Walk This Way

Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, two people who find themselves unexpectedly involved with each other after a practical joke between Landon and his friends, leaves a boy in the hospital. As punishment for this Landon is forced to partake in an after school play directed by the Minister, who also happens to be Jamie's father. The relationship begins when Landon asks Jamie for help in remembering his lines. Jamie, who is also in the play, agrees to help him on one condition: Jamie warns Landon…

This was going to be our new home now until my parents could figure everything out. Well for 3 of it was. My mother was going to live elsewhere. A little apartment in another part of the city. As the summer went on I learned why. It was the beginning of the end of our happy family. As the summer went on I spent most of the time away from this place I was supposed to call home. Our bright orange was being worked on and everything…

Nicholas Sparks’s A Walk to Remember is a coming-of-age novel in which the protagonist is developed from a rebellious adolescent into a mature adult. Landon Carter, grows into a responsible man after he experiences his tragic love for Jamie Sullivan. After reading How to Read Literature Like a Professor, readers might interpret certain events in the novel based on the elements that Thomas C. Foster finds significant in understanding a story. Sparks uses character markings, a mysterious illness,…

Dandelion Wine and The Time Machine are two very famous classics, and continue to work their way into everyone’s hearts to this day. The author’s purpose is also known as a theme, or symbol of the book. Both Dandelion Wine and The Time Machine have many themes, and symbols. These books are used in many programs that my foreign friends go to and use their English skills for good things. For example, my friend in India uses these books in his school. These books are great, and have many things to…

who saves his life passes and all things beautiful and bright were buried with her, leaving Landon emotionally distraught. With similar circumstances to the character Landon Carter, Amie incorporates the lost of her father in an online review of “A Walk to Remember.” She writes ,“I found a special meaning in the novel after I lost my dad to a malignant brain tumor; I had to watch him die. He was my other half and all the good I have in me, came from him. (Amie 3). Tragedies experienced within…

boy, don't ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry..” This speaks of all…

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury is a story about two boys who live in Greentown, Illinois. The two boys, Jim and Will grow up quickly in a few days when a carnival comes to town and they must try to help the lonely people of the town who long for something. The carnival feasts upon the town's people who long for something more and turns them into freaks that become part of the carnival. Disney also turned Bradbury's book into a movie that was released in 1983 and had Bradbury…

baleful dragon eyes”, eyes of creatures that are inextricably linked with magic and sorcery. But perhaps the most noticeable example of this magical diction is the second half of the passage starting in line 45.…

The identity/post-colonial lens is an additional lens in which a reader can read through. In this lens, the reader looks for examples of how a person’s self-image is affected by how others nearby see him or her, along with also looking at how one culture naturally has power over another in the vicinity. The reader will look for characters who are affected by the world and different cultures around him or her, analyzing the effects these have on the characters. People who are only…

shape his opinions, or "Revelations," about life. An example of this is when John Huff left, and Doug realized that people are not always dependable, and they will leave. This happens again when the trolley goes out of business, and Doug learns that the best way to keep something alive is by remembering it. Another example is when Great-Grandma died. Doug faced the…