Devil's Arithmetic And Shooting The Moon: A Thematic Analysis

Have you ever changed after something you have been through? In the book, The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen, Hannah changed when she realized what the holocaust was about. At the beginning of the story, Hannah and her family were going to celebrate the Passover, a Jewish holiday. Since Hannah didn’t want to go, she started whining and being snotting saying that it wasn’t important. Throughout the book, Hannah's character changes how she feels toward any Jewish holiday.

Accept what is, let go of what was, have faith in what will be. In the novel The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen, is a story of a girl named Hannah who isn’t accepting her Jewish heritage. One day when Hannah was at a seder dinner she opened the door and then she found herself in the past. Although some believe that Hannah is starting to change and appreciate her Jewish heritage, I know she isn’t. Even though hannah is being called Chaya by Gitl, Shmuel, and others, she really isn’t accepting it.

The novel thirteen reasons why written by Jay Asher explains thirteen incidents that happened causing Hannah to end her life. Jay Asher has used techniques such as the “symbol snowball effect” which is where one insignificant problem grows as more small things happen, turn it into a huge problem other techniques that this essay will be focusing on is foreshadowing, multiple antagonists, themes and how they relate to the “snowball effect”. Foreshadowing is the use of symbolic words or phrases to hint that an event is yet to happen. Foreshadowing is used to get the reader’s attention and create suspense about events that are yet to occur.

“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder” (Brainy Quote). Growth is a feeling every being experiences in their lifetime, whether it be mental or physical. It is the backbone of change, and without change there would be nothing. In “The Bicycle”, by Jillian Horton, Hannah devotes all her time to playing the piano, with hopes that one day she will become famous. Transitions from ignorance to knowledge, from selfishness to selflessness, and from idealism to realism display Hannah’s change from childhood to adolescence.

The theme of “The Bicycle” by Jillian Horton is that you shouldn’t let anybody dictate how you should live your life, and you should do what makes you happy instead. This theme is powerful and pronounced all throughout the story, especially after Hannah started to realize what she had been missing out on. The rebellious thoughts began on page 35, when Hannah reminisced about how it felt to feel the wind in her hair, after seeing her friends zip by her on their bikes. Later, she says, “I felt lonely and isolated, increasingly aware of the of the differences between myself and girls like Ilana and Leah.” Hannah yearned to participate in the activities that her friends partake in—like going to Israel club after school—but she refrained, in fear of upsetting Tante Rose.

Jay Asher’s book, Thirteen Reasons Why is based around the suicide of Hannah Baker. When Hannah Baker committed suicide, she left behind tapes giving thirteen reasons why she killed herself. Those reasons were thirteen people who had made a harmful impact on her life. The tapes were left for those people to listen to and pass to the next person. In this book, Jay Asher showed that overlooking details about people cause bad consequences for many people.

In the article, Onstar: Big brothers Eye in the Sky author Jonathan Locker made the claim that that you should not buy Onstar. He supported this claim by saying that if someone has Onstar in their vehicle that it can be used against you in many different ways from the government coming in contact with you to your Onstar information being used in court. Locket stated that “your Onstar information could potentially be used against you,” in the cases that government officials would not have to obtain a search warrant if your Onstar data could link you to a crime. This article appeared to be written in an informal persuasive manner. The article was mainly organized into two parts the first part being informational on what Onstar is and what it can do; and the second part being why someone should not purchase Onstar for their for their vehicle.

Thesis Statement: In the book Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech, Sal changes significantly from a lot of external forces in her life. Robin Sharma once said, “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” This quote really relates to Sal because when her mother left she was a mess and it was hard for her. Later, she moved and more things changed and things happened that she didn't expect to happen.

he proposed study purpose is to examine the link among the dark triad and likings for numerous relationship subtypes. Different from Koladich & Atkinson (2016) utilization of three different scales for the dark triad; this study will utilize the Short Dark Triad (SD3). Furthermore, this study extending relationship preferences to monogamous relationships, long distance romantic relationships and open relationships. Four of the short term relationship utilized in the proposed study are defined as they were in Koladich & Atkinson (2016) and Jonason et al (2012). The short-term relationship subtypes are depicted as: friends with benefits — relations among friends where the two individuals engage in sexual deeds without labeling themselves as romantically involved; booty-calls — relations where solicitation is initiated by short term lover for evident or implied intent of engaging in sexual deed (Garcia & Reiber, 2008).

As people age, they may change due to situations that have an influence on their lives. Through life’s journey, people often face many important decisions in their search for their true identities. During this process, the decisions people are required to make help to define one’s personality and overall character. As people search for a sense of contentment, other people as well as one’s own internal feelings may alter the path that one takes, unexpectedly leading them to their true identities. In The Bicycle and The Metaphor, by Jillian Horton and Budge Wilson, respectively, both authors use characters who show how internal and external influences such as peer pressure, authority from parental figures, and guilt have the potential to alter Hannah and Charlotte’s desires and the choices they make to develop their true identities.