“Slower than the rest” by Cynthia Rylant is a Realistic Fiction about a boy named Leo that finds a turtle on the street and decides to keep it. In the beginning, Leo finds a turtle on the road and decides to keep it, his dad called him slower than the rest. Soon, Leo decides to bring Charlie- his pet turtle - to his school for a report. In the end, Leo feels happy for himself about accomplishing something, for once Leo felt fast. This story shows that Charlie changes Leo’s life. One way Charlie changes Leo’s life is that Charlie takes care for Leo’s happiness. In paragraph 6 Leo tells the reader that Charlie makes Leo happy. In paragraph 6 Leo says that “But Charlie took care of Leo’s happiness”. This shows that Charlie is a piece of Leo’s
Lauren Alleyne uses the rigid form of the sonnet to navigate through the healing process after being sexually assaulted. Ten years after that night, she writes the sonnet sequence Eighteen, which deviates from the typical sonnet form in the aspects of the speaker, subject, and format. Playing off of the standard sonnet form, Alleyne is able to recount the emotions of that night during the first sonnet in the sequence. The typical sonnet tends to objectify the female body or one’s lover; in this sequence, the sonnets address what happens when an individual acts on these objectifications and assaults Alleyne. Alleyne deviates from the standard subject and speaker of the typical sonnet form to begin the healing process; the process begins
Charlie’s story began with the surgery, the biggest decision he made in his life. Although he was a guinea pig in the procedure, he wasn’t worried at all about the surgery, but rather on becoming smart as fast as he could. Supposedly these doctors were doing Charlie the greatest favor he would ever receive, and he was so eager to learn as much as he could. Soon however, Charlie would encounter challenges he never faced with the intelligence of a 6 year old. Before his surgery, Charlie had great friends in Miss Kinnian and the bakery workers. After the surgery the relationships between Charlie and everyone he knew would take a drastic turn.
Taylor Greer had been running away from premature pregnancy her entire life. Afraid that she would wind up just another hick in Pittman County, she left town and searched for a new life out West. On her way getting there, she acquires Turtle, an abandoned three-year-old Native American girl. Taylor knows that keeping Turtle is a major responsibility, being that she was abandoned and abused. Yet, Taylor knows that she is the best option that Turtle has, as far as parental figures go. "Then you are not the parent or guardian?’…. ‘Look,’ I said. ‘I’m not her real mother, but I’m taking care of her now. She’s not with her original family anymore." (Kingsolver 162) As the story progresses, Taylor accepts Turtle as part of life. This sacrifice later turns into a blessing.
I like the author's use of time in this short story. Every time we see it, the girl is doing something new to get ready for school and a new animal is introduced. The story to me signifies the challenges it takes to get ready in the morning when you're a little kid.
Throughout the book, Charlie and Jack might seem like the best of friends, but that was not seen by the initial impression. This is...
Charlie goes through an intense emotional episode of crying upon learning of the death of his friend. The effects of Charlie’s loss can be seen in his personality, in his docile nature and his extreme sensitivity. While Holden is brash and critical, Charlie is introverted and consolatory. Charlie even becomes dismissive of his own ostracization, thinking that “…other people have it a lot worse.” (Chbosky, 4-5). He tries to put things in perspective in relation to the bigger picture. This is where the “wallflower” tendencies of Charlie become apparent. He is a spectator of his own life, rather than a participant. Rather than acknowledging what causes his personal issues, he instead tries to interpret how other people see
What does one think of when the word “turtle” is mentioned? This adorable creature is usually thought of as slow, futile, and the unsung hero of “The Tortoise and Hare.” However, Kay Ryan argues in her poem “Turtle” that turtles are more than just these things: they are strong but unfortunate creatures that must put up with many obstacles in order to survive. Despite the struggles that she faces, the turtle exhibits a multitude of different strengths to overcome them, as seen as the poem progresses.
In the month of March 2016, Women of the World Poetry Slam had Rachel Wiley, a poet and body-positive activist, present her now viral poem called “The Dozens” (Vagianos 2016). This poem was about slams white feminism as a clear indication of whiteness self-defense mechanism. In this poem Wiley included various kinds social events that have occurred in the past years and just to name two: Raven Symone on blackness and Miley Cyrus and Nicki Manji at the VMAs. White feminism continues to become more problematic as the media continues to allow it to be because whiteness makes money; however, intersectionality about race, public imagery, and actual feminism also continues to go viral as the diversity of American become more and more productive.
