All throughout the book many people who are close to Junior die. However, the most important death is his sister's. Junior learns from Mr. P that Mary, his sister, had a passion for writing romance novels. After realizing that no one had any hope for her, Mary gives up any hope and hides away in the basement. After seeing Junior switch to Reardan, Mary decides to run away to Montana to live her very own romance novel. She inspires her little brother to not give up even when other people have no hope. Other Indians gave up on Mary, and never believed that she would someday become something great. Mary never let the negativity get in her way, and decided to move away to prove the other people wrong- and most importantly, to live her life. Junior…
Jane Eyre was a nine year old orphan who lived with her aunt, Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed didn't want Jane, so therefore she was sent to Lowood Charity School to be disciplined. On her first few hours of being there, Jane finds out that only Mr. Brocklehurst, the master of the school, was the only one allowed to decide what happened there. One afternoon Jane decided to draw a portrait of who had become her friend, Helen Burns, and asked her to take off her cap to expose her beautiful red hair. When Mr. Brocklehurst saw that his rules were not being followed, he asked them to be taken in order. Since Jane was a rebel and thought that this was not righteous, she contradicted what he had ordered. As punishment, their hair had to be cut off. One of the kind women who worked there, Ms.…
She waited till John fell asleep. She packed somethings into a bandana and left. She walked through dark woods and walked through water so bloodhounds could not catch her scent. She soon found her way to the Quaker’s house. The women told her it was not safe to stay there and she had to leave that night.…
After she destroys Miss Lottie’s Marigolds, it is the end of her innocence and the beginning of compassion. Lizabeth describes Miss Lottie as “the witch(that) was no longer a witch but only a broken old women who had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility” (5). Lizabeth realizes that Miss Lottie has nothing left to take care of in her life: “Whatever was of love and beauty and joy that had not been squeezed out by life, had been there in the marigolds she had so tenderly cared for” (5). In addition, Miss Lottie might see the Marigolds as her only happiness in her old life and does not want anyone to take it away from her because John Burke, who is Miss Lottie’s son, is a queer-headed person that Miss Lottie herself cannot even take good care of, so the Marigolds will be the thing that she will take good care of. Lizabeth has “planted the marigolds,” which she feels and sees the the picture of how the Marigolds impact Miss Lottie’s life, and Lizabeth still wistful to the action that she did every single time (5).…
The story tells many tales and morals of bravery and confidence. The first tale the lieutenant tells to the girls was a tale about an old donkey named, Hazel who was to carry Joseph, his wife Mary and a baby yet to be born back to their hometown of Bethlehem for the census. As the new baby arrives Hazel, the donkey, soon kisses him.…
Throughout John’s childhood Linda played the role of his mother. Despite being his mother, Linda considered John an omen. Instead of behaving motherly and nurturing towards John, she neglected him by spending most of her time drinking mescal and sleeping with Pope. Although commonly accepted in the New World, Linda suffered for those actions in the Reservation. Even though John hadn’t done anything wrong, his mother’s actions second handedly affected him adversely in…
The two girls began to do everything together. Each day, the pair would go out and play hide and seek in the rose garden built for Princess Emmaline. The signs of Rosalinn’s magic were evident in the way flowers bloomed around her and birds sang as she passed, but the king saw none of the same effects on his daughter. Disappointed, he attempted to send Rosalinn away, but the spoiled Princess Emmaline refused to accept the loss of her new friend. So Rosalinn stayed.…
“She forced herself to look at the body of her friend, which by now was lying in a glistening red patch in the white snow. She heard someone try to suppress sobs. It was Miss. Tanaka, the Japanese woman teacher who she liked. In an instant “Donkey” was on Miss Tanaka, slapping and kicking her… She had betrayed the Japanese race, he bawled.”…
Along the eastern shore of a distant country, there rested the small town of Cittagatzi. The fishermen brought in the fish. The weavers weaved. The farmers farmed. Children listened to their parents. Everyone in the town did what they were supposed to do except for one little girl. The name of that girl was Little Decipere. Everyone in the town loved her, for she was full of life and energy. Yet whenever Little Decipere was asked a question she would lie. Nothing that anyone had ever told her would make her tell the truth. One day her parents, who love her dearly, decided to have a talk with their daughter. They asked her to come in from play and had her sit with them at…
