The book I read is The Cupid Chronicles by Coleen Murtagh Paratore. In this book a thirteen year girl named Willa is happy that her long time crush JFK (Joseph Frances Kennelly) is finally coming back to Bramble Academy after he moved to Minnesota with his family. Willa is excited and nervous at the same time because she doesn’t know if JFK likes her the same way anymore. Although this is an issue Willa doesn’t have time to worry about this. Right now her main focus is to save the Bramble library. The city council is planning to close the library because it’s already old and runned down. Willa refuses to allow this to happen because she grew up going to that library checking out books as a little girl and she feels as if she has a special connection to those books. In order to save the library, Willa must figure out how to raise ten thousand dollars before January 15. Luckily Willa has her best …show more content…
Finally Willa thinks of a party in her parent’s barn. Tina and Willa arrange a party in Willa’s parent barn but unfortunately it was a bust because apparently nobody cared to bob for apples but thankfully tina hired a boy band to sing for their party and even though they sounded like complete trash they were attractive. This was enough for the girls of Bramble academy because they sold one hundred tickets and managed to raise one thousand dollars. Unfortunately the city council of Bramble town has raised the needed funds to save the library to twenty thousand dollars. Willa is furious and is then determined to earn twenty thousand dollars by doing as many fundraisers as she can. In the midst of all this, Willa finds out her Grandpa has passed away due to a heart attack while on vacation with his wife in New York. Willa’s family is devastated. When Grandma put the story about Grandpa Tweeds passing on the newspaper, she also included donations for the Bramble Library as well. From there donations flooded in
There is a slight glimmer of hope when the school year ends and the girls all receive their report cards. They stand eagerly in the hallway, none of them can break their gaze at the slips of paper in their teacher’s hands. Pashtana finishes 15th in her class and in this moment looks forward to a new year in the 8th grade. Unfortunately, Pashtana and her family were living off of $7 a week, a dollar to spend a day. She soon got married to her cousin and has not been back to school since their last day.
It is the day Cali will remember for the rest of her life, for it is the day Cali Millhouse discovers her uncle was murdered by a family member. It is Two o'clock and half of the town of Rosewood is piling inside the local funeral home. Mrs. Dunham pays her respects to everyone except Cali’s father, Steve, for Mrs. Dunham finds him to be evil. Maybe she is right, and he killed Cali’s uncle? Whether he was or not, it is still a sad day and she needed the comfort of her father. That morning the sheriff came by and informed Cali and her family that someone related to Keith killed him. Surprisingly, her father made a comment that he believed it was her Aunt Audrey. Audrey was a money hungry, mean, gold-digger who dated men for their money, and she knew Keith had a two billion dollar company that would be left to someone if he passed.Steve felt much animosity towards his older sister, and would vituperate her name any chance he got. Audrey blamed Steve as much as her blamed her, nevertheless you could feel their acrimony towards each
In Cold Sassy GA, the town is filled with gossip surrounding the town’s newest newlyweds. Will Tweedy finds himself eyewitness to it all. Grandpa E Rucker Blakeslee has ‘tied the knot’ with the young milliner, Miss Love Simpson. With it being only three weeks after the death of his last wife, the family and town alike are shocked. Confused but curious about it all, Will observes what it means to be husband and wife and what it really means to love. Puzzled by the secrets shared between the two, he tries to figure out just why Grandpa Blakeslee asked Miss Love for her hand in marriage and why she even agreed. While Grandpa Blakeslee is experiencing his second adolescence, Will is trying to make it through his first. When Will gets hit by a train and is still alive to tell about it, Grandpa Blakeslee gives him a lesson on God’s Will. And Will starts to realize not everyone interprets things the same way. When the mill child, Lightfoot crosses Will’s path his heart skips a beat. With all Will’s new found attractions and desires he decided to try his luck with the girls. That’s when he experiences his first kiss, and also his first heartbreak. After the innocent Uncle Camp kill’s himself due to Aunt Loma’s constant criticism, Will starts to question how he treats people. He starts to wonder if maybe he helped his uncle pull the trigger. Soon after that Grandpa Blakeslee’s store isn’t doing all that well. Two unidentified strangers come and rob Grandpa Blakeslee blind, in the process beating him up ‘something awful’. With his weakness effecting his immune system, he catches a bad case of pneumonia and soon passes away. But not before Miss Love could tell him what he had been waiting to hear his whole life…. He would soon have a son to carry on the family name. Not at all scared of death or the unknown, Grandpa Blakeslee orders a letter to be read concerning his funeral and remains. But to everyone’s surprise he orders the cheapest and lowest class funeral and orders himself nothing, but a wooden box. Wanting no one to mourn over him and everyone to know that he was dead...
The school board tried to tell Anne the way things should be ran in the school, even when they were desperate for her to teach their kids in the secluded town they all found themselves in. The school board needed an educati...
She had been in New York for quite some time, doing well in school and with a brand new best friend. When she returned to her grandparents, she nurtured her grandpa in his last moments, and when he had taken his last breath a little bit of Jacqueline had slipped away as well. It isn’t that she hadn’t cherished the time with her grandfather, but as if his death was too sudden, and when she had started to really find her way in New York and South Carolina began to fade into a memory, the news was a wake up call.
