Sarah Dessen Essays

Along for the Ride, by Sarah Dessen is a captivating young adult, fiction book. It is about an eighteen year old girl who goes to live with her father and his new wife and child for the summer. When there, Auden realizes all the experiences she had missed out on. She meets many new friends and learns how to make up for lost time. Over the course of the summer Auden learns about love and heartbreak for the first time and she also learns to take chances, which in turn result in many new experiences

Rear Window thrusts us into the role of a voyeuristic neighbor, a role that we find ourselves quite comfortable filling. The point of voyeurism though, is that it is always a one-way street; we find comfort in knowing that we are able to watch others while we ourselves remain unseen. Together with our wheelchair ridden protagonist, LB “Jeff” Jeffries, we watch through a series of open windows as Jeff’s various neighbors go about their day to day lives. Though all of these people are placed there

Over the summer I read the book “That Summer” by Sarah Dessen. Haven is a 15 year old girl with a lot of family problems. Her mom and dad are split up and her mom is going through a lot . Her dad that is not there have the time is getting re married to a new woman. In addition to that her sister is getting married to a guy she can’t stand. Before, her family fell apart Haven had a crush on one of Ashley’s old boyfriends Sumner. But, when he comes back those feeling come back even stronger. The

Sarah Dessen is a renowned contemporary author. She specializes in Young Adult literature by providing readers with realistic fiction. Some of her works include: That Summer (1997), Someone Like You (1999), Keeping the Moon (2000). Dreamland (2001), This Lullaby (2003), Just Listen (2007), and Along for the Ride (2010). All of the previously named books won the American Library Association “Best Fiction for Young Adults” award (“Sarah Dessen” 2016). Many of her books revolve around the theme of isolation

This Lullaby- Sarah Dessen Somebody: Remy Star was a typical teenage girl from the outside, but was far from typical on the inside. She had long dark hair and dark eyes. She was the girl who had amazing grade, and got a full ride scholarship offer to Stanford. Remy was the daughter of famous author Barbara Star and her father was a musician, who tragically died when she was young. She looked like an angel, compared to her crazy brother, who dropped out of college. Remy is a very strong, mature girl

Sarah Dessen writes a novel that so many people can connect to including myself as I connected with the main character Sydney as being invisible and feeling what true friendship is. Both Sydney and I connected by feeling invisible for a number of reasons. One main example is that Sydney feels invisible in her own family. Her brother Peyton is the star of the family. He is handsome, a daredevil, and popular. Her parents care more about Peyton than their own daughter. Mac and Sydney were talking when

good books about abusive relationships that get the point across. I introduce to you, Dreamland by Sarah Dessen. While there are books about relationship abuse, they can lack a sense of reality to the subject. The book Dreamland is an example of good literature because it involves a compelling conflict, a fully developed character, and the story is well-developed and well-paced. The novel by Sarah Dessen is an example of good literature because it centers around a compelling conflict. Caitlin's older

I recently reread one of my all time favorite novels, Someone Like You, written by Sarah Dessen which includes characters, a brilliant plot, unpredictable conflicts, and the readers reactions that make this novel a must read. Sarah has a perfect sense for the key details to capture readers attention. She has written many other astounding books, Someone Like You is just one of my many favorites. Sara is not only an exceptional writer, but an exceptional person as well. She is selfless, never takes

Just Listen is a young adult drama novel, by Sarah Dessen. It revolves around high school student Annabel Greene, who realizes it is easy to hide secrets. No one acknowledges that her mother is no longer the same after the death of her grandmother, or that her eldest sister Kirsten moving away has left a hole in the family. Her sister Whitney’s eating disorder is another matter that remained a secret within the Greene family. It was easy for her to hide the end of her friendship with Sophie, and

The book, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen starts off with, Annabel is going back to school with a best friend who hates her, a not so good personal secret, a modeling career that she no longer wants, and a family life that is going through tough times. Annabel meets Owen, her life starts to get slowly but surely better. He encourages her to tell the truth at all times and she becomes more comfortable adding in her own opinions. Annabel finds out that a former friend has went through the same things she

