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Importance of setting in literature
Importance of settings in literature
Setting in literature and why its important
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In the book “Hideout” by Watt Key, Sam, the main character, lives a nice, relaxed life of video games and playing around his house by the river in Mississippi. But, one day after being humiliated by a school fight, Sam decides to venture off into the forested swamp in his boat and discovers a mysterious boy living in a shack named Davey. They become friends and from there, Sam’s easy and relaxed life ends and the problems begin- as Sam is not allowed to go to the swamp but the strange idea of Davey living in the swamp makes Sam want to visit him more. The first problem that Sam faces is that he has to lie to his parents about going to the swamp to see Davey, a boy who lives by himself in a little shack deep in the bayou. Sam has to lie
When Sam goes out late to leave the camp he was at during the war, he goes home to talk to his family and then he hears sounds outside and he finds patriot soldiers trying to steal his family's cattle and Sam tries to stop them. later when he returns to his camp he is accused for leaving the camp and for stealing property, and general Putnam decides to execute him and he dies. When Tim finds out he is very devastated.
Oliver begins by describing the swamp in a way that displays it as unrelenting and immovable, a struggle. The author uses zeugmas such as “pathless, seamless, peerless” to demonstrate that the speaker’s difficult travel through the swamp does not disturb it. Furthermore, the speaker’s trial “for foothold, fingerhold, mindhold” portrays the swamp as a power that is untouchable and unchallenged by humans. This idea is further supported by the author’s personification, stating “here is swamp, here is struggle” because
A few weeks later Sadie has to start school. When she is walking to school she meets a man named Mr. Sparrow. He lives in a cardboard box near the seawall. Sadie worries about him when a flood hits. After the flood, Sadie looks for Mr. Sparrow and his cardboard box
Silas House is an American writer born in 1971 in Lily, Kentucky. He spent most his childhood outside playing and enjoying nature as most kids in Appalachia do. He went to Sue Bennett College, Eastern Kentucky University, and got his masters at Spalding University. He grew up and is known for his novels but also is a music journalist, environmental activist, and a columnist. The times as a kid help develop the writer his is today most his works revolve or have nature in them because it was such a big part of his life and still is. In his novel A Parchment of Leaves he takes about nature “Confluence of the Redbud Creek and the Black Banks River.” He’s a true American writer because he writes about America it’s self.
Now that Sammy has chosen to become a juvenile delinquent, he realizes "how hard the world was going to be" for him in the future. He has left a life of safety and direction for one of the complete opposite, and he must be willing to accept the responsibilities of his actions, no matter the consequences.
Selkow begins to realize after spending so much time with Sam that he had something off about him. At this time, Sam was having is first manic episode. When Sam was eight years old, his father committed suicide due to battling the same disorder. Throughout this documentary, Sam tries to escape that same
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The title of the book I read is called Terror At Bottle Creek by Watt Key. This book is about a boy named Cort who questions if he should move or not away from his houseboat. Until one day when a hurricane goes through where he lives and he has to go to his Neighbor Liza's house (Who he really likes). Then some unfortunate events happen and Liza's sister ends up on the houseboat in the middle of the river during the hurricane. Cort attempts to save her but then they end up having to go to Bottle Creek where more bad things happen. All the events throughout the story makes him realize how much he loves where he lives.
The story starts out with Sam remembering how he first got to be in his tree in the Catskills. A run-away, Sam Gribley, a young boy who lived in New York City with his family of eleven in a small apartment. None of them liked living there. His father used to talk of the family farm in the Catskill Mountains and the time he ran away to them. Sam decided this would be a way out of the dismal life he had in the city. He prepared himself well by listening very carefully to his father’s stories on survival and read books to be prepared for his planned new life.
his young upbringing in the Ku Klux Klan. Sam's background as a Klansman is told
The novel, Shelter by Harlan Coben is a book regarding a boy discovering a mystery that was hidden from him. The protagonist of this book is a teenager named Mickey Bolitare. Mickey witnesses his father’s death so he is now living with his uncle Myron. His life falls apart, but then he encounters Ashley. Ashley is a new student in school like him, and he soon forms feelings for her. Ashley was the reason why his life was bearable; until she disappears without a trace. He would not take the chance of letting anyone else leave him because he's lost too much already. On his search for Ashley he meets the Bat Lady ( a old elder woman who everyone fears) who tells him his father is in fact still alive. Mickey refused to believe this because he witnessed his father die in a car crash they had. This information influenced him to break into her house and he discovers a symbol that remains symbolic throughout the novel. The symbol was a butterfly which connects to his missing friend Ashley and his
He gives them $50 and directions to a church outside of town. The boys hop on a freight train and find the hideout where they are to wait until Dally comes for them. Hiding in an abandoned, rural church, they feel like real outsiders, with their greased, long hair and general hoody appearance. They both cut their hair, and Pony colors his for a disguise. They pass the time in the church playing cards and reading aloud from Gone with the Wind.
Adam berates Sam with questions trying to discover new evidence on the case to help his appeals. His Aunt Lee helps by telling family secrets and past stories tha...
Charlie engages with Sam and Patrick’s group of friends and begins experiencing a new life. During the course of the school year, Charlie has his first date and first kiss, he deals with bullying and begins to experiment wi...
Sam physically exposes Charlie to new experiences that change him into a more confident person. At the start of the school year Charlie is an anti-social and introverted freshman who is reluctant and unsure of himself. He enters high school with no friends, but soon becomes friends with a small group of seniors, most importantly Sam, that influence him to become a stronger individual. Sam introduces him to many new things that he never would have experienced before. For example, drugs, alcohol, love, sexuality, parties and relationships change Charlie into an more confident person by breaking him out if his comfort zone. Sam plays a huge role in his development from being easily influenced to making decisions for himself. Sam motivates him to explore a new side of life and he realizes that life needs to be lived and not watched. Charlie grows from being someone who sits by and watches life to a person who fully participates in life. Charlie begins to develop and mature as his character is faced with unfamiliar situations that take him out of his s...