Hollis Woods is a young girl who has been to so many foster homes. She is a girl who can often get into trouble a lot . Hollis loves to paint anything around her that she likes. She is a great artist like she is told later on in the story. She got an offer to stay with the Regans family‚ located in the middle of the woods‚ near a lake‚ mountains and hills. She ends up staying there for the summer and enjoys it there. She likes the home and becomes friends with Steve Regan (Mrs. and Mr. Regan’s son)
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Evidently‚ it has been agreeable that everything at Hailsham is oddly puzzling—mysterious. There have been many questions raised by Kathy H. the narrator which encourages the reader to follow her suspects. We agree with many points mentioned by other students: the use of the word ‘guardian‚’ the students’ life at Hailsham‚ and ‘the Gallery.’ However‚ there is one particular character and the statement she makes that strongly strikes our interest: Miss Lucy and her statement about the students are
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and a cloud had briefly blocked the direct sun. I had gotten to my house and seen my mom in a lawn chair drinking water in the backyard‚ which was unusual as she was still typically at work. I walked into the backyard and said hi when she said " Joe‚ Wade is dying." To say it was like someone took a sledgehammer‚
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Smells Like Teen Spirit: An analysis of the characters in T. C. Boyle’s Greasy Lake Three nineteen year-old boys drunk with alcohol and high on life on the third night of summer back from college are looking for a place to let loose and be themselves. They make the drive past the strip and into a place where there the “trees crowding the asphalt in a black unbroken wall” (Boyle 125). It was a place of muddy and murky waters where broken glass bottles‚ beer cans‚ and charred bonfire remains were
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The Darkness of "Greasy Lake" It is almost clear that the story of "Greasy Lake" takes place in the 1960’s‚ with the style of clothing‚ the preference of music and the careless attitudes of the characters that spend the night in the darkness of "Greasy Lake". This was a time when smoking pot‚ drinking beer‚ and hanging out was the cool thing to do. The story of "Greasy Lake" being in the 60’s‚ with the random music of rock n roll‚ reggae and misfit attitudes clearly attributes to Boyles statement
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This book was Kathy Stinson’s first book for young adults. The novel "Fish House Secrets" was told from switching narrative views of the main characters Chad and Jill. This shows how these characters were dealing with each situation from their personal perspective. I especially enjoyed reading this type of novel because it allows the reader to know how both characters are seeing the situation. This offers the reader to be able to predict what is going to happen in the future because of the behaviour
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toadstool wood’ describes a woodland at twilight. Everything is quiet and dark. Reeves describes the woods as if it is hoary and inactive‚ I know this because in the poem he says ‘mouldy’. He also says ‘arching sprays of bramble’ which means there would be alot of cultivation as well in the wood. On the other the poem‚ ‘stopping by Woods on a snowy evening’ has the setting of a man on horse back stopping by the woods for a rest when he is on a long journey. Frost describes these woods as if it is
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AP Lang 5-16-13 A Walk in the Woods Reading Critique Title and Author: A Walk in the Woods‚ by Bill Bryson Literary Criticism on Author (by Critic): The general consensus of many critics on Bill Bryson’s work is that he has a very satirical‚ yet truthful style‚ which makes his writing so unique and pleasurable to read. Much of the book uses such a conversational tone that the inclusion of history and factual information doesn’t disrupt the narrative structure much
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A Walk in the Woods‚ Bill Bryson In this non-fiction book‚ Bill Bryson recounts his travels through sections of the Appalachian Trail. Bryson discusses the history‚ ecology‚ trees‚ plants‚ and animals of the A.T.‚ which are topics that have been discussed in class this semester. The first days on the trail Bryson describes his experience as hell because the hiking is very tough and its even more difficult for his buddy Stephan Katz‚ a recovering alcoholic who
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It was a crispy cold morning and also was the first day of “Survival Camp”. At that time‚ I didn’t even know how to tie my own shoes. I was still a young chap and wandering why I was here. I thought my parents hated me because‚ “Survival Camp” was only for the bad kids who were kick out of school for. I played along with the small games and activity’s we played. I had not always been cautious of other people. They did not play fair. I was afraid of being near them. Yet they find there way to me
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