What one thing that seem insignificant to you may be significant to others and can change their life forever illustrated by Jolina Petersheim, author of the “Lady of the Library” from Jolinapetersheim website. The author was ten years old when she borrowed a book from the library which got confiscated as it was inappropriate for her. She and her mother went to the library to get a reading material different from the book and ask the librarian for help. Petersheim felt the librarian was an elegant lady as the librarian walk across the hallway. As the librarian walk down the aisle through the S’s, she gave the book,” I Capture the Castle” to her. Petersheim felt this book is too boring and old. However, the librarian told her it is different as she had notice her disappointment. Petersheim was skeptical, but she still took the book and read it. She was surprised and was hooked about the book. That she decide she wasn’t to …show more content…
When I think back, it was when I was still in elementary school when my personality change to what I am today. The elementary me was what normal elementary school children are when they are still innocent and naïve. I was still opportunistic about the world and having the fun as what a children should be. At that time, my role model which was my mom was having a bit money problem. When I was small, I did not get it at first. However, I still realized there where some problem in the house. I knew I want to help my mom, but I do not know how. I believe when I started thinking on how to help my mom. My personality change a bit from opportunistic to more of a realistic view of the world. I start to mature a bit faster than the children in my group age. I believe that I have to grow up to be able to help my mom. My whole family wonder why I start to act mature, however they never know why. Which I will never tell them as I love them all and what they do influences me a
The poem I have chosen for the assignment is Maple Valley Library, 1967 by Rita Dove. After reading the poem I concluded that the speaker is Dove when she was fifteen years old sharing Dove’s perspective of being in the library and checking out books. Now looking at the poem, it has five or six wide stanzas and one or two skinny stanza each having a range of long to short lines except for the last two stanzas being short. The poem is long reaching the two pages mark with a rugged look. Then looking at the rhyming there appears to be none in the poem that I can
The author turn to books in order to attract girl. After realizing at thirteen year old that he did not have the standard of the type of boys girls was seduced by. Richler did not let his lack of self-esteem and confidence depress him instead he used the strength of reading he had to develop a character to draw attention to himself. Since he was not tall like a basketball player, he find loophole in reading book he was good at.
emotions and subtle nuances provided by the author in the book, and many of the deeper feelings and emotions therein are missed entirely, or touched on much too briefly
"The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book -- it
This book was very confusing and disorganized. It was very hard to follow and the author
The author read books which his peers thought were “too hard” for him but that was how he became a strong reader. He realized teachers made books a public humiliation for children who had to read aloud.
The novel The Book Thief is a book about a young girl by the name of Liesel Meminger. Observing the life of this young girl is not easy as this is the time of Hitler’s reign in Germany. In a short period of time, this girl faces many difficulties. More than any child should ever have to encounter. She has to deal with being abandoned by her mother, the death of her younger brother, and relocation to another part of Germany. Immediately when Liesel arrives to Molching, her life is forever changed. She is forced to live with two strangers, now her new mama and papa. Liesel faces much abuse both at school and at home. At school she is made fun of for her illiteracy and at home, mama speaks very rudely to her calling her a swine and other insults.
This novel is all about a main character named Guy Montag who was a fireman. As a fireman Montag was supposed to burn any books from the orders of Beatty and his superiors. Montag’s perspective on the world changed throughout the story. The main proponent to the change of his perspective was the world of reading. His boss Beatty and the mechanical hound at the fire station were the characters against reading and agreed with burning books. The one character that started the change in Montag’s perspective was a young girl named Clarisse. Her point of view on the world and society was a point of view that Montag had never seen before in his life. Clarisse was the driving force early on in the book that led to the change in Montag’s
not seen as the cold-hearted, adulterous murderer anymore; and Dorcas transforms from an innocent young girl to a more callous, immature, child solely concerned with self-satisfaction and a longing for belonging. Although the chronological style Toni Morrison uses is not unique, the reader finds it very useful for it allows them to experience the events as though they were being remembered by the characters. Through the characters in this novel, Toni Morrison is able to teach the reader a familiar lesson about life: not to judge a book by its cover.
	"It mattered that education was changing me. It never ceased to matter. My brother and sisters would giggle at our mother’s mispronounced words. They’d correct her gently. My mother laughed girlishly one night, trying not to pronounce sheep as ship. From a distance I listened sullenly. From that distance, pretending not to notice on another occasion, I saw my father looking at the title pages of my library books. That was the scene on my mind when I walked home with a fourth-grade companion and heard him say that his parents read to him every night. (A strange sounding book-Winnie the Pooh.) Immediately, I wanted to know, what is it like?" My companion, however, thought I wanted to know about the plot of the book. Another day, my mother surprised me by asking for a "nice" book to read. "Something not too hard you think I might like." Carefully I chose one, Willa Cather’s My ‘Antonia. But when, several weeks later, I happened to see it next to her bed unread except for the first few pages, I was furious and suddenly wanted to cry. I grabbed up the book and took it back to my room and placed it in its place, alphabetically on my shelf." (p.626-627)
I also remember being a very curious little girl during this stage. I was always asking questions and my mother used to get annoyed because of my questionnaires. Third, is the concrete operational stage which starts from seven to eleven years old. According to Piaget at this stage children switch instinctive thinking to logical thinking, in real situations (King 300). Children also develop classification skills during this stage. During this stage I became very mature. My mom and dad weren’t happy, so they decided to file for a divorce. They were making the best decisions for us by separating at that time. In the beginning I had an idea of what was going to happen. However, it didn’t really hit me until we moved with my grandmother. It was helpful to have my families support and closeness at the time. Furthermore, my mom stepped up and took the role of a mother and a father. I understood what she was going through so I tried not to give her much trouble and started doing the things that I could by myself. Taking care of three kids by herself might have not been easy, but she always made sure that we had everything we
Liesel is still at an age where she doesn’t know the full effect that her actions have on herself and her family. She becomes fascinated with books, and maybe even more so with the thrill that comes with stealing them. Liesel is told many times that it is dangerous and if she were caught there could be awful consequences, but Liesel does not care because all she wants is one more new book. The mayor’s wife, Ilsa, becomes someone whom Liesel can share books with even though the mayor’s wife is distant most of the time, allowing Liesel to read the books in quiet.... ... middle of paper ...
perceive the novel in the rational of an eleven-year-old girl. One short, simple sentence is followed by another , relating each in an easy flow of thoughts. Gibbons allows this stream of thoughts to again emphasize the childish perception of life’s greatest tragedies. For example, Gibbons uses the simple diction and stream of consciousness as Ellen searches herself for the true person she is. Gibbons uses this to show the reader how Ellen is an average girl who enjoys all of the things normal children relish and to contrast the naive lucidity of the sentences to the depth of the conceptions which Ellen has such a simplistic way of explaining.
Maturity and change comes with age. Whether the change is due to certain events, or simply because that person has grown up and been exposed to the real world. That maturity comes from learning life lessons. Learning what is right from wrong and being exposed to new things. In Harper Lee’s
...n illogical world with nonsensical ideas and his imaginative mind expressed throughout the whole novel, it may seem as though the novel is quite childish and pay just pertain to children and young adult, but contrary to that anyone who decides to grab the book and take time out to read will discover the enjoyment in the book no matter what ag; one can be neither too young or too old.