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This quote begins the plot by creating the exposition. The narrator or speaker does this by explaining the setting of the Younger household, telling the audience which rooms are where and that they have lived in that space for many years. The narrator also gives personification to the objects such as the furniture around the house which makes them feel alive in a way. The time and place is also given which is the period after World War II in Chicago which may explain certain tones and language that the characters may use. Moreover, by telling the audience that many people live in the Younger household, other than themselves, and that they all share rooms or that their son sleeps in the living room, the audience can infer that they are not very

Resilience is displayed through the drive shown by the characters in these stories, despite hardships or trauma in their pasts. In The Road, Papa and the boy continue to move forward and “carry the fire”, staying morally true to themselves, even despite the things they had seen. The boy’s mother shot herself, he has seen cannibalism, slavery, and people reduced to monsters and broken shells of humanity, but he is still fighting and trying to be one of the good guys. He still wants to help the little boy when he meets him, still wants to help Ely when he meets them (McCarty, 162); The Boy still has a desire to help people who are suffering. He is starving, but he wants to give away his food so that the people who are good in this world won’t die.

I understood the Theme of the book ”Life As We Knew It” by Susan Beth Pfeffer because I like survival books so I can quickly infer that the theme is family survival. I think that the theme is family survival because Miranda’s family is trying to survive in the new harsh weather in the world. The theme is inferred when it comes to books because the author isn’t just going to tell you the theme because the author wants you to really understand the book. If you can infer the theme this means that you understand the book. The theme is family survival I can infer this because Miranda’s family is going through a hard time because Ms.Nesbitts ' died in the book.

Connie, the main character in Joyce Carol Oates’ short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is a young woman with palpably low self-esteem. This vulnerability allows Arnold Friend, the main antagonist of the story, to successfully attract and manipulate Connie. The story begins by highlighting Connie’s daily rituals of self-assurance (369). In order to feel secure with herself, even for a fleeting moment, Connie looks at herself in a mirror to make sure that she is satisfied with what she sees; this ritual is coupled with her tendency, when in public, to scan the area in order to make sure that no one is making any disgruntled looks about her appearance (369).

The Overachievers, by Alexandra Robbins, is Alexandra Robbins, is the empowering story of eight students, and a glimpse of their lives during the duration of one school year. Each student underwent an idiosyncratic situation, whether it is battling ADD, peer pressure, or stress. During the duration of the duration of the school year-and high and often times unrealistic expectations put on them by themselves and their parents-each student hit the lowest point in their lives, but manage to resolve their problems, and resume living their normal lives. Robbins uses a clear, bold language and tone along with intentional stereotypes, as well as powerful diction, and didactic language to help develop the story.

Have you ever gone out with friends, and had it going perfectly fine, but what if all of that disappeared because of a bad decision? What if a catastrophic event happened that effected everyone? Well that is what happens in the White Pine nominee, dramatic book called The Fall that was written by Colleen Nelson in 2013. The book follows a boy, who lacks friends finally making some as the group of 4 go out one day to the movies to fool around. However, suddenly a catastrophic, tragic accident happens leaving the boys in shock. They boys decide to go their separate ways as one turns to gang violence, one turns to substance abuse to escape pain, and the last one, must find his own way

At some point of your life you meet very special people that carry very similar interests. This creates bonds that can be a very powerful and important part of your life. Some may say that bonds are created between a series of negative events that leads up to friendship. However, this is not true because in The Way, the main characters come together to walk the same path. Each character motivates each other to achieve the overall reason of why they wanted to walk The Camino De Santiago. Emilio Estevez’s purpose in creating this film was to show how different types of people with different backgrounds can mesh together and motivate each other. In The Way, Emilio Estevez uses the literary devices such as characterization and conflict to get

“Shells” by Cynthia Rylant is a short story that is realistic fiction about a boy named Michael, who lives with his Aunt Esther after the death of his parents. In the beginning, Michael and Aunt Esther fight with one another. Soon, Michael brought home a hermit crab named Sluggo. Michael and Aunt Esther start to make a good effort to fix their broken relationship with one another mainly over the crabs. In the end, Aunt Esther and Michael now have a good bond and apologized for fighting with one another. This story shows that Michael and Aunt Esther change throughout the story.

