I appreciated the different sisters’ stories and perspectives while trying to live their lives as best they could. The way the novel jumps from past to present throughout the chapters is very interesting to me. For instance, Dede was brought back to present day when speaking to the interviewer, but seemed to be “going back into the past after hearing certain things about certain people” (Alvarez 66). She would often change back and forth throughout the chapter, keeping the reader involved with what events were happening during the time. Also, when the interviewer asked questions, “Dede feels as if she cannot carry off her responsibility by talking about the terrible past” but she realizes that this is the best thing to do for her family (Alvarez 65).
I was also connected to the text more listening to her and how she tries to match her family experience to the family in the book. I noticed that she was very passionate about Japanese Internment camps, this made me want to strive to be passionate about the book as much as
The plot, the setting, the characters were all wonderful, but the three things that caught my attention were the accuracy of events, heart-racing events, and the plot. Throughout the book, events during the jail or courthouse were described very detailed and produced a clear image in my head. The author must have done lots of prior research in order to get information about these events that most commoners do not know. The fire, rape, fights were described in a manner that allowed me to truly experience and understand what it was like in the character’s shoes. The plot went through many situations from jail cells all the way to getting confidential information from the Pentagon.
Connections to the reader’s own life and understanding for the hardships of the characters in the book are easily made, as the characters are fleshed out and
The fact that she can walk away from all those terrible experiences with love for her parents is incredible. Another thing I loved about this book is how it represents her parents, with all their faults, and their poor mentality, at its worst, without anger, or really any judgment, just with the love. If she had been bitter in her description it would not have been as amazing. This memoir was written with forgiveness making me respect her for not only surviving such a strange childhood to become a successful, but for being able to view her past with
“Under A Cruel Star” despite being an excellent book to read was not credible or believable as compared to Kevin McDermott’s scholarly article. Heda Kovaly depicts popular opinion under Communist dictatorship as being controlled by terror of the government. She states that popular opinion no longer comprised morals or humanity, but instead was uttered by fear and doubts of the consequences of their actions and the domination of the government. This significance of life can be explored and tested against details found in secondary sources. “Under A Cruel Star”, a primary source, provides personal experiences through the political difficulties of Jews while secondary source in Kevin McDermott’s article provides accurate facts of events that
Flores begins the book by talking about her life prior to Detroit. This sets up the story well
When we are growing up we tend to look for people to be our role models people who represent how we want to be and behave while we grow up, we look for people to lead us through our journey of aging. Denise Chavez presents the views of growing up through the story of Shooting Stars through the eyes of the character named Rocio. The story takes place in New Mexico and Texas where Rocio spends much of her summers with her mother’s family. Rocio is growing up, beginning to age, as she grows older she is looking for someone to help her know more about womanhood. Throughout the story she comes across a few young women who she really admires and wants to be like but is later disappointed by their final outcome and the choices they make throughout
What makes this stand out from the others is that as far as the reader knows, she has not done anything wrong. She also has no clue as to why people are being discriminatory towards her, hence why she has to ask her mom. What she has yet to learn is that
The author detailed her life perfectly and included the ideal amount of emotions to the true story. Also, I did not find any spelling or grammatical errors. The chapters were very short, sometimes only a page, but I did not consider that an issue. This book is a must-read! I rate Leap by Nancy Xia a four out of four.
All The Stars Denied Long Jot In my story “ All The Stars Denied” the theme for my book is to Be grateful for what you have. My character’s traits cause conflicts which help enhance the theme. For instance, her stubbornness caused the texas ranger incident, her passion for standing up for herself and all the other Mexican families caused the kids at school to treat her differently than anybody else, and her internal anger caused the cops to make it violent.
“Burn” by Suzanne Phillips gives readers the inside look into the horrors of bullying. The author not only the talks about the victim, but also the sad truth about many victims and how they suffer while bystanders of the act remain quiet and choose not to notice and admit that bullying exists. “Burn” is a moving story that talks about the journey of Cameron Grady and his inner fire. Cameron Grady a 14 year old freshman would've never imagined high school to be such torture. One big thing he had a personal interest in was running, but other than that he's never been much of an athlete.
As a freshman in highschool, I had never heard of Jane Harper, or read any of her books before this. My English teacher challenged me to pick up a book and read it. Instantly, the cover caught my eye. The book looked like a very compelling novel, so I decided to read it. It just came out in September of 2016, so it is a very new book.
It 's a jaw-dropping book that will leave you wanting more as the author Laurie writes in a crisp and clear way describing the young girl Melinda’s horrific story and how it unfolds. The author 's tone gives off the vibe of a young frighted girl which I find really enhances this sad, but exhilarating story. This story taught me to always speak up for myself and to never let anyone take advantage of me. I would recommend this novel because it is extremely detailed, painting vivid pictures in your mind that really help to magnify and
There 's a subtle wonderfulness to this story. It 's such a relatable story that involves day to day recounts of activities, Kimberly and her mother 's struggles and strives, financially and culturally. Especially from Aunt Paula. Once she said: “You can release your heart, older sister” (148). And another conversation is that “I am too smart to cheat….It
