Journal 4
I am reading Crossed by Ally Condie and I am on page 252. This book is about Cassia looking for, and eventually finding Ky in the Carving. Early on, Ky escapes into the Carving with his friend Vick and a little boy named Eli. They navigate the channels, paths, and caves, trying to find a way back to the Provinces, so Ky can reunite with Cassia. Meanwhile, Cassia and her friend Indie also travel amongst the canyons. Cassia and Indie escaped into the Carving to find Ky. The two groups eventually meet up in a happy reunion between Ky and Cassia. The group then find a man in and abandon village who takes them to a hidden cave with Genetic samples from the society. In this paper I will be predicting and questioning.
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Vick has a love that he got Contracted to when he lived in Camas. He loved her very much and never wanted to let her go. Ky realized Vicks longing for her when he is carving her name in a piece of wood and thinks “ I know what he has been marking all along. Not time survived in the Outer Provinces - time lived without her” (Condie 175). Ky is also able to endure the hardships they face because he needs to find Cassia again. She is the whole reason he escaped in the first place, and he has nightmares about leaving her. The whole group though are motivated by each other and support each other in their toughest times. Cassia and Indie relied on many similar things to be able to survive the perilous trek. Cassia and Indie were able to bring many things from in the camp. They brought the packs and jackets that were given to them when they first arrived in the outer provinces. The jackets kept them warm while the flashlights allowed them to move at night when they were least visible. Cassia had her blue pills from Xander that supposedly let you live for an extended period of time. Ky and Indie later explain that he will stop you and ultimately kill you if
In addition, the short story included called “Leg Irons” illustrates the life of a African American man named George Washington who runs away from slavery still in chains and manages to get to the Union Lines. Dated on 1861, two years before the Emancipation Proclamation, the union soldiers that captured him didn’t send him back to his master in the south but instead sent him to a camp, where they keep other escapee. The short comic takes us through the series of tests that George had to conquer. One of them presents some union soldiers stopping him and pointing a gun at him however he walks away unharmed until someone else stops him and does the same thing. This shows the heart-breaking ideology that no matter where slaves went, north or south,
“Chapter 6” No Promises in the Wind Summary “Chapter 6” of No Promises in the Wind begins with the author, Irene Hunt, placing Josh and Joey in amazement of the phenomonal performer named Emily. Fortunately, Emily was kind and became friends with Josh and Joey. Although after every day she was tired and had three children, she made time to go and see Josh on the piano. Every morning, with Josh and Joey, Emily the best contortionist and funambulist decided to eat without her makeup on. The holidays were arriving, and the two brothers were in a completely divergent environment and atmosphere.
Unbroken The Sequel In the sequel of Unbroken, the author sees Louie Zamperini in his later years, and Louie now owns a camp in California’s San Gabriel Mountains known as the Victory. He waits for boys that are intimately familiar with juvenile hall and what jail is like. Louie’s camp lets these kind of people have them figure out their problems and to make them a better person, and to believe in themselves, and also to be free without any walls around them. When Louie isn 't with his campers, he would be traveling around the world telling his story to audiences in everything from grade school classrooms to stadiums.
Chapter 1-15 Four is a Divergent which is a variation of every skill He is Dauntless, Amity,Erudite, and Candor. The people of the the world fear the Divergent they think they are a threat to the society. The people who scan and put the kids through the simulation to figure out what faction you belong to are unpermitted to give up the information even if they are Divergent. Tobias Eaton was Four's real name and he was Divergent and he knew it for a while and so did his father and also his mother.
Throughout Unbroken, readers face one surprise after another. The audience is forced to expect the unexpected, and never accept what is said to be the truth. Louie Zamperini had anything but an ordinary life. His experiences are practically unfathomable, and intermittently lead to question of credibility. Indisputably, however, Louie had an unusual life filled with coincidence.
