People can change and learn from their mistake.Learning from mistakes can influence people for the better. Reef learns his lessons in the “The First Stone” by Don Aker. Reef is in the North Hills group home for a year because of the Judge’s sentence. While at the group home, Reef begins to learn the importance of respect, the need for self-reflection and how important are true friendships. He was influenced by Frank Colville , Leeza and Alex. In the novel, Reef learns the need to responsible for his own actions while being a resident at the North Hills group home with Frank Colville . Now speaking foul languages isn’t right to Reef after he goes to the North Hills Group Home. He will be ashamed once he says so from “ ….Reef muttered …show more content…
In the novel, Leeza has impacted and influenced Reef’s life greatly. Leeza always shows the good sides of her that make Reef want to be a better person. She shows how she is willing to share her personal information which makes Reef also do the same which it the opposite to the regular him which he never express himself like living in a shell by himself . In chapter 25 p.263 , the author says “Reef did not look up. He did the only thing he could do. He wept.” This shows what Leeza made Reef express his emotions at the rehabilitation center. Also, on p.213 , “And Carly had come to collect him , they’d still be been talking.” This shows that Reef and Leeza are getting along well which says that Leeza has an impact on Reef’s feelings that he is willing to talk to her about himself more as Leeza opens herself too. Reef also goes to the rehabilitation centre volunteering even though no one is there forcing him . He wants to help Leeza recover quickly and to take care of the others.In Chapter 20 p.220 ” “I didn’t finish everything yesterday,”he said. Which wasn’t exactly a lie. But he was afraid the nurse would see right through him.”. This shows that he is changing to be a caring person. In addition , Reef becomes very good-hearted and empathetic towards others as he steps into his adulthood. In conclusion , Reef learns many lessons from all his
His experiences and insights help Emily and Sloan gain perspective and grow emotionally. Through his mentorship, Emily learns important life lessons, such as the value of forgiveness and the importance of
Maybe he wasn’t happy enough to be with Laci or if he wasn’t ready to have a real family. His motives are unexplainable on why he did what he did but no one will know why because only he was there to know what happened.
Many things start the same, and end drastically different. The main character, of Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman, Caden, follows the path of two contrary hero's journeys; with the same call to adventure and conflicting mentors and threshold guardians. As Caden embarks on his journeys of healing and illness, he has foil mentors and threshold guardians. In Caden’s journey to the bottom of the trench the captain helps Caden in every possible way, in addition the captain strongly opposes Caden’s “partaking in [the crows nest’s] odious liberations” (Shusterman 55), and even “order[s Caden] to kill the parrot” (Shusterman 250). The captain plays the role of the mentor in Caden’s journey to the trench due to the extensive help and guidance the Captain gives Caden, likewise the
In the novel, Royce Gould, a social worker said in Reef’s defence, “The emotional abuse he’d endured from an alcoholic grandparent, the short-lived experience in numerous foster homes since he was nine.” (Aker 76). Having to deal with an alcoholic grandparent and being in numerous foster homes, a child does not always have someone there for him/her to show him/her the right path. We can see that Reef was a perfect example of this
The Journey that Changes Andy In James Heneghan’s novel, Flood, Andy goes on a journey where he develops into a new person. He develops into a greater person when he learns to be appreciative, to not judge others too quickly, and to be brave. Andy’s journey helps him to develop into a greater person, therefore his life improves everyday as he makes better choices.
To begin, Peekay's unique brain and view leads him to discover "the most important rule in winning -- keep thinking”(99). With Peekay never settling for just enough, he continues to work hard for his goals, no matter how long it may take. In addition, Peekay, showing his canning ability in the classroom, he "was two classes higher than his age group" which displays his motive to learn and became a more superior student in the classroom (219). Peekay, being two classes higher than his age group, focuses on becoming a more understanding student. In fact, Peekay obtains "the highest scholarship mark this school has ever given" which reveal his excellence as a student at The Prince Of Whales (315).
Each one has learned many lessons from their courses in life which established their personal morality. In particular, the author, Wes Moore, was driven by positive outcomes from his negative conditions resulting from him a successful person in his adulthood. As a result, the inspiring story of the author, Wes Moore, could be described in three themes: Peer, Parent, and Family Support; Loss and Redemption; and Decision Making.
He is also shaped by his father’s request for him to be “trained in the law [so he] can hold [his] own.” His father, who didn’t make the best of choices, was still a great factor in helping Bayard achieve greatness. Bayard took what he learned from law school and what he learned from his father and improved his manner of decision making and his bravery to a great
Thinks he needs abso for Bernard 's death because he doesn 't actually know what happened. Thinks he needs abso for not telling clare the real reason why he came to her in the first place. Thinks he needs abso for not being completely honest with his wife about his past. He needs closure from Clare and wants her to admit he rejected him and why.
And we do not even know the rest, he could be having a hard time in his jobs. We have to take into consideration everything he is going through. Not only a small fraction we can see. And another thing we do not consider were lily's actions. For all we know, maybe she was not the best kid there was.
Unforgiving Life… Everyone learns lessons in life. These lessons can come from a book, experience and legends. Books have a theme that you can learn from that is what make books important. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry both have the themes of responsibility, family and dream that runs through the main characters Tom Wingfield from The Glass Menagerie and Walter Lee Younger from A Raisin in The Sun.
Richard had been put through many obstacles in his lifespan, but because of the fire incident, in jail, he learned to forget his mistakes and improve consistently. After being sentenced, “Richard was doing exceptionally well. He had already attained Incentive Level A, the highest level a young inmate could achieve. He had gotten over the thought of jail and had been exceeding in many ways” (Slater 292). While Richard may not have been the most intelligent person, he was very diligent and he forgave the people who punished him by forgetting them and persevered to change himself and his personality no matter the obstacles thrown at him by achieving the highest job possible in prison and constantly gaining knowledge of the outside world.
So finally one of his major lessons in this book is that we need to persevere the negative social pressure that we all face in our daily
In addition to his interactions, he acts capriciously and carelessly as also shown in his conversations with Sally. He is struggling to live his life with the disabilities that come with his disease which dictates his words and actions in turn, takes opportunities of a good life away from him including love, an education, and healthy
He speaks with the desert, the wind, the sun and finally the hand that wrote all. He learns from speaking with each of them, and new insight in to the language of the world. As a result of this he becomes more independent less reliant on the people around him like the alchemist. This is clear after the Alchemist leaves him on his own, to find the treacher by himself. This new found independence is reminiscent of a developing identity as he is no longer leaning on the support of others to find his way and adapting to and learning about his situation.