Beautiful disaster is an adult novel written by Jamie McGuire. The novel revolves around the love story of Abby Abernathy and Travis Maddox.
Abby, a 19-year-old girl that in a try to escape her past, arriving to Eastern university with her best friend America. There, she meets Travis through his cousin Shepley, which dates America. What starts as an attempt to keep everyone satisfied by not getting involved with Travis soon turns into a messy, complicated and emotionally draining prolonged fight that ends with an epic love story.
From the various of the characters in the story, The one I find myself most relating to is Travis Maddox. Travis grew up with his dad and 4 brothers after his mom died when he was only 3 years old. Now he's known
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When Abby attends one of his fights with America and Shepley, she gets lost in the crowd and ends up at the edge of the ring, close enough to get blood splattered onto her sweater when Travis's opponent gets hurt. As the fight's over with Travis winning, he notices Abby, From that moment on something changes. He doesn't know what but he feels it. A quick talk between the two leads Travis to name her Pigeon, a nickname that becomes an earmark.
Now, for the first time in his life Travis is faced with a challenge. He always had it easy with the ladies, but Abby's different. From the moment he lays eyes on her, he sets himself a goal- Abby belongs with him, and he's going to get her. Abby and Travis get into a journey in which they start as friends, but as time is passing by it's getting harder and harder to ignore their feelings. They end up putting each other through hell, fighting their every instinct, Untill they can't ignore what's right anymore and they end up
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But as you get to know him you learn just how much faitful, loving, caring and thoughtful he really is. Travis will always have your back, he loves hard and he doesn't forget to show it. All of these are just a taste of all of the qualities that made me fall for Travis. But to me, the most amazing thing about him is that even though he was lost for his entire life, even though he never felt love, when love came along he wasn't afraid to take the leap. He jumped, and it was a long way down. Travis fell and Abby was there to catch him. And that's why I believe it's called falling in love. He took the chance, and every bruise he earned in the way was worth it. That's why Travis is the one character I relate to the
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
They both end up becoming murderers (justifiably) and they both go on to live normal lives after it is all said and done.
each-other and wished they could kill the other but by the end of the story, they no longer hated
Adolescence marks the turning point of an individual's life, establishing the foundation of their development. It is during this phase that individuals leave behind the comfort of childhood and enter a reality beset with new perceptions of life. There are many stages of life, each enclosing its own distinct characteristics. As evident in the short story, The Master of Disaster, written by Guy Vanderhaeghe, adolescence involves growth as an individual, both physically and emotionally. Although each phase has its own challenges and difficulties, adolescence proves to be the most difficult stage of life to overcome. Through examination of the situations in the story, it becomes apparent that adolescence involves experiencing emotional conflicts between friends, searching for one's identity amid a period of change and overcoming the negative influence of peer pressure.
Development: The narrative follows part of these students' lives during a year at college, they are in each other's lives whether they know it or not. There are parallels drawn between them as the narrative progresses: Peace V War, Aggression V Pacifism, sides are taken and the racial lines are clear- stick to your own group like glue. How they fit in with the rest of the college population, Malik does this better than Remy and Kristen- he heads straight for the black population.
This happens when Sara and her best friend go to a speed dating get together. Hitch arrives, being direct with Sara about Albert being a great man and how in love he is with Allegra. Sara blasts back, once again assuming what Hitches motives are with his clients and his own. Hitch is opening up a little in this scene and Sara is not noticing because her mind is still clouded over what she assumes previously. Once Hitch realizes who the source is, he clarifies that the information is false and lets both Sara and her best friend know the truth. Later, Sara tries to apologize to Hitch for exposing his job and all the trouble she has caused. It was in fact not the bad business that she had thought originally, and in fact was doing something positive. The positive that Hitch was doing, was helping the guys communicate better with the women they like, instead of false pretenses.
Walter seems to be a good father to Travis, but starts to lose control by the end of the play. When with Travis, Walter relates too much to money, instead of focusing on their family fun in life. Walter tries to impress Travis with money and thinks that teaching Travis to be rich is the happiest way to go. In the play, it shows that Travis is becoming like his father and is starting to think about money at too young of an age. In scene two in Raisin in the Sun, Travis complains to his mother, Ruth, that he wants to work so he can earn some money. His father responds by giving Travis money and trying to impress him. Walter says to Travis, "In fact, here's another fifty cents... Buy yourself some fruit today or take a taxicab to school or something!"(Page 30). It is all right to be happy with money but it shouldn't be the reason to be proud of your family.
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The film chronicles the histories of three fathers, and manages to relates and link their events and situations. First is Mitchell Stephens and his relationship with his drug-addict daughter. Second is Sam, and the secret affair he is having with his young daughter Nicole. He is somewhat of a narcissistic character because of his preoccupation with himself and pleasing himself, and his lack of empathy throughout the film for the others in the town. Third is Billy, who loves his two children so much that he follows behind the school bus every day waving at them. Billy is also having an affair with a married woman who owns the town’s only motel. On the exterior the town is an average place with good people just living their lives. But, beneath all the small town simplicity is a web of lies and secrets, some which must be dealt with in the face of this tragedy.
As Cliff walks into the Kit Kat club he enters the world of promiscuous uninhibited dancers, and people of the like. Men approach him to dance, and women entice him with their charms. He obviously wasn’t all that accustomed to this kind of happening, but he didn’t shy away from it. The first night he lived this almost unreal experience, he met a woman. Sally was a one of a kind woman of her time, being on her own, making her own living, whether that living be on stage or with a man who suits her interest for a while.
Close relationships often have their ups and downs. When one spends enough time with a person it is inevitable that they will have an argument. Best friends, for example, share everything with each other. They laugh together, cry together and trust one another completely. Yet throw a boy that they are both interested in into the picture and they are lying and backstabbing their way into his arms. Or perhaps they are both dying to play Juliet. Suddenly they view each other as enemies who will stop at nothing for the part. One might spread rumors about the other or sabotage her audition. Even something as innocent as grades can turn into a knockdown, drag-out, fight to the finish. They resort to cheating, or anything that will give them a leg up from the other. These crazy situations are just a few of the many examples that show how competition can create feelings of resentment, bitterness and even hatred between people who at one point were inseparable.
Mama’s dreams were first deferred when she moved into the small apartment that the Youngers family stay in through out most of the play. She became too busy that she couldn’t accomplish her dream. She also could not for fill her dreams since she did not have enough money to do so. Her dreams were even more shattered with the death of her husband, but when she got the money from her husband’s death her dreams then became a reality again. Mama wants Travis to be happy and play in the garden but she cannot do this since they live in a dirty ghetto.
same fate as Romeo and Juliet. Both couples are from opposing political families. Both couples
make fun of each other and argue a lot. I think Al might be the
The main characters in this story were Zach Wahhsted, Alan Mender, and Joey Mender. Zach Wahhsted was a schizophrenic sixteen year. He often hallucinates voices and people; but when ever he would forget to take his medication, he would hear two voices that would tell him to kill himself. Zach had a hard time understanding what was real and what was in his head. Alan Mender was a seventeen year old who grew up in a rough neighborhood with his little brother and their mom, who was diagnosed with cancer. He has a kind disposition, but lives in rough circumstances. Joey Mender was a fourteen year old younger brother of Alan Mender, who also lived with his mother, he is temperamental and thought zach was just a retard.