Short Summary Of Dragon Keeper By Carole Wilkinson

Phoenix faces many challenges on her journey to get medicine. She faces discrimination against her color, age, metal disease, and poverty. At the time in history discrimination against

Have you ever thought of what life would be like without guidance? In the book, The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor, Alyss is forced into this situation. This all stems from her aunt’s hunger for power as this is why her parents, the king and queen, are killed by Alyss’ aunt and why their heir, Alyss, is on the run. Led by her chief bodyguard, Hatter, she is thrown into a strange universe, but as they are transported through the pool, Hatter and Alyss are separated. The challenges that Alyss faces in The Looking Glass Wars are that nobody is there to guide her, her malicious aunt wants to kill her, and she is told she failed the maze.

In the novel, “Dealing with Dragons,” written by Patricia Wrede, Cimorene, the main princess, or character, left her kingdom and volunteered to work for a dragon, Kazul. She was told by many people, including her family, that she did “improper” things, considering the Medieval Time period. Cimorene was justified in ignoring the expected social norms of medieval society because she would be happier with her more adventurous and cheerful life, she would get to learn the interesting ways and life lessons about dragons, and she would have more freedom over herself, at least more than she had in her kingdom. Cimorene would enjoy a more adventurous life because, first of all, she was interested in activities that were considered “improper” and fun.

The fourth chapter referred to Brave Orchid sister, Moon Orchid, who was encouraged by Brave Orchid to come to the America and find her husband who left them. However, Moon Orchid husband have a new family, and new life that he

Félicité at first becomes enthralled by the bird because she loses her nephew,Victor. However, the parrot becomes an embodiment of an ideal romantic and agape relationship; as opposed to Félicité’s failed romantic and family relationships. She nourishes the parent like a mother would a growing child; which leads Félicité to become attached to Loulou because they had both been forsaken by people, leading her to worship Loulou. Soon we find that Félicité loses both her parents due to an accident and malady. To add on, being left an orphan, her remaining family had forsaken her.

Grendel’s Mother in the poem seems like just the typical protective mom that is always there for her child. In the poem, she goes into battle with Beowulf, and fights to defend her boy’s name. Like the poem, in the movie, after Grendel is defeated by Beowulf and Grendel’s Mother finds out, she craves that vengeance of her only son. But unlike the poem, when Beowulf looks to go into battle with her, there is no battle he finds out that she is actually a very beautiful woman.

Amy Tan, an American writer, wrote “Two Kinds” in 1989. The story is about a Chinese woman who moved to San Francisco in 1949 after losing everything in China. She lost her home, first husband, and twin baby girls. In “Two Kinds” there is a cultural issue between the mother and daughter. The mother grew up with a Chinese cultural background, while the daughter grew up with mostly an American cultural background.

Laura Wingfield’s collection of glass animals gives the play its name and is believed to be the most important symbol. The fragile menagerie symbolizes Laura herself, especially in the figure of the unicorn. Laura is crippled and immensely self-conscious, she hides herself away from reality, taking care of her glass figures and listening to old records. Her mother Amanda’s attempts to get Laura out into the world have proved disastrous. For example, Laura was unable to attend business school because of her crippling shyness, and she was equally unable to tell Amanda about her breakdown in front of the class.

“A wonderful novel about mothers and daughters and the transcendent power of love” (Connie May Fowler). This quote reflects the novel, The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd because the protagonist in the story, Lily Owens, her mother have died when she was four years old and she didn’t feel loved by her abusive father, T. Ray Owens, until she met the Boatwrights family with the housekeeper, Rosaleen, and stayed with them. The Boatwrights family are the three black sisters who are August, May, and June. This novel took place in Sylvan and Tiburon, South Carolina, where Lily grew up and where she found the answer to her questions.

Having already been captivated by HIS beauty she saved his life, and brought him to shore. " Ariel stroked his hair and sang him a beautiful love song" (155), and left before being discovered by humans. The fictional story of this brave mermaid, isn 't the only story behind such change in the mermaid myth. Other cultures have also believed that mermaids could be "immortal and have powers ranging from the ability to cure disease to granting wishes to being able to share their immortality" ("Mermaid

Desiree and Abby are Courtney 's best friends so they hear about what happened to princess Courtney. They all get to start walking and finally days later get to the castle they run there and get stopped by a dragon, the dragon is not a nice one. Alex starts fighting the dragon and distracted him while Desiree and Abby try to find princess Courtney , it takes a lot of muscle to fight through the dragon but he gets it, he catches up to the girls, when they get to the room Courtney the pig is laying there, no one knows any way to change her back until Desiree gets an idea while sitting here looking at her, Alex has to kiss her to get her back. He hesitates to going for it because it 's a pig, who wants to kiss a pig? But Alex loves her so he does what he has to do.

Just because a woman goes against what their husband 's or anyone in their family believe to being incorrect should not justify them to becoming horribly disfigured. Similarily, further into the novel the Pross story resonated deep into my mind. According to Nicholas D. Kristof, one of the authors of Half the Sky, Pross was kidnapped at the “thirteen” (11) and sold to “a brothel in Cambodia.” When Pross wanted to fight back and escape her situation, the “female brothel owner” punished her by taking one of her eyeballs out with a “metal rod.” The heartbreaking story of Pross is one of the many ways the individuals at a brothel break “the spirits of the young girls” (10).

She is at first seen in an “ordinary world” then takes “the call to adventure”. At one point she feels incapable to do so, which is the “ refusal of the call” but meets a bird with all of the right answers, the “meeting with the mentor”. She then “crosses the threshold” when she begins her journey in these metal boots to her prince. The princess then finds herself hiding from monsters, “tests, allies, and enemies”. After she leaves the house, she “approaches” the lions and conquered them, which also makes this her “ordeal”.

He has to use everything he has learnt.) In the film when Shrek finds out that Princess Fiona was not talking about him he uses everything he has learnt and everyone he has met for example the dragon helps him get Princess Fiona back. Shrek steps up and tries to fight Lord Farquaad, who then calls his guards on him then the dragon eats Lord Farquaad, and Shrek escapes death again. The Return with the Elixir- (He returns with “elixir” and he uses it to help everyone from the ordinary world.)

Grendel remains in an inner conflict with his beliefs throughout the entire story. He is directed by two compelling desires in which play a role in introducing him to the divergences between good and evil. The Shaper convinces him with his meaningful music, whereas the dragon persuades him through his ideology of nihilism. Both the Shaper and the dragon play a part in influencing his views on the human society.