Lee expertly weaves the chronological tale of Almarine Cantrell’s life, death, and subsequent family lineage through a variety of distinctly crafted personalities, all adding to the narrative through their unique perspectives. While Almarine’s romantic hardships and resulting offspring are at the heart of the novel, Oral History also explores Appalachian life through a myriad of lenses, preconceived notions, actualities, and the exploration of traditions and daily life. Smith offers a rich and complex study of an often forgotten about southern geographical region and population. The narrative rarely drags, drawing the reader into an exciting tale of Appalachia that includes folklore, storytelling, a strong sense of the past, and a continuation into the present that attempts to reconcile what was with what the mountain region has become (Eckard
Hers is a story of the triumph of faith and hope over the most unimaginable
Meghan Cox Gurdon claims in “Darkness Too Visible” that fiction for teens these days expose a high level of violence, abuse and obscenity that disturbs teenagers, causing them to learn or adopt these behaviors. The author starts of by presenting a mother’s perspective of such themes in the young-adult section of a bookstore and how there was nothing she could image giving her daughter, because of the topics these revealed. Her argument is developed by using examples of different books that have a large amount of violent content. For example, one of the books she mentions is “Rage” which uncovers the depressed life of a teenager that self harms secretly. With this said, Gurdon at the end establishes the fact that some adolescents do not read
The author meets the two old women who he comes to realize are headed to the cabin that he had just destroyed as it was built by their father for berry picking. He senses that the women have a deep connection with the wilderness and he begins to question his earlier understanding of nature and civilization. After talking with the women for some time, they forgive him for destroying their shelter without saying as much and he becomes more knowledgeable about the connection between all things by watching the women and talking to
The events that occur on the trip make the narrator come to a realization that
Her book describes the hardship and struggle she faced growing up in Little Rock and what it was like to be hurt and abused all throughout high school.
In addition, the authors walk through the process of how they came to find the story of Adina, how it was processed and accurately turned into a novel, and what difficulties can arise from documenting history correctly. If one was not living in the late 1800’s as an important business man, it was unlikely that their story would ever be shared. People without meaning had a hard time having a voice. In history, only a handful of historical events were ever recorded.
I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In Chapters 10-15 Jem and Scout learn new things that they didn’t know about their father. Their Aunt Alexandra comes to live with them. Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra are both great mother figures to Jem and Scout. In this journal, I will be characterizing and evaluating.
The author uses a lot of emotional yet comical appeals. Take for example the story where Amy’s mother had her on the phone with a stock broker, telling him off because she spoke better English then her mother (Tan 624). This story is comical
A. In this passage, Miss Sadie talks about death to Abilene as she is working in Miss Sadie's garden at Miss Sadie's Divining Parlor. They are speaking because Abilene wants to know more about her dad and she is working in Miss Sadie's garden. B. People realize more things when somebody dies. It brings back old memories.
“Cassie’s story is not only mine and Brad’s. It is yours, and what you do with it will now give it meaning” (Bernall 101). “Cassie’s story” is of a teenage girl who lost her life in a school shooting, along with many others. However, Cassie’s death was especially prominent as she stood up for her beliefs as a Christian when they were challenged just before being shot. Author Misty Bernall, mother of Cassie, shares the story of her daughter’s life and death throughout the memoir.
She stood on their porch and imagined what it must have been like to be Boo, watching her and Jem playing, and growing up. She imagines him seeing “his kids” in danger, and goes to rescue them from Mr. Ewell. She sees how much Boo cares for
This explains the reader the complete development of Scout. Towards the end of the book she expresses her feelings like an adult, broadening the narration explaining the readers in a more descriptive manner. In the end of the book Scout is fully developed explaining the critical parts, making the reader think about them more carefully and in many possible and sensible
One thing I could plainly tell you, it is the story that would put stars and wonder in your eyes. When the Moon Was Ours follows the inseparable friendship of Miel and Sam. They’re so much part of each other, part mystery,
You can feel the strong messages that Lois Lowry wanted to tell us of helping each other out and keeping your will and goal straight in your mind. It is a distinctive and exhilarating story with a unique setting and characters where you can still find connections and your own interpretations. Despite the stagnancy and predictability in some parts, the story itself is fairly enjoyable considering the interesting plot and the connection between the author’s life. The many themes; adventure, love, bravery, compassion and many more fascinate readers and is a highly recommendable book especially for those who have read the previous books in the
