Antonia Susan Drabble Byatt Analysis

Irony is a literary device used to indicate that a character’s choice of actions or words bring a certain implication to the reader or audience but quite unknown to the characters themselves (Wellek & Warren, 1956). In the story, the aspect of irony had been expressed at the start of the story the narrator says, (...long before I learned to be ashamed of my mother…) This is an aspect of irony because when we analyze the story, we get to understand that both the mother and the daughter lived a similar life before she went to school and became educated (Edward, 1950). Also when she was a small child, she depended on her illiterate mother for everything without being shameful. It is also ironic because the same mother she feels ashamed of is the one who helped her go to a school that in the end helped her shift her class in the society.

The conflict among the two main characters in the texts “Confetti Girl” by Diana Lopez and “Tortilla Sun” by Jennifer Cervantes is like Hazel battling cancer in “The Fault In Our Stars.” In the first passage, the contention is between a young girl and her father about doing her homework. In the second excerpt, Izzy and her mother battle about having to spend two months away from each other while her mom is in Costa Rica graduating and she is in New Mexico with her grandmother. In both texts, the conflict develops when the child feels neglected and abandoned, but wants quality time with the parent and when the parent just wants what is best for the child.

As the book continues, Jem has to read to Mrs Dubose after school several days a week as a punishment for destroying her flowers. Mrs Dubose is very sick, and the night that she died she gave Atticus a box to give to Jem. Inside the box was a white camellia. Scout narrates, “Jem opened the box, Inside, surrounded by wads of damn cotton was a white, waxy, perfect camellia” (Lee 111).

Nine years old, alone, suffering from the death of her brother, Liesel has been separated from her mother and left at 33 Kimmel Street in Molching to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann. In this book narrated by Death himself Liesel is made fun of at school because she is unable to read. Early on Liesel realizes that she is powerless without words and this is one of the things that drives her throughout the book to never be powerless… wordless. Liesel has nightmares when she is first living at Himmel Street and she has to be sat with by Hans through the night. Liesel is happy and content living on Himmel Street and she becomes good friends with a guy named Rudy Steiner that is always trying to kiss her.

The fact is, on Thursday, February 17, 1692 Bridget was only scolding them. The girls were chasing her cat around the yard when she was trying to feed her cat. The next day, Friday, February 18, 1692, the girls were throwing their scraps on Mrs. Bishop’s path. The girls said that Bridget

A phrenologist recommended her to become a teacher to overcome her shyness. Clara took this advice and became a teacher at the age of 17, teaching at a school in North Oxford, Massachusetts. During the nineteenth century it was very common to physically punish

Minerva was talking about real pressing items on how Trujillo was a bad person and how many were dying under his reign. She had a serious tone and often never had light topics or talked about her social life at school. Maria Teresa on the other hand most important topic was her first communion. We saw little drawings of what Minerva wore and how a girl stole her diary. It accurately shows the difference in age of the two girls.

In the short story ¨The in Group,¨ an unpopular girl in the eighth grade by the name of Eve is challenged, resulting in added pressure and meager judgement. To begin, Eve attends a small school where very few people fit in, but everyone clandestinely seeks popularity. One day, a popular girl in the class approaches innocent Eve while reading another girl’s diary, and Eve ¨sat down, laughing till [her] side hurt, heard [her] voice finally blend with the other¨ (22-23). Before, Eve was another basic, unknown girl, but when she was put in a burdensome situation, pressure was applied, resulting in her hurting

Adeline was hated by her siblings. She was also slapped by Niang. Adeline makes friends in school. For example, Wu Chun-Mei asked adeline, “What had happen to you yesterday?” (Yen Mah 105).

and I was next, surprisingly I didn’t move due to the lady in front of me. She broke in berserk “One day this youth will stand up against this corrupted government! Oh, wait for it!.” she prophesied like a messiah as she trap more air in her lungs she proceeded with her prophesy “The zenith of change is in the hands of the naive minds you’re charging to study here…in what is suppose to be a public school.” Full of disappointment and hatred she left.

When Melinda loses her only friend, her depression grows and she begins skipping class. Mr. Freeman and David Petrakis are the only people who notice Melinda’s

She was threatened on multiple occasions by Ashlynn, varying from sabotaging her friendships to physically fighting her, and had to deal with fellow students harassing her and speaking down to her due to this. She missed a lot of days due to emotional duress for these two years, and this ultimately ended in her falling severely behind in her school work, only adding to her stress. She tried to deal with the emotional abuse without adult assistance throughout 7th grade, believing it would subside over the summer, but after seeing the toll it had begun taking on her grades and mental health and speaking to Christy Cochran, librarian and confidant, she finally reached out to administration and received a school-based Stay Away agreement at the beginning of her 8th grade year for Ashlynn Morgan; the purpose of which is to increase safety for students who have been the target of severe or repeated bullying,

Rafiqa was 8 years old when she went to Renmark junior primary school, she had a lot of difficulties at school and the challenges for as well the first call was that she couldn’t speak English and she felt like people were the staring at her and she got more nerves. When the teacher was showing her around the school she was happy but when her sister left her, she starts crying, she thought that her sister is living her in this world alone. But few years letter she was so great full for her life in Australia and she proved that no matter what happens she will never give up in her life and she will make her dreams came true.

Words Can Hurt Bombarded by the bullies and lies, it all started in 6th grade by being called a “slut” from my so called friends. I would go home after school to be put down once again, I was “dumb” according to my family. By then I had no faith in myself and the world came crashing down on me. I was getting D’s and F’s in school. I would go home and lock myself in my room trying to get away fro the name calling but that didn’t help.

She cries for T.J., knowing that he’ll never get to run free again like they will, and she cries for the land. This shows a young adolescent girl. Secondly when Cassie sees T.J. get attacked by Kaleb Wallace, and instead of attacking him, she listened to Stacey, “Clutching Little Man’s hand, I told him to grab Christopher-John’s, and together the three of us picked our way along the black path, afraid to turn on the flashlight for fear of its light being seen. Thunder crashed against the corners of the world and lightning split the sky as we reached the road, but we did not stop. We dared not.