An important detail is that Mrs. Mallard has a heart disease so Josephine, her sister, has to be very careful telling her the news. Josephine learned of Mr. Mallard’s death
Plot: The matriarch of a poverty-stricken southern family, Addie Bundren, dies in her bed. Married to Anse Bundren, she has five children: Jewel, Cash, Darl, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman Bundren. Her neighbors, Vernon and Cora Tull (as well as their children), care for Addie in her final days as her family keeps the house running. Cash, the oldest, spends most of his time building a coffin for his mother right underneath her window. The second oldest child, Darl, and the youngest, Vardaman, just try to survive during the time of the book.
...dhearted grandmother. Bartleby was able to be free in his workplace because the lawyer allowed him so. Therefore, both characters' relationships with others, who showed compassion and understanding, helped them to overcome obstacles and reach freedom. Brent’s grandmother was a positive aspect in her life through support, and it made Brent believe there was still humanity or hope. Bartleby got the lawyer to let him do as he pleased, although it was the result of the lawyer's selfishness. Nevertheless, the lawyer did care for Bartleby and tried to help him, even if he was unsuccessful in the end. Each character had different approaches to freedom, and got there on their own, with nothing given to them but support. The acts of kindness and knowledge of the fact that good-hearted people still existed were ultimately enough for Brent and Bartleby to reach their freedom.
Everyone would like to support their family financially and achieve financial success in their lives. Walter Younger is a thirty-five year old, married man who, is a limousine driver and has dreams like each one of us. Walter represents a 1950’s African-American male, who struggles, but tries to secure economic prosperity. Walter Younger has a dream to open a liquor store and he believes that this store will lead his family to The American Dream. A dream is a hope or a wish and Walter Younger, who is the hero and the villain of the play, wants to use Mama’s 10,000 to open up the liquor store. Walter Younger’s family is an African-American family that is struggling in poverty, but Walter’s idea of financial stability could lead the family to
Living in a society where the fulfillment of dreams is based upon material wealth, the Younger family strives to overcome their hardships as they search for happiness. As money has never been a way of life for the family, the insurance check's arrival brings each person to see the chance that their own dreams can become reality. Whether in taking a risk through buying a "little liquor store" as Walter wishes to do or in -"[wanting] to cure" as Beneatha dreams, the desires of the family depend upon the fate of Mama's check. In the mind of Walter Lee Younger, the check is the pinnacle of all, dominating his thoughts, as he does not wait a second before "asking about money "without" a Christian greeting." He cannot see beyond the fact that he "[wants] so many things" and that only their recently acquired money can bring them about. The idea of money and being able to hold it "in [his] hands" blinds him from the evils of society, as he cannot see that the Willy Harris's of the world will steal a person's "life" without a word to anyone. When money becomes nothing but an illusion, Walter is forced to rethink his values and his family's future, realizing that there is more to living that possessing material riches.
In the beginning of the short story O’Connor’s use of a dark and humorous tone allows the audience to feel pity for the grandmother. The first sentence, “The grandmother didn’t want to go to Florida” shows the reader the family does not worry about the grandmother’s
The story focuses on a poor black family as they try to make a life for themselves. The father, Walter Younger, is a typical father who wants to help supply his family with the money they desperately need. To achieve this, he plans to open a liquor store. However, it becomes clear that the anger and hatred he has for his family’s poor standing overtakes his concern for keeping his family happy. His wife, Ruth, discovers that she was pregnant, but when she tried to tell Walter about it, he brushed her aside. He is too focused on preparing to open his store. After Ruth leaves, Lena, Walter’s mother, tells him that Ruth is pregnant (Hansberry, Act 1). This leaves him shocked and speechless. In a chain of events, Walter’s anger has caused him to push away the woman who he is supposed to care about more than anything. Even after this however, Walter still does not learn his lesson. His family receives a life insurance check worth $10,000 from Lena’s deceased husband (Hansberry, Act 1). The money could change the life of the family. Lena wants it to buy a house, Walter wants it to open his liquor store, and Walter’s sister wants it to go to medical school. They manage to get a house, but Walter selfishly uses the rest of the money to try and open his liquor store. He still has anger towards his family’s poor status. One of his partners ends up stealing the money and leaving the family
When attempting to portray the story of the god of love Cupid and his lover Psyche, one of the most important scenes is when Psyche attempts to discover the identity of the man that she has loved for so long. There are many elements of this scene that make it important when discussing the story of Cupid and Psyche, but some of the main elements are the sleeping Cupid as he lays unaware of the actions of Psyche, and the expression of innocent curiosity of Psyche as she longs to discover who the man of her dreams really is while using a candle to discover his identity. These elements are crucial to this scene because it shows the extent to which each person trusts the other. As Cupid lays on the bed asleep, he is showing that he has developed
“A crush” by, Cynthia Rylant is a good book for middle school readers to read because it help give kids confidence on no matter who they are or what their like they can always find a way to make someone feel special about themselves. “Dolores stopped wearing t-shirts to work and instead wore crisp white blouses”(Rylant). This is
Cupid is a major symbol for Valentine’s Day. Simply because, he’s the god of love. Cupid was willing to do anything to make his mother, Venus, happy. She sent Cupid out on a mission to make her arch rival fall in love with the ugliest living thing ever. Unfortunately, this backfired on Venus and Cupid became his own victim.