The Franks decided to go into hiding behind Otto 's business, but were eventually found by the Gestapo. (the Gestapo was
The Hubermanns are also hiding a Jewish man, Max, from Hitler and his devious Nazi regime. Hitler wants to kill off all the Jews, and create one supreme Aryan race. Throughout the course of the book, all of these characters have something to do with who lives or who dies, depending on the words they use. The power of words is so strong that they can save or destroy someone or something physically or emotionally. Max is saved by a collection of words by the book Mein Kampf when he is riding the train to the Hubermanns to try to get to safety from the wrath of the Naxi regime.
On July 1st 1863, the Confederate army butted heads with the Union army in one of the most horrific battles of the American Civil War. The book The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara explained the disaster that was called the Battle of Gettysburg. This historical fiction novel took place at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and occurred from July 1st to July 3rd in 1863. The novel discussed how the actions of General Robert E. Lee, General James Longstreet, Colonel Chamberlain and many more men affected the course of events throughout those three long and hot summer days. Michael Shaara truly captured the pressure and stress that follows along with being in charge.
While reading the 5 fiction short stories there became a common pattern between 3 stories and the characters in them. These stories are “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence, “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen, and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”. Every character has the mindset to possibly fulfill their goals to better and/or change their lives. “The Rocking Horse Winner” is about a boy named Paul who wants to win his mother’s love and attention. By giving her the life she always wanted.
If we were able to make our children smarter, better looking, or more athletic, should we? Amy Sterling Casil had that exact scenario in mind when she wrote her short story, Perfect Stranger in 2006. Written in the first-person narrative that takes place in the distant future, Casil weaves a terrifying story of genetic alteration to “fix” our children’s flaws. What harm can it cause if gene therapy is performed as an elective procedure rather than medical necessity? Gary and Carolyn, expecting parents, find out their little boy will need gene therapy while still in the womb if they hope to spare him from a fatal heart condition.
“Shells” By Cynthia Rylant is a realistic story about a boy who lost his parents and has to live with his Aunt Esther even though they both argue. In the beginning, Esther let's Michael move in with her. Soon, Michael adopts a hermit crab that Esther doesn't like. This story shows that Esther didn't have lots of patience when Michael was in the grieving process so they didn’t get along.
“Shells” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic short story about a kid that has lost his parents, and had to move to his aunt's house that he doesn't know. He's very worried because he doesn’t want to live with a person that he doesn't know. But when he moves in, he see’s that she gives him his own space and doesn’t bother him. He say’s to himself this might not be as bad as I thought it would be. But after a while he got more bored and not having fun.
Under American military occupation, the American government sought to demilitarize and reform its militaristic government. The American occupation was premised on the notion that the democratization of the defeated nation in a way like the American constitution is the best bet in making the world forever safe from renewed Japanese aggression. The Japanese were tasked with drafting a constitution on their own, but the American occupier found their version to be not sufficiently progressive. Thus, the modern Japanese constitution was written by American staff and presented to the Japanese government for enactment. They had no choice but to carry out the order of its occupier.
Crew’s possession of his family members in An Echo in the Bone provides a uniquely difficult set of circumstances in discerning who is who; Jacko and Sonson’s ability to both occupy their father’s position at different parts of the play blurs the line between all three characters, yet Scott makes sure to allow space for their discernment throughout the text. One of the ways in which Scott explicitly differentiates between these characters while still allowing them room for individuality is through the use of props—namely, Crew’s clothing. Near the start of the play, “SONSON moves away. Strips his shirt off. Puts the dead man’s clothes on deliberately” (Scott 86).
Three of the most important aspects of any story are the point of view, characterization and plot. In the short stories “Geraldine Moore the Poet,” “The Story-Teller,” and “Enemy Territory” this statement proves to be true. With a good analysis, all of these things can be found in the stories. Additionally, the point of view, characterization and plot can relate to the theme. The point of view needs to be scrutinized throughout the whole story.
The novel Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is about a girl named Melinda, who shows signs of depression throughout the story. She has no friends and is hated by people she doesn’t even know. This is because she called the cops at a party, where she was raped. Anderson includes literary elements to show how Melinda is depressed. Throughout the novel, she uses many different literary elements to show Melinda’s conflict.
“The Fog Horn” “The Fog Horn” written by Ray Bradbury was a rather interesting short story. It was centered around the idea of an old monster losing hope in finding his species or family once again. This story was very pleasant to read because Bradbury kept the reader, whom was myself, interested and engaged in the story. I found this particular story very interesting and engaging because it had such a mystical, and dark tone to it. I feel as though these two tones put together well is how Bradbury successfully draws the interest of his audience.
“Shells” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic short story about a teenage boy who learns to live with his prejudiced aunt and the fact that his parents are deceased. In the beginning, Michael moves in with his aunt and they don’t have a connection. He hates living there and she doesn’t make it any easier. Soon, Michael buys a crab and Aunt Esther lets him keep it. She starts communicating with him more
In the short stories, “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “Wildwood” by Junot Diaz, there are a similar type of theme and main character. Both short stories utilize a theme of freedom and a main character that goes along with the theme. The main character is one that is “held back” and wants to have freedom, but there is an antagonist that is preventing that from happening. However, towards the end of the story, there is a plot twist and change in the mindset of the main character. Both stories end very differently, but with the same sort of idea.
The increasing of China’s food safety Recently, more and more people are claiming that they started to lose the faith in the food quality in China. However, I still held the different opinion from them: despite the alarming media regarding food safety that could cause people to disbelieve government, the quality of Chinese food supplies is actually increasing since the proportion of food that follow the food regulation is increasing. The reasons for me to belief that China’s food quality is actually improving in these years because that the proportion of food that follow the food regulation are increasing. The governments are also taking the current situation of the food safety seriously and more and more citizens start to show concern about food safety. What is more, there still have some special effect of improvement to the food safety in China which is offering the changing in the point of view of other country to China.
