In the years between 1849 and 1855, thousands of people dared to take on the perilous journey to California filled with hardship, death, and disease for their chance at a “golden opportunity.” For many years, the Gold Rush has been seen as a male dominated even in history with little regard for women. However, JoAnn Levy, in They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush, attempts to debunk the assumption that the participants in the Gold Rush were exclusively male. As expressed by Levy, women played fast and loose with stereotypes of the time and assumed that if men could go, they could too.
We are not alone on this Earth. We, humans, have animals by our side. We share this inhabitable planet together with animals, and they should have same right as we do on this beautiful planet. Animals are pure instinctual living creatures who never think before following their instincts. They won’t think otherwise before killing a person.
Review of Water for Elephants Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen is likely the best book I have read this year. The book tells an exciting yet whimsical tale of a character named Jacob Jankowski. However, the book breaks conformation in its means of storytelling. The book outlines two different plots focusing on the beginning of Jacob's life, and the end. The narrator is Jacob the main character, but he could be an unreliable narrator due to the fact he is an old man and one narrative and very well could be stretching the details of his story.
Grief, the universal process of mourning, materializes differently in each person. Some swiftly overcome it, able to accept their loss and move on. Others concede to despair and develop Complicated Grief Disorder: “a period of mourning after a loss…that exceeds six months and is expressed through…a maladjustment and lack of acceptance of death, social isolation and suicidal tendencies” (Avrutin para. 5). Ethan Frome, the protagonist of Edith Wharton’s novella of the same name, continually struggles with this particular disorder.
“ It’s dark where I am and I cannot find the light. There are shadows all around me and my heart is full of fright.” –Andy Jackson. Depression was overpowering Andy when he was facing adversity. Relationships affected Andy during crisis.
In the book tiger's curse, by: Colleen Houck, A girl named kelsey forms a bond with a tiger at the circus named Ren and she does not know that the tiger as a cruse and that he is really a human. In the book tiger's curse kelsey gets a job at the circus. She does not realize till later, when they bring the tiger back to india, that Ren has as 300 year old cruse. Kelsey has to break the curse and she is the only one that can break it.
Due to unfortunate circumstances in one’s life, individuals often engage in self-harm. The novel Cracked by M.K Walton, shows this through the characters - Victor and Bull – by their emotional state being disrupted by a of series of events. The two main characters in the novel both try to commit suicide due to them feeling neglected from family and friends and have experienced bulling or abuse. After reaching a state of mind where they want to give up on life, they are given an opportunity to wish to live again. K.M Walton demonstrates throughout her novel how a series of tragic events will drive someone to commit suicide or find a “cure” for themselves through her characters.
Just Imagine Imagine if love was illegal, if you weren't allowed to get married or show any kind of public affection to who you fall in love with. Imagine even being killed for loving who you love. Imagine being denied service at a restaurant for you and who you love. This is what it is like to be gay and be in love.
People rarely hear or men dying in war but there are constantly deaths regarding suicide. It has become a common situation, “ I've never known any dead man killed in a war. Killed jumping off buildings, yes,” (Bradbury, 91). Suicide ties into the bigger problem that because of all the distractions they aren’t able to take a minute to actually find themselves and see that they are
Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine is about a girl, Marlee, who can't be friends with someone because she's colored. Marlee lives during a time when colored people didn't have the same right as white people in America. Marlee faces many challenges in the society from many people, who disagree with letting colored people have the same rights as white people. Marlee must learn to speak out and stand up for what she believes in. Marlee was a shy and quiet girl at the beginning of 7th grade.
Character development is a crucial element to a story, especially in Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Jacob Jankowski, a dynamic character, undergoes a significant change in his attitude throughout his time at the nursing home. Through the remembrance of old memories from his life at the circus, Jacob Jankowski develops a sense of happiness and rediscovers his independence. While stuck in the nursing home with a family who forgot about him, Jacob Jankowski felt like he did not belong. He was closed off from the rest of the people at the nursing home, including his friends whom he ditched after they sat with “an old coot,” (Gruen 10) one who supposedly carried water for elephants.
As of 2015, 5 in 100,000 girls and 14 in 100,000 teenagers commit suicide (Lewis). Teenagers are becoming more vulnerable and schools seem to be taking no notice. If these lives could be saved, it would help so many families across the united states. The National Institute of Mental Health states that there “are as many as 25 attempts of suicide to every one that is actually committed” (Eco Child’s Play). Suicides can be prevented by treatment of the illness.
In the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom, Amy Cua’s daughter is practicing her instrument. Like all children do, she gets extremely annoyed when her mother tries to correct her. At one point, Lulu’s starts acting like a child when she says “‘Just turn off your brain!’ Lulu ordered. ’I’m not going to play any more unless you turn off your brain.’”
They all demonstrate how a person can be in a terrible point in their life, but there are resources like a short-term mental ward, and suicide hotlines, that assist them in getting better and not ending the suffering themselves. They must know that everything will play out well and happiness will be
Over the years the issue of suicide has been slowly increasing. It is now the third leading cause of death among young people. The effects of suicide are tragic and felt long after the individual has taken their own life. Some people who consider suicide, however, never make a “serious” attempt at it. For every attempted suicide, there is said to be more than one person whose thought of suicide has never translated into an actual attempt.
