Quindlen … The person who will need step out of the darkness is Anna Quindlen herself. Quindlen needs to look deep in side herself to find what type of writer she is, working on her strengths and weaknesses, looking at the 6 principles plus planning, plotting.…
Facing adversity is hard, but you can get through it. Two girls had one of the hardest adversities to overcome and they did it. While both Bethany Hamilton and Aimee Mullin have adapted to their disabilities, they are different in the ways they approach them.…
Good Morning students of Mrs. Dickson’s class, this is the Cindy Huynh talk show and today we will be talking about a young lady who is full of great qualities, Ms. Hailee Tilton. Hailee is a 16 year old girl that is from Nevada and who has recently moved to Oklahoma. Prior to her years living in the Sooner State, Tilton was a long termed Soccer player. Although she has shown her talents on the field, she has also proven that she can pretty much rock out to anything in the Broken Arrow dance team, Tigettes. Furthermore, she is studying to become a doctor and would love to have 4 kids in the future so boys don’t miss out on this great girl. Outside Tilton’s school life, she is caring daughter and sibling. Her mom and sister are the biggest role…
Have you ever found yourself doing something not just what you believe in but because you feel that if you didn’t it could be a life or death situation? Elisa Lindheim has found herself fighting for people she loves and the underground. She will risk everything and put everyone she loves in danger to extinguish Hitler’s madness. Elisa Lindheim is the main character in Vienna Prelude by Bodie and Brock Thoene, an exciting and courageous historical fiction book. I believe that courage is not just knowledge but it is also will, as long as you're doing it for what you believe in.…
Anna Avalon, the adventurous and admirable main character of “The Leap’ written by Louise Erdich has many traits that prove her to be a very admirable woman. Her daughter is very grateful to have her as a mother. Throughout this short story, it is quite easy to see that Anna Avalon is talented, careful and brave.…
“For a while, I thought I was the dragon. I guess I can tell you that now. And, for a while, I thought I was the princess,” (Siken, Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out) shows the development of Princess Benevolence, better known as Princess Ben, as she is forced to become a queen after her parents’ assassination. In the novel, Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, the self-titled character Princess Ben is obligated to acquire the proper manners to be a queen despite her unwillingness to leave the life she once had before her parents’ deaths and turns to witchcraft for comfort. The theme of the text is the coming of age and that determination produces growth which is shown when Princess Ben escapes her position as a prisoner of war and returns to the castle,…
Duras redetermines the idea of the character in Savannah Bay. The three characters of Madeleine, Jeune Femme and Savannah cannot exist in their own rights. They all depend on each other’s action, memories, and admissions. Madeleine’s fragmented memories reflect her fragmented character. She is never a complete character, and the audience will never be granted a full picture of who she is. Jeune Femme is reliant on Madeleine for the representation of her mother, Savannah. Thus, it becomes unimportant to access the character of Jeune Femme, who, unlike Madeleine and Savannah, is not even accorded a name; she is merely a vessel present to retrieve information relating to the character of Savannah. Yet, Savannah is always absent. She is a character…
Success can only be accomplished with practice, without practice nothing is accomplished. In the end there is either winning or losing, your preparation will determine the outcome. Princess Alyss Heart lives in Wonderland, but her evil aunt, Queen Redd, has made it very hard for anyone to live there. Her mother, Queen Genevieve, Redd’s sister, has loved Redd deep on the inside, but has not wanted to put her daughter at risk. So there was a separation between imaginations, there was good and bad. Redd had ruled Black Imagination, the bad of course, and Queen Genevieve ruled White Imagination, the good. What will happen if Alyss meets Redd?…
