In The Running Game by Wendelin Van Draanen, Jessica, the main character, is hospitalized after an accident. A vehicle crashed into her bus after a track meet and she is now missing one of her legs below the knee. She ran a 400 meter race in 55 seconds flat during her last meet, but now it takes her five minutes to move 20 feet. She heals quickly and her doctor is pleased with her progress, but her mental state isn't doing so well. She slips into depression. She is frustrated because she knows that she is supposed to appreciate all that her family and friends are doing to help her adapt to her situation, but she feels as if she is a stranger in her own house. Learning to live without her leg isn't the only battle that Jessica faces. She also…
The Deposition of Christ painted by the artist Rogier van der Weyden is the most influential Netherlandish painting of Christ’s crucifixion. Based on the work’s style, and because van der Weyden reached renown around this time, is estimated that the painting was created in the year 1435 (1). The painting was an altarpiece, intended for the Chapel of the Confraternity of the Archers of Leuven, who commissioned it. The scene shown would have lasted a moment, but there is nothing momentary about its depiction, which is quite attached to the historical event. Rogier emphasized the energy of the painting creating a life-like piece that clearly recreates the moment of pain for Christ and his friends.…
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION: Jessica is the main characer in The Running Dream. Jessica is a determind, fast runner. Once Jessica gets into the accedient and loses her leg she is devastated. Jessica knew she would never be able to run again and she gave up on all of her dreams of running. Jessica begins to become hopeful again when Coah Kyro tells her about getting prostetic Running leg. When Jessica gets her running leg she could not be more happier to be able to run again. She is extremly thankful as well.…
last resort to help her turn her life. hopeful imagery “ I picked myself back up “ , “ Decided to stay”, “…
Imagine watching your home blazing with fire. Your wife and daughter are in it—and it’s your fault. This happened to Robert Grainier in Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams. Train Dreams is about the life of an American day laborer, Grainier, in the early 20th century. Throughout much of his life he believes he is doomed by a curse. A curse that he thinks caused the death of his family. The novella shows the great changes he goes through and how the curse has had an impact. Through the decisions Robert makes, the author shows how fear and guilt have had a huge role in Grainier’s life.…
The Maze Runner is a movie by Wes Ball adapted off a book series of the same name. Every month a child is sent to a place called the Glade with no past memory of anything but their names. A kid named Thomas is sent to the Glades and is more curious than anyone else in the Glade. The movie attempts to try to say it is okay to challenge rules and try new things.…
1. Discuss how two different characters in two different stories manage obstacles in their lives.…
In the novel, The Running Dream, the character who changes the most is the main character Jessica, whom undergoes many significant changes in her mentality after she lost her leg in a traffic accident.…
John Updike’s Rabbit, Run details the account of a struggling young adult who tries to straighten out his life. Unfortunately, Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom’s involvement with alcohol, adultery, and accidental murder within a short time period do not help his situation. In a negative feedback loop, Rabbit runs back and forth in and out of different situations with a variety of people. The need to take control of his life and escape mediocrity drives Rabbit to make bad decisions. Unable to accept his subpar marriage and life, he makes numerous bad decisions in an effort to escape. These negative choices are a result of Rabbit’s constant fears, especially about religion, death, and others’ disappointment, guilt arising from his unwillingness to take responsibility for his actions, and discontent in his fragile lifestyle.…
By showing the dreams of a character, authors allow their readers to get into the mindset of that character. Dreams give the reader a first person experience of a character and allow the reader to understand the life from the character’s prospective. The author, Rudolfo Anaya, uses the dreams of the main character, Antonio, in Bless Me, Ultima to provide imagery, symbols, and foreshadowing that occurs to show Antonio’s understanding of life as he grows up, loses his innocence, and matures.…
Did you know, about 75% of amputations are caused by diabetes? In the book, “The Running Dream” by Wendelin Van Draanen, a bright young girl, Jessica, had lost her leg. But she falls in the other 25%. She had lost her leg due to a car accident caused by a drunk driver. Jessica has to learn how to live with one leg for a while then get past the fear of being different. Her family tries to help but they are being overbearing, but her family’s efforts bring her comfort.…
The theme in my realistic fiction fiction book Out Of My Mind is that life is tough but that doesn’t mean there won’t be good things in your life.The character in my book,Melody Brook’s has a disability.She can’t balance anything and is stuck in a pink wheelchair which doesn’t like even though it’s pink.Melody Brooks has always felt that her life is tough and that she wishes she didn’t have this disability and that everything…
Jamie Riley changing for the better throughout the novel 'A New Kind of Dreaming' is thanks to many of the events throughout his stay in Port Barren. The courts sending Jamie to Port Barren on Isolated Care, I find, is the best thing they have done for him. Even though he was targeted, threatened and set-up, he managed to endure it, and come out the other side a better person. He can only owe it to Port Barren and its people for the turnaround in his life.…
The most important message of A New Kind of Dreaming is that everyone needs someone to relate to. Do you agree?…
“Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It's a journey of discovery - there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.”(Rick Warren). Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, is about an Olympic runner named Louis Zamperini who faces danger as a POW. The main antagonist is his troubles with the Bird, as known as Mutsuhiro Watanabe. Overtime, Louie uses his past as a way to survive his future. IN every moment of despair that Louie should have as a POW, Laura Hillenbrand shows how he holds on to hope and struggles to survive.…