People say that Canada lacks a unique identity, but Strange Brew took this opinion as a challenge with its extreme, satirical exaggeration of the stereotypical Canadian. Everything from the language to clothing is a Canadian exaggeration. The plot takes a Canadian pastime, beer, and revolves the story around it. What this really shows is the true identifier for Canadians, the ability to be at the butt end of our own joke. From the toque to the skates and all the Canadian stereotypes in between, scratch Strange Brew and it bleeds red and white.…
Today's section of the book Wonder by Raquel J. Palacios starts out with August asking to sleep with his mom asking her if their dog Daisy who recently died is with their grandma in heaven? August's mom says she doesn't really Kano. After a while they apparently, go to sleep. The next morning August and his mom and dad go to Vias school to see a play. However, Via and her boyfriend Justin left early. When August and the others got to the school they sat down in the Theodor to watch the play. They see a picture of Via’s boyfriend Justin. August asked why there was no picture of Via his…
"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…
‘It is through the characters that the themes of a novel come to life.’ Without characters the author would not be able to expand on the themes and provide depth into the novel. There would be no emotion in the novel and it would not be interesting to read. ‘A Bridge to Wiseman’s cove,’ by James Maloney, uses characters such as Carl, Harley and Justine to make the novel come to life through the themes of friendship, abandonment and support.…
In the novel Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo, the author is trying to convey to her readers that the people of Annawadi, India are doing anything they can to create a living and “work their way to the top”. The people who live in these poor slums are known as “Annawadians” do just about anything to make ends meet at their hut for their family. Abdul is the eldest child in his home and he gets money by buying and selling garbage to recycling plants, and also stealing iron to sell. Another character that really stood out was Asha and her son Rahul who is described as becoming a new celebrity. Asha has close connections with Politicians and Police. The author includes the main reason to why people move to this city “Mumbai is known…
During this week of reading Wonder By Palacio a quote that popped up to me was “Does August see how other people see him, or has he gotten so good at pretending not to see that it doesn’t bother him? Or does it bother him? When he looks in the mirror, does he see the Auggie Mom and Dad sees or does he see the Auggie everyone else see? Or is there another August he sees, someone in his dreams behind the misshapen head and face?” because It made me think about how August feels about how other people look at him and how his parents look at him. Also it made me wonder how Mom and Dad look at August is different by the way other people look at him and how he looks at himself. This made me feel bad for August having to deal with what other people…
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive (Dalai Lama.) Grant has a battle between love and hate. Having to go back to something that he isn’t, being treated somewhat like a slave, and making the ones around him happy. He must overcome his ego and fight for something he believes in. This is a difficult task because he isn’t completely sure what he believes, or who he is yet. His mission, to affirm that Jefferson is not a hog, but a man, and this milieu, manhood, is not only subversive but also fought over throughout the book A Lesson Before Dying.…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said that “the battle line between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.” East of Eden is a novel written by twentieth century author John Steinbeck. The Viking Press published it in 1952. The narration takes place from 1862 to 1918, mostly in the Salinas Valley, although some episodes happen in Massachusetts and Connecticut. John Steinbeck's East of Eden depicts humanity's struggle between virtue and in as a perpetual narrative of human history. Cathy Ames, the most controversial character in the novel, seems to be the only person of the book incapable of good: she has the characteristics of a born moral monster. She is not. The events that took place in her childhood affected Cathy. We will then see…
The narrator in, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” suffers from depression, although her husband, who is a doctor, does not consider it an illness. Therefore, he keeps her on a strict rest cure. She is not allowed to do work of any form, not even care for her baby. All she allowed to do is rest in her room and breath in the air as prescribed by her husband. Because she spends most of her time in her room, she becomes obsessed with the yellow wallpaper in the room and it drives her to insanity. The lack of creative stimulation and relationships with others causes the narrator’s obsession with the yellow wallpaper which leads her to believe she is trapped behind bars in this yellow wallpaper.…
“I wished to know how things stood in the world”. For Anna, the year of the plague is about a journey from ignorance to knowledge. Discuss.…
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!…
Auggie has lived his whole life being stared at and given weird looks, so much so he just has to pretend he doesn’t see all the faces people make when they see him and his distorted face, but now he has had to endure those kinds of looks everyday from his classmates in his first ever year at school in 5th grade. However, despite all the looks, bullying, and exclusion, school was still undoubtedly the most amazing experience Auggie has ever had in his life. After reading Wonder by R.J. Palacio I believe that Auggie going to Beecher prep not only had a positive impact on his life, but also for all of his fellow classmates and teachers Auggie’s heart has touched. Auggie may have had some of the worst days of his life at Beecher prep, but…
Throughout Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral,” the nameless narrator, the main character develops emotionally through a situation that creates fear in an already introverted man. He does not want to go outside of his comfort zone and he is caught off guard when he is forced beyond his current developmental state. But, through a lesson from the blind narrator finds himself enlightened to the sentiments of the handicapped.…
In the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio, August Pullman, the main character, tells the story from his point of view, while having the reader empathize with him. For example, the reader feels bad for August because he believes that he has a shameful face: “I would wish that I had a normal face,” (Palacio 3). This reveals that August tires from the mistreatment from the people making fun of his face and treating him differently. Henceforth, August needs to grow thicker skin and learn to ignore and adapt if he wants to live in society as a normal person. On Halloween, August “[walks] with his head up, [and] [...] wants to be seen.” (Palacio 76). This situation brings the joy and the ability to act normal that he yearns for after an eternity…
“Writers provide glimpses of other worlds giving readers opportunities to reflect on their own world”. To what extended do you agree.…