In the words of Steve Lopez, “You're only as good or bad as your latest attempt to make some connection with the world.” The novel, The Soloist, by Steve Lopez is an insight to Lopez’s time helping and connecting with Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless schizophrenic. When Lopez meets Nathaniel he is awed by his musical talent and soon discovers he once attended Julliard, a prestigious school of performing arts. Lopez’s story was transformed into a film produced in 2008. Lopez’s character in the book and film share similarities and differences in his personal life, attitude towards Nathaniel, and struggles that contribute to the overall theme of the novel.
Summary: This article is about a man named Jaime Prater who was born and raised in Jesus People USA (JPUSA), a religious community where the leadership clothes you, feeds you, educates you, and basically raises you. JPUSA were started by hippies who used to travel through the USA, but soon settled down in Chicago, and is now run by an authoritarian leader and councilship members. Jaime Prater was born into this community and thought of it as his family, but when he was 8 years old he was molested. He took it to the council, but they shut it down to stop spreading rumors and isolated him. In isolation, he felt lonely and scared for three and a half years, and left the comminity in his early 20’s after he realized that he didn’t belong.
I am reading The Stone Child by Dan Poblocki and I am on page 100. This book is about a young boy who is moving to a brand new town once his mom loses her job. He makes a friend who has a common interest in a shunned author who has a curse on him. They soon start to see the strange activities that happen in the town and relate them to their favorite author’s book. In this journal, I will be predicting and questioning.
Morgan Cook Unbroken Book Review 1/16/18 Mrs. Campbell Honors Literature PD 1 “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand was published in 2010. From the first chapter i was hooked. Hillenbrand’s imagery and style caught my eye and pulled me into Louie’s story with no hesitation. I absolutely loved Hillenbrand’s structure in this book and it was much better than others i have read.
Dimmesdale develops because in the beginning of the novel, he is a devout Puritan, and as the reader gets more into the novel, they recognize that Arthur Dimmesdale does not truly know himself and “have it all together” the way that every other person thinks that he does. Dimmesdale, the human depiction of "human frailty and sorrow," is young, pale, and physically unhealthy. He has large, sad-looking eyes and a constantly trembling mouth, suggesting that Dimmesdale is sensitive. As an ordained Puritan minister, he is well educated, and he has a philosophical train of thought. He is obviously fully devoted to God, passionate in his religion, and effective behind a minister’s podium.
so Harry put sent her away with Kas and Finn. They [ Kas and Finn ] had to step up and act like parents. They had to feed her, keep her safe and secure. Finally when Ramage murdered Ken Butler. When things didn’t go Ramages way he took action and did the worst thing possible.
Quakerism is a religion that is based on non violence and equality for all people. It focuses on having a personal relationship with God rather than attending church services and following rules like the Anglican religion. Many people disagreed with quakerism because it was different. It threatened both church and state due to its liberal outlook on things and was banned in Europe. William Penn was sentenced to spend some time in jail for his beliefs.
“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man 's soul in his body long past the point when the body should have surrendered it” (Hillenbrand 189). In the novel Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis “Louie” Zamperini goes through several life-threatening experiences. After being a troublemaker as a child, and an Olympic athlete, Louie straps up his boots and becomes a bombardier for the Army Air Corps. After a traumatizing crash and a forty-six day survival at sea, Louie is taken captive by Japanese officials.
This heart wrenching story is told by the cousins Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng, and Benjamin Ajak with the help of Judy A. Bernstein. It depicts the struggles and the survival of the Lost Boys during the war in Sudan. These three young men share the hardships they faced in Sudan during the war and the hardships they encountered in America. The novel is split into four parts, each part telling a different part of their journeys. Part one, The Village of Juol, illustrates they early childhood these boys had in Sudan.
The last similarity between the books is the theme of suffering. The Perks of Being a Wallflower shows suffering through all the characters that are friends or family to Charlie. Charlie, the main character suffers through not understanding the world and not being able to help anyone close to him because he doesn’t understand. Charlies sister suffers through her relationship with her boyfriend, he doesn’t treat her well and abuses her. She eventually gets pregnant and suffers because she has to have an abortion.