At the outbreak of World War I, Lucy Paignton-Fox enlists in the Australian Army Nursing Service and leaves her family’s cattle station in the Northern Territory to join the war effort. During the Gallipoli campaign she serves in hospitals in Egypt, but when the Anzacs are posted to France she moves with them. A talented and spirited nurse, with dreams of one day becoming a doctor, Lucy finds more opportunities than she ever imagined: working alongside doctors and surgeons, sharing the soldiers’ dangers, helping them through their pain, and making lifelong friends. But with war comes suffering.
In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Miss Caroline is treated poorly because some of her students think she is picking on a kid that comes from a poor family. It is the first day of first grade for Scout and Miss Caroline is her teacher. Miss Caroline's students do not realize that she is not trying to pick on a student named Walter when she tries to be nice by paying for his lunch but does not know that he would have to pay the money back. “You’re shamin’ him, Miss Caroline. Walter hasn’t got a quarter at home to bring you”.(Lee 28)
The book unbroken is about a man named louie zamperini. It talks about the horrors he faced during and after the war such as ptsd, torture, starvation and meny more. In this essay i will talk about the 3 most important traits that led to him forgive his former captors. As well as the one who tortured him the most during his time being a POW and and in his nightmares. The 3 most important traits that led him to forgive them were bravery, determination, and his motivation.
Grief is the process of reacting to a loss. It can be reacted physically by death, socially, divorce or occupational. In this case, grief is presented in the novel Brother, which is narrated by Micheal based on how him and his mother grieved over the sudden death of his Brother Francis who was snot ten years old at the age of 19 . In Brother, David Chariandy showed anger, losing touch with reality, and loneliness as the main effects of grief First, disconnection to reality can lead to anger, another symptom of grief.
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.
Character Essay Quote: “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it”. Margaret Thatcher (first female British prime minister, 1925-2013) In order to win any fight, battle or war, it may have to be fought more than once. It may even have to be fought more than two, three or four times.
heard a metallic click, and I froze.”” (Butler,36) Dana also shows the same feelings in her second visit as well. While she’s hiding in the bushes, she experienced the white men whipped a black man. As she quotes, The white men, “hustled the man to a tree so close to me that I lay flat on the ground, stiff with fear. With just a little bad luck, one of the whites could spot me, or, in the darkness, fail to spot me and to step on me.
In the book Wild by Cheryl Strayed, the author portrays the main character (Cheryl Strayed) as someone who undergoes significant changes and exhibits varying traits throughout the text. The story unfolds with the main character facing numerous challenges and personal issues, leading to severe depression and impulsive decisions that ultimately shape her journey. As the story progresses, the author delves into Cheryl's fierce experiences, illustrating the profound impact of her impulsive decisions and the subsequent challenges she must confront. Furthermore, one crucial moment that contributes to these traits occurs after the unexpected death of Cheryl's mother.
Imagine if a character from your book appeared in front of your eyes. They acted just like you in every way. What would you do if this happened? A book named “Squashed” has many characters that represent many different traits. Mostly some sad and happy traits are used in this book.
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.
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me The panels on page 99 is a very important page with very important panels based on the theme of a toxic relationship. Although this page doesn’t seem much it tells us the attachment problems within a toxic relationship. Freddy’s line “All I can think is, please let it be true. Please let this be…”
True friendship are like diamonds, precious and rare. False friends are like leaves, found everywhere. This mean like the friends are something Variable what do you take care. The quote connect with the short story “funeral” because the friends who care for you like diamonds will never forget you. The theme of the funeral by Ralph
Both stories, Frankenstein and Rebellious Robots have a few similarities and some differences. Rebellious Robots is the story of Frankenstein but it was written in modern day. Frankenstein is about a guy who thinks the monster he created is in his room, but there ends up being nothing there. Rebellious Robots is about a guy who created a machine that does his chores and it backfires. The author put a spin on Frankenstein and created Rebellious Robots by using new characters and a different point of view.
In Garner County, the grace year is a way for men to break young women and rid them of their supposed magic. The Grace Year, written by Kim Liggett, is a twisted dystopian novel about a society that is dominated by men. Every sixteen year old girl is forced to go to an encampment and burn through their womanly magic that is believed to lure men from their beds and drive them crazy. The girls that return from their grace year are emaciated with mangled bodies and limbs. When the main character, Tierney, a rebellious 16 year old girl prepares for her grace year, she is given a veil by her best friend Michael.
In the book, Breakthrough, by Joyce Smith, the main protagonist, Joyce Smith is a very loyal character. The book starts when John, the main character, goes to a sleepover with his friends from his basketball team. When they woke up John saw Lake St. Louis is frozen and decides to go outside and walk on it. Shortly after, he and his friends broke through the ice and fell in. Luckily they got ahold of the ice and climbed out, except John was nowhere to be found, all of them started panicking and called 911.
