I think I would be most like Bluebell, because we both tend
I think I would be most like Bluebell, because we both tend
Not much is said about the book, and what it’s really about, but on extremely important thing is that M&M gets jumped by three guys In the “Shepard Gang,” but Bryon and Mark stepped in and helped get rid of them. M&M Also gets sensitive and cries when Mark gets the idea to beat up a black guy because he’s different. I believe M&M lives a horrendous life.…
As Laurell K. Hamilton, a famous American fantasy writer, once said, “There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” This quote directly applies to the little-dark-puppy-kicked-too-many-times character named Johnny Cade from S.E. Hinton’s timeless novel The Outsiders, who has both mental and physical scars from his horrific beating at the hands of the Socs -which not only linger upon his skin, but also penetrate his heart. In chapter two of this engaging and teen-centered novel, we dig deeper into the past of Johnny Cade’s life, thanks in part to a captivating first-person flashback from Johnny’s fellow Greaser, Ponyboy Curtis. While Ponyboy and his fresh friend Cherry Valance, a Soc…
Tim finds himself staying in a marsh, shortly after arriving he meets four white men who briefly teach him survival. Tim went to Jamestown to turn himself in, but he ended up at the Steeds. Mr. Steed passed away, it was his son, Henry and his mother, Mrs. Steed who he meets. They don’t turn him in based on Mrs. Steed’s word. For five days he stays there but then returns to ‘his’ marsh. It was now autumn. The Choptank Indians tell Timothy that they owned the marsh, and he needed to buy it from them. He did so by stealing guns and awes from the Steed plantation and trading it for the land. Henry knows Tim stole his things but can’t prove it because Tim can hide infinite things in his marsh that no one could find but him. Then Pentaquod’s tribe is threatened by hunters and Henry Steed wants to marry Pentaquod’s daughter. The Steeds are ‘king’s’ people and Catholics, which is a conflicting problem. The king is dead, and Henry goes to ask Turlock and his family (Tciblento and 2 boys) to come stay with him under his mother Steeds order. Father Ralph is attacked for being papist, and his church in burned down. After seeing this Tim Turlock says “to hell with Catholics,” and moves back to the marsh. Meanwhile, a new 26 year old run away servant starts staying with the Choptanks. Paul and Ralph Steed go to Jamestown to vacate Tim Turlock’s past (indenture and…
Through out the book you came into contact with characters who changed for the poor…
After the death of Hilola Bigtree, Ava and Ossie began to live in a “fantasy world.” Ossie had made up an imaginary boyfriend for herself and became obsessed with him. One night, Ossie decided to leave Swamplandia and head off with Louis Thanksgiving. In the end of the story, Ava, believed Ossie’s story of her boyfriend and began to have imaginary visions of the surroundings and of the Bird Man. After the death of their mother, Ava and Ossie used these imaginary and fantasy visions in an attempt to conceptualize life after their mother's death. If Hilola had still been alive, Ava and Ossie would not have had such distorted, imaginary visions of the world. Hilola would have led them in a more rational direction instead of such a radical, and…
Watership Down is a “modern classic” in which the story features real places with fictional characters that are rabbits. The rabbits are on a journey to find a new warren and create a new home when one rabbit named Fiver foresees the eventual destruction of their warren and demands they have to leave instantly. Hazel, the leader of the group and the brother of Fiver, has to navigate the tough terrain and landscape with the small group of rabbits that left with them to find a suitable warren to create a new society. Throughout their journey, the stories reveals similarities between the the group of rabbits the society we live in today. The rabbits have their own culture, their own tales and fables, and even their preference of food. All of these…
Who is the biggest hero from the outsiders? The main characters of the outsiders are Darry Randy Johnny Dally Pony Steve and Two Bit. Johnny is the biggest hero. Because not only he jumped in the burning church he saved the kids. Puppy got kicked around, tried to live. He saves pony from drowning.…
