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The Last Days of Summer was written by Steve Kluger in 1998, its about a young Jewish boy in Brooklyn, New York in the ‘40s and early ‘50s. Unlike almost every boy in Brooklyn at that time, he was a New York Giants fan, not a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, and that's because of the star third baseman Charlie Banks, who had an amazing palate for fastball. Because Joey doesn’t get to see his father much because he remarried and is working all the time, he’s looking for a father figure, and because he wants all the attention he can get he decides to write Charlie Banks a letter saying that he had a terminal disease and all he wanted was a homerun, he got a letter back but it just seemed like a generic letter already previously written up and all Charlie
It is often said that the setting of the story can change the character’s mentality and personality. In the classic vignette, A Summer Life, Gary Soto addresses his childhood to adulthood in Fresno in the course of a short vivid chapters. Born on April 12, 1952, a year before the Korean War ended, Gary experiences his life in Fresno of what he describes “what I knew best was at ground level,” and learns what is going on around the neighborhood with his religious background behind him. Later, when he realizes his father passes away, he undergoes hardships which cause his family to be miserable. Growing up in the heart of Fresno, Gary Soto, the author, explains his journey as a young man to adolescence through his use of figurative language and other adventures. The settings of this book revise Gary’s action and feelings around his surroundings.
One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte, is a very good book for teenagers that feel insecure about themselves and have low self-esteem. In the book they will read about a young boy name, Bobby who overcomes his fears of being fat and being bullied by Willie, one that is much stronger then him physically, but not emotionally. The basic theme of this story is to stand up for yourself no matter the situation.
J. D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye", published in 1951, is his best piece of work. The story is about a sixteen-year old young man by the name of Holden Caulfield. Holden is being expelled from Pency Prep and decides to leave three days early. He chooses to not go home, enabling his parents to receive the letter that his head master at Pency Prep wrote to his parents about his expulsion. He chooses to hang around in New York until Wednesday, when he is going to be able to return home. Throughout the three days, Holden is having a difficult time finding out who he is.
Analysis of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Imagine living in a world where you are not in control of your own thoughts. Imagine living in a world in which all the great thinkers of the past have been blurred from existence. Imagine living in a world where life no longer involves beauty, but instead a controlled system that the government is capable of manipulating.
July, July by Tim O’Brien, published in 2002, is a fictional novel about a group of college friends that have been affected by the Vietnam War and the war against themselves. At their thirtieth reunion, the middle-age group looks back on their young lives and considers the outcomes if significant events had gone somewhat differently. The struggles and let-downs throughout their lives convinces them to ponder what would have happened if they would not have dreamed too big. The novel encourages me to not let fantasy consume my life, but supports a theme of hope that does not overpower reality.
Porsche Santiaga had spent the first eight years of her life looking up to her older sister Winter Santiaga. In the book “The Coldest Winter Ever” it was all about Winter Santiaga, but in the in the sequel “A Deeper Love Inside” Its time to tell Winter’s younger sister Porsche story. After the arrest of the father of the Santiaga sisters, everything changed for everyone. Winter started worrying about things she never even had to worry about. She had to take care of her sisters like a mother would, she had to find out where the childrens next meal would come from. After going threw hell and even getting arrested to get her and her family back together. She failed at the task of being the most reliable person in her family. Her father
Lawhead’s poem the “Sun Goes Down on Summer” deals with Lawhead’s focus of the change from a relaxing summer to the routine of school. He focuses on the change of conforming to others to becoming his own person. The purpose of Lawhead’s poem is to illustrate how routines change when summer is over and school begins, and students feel pressured to be someone they are not; However, ultimately students find themselves.
Book Critique of The Longest Day Cornelius Ryan, born in Dublin, Ireland in 1920, worked as a reporter covering the battles in Europe from 1941-1945 and then the final months of the Pacific Campaign. His articles were printed in both Reuters and the London Daily Telegraph. His first book was The Longest Day, published in 1959, selling over 4 million copies in 27 different editions. In 1962, a director named Darryl Zannuck made the book into a movie. Ryan's next book was The Last Battle, published in 1966.
One Crazy Summer deserves to be read more than once. The novel revolves around the tale of three young girls who are put on a plane from Brooklyn to Oakland, where they are to stay with the “mother” who abandoned them. The story takes place in 1968 when the American society is changing due to racism and Black Panthers carrying guns while roaming around and shouting about Black Power. But it's also a
on a beautiful summer day in a small town. The author describes the day as very
The story by David Michael Kaplan "Doe Season" demonstrates Andy's journey into Womanhood. Andy's portrayed as someone who wants to fit in from the start without even realizing what she is doing."We are hunting, Andy thought"(Kaplan 474). This shows her innocence of not gathering the reality of what she is doing and proving that she is only thinking about how happy she is to be fitting in with the men. In the story, while driving to the location Charlie said "I don’t understand why she is coming" because he is a man who believes hunting is only for men and that gender roles should always be followed(Kaplan 473). "Doe Season" suggests that innocent girls that yearn to fit into the male world may act in harmful
“Four Summers” is a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates that describes four periods of time in which the narrator and main character Sissie spends summers at her family’s lake house. This story marks Sissie’s transition from adolescence to adulthood. During these four summers, Sissie encounters obstacles holding her back from her aspirations, such as her family background, and she must learn from her parents’ mistakes and move on with her life. Oates develops style through the presence of imagery, use of diction, and point of view to illustrate how family dynamics affect emotional development.
"Summer house with swimming pool" is a medical-mystery novel written by Herman Koch. The book is filled with dark humor, jealousy and unexpected twists. The novel starts out with Dr. Mark Schlosser, he thinks of himself as a fantastic general physician that is better than all the rest. Mark had never had a problem with any patient until famous actor; Ralph Merier comes in after a very eventful summer, with a strange lump that needs to be looked at. The previous summer before Ralph arrives at Dr. Marks office, Ralph and his wife; Judith and their two sons; Alex and Thomas, invite Mark, his wife; Caroline and their two daughters; Julia and Lisa to their summer house for a few weeks for vacation.
The story of Summer, by David Updike, is set during that idyllic time in life when responsibility is the last word on anyone's mind. And yet, as with all human affairs, responsibility is an ever-present and ever-necessary aspect to life. What happens when the protagonist, Homer, loses his awareness of a certain personal responsibility to maintain self-control? Homer's actions increasingly make him act foolishly, internally and externally. Also, how does Homer return to a sense of sanity and responsibility? To a degree, I would say that he does.
The book takes place sometime in the 1930's. It's about two children named Jem and Scout. They are very imaginative kids always making up new games and other things to pass the time. In the beginning of the book they are obsessed with one of their neighbors, Boo Radley. They think that Boo is a crazy man that killed his parents. Jem, Scout, and their cousin, Dill, decide to go up and see if they can see what is going on inside the Radley house. Once they get up to the house they hear a noise and run off, but Jem loses his pants of a fence wire. The entire first part of the book is all about the kids trying to find out all about the Radley's.