“I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes of as a consequence of it – Oscar Wilde” (Page before page number one).This quote comes from the book Hole In My Life by Jack Gantos. The main topics involve recovering from mistakes and overcoming setbacks. Everyone should read his book because everyone can take something away from it. Audience, voice, and content are the key points for review. First to be reviewed in Hole In My Life is audience. Many people can benefit from reading Hole In My Life. These people are teenagers, people living in poverty, and people hoping to achieve dreams. Teenagers will benefit from reading this book because Jack Gantos was a bright student who was led down the wrong path …show more content…
The tones Jack uses in Hole In My Life are vulgar, gloomy, and blunt. An example of a vulgar tone is here, “‘Where the hell are you?’ he shouted back. Before I could answer he went into a harangue. ‘For Christ’s sake, the FBI have been all over my ass’“(121). The author used vulgar tone in this book to make it more real. People weren’t clean and proper. During this time in his life, people swore and that was that, so he kept it in the book to not censor any part of his experiences. An example of the gloomy tone in this book is here, “Drugs were available everywhere at all times. Especially reefer. You could smell it on every breath of air. In bars, on street corners, in passing cars, on buses, at beaches-people grew it in their home gardens and smoked it like cigarettes” (57). Jack used a gloomy tone in the book at times to make the reader feel like he felt, which was uneasy and somewhat nervous because of all the uncertainty at the time. The last example of the authors tone is about him being blunt, “I stood up and went downstairs. But I didn’t sleep. …show more content…
The amount of pages in the book is 200, and every single page is filled with quality and progressive work. Jack’s purpose in sharing his story is to inspire people to not make the same mistakes he has made, and if you have already made mistakes, to provide hope because you can overcome them, and he is living evidence. Proof of this in his writing is how he always explains every detail about the issues he has had and always thoroughly tells how he has beaten the tough time. The other features in this book are the cover and Jack’s mug shot. The cover contains his mug shot in a pattern along with the title and his signature; this is to show the impact of his experience with jail. The back of the book cover contains a brief description of the memoir and at the bottom a picture of custom agents at the 79th Street boat basin search yacht that was reputedly used to smuggle hashish, which is to make the reader feel more connected to the story by witnessing the boat mention throughout the story. . The mug shot (One page before page one) is again, to symbol his experiences with jail time. Hole In My Life is divided into three sections with chapters within each section. These sections and chapters are in chronological order. In addition, Jack mixes in some personal style into the writing. At the beginning of each section, he has pictures of number the numbers one, two, and three from his mug shot. He
In this short story “ The Parsley Garden ¨ William Saroyan suggests that by doing something wrong will give you consequences in the long run. It is important that you work hard for what you want , make good choice and be successful. Making good choices will make your life brighter, successful
The narrator writes from a participant-limited point of view allowing him to have a certain writing style to make the tone of the story more believable. A carefree and reckless attitude can be described as the tone and it is apparent in certain terms that are repeated. Terms such as, “Motherfucker” and when he says “we were bad” referring to himself and his friends allows the reader to imagine times when they too may have used diction similar to these young teens (T. Coraghessan Boyle, 168).
We all experience a rite of passage in our lives, whether it be the time we learned to swim or perhaps the day we received our driver’s license. A rite of passage marks an important stage in someone’s life, and one often times comes with a lesson learned. Three selections that provide fine examples of rites of passage that individuals confront include “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell, “On Turning Ten” by Billy Collins” and “First Lesson” by Philip Booth.
In the novel, Holes, by Louis Sachar, two of the familiar themes were represented which were teamwork and leadership. The two themes were used by Stanley Yelnats and Hector Zeroni. Teamwork and leadership are two essential points that summarize the novel.
Holes is a book about a boy named Stanley Yelnats who is convicted of stealing a famous basketball player’s shoes. His punishment for stealing a basketball player’s shoes is going to detention camp. Stanley believes that this all happened because of an ancient family curse or fate. This is true because both bad luck and fate led to detention camp where he turned his bad luck around once and for all.
In the same way, both Wes Moore’s both regret in their childhood and through their adulthood about their mistake in their lives. This point is illustrated in the passage, “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” (Quoted from Samuel Buckett)...“Failing does not make us a failure. But not trying to do better, to be better, does make us fools” (Moore 185). The explanation of quote point is the quote is to attempt till you succeed or never surrender. On the chance that you come up short once, attempt once more. On the chance that you fall flat second time, do it again. This disappointment again ought to be superior to the past disappointment. There ought to be some realizing and some change. They cannot make it in the first attempt. The (author) Wes Moore acknowledges and tries to enhance by taking a shot at the reasons of his
When you do not live up to your full potential some people will say that is a waste of talent. Even if someone were to go down the wrong road there is still a chance to redeem yourself. Flannery O 'Connor the author of “A good man is hard to find” is a great example of that situation. When a family of six a grandmother, her son Bailey, the mother of his three children John Wesley, June star and a baby boy. After the family decides to have a road trip to Florida, they encounter a man known as the misfit. The misfit has been through so much trouble that the grandmother sees the lost potential in the man. The grandmother shows her indifference for creation by selfishly manipulating and nagging to get her way on the family 's vacation (Keil).
