Chains, a novel written by Laurie Halse Anderson follows a young enslaved girl named Isabel at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Isabel is sold to Elihu and Ann Lockton, along with her five year old sister Ruth, after her original owner dies. The girls are shipped to the house and Ann Lockton, who demands to be called Madam Lockton, is terrible to them. She beats the girls and constantly yells at them. After this, Madam Lockton sells Ruth, making Isabel mad.
There are people in society that are not what they seem. In the science fiction novel, Wildcard, by Marie Lu, a young teenage hacker, Emika Chen, is brought into a quite large predicament. Emika has the algorithm to worry about. But now she finds the truth about her new ¨co-workers” and is stuck. She doesn't know who to trust.
Dave Schultz, 1984, wrestling Olympic gold, two years later, dead, right outside his car. FoxCatcher, is a non-fiction novel, which takes place in the 1980s. The book, is written by Mark Schultz, and David Thomas. The author, and the brother of who the book is about, teamed up to produce a novel, and a later film of the chaos that lead up to Dave’s death.
The First Stone You can’t make everyone happy. Sometimes the decision of the judges only satisfy some people. In the novel The First Stone, by Don Aker, a young teen by the name Chad “Reef” Kennedy finds himself in a tough situation and his sentencing is being in rehab and doing community service. Reef is responsible for putting Leeza a young girl, in the hospital because of his actions. Since he is in rehab, many people wished he went to jail.
By looking deeper into the advertising companies, Turow says that a “different picture emerges” (228). Every one of the millions of people who use the internet every day are being targeted by companies; the reader and even Turow included. Turow even references the long term effects that these profilings could have on “our children and grandchildren,” which gives the reader a personal way to connect to the article
Accept Taking sips of waking up. Warmth cupped in my hands. The maroon mug my mother gave me on a day when I didn’t want to be me. It was any day. Any year.
At the beginning of the novel, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon’s life dramatically changed. The teenager was arrested and charged with the murder of a Harlem drugstore owner. Although Steve was presumably not the actual killer, his role as a supposed "lookout" for the gang that committed the crime ultimately landed him in prison. With regards to this, past events can have a major effect on the present values or attitudes of a character. Moreover, Steve’s past experience has contributed to the novel’s themes-
Tanner peters 3/3/23 Period 1 mr. parsloe Literary essay Restart In the story, Restart by Gordon Korman The alpha male beast at Hiawassee Middle School goes by the name of Chase Ambrose. He's callous, mean, self-centered and his reputation precedes him as he walks down the halls. No one leaning over a water fountain is safe from a possible stitch or two from the local doctor.
A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government is a novel surrounding government myths. This novel is written by Garry Wills. From militias to sovereign states, many things that we as a society believe about our history is what he proves wrong, in this book. He brings light to the myths we all believe revealing what truthfully had happened. Garry Wills not only attacks myths that we have made but also different views we have.
The book Zeitoun by Dave Eggers is not a completely accurate depiction of what happened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The book is an example of propaganda aimed at influencing the reader into viewing the government and police in America as ineffective and ignorant. In Zeitoun, Eggers characterizes all the police and National Guard members in New Orleans after Katrina as very abusive and ignorant. When Zeitoun is arrested the police take his and his friends belongings to examine them.
" The Clique," by Lisi Harrison is based on the life of 4 very wealthy girls and a girl that comes to live in their neighborhood, Claire. Claire is not as wealthy as all the other girls, Massie, Kristen, Dylan and Alicia. Massie 's parent own a guest home and that is where the new girl Claire moves in with her family. In the book Claire tries so hard to be a part of Massie 's clique, but the girls do not really like her.
The last dystopian peace of either tells us we are watched from all over by the government and the everyday person. The Circle written by Dave Eggers tells us in the modern-day of all of the scary possibilities that are on its way to becoming reality. Everybody in the book has one account for everything so nobody can forget their password and username, “TruYou changes the internet... Why would any non-pron cite want anonymous users when they could know exactly who had come through the door” (Eggers 22). The one account for everybody is the same as Google.
At the very beginning of the novel, Palahniuk gives hints about his characters, Tyler, the narrator and then Marla, knowing that Tyler is the hidden face of the narrator's character, the narrator starts by "Tyler's pushing a gun in my mouth and saying, the first step to eternal life is you have to die" (Palahniuk 1). The narrator treats himself as a shadow of the character he makes up to overcome his problems as he states "I know this because Tyler knows this" (Palahniuk 3) in an application of "things you used to own now own you" (Palahniuk 29). Tyler controls over the narrator's mind completely, removes his character and changes his way of thinking as " you always kill the one you love, well, it works both sides" (Palahniuk 4) Tyler kills
People hide and refuse to accept their deepest secrets and desires. But what happens when it is time to face the truth? “The Vine” by Robert Herrick is about the narrator’s secret desire to rape a young virgin girl. In the poem about the narrator’s wet dream, Herrick uses phallic imagery to express this secret idea to the unsuspecting reader. The poem also includes the idea of repressed dreams to explain his undesirable desires.
David Eggers’ The Circle, tells an Orwellian tale of technology leading society to a point of complete transparency, and ultimately, a dystopia. The book is similar to the likes of 1984, focusing on the balance between transparency and privacy, and the role emerging technologies plays. With live streaming and the rise of artificial technology, along with revelations of NSA surveillance, such topics are pertinent in our society. The technology and ideas of 1984, however, are outdated, impeding the message of the novel. Eggers’ use of modern, feasible technology, stresses the point of maintaining a balance between privacy and transparency and putting limits on technology.
