ipl-logo

The Lightkeeper's Daughter Summary

946 Words4 Pages

Critical Book Review: The Lightkeeper’s Daughter We are oysters, concealing our tender insides with hard shells. (Lain Lawrence, 2002, P81) The Lightkepper’s Daughter is hitherto the most interesting modern fiction in the recorded history. It is written by Lain Lawrence in 2002. Lain, a Canadian writer who is best known for his creative writing skills since he was in primary school, has been settled on the North Coast (British Columbia) for years. Furthermore, he is currently an avid sailor on the Gulf Islands. Except The lightkeeper 's Daughter, his is also the author of other five novels, including High Seas Trilogy: The Wreckers (an Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee), The Smugglers, and The Buccaneers, Ghost Boy (set in post war America, and was named a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a School Library Journal Best Book of the year, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and an ALA Notable Book), and Lord of the Nutcracker Men (inspired by his grandfather, and was also named a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a School Library Journal Best Book of the year). (Lain Lawrence, 2002, About the Author) The Lizzie Island in the book is made up based …show more content…

In the book, Squid read over Alastair’s diary in order to probe into the mysterious cause of his death. At the beginning, she finds out more about how Alastair concerned about his eyes. Then,. In the contrary, Squid was not as mature as Alastair, and she was the most playful and insensitive character I have ever disliked. From the beginning of the book, when she sees the look on her parents, a little disrespectful disappointment flicker in her eyes. Additionally, she keeps denying her father’s effective theories and methods of which Tatiana urgently needs for her trouble with speaking. After the incidents, each of the family members blamed themselves and accused each other for what had happened, but the truth appears to be beyond our

Show More
Related

  • The Liars Club Analysis

    687 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Liars’ Club: A Memoir by Mary is a disturbing yet heart-wrenching book about the rough childhood of young Mary whom has grown up in an extremely depressing family situation. Throughout her early ages, Mary and her sister, Lecia have witness their parents fighting on a daily occasion. Most of the time, her mom was the sources of all the arguments. As a consequences, watching her mom getting drunk on bed and the instability in her behaviors was the main cause of the deterioration of young Mary Karr’s manners. The father seemed to be the only source of positive emotions.

    Read More

  • Vladek In Art Spiegelman's Maus

    937 Words  | 4 Pages

    In “Maus,”Art Spiegelman tasks himself with sharing the most accurate retelling of his father’s life story as well as that of he and his father. To achieve a most accurate depiction of he, his father, and their emotions throughout the novel, Spiegelman uses characters Anja and Mala. Both having been married to Vladek, Art’s father, give insight to Vladek, and impart the impression that no matter how stereotypical Vladek’s traits are, the traits unique to him. As Art’s mother, Anja also serves particular purpose in developing a fuller picture of his character. Both Anja and Mala also serve as agitating conflict between the nostalgic, hopeful past and the stressful present for Vladek while drawing a parallel of similar feelings between Art and his lost brother, Richieu. The two women are entry-points for the emotions of Art, Vladek, and

    Read More

  • Runaway Daughters Summary

    886 Words  | 4 Pages

    The book “Runaway daughters: seduction, elopement, and honor in nineteenth-century Mexico” is the first book in the works of Kathryn A. Sloan. Other works by Sloan include “Death in the City: Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico” and “Women's Roles in Latin America and the Caribbean.” In “Runaway daughters: seduction, elopement, and honor in nineteenth-century Mexico,” Sloan uses 212 cases to study thus illustrate the view of sexuality, parental authority, family honor and the intergenerational conflict in Oaxaca de Juarez, South Mexico’s capital. In these cases, young men were charged by the parents of their partners with “rapto,” which she defines as “the abduction of a woman against her will by the use of physical violence,

    Read More

  • Book Review Of Anya's Ghost By Vera Brosgol

    926 Words  | 4 Pages

    Today in society, there are many social institutions that have different social structures, however every social structure is constructed differently based on the setting and the atmosphere of the institution. In the book Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol (2011), the author gives the audience an insight of the social structure at school for Anya. The book is about a girl who ends up falling into a hole and meets a ghost named Emily. Anya later discovers that Emily is attached to some of her bones, meaning she cannot go anywhere unless one of her bones is moved. Anya eventually gets out of the hole she fell in and starts becoming better friends with Emily.

    Read More

  • The Dreamgirls Chapter Summary

    980 Words  | 4 Pages

    DREAMGIRLS REVIEW The story is set in the early 1960s where soul music was starting to become a popular genre in which people started to listen to. With the beginning of soul music, this led to create many singing groups, which they all started off as a not so famous group, and then transformed themselves as the next big soul music groups, where the U.S nation would be amazed by their music. One particular group that struggled to become a recognizable group was The Dreamgirls. The group was composed of three women, which included, Effie White and best friends, Deena Jones, and Lorrell Robinson.