Charlie struggles with apparent mental illness throughout his letters, but he never explicitly addresses this problem. His friends make him realize that he is different and it is okay to be different from everyone else. This change in perspective gives Charlie new opportunities to experience life from a side he was unfamiliar with. Without these new friends, Charlie would have never dared to try on the things he has. His friends have helped him develop from an antisocial wallflower to an adventurous young man who is both brave and loyal. Transitioning shapes how the individual enters into the workforce, live independently and gain some control over their future
Towards the end of the novel, Charlie is beginning to start in another rough spot in his life. His friends are leaving for school and he’s just not feeling the same anymore. He thanks his friend by saying, “I want to thank you for being one of those people who listens and understands and doesn’t try to sleep with people even though you could have. I really mean it, and I’m sorry I’ve put you through this when you don’t even know who I am, and we’ve never met in person, and I can’t tell you who I am because I promised to keep all those little secrets” (206). Even though this friend and Charlie don’t know each other, they still remain loyal to one another. Charlie really does appreciate the loyalty that this friend has for him. This friend truly means a lot to Charlie, and he wished the absolute best for his friend as well. The feeling of being thankful and kind that Charlie has for his friend is a feeling like no
Scene Being Changed: (Chbosky 202-213) The scene being changed is the day that Sam, Charlie’s love interest, leaves for college. The previous night, things had gotten intimate between her and Charlie, but Charlie freaked out when she began to touch him. That night, he had a dream about his Aunt Helen touching him the same way that Sam did. On the day that Sam left, Charlie returned home and reality sank in. Here, we realize that Charlie had “gotten bad again;” He had lost all of his friends, he had no one to comfort him, and he was beginning to think that the dream he had about his Aunt Helen was an actual memory. Charlie stops his letter, and doesn’t write again until two months later, when he is released from the hospital. In his last letter, it is revealed that his Aunt Helen had molested him repeatedly. He tries not to focus on this too much, and uses his last letter to emphasize his friends and family being there to help him in his recovery. By the end of the story, Charlie realizes something beautiful: “Even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there (Chbosky 211).” Charlie stays true to his words, and decides to stop writing letters so he could participate more in life. Charlie finishes his story knowing he was satisfied with his life, and even if there came a time when he wasn’t, he would be happy soon enough.
In a world that is fast-paced and everything seems to be on the fast lane, it is no surprise that the traditional way of communication has suddenly been beclouded by the power of technology. With the speed of light, a lot can easily be done; many individuals across the globe can now easily interact with one another through instant messaging, text messaging, email, and other faster means. Nonetheless, there are people who still reckon with the hoary way of communicating. In her essay “In Praise of a Snail’s Pace”, Ellen Goodman, the author, depicts a world system that has derailed from the old and decent way of doing things into a “world of hyperactive technology” (52). This has captivated the majority of people into neglecting the slow but graceful way of
This is scared he is a raccoon as you can tell he's only 3 ½ months old, he is still very young he is about 4 feet tall he is full size. Scared is just a nickname to him his sister calls him a wimp. But he isn’t he’s just afraid. When he was 2 months old he was so scared that he played dead for a week. Scared’s parents went on a trip when he was little they never came back, he loved his parents so much even though he never got to know them. His grandma watches him now, He was walking home from school when he got thrown into a bag and kidnapped. He was being tossed around in the passenger seat of a truck. Then he stopped, he was picked up and then tossed into water. The bag was filling up Scared couldn’t swim, he was still so little. The bag
... reason that Charlie is the way he is. Once he was in touch with his feelings, he can understand and progress in his life. The novel ends with Charlie forgiving his Aunt Helen, and finding the strength to move on with his life.
It is also Charlie’s innocence of his dream that allows him to be exploited. It is Professor Nemur that has allowed Charlie’s innocence to be vandalised through the operation, as Professor Nemur expresses his own motivations in comforting Charlie that he will be famous, and will make the history books. However, these are Professor Nemurs’ dreams not Charlies, and Nemur is only using Charlie to reach his dreams.