I am currently reading Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen. The main protagonist in this novel is named Halley; a shy and quiet girl. She meets her opposite and unlikely best friend at age eleven when Scarlett moves to Lakeview a “neighborhood of friends” (Dessen 6). However, everything turns south at the beginning of their grade eleven year. Scarlett’s boyfriend dies in a motorcycle accident. In addition, she is starting to develop feelings for a boy. Despite the challenges she faces, Halley must

“‘Man,’ Whitney said staring at me. ‘Anabel sure has changed a lot in the past few months hasn't she?’ (p. 354) This is a quote from the book, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen. Whitney is Anabel Greene’s sister and when she said this she had just witnessed Anabel standing up for herself to Sophie Barker who was her friend at the beginning but then they weren't around the middle and she was now standing up for herself in front of her actual friends. Anabel was standing up for herself because Sophie was

Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go takes place in the late 20th century, in a very different England where humans are cloned to produce more organs, which they need to give away once they reach adulthood. These “ clones “ grow up in different houses where they are taught everything they need to know to get through their miserable life. Hailsham is where Kathy grew up and is seen by all the other children as the ideal place. A child coming from Hailsham is seen as special by those who were “

Powerful Life Lessons from the Book of Esther The Book of Esther is a dramatic account, which shows us special and purposeful plans that God has prepared for our lives. The story is also full of powerful life lessons about God’s supreme love toward human beings and the importance of one having courage. Esther was a little orphan girl. However, her uncle, Mordecai, raised Esther as his own child. He taught her to believe in God and therefore, God blessed her with cleverness and beauty, incomparable

4:21-5:1, known as the “Allegory of Sarah and Hagar,” Paul refers to a passage from Genesis 21. The passage in Genesis tells of Abraham, his wife Sarah, and one of their slaves, Hagar. God promised Abraham that his offspring would become a great nation, but Sarah was barren and well past the typical child-bearing age at that time, so Abraham and Sarah decided that Abraham would have a child with Hagar. Shortly after Hagar gives birth to her son, Ishmael, Sarah becomes pregnant and bears a son named

Taking responsibility. Often times you will find yourself in an either difficult, or awkward situation where telling the truth is going to alter the conversation, and the person’s mood either for the better or worst, this leaves you thinking is being honest the right thing to do? This idea of being responsible for your actions is brought up countless times, both in real life and in fiction. arthur miller gave us a great example of this in his play “the crucible” by representing the pandemonium that

When one thinks of an asylum their minds go directly to insane, illness, and crazy; or at least that was what people of the 1950s transitioning into the 1960s. Instead, they contributed to the beat down of the mentally ill; abuse of the people who tried to get help when they thought they were sick. In Ken Kesey’s, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the mistreatment of patients in the asylum wing in a hospital is exhibited showing the cruelty of the workers or the stereotypical thought of someone who

The ancient Athenian Greek era was a time where democracy and order were highly praised and venerated by the upper echelons of society. The court and government ruling was a concept that the Athenians took much pride in. Also, during that time drama and entertainment was the order of the day. Athenians seemed to decompress from their daily hectic lives by attending dramatic and fantasy based plays. One of the most respected writers of ancient Greece was Sophocles. His style was based on celebrating

The ad “Public social ads animals” is a print ad that is created by Bund; an environmental protection organization has published this ad online in the year 2015, so we can see it easily on the internet. The ad shows a prominent picture can attract the attention of viewers at first look. The picture draws a big clock with a short hand indicates the number twelve and a long hand indicates at the number eleven. Between two those hands has a sea dog is being suffered by them and is described in a statement

Playwright Arthur Miller uses deliberate characterization and controlled conflict to highlight societal problems in his play The Crucible. His use of relationships between characters, as well as the interactions that these relationships instigate, in his telling of the Salem Witch Trials is helpful in his ability to convey his overarching idea. The ideas of human failings like hate or greed, blind religious faith or the corruption that occurs in giving power to the formerly powerless, are revealed