In the satirical novel, “Dealing with Dragons,” by Patricia C. Wrede, Cimorene is a princess who refuses to accept her social and illustrious stance in society. In general, Cimorene decided to go against traditional princess behavior and wanted independence for herself. Through her adventure she faced wizards, witches, and dragons and ultimately decides to become a dragon’s princess. With her help the dragons find out about the wicked wizards and put a stop to the treacherous dragon, Woraug, in his ambition to be king. However, Cimorene was not justified in ignoring the expected social norms in the Medieval society because her kingdom would have brought her wealth, safety, and power.
In the book “ Johnny Tremain” written by Esther Forbes, the theme pride really stands out in the beginning of the book. In this book, it repeatedly shows pride as a bad thing. Pride is one of the few things in the world that isn’t just good or evil. Pride is only evil if you let it become more important than everything else. This is a quote by C.Lewis “ pride is a spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, contentment, or even common sense,’”
Josie Pharoah Ms. Czajkowski English 9 Due date: 3/12/23 Serpent King's Argumentative Essay In the novel The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner, we are introduced to a character named Lydia. Lydia is displayed as a hardworking and motivated person. But as the novel progresses she proves not to be a good friend to the other characters.
Passage from the Text What it Means/ What the Characters are Feeling Ch. 13: “I can tell Caballo doesn’t like what’s going on. He’s pointing at us and talking with his friends.”
Question One In the novel, Johnny Tremain, by Lois Lowry, the main character, Johnny, was a highly skilled silversmiths apprentice. He was young, handsome, and intelligent, and by proxy has a very large ego. He burned and mutilated his hand at the age of 14 however, and became crippled, as a result of his inflated pride, and lost near everything, but retained his predominant aspects. Arrogance and pride.
Doon Harow from the novel, City Of Ember is not how he seems and is not a hero. The first reason Doon isn't a hero is because he has a bad temper and can get angry very easily. In the City Of Ember, when you are 13, the mayor comes to the class and then you draw a card from a bag containing the job you will have for the rest of your life. While most people either get the job they want or the one they don’t, none of them show disgrace and have a bad temper, until it’s Doons turn. The author stated; “He scowled, crumpled the paper and dashed it to the floor”.
Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch is a story about a girl named Rose Nolan who goes to America from Ireland with her family. Then her mom and sister go back to Ireland after not liking it in America, leaving Rose and her sister Maureen alone. They then both find a job at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and when a fire breaks out, change their lives forever. Gussie evolves from being serious to a savior in a crisis. At the beginning of the book, Gussie is very serious and not fun.
Rafael, The Kid, The Myth, The Legend Have you ever thought to yourself that Middle School would be the most boring and drudging experience of your life because your teachers barely ever give you any freedom, I mean think about it, Middle School is exactly like jail, but in jail, you get a phone call. Throughout this book you will see how Rafael Khatchadorian breaks almost every single rule and goes on perilous adventures with his best friend Leo. As you read this book you will be put into Rafael 's prodigious imagination, and experience what it 's like to have slight problems with the authority, and unfortunately, these things collide big time when he enters into middle school where students have to pay attention to the rules and never get caught doing substandard things. With help from his best friend/brother Leo, the mischievous kid concocts schemes to drive his tyrannical principle absolutely insane, while also using his glamour and charm to impress the love of his life, Jeanne and fight back the bullies. Therefore stating that this book shows that life is filled with all kinds of choices.
When you read this book didn't you realize how much Cole had changed well so did I. In the beginning of the book Cole beat up Peter Driscol, and he didn't even regret it. For example “He didn’t regret hurting Peter. He would get revenge, especially against those who had wanted him in jail.” Page 45.
"So are you currently making a medicine or a poison?!!" said Trey, his voice rising, apparently under the impression that Aldo had meant to say that the doctor was a killer and the poison maker could be equated with the doctor. Aldo didn’t intend to discuss the issue further; instead he told the story of how he won in a romp with the school caretaker and his dog after he was caught making potions in the school lab. "Aldo, what if we all are poisoned as you continue to use our egg beater," said Mum every time she saw Aldo put the egg beater back to rack. Hence now was the right time for Aldo to use egg beater without having to hear his mother nagging.
Although we use it everyday, technology can be a complex and misunderstood topic. In the science fiction book Warcross by Marie Lu Emika is a struggling bounty hunter, but when she hacks into one of the biggest games in the world, Warcross, she ends up getting hired to track down a hacker by the games creator, and is added to one of the games professional teams. Throughout the novel the theme of things aren’t always as they seem especially when it has to do with technology is represented in the dark world, Emika’s hacking, and in peoples unknowing connections through the internet. The author uses the dark world to develop the theme that things are not always as they seem especially when it has to do with technology by showing the reader that there is a whole entire world hidden below
Shahana is living in a time of war, living with the constant fear of being killed living in the shadow of the line of control where Pakistani and Indian soldiers lurk. In such times Shahana is forced to be courageous to get through these tough times. Throughout the book we can sees pieces evidence of Shahana being courageous. Near the start of the book on page Kashmir is war-torn as they are fighting for land and they often kill people in the process because of a broken cease-fire. This makes life in Kashmir hard because medicine or food supplies as shown on page 12 "Trucks cannot easily get through, and the one that did charged me danger money "usually the trucks are over the LoC often they never arrive because it, she takes courage by
The memoir "All but My Life", tells of Gerda’s life story as she suffered under Nazi rule. It brings a perspective of the horrors the victims of the Holocaust went through and teaches an important lesson. The theme of the work tells how sustaining hope is crucial to survival and is shown when Gerda believed her life would never change in the beginning, when she found hope from her family in the middle, and how she survived through hope online when she had nothing left during the death march. Hope is one of the main reasons Gerda survived, and the evidence is shown throughout the story. Gerda already showed her aspirations and beliefs at the beginning of the story.
Alternative Essay on The Devil and Tom Walker In the short story of The Devil and Tom Walker written by Washington Irving, religion played some parts throughout the story but didn’t have a very huge impact on the protagonist, Tom himself. Tom’s character only turned to religion near the end of the story to ask for help from God in reverse for what he has done to the innocent people of Boston. In other terms, Tom turned to religion for his personal benefits rather than his inner relationship with God, which in the end didn’t go so well in his favor.
Throughout the story, Sethe’s regret is seen at many different levels, but towards the end Paul D. examines how Sethe’s guilt and depression have consumed her. Paul D. notices that Sethe has not bathed telling her, “‘you don’t smell right’” and soon realizes that she has stopped trying to survive (Morrison 272). When the story is told from Sethe’s point of view it is quite easy for the reader to understand and empathize with Sethe’s emotions. However, Morrison changes the point of view to show the reader how harboring some emotions for too long can be detrimental to a person’s mental health. Paul D. witnesses how Sethe’s emotions have completely taken control of her life and desperately tries to make Sethe realize her self-worth.
