The Outsiders- Family Breakdowns When families break down friends are important. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton this message is shown in many ways. Certain characters have been abandoned or disowned by their families‚ some characters have family members that have passed away and some don’t have any at all. Pony Boy Curtis‚ Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston all have experienced family breakdowns and each and every one of them has a loyal group of friends to fall back on. This shows why
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The Hunger Games Taylor Corriveau The Hunger Games is a fictional book‚ which establishes the relationship between the protagonist Katniss‚ and the protagonist Peeta. Katniss is a 16 year old girl who lives in District twelve‚ Panem. She is the sole provider for her family and competes in the Hunger Games‚ a game where two people from each of the twelve districts are chosen to fight to the death. Peeta is a 16 year old boy who is also from District Twelve who competes in the Hunger Games with
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English 101-06 28 September 2013 Review: Lost and Found Lost and Found is the first book of the Bluford Series. It’s about a girl named Darcy and her sister Jamee whose father left them when they were the age of nine and eleven. Five years later‚ he decides to re-enter their lives. While he was away the family had many struggles. Upon his return‚ the family is unsure of what to do or how to respond to his return. I personally enjoyed this book because it has action‚ drama and mystery. It would
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One of the more prominent themes that I noticed these books had in common was friendship. Friendship can change your life in more ways than you can imagine. A friend is someone you can depend on and help you through the positive and negative you may encounter. For most of Sarah’s life she got all of her love from Eric because no one else wanted to be her friend or even glimpse at her. Eric is Sarah’s escape from her father. Sarah would have remained in the mental hospital for her entire life if
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November Blues Sharon M. Draper The Title of my book is called November Blues‚ and the Author is Sharon M. Draper. In the book November Blues the main characters are all kids and they’re names are November Nelson‚ Josh Prescott‚ Dana‚ Olivia‚ and Jericho Prescott. November Nelson Loses her boyfriend to a pledge stunt gone wrong‚ and he leave a little peace of him behind‚ 2 Months after Josh’s death November finds out that she is pregnant with Josh’s baby. Josh Prescott is November’s boyfriend
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The Hunger Games Chapter 1 The story starts in district twelve‚ the narrator wakes up in her house‚ where she lives with her mother and her little sister Prim. This day is very special. It’s the day of the reaping. Today is the day the contestants for the annual Hunger Games from district 12 are picked out of the bowl. There are picked a boy and a girl from every of the 12 districts to compete in the hunger games. In the poor district 12‚ everybody looks forward to this day with fear of being selected
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Abby Jones Mrs. Cole 09 October 2012 GRC‚ 7 One-Pager I read the book Matched by Ally Condie. If I had to rate this book I would give it a ten because the story is just fantastic. It contains some different styles to balance the book. The book has a love story to it‚ a sad story‚ and filled with action. I also like it because it was a dystopian book. I loved The Hunger Games and this book is somewhat like that book. I personally even think it is better than The Hunger Games and that is hard to top
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the barriers of age‚ race‚ religion and gender with the range of its fans. This investigation focuses on the Harry Potter series and intends to answer the question of Harry Potter: Selfish or Selfless under the topic of Altruism in Contemporary Young Adult Literature. This investigation is a literature review; unlike a science experiment this report requires are more in-depth analysis of literature on the chosen topic. The intentions of the research are to investigate the topic of Altruism within
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"Inventing Elliot" The Final Chapter He gave me a confused look‚ “Oh… uh‚ hello Elliot. Didn’t expect to see you here this early. Is there something I can do for you?” Before he answered Elliot walked in and took a seat in front of the principal’s desk. Without any hesitation he spilled everything‚ everything he’s been keeping bottled up for much too long. He shed his look of indifference and went deep‚ deep inside himself and pulled out the old Elliot‚ the Elliot that had always been there no matter
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The Hunger Games Chapters 1-5 1. I would describe District 12 geographically by being in the slumps. It is a poor place; therefore I compare it to a place of poverty. 2. Katniss crosses the gates to go hunting and she is able to get food to feed her family. 3. Gale is Katniss’ best friend and somewhat of a love interest. 4. The reaping is a lottery where someone is selected to participate in the hunger games. A boy and a girl are selected from each district. Katniss responds by putting her
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