Examples within the text helped me determine, understand, and relate to the theme. From the very start of the story the narrator and writer, Amy, gave us clues on whom or what she was trying to be. She begged her mother to shop for her in the boys department of JC Pennys and wears clothes that are baggy with sport slogans on them.
Noe Vorbau Period 6 5/26/23 “Rules of The Game” “Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don’t you learn to play chess?” These are the bold words of a girl who is afraid to speak up to her mother (Tan 221-222). The short story, “Rules of The Game '' is about a girl named Waverly who learned to come of age with her strict mother. Waverly’s brother, Vincent got a chess set for Christmas, and ever since then, Waverly had been a chess prodigy.
Composers utilise language to explore significant ideas. Steven Herrick’s prose novel, The Simple Gift is a valuable novel that showcases the development of belonging from the perspectives of three characters, Billy, Caitlin, and Old Bill. Herrick uses these multiple perspectives to further explain the damaging effects of grief, trauma, and isolation through Billy and Old Bill. In addition to the importance of valuing others communicated by Herrick with the characters Caitlin and Old Bill. The Simple Gift leaves the readers questioning the impacts of grief and trauma, as well as the importance of valuing others in life.
Near the beginning of the book by stone, readers see many parts of the story that relate to the theme. For Example, on page
The Founding Fathers intensely debated the size, scope, and structure of our government at the Constitutional Convention. The Founding Fathers discussion had a recurring theme of power. The theme of power at the Constitutional Convention affected the resulting structure of government. The system of government the Founding Fathers created is still working as intended to address the theme of power. In A Brilliant Solution by Carol Berkin the theme of power addresses the size, scope, and structure of our government.
The very first way the story shows the theme is through character. For example, Doodle's brother renamed him because of his disabilities. “Renaming my brother was perhaps the kindest thing I ever did for him because nobody expects much from someone called Doodle.” (Hurst 464)
The theme is developed through characters’ thoughts and feelings. In the text “ Bad Boy“,Water likes reading , dancing , and singing . He was expected to like sports like the other boys so he can have respect. It connects to the theme of childhood challenges because he's trying to be someone he's not so he can fit in . In the text “ I was a Skinny Tomboy Kid “ the main character acted free in her surroundings.
20,575 people from Iran fled in 2021 and applied for asylum in other countries. Sadly, the author and family mentioned in the book had to become refugees and be on the run from authorities, applying for asylum, and facing discrimination. Daniel Nayeri, in the book Everything Sad Is Untrue, conveys the theme that having resilience in life is what defines you and your attitude affects others around you.
This part of the book represents that it is okay to show your emotions and that the emotions of one individual, can have a big impact on the people around you. This example contributed to the theme of the book because it shows that your emotions can affect the people around you, and the theme of the book is that it is okay to show your
The situations take place in the story are evidence for the theme. First, the theme
The story “Family Reunion” by Barbra D. Krasner tells the story of a young girl named Angelina immigrating from Italy to America to see her father. The story’s overall suspenseful and anxious since Angelina is not sure if she’ll be able to get into the country to see her father. Though, at both the beginning and the end of the story we see a joyful version of Angelina. Krasner creates a joyful and expecting tone in paragraphs one and 22 to create a contrast in tone to convey the strength of Angelina’s emotions and justify her reasoning for having so much dread attributed to being deported.
That was how she was exhibiting the theme of the book.
Hidden Talents by David Lubar is a book about a boy named Martin Anderson who gets into an alternative school because he has a sharp mouth and gets in trouble a lot. One theme in this story is, “Powers are a bad thing when you don’t know how to use them.” This is shown when one of the characters was able to find missing items, but it got him in trouble. A second theme is, “Don’t judge people on who they are, judge them on who they could be.” This is shown when people in the school judge the kids without knowing the powers that they have.
In the poem, "Heart to Heart" by Rita Dove, the word heart never appears in the poem. Although this is the case, there are a lot of instances where a heart is described. In the poem when the author refers the to something, it's evident that the author is talking about a heart. How can we know what they are talking about? Well, just look at the phrases they say.
In Gary Soto’s short story ‘Growing Up,” the main character, Maria, says, “‘I know, I know. You’ve said that a hundred times,’ she snapped.” Maria is acting ungrateful because she doesn’t want to go on vacation with her family and she is arguing with her father about it instead of being grateful for what she has. Being grateful is feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness and being thankful. In the story Maria argues with her father about not wanting to go on vacation with her family and claims that she is old enough to stay home by herself.
