Journal #1 Prompt: What negotiation or collaboration did you have with the writer of the novel you are reading? Write about your first meeting with the writer of the novel. What did you discover? Were your expectations met?
It was a lot tougher but she never
Columbine by Dave Cullen analyzes the use of journals and specific language to advance the idea that the massacre that happened on April 20, 1999 was the planned and executed by two boys with horrific intentions. Cullen writes with the intention to share the the somber story, while allowing the readers to understand Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold's mental status and prove how the killers felt rather leaving room for assumptions. Cullen emphasis the importance of journals to further the idea that the events of Columbine were executed by two boys with terrible intentions. By quoting the killers journals, the readers are able to know exactly how the kellers felt.
“The interdependent self…connects
My mom had some hard times her hard times were when she was working full time from 8:30 to 5:00 and alsh when she was going to college three times a week. She also had a really hard time when she had to go to work and school at the same
Quick shows the reader how connections help affect change in others and how everyone is connected more than they perceive to
All of that detachment from her husband and just being home taking care of the kids that made her focus on Woroniecki. By taking care of her 5 children and being in charge of her house made her feel stressful. In this case, I know how it feels to be in control on different kids and a house at the same time. I have 2 nephews and 1 niece, there are times where my mother goes to work and comes back at 11:30 pm and my sister comes home at 9:00 pm from work. All of that time the kids stay with me and when my nephews and my niece come from school I need have their lunch ready, help them with their homework, get their dinner ready, help them to take a shower, and taken them go to bed.
This has been a struggle we've had for a very long time, and it's one I've dealt with on my own. I've felt very alone in this."
Regrettably, she was forced to commit a suicide. For her entire life what she imparted was unbelievable, as the responsibility of the household should be privileged and
She was the opposite of her sister. She was not able to really let people in and be personal with another person.
When I had friends over, we would climb trees, like Amir and Hassan. Why is this connection important? How does this connection better help you understand the novel or the theme? (4+ sentences) This is important because it, too, brings me closer to the novel.
Her husband isolated her from others and her child, which caused her condition to worsen because she felt that she couldn’t care for her family as she
But, that was never the case. There have been many nights I cried myself asleep. I felt alone and scared. Even though I did not live with her, I must say she was a great provider. I never wanted for much of anything.
and I believe that was a big theme in this story. The social connection this has with us as a reader is how the author makes us feel as if we’re in Sarty’s place going through what he went through and feeling what he did . Our society today tend to be going through the same thing Sarty went through and it is more common now days . That is why we can relate more and seem as if we have a connection with him and can build a relationship with the author He shows us Karl F Zender in his essay Character and Symbol in Barn Burning in College Literature
In spite of the tough love, she was a very friendly woman. My mother loves working with children and telling jokes. When I was