The young woman's father has gotten his car stuck in the snow far away from home. He is returning from a meeting with his lawyers, where he has discovered that his fortune is gone. He does not have enough money even to buy Beauty the single white rose she requested. His spirits dampened, he comes upon an enchanting house that seems deserted except for one illuminated window. As he approaches the gate, he spies a single white rose blooming on a snowy bush amid the storm. As he enters the gate, he hears "a great roaring, as of a beast of prey." Beauty's father gathers his wits and knocks on the door. He notices that the knocker is a lion's head made of solid gold. To his astonishment, the door opens and then closes behind him without anyone touching it. Inside the house, candlelight illuminates countless crystal jars filled with flowers. He is not afraid, because he senses that the house's master is so rich that he is not subject to the laws of reality. A King Charles spaniel wearing a diamond necklace greets Beauty's father and urges him into a fire-lit study. There, he partakes of food and drink that is laid out for him. He calls a tow-truck service from the number on a thoughtfully provided card. However, when he tries to call Beauty, the lines are down again. The spaniel leads him out the door.…
They rode the train to Washington, and when they arrived, Ole, Hilda 's uncle, and Thora, her cousin was waiting for them. As soon as Hilda saw her cousin she felt embarrassed because of how she looked. She did not have on nice clothes like Thora. When they arrived at Thora 's house Hilda saw all the nice things they had, and wished she had them too. She was still excited though because she knew she was going to see her new home the next day; but, little did Hilda know that her new house was an old house with a dirty yard. When Hilda saw the house she became very sad. It took a lot of cooperation and patience, but they fixed up the house and made it look better. Hilda and John found out that they had a creek and a maple tree on their property. They all went on an adventure, and Lois got stung by nettles. They went so far into the woods that they got lost, and could barely find their way back home. Even though their new home was not what they wanted it to be, they were starting to get used to it. They liked the brook; the trees and they even found an old shack far back in the woods. Hilda said the maple tree belonged to her, and she believed the brook sang to her.…
The protagonist’s mother is a caring person for her children. Whenever there is a problem where someone was discriminating or being unfair towards her children, she does everything to stop this situation. Even though it might lead to a big problem. When she has to go work at the colonel’s house to work as a servant, she calls Grand Ma wolf to look after the children. However when she realizes that Grandma wolf was being mean and was being unfair, she kicks the woman out of her house. “There were wonderful blazing arguments between her and Grandma Wolf, mostly about how grandma wolf treated Big Joe. Mother Said that now she was home, she wouldn’t stand for it any more. We listened to every word, and loved every moment of it” (pg. 39~40) She is a very fair and protective and loving mother of these three boys. Therefore, the protagonist loved his mother because he knew that no one can be mean or unfair to him for any reason. As the events happen, the two brothers get caught while hunting for food for the family who were starving in the Colonel’s land and they get punished to clean up the farming place. Their mother volunteers to help them with their cleaning. “ ‘Its all right big Joe. I will go up there with them tomorrow cleaning the kennels I don’t mind - you deserved that. But it stops there. I would not let that man lay finger on you, not one finger, no matter what.’’’ (pg. 50) As she says this the power of love is felt here. The mother needs to protect her children and she is…
Gerda was a young little girl with powerful love. In order to save her cherish friend, Kay, she was not afraid of difficulties and obstacles at all even though…
| Her daughter, Pearl, is brought by great content by such an awful thing. This shows how young and innocent she is. Even though she doesn’t have any friends because all the children in society outcast her and she doesn’t even question it. She is naïve as to why they are marginalizing her.…
The climax of the plot occurs when the Little Prince decides to return to his planet and care for his special flower. He has learned from the fox that the important things in life cannot be seen with the eye, only felt with the heart. This lesson eventually makes the Little Prince realize that the flower from which he has fled is really very special. After meeting the narrator and explaining all that he has learned since he left his planet, the Prince accepts that he really loves the flower because she is his responsibility, and he has invested time and trouble in her survival. As a result, he decides that he must go back to his star to take care of his special rose.…