Louie Zamperini was a rebellious and courageous man throughout the years of his life. He was a olympic runner and came in first for fastest time in high school and later went the olympics to race against other cities. He was in a POW camp for 2 years and was beaten by a mean man named Mutsuhiro Watanabe. And Louie Zamperini was born in Olean New York and later moved to Torrance California. Louie Zamperini shows two characteristic traits of rebellious and courageous throughout the book Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken.
The book Witness, by Karen Hesse was a wonderful story about many different characters changing, because in 1924 the Klu Klux Klan known as the KKK, moved into a small town in Vermont. The KKKs are just a very Terrific, and was racist to a lot of people who just hate on many other races. This story surrounds 2 important character; Esther, and Leonora being on the KKK “target or hated list”, however those two weren’t alone. They faced these problems together, and they had each other when needed. A theme that shows up often in the book Witness is racism.
She works her full hours and helped the ship survive the hurricane. Charlotte Doyle has the skills needed to become part of the crew. Charlotte becomes part of the crew in the novel. She is very brave, which is one of the reasons why she becomes part of the crew. The other men tell her that in order to become one of them, she must climb to the top of the Royal
“It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, forgiveness. Forgive everybody” -Maya Angelou(). Louie Zamperini, the main character in the novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, evolves throughout the story and resolves with this idea of forgiveness. Louie faces challenges that range from his stealing tendencies as a young boy to surviving a plane crash during WWII, as well as becoming a POW.When he is rescued Louie isn’t the same man that he was before the war, but he goes through an evolution to become even better than when he started.
Complex Characters in The Other Wes Moore A man reads a newspaper article, in which somebody sharing his name is convicted of a serious crime and is sentenced to life in prison. The convict shares the name, is close in age, and grew up in the same town as the, now very curious, reader. The reader, a man named Wes Moore, is struck by this story, and couldn’t quite shake it off after a few years. He decides to write a book. In Wes Moore’s
Other People’s Words, written by Victoria Purcell-Gates, is a captivating story about an Appalachian family who are poorly educated. Jenny, the mother, is determined to give her child, Donny the best education that he can receive, even though she cannot read. She fights for justice in Donny’s school because he is not learning and the teachers still push him to the next grade level. Purcell-Gates meets a committed Jenny, who offers tutoring to both her and Donny. This tutoring continues for over two years in which both learn basic skills.
The novel, Witness, by Karen Hesse is about humility, which reveals that people will think less of themselves for the better good of others. In the story, Sara Chickering brings Lenora Sutter into her house to get out of the cold. Lenora wore no jacket, boots or hat; all Lenora has on are her worn, old school clothes. Sara Chickering brings Lenora a cup of warm broth, a warm quilt and sits Leonora in her rocking chair. Then Sara Chickering goes to Iris Weaver's restaurant and calls upon constable Johnson and Doc Flitt.
In The Book The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle By Avi, the conflict is Man vs Society. I know this Because Charlotte is having a hard time trusting the crew and captain Jaggery on the boat. Both sides have very different opinions on Charlotte being on the boat and in other ways such as: The fact of when captain Jaggery cut off a crew mate's arm, The crew showing off to Charlotte as she first got on by the captain's order, and Charlotte being safe alone. I know from the back of the book that someone is going to murder another person on the ship, and that the crew thinks that Charlotte committed the murder. However, the crew has good reason to believe so, most of the crew saw her holding a dirk, a small knife that Zachariah gave to her.
Throughout the story, Silence and Lies, the author, Jacqueline Green, connected the characters and plot together. For example, the plot is a stranger is daring multiple teens throughout echo bay to make them feel endangered. Furthermore, this mystery darer has motives for picking Sydney, Emerson, and Tenley. The antagonist of the story, darer, altered the way of the characters.
Charlotte didn 't know what she would need to stay safe from because that Zachariah never described it clearly to her so she didn 't trust him about needing the dirk. Later she even wanted to throw it overboard! If Charlotte had truly known who she should trust, (Zachariah and not Captain Jaggery) it would have saved her a lot of trouble like being seen with the dirk and later being accused of owning the dirk and killing Mr. Hollybrass.
At the cost of knowing when Alex has a vision of his younger brother’s death, Alex embarks on a race against time and death. Alex’s curse and situation at the Cost Of Knowing is his ability to see the future, Black sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus does his best to avoid visions or ignores what he knows. However, when he realizes his younger sibling Isaiah’s approaching death, he is competing against time, death, and circumstances to be there for him. This novel explores the theme of facing your fears as an important part of life.
In the book “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, it’s about a little girl who is pressured by her mother to become something she doesn’t want to be. Jing- mei , the daughter, is forced to become a prodigy(child actress), by her mother, and she doesn’t want to be one. In the story, Jing- meis’ mother uses allusions such as Shirley Temple to push her into becoming a prodigy. Although at first Jing- mei is excited to become a prodigy, she later realizes its something she just doesn’t enjoy doing. Consequently, the uses of allusion in the story help Jing- mei discover to not be a prodigy and that what her mother wants for her is not always important.
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is a novel based on a post apocalyptic world. The Road tells a story of a father and a son who are part of the small number of survivors. We follow the father and the son's journey, on the state road to the south. On their journey the father and son struggle to survive, while also facing some obstacles. Those obstacle include the lack of food, water and shelter.
Cheerleading officially became a sport in July of 2021, but why was it not considered a sport long before that? Like with any other sport, there is a lot of dedication and practice. It is also important to be mentally focused to prevent injuries. Cheer requires one to be flexible, strong, a team worker, a tumbler, and much more. I understand that people may not view cheerleading as a sport, because they see us on the sideline cheering at other sporting events.
In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” demonstrates the personal growth of the dynamic protagonist Louise Mallard, after hearing news of her husband’s death. The third-person narrator telling the story uses deep insight into Mrs. Mallard’s thoughts and emotions as she sorts through her feelings after her sister informs her of her husband’s death. During a Character analysis of Louise Mallard, a reader will understand that the delicate Mrs. Mallard transforms her grief into excitement over her newly discovered freedom that leads to her death. As Mrs. Mallard sorts through her grief she realizes the importance of this freedom and the strength that she will be able to do it alone.