Marie-Laure had always been curious and questioned what ordinary people did. “‘Why not,’ she asks, ‘just take the diamond and throw it into the sea?’” (pg. 23). When she went blind however, even small tasks seemed daunting, and her father had to help her regain her courage. The Nazi’s invasion of France forces her to use that courage and not lose her mind in a seemingly difficult situation. “‘You did well, Marie-Laure. I’m proud.’” (pg. 117) says her father as they evacuate the city. Upon reaching Etienne’s house, Marie-Laure and her father settle down before her father is summoned back to the museum. However, he gets arrested along the way and sent to a German prison camp. Marie-Laure is fearful for her father despite his reassuring letters that he is alright. She becomes more secluded and isolates herself out of worry, “Only then, with her toes and fingers in the cold sea, does her mind seem to fully leave her father; only then does she stop wondering how much of his letter was true, when he’ll write again, why he has been imprisoned.”…
To say that there is no good in evil is to deny the very reality of evil’s existence. Black and white thinking such as the topic previously stated is what truly can hurt us the most. When you look at moral issues you must acknowledge that it is a grey spectrum, with many different viewpoints. If I told any person who has actually read East of Eden that I admired Cathy? They would think me insane and possibly give me some nasty looks, as well as cross the street when I walk past. But since you have to read this essay, I think it’s fair that I make my point. Cathy is a real go-getter, she does what she has to to make ends meet. She isn’t easily swayed, and has a strong moral foundation, whether or not it’s a good one is a moot point. Lastly, she’s not easily discouraged. Even in the face of direct adversity, she brushes herself off and keeps on trucking.…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said that “the battle line between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.” East of Eden is a novel written by twentieth century author John Steinbeck. The Viking Press published it in 1952. The narration takes place from 1862 to 1918, mostly in the Salinas Valley, although some episodes happen in Massachusetts and Connecticut. John Steinbeck's East of Eden depicts humanity's struggle between virtue and in as a perpetual narrative of human history. Cathy Ames, the most controversial character in the novel, seems to be the only person of the book incapable of good: she has the characteristics of a born moral monster. She is not. The events that took place in her childhood affected Cathy. We will then see…
Anna's efforts throughout the plague were transcendent, surpassing that of any other villager. The novel encompassed Anna's 'journey' throughout the course of events, having significantly more importance to the plot than the plague itself. However, it was Elinor that begun Anna on her journey, helping her see that the good she could do, no matter how trivial, could help others profoundly. It was through Elinor that Anna discovered hope, which fuelled her desire to step up as the compassionate 'hero' of Eyam. She was able to accomplish this by detaching herself from religious ideology, which was the cause of humanity seeing the world in "dark and light... [which] was how [she] was taught to view the world." Anna was able to fully embrace life, which enabled her to develop a passion for midwifing, fulfilling her characterisation as a 'hero'. Elinor's endeavours concerning the crisis, too, was of a benevolent…
In the book Everything Everything Maddy has a sickness (SCID) where there is a group of life threatening diseases that her body can’t fight off and if she catches them and goes outside there’s a ninety nine percent chance she could end up in the hospital. Although Maddie in the book she leaves her house knowing what could happen all to see the ocean. Was it worth it? Her bravery shows otherwise. Just for her to step outside and touch something could leave her to be dead. She had to lie to her mother and walk out of the house, which to me is very wrong because of the consequences she may encounter, but really what does Maddy have to lose. That is how she showed an immense amount of bravery.…
“You are growing, and growth is change, accept the change, make it a part of your strength” (Anaya 245). The novel Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya is a piece that demonstrates chicano literature and tells the story of a young boy named Antonio and the magical healer, Ultima who live in a town full of sin and wickedness, Ultima and Antonio work to assist the people in need while dealing with their own concerns. Ultima acts as mentor figure towards Antonio; she is a wise woman who desires to find the truth and use her wisdom to guide Antonio through his life and give him good advice when he is struggling. Rudolfo Anaya utilizes the archetype of a mentor to describe Ultima, leading Antonio to grow and develop.…
“Writers provide glimpses of other worlds giving readers opportunities to reflect on their own world”. To what extended do you agree.…