Summer Reading Book Review and Share In the town of Sterling‚ county of Grafton‚ State of New Hampshire‚ not a lot happens. But in Jodi Picoult’s story‚ Nineteen Minutes‚ Peter Houghton‚ a seventeen-year-old boy at Sterling High School‚ is lead to make a choice that would leave a mark on the town forever. Peter was expected to follow in his brother Joey’s footsteps. This is never fair. Joey was a kid that everyone liked. He was athletic‚ a straight-A student‚ and people just liked him.
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with. On the other hand is nurture‚ which says a person is formed into the person they are by the environment. This suggests that a person is born with no inborn tendencies and acquire traits off of the setting and the people they are around. In Nineteen Minutes‚ by Jodi Picoult‚ Peter Houghton‚ the main teenage character‚ suddenly snaps. Prior to Peter’s murders‚ he showed no aggression or violence whatsoever. Even his childhood best friend‚ Josie‚ who eventually became a member of the popular crowd
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Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult Fiction Novel Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult is a novel based on a school shooting in the small town of Sterling‚ but focuses more importantly on the feelings of the main characters‚ Peter Houghton and Josie Cormier‚ who experience insecurities and social acceptance‚ or lack of. The novel explores the damaging effects of bullying‚ peer pressure and the dynamics of group interaction within teenagers in a modern day society. Picoult’s novels are aimed at a
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“Something still exists as long as there’s someone around to remember it.” Jodi Picoult‚ page 153. I read the book Nineteen Minutes‚ the quote I used above relates to many things that have happened in my life. These things haven’t only happened once in my life. I chose this because it would be the best quote relating to my life. Many of my friends‚ and family members have died in the past‚ seeing their brothers‚ sisters‚ or parents make me remember it the most. Yes‚ its very sad but these
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Nineteen Minutes “In nineteen minutes‚ you can mow the front lawn; color your hair; watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes‚ you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five. In nineteen minutes‚ you can stop the world; or you can just jump off it.” (p. 5) One’s perspective on life can really make a difference. You can complain you only have nineteen minutes or you can use that nineteen minutes to the best or your ability. Use
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19 Minutes • I like how she starts off explaining how 19 minutes relates to the book‚ it’s a good hook • Josie’s relationship with her mom seems strained. • Josie doesn’t listen to her mom and lies to her face. • Josie is a fake: pretty on the outside but dealing with lots of stress on the inside. • She is considering suicide • Her relationship with Matt is a fake. • Patrick has a stressed life as well‚ he wants to help as many people as he can but he is overloaded • So far it paints a
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Arts Ms. Hayden ENG 4U – U5A1A1 April 21‚ 2015 ISP Journal Nineteen Minutes By: Jodi Picoult Nineteen Minutes‚ tells the story of the residents of Sterling‚ New Hampshire and how their lives were shattered in one nineteen minute long act of violence‚ a school shooting. Nineteen minutes represents a theme presented in the whole novel because at any time‚ at any ordinary minute‚ your world can be transformed. It takes a matter of minutes to change ordinary moments in our lives into ones that are permanently
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are all written with chapters narrated from different characters. She does this to show different views of a situation and morals. Picoult is best known for her book My Sister’s Keeper. It was published in 2004 and became a movie in 2009. Nineteen Minutes takes placed in modern-day New Hampshire in a city called Sterling. Sterling isn’t necessarily a small town‚ having "1024" students in the high school‚ but it seems to get smaller when suddenly a tragedy strikes.
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Who are you? Who are you as a person? A friend? We all struggle with the idea of identity. And in Peter Houghton’s case‚ he tried figuring out his. Nineteen Minutes tells the tragic story of parents’ and students’ worst nightmare: school shootings. Following an array of characters‚ the book shows the emotions and thoughts that run through their heads–pulling you to think deeper into each situation. At Sterlington High School‚ Peter Houghton killed ten students and injured nine others. We learn that
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To Room 19 ‚ Final draft In the short story “To Room Nineteen” by Doris Lessing‚ Susan Rawlings is a woman living what seems like the perfect life with the perfect marriage. However‚ it soon becomes clear that Susan isn’t as happy with her life as one might think upon first glance. Slowly but surely‚ Susan begins to drift away from her home life in attempts to find freedom through solitude. This reaction can be analyzed by taking a closer look at how Susan relates to the places in her life such
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