Finally, they were able to retrieve their friends and they stumbled upon Bridget, a maid that worked for the king. The trolls soon gained the trust of Bridget and they gave her a magnificent makeover. Not only did they give her an awesome wardrobe, the trolls stunned the audience with her colorful hair. Therefore, the prince and Bridget were able to fall in love but, due to Bridget’s shyness, she ran away. When they finally reached the castle yet again the trolls were discovered by the chef.
What wasn’t particularly helpful for a fourteen-year-old girl living on her own, witch or not, was boys' attention. Esme had fashioned a certain attraction for an older boy of seventeen, and he would come and throw rocks at her window. She would come out and sit on the porch with him discussing life and the world. He never asked her about the rumors she was a witch, and she never invited him in because she knew she would let him do what he wanted with her.
Junie B. Jones gets on the school bus to head to head to her first day of school, but she can’t find anywhere to sit or anyone to sit with. When the bus arrives at school, all of the kids start pushing and steeping on Junie B Jones. Lucille tells Junie B that the mean kids on the bus like to pour chocolate milk on other kid’s heads for fun. At the end of the day when it’s time to get on the bus to go home, Junie B won’t get on the bus. Instead, she went and hid in a closet.
During the night, however, two robbers entered the house, and Matilda heard them whispering, murmuring in the dark. The short and squat man is scared of his work; while the tall and daring robber is the leader and stays to terrorize the family the whole time. The tall man slaps Matilda several times to find out where her strongbox is, but she refuses to tell and endures the stinging pain. Finally, Matilda’s grandfather trudges down the steps and tries to save Matilda by shooting the tall man.
Mr. Cooger tries to transform himself into a boy so he can pretend being someone’s nephew, but the boys break the controls, and he goes so fast that he comes out centuries old. The two are being sought after by Mr. Dark, also known as the Illustrated Man for all of his tattoos, and his weapons include the Dust Witch and his now old sidekick, Mr. Cooger. This makes the book even more exciting, because the teenagers have to play cat and mouse with Mr. Dark and his carnival based on what he knows and doesn’t know. Will’s dad, Mr. Calloway, has a unique approach to life which inspires the boys and helps them survive. He believes that death is merely a word and it does not exist; rather, everything is in place to make us humans scared of death.
With Dally’s body dead but still warm and the rest of the gang furious, Ponyboy “felt [himself] swaying on [his] feet” and “the ground rushed up to meet [him] very suddenly” (154). Ponyboy had to try to stay “tuff” around
In the novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes Mr. Dark is characterized as being manipulative, evil, and frantic. The novel reads, “Someone dear to you was down to the carousel… William Halloway. Where’s your mother tonight?” (Bradbury 217) This shows how Mr. Dark has a manipulative behavior towards Jim and Will by scaring them into making a noise so he can find him and steal their souls.
When Ponyboy starts school again after getting home from the hospital, he and Darry get into a fuss, about the fourth one they’d had that week. Ponyboy shouts, “What’s the sweat about my schoolwork... I’ll have to get a job as soon as I get out of school... you can just lay off!” (173)
Also, when Darry and Sodapop came to visit Ponyboy and Johnny in the hospital, Darry started crying when he saw Ponyboy. Ponyboy didn’t use his head when he fell asleep in the lot and loss track of time and missed curfew, in result he got slapped by
‘Ann!’ She laughed. ‘Yes, the White clown’s on tonight!’” (page 74). Furthermore, Mildred's obsession with the parlor walls and the mindless entertainment they provide has robbed her of the ability to think critically about the world around her.
Can an eight year old really be capable of being an hero? Can an eight year old really be able to stand up for others, not backing down in fear. Showing his emotions and characteristics leading him up against his major challenges. Today's world is full of heros, but some may not even know it. A hero has many different qualities and simulations like any person.
The time that the novel Frankenstein takes place is the 18th century. It stays constant throughout the story. However, the place of the setting changes throughout the story. It begins in Russia, specifically the Artic. Victor takes his monster to the ends of the earth, to an extreme place, where man should not go.
In Roald Dahl’s chilling tale, “The Landlady,” he uses the landlady’s character to teach the reader that when something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Roald Dahl uses the landlady to show the moral of the story where Billy is asking about the price per night to stay in her bed and breakfast, ““Five and sixpence is fine,” he answered. “I should like very much to stay here.” “I knew you would. Do come in.””.
Every child loves the story of Little Red Riding Hood not only due to her innocence and purity driving her in a great danger, but her fatal destiny also slightly implies the truth that the sweeter the strangers’ mouths speak, the sharper their teeth could be. The tales of Little Red Riding Hood describes a young girl’s journey to her grandmother along the path in the forest, breathtakingly discover that a wolf has eaten her ill grandmother, dressed in her clothes, and yet plans to devour the little girl. Upon reading the stories, many of the readers, even a four-year-old child, suspect the intention of this young girl of exposing the exact location her grandmother when a random wolf in a middle of the forest inquiries about her destination. In the various tales, Little Red Riding Hood seeks out a father figure in predatory negative male figures, therefore she suffers from oppositional defiant disorder afterward explicitly realizes the mortal consequences of indulging.
She tells him stories about witches, which she says are awful creatures that chase and kill human children. And tells him how to recognize them so, he will be safe from them. Aside from the distinguishing characteristics which are they have bald heads, which they hide with wigs, clawed hands, that they usually hide with gloves, blue spit, large nostrils, toe – less feet, and mask of human faces to cover their ugly faces. Witches look and act like human women but actually devils in human shape.
