An Abundance of Katherines by John Green An Abundance of Katherines is a book about a guy named Colin who was dumped by 19 girls named Katherine. He went on a road trip with his friend Hassan to take his mind off the last Katherine and to prove a mathematical theorem he thinks that will predict the future of relationships (also help him to finally get a girl and stable relationship). The book is published in 2006‚ and in 2007 it won Michael L. Printz Award and received recognition as one of American
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Kathryn Foiland‚ a young girl raised in Durango Colorado‚ had a love with nature that grew ever since she was little. She admired animals and the liberated habitats they are granted with. Her childhood diary reveals that she longed for an “escape” from the city‚ so she left the house at age 19. She lied to her parents and said she was going on a camping trip as she biked off for a new and carefree life in the wild. 18 years later‚ Foiland was found dead by a local tribe on the edge of Colombia. She
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How does literature reflect life? Literature reflects life in many ways. I think the story song of the trees teaches some very valuable lessons. Here are two themes that are in the story‚ never give up and some things are more valuable than money. In every story‚ there is a lesson or theme. The short story “The Song of the Trees by Mildred Taylor‚ reflects life through the development of the two themes‚ never give up and somethings are more important than money. I feel that the theme never give up
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20 November 2012 The Powerful Poison: Savannahians Savannah is a peculiar town‚ with interesting cases of disturbed people. Berendt’s decision to include Luther Driggers has the effect of showing how failure can develop people’s worst side in a society like Savannah. He has an important meaning in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil because if the reader connects Danny and Luther’s stories he or she will understand that they were both victims of Savannah’s society. The Jar Savannah
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“The Black Walnut Tree” Analysis “Two women trying in a difficult time to be wise” describes up the speaker and her mother’s conflicted feelings regarding the future of the tree in their backyard. In “The Black Walnut Tree” by Mary Oliver‚ the author uses shifts and word choice and imagery to expose the frustrating‚ but meaningful connection the women have with the family tree. While the tree burdens the women‚ they must come to terms that the tree represents the importance of family over the opportunity
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The book Cold Sassy Tree has many sociological themes and concepts. The factors that affect the characters in the story is based on their culture‚ race‚ social class‚ love and tolerance‚ life and death and lastly freedom. On July 5‚ 1906‚ Rucker Blakeslee declares that he means to wed Miss Love Simpson‚ a cap creator at his store who is years more youthful than he. This news stuns his family‚ since his significant other Mattie Lou passed only just three weeks sooner. Rucker’s girls‚ Mary Willis and
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In the novel The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver one of the main characters named Estevan says “We believe that if something terrible happens to someone‚ they must have done something to deserve it.” The author of the novel wrote it the complete opposite of what Estevan says‚ meaning bad things happen to good people and good thing happen to bad people. That it doesn’t matter if you’re good or bad‚ bad things still happen to good people and vice versa. Esteven is right‚ that we as Americans believe
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(L) In Leah’s realization of the Congolese people’s self worth‚ Kingsolver again utilizes the motif of vision and eyes to convey the fact that the Congolese believe themselves to be worth less than a banana to the whites. Since Leah possesses two good eyes‚ whereas her father Nathan Price only has one good eye‚ so she is able to see two perspectives of her own life. Not only does Leah see herself as a white woman from the United States‚ she also sees herself as a member of the African community in
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Just E-Cycle In an essay called “Fresh Water” by Barbara Kingsolver‚ the effects that civilization have on mother water are often mentioned and argued upon. She found that it is important to inform the audience on the shortage of supplies that humans need and how the lack of water has created those problems. She encourages all of mankind to conserve water‚ and save our earth. It is important to fix not only the water conservation issue‚ but all issues affecting the state of our planet; such as electronic
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In the short essay‚ “The Original Human Vocation” by Barbara Kingsolver‚ she tells us that us humans are always looking for a sign that the environment will get better. I agree with her. In the essay she talks about the ivory- billed woodpeckers; a bird thought to be extinct for half a century. Then there was talk that it might not be extinct after all. People then started to go see if it was true. Bird enthusiasts and those who weren’t. The Lord God Bird signifies our world and the environment.
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