Deceit I also enjoyed Goody Cloyse's character. Goody Cloyse character is based on an actual woman (Sarah Cloyce), who was tried and convicted of witchcraft during the historical Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Her character proves that people hide their real identities. Goody is a Christian woman who assists young people study the Bible, but in secret she performs magic rituals and joins witch conventions in the forest.…
Write down the quote you chose (and the page number) as the most interesting and defend your choice with specific reasoning in a minimum of one paragraph. Included in your reasoning should be who said the quote or whose idea it depicts and why it is important that that person is behind the idea.…
“Show me Yours” by Richard Van Camp narrates the promising and apparent upturned in life experienced by Richard, a middle-aged man who at the beginning has experienced a nadir in his life caused by addiction issues and harmful friendships. After a bad night, by mere randomness, he decides to glue a found baby picture of him to his grandparent saint’s necklace and wears it under his shirt. Abruptly, the baby picture necklace becomes a trend in his community and seems to encourage care and positivism around the participants of the furor. Richard, who starts experiencing acceptance and recognition around the locality also reunites with an old love, Shawna, with whom he spends the night and appears to bring more hope to Richard’s situation. At…
In the short story “The Threshold” by Amy Frazier, addresses an abusive relation between Ricardo and Vanessa. Alcohol converted the high school sweethearts into enemies. Unfortunately, domestic violence is a common problem in Hispanic families. There are three types of abuse that predominate in this story, physical, verbal, and psychological. Due to Ricardo’s frustration and unsuccessful life, he starts beating Vanessa which is a clear example of physical violence. Although, Ricardo shot her in the middle of the story . The worst physical aggression, it is when Ricardo beats Vanessa while she was pregnant with her second son Thomas, causing the loss of his defenseless baby. This is the most severe type of physical abuse…
Coyotes are known for reeling in chickens. That is what Mendez and other smugglers do to get large amounts of money from desperate illegal immigrants coming into the United States. Tragedies, like the Yuma 14/ Welton 26 occur often. Many deaths go unnoticed and some of those that enter the desert, never return. In the true account The Devils Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea, The Welton 26 faced betrayal, hardship, and the possibility of death with great courage and peserverance.…
Out of My Book is a television series concerning eight book characters who are marooned on an island called Eithiola. In the exposition of the show, which is about two or three episodes long, the main characters are introduced. Ava, Sophie, Prairie Evers, and Ivy are all from Earth and do not believe in magical occurrences. However, Sophie Foster, Fitz Vacker, Jeremy Thatcher, and Mary Lou Hutton have experienced the effects of magic and believe in its power. When the characters arrive, they are all spread throughout the island. Ava, Prairie Evers, and Ivy are on the southern end of the island while Sophie, Jeremy Thatcher, and Mary Lou Hutton arrive on the northern end. In the rising action, Jeremy Thatcher and Mary Lou Hutton explain to Sophie about the existence of magic. She chooses to believe them and they begin planning on exploring the island. Unaware of the other group’s presence, Ava, Prairie, and Ivy quickly find each other and decide to begin by building a shelter. Each group finds and teams up with natives on their side of the island. Unfortunately, they befriend opposing tribes.…
Jennifer Cruisie’s book Bet Me is a heterosexual romance novel. The main character’s name is Minerva Dobbs, or Min for short. Min is a heavier set woman, who works as an Actuary, and wants nothing more than to be finished with the dating scene and move in with a cat. Min’s boyfriend, David, along with her mother is constantly advising her on how to lose weight. That was until David broke up with Min in a bar because she would not have sex with him. Min was relieved that her and David were no longer a couple, and realizes that she was never truly interested in him to begin with. Min’s mother constantly body shamed Min throughout her life, and as a result Min was very self-conscious about her body internally. As far as externally, Min pretended…
"I am ashamed at how much time, resources, money, food, stuff, and energy I have wasted over the years, like storing my personal trash and possessions, as if they were more important than God, my family, and the people around me." ~ Jon Barnes…
Humans crave a mystery. We are curious beings and gravitate toward the unknown. Patterson uses this psychological fact to his advantage. The criminals that star in his New York Time’s Bestsellers are often vaguely portrayed, to the point where their identities remain unknown to the reader. This caricature description keeps the reader thinking. It is like being given a wrapped gift: One can see the shape of the present but not the physical contents. This…
I am reading No Easy Way Out by Dayna Lorentz. I have read pages 150-341 this week. The prompt I have chosen this week is “How a character’s traits affect the story.”…
He continues on with cases in which criminal profiling had been off by a mile and was basically useless. We then later hit page eleven which finally states the thesis. Gladwell keeps us running to the right and then slingshots us to the left after pages of supposed admiration for criminal profilers. On page 11, he writes, "...if you make a great number of predictions, the ones that were wrong will be forgotten, and the ones that turn out to be true willÊ make you famous. The Hedunit is not a triumoh of forensic analysis. It's a party trick." Readers get caught up in the fast paced and exciting world of profiling only to be told later that it is all a "party trick". From there on out, the party's…
Grassian realized “these people were very sick.”(Maclyn Willigan “What Solitary Confinement Does to the Human Brain”) Researcher Stuart Grassian who interview many men at Walpole State Penitentiary in 1982. she found that the men talked with symptoms “such as hallucinatory tendencies, paranoia, and delirium”( Maclyn Willigan “What Solitary Confinement Does to the Human Brain” ) Grassian characterize them as “SHU Syndrome” this syndrome has symptoms of PTSD, insomnia and uncontrollable feelings of rage and fear.…
We have all had those things that appear in our lives and for awhile bring us joy. Just for a little bit. Or maybe it’s the things we wish for, wait the longest for, and once we get it it’s not what we thought it’d be. The most popular of these things would be money. We all think that getting money would make our lives a lot easier, less stressful, and the biggest misconception, happier. But, in the short story “Why, You Reckon?” Langston Hughes uses irony, dialogue and character development to show the audience that money can’t buy you happiness.…
In the novel Schooled by Gordan Korman, Capricorn Anderson’s life has changed for the better. Have you ever heard of a thirteen year old who got arrested two times in less than two months for doing a silly thing like driving, and being underage while doing it? Cap Anderson is a flower child, who lives in Garland Farms with his sixty-seven year old grandmother, Rain, who educates him until she has an accident. Cap is different from other characters because Cap comes from Garland which is a whole different world. In Garland, there is no money, no television and different hobbies from the “real” world. Cap would have never thought he would interact with the world outside of Garland and enjoy it!…
“You're in the Dog House Now” Cast: Owner of a poodle named Lacey (Samantha) ……………………….................. Christine Petrakis Owner of a pit-bull named Max (Jillian) ……................................................. Kaitlin Montgomery Character Description: • Samantha is getting close to the age of forty as she is a thirty-seven year old woman, who has a poodle named Lacey. In the past, Samantha would always bring Lacey to a beach called ‘Sugar Beach’, but their memories of lying in the sand, soon washed away as a dog (Max) urinated into the water and started to cause trouble. Samantha is very sassy and is determined to be the queen bee at every situation and / or fight she embarks upon, and she is always holding onto a cigarette especially…