In the historical fiction book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. The character statement, though Salva has gone through so much, he persists, is proven in many ways throughout the story. Two pieces of evidence to prove the statement, are shown towards the beginning and end of the story. The claim is generally expressed shortly after the main character, Salva’s, uncle gets shot by the Rebel soldiers. Though Salva was feeling down at times, he always remembers his uncle's words, “You need to walk only as far as those bushes.”
Margarets' mother Anne Higgins had been pregnant eighteen times in her life with only eleven of them being successful (Katz, 1995). Anne Higgins died at age forty-nine which Margaret blamed on the toll the multiple pregnancies had on her mother body. The death of her mother and her fathers belief of women's rights are what ultimately
In The Spirit Catches You and You Fall down, Anne Fadiman reflected on ways in which cultural dissonance can have detrimental consequences for those who are caught in the midst of two cultures. In this influential story, the cultural and language barriers between Lia Lee’s family and her doctors caused Lia’s life to be negatively impacted due to improper diagnosis and treatment. The Lees preferred traditional and spiritual treatment that clearly differed from the doctors’ Westernized treatment. Through a constant battle between proper treatment and the Lee parent’s compliance, this caused Lia to live in a persistent vegetative state for the majority of her life. The language barrier that the Lee’s faced at Merced hospital was discouraging,
The short story, “Good enough” by Rachel Vail, speaks about the main character Dori and how she starts as what the poem, “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco would say as a flower but transform into a weed at the end. Dori tries to impress or fit in with the popular girls by getting an Orion shirt they all wear for Dori’s birthday. However, Dori’s family is not in the best financial situation, so this makes it really hard on the parents to get this. On Dori’s birthday she opens a present to find that her mom has given her a fake, which hurts her, but she does not tell her parents, so they do not feel bad. When Dori wears it to school the next day one of the popular girls goes up to her and taunts her about it, Dori ends up crying but catches herself and remembers that even though its fake her mom had so much love behind it and did her best which makes Dori get over it and know that it's okay to not be in the popular group or be different.
The book i’m reading is called “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” by Judy Blume. Margaret is an almost twelve year old girl who already thinking about her first period. Margaret family found out they have a house in Farbrook. She moves with her family from New York City to Farbrook, New Jersey, just a week at her new house she meets Nancy a girl who is about the same age as her, Nancy lives not far away from her.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume, was published March 21, 2012 by Random House Children’s Book . This book has 160 pages and its genre is fiction. Margaret is a 11 old girl having a difficult time choosing what religion to belief in due to the fact that her parent have different backgrounds when it come to that. Also she is still not hitting puberty and all her new friends are.
In her short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", Joyce Carol Oates utilizes a variety of literary devices to strengthen the story in its entirety. This short story is essentially about a 16-year-old girl named Connie and the conflict between her desire to be mature and her desire to remain an adolescent. Throughout the story, the audience sees this conflict through her words in addition to through her behavior. The audience is also introduced to Arnold Friend, a rather peculiar man, who essentially kidnaps her. This short story by Joyce Carol Oates functions and is additionally meaningful because of her usage of literary devices.
The story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates, is a one where the idea of how girl who struggles with wanting to be a mature woman, faces her demon full form. The protagonist of the story is Connie, a 15-year-old rebel girl, obsessed with her look; and through fault of her own, meets the antithesis of herself, the antagonist of the story, Arnold Friend. Connie seeks to be a mature adult and desires an emancipation from her family. Seeing herself as mature woman through the desires of her attraction by other boys and men, as well as her mother. Its this same desire which acts as the main fault for her character.
"Are you there god? its me Margaret" is a 1970 book by Judy Blume, typically categorized as a young adult novel, about a sixth-grade who has grown up without a religious affiliation, due to her parents. The novel explains her quest for a single religion. Margaret Simon is just turning twelve when her family moves from New York City to the New Jersey suburbs. Margaret's mother is a Christian and her father is jewish.
In the coming of age story “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates uses symbolism, conflict, and the third person to foreshadow fifteen-year-old Connie’s unfortunate, yet untimely fate. While one may think that the conflict stems from Connie’s promiscuity, it is clear to see her promiscuity is only a result to a much bigger conflict, her mother’s constant nagging and disapproval, alongside the lack of attention from her father. the author paints a vivid picture of what happens when a fifteen-year-old girl such as Connie goes elsewhere to find to find the love, attention, and approval that she lacks at home. All which is vital for her growth and wellbeing as a person.
Judy Blume is one of the most well-known and influential authors of this generation and is most notably known for her children’s and young adult’s fictional books. Young readers all around the world look up to her, and she has become a role model for them as she guides them through the struggles of growing up. The characters in her books are extremely relatable and the situations she portrays are very familiar to readers of all age groups. However, because of the outspokenly frank and candid nature of her writing, Blume has also been subject to criticism. Despite this, Blume has gained success as an author, having sold over 82 million copies of her books and winning more than 90 awards for her contributions to modern literature.
Traditional and Modern Gothic Literature may sound the same, but they have drastic differences. In traditional gothic literature, there are eight key elements which are the setting in a castle, an atmosphere of mystery and suspense, an ancient prophecy, omens, portents, visions, supernatural or inexplicable events, overwrought emotion, women in distress, and lastly, women threatened by a powerful male. Modern Gothic literature has evolved by exploring new settings, themes, and character dynamics, moving away from the typical Gothic, while typical literature stayed the same. A great example of traditional and modern gothic literature is "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe and "Where is Here" by Joyce Carol Oates. Both stories' similarities
Today more than ever, a plethora of information can be accessed with the click of a button. No longer must libraries and newspapers dictate the media one receives; the internet and broadened literary horizons have created a more well-informed and open-minded generation than in previous years. Without help from authors and political movements, however, the rampant censorship that once controlled the viewpoints and lives of average Americans in the past may still be in tact. Directly contributing to this, Judy Blume challenged censorship throughout her career by consistently describing taboo topics such as puberty, hormones, bodily insecurities, and much more in her novels aimed towards adolescents. Before her contributions to the young adult genre, literature written for teenagers did not discuss the issues teens face as bluntly or as realistically.
This rendition of ‘The Prayer” written by David Foster and Carole Bayer Sager was performed live in New York’s Central Park in 2011. With the help of a stringed orchestra, piano and drums as the background music, this duet is being performed in both Italian and English by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion. The Prayer was release on the 1999 Bocelli album ‘Songo’ as well as Dion’s 1998 ‘These Are Special Times’. Featured in the 1999 film Quest for Camelot, The Prayer won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2000.
Jonathan Kozol, born in 1936 in Boston, is mainly famous for his work in the field of writing on the topic of public education. He completed his graduation degree from Harvard University. His work has made him famous in the world of literature as an activist who wants to bring change in the world of education through his writings. He has written many non-fictional books and article on the topic of education and on the lives of poor but his prominent work includes Death at an Early Age, Rachel and her Children, Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation and many others.
