Bethany Wiggins’s young adult fantasy Stung, based on the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, takes place in a dystopian world, a future Earth, created by an overreach of science. Fiona fell asleep as a thirteen-year-old, but when she wakes, she is in the body of a seventeen-year-old. When she fell asleep, her world was under threat, but she lacked the understanding necessary to save it. However, when she wakes, the worst has happened—all the bees have died, which has led to a worldwide pandemic. Colorado, where Fiona lives, has been demolished; people are living in chaos.
In chapter five, pages 111 through 116 Cassie had gotten angry because Mr. Barnett was helping everyone else but them in the store and she kept asking him. He got angry and yelled at everyone in the store including her. When they left, Cassie
But then Stacey introups her and yells ``Shut up, Cassie.” (112) This shows that Cassie doesn’t know that Mr. Barnett could send her dad, mom, or even her to jail for just talking back to him and that's why Stacey tells her to shut up. Mr. Barnett says to Stacey to tell his mama to teach her what she is, which means to remind her that she is black and she is white. This shows that Cassie is not aware of the racism.
Many in society deals with conflicts differently. Whether those conflicts are big, small, international or personal, dealing with social issues it is not easy. Several tend to be afraid of knowing the opinions of others. Social issues surface every day involving religion, race, gender, class or national origin. Many want to send a message to bring positive change but also awareness going on in society.
Their intentions all along were to kill humanity. Cassie fell in love with a silencer named Evan Walker and continues to trust him. She even trusts him after she finds out that he’s not human. Cassie is a strong sixteen year old girl with a lot of curiosity and passion. At first she does not trust Evan and thinks he’s out to kill her.
There are many times that the characters are forced to make life-changing choices. In the beginning of the book, Cassie comes across a man in a soldier’s uniform with a large abdominal wound while she is searching for supplies in a gas station. She does not know if he is human or not, so she has to choose to trust him, shoot him, or leave him. This choice is very reflective on who she is as a person, as whichever one she chooses can change what kind of person she is. If she decided to trust him, she could be betrayed and he could kill her, but if she left him there and he was a human, she would have to live with the guilt forever.
‘The Universal Soldier’ by Buffy Sainte-Marie (link) is a passionate anti-war song that utilises a plethora of writing techniques to help illustrate the question: who’s really responsible for war? This song was originally released in 1963, right at the heart of the Vietnam War. This is an important detail, because it gives some background to the reason she decided to write the song at the time. I also think that she recognised that a song written by somebody who's a bit more famous is going to reach a wider group of people, and create a community where pacifists can feel comfortable sharing their controversial opinions. The aforementioned song details all of the ways a soldier can differ, and has undertones of anti-war language.
How Cassie interacts with negative use of power forces Cassie to grow up and come of age. Standing up for little man shows how Cassie is taking responsibility and protecting him. Cassie learns how it is sometimes necessary to stand up for herself. Learning how to control her temper makes her grow up and learn how the world
In today’s society, abortion is a controversial topic. Many people dispute if it is moral to eliminate the potential of the unborn fetus or if it is fair to force the parent to keep and raise the baby if the parent isn’t ready. In Sallie Tisdale’s We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Story, the author uses imagery and internal conflict to recreate her experiences as a nurse employed at an abortion hospital. She does this to make her audience understand her and the people who work in abortion hospitals’ perspective.
She makes it seem like she always has to get her way. Upon first glance it would not be easy to figure out why she acts like this, but it is actually quite simple to understand why her behavior and tone are like this. Jig does
after having maybe-sex with Cassie—it sure seems like sex, but later Cassie says no boy has ever seen her naked, and, well—and Cassie just doesn’t get what he’s talking
In that act of defiance we see that she wasn’t going to lose her culture. She is also very resourceful, during
This quote shows not only her her hatred
The world constantly moves toward an extreme. Eventually it reaches it and that extreme becomes a norm. The world of The Circle by Dave Eggers is one such potential norm. Though this norm is more likely than most. The erosion and destruction of anonymity is happening with increased regularity under the edict of both governments and corporations.
Euripides, a famous writer of tragedies in Ancient Greece, stated, “Nothing has more strength than dire necessity” (“Euripides”). Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize recipient, shares this theme in her non-fiction narrative “Living Like Weasels.” Through the production of non-fiction narrative essays, paintings, poetry, and books, she influences her audiences to think about life and the environment. In fact, she appreciates nature and its splendor. In “Living Like Weasels,” she contrasts the behavior of humans and animals while evaluating the meaning of life, and she establishes that living by necessity leads to a more fulfilling journey than striving to achieve the American Dream.
