This book has a very good theme but was not written to entertain the mind of a high school teen. The theme of friendship and the theme of telling the truth instead of hiding from it can help you overcome problems with your friend helped me out in life personally. I saw how what someone can see as white lie can produce even worse problems than the problems that would occur for telling the truth. I have been in situations where I could easily get out of a dilemma by lying but it was exceptionally wrong to do so. I thought this story was boring because besides Finny’s death, Finny falling out of the tree, and the “trials” on Gene there wasn’t much action. The writing of Knowles taught me to always do what is right no matter the consequence for it, because there may be greater consequences for not telling the truth.…
After Chappie leaves his mothers home, he moves in with his close friend Ross and the bikers. He continues to turns to drugs to forget about his past problems as well as his current setbacks. We find out later that Chappies stepfather was abusive in many different ways. Perhaps he saw no other way to deal with the abuse then to leave his mother and stepfathers home, because he left willingly. Chappie may see the bikers and Ross as a type of family, because they are all living together in the small apartment. Chappie continues to get into trouble, and has a problem with the police. Chappie steals from Victorias Secret and gets caught, and both his mother and stepfather go to the mall. Chappie is offered a chance to go back to live with his parents, but decides otherwise and remains living with Ross and the bikers. At the time, going back to live with his mother and stepfather appears to be a good idea, but the relationship he is currently having with them is not healthy and it will not provide him with the childhood that he's looking for.…
This writer gives hope to those people who are in the same situation as he was. He found a way to connect with the audience so that they could put a human…
The book begins with the life of Pete's father and mother, even mentioning some of his grandparents, and his home life. Sokolove uses this entry to explain the personality traits of Pete that would lead to his extreme play and his later gambling problems. He then brings the reader into the beginning of Pete's major league career. He mentions numerous times throughout the book about how Pete was not loved…
In the articles "The Anglerfish Ambush Predator of the Deep", by Larry Brown and "Polar Bear", by Shandra Brady I learned how anglerfish and polar bears adapt to their enviornments. Anglerfish live deep in the sea. Polar bears live in the icey cold artic. These are both hard places to adjust to.…
I like this passage and overall the last few pages because it expresses Mattie’s feelings of her quest to kill Tom Chaney along with the people that helped her. The tone of this passage is very casual because of Mattie’s personality. The diction is formal, but Mattie uses the word “cowlick”, in reference to LaBeouf’s hair, which could be said to be different than her usual diction. The syntax is also formal. Mattie ends up the story in saying how fast time has gone by. The mood this passage creates is lethargic because Mattie is grown and no longer the fourteen-year-old teenager we have been accustomed to after reading the book. Mattie reminisces on her quest with Rooster and LeBoeuf and she is fulfilled by the death of Tom Chaney. This passage stuck out to me not only because it was the last we hear from Mattie, but in my opinion, ties up the story…
Sammy is a young teen who works at the grocery store. He is just like any other teen checking out everything going on. One day, he spots three teen girls walking through the door. This begins to show Sammy’s true emotions and character in the story “A&P”. Sammy shows that he is very observant, different, and dissatisfied.…
The way Pelzer writes made the novel easy to read and understand. However, his horrific story about his alcoholic mother made it extremely difficult to understand how an human being can be so cruel. Pelzer did an excellent job at expressing his feelings. As I was reading I felt like I was him. I felt his gradual hate for his brothers and his father. His father started off as the boy’s hero. But, Pelzer’s father neglected to do anything about his situation. Just like the author felt, I felt like his father was just as bad as his mother because he let it happen. The raw emotions Pelzer shares is one of the reasons this is such a great novel. Pelzer was honest about his jealously and dislike towards his brothers because not only did they let the torture happen, eventually they got in on it. The brothers also treated the unloved boy as an “it.” The brothers would bring their friends into the bathroom to laugh at the boy while he was submerged into the freezing cold…
The melodies of Gregorian chant are commonly sung a cappella and in unison by men and boys, or by women in female religious institutions such as convents.…
This story, in all honesty, did not entertain me or stimulate intriguing thoughts. I felt like the author gave a lot of his time to describe the scene and the appearance of characters that there was nothing really going on. I spent most of my time while reading trying to figure out or thinking what certain things looked like rather than anticipating what may be happening next. Overall this story did not engage me nor hold my interest. I did on the other hand find the way Sammy’s attitude to toward the girls rather baffling because here are these three girls, two of which he mentions are overweight and not on the attractive side, and then “Queenie” whom he points out is too pale but yet in a sense “eye candy”. It was strange how he felt a pull towards them as soon as he noticed them and felt the need to quit his job and become their self proclaimed hero. Was he just as strange or just someone who really needs the attention?…
The plot line started off by introducing the audience to the main character, Cady who just entered public school for the first time. Cady was homeschooled and previously resided in Africa for 15 years, where her parents pursued the careers as zoologist. On her first day, Cady was introduced to Janis and Damian, the friendly outcasts; furthermore, they warned Cady of the plastics, which was a clique of 3 girls known as Gretchen Wieners, Karen Smith, and their leader Regina George. The plastics were the most popular and proportionally meanest girls on campus and Cady’s attractive looks got her to click with this clique. Next, upon the news of Cady’s new friends, she is asked by Janis to sabotage and destroy the plastics; moreover, Cady agrees to Janis’s plan mainly…
Candy is old and handicapped so he isn’t included in the activities the guys plan to do. Crooks isn’t allowed out the barn, unless he is playing horseshoes with the guys. He can’t go drink with the guys or go out and pick weed in the field with them because he is black. Curley’s wife is desperate for attention. She doesn’t get any attention from Curley so she goes and try to find it from other men. She really isn’t suppose to be doing that but she does it anyway behind Curley’s back. She goes around batting her eyes and curling her hair in her fingers and men stare at her. She does that because she is lonely she wants the attention from Curley but he is too busy and doesn’t pay attention to…
Common dog health problems include disease, which can be viral, bacterial, and parasitic. Other problems have to do with nutrition and particularly obesity.…
One day we found this raccoon on the side of the road and so we named him Timothy. Timothy loved playing with the squirrels in his free time. He also loved to lie in the road and get a nice breeze when a car went by.…
Now that you have reviewed and taken notes on the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution it is time to respond to your writing prompt:…