The book “Dead Girls Don’t Lie” by Jennifer Shaw Wolf, and the lyrics of the song Air by Shawn Mendes feat. Astrid to me kind of conveys the same theme. I think the theme of both of these could be, the ones we never thought would hurt us can do the most damage. In both the book and the song there is two people in a relationship and something happens. They don’t mean to hurt the other person but they do. They both thought that the other one would never hurt them.
I think this theme occurs all the time in real life and is important to understand. People understand things in different ways and putting this message/theme into multiple genres will help more people receive the message the author or artist is trying to get across. Putting the theme into different genres also conveys the message with more or less and in different ways. In the book you have to put more detail into the story. This could help the reader or confuse them. With a song it’s shorter and straight to the point. For some people this is easier other need the story with more information.
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The main character Jaycee is with her boyfriend Skyler. Jaycee really loves Skyler and he really loves her. They both think that they can only really talk to and trust each other. Jaycee is looking into the death of her friend and doesn’t want to tell anyone but Skyler. Skyler loves her a lot and near the end after things start coming together Skyler tells her what he did and hopes she won’t hate him. He tells her that he killed Manny because he loved Rachel, but then he meet her Rachel told him to stay away from Jaycee. He didn’t want Rachel to keep them apart so he killed her. Then he tries to kill Jaycee and himself. In the end she doesn’t want to but some part of her still loves
While she might think that her plans are working, they only lead her down a path of destruction. She lands in a boarding house, when child services find her, she goes to jail, becomes pregnant by a man who she believed was rich. Also she becomes sentenced to 15 years in prison, over a street fight with a former friend she double crossed. In the end, she is still serving time and was freed by the warden to go to her mother’s funeral. To only discover that her two sisters were adopted by the man she once loved, her sister is with the man who impregnated her, and the younger sister has become just like her. She wants to warn her sister, but she realizes if she is just like her there is no use in giving her advice. She just decides that her sister must figure it out by
Times got harder and more rough over time. Josh begin to worry about Joey, thinking he was going to get sick. Surprisingly Joey’ health was better than Josh’s health. Josh came down with a bad cough with everyday it got worse. Joey was the one who spent money to buy cough syrup for his brother. He would go to soup kitchens and beg to and bring the food back to his brother. It became harder and harder for them to stay alive each day. The only thing keeping them was that they were getting closer and closer to Lonnie. It was pretty risky for them, but
The poem "Bitch" by Carolyn Kizer describes the heartache in which most women get out from her former lover, who she had not seen in a long time. The tone of the poem is sad because of the horrible things about her relationship. She describes herself from the outside, pretending that everything are okay, "Fine, I’m just fine, I tell him". However, in her inside, she is fighting and struggling with her feelings, wanting to curl up to him, remembering their time together. An example of this is when she says, "She wants to snuggle up to him, to cringe" . getting to the end of the poem she left and felt indifferent about this man. Another metaphors that Carolyn
For Boyden, his girlfriend was all this. Boyden’s decision to put so much trust into her despite “...some of my friends said she didn’t deserve me” should've caused him to rethink doing so. When one is in love, they often overlook the flaws of their partners. While Boyden was oblivious to them, his friends could easily see those flaws. If Boyden had made the decision to listen to the advice of his friends, this entire incident could of been avoided. Nevertheless, the break up was sudden and came as a huge shock to Boyden who never expected it. To see someone whom he regarded as his reason for living suddenly abandon him caused a sudden spiral into depression. It is also during this time where we see Boyden jump in front of an oncoming car to attempt to end his life. This decision is the most impacting one which would have lifelong effects. Although Boyden could of seeked the support of family and friends, his choice to instead end his life shows how he had became “...too scared to live”. One can infer from this that Boyden no longer trusted people as of what happened with his girlfriend. Still reveling in the shock, his delusional mind probably thought that everyone would abandon him
Only through the eyes of the innocent will the world be seen as it is, not how it should be. So often we are driven by our desires to have the best and to be the best, that we lose sight of what we have become, of who we have become. Our main concern is the welfare of ourselves and that of our kin. As time progress and technology tests its limits, mankind will follow suit, however, where will we draw the line in losing touch with our humanity? In the short story written by George Saunders “The Semplica Girl Diaries”, it tells of a middle-class family of six in the near distant future that is making ends meet but strives to provide a more accommodating life whilst competing with a family that is well off. The story is told by the father as he
At the end Deanie ends or marrying a good man she met when she was in the psychiatric hospital. That 's exactly what she wanted but she wanted and thought it was going to be Bud, her lover of high school. Bud wanted a sweet girl to help him with his ranch and wanted and thought it would be Deanie. But, it ends up being someone else who he marries and has children with when Deanie was gone. They get what they wanted but it 's not with who they wanted to be
“Earth people will beat out any other intelligent life-form in any and all competitions” is a theme, but “good always beats evil” is one too. “Once upon a time . . . ” stories have themes too, except they are more one-dimensional. For example,... ...
