Lizette Farah Short Story

Chapter 1 I find this very shocking a mother or any person in general would have such a cold heart to be treating their own child like this. The torture and the harm she has cause this boy can really damage him now and in the future. He’s so innocent and to get treated this way isn’t fair hoping he turns out to be alive. Dave is regularly beaten by his mother who drinks too much. He is often starved of food. He is told to say his bruises were the result of an accident, and with fear he listens. He is neglected in other ways; his clothes are old and torn, and he is not kept clean. The school authorities are well aware of the abuse, and he has been examined many times by the nurse. Up until now they have taken no action, and it is not made clear

As cliché as it is, “get back on the horse that bucked you” is a crucial piece of advice to remember when struggling to surmount obstacles. These obstacles are personal barricades that we set up unconsciously based upon our fears. It may be easy to identify what we are afraid of and how to overcome it, but challenging our fears proves to be more difficult. Sometimes, we don’t even address these problems because we are subconsciously trying to avoid them such as in the beginning of The Georges and the Jewels by Jane Smiley. The main character unknowingly tricks herself into thinking that just because she continues to get thrown from her horse, it will always hurt. Although this may be true physically, confiding in a close friend (one of her prized horses) helps boost her confidence.

The novel Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill is narrated by Baby -- the 12 year old protagonist and daughter of a single father and heroin addict, Jules. Baby never knew her mother and is unaware that she has any other family. They live in various dilapidated hotels in Montreal’s red light district.

Do you ever wonder how it feels like to have a life where you have an IEP, a brother going to prison, and two parents who never figure what’s going on? Guess who lives this life, Paul Fisher.In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul faces many difficult obstacles in his life, whether it’s telling the police about his brother, getting kicked off the soccer team,and choosing to go to the Tangerine Middle School.Paul and the consequences of those choices, affected the development of his character.

The murder of Caylee Anthony caught the world’s attention as soon as the story hit the news. Today, six years later, the mystery still bewilders the world. Looking behind the most controversial questions and digging deeper into them reveals just how blind the world was to what actually happened to two year old Caylee. The story behind what happened says Caylee’s mom was an avid partier and considered her daughter to be a nuisance and distraction from her desired lifestyle. That led her to murdering her two year old so she could live the life she wanted to live, free from the responsibility of a child. In the end Casey was acquitted on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child-abuse, and aggravated manslaughter of a child, however,

In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Bean Trees, Taylor represents a bildungsroman character. A bildungsroman story is a coming of age story that consists of four stages. In the first stage of a bildungsroman character’s journey, she experiences a loss or painful experience that drives her to start a new life. The character goes through a baptismal rite in the second stage, which always involves water. The character endures many difficult trials in the third stage, but ends up gaining a new insight about life in the fourth stage. Taylor’s journey in the Bean Trees has all four of these stages, making her a bildungsroman character. Although Taylor’s desire for independence begins her journey, she eventually realizes people need a network

Christa Moore was spending the day at a playground, watching her two daughters having fun on the swings. She began getting a strange feeling when she noticed a man “eyeballing” her children.

Karla Leanne Holmolka who was a serial killer rapists, was born May 4, 1970 in Ontario, Canada. Karla’s childhood was fairly normal, she was treated well by her parents, siblings, and everyone around her. As a 17-year-old she was pretty, a blonde with blue eyes, who loved animals and always flirted. She wanted to be veterinarian and was working at a clinic in St. Catharines, which was her home town. Karla always fantasized about a dream boy who could sweep her off of her feet and make her life exciting. In 1987, Paul Bernardo went to a Howard Johnson’s restaurant where Karla was eating with a friend. Paul was an emotionally broken, handsome blonde 23-year-old, who smiled at her as he introduced himself. They talked for hours and took to each

It has been a year since Relisha Rudd vanished, taken by janitor who worked at D.C. homeless shelter where the second grader lived with her family. Story behind her disappearance was shocking, people who never met the little girl knew that her 9th birthday was coming up. Images of balloons and photo collages with the girl face popped up all over social media. People simultaneously said ‘Happy Birthday, Relish”, and where Relisha is? Relisha was missing. People was searching 24 hours a day. D.C. police and the FBI said they will be working with members of the community to distribute fliers. Relisha’s mother Shamika, and step dad, Antonio Wheeler, think about her all the time. Postings on the wall remind the family just how much. "I miss her

On the night of January 20th, 1998 in Escondido, California, the lives of the family of 12 year old Stephanie Crowe were turned upside down. Stephanie’s body was discovered lifeless on her bedroom floor by her parents and grandmother. Stephanie had been stabbed 9 times, and there was no sign of forced entry into the house. The young girl’s window was unlocked that night but there was a screen in place and there was no evidence showing there was an entry through the window. The sliding glass door in the parent’s, Steve and Cheryl Crowe, room was also unlocked but they claimed they would’ve heard if someone had came through the door because of the blinds on the door. With no weapon found at the scene, and no real trace of who could’ve committed

During the past 10 years, one event that had the nation stunned was the missing two year old child Caylee Antony from Orlando, Florida. On July of 2008, Caylee’s grandmother called 911 to report that her granddaughter was missing and she believed her daughter’s car smelled like “death.” Police immediately became involved and interviewed Casey Anthony who led detectives through a web of lies and false statements. Ultimately admitting that she had not seen her daughter for several weeks. By December 2008 the skeletal remains of Caylee’s body were located in a wooded area near the Anthony home. Casey Anthony was arrested for first degree murder and one of the most televised trials of this century began to unfold before the world. The dramatic

In the middle of an afternoon rainstorm, Luis and Ana Rivera speed through the streets of Nashville, Tennessee about to give birth to their first child. Lorena Natalia Zola Rivera was born at 2:37 PM on May 6TH. The young dark haired girl was the prize of her family. Her mother and father always boasted that she was the prettiest and smartest child of her age. Lorena seemed to learn quickly. Or maybe it was just that new parents were always boastful with their first child. For all of Lorena’s childhood, she was surrounded by the love and support of her parents. She quickly grew to be a beautiful and happy child, which her parents were proud of. Despite not being the most rich people in their neighborhood, Lorena’s parents did everything to make sure their daughter was proud of who she was and what she achieved.

Peter Weinberger was a very young boy from Long Island, New York. Sadly he didn’t even have the chance to live a little more than a month, he was slain by Angelo LaMarca after he was kidnapped from his own crib on July 4th, 1956. Peter Weinberger would have turned 50 years old in the summer of 2006, but he never even had a chance to celebrate his first birthday. His kidnapper, a father of two young children, abandoned baby Peter in a bramble patch the day after the kidnapping and left the child to die. The Child somehow asphyxiated rather than starving to death, being attacked by animals, or even being beaten. It was a chilly day in Westbury, New York, when Beatrice Weinberger fed Peter and placed him in a carriage on the back patio of her

Tressa had first begun to suspect Alandra’s deafness around the time Alandra was five months old. Part of it may have been a mother’s intuition, part of it may have been due to paranoia over losing her other two children or spending time with Linda’s deaf daughter, Joy. She had noticed similarities in Joy and Alandra and differences between other children and Alandra. It must have been very frustrating to repeatedly hear everyone ignore her worries and concerns, especially Dr. Buzan, who had advised her to wait until Alandra was a year old before even talking to a specialist.

Phillip took a good chunk of this girl life away from her. She was not allowed to say her name or even write it down she had to hide her identity for a long time. She didn't learn adolescence trough her mom she learned it from being raped from strange man who changed her whole life upside down. She never got to got to experience high school. Her only source of education was a TV, the people around her, and the internet. Phillip took away 18 years of her life away from her and she was released at age