The subject matter of the book shows the conditions of poor people in the subsidized housing projects of Chicago, Illinois. The Rivers’ are members of a poor family. The family lives in Henry Horner Homes, a subsidized housing project in Chicago. The family relies on welfare and federal assistance for support. They cannot afford most luxuries and many necessities; therefore, life is an ongoing struggle to survive. Many adults and children reside in the family's household. These extra family members further strain and drain the family's resources and cramp their living room in the family's apartment. LaJoe has eight children, all living in the apartment: LaShawn, Weasel, Terence, Lafayette, Pharoah, Tammie, Tiffany, and Timothy. LaShawn has three children and Terence has three children. Paul, LaJoe's ex-husband, stays with the family on occasion as well as Leila Mae, LaJoe's mother.…
Moore river. They slowly adjust to the new life.They are treated harshly by the carers at Moore…
exposition: There is only one main character in the book his name is Brian. Brian was like on journey to go find his Indian friend Susan. At the beginning of the book, Brian is walking around the woods. The setting changes maybe a couple times during the book. In some parts of the book he is going down the river in his canoe.The situation Brian is in is that he comes back to the woods. because he knows he won't be happy in society.…
Big Mike is one of the costars in the semibiographical movie, “The Blind Side”, which is a fictional representation of Michael Oher’s journey from meek beginnings to fame and accolades in the NFL. In the movie Big Mike is shown to come from an impoverished, drug filled, high violence community. Nevertheless, Big Mike shows none of the characteristics akin to such an environment, during many instances within the movie Big Mike is shown as a caring introverted soul with a warrior’s spirit that often heeds the call of the sentinel and finds it necessary to protect and care for the people around him.…
Cited: Russell, Mary Doria. The Sparrow. New York: Mary Doria Russell and The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc, 1997.…
Jetty Rats is a novel set in the 1980’s, written by Phillip Gwynne on the 6th of February 2004. The story is primarily about three kids called Hunter, Storm and Jasmine that go through the rite of passage in which they are all confronted with at some point in their adolescent lives. Hunters only goal in life is to catch a record breaking Mulloway so he could make his dad proud, sadly Hunter’s dad disappeared when Hunter was eight years old whilst fishing on the rocks. Although everyone knows he’s not coming back, Hunter doesn’t seem to accept it. These are the stages Hunter goes through that tell us he has gone through the Rite of Passage.…
The storty is narrated by a songbird to a water rat and a duck. There are two characters in the story little Hans and Hugh the miller.…
In the short story "Flight" by Alice Lessing, it's the story of an old man who raises homing pigeons for a hobby and who constantly worries about his last granddaughter, Alice, leaving and getting married tothe postmaster's son, Steven. The old man is very overprotective and also possessive of his daughter.In a way, the grandfather is also jealous of Alice's fiancé, Steven. The Old man argues with Aliceabout her behaviour when Steven is with her and he complains to his daughter, Alice's mother, Lucy.In this story, Lessing wanted to show that part of growing up is leaving "the nest" and becoming moreindependent. Another part of growing up is letting go and moving on with ones life. Lessing uses a lotof techniques and devices in this short story like setting, point of view and symbolism.The setting of this story plays an important role in learning where the story takes place in, when thestory takes places and what the social environment was in the story. Lessing didn't actually mentiondirectly the setting of "Flight" but Lessing did leave a couple of clues to figure out the setting. Manyof the details in the story could mislead us into thinking that the story took place somewhere English.For example; serving tea and Lucy's sewing. Actually the story takes in places in South Africa. Theclue which tells the true setting of story is frangipani tree which is repeatedly mentioned throughoutthe story. The time of the story was harder to figure out since there weren't a lot of details mentioningthis but the vocabulary used in the story was one clue. Words like postmaster and dovecote were someof the words use in the story. The social environment of "Flight" could also tell the time of the storylike for instance the grandfathers attitude is more traditional."Flight" is written in the third person but is it told through out the entire from the old man's point of view. At the beginning of the story, the grandfather was obviously very happy with his…