    Read More

  • Summary Of Squid Girl By Todd Strasser

    696 Words  | 3 Pages

    Squid Girl by Todd Strasser puts the reader in the shoes of Sierra, a 13 year-old girl trying to have a good time on spring vacation. Throughout the story Sierra finds herself having trouble talking to a boy she likes and dealing with her crazy nature loving parents. The story's conflicts all outline teenage problems like being pushed into uncomfortable situations, disagreeing with parental ideals, and putting yourself out there. From the beginning of the story it is clear that Sierra has great problem with being stuck on an island with her parents. It's understandable that she would be uncomfortable in an unknown place so far away from everything that she was used to.

    Read More

  • Theme Of The Life You Save May Be Your Own By Flannery O Connor

    581 Words  | 3 Pages

    When Flannery O’Connor first introduces the young lucynell, the reader envisions a child. Someone who is young and naive. Someone who can be taken advantage of.

    Read More

  • Cahalan's Brain On Fire

    137 Words  | 1 Pages

    When Cahalan wrote that her book is “a journalist’s inquiry into that deepest part of self—personality, memory, identity” I could not agree anymore. Each of these subjects are extremely important in her life through the illness. This can challenge our perceptions by causing s to think about each of them and comparing it to a major event in our time. With comparing it makes us see whether or not if we had such depth in them as she did. Although some may already have their beliefs in these subjects, this book can also make them stronger in a way that causes us to think about them further.

    Read More

  • Tatiana's Observation

    147 Words  | 1 Pages

    Tatiana responded well to the intervention. Tatiana continues to make progress towards her goals. Tatiana participate in self-talk. Tatiana complete the worksheet. Tatiana listed her hurtful moves as, being very critical of her peers, saying negative things to people, sneaking out of the house, blaming someone else for her reaction to anger situations, feeling resentful towards other people, yells and use profanity and feeling she has the right to do things.

    Read More

  • Identity In The Yellow Wallpaper

    1008 Words  | 5 Pages

    Due to the famous rest treatment in which the narrator is told to follow, her interactions with other individuals is severely limited. Most of her social interactions are between her and her husband John. The narrator’s relationship with her husband is considered to

    Read More

  • The Age Of Miracles Analysis

    887 Words  | 4 Pages

    Next, family is an essential part of people’s lives, changes to family members can cause split ups which has the potential to devastate other members. Julia constantly thinks about her father and why he would do such a thing while also taking care of her mother. Julia is shown to be

    Read More

  • My Favorite Chaperone Summary

    624 Words  | 3 Pages

    In her family’s homeland, Kazakhstan, an interaction between a boy and a girl is unacceptable. Due to the fact that Maya’s family isn’t accustomed to the American culture just yet, Maya’s father finds shame in the fact that his daughter would do such a thing. Upon returning home Maya’s father is quick to blame her mother for her actions. “Is this how you raise your daughter! Is this what you teach her?

    Read More

  • Story Of An Hour Character Analysis Essay

    940 Words  | 4 Pages

    In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” demonstrates the personal growth of the dynamic protagonist Louise Mallard, after hearing news of her husband’s death. The third-person narrator telling the story uses deep insight into Mrs. Mallard’s thoughts and emotions as she sorts through her feelings after her sister informs her of her husband’s death. During a Character analysis of Louise Mallard, a reader will understand that the delicate Mrs. Mallard transforms her grief into excitement over her newly discovered freedom that leads to her death. As Mrs. Mallard sorts through her grief she realizes the importance of this freedom and the strength that she will be able to do it alone.

    Read More

  • Similarities Between 'The Rest Of Her Life And Caviar'

    105 Words  | 1 Pages

    The reader can realize serious events of family disloyalty in the story. Ann finally has to live with her choice about whether to be untruthful during her father’s trial, knowing that her valid evidence about the crime will make the change in his father going to jail or not. There is a clear similarity between “The Rest of Her Life” and “Caviar” regarding dishonest. Author in both short stories have shown the fact of betrayal between the characters in the story. Dishonesty is playing a great role in the development of anxieties, which need to be destroyed in order to make a real living possible.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Do Angels Wear Brassieres By Olive Senior

    1055 Words  | 5 Pages

    Her personal experience is socially and theoretically constructed and emotions play an essential role in the process of identity formation. Her identity is not fixed, which is portrayed by inquisitiveness that her own mother and Aunt thought she was possessed, enhanced and made this story an enriching experience. The family is the first agent of socialization, as the story illustrates, even the most basic of human activities are learned and through socialization people

    Read More

More about The Lightkeeper's Daughter Summary

Open Document