Billie Jo struggle with a lot of things but her biggest struggle is getting away from the dust. Billie Jo friend Livie Killian is leaving Oklahoma and going to California. Billie Jo says, “And I’m wondering what kind of friend I am, wanting my feet on that road to another place, instead of Livie’s” (9). Billie Jo is feeling guilty because she wishes it was her leaving instead of Livie. Billie Jo, runs away and gets on a train to leave the dust of Oklahoma behind.
Alabama Moon is about a boy named Moon Blake (dubbed Alabama Moon by the general public), a recently orphaned boy. For his whole life, he and his father have lived together in the forest, away from the government. Now he's ten years old, with only what his father taught him and told him to do: 1. How to survive in the wilderness without having to rely on others, 2. Run away from the law (for him, the other way of saying “government”), 3.
“But what are you really?”. This is the type of question that Isabella, the main character in Sharon M. Draper’s Blended gets asked everyday, but recently she’s been wondering it too. In Sharon M. Draper's Blended, Isabella constantly struggles with her own identity. Her switching lives every week doesn’t help. With a white mom and a black dad who are divorced, Isabella feels constantly torn, not sure whose side to take.
How Did Salva Survive The War? Did you know that over 20,000 people- mostly kids from the age of 5-10, fled from their hometowns in Sudan in order to go to Ethiopia and Kenya? A Long Walk to Water is about an 11 year old boy, named Salva, who lived in Sudan, until the civil war broke out. He traveled for hundreds of miles on foot.
“That’s right, I am a witch,” Katelyn boasted proudly. “And, it’s true… I had spent a lot of time with Lyanna Barrett before she passed away.” “Well, then it’s understandable of why your knowledge of Abellona Abbott and what happened to her is so wrong—giving the fact that you got your information from Lyanna Barrett. You should also probably be worried that you’re most likely on Abellona’s shit list for having befriended her.
In order to fully understand the story it must be evaluated to show what lesson is to be learned from the reading. The story has an epiphany implemented into the writing which gives a new realization in the importance of this part. A major evaluation to this short story is to fully understand the main characters in it. One significant character in this story is Louise.
Cinder Book Analysis Many people hide the truth, or just lie to get out of a situation. This may provide pleasure for a small amount of time, but the truth could be revealed. In Cinder by Marissa Meyers, Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper, and society, the lesson that concealing information, which is thought to hide unfavorable characteristics, can cause detrimental circumstances is learned by Cinder and Rose, and is shown in society. Sixteen-year-old Cinder is a cyborg and an exceptional mechanic.
Characters: (Select 3 Characters- Please do not use ANY quotations in this section) Write a profile applying insight for 3 major characters in the work. For each character, review the text and consider the following information on characterization: How is the character directly described (physically, mentally, emotionally)? What does the character say or do that shows the reader the character’s role in the story? How do other characters react to this character and why is it significant to the story?
This sets the sitting for the story, and she also mentions the characters to begin it: “They were a couple.” She continues to describe the couple. The use of alliteration, “self-satisfied face,” highlights his personality a bit. Someone with that kind of appearance can be seen as cocky or confident. She states, “the woman was fadingly
“It’s not normal. It’s not normal to feel like this.” These words will never leave the mind of Madison Holleran’s sister. Because just a few weeks after Madison uttered them over Christmas break 2013, she leapt off a nine-story garage deck in Philadelphia, killing herself. Holleran, a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, had gone from a superstar high school athlete and academic at her Pennsylvania high school to running track at Penn, an Ivy League school.
The Cruelties of Silence Have you ever seen someone sitting alone in the school cafeteria during lunch, and wonder why that person was alone? Were they waiting for their friends? Were they new? Were they studying? None of these explanations were why Melinda, the main character of the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson was sitting alone during lunch.
The central idea of the novel is self-sufficiency in shaping what is wanted in life, which is developed by key components throughout the novel. Jeanette’s relationships among her family member are intertwined with the events that occur throughout her life and the attitudes she presents to her family in times of hardship, fleshing out the central idea.
Elizabeth Lee Dr. William Sewell English 201 3 May 2016 Varsity Blues Movie Analysis Varsity Blues is set at a high school in a small town in Texas. This movie tells a story about 5 football players, their coach and their hometown, which idolizes them. The theme I get from Varsity Blues is about goals and heroes.
Cathy Ames has been criticized because she is completely evil. It has expressed throughout the novel that Cathy is inhuman. She has no emotion, no feelings, and no good in her. Many state that she is a symbol for Satan or a witch, who is pawn of Satan. People go so far in declaring that she is one of these evil spirits because even from birth she was filled with extreme evil and darkness, lacking characteristic that make up a human.
Her take on the antagonist is a complex mixture of agreement and disapproval. The reader almost wants to feel sorry for him, which is one reason why this work is controversial. In an eye opening