If My Heart Had Windows Essays

“I startled awake, in a pool of my own sweat. I had the same dream again, the one where he took my parents, I can never forget it.” “That is very common in children who have gone through severe trauma at a young age,” replied the therapist. “Ever since that day, I’m just always angry.” “That’s why you are here Devon, you have to talk about your problems, you have to tell me about your feelings. Anyways, that's enough for today,” explained the therapist. I was walking back to the foster

“Sir Percival, Sir Percival, I’m here, I’m here! I have my own sword and everything!” Sir Percival turned and saw a little boy, no older than five, bounding toward him. The young boy’s shaggy brown hair bounced as he raced forward, and his cheeks were flushed pink with exertion. The child ran and ran until he tripped over the too-large sword he carried – the weapon went flying across the training field – and collapsed on the castle training field at Percival’s feet. “Friend of yours?” asked Sir

wallowing sea. Comrades bumped into one another, I was being pressed from all angles. Waves of warmth coursed through my veins, cold sweat glistened in my skin. My eyes sunk as my skin swallowed, everything spun, everything sunk. Nausea began to strengthen as foamy bile spurred out from the back of my

“She saved my life” thought Ryiah, “But that doesn’t prove anything, she could be making sure I’m HER food.” Ryiah eventually fell asleep with Shiva curled around her. The next morning they got up bright and early to continue their journey. While hiking up a massive

In the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger readers are introduced to a young man named Holden Caulfield who introduces himself and begins to tell his story of how and why he left his school; Pencey Prep. In the story, Holden explains how he is being kicked out of school and doesn't want his parents to know and so leaves school early. throughout the story, Holden explains what happens to him before he must go home and act like he is home from school for a break instead of being kicked out. When

In most stories and novels, there are primary characters and secondary characters. The primary characters are obviously the main person in the story who the reader listens to during their journey. On the other hand, the secondary characters, help the main character with their adventure. Most of the time, the secondary characters are included to help convey the deeper meaning or the theme of the story. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is a boy in boarding school who does not have a lot

the film. A piano holds much symbolism, but there is one particular symbol of the piano that pertains to this film: the heart. In fact, if one was to look at a grand piano from an overhead view, one would notice that it somewhat resembles the shape of a heart. The piano in the film is an upright piano, but the idea of a piano still holds that symbolic meaning. The piano is the heart of Rick’s cafe. Whenever Sam plays it, the cafe is electric and energized; when he is not playing it, the cafe is very

freezing cold, and I took my red hunting hat out of my pocket and put it on - I didn’t give a damn how I looked. I even put the earlaps down.” (pg.88 ). Salinger puts substantial emphasis on how Holden’s hat is a symbol that protects him from the harshness of the outside world. But the hat also symbolizes a shield for Holden, protecting his innocence. While it’s raining, he notices his hat offering him a barrier, “I got pretty soaking wet, especially my neck and my pants. My hunting hat really gave

J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in The Rye recounts the days following protagonist Holden Caulfield’s latest academic failure and expulsion from Pencey Prep, a private boarding school. After a fight with his roommate Stradlater he decides to take an early leave for Christmas break and boards a late night train back home to New York City. During the two day time frame Holden explores the city and interacts with strangers, vague acquaintances, a former girlfriend, teachers, prostitutes, nuns and his younger

ends up wandering around New York before eventually ending up at Mr. Antolini’s house. Mr. Antolini expresses concern about Holden’s future because he met Holden’s father a few weeks earlier and learned that Holden had been doing poorly in school. According to Mr. Thurmer, Holden had been “making absolutely no effort at all. Cutting classes. Coming unprepared to all your classes” (Salinger 205). When Holden goes to school, it is expected that he will put effort into

In The Catcher in the Rye, the author J.D. Salinger, introduces the protagonist; Holden Caulfield. Holden feels the sense that he cannot choose between the two worlds. For example, he makes it seem as both of them are complete opposites from each other. In the book, Holden wants to keep his innocence, but he also wants to grow up and toss that innocence away. He still keeps his childhood personality by constantly obsessing over things that shouldn’t matter. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden demonstrates

Roy Heath was an author that was born in the Caribbean Island of Guyana, but lived in the United Kingdom most of his life. He has written many short stories and novels over his career, one that deserves reasonable notice due to its' underlying themes and symbolic presences is, "The Master Tailor and the Teacher's Skirt." It is a short story about a teacher that wants to get a skirt made by a tailor who procrastinates the making of the skirt dramatically. The main theme found throughout this story

Edward Scissor-Hands Draft The film Edward Scissorhands was directed by Tim Burton, it is about a man with scissors hands who struggles to feel acceptance and belonging, unfortunately he lives in a perfect community where they don't like change and find it hard to accept him as a person. In the film, the community was quick to reject and take advantage of him because of his unique ability which led to isolation and the community singling him out. Society quickly judges and disregards Edward Scissorhands

her classmates. She would make mean comments about the clothes we would wear and the things we would do. One day, she made fun of my pink velcro shoes and claimed that they were for babies. I went home that day very upset and my mom questioned me. I told my mom about the bully and she told me that the bully was only making fun of me because she was jealous of me. My mom used to tell me that if anyone was mean to me to ignore it because they were only saying mean things because they were self conscious

life experiences, Holden Caulfield fully represents J.D. Salinger. Despite wanting to act in his youth, Salinger despised movies after one of his short stories "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut”, became a film, however they changed the name to My Foolish Heart and changed many characteristics of the short story. After viewing

for you. In both Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse and the movie Dead Poets Society we were introduced to characters who were beginning to make these steps in life; Siddhartha himself, and Neil Perry. While each character had many differences, they both faced the same problem, their fathers had set out a plan for their lives that they would follow no matter what was for their best interest. These plans not only were nothing similar to what the boys wanted in life, but led to each of them turning against their

normal. I saw a different authority structure in “The Emerald Forest” when the Indian Chief implied that, “he would not be chief any longer if he told members of his tribe to do something that they did not want to do." This admission gets to the very heart of the

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee begins just after the bloody battle at Little Big Horn. This film focuses on the lives of three characters: Charles Eastman, a young doctor who was once a member of the Sioux tribe and is used as an example to highlight the “success” of assimilation; Sitting Bull, the Lakota chief determined to keep the sacred Black hills in the hands of the Sioux; and Senator Henry Dawes, a large part in creating the government policy on Indian affairs. While Charles and the schoolteacher

makes for the rest of her life. My mom chose to keep me even with the prior knowledge that she was going to be a single mother. My mom was all I had for the first 14 years of my life until she died. Losing my mom sent my emotions on an unforgettable journey. I sat there looking at my mother’s lifeless body in shock. I was speechless. I felt like someone had just pulled the plug on me. I felt like something, or someone had knocked the breath out of me. I was numb, and my life was

Sunshine And Rain The bell rang in the late afternoon, I slowly packed my books, pencils and postcards from my eight years friends from primary school to middle school. Cowarded hallways, where usually were full of laughter, were the loneliest places at the time. I walked out of school with my heavily heart that towarded to my home, hard to forget. It was too hard to say goodbye. I still remembered what I think, what I thought and what I want to say at the last moment. The clouds began to gather