I read the heart-warming book One For The Murphy's by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. This is a realistic fiction novel. Carley, the main character, is introduced when she is going through some rough times. Her family is falling apart and she just got released from the hospital. The previous night Carley was nearly killed when her stepfather started to abuse her.
Although the book starts boring
The book, “Ellen Foster” is a novel by Kaye Gibbons. Kaye Gibbons is an American novelist who is known as an award winning author. The book, “Ellen Foster” was Gibbons first novel, it was semi-autobiographical. Her poor and troubled childhood inspired and helped her to create this novel, because Gibbons life was a lot like Ellens. Her mother committed suicide when she was 10, and her father was an alcoholic and he died 3 years after her mother.
Beginning with the first chapter it stresses how the author
It can feel a little like readers are left in the dark, the characters know more than you do. The role of the reader is really just a fly on the wall, observing the discussion of topics that are not given enough context to understand in full. This burning curiosity and naivety experienced by the reader are shared by another character in the book, one who could very well represent these feelings, Riri. Story is not finished when
The novel I’ve read was called April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton. This book was based on other peoples experiences of being Indigenous or being in the foster care system. When Beatrice wrote this book it felt extremely realistic from the bits that were violent. The author of this book is really idealistic about how she set up her ideas in a certain way. The main characters of this novel are, April and Cheryl Raintree.
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.
Some books are just slow-moving. Once you pick them up and begin the first chapter, you find your mind wandering elsewhere, and soon realize you have to re-read the page all over again. This was originally my own problem when reading Ethan Frome. To the book’s credit, I found it exponentially more enjoyable by the halfway point. However, any excitement to read the book was hindered by its dull title and cover design.
Practically everyone read one or two books, and then there was the occasional student who 'd managed to thumb through five or six. I was one of the last to be called on. “Kayla?” Mrs. Fisher said, prepared to tack on a book or two more. “Twenty-seven,” I’d said, and smoothed out my filled-up reading log.
I often found it easy to care for the characters of the book as if I knew them. The book often draws the reader in, making
When I have a book I enjoy, I’m partly in the book. I’m not just observing
Observing each character, the book draws attention to the inner dialogue and struggles they
Ellen knows that she is not going to live with her abusive father forever, she believes that she will find a loving family that will take her in and a place to call home. When Ellen goes to Church she notices a foster mother with many children. “I went to church and figured that the woman with all the girls lined up by her had to be the new mama for me and then I looked up and thanked the lord for sending me that dress. I said I look like I am worth something today and she will notice the dress first and then me inside it and say to herself I sure would like to have a girl like her”.
The lack of structure captivates readers attention. More so, not knowing what the turning page will consist of, gauges readers to continue
Jeremy Zucker Mrs. Riordan AP Lit 6 February 2022 Liberty, Freedom, (and a whisper): English Mechanics in “Boy Breaking Glass” In Gwendolyn Brooks’ “Boy Breaking Glass”, language holds a significant power to the overall work. Brooks uses several literary devices to bring something forth of great creative measure in all of her poems These choices were all intentional and led to her getting lots of attention for her works. This specific work incorporates all of these aspects to create something that is enticing to read and forces creative thinking. Throughout “Boy Breaking Glass”, punctuation, syntax, and allusions are all important details that create an entertaining and engaging work.
