Figurative Language In John Steinbeck's Grapes Of Wrath

The Catcher in the Rye Final Essay (Draft) In J.D. Salinger's fiction book, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden, a teen living in the 1940’s, experiences his teen years in strange and unusual ways. Holden teaches us that everyone experiences frustrations throughout life but can always manage them. Some readers of the novel believe that the book has lost its significance due to the fact that it was written so long ago. Others, such as the author of source 2, think that the book can still teach many important themes relevant to today’s society.

The book Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario is a nonfiction book based on a real story told throughout 367 pages. The reason why I decided to read this book is that it was highly recommended by one of my former English teachers. I was extremely persuaded to read this book by her but I also personally believed that by reading this book I would gain a new understanding of life by really opening my mind to new experiences that other people go through. This journey begins in Honduras, a country in Central America, then continues into Mexico and finally in the United States where Enrique ends up living for the remaining of the story. The story definitely took place a couple decades ago when Enrique was younger.

And although these Knights are fictional, they still serve as a central example of how the characters and lessons in literature I have read during my time in high school have influenced my life for the better. The three principles above only scratch the surface of how I have grown. This being said, they exemplify and involve many other topics I have learned about.

I am using this approach to literature in two major projects this year. First, I received a $2,400 National Endowment for the Humanities Younger Scholars Summer Research Grant. I proposed to expand on a prior research project, looking at the use of silence in the novels of Elie Wiesel, and at the ways Wiesel both demonstrates and gets around the fact that conventional language simply breaks down when it is used to talk about the Holocaust. I plan to expand on the same project for my senior English thesis. For this thesis I am studying the ways Wiesel uses silence in the literal content of his novels and in his writing technique, and am working toward explanations as to how he gives these silences meaning.

Describing John Knowles, Contemporary Novelists wrote that he "is a fine craftsman, a fine stylist, alert to the infinite resources and nuances of language." Knowles is best known for his first published novel, A Separate Peace. Writing Knowles ' obituary for Entertainment Weekly, Karen Valby said "John Knowles was a god to generations of 10th-grade English classes" - students required to read the coming-of-age classic. One critic writing for the Saint James Guide to Young Adult Writers commented on the novel 's popularity among educators - "it is a very useful text with which to teach students how a good book should be written." Critics praised A Separate Peace from the time of its publication.

Character Analysis Essay Ever be in the middle of reading an outstanding story and come across a character that is too difficult to comprehend. Recently, the eighth grade class at Deer Park Middle School were required to read a book titled Into The Wild. The main character in this excellent book is an incredibly challenging character to dissect. William Corbett, a rather handsome student at Deer Park School, decided to pursue this topic. In the end, he discovered that Christopher McCandless (the main character in the novel) can be easily described as independent, reckless, and adventurous.

This book is based on a true story after the author was inspired by his high school literature teacher, to start writing. Stephen Chbosky, the director of Perks of Being a Wallflower makes the viewer feel as if you were a highschool wallflower. Being both the author and director; Chbosky uses dialogue and diction in the novel in order to portray the mood, and uses pan, non-diegetic sounds, camera angles, and lighting in order to enhance the audience 's experience. Stephen

The book is a beautiful read that keeps the reader on their toes, biting at the bit from the first chapter to the very last page. The book should be required for all high school students to read due to that the age to enter the draft is eighteen, and they could be entering these conditions, like Paul, at the age of nineteen. This book efficiently and effectively allows readers of all ages to understand how cruel war is and how soldiers fighting for the United States could easily be in the situations that are ongoing in the novel. It creates an eye-opening experience for today’s generation by building a greater appreciation for what soldiers sacrifice going into war. Remarque’s style is effective as it uses imagery, similes, symbolism and a powerful theme.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is an American coming of age novel written by Stephen Chbosky. The aim of this story is to entertain the readers as well as educate them about the struggles teenagers go through in their high school years. This story targets teenage readers but it is more mature than most young adult literature and can be enjoyed by older readers as well. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a book which was first published in 1999 and is still being published today. The book is set in or around Pittsburgh, PA in 1991, and deals with the struggles of a boy in his first year of high school.

Naiara Senra wrote The following book report for Mr. Samuel Jaja's writing and composition class at Notre Dame School. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter a 1850s novel. Published in 1850 by Ticknor & Fields, it began Hawthorne's most lucrative period and consists of two hundred and seventy-two pages. The Scarlet Letter has inspired many films, novels, and stage adaptations. I read this book not only because it was on a required reading list for one of my school classes, but also because it had been recommended to me by a friend a while ago.