Soul Surfer By William Zinsser: A Brief Analysis

We decide for ourselves what we become, and we use our previous knowledge to help us make choices that reflect who we are as individuals. The two stories tell us this in the sense of material objects: a quilt, and a butter churn. In conclusion, Teresa Palomo Acosta’s example of making quilts was from the poem, and the Alice Walker’s example was how the mother cherished her family’s handmade butter churn enough to use to use it everyday, shows that we see events of today with our memories

Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island (2013) by high-powered attorney Regina Calcaterra is a memoir of her extremely abusive childhood and the path she and her sisters took toward success. The book became a bestseller around the globe. Its themes include resilience, abuse, and the drive to help others. The memoir is conveyed in the present tense.

Knowing she always wanted to be an author since childhood, Colleen Hoover has finally accomplished her goal. One of the main points Colleen has hit was finally coming back to her writing career after so many years and creating significant books that are very popular. Colleen is also creating more books in the future and maybe a few films from her books. From her childhood to now she has accomplished the goals that she had as a child, Colleen must be proud of herself for where she has come from in the past to now. From being a social worker not living in the best conditions to one of the most successful authors who has created significant books, Colleen Hoover, in her book November 9th, said it best, “You’ll never be able to find yourself if you’re lost in someone else.”

As Leah grows older she makes her own opinions’ about what is important to her and learns from those around her that it

One of the events in your life I can relate to is when Lucky had got hit by a car in the chapter Jason Highway. I can relate to this chapter because my first dog ever named Lu-Lu got hit by a car like Lucky. It All went like this, when I was walking Lu-Lu down the street in Raritan before I moved to hillsborough. Next, as I was walking Lu-Lu she did not know how the world worked because she was only 1 year old, so as I was saying a garbage truck was roaring by and Lu-Lu got scared and ran into the street and got hit by the huge truck. I was only 6 when I saw this, this was the most scariest thing that happened to me at the time.

Aaliyah Mcrae some may think she’s just another student at Manchester Regional High School and although she is a student,there is a lot more to her than you think. She has been a four year varsity basketball player. Some may ask, How is she’s so good?

Literary Analysis The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson is the tale of Hayley Kincain, a seventeen year old girl, and her incredibly unstable life with Andy, her father. Andy is a war veteran who suffers from Post-traumatic stress disorder, and is constantly assaulted by horrific memories of the past. Hayley’s mother perished in a car accident soon after Hayley was born, while Andy was still deployed in Iraq. Hayley was raised by her grandmother Barbara until Hayley was seven, at which point Barbara died and Andy returned home to care for Hayley.

A trail of memories is formed when the persona incepts the closet scene with an even further recollection of her father describing the women on the island as being “as fine as wine in the summertime”. After the cherry bomb episode, Eddy had a scar “like a piece of twine”; both of these uncomplicated similes allow the reader to dive into the young girl’s mind and relive her memories with that same level of ease. Just like with any child, the young girl is particularly wordy with her descriptions of these different memories, producing potent imagery. She goes off on a tangent, rattling off directions one would take in her father’s “cave-dark” closet to reach her private box and diary. The persona turns the memory into a game.

The memoir “How to Write a Memoir,” and “Soul Surfer,” have many similarities and many differences. For example “Soul Surfer,” is about a girl named Bethany Hamilton, and about her shark attack. In “How to Write a Memoir,” William Zinsser explains how to write an exquisite memoir. William also provides suggestions such as “think small,” “Be yourself,” and “it’s your story”. Bethany Hamilton gives suggestions such as “fight for your dreams,” and “always try to find the bright side of things in a dull situation.”

Memoir Analysis: Main Idea/Rhetorical Appeals (Ethos) “I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.” Before Michael Oher’s life of fame, there was a very sad story.

“Being human is like riding this bicycle. Once you’ve learned how, you’ll never forget.” when she started learning how to ride a bike, it is something she will never be able to ever forget. It is like what their learning, they’re learning about things that will be used almost daily, even if they want to forget about it they can never actually forget how to do some things, like critically thinking and speaking in a language that is accepted by humanity instead of a wolfish language.

One will eventually come across the day where they are able to figure out who they truly are as a person. A discovery like this will lead to new chapters of life and start new beginnings. Although finding one 's identity can be difficult to understand and accept, it is crucial in life to discover oneself. In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, a teenage girl, who had to overcome and deal with an awful tragedy, takes readers on the long journey she walked before finding meaning and value in who she is as a person.

Mary Morris Analysis of “The Lifeguard” by Mary Morris Freshta Nejat   Analysis of “The Lifeguard” by Mary Morris “ The Lifeguard” by Mary Morris is a brief story portrays the reality of changes over time. The author revealed the story of lifeguard as the lord of all he surveys with a big self-esteem. Mary Morris in this article exposes the fact that we recognize what we have only when a devastating event occurs as in the story he proves lack of efficiency in the first aid needed to save a toddler, Becky, on the beach. Overall, the author portrays Symbolism, Characterization and Foreshadowing by inferring that once we realize what we have, it’s too late.

Within Tim Winton’s novel Breath, Sawyer, Australia seems to hold most of the major events of the story in the first 50 pages. Although the novel begins at a scene of an apparent suicide of a teenage boy, the narrator, Bruce, almost immediately takes the readers into the memories of his childhood. He changes the setting suddenly, despite already establishing a clear tone and mood of his current living situation. At first it is a strange transition, as he tells the story of his boyhood through a series of memories rather than one continuous narrative and weave between the past and the present almost seamlessly. However, it becomes clear that by bringing readers back to this period of his life and where he grew up, it provides readers with another window of understanding of Bruce’s character through Winton’s use of external and internal reality of Sawyer.

The combination of external and internal struggle while having coming of age experiences represents the balance I speak of within my introductory paragraph. These short stories although fiction have roots in societal truths. Things that although changing, are still alive presently. I feel that Danielle Evans leaves her character’s stories without ending because it is up to us to create an ending. An ending not in her fictional book of short stories but within the lives and people around us.