Father: Arthur's Father affected him by keeping him in the house and making him anti-social. The legend was that he was cutting papers for his scrapbook and he stabbed his father in the leg and returned to cutting the paper like nothing happened. He was taken to a courthouse and was locked up for a month, then his father said he would take care of everything, and kept him inside of the house. Afterwards, he didn’t come out of the house during the day because his father kept him inside, and prevented him from communicating with people. Because he didn’t go out during the day and also didn’t talk to anyone, he became mysterious to everyone.
The book, “Nothing But The Truth” by AVI follows the story of a ninth-grade student named Philip Malloy. Philip Malloy is generally a good kid who is a great runner. The story starts with Philip working out and getting ready for the track season. He has been working for months for the upcoming season until the track coach, Coach Jamison, has to talk with him. Philip is told that he has a D in his English class which is a failing grade according to their school's handbook.
The First Decision Reef, the main character in the novel, The First Stone, by Don Aker, makes a bad decision and ultimately has to deal with the consequences. To begin, Reef latches his anger onto a stone and deliberately throws it over an overpass into oncoming traffic. The stone causes a major accident between not one, but several cars and severely injures a teenage girl. Fortunately for Reef, the Judge sentences him to live at North Hills Group Home, and to volunteer at a rehabilitation centre. This punishment changes Reef’s life for the better.
Arthur 's dad leaving was a big change in his early life leaving his mother to raise him and siblings. He knew it was unfair for his mother and he knew that money was a problem so now he took the time to think that maybe it 's time to start
The poem “Facing it” by Yusef Komunyakaa is a deep poem that shows the aftereffects of war in modern society. The article called: “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders Among Vietnam Veterans”, by Robinowitz and Walter Penk shows the cultural context we need to understand about soldiers after the Vietnam War. By analyzing the article and the poem together we will discover the full cultural context and meaning behind the poem. The message of the poem is that PTSD is a serious issue that has been ignored for far too long, and now is the time to consider those who fought for us.
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.
Sometimes individuals get so determined to reach their goal they become lost and find their selves blind to their original desire in the process. Throughout AVI’s nothing but the truth, Philip Malloy and his narrow minded attitude bounces from wanting to be a part of the track team to becoming allies with his homeroom teacher, Miss Narwin. Phil becomes distracted overtime which leads towards him making choices that end up affecting other character’s daily lives. Phil’s hate for Miss Narwin forces him to get kicked out of her class due to him humming which turns into neither Phil nor Miss Narwin being able to attend Harrison high school any longer. Philips regretful decisions ultimately lead to a undeserved loss of a career and a developed well
Women are the society’s backbone In A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines, three women take care of not only themselves but others. These three women are Tante Lou, Miss Emma and Vivian. Tante Lou is the woman who raises Grant when his mother ran off. Miss Emma is Jefferson’s godmother and she cares for him a lot.
This caused him to question his own philosophies and why humans act the way they do, thus he no was longer simple. These events created an introspective meaning for the work as a whole by manifesting human nature. T.H White uses Arthur as an example by having the readers analyze how he reacts to the people who revolve around his life to convey his opinion. Arthur was just like any other person, as time passed he became more wise due to experiences looking back at his mistakes and avoids repeating
Elianna Cherne Ms. Coleman British Literature A 21 May 2023 Theme Paper The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis is the fifth book in the series, The Chronicles of Narnia. The story follows four main characters: a boy called Shasta, a girl named Aravis, a Narnian horse Bree, and a mare Hwin. The characters set out on a journey to escape the Calormen, an oppressive empire south of Narnia, to find true freedom from their past. In this book, C.S. Lewis uses lots of allegories, symbolism, metaphors, and biblical allusions to convey certain themes that are present throughout.
Arthur’s life is not very different from day to day and he does not have an exciting life. This part of Arthur’s life is easily seen as the Ordinary World of the Hero’s Journey, where Arthur’s life is nothing out of the ordinary. After the Ordinary World, the hero is given the The Call to Adventure which is when there is a calling to change the character's daily life to adventure on a new path. This stage is parallel to the novel The Sword in the Stone when Arthur is given an order, by Sir Ector, in T.H.White, Sir Ector,”...to start a quest for a new tutor as soon as he had time to do so…” (White 11).
“The Friday Everything Changed” by Anne Hart is about a small school where it has always been a boy’s privilege to get water from the train station, but the girls decide they want that privilege too. Their teacher Ms. Ralston defends the girls by showing the boys that girls can do anything they can by hitting an out of the park home run during their softball game. The resolution reveals the theme “in order to have equality one must stand up for others even if it doesn’t affect them.” Ms. Ralston proves this because she was open-minded to girls carrying the water bucket but after the bullying started, she got annoyed. When calling the children in for school Doris states “She rings that old handbell as if she wished all those yelling boys’ heads
In Beloved by Toni Morrison and “The Americans” from The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen, protagonists Sethe and James Carver's desires to be understood are rooted in their traumatic experiences and resulting loss of identity. Sethe is haunted by the death of her daughter and memories of her enslavement. She yearns for her actions to be understood by those in society, but specifically the ghost of her deceased daughter Beloved. James Carver grapples with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from the Vietnam War and desires his past and fears to be understood by his daughter Claire. By utilizing flashbacks to illustrate trauma, catalyst characters, and tone, Morrison and Nguyen explore this relationship of healing and validation that people must often
The average kid has someone they look up too. They want to be older so they can do whatever they want. Then when they are all grown up they want to be a kid again. They realise how they have wasted their life focusing on the future. When something bad happens they wish to be the age they are not and when someone is young they wish to be older and/or younger.
In the novel, “Once” by Morris Gleitzman, Gleitzman uses the plot, character, and style to convey the message of the harmful nature of hope throughout the entire book. One of the primary ways he shows it is through Felix, as well as other characters like Zelda. However, it is not just shown through the plot but through the changing of characters, and through the stylistic choices of Morris Gleitzman. He shows the harmful nature of hope throughout the book in the form of a plot.