“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? (79)”, this quote is from the book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Which is about a group of young boys that are marooned on an island for quite some time and have to make their own society. Ralph steps up as the leader of the boys but later on in the book, the position is taken by Jack which turns chaotic. The chaos leads to many problems within the group of boys. In the book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, it is shown that individuals make up society, Jack’s tribe shows this by controlling the boys with his beliefs, and making up his own rules that break the initial ones, although, the opposing side may say that society shapes the individuals.

Throughout history and literature, symbols have been used to represent the bigger picture or main ideas. This allows the reader to illustrate the symbol in their head and have a much better overall understanding of the book. A number of times during Golding’s Lord of the Flies, he uses symbols to illustrate the boys’ destruction and fall from order into savagery. The regression of the boys’ civilization is evident through Golding’s symbolic use of the conch shell, the signal fire and the beastie. All are critical for expressing Golding’s overall message.

While reading Lord of the Flies in class you are introduced to many different characters. They act different, they talk slightly different, and they some have different ages. As we all know, little kids can be frustrating to work with. So when the character “Jack” is introduced being stern and controlling, is it justified? I think so and I’ll be explaining why within this persuasive essay.

During an unnamed time of war, a plane was shot down over the Pacific carrying British schoolboys. There was a kid rising up from the floor. The kid found himself in a beach. He saw trees sand and an ocean. It had occurred to him that he was in . He looked around and saw someone else. He was young. And also wears glasses. He told him what's your name. “I don’t care what they call me,”he said confidentially, “so long as they don’t call me what they used to call me at school.”. What did they used to call you. They called me Piggy. He could see why. And it made him laugh. He said to stop. The kid said what's your name. The kid replied Ralph. “I expect there’s a lot more

Paige is a popular teenager who is dating the star football player named Jake. In the beginning of the story, she is a mean “princess” who doesn’t pay attention to the kids in other social groups, but as the story progresses, she shows her fun personality. The crash causes her boyfriend and best friend to change the way they treat her so her relationships with them change drastically. She is the main character and is also the narrator. Jake is Paige’s boyfriend who is a football player and is also alcoholic. He begins to show her best friend much more attention after the crash and this upsets Paige. His relationship is close with Lacey, but his relationship with Paige begins to fade. Lacey is Paige’s ex best friend and is also a popular teenager at their high school. She is competing against Paige for homecoming queen and she was also involved in the crash the previous spring. She is a horrible and manipulative person. An event the night of the crash affects the way Paige and Lacey treat each other for the rest of the book, but her relationship with Jake is closer than it was. Ethan is Paige’s new friend and he plays a big role in the way she changes her life. He is a kind person, who Paige can have fun and be herself around. They begin to grow really close throughout the story and he supports her

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a warning to all about human’s natural instincts and the flimsy idea of society’s civilization. After the schoolboys’ airplane crashed on the island with no surviving adults, it was up to them to create a system or government of some sort to prevent absolute chaos. In the beginning of the novel all the boys’ had their sense of civilization still intact. As the reader can see throughout the book, Jack, Ralph, and Piggy are symbols of how dominant human instincts can easily take over the weak rules of civilization.

Throughout elementary school, middle school, and high school I had always been extremely interested in reading. One of my biggest pet peeves was when a movie would be made about an excellent book and the movie would be average at best. This rings true for many book to films situations, but for this particular example it is not the case. I read Perks of Being a Wallflower over and over again, and I was petrified when I realized there was a movie produced for the novel. However, I was pleasantly surprised. Though I still enjoy the book much better, the movie is not too bad.