Tracey Lindberg’s novel Birdie is narratively constructed in a contorting and poetic manner yet illustrates the seriousness of violence experience by Indigenous females. The novel is about a young Cree woman Bernice Meetoos (Birdie) recalling her devasting past and visionary journey to places she has lived and the search for home and family. Lindberg captures Bernice’s internal therapeutic journey to recover from childhood traumas of incest, sexual abuse, and social dysfunctions. She also presents Bernice’s self-determination to achieve a standard of good health and well-being. The narrative presents Bernice for the most part lying in bed and reflecting on her dark life in the form of dreams.
Janes nearest of kin were her grandmother and her aunt, both of them lived a humble life and hardly had a sufficient income. Her aunt Miss Bates was a very popular and always welcomed person, although she was “neither young, handsome, rich nor married” (cf. Emma p.22). She cares for her mother, Jane’s grandmother, the widow of a former vicar of Highbury and together they live in a small and simple home.
It is predicted that within three years, 75% of books will be sold online and only 25% in brick and mortar bookstores(mediaworks).Bobbie Pyron the author of “Finding Boo” put the fountain of youth in his story which is make believe but the author of “The Ghost Bird” Roland Smith put the endangered Ivory Billed woodpecker in his story. “The Ghost Bird” and “Finding Boo” have similarities and differences like conflict and the setting. One similarity between “The Ghost Bird” and “Following Boo” is the conflict. Both stories have the same point of view. In “The Ghost Bird” Mr. Tanner says that he had seen the ivory-billed woodpecker and everyone in town thinks he 's crazy,but hannah the one telling the story is trying to help Mr. Tanner find the bird.
Introduction: Change leads to both positive and negative situations, however concludes in transformation. Whether negative or positive, change will alter aspects, and transform lives. The use of literature enables individuals to accept that change results in growth. Change can have three main perspectives: changing self, changing worlds and changing perspectives. These perspectives are all represented in the novel, Catherine, Called Birdy, written by Karen Cushman, and are also presented in the short story Sky High, written by Hannah Roberts.
“Win or lose, good or bad, the experience will change you,” says Richelle E. Goodrich. This directly relates to the character Catherine, in the book Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman. Catherine’s experiences led to her discovery of the need for change. Catherine gradually becomes more thoughtful, mature, and reflective as she has experiences like meeting Jews and the king’s cousin, or even just writing in her journal, that motivated her to change. Writing in her journal led Catherine to the discovery of the need for change.
Ladybug Girl In the picture book, The Ladybug Girl written by Jacki Davis and illustrated by David Soman provides a fun and playful story with the words and bright pictures. The Ladybug Girl is about a little girl named Lulu and everybody keeps telling her that she is too little to do anything. Lulu dresses up as Ladybug Girl and saves ants, goes through shark infested puddles and even skips along a dark twisty tree trunk.
Flannery O’Connor’s The King of the Birds is a narrative explaining the narrator’s obsession with different kinds of fowl over time. The reader follows the narrator from her first experience with a chicken, which caught the attention of reporters due to its ability to walk both backward and forward, to her collection of peahens and peacocks. At the mere age of five, the narrator’s chicken was featured in the news and from that moment she began to build her family of fowl. The expansive collection began with chickens, but soon the narrator found a breed of bird that was even more intriguing; peacocks.
Sarah Orne Jewett’s short story “A White Heron” tells the story of a little girl named Sylvia finding a heron’s nest. Sylvia finds the heron’s nest in the top of a pine tree as that is a typical location of a heron’s nest. One day a stranger, who is a young hunter, approaches Sylvia and her grandmother about the location of the heron’s nest. Because the young hunter offered her money and she has a crush on him, she thinks she wants find the heron nest for him. The little girl found the heron’s nest one early morning when she went to search on her own.
Cultural Authenticity: “One Hen” is a Realistic Fiction story written by Katie Milway and illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes. This text takes place in Ghana and has to do with living in rural West Africa along with economic challenges. Page T25B introduces the story about Kojo and his mother. I feel like this story truly captures the essence of these people and their lives. An excerpt from the first page reads, “Kojo and his mother live in a mud-walled house with an open fire for cooking.
Learning from the error which occurs during translation process is one of the way to improve our translation skill. Therefore, this error analysis is coincided with the objective of ‘Directed Translation 2’ class, which was the class that the translational errors took place. The source of the translation is ‘Bird by Bird’, a book by Anne Lamott. It is a documentary book, guides on how to write a book using the author’s experience as a reference. And since the author is American, her experiences that she conveyed also show us about American cultural.
she never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then, for she was often inattentive, and occasionally stupid. Therefore, the initial statement which Austen wants to communicate to her reader is that Catherine, in her infancy, was hardly a heroine. Consequently, this statement has two conclusions, either that she is going to become one or that she never will be. A few paragraphs later, the first option proves to be correct, since Austen suggests that Catherine will undergo a change and will eventually become a heroine despite
In the short story “The Birds” by Daphne Du Maurier there are millions of birds that attack people and kill them. In the birds the main character Nat notices that the birds are becoming restless and start attacking. Nat then tries to help save his family from being killed by the birds. The main conflict in the story is when the birds start attacking people. The central theme of “The Birds” is to never give up hope.
James displays how damaged Catherine has become because she has never known or felt love. We begin to consider the general effects and power of love reading James’ and Hawthorne’s novels, recognizing that ability to love entirely dictates many facets of life. In Catherine’s case, it led to permanent damage resulting in a loveless life. Yet in Hester’s case it empowered her and gave her the courage to stand against society and fight for who she loved. Catherine loved to be loved.
At the beginning of the novel, Catherine is described as a wild and rebellious child. However, that changes after her stay with the Linton’s. When she returns from her stay her “manners were much improved,” and “instead of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house…there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person, with brown ringlets falling from the cover of a feathered beaver, and a long cloth habit which she was obliged to hold up with both hands that she might sail in” (46). Catherine was tempted by the way of life the Linton’s lived and, to fit in, has concealed her wild and rebellious nature. She confides in her housekeeper that she loves Heathcliff, but can’t marry him because it would “degrade” her (71).
Oh, if only Mary-Lynn was still around, she would be so proud of me. Out of all of us I was the only one chosen to stay all this while. I wasn’t supposed to be a comfort to Edward, but Catherine and the girls. Now, by pulling me around her grandson I can give the comfort to the family that a piece of Edward will always be with them. “What’s his name, Loraine?”
