Lucy Flucker Knox….. By Annika Heieie Lucy Flucker Knox helped with her own time and resources when ever possible. "I hope you will consider yourself as commander in chief of your own house,but be convinced, that there is such a thing as equal command.” By Lucy Flucker Knox. This quote means that everyone has an equal say.
“ Do you have those papers done that you were suppose to work on for our project”? I asked Gina, She looked at me and said “ no I had to go shopping, get my hair done, and I did not feel good”. I was talking to her and all she wanted to do was talk about herself. By ignoring me and only talking about herself Gina and not caring about anything but herself Gina was being self centered.
“I heard the distant whistle of a passing train, and I wished I could get on it and go far away, to a place without struggle meetings, without class status, without confessions.” - Ji-Li Jiang. This quote is from The Red Scarf Girl, a memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. This is a book about a 12 year old girl, Ji-Li Jiang, witnessing the Cultural Revolution. The quote is her wishing away all her current problems.
Title The book love is a Revolution tells the story of Nala, a young, black, and plus-sized girl, exploring love through a romantic relationship while learning to love herself. Nala Robinson is a plus-sized black girl living in New york. Her character shows lots of traits of impulsiveness and one of the best quotes I think shows this is “Oh you're a vegetarian Tye asks, I give a slow yes that's a lie” Page 26.
In “Educated” by Tara Westover, the character Gene (Tara’s Father) is said to be bipolar. Throughout the book Gene is shown as antagonistic from his manipulation, anger, and control issues. His bipolar disorder caused severe abuse on all of his children, including Tara. His bipolar is the reason for his paranoia about the government, his hyperfixation on religion, and severe dislike for schooling. In her life Tara had experienced her father say negative things about school and it caused the internal struggle for her to choose public education without her fathers support.
Initial Response: I’m beginning to enjoy the book more and enjoy the concept of a new society. Character development is becoming a large factor in the novel and playing a pivotal role in the plot. Of course, the reader is again trained to like John because of his uniqueness. He is an essential character in the plot in progressing Bernard as a character. I’m learning more and more about this strange society and understanding instead of questioning.
Jealousy, a simple and common emotion, has the power to create havoc. From causing avoidable arguments, to ending relationships, jealousy contributes to the actions. This has been demonstrated in stories throughout the book Mythology by Edith Hamilton. Often, the stories told do not have a happy ending, since the jealous person ruins the life of whoever they consider competition. This was shown with Hera and Aphrodite.
For my fiction short story determinations, I pick Nathaniel Hawthorne "Youthful Goodman Brown" and William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily". They both uses good to support esteems. Through their character's examination and appraisal of each other, the creator's lesson is displayed. The creators style of lecturing morals is suggestive of the religious illustrations of the Old and New Testament. In the wake of perusing Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" you are given an existence lesson, you can't pass judgment on other individuals.
When you look back on the idea that Jack London’s Mother tried to killer herself twice while pregnant for him, you begin to see what a difference this World would be without the writer he was. His books have always interested me in more ways than one. I always get hooked on books that have more of a meaning than just a common one that is simply shown. When he learned about the news of his step-father’s health was beginning to fail, he decided that in order to support his Mother, he’d become a professional writer and made it his goal to write every day up to 1,000 words.
Even though the theme Freedom of Speech relates strongly to adults and children, the theme Beauty of Darkness, also successfully applies to humanity of all ages as well. Darkness is assumed as evil opposite of light. However, in the novel the main character, Haroun, always thinks that dark is evil. When Haroun encounters the Shadow Warrior, he discovers the beauty of the Shadow Warrior swordsmanship, as it states: " And his athleticism and swordsmanship were beyond anything Haroun had ever seen. No matter what tricks his shadow played, the warrior was its equal. …
Tom Robinson is a mockingbird in that he doesn't do one thing wrong. All he does is provide help to the people he interacts with. That is exactly how he got in trouble. Tom Robinson was helping Mayella with some chores. He was humming a melody and when he chopped up the dresser drawers.
While examining A Small Place, written by Jamaica Kincaid, the chosen writing techniques mixed with Kincaid’s raw emotions creates a wide range of reactions in her readers. This leads to inform them about Kincaid’s topic. The author uses her writing style to colorfully bring organization to her writing and still maximizes emotions in her readers, to Kincaid’s advantage. Kincaid’s writing style is
Critics of Munro most often recognize two distinct features of her writing: her emphasis on female characters and feminist ideas, and a vibrant sense of realism that provides both imagery and symbolic meanings within her stories. These two factors are
If she has faced the dangers of her own single story, then she has the authority to speak about the subject. Her life stories then become evidence that contributes to the logos of the speech and proves the genuine dangers of a single story. This danger is also made real through Adichie 's use of literary allusions. Adichie references authors from the 16th century all the way to present day. These allusions provide a historical context, proving the timelessness of stereotyping.
In Alice Munro’s short story, “Dimensions”, we follow a young woman, and her addiction to her husband. The theme is of course dependence/independence as we go by the main character’s development, from being dependent, to become independent. We as readers get dragged very deep into the characters and their circumstances, as the narrator is a third-person narrator. This
