Steven Herrick’s work of “By the river” displays a bildungsroman novel in which harry goes on a journey through life, facing love and loss.…
This essay, is going to analyse the documentary film, Blackfish, by Gabriela Cowperthwaite in 2013, in order to raise awareness for the captivity of Killer whales in general, and in the Sea-world industry. Their documentary is based on a dreary story of the killer whale Tilikum, and through the cases that result in the life of these whales, this film reminds us on how limited knowledge we have on these animals, and how personal relationship takes place according to its purpose.…
Turtles give hope “Slower than the rest” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic fiction about a boy named Leo. In the beginning, Leo and his family are in the car driving Leo yells, “There's a turtle.” The car halts Leo gets out of the car to pick up the turtle. Soon Leo feels happy and names the turtle Charlie. In the end Leo has to make a presentation on wildlife and uses Charlie as an example of a slow animals.…
Four Hundred and twenty three pounds. The weight of somebody named Butter in the book that's conveniently also called Butter, written by Erin Jade Lange. As previously stated, Butter is a morbidly obese 423- pound teenager, and goes to high school at Scottsdale, Arizona. He is pessimistic, embarrassed, and is very lonely to say the least. Butter despises school, and knows that everybody at his high school hates to see the sight of how enormous he is.…
Reading the book Blue Cascade by Mike Scotti, who by the way is a brilliant writer, was a very whole-hearted and touching story. This book was about a Marine who returned home from a two-year tour duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. He didn’t feel the same when he returned home and knew that something was wrong. He suffered from post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but after a while he overcame it. As he began to heal, he said, “ The plan was to go to graduate school to get an MBA.…
Most people are afraid of sharks and don’t want anything to do with them but there are people that actually know things about sharks and don’t fear them. Sharks much like people come in all different shapes and sizes and can and do live mainly everywhere. What people don’t know is that sharks are much like people they take care of their young by protecting them, feeding them, teaching them to hunt. They are thought of as cold-blooded killers but they aren’t they just do what they have to do to survive they hunt to eat they can’t go to a grocery store and buy food they have to hunt for it they will eat what they…
In Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings, guilt lingers inside many of the characters but Brady shows it the most because of the loss of Ben. When Brady learns about the death of Ben, he feels as if he didn’t give his best effort and he could have called out to them that morning. During the beginning of the book, Brady says “After all this time, I still ask myself: Was it my fault? Maybe.…
The poem “Last Night” by Sharon Olds is a short poem about a fear of sex without…
The protagonist is Ruby Turpin, "a respectable, hard-working, church-going woman." In her own eyes, Ruby is a "good woman," and her self-satisfaction finds…
“It is a sin to write this.” begins the story of Anthem. By the end of the story, Equality 7-2521 has a different moral assessment of his actions, but was the eventual assessment of his actions correct? His eventual evaluation being that of seeing this as a breaking of bonds with collectivity, an achievable freedom and disregard of the Council. In all terms, this judgment is correct, indifferent to the few flaws it may have. This can be proven through evidence from the book.…
DROWN BY JUNOT DIAZ Pat Murphy & Iris Foley Junot Diaz • Born in the Dominican Republic – December 31 1968 • Like many of his characters, had a strained relationship • • • • • • with his father Books include Drown This is How You Lose Her The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – won a Pulitzer Prize Was awarded a Macarthur Fellowship Teaches creative writing at MIT…
Change is Good In order to be happy you need to be willing to change. This is true because most people do not get very far while being happy if they do not make the effort to change. In “Shells” by Cynthia Rylant, the two main characters have to have something change in order to be happier.”.…
We face choices each and everyday of our life, these choices define who we are and who we become, and each of these choices have a cost, if chocolate is chosen over vanilla then vanilla is lost. For every choice there is a consequence and a beneficial factor, the decision is presented and the question is are the consequences of our actions minimal enough that they may be overlooked? The story NightJohn by Gary Paulsen tells the story of a young girl and her so called family in the midst of slavery, the girl's name is Sarny and she desires knowledge but in such a time as slavery the cost for knowledge is extremely high, as high as death sometimes. The choice is presented, that decision must be made, is the risk worth the reward? Do the pros outweigh the cons?…
As a teenager, We read about YA Literature in and out of school, Reading young adult literature expresses their feelings towards the book. Often, Us teenagers do not like going to our parents and asking for advice, I myself truly enjoy reading it. YA literature uses a wide array of themes as Sexuality, Depression, Drugs & Alcohol abuse, etc. Most teenagers go through a phase where they start doing drugs, and alcohol, Which sometimes turn into a bad error in their life. Some of us all don’t agree on the topic of YA literature, Some likes YA literature while others believes that it ruins teenagers.…
In Janette Turner Hospital’s short story Walking on Water, the exploration of the impact of relationships leads to the discovery of a person’s growth to be limited. All people have the strength to rise above adversity; however only some people chose to do so. People who do not have the strength to overcome adversity may surrender to the forces of life. Even though the role of adversity in one’s life is used to help shape an individual to help them become a better person, it can result in one’s inner conflict and one’s inability to overcome fear. “Walking on Water” by Janette Turner Hospital suggests that the role of adversity in shaping an individual’s identity is affected by the individual’s relationship with others resulting in the individual’s personal growth to be limited. Throughout the story the lesson learned is that James and Gillian’s (son and mother) relationship is unstable while James is conflicted with himself.…