He knows there is much more to the life he leads, feels trapped, and does not know what he can do to change it. “But international 4-8818 are different.like fireflies.” This book has a very deep and dark feeling to it, especially in the beginning.... ... middle of paper ...
The novel Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor, perfectly demonstrates how a character can change their ways and learn lessons. When the protagonist, Paul Fisher, was first introduced, he was a shy, quiet kid, who never tried to change his situation. He has a terrible relationship with his brother, Erik, and is literally terrified of him and what he will do to him. In the beginning of the book, he was moving from Houston, Texas to his new home in Tangerine, Florida. In his fresh start to life in Tangerine, he learns that he shouldn’t be scared, and that he needs to start standing up for himself and letting his voice, thoughts, and opinions be heard. Even though Paul starts off scared, afraid, intimidated, and full of self doubt, he learns that he needs to change his ways and attitude towards his life, and to take action to make things right.
In life there are times when things go wrong and you are out of fortune. The only way to evaluate your self-identity and character is to get back up on your feet and turn your problems around. In this memoir, A Place to Stand, Jimmy Santiago Baca (2001), demonstrates his adversities throughout his life. Baca’s parent was a big influence in process of creating his own identity. He encounters many obstacles as well as meeting a wide range of different people in society in positive and negative ways. At times in his life, he feels, the world is his worst antagonist. However, Jimmy has overcome the challenges he faces. Baca experiences challenges and difficulties during his youth and prison; However, he managed to overcome
He has a specific problem that provokes issues in his daily life. Through the whole novel, we can observe how this little boy strives to solve his problem and how he manages to conquer and overcome his fears . In this isolated and rural society exists a contention that causes countless obstacles. This issue includes the fact that adults in this community are constantly distancing themselves from their children, invariably shutting the doors of their houses. Michele comments regularly on "the grown-ups [that] stayed shut up indoors, like toads waiting for the heat to die down." (Ammaniti 6) Sigmund Freud theorized that repeated uterine images of enclosed, round spaces like holes and circles often portray ideas of entrapment and protection. These adults are afraid of the outer world, the real world. Subsequently, those role-models, that are supposed to set an example to their offspring, aren 't doing their part in the growing of the child. Thus, this issue leads us to the main problem Michele has to endure. Michele is trapped in his town with gender stereotypes with no escape. He wants to constantly escape this torturous reality, yet to no avail. There are strict boundaries to the way of life these people are living. Subsequently, gender role issues and adult roles are brought in. Michele 's feeling of entrapment is unceasingly echoed by uterine images."The boy [who] was in the hole." (Ammaniti 35)
At the end of the story, Jack realizes that blending in with society is not ideal. He regrets the past decade that was full of loss and regret when it could've been full of trust and love. People may be tempted to make unwise decisions to blend in with society. But think about it: the world is like a crowded marketplace. If you don’t stand out, you are invisible. Unique qualities define your identity. Without them, you are not yourself. At least on Qingming, the mother’s poor spirit can rest easy, knowing her son is with her in heart, but that can never make up for the years of hurt and betrayal directed at
This whole experience of escaping is a difficult adjustment for Jack. At this stage in his life, Jack is entering middle childhood. He is confused at the beginning why the would leave Room – its safe, its secure, and its his home. He fights and struggles with the thought of an outside world. However, through the escape, his entire world changes. At this time, Jack was experiencing Piaget’s Concrete Operational stage. (Santrock, 2016). He begins to think more logically – almost through the need of the situation he was raised in. Although it was difficult for him at first, and Jack claimed to hate his mother, he was able to follow through with a plan of escape. This plan focused around Jack pretending to be died, and Old Nick carrying him outside. Jack lived a sheltered life, and then was forced into a world of unknowns and make-believe. He was starting to be able to connect and make conclusions based on the information provided to him. He trusted his mother and worked together, trying to understand her logical
Mid-twentieth century humorist Sam Levenson once said, “You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” As much as I have tried to follow this advice in my life, there have been many instances where I have challenged Mr. Levenson’s theory.
The concept of living and learning, is that an individual needs to live and make mistakes in order to learn and become wiser. Many people would acknowledge that they have learned more from the mistakes they have made then the advice they have received. This concept is demonstrated in A.E. Housman’s poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty.”