“Stay sunny, we said to each other. Because if you don't the whole world will know you're a monster.” After saving her little sister Kasey from a demonic possession in Bad Girls Don't Die, a confident Alexis hopes her time battling the supernatural is over. Alexis would be the last girl you'd expect to sell her soul. She already had everything she needed and she could ever want, a cute and charming boyfriend, the perfect best friend, and a little sister who finally started recovering after being possessed by an evil spirit. New friends are just what Kasey needed. When Kasey started high school, however, she started hanging out with the Sunshine Club. Alexis was thrilled when her little sister joined a club. But the strange thing about the club
The obvious theme of the story is crime and mystery, however as a reader when reading beyond, it is realizable this story is not only based on finding the true evil. This novel consists of another theme which is decision-making, and friendship. In this novel, it is conspicuous the theme is crime due to the doings of the characters and the direction the author is leading the readers. Nevertheless, Collin has to make some difficult decisions in order to save himself as well has his new friendship with Alyssa. From Colin's perspective, we come to realize Alyssa is a beautiful female and him, as any young teenage boy feels once they get to know a beautiful girl, wants to help her out and become her Romeo. In this situation, Collin manages to give a hand to Alyssa often enough, at this point Alyssa begins to trust Collin furthermore. Alyssa now reveals to Colin as to why she vandalizes the posts he’s been cleaning daily. Following this event, Colin has to make a crucial decision, Colin has to reveal to the police the doings of the gang, however, all at once he has to make sure the gang does not find out Alyssa went to the cops or else Alyssa’s brother will face an unwanted life or death situation. This situation may not be something all teenagers are facing or even most, but this scenario does reflect upon other situations teenagers at this present time have to face. Being caught in between doing the right thing and helping your friend is a common situation most teenagers tend to face at this moment. Most teenagers tend to head in the route of their friend, however, this plot clearly portrays there is always a way around the obstacles. Collin instantly thought of a plan to help his friend and do the right thing. Alike this event, teenagers need to come to learn to think outside of the box, figure a way out and not narrow the
Deborah Tannen’s essay, “There Is No Unmarked Woman”, explores the idea of “marked” and “unmarked” words, styles, titles, and how females have no ability to choose an unmarked position in life. She posits that “The unmarked forms of most English words also convey ‘male’” (88). Tannen is incorrect in her premises because females are able to choose unmarked hair and clothing styles, men are marked just as often as women, and many unmarked forms of words no longer convey “male.”
Using the murder of Dee Ann’s mother as a means to intertwine the lives of the characters together, Steve Yarbrough examines the nature of relationships in “The Rest of Her Life.” The relationships in the story take a turn after Dee Ann’s mother is killed, with characters seeking to act more on their own, creating distance between many relationships throughout the story. Independent lifestyles prevent emotional bonds that hold relationships together from forming, thus preventing the characters from maintaining healthy relationships. The dysfunctional relationship present between Dee Ann and Chuckie in “The Rest of Her Life” is the result of the characters ' desire for self-gratification.
Amanda had gone out the night before with her niece for a late birthday celebration. Joe had the kids that night, so Amanda though it would be a good idea to go celebrate since she hadn’t the night of her birthday. They went to a few bars and were having a great time. Amanda went home that night and sat down to watch some TV in her apartment. She got sick and went to go hurl in the toilet. She passed out and suffocated herself with the toilet seat. The next day Amanda didn’t show up to work and they were all so confused, because she never missed a day of work. One of Amanda’s co-workers, and friends, knew that Joe had the kids and that she went out the night before. She had called Joe asking if he knew where she was and he said no. She asked him to go check the apartment, so he did. It was locked and he didn’t have a key. He ended up calling the cops and they came over and kicked the door in and they all started looking around. Joe ended up finding her in the bathroom and he froze. He says it was the most peaceful, horrible sight he has ever seen. He loved Amanda to death and that just broke him. I honestly don’t think he will ever love another woman in his life. The love of his life was just ripped away from
The Lisbon Girls passively suffer through their lives, never fighting against their world, on the contrary, Esther actively fights back against her world and creates conflict within her own mind. Together these novels reveal the roles of passivity and action in modern day suffering. Mrs. Lisbon and the stereotypes of white suburbia challenge the Lisbon girls. Unfortunately, their extremely passive father and the narrators of the novel will not take any sort of action to save them. Mrs. Lisbon commands Lux Lisbon, the most rebellious of the sisters, to “destroy all of her rock records” (Eugenides 138). Lux “[appeals] for Mrs. Lisbon’s mercy” for “album after album”, until she loses them all to her mother’s authority (Eugenides 138). After Lux’s
Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter born in 1890 known for his paintings that provoked symbolism, and also for his very different artistic styles. According to The Art Story, “Schiele’s portraits and self-portraits helped re-establish the vitality of both genres with their unprecedented level of emotional and sexual directness and use of figural distortion in place of conventional notions of beauty.” Schiele was a fan of Gustav Klimt, and in his first paintings someone can see the similarities between Klimt and Schiele. Egon Schiele’s painting, Death and the Maiden, exhibits the same design elements as Klimt’s paintings. The similarities can be seen how the figures in Schiele’s painting are consumed by their clothes, and by the very abstract
The policed came to his dorm room and arrested Jeremy. At first being completely oblivious, then realizing what he done the night before. If their lives weren’t ruined before, it was ruined now. China went to a women’s correctional facility while Jeremy went to jail. He wasn’t the same after that. He’d lost everything. He lost his smile, walk and his muscles. He was no longer in college. Worse, his presumably girlfriend betrayed him. This betrayal caused a lot of pain and suffering in Jeremy. He couldn’t breathe. His seemingly love of his life betrayed him so she could save her own