth, but now she was gone. Here, he is explaining in his letter to her that no matter what happens he will always love…

relays messages of love. In light of Morrison’s indirect relation to jazz, her novel thoroughly addresses the types of love to serve as a major aspect in the plot and brilliance of her writing. Of the many ideas she conveys in Jazz, the main concepts of love throughout the story include the love and relationships between a man and a woman,…

Sacrifice comes from selflessness, compassion, and extraordinary love. This matter is demonstrated in the book Mockingjay, written by Suzanne Collins. Before the book Mockingjay, Katniss Everdeen volunteers as a tribute for her sister Primrose, so that Prim will not have to go into “The Hunger Games”, a deadly war of innocent people. Soon, Katniss knows she has a job to do, once she realizes that their world is being taken over by President Snow. In Suzanne Collins’s book Mockingjay, it is…

People continue to ask me, “Why do you love books and reading so much,” and I truly believe that there can never be just one answer to that question. But if I had to answer, it would be, that Books quench my thirst for wisdom. I don’t ever want to stop learning. I’ve met people who say that they learned everything they needed to know by the time they graduated. And I have to disagree with that. I want to learn everything. I want my mind exploding with facts. I love that you can learn something…