In the novel, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie is tortured by being dehumanized and isolated while being a POW. Throughout the book, Louie is being treated poorly by his captors, but resisted giving up. One example is in chapter 17, Louie was being transported to a camp and is put on the ground. The text states, “Louie said something to Phil and immediately felt a boot kick into him...” (page 181).
During World War II, a period of complete violence and outbreak between nations, there are many heroes that have endured through harsh brutalities. In Laura Hillenbrand’s monumental book Unbroken, she writes about the real life story of Louie Zamperini. As a young child, Louie was very mischievous and dangerous.” Hillenbrand states,” He hit one kid so hard that he broke his nose. He upended another boy and stuffed paper towels in his mouth… Louie beat one kid so badly, leaving him unconscious in a ditch, that he was afraid he’s killed him (pg 10).”
The book The Red brick Road was written by Molly Grace Kantz. Molly is currently a sixth grader in Mrs. Smith's english class. She is involved in many sports and loves to do well academically. She also loves to spend time with kids and loves to babysit. Molly is a student at Martha Brown Middle School.
Kelly Lytle Hernandez, Professor for the Chicano Studies Research Center at the University of California, tells the history of the United States Border Patrol from the early 1920 in her book “Migra! A History of The U.S. Border Patrol”. The book details the growing tensions between Mexico and U.S. following the rapid expansion of agribusiness. It features numerous policies that the U.S. tried to enforce in hopes of handling the anti-immigrant and anti-migrant population within the country. Hernandez delivers a detailed analysis of how immigration restrictions impacted the people that lived throughout the southwest.
In the article, “Against Antiheroes”, Laura Bennett demonstrates the characterizations of an antihero, while providing information that allows the antihero to be depicted as prevalent. An antihero is defined as a person that does not possess heroic attributes, and may be seen as selfish, corrupt, or sullen. Antiheroes usually tend to acquire the sympathy of another individual, causing them to become relatable, as seen as Bennett writes, “‘Antihero’ implies that a character encourages a conflicted sympathy; Walt forfeited our sympathy long ago” (472). Bennett’s characterization of an antihero demonstrates a sense of an internal struggle on behalf of the audience and the hero. An antihero may appear to be haunted by a tragic past, encounters
I read Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, which gave me a new perspective regarding World War II. Unbroken was written from a soldier’s point of view, which inspired the reader and caused empathy towards the soldiers who were the victims of war. Silvie Zamperini or “Louie” grew up running from trouble and home. With help from his older brother Pete, Louie stops running from the law and starts running from his opponents as he develops his skills in track and field. Louie is no longer viewed as a criminal but a fast athlete with a bright future.
In “Cinder” by Marissa Meyer, a teenage cyborg girl, Cinder faces many challenges. In her world, Cinder is considered different from everyone else because she was a cyborg, and she is constantly mistreated because of it. Even Cinder herself hates her 36.28 percent non-human parts. “ [Cinder] had no rights, no belongings.
“From the Dark Tower” by Countee Cullen covers a lot of information in the fourteen lines that it has. All that information, however, revolves around the singular theme of past (and still somewhat current) racism in America. The purpose of this poem seems to be to describe the African-Americans’ struggles at the time, and to generally emphasize what African Americans generally had to go through at the time. Now, this poem has a substantial amount of symbolism and other figurative language laced within the few words it is composed of, that, once you know the history behind the poem, can be interpreted and understood with ease, and the aforementioned purpose of the poem can then be fulfilled. As previously mentioned, Cullen uses a lot
So the stepmom thinks that cinder brought home the plague some how so she sends cinder to be tested on for the
In the book Renegades by Marissa Meyer, many things happen throughout the book that many will find interesting. This story follows two main characters, Adrian Everhart and Nova Artino/Mclain. In this world, there are these people who are prodigies with superpowers that they either inherit or are born with. There is also a Council that is made of the best superheroes or Renegades, all around the city that this book takes place in and the son of the top two Council members is Adrian Everhart with their leadership skills and the ability to make whatever he draws come to life. There are also villains in this world of heroes called the Anarchists and within these villains is the niece of the formerly ruler of Gatlon City during the Age of Anarchy.
This fantasy book, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, is a story about Kali D’Angelo who hunts unworldly creatures such as demons, hellhounds, and other creatures every other 24 hours. In the book, Skylar was definitely a minor character who had major effects on Kali and the decisions she makes. At the beginning of the story, Kali was lonely and did not care to have many friends at school. She did not bother to have friends because she thought they might not understand her killing demons. This kept her distant from others until Skylar came along.
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman As a science fiction book, Thunderhead takes place approximately a year after the plot of Scythe. The title of the book originates from the Thunderhead, an AI that holds all the information known to humankind and aids every human in the world except for Scythes, people who must kill, or glean, to prevent the population from growing too large. Because of the multiple characters, the perspective often changes, meaning that the book takes place in multiple areas such as North Merica and Endura. The book revolves around Rowan, also called, Scythe Lucifer, and Citra, now called Scythe Anastasia, and their lifestyles.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer is not your average fairy tale. In this twist on the classic story, Cinderella is Linh Cinder, a cyborg and the best mechanic in New Beijing. Set in a futuristic society where the moon has been colonized, Cinder takes place in New Beijing, capital of the Eastern Commonwealth. Cyborgs are considered second-class citizens in New Beijing, and Cinder in particular is considered to be the property of her step-mother. The only person in her family who doesn’t hate her is her younger stepsister, Peony.
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen The book Girl interrupted is a humorous nonfiction Autobiographical book about the author Susanna Kaysen experience in side a mental intuition with others in which she encountered. The story takes place in 1967 Massachusetts inside McLean Hospital. Kaysen, who voluntarily enters a mental institution after visiting her psychiatrist and discovers she is having a problem and offers her a place to “rest”. She plans on staying just a few weeks but ends up stay a total of 18 months were she meets many of other mental ill patients and is later diagnosis with Borderline Personality Disorder.
River Panish SPCM 200 Lydia Kauffman April 18, 2016 Policy Speech Outline INTRO: Imagine losing a loved-one to a preventable alcohol related crash. Hard to even think about, right? Drunk driving is a plague to our nation that causes many accidents every year. This problem can be stopped, or at least drawn back to a point where roads would be safe to travel again.
