In my fourth and final meeting for book club, my group and I have read the whole novel of Shattered. And when our roles were shared, I learned new things about the novel such as why the novel is called Shattered as well as a connection between the main character Ian to myself. To begin, I obtained knowledge of the reason to why the novel has the name Shattered. Evidence to support from the novel is when Jacques says “You see those shards of glass? He said, pointing to the jagged pieces of the bottle on the ground. Do you think you can put them together again? Do you think anything or anybody could ever make it whole again? Well, do you? It’s not just broken, it’s shattered into a million pieces and it can never be put back together again. Never. …show more content…
That bottle … that’s me … nobody, nothing, can ever put the pieces together again. And even if my life could be put back together again, it would never be the same. What was inside of me, he said, placing his hands on his chest, that is gone … gone forever.”(Walters 174). The importance of this quote is that it shows how the title of the novel Shattered was a crucial word used by Jacques and how he describes his shattered life. Also, the word shattered gives me a better understanding of the novel because it is a great way to describe what goes through Jacques mind over the course of the novel. Next, during the book club discussion, I also created a connection from the main character Ian to myself. Ian is a 15-year-old boy who needs to complete community service hours to pass his civics course. While working at a homeless kitchen called “The Club” Ian meets a poor person named Sarge (who later on in the novel reveals his real name which is Jacques) who finds out he was a previous militant and went to war in a place called Rwanda located in central Africa. Because of Ian’s lack of knowledge of the events that occurred in Rwanda, Jacques got offended. So Ian decided to conduct research about Rwanda and found out that a genocide took place
T-Ray character is harsh and cruel after Lily's mother died. Without a mother Lily does not have any support exept Rosaleen who "wants" to protect her but doesn't want to get beaten by T-Ray. When Lily's mother was around, T-Ray's character might have been nicer to lily than before. But he still had attiude with Lily before the aciddent. "Get into your god damn room!". This quote shows that T-Ray's charcter still had some attuide towards Lily. When Lily's mother died, T-Ray had more power to punish Lily with harder conditions. "T-Ray never believed in slumpber parties or the junoir varisty cheerleading." This illustrates how Lily's mother could of changed her life even thoughout the misery of T-Ray. T-Ray's character now is selfish and does
Connections Question- The author of Cold Sassy Tree, Olive Ann Burns stated that she made Aunt Loma an unsympathetic character. Do you think she has been successful so far? Support your answer with examples from the text.
“I looked anxiously. I didn’t see anybody… I’d keep my head up and my eyes open-`You got a smoke to spare?’” (Walters 3) In Shattered, Eric Walters hauls the reader through the life of Ian, the protagonist who experiences the joy of helping others. Throughout the white pine award novel, Ian is continually helping people around him realize that their life isn’t perfect and they ought to alter it somewhat. Furthermore, the author carefully compares the significance of family and how importance they are to everyone’s life. Right through the book, Eric Walters demonstrates the theme of compassion through the use of Ian helping Jack overcome his drinking problems, showing Berta the value of patriot and always there for the less fortunate.
A longing for revenge can hold people captive in their own minds, influencing thoughts and speech. The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, is a play that follows the story of Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, after he is overpowered by his own brother and left to die with his daughter in a cramped sailboat. He seeks vengeance against many; however, he is not alone in his pursuit of revenge. His servant, Caliban, yearns for revenge toward Prospero for commanding him to be his slave. As Prospero seeks revenge on Antonio and Caliban, he does not realize Caliban’s own craving for revenge against him.
“I looked anxiously. I didn’t see anybody… I’d keep my head up and my eyes open-‘You got a smoke to spare?’” (Walters 3). In Shattered, Eric Walters hauls the reader through the life of Ian, the protagonist who experiences the joy of helping others. Throughout this white pine award novel, Ian continually offers help to people around him reflecting to them that their lives are not perfect and they ought to alter it somewhat. Furthermore, the author effectively compares the significance of family and the importance of acquiring a dream in life. Through the book, Eric Walters demonstrates the theme of compassion through the incidents of Ian helping Jack to overcome his drinking problems, showing Berta the value of patriot and always there for the less fortunate.
Kids are not often kind, they do not listen to rules, they think they are better than others. It takes time and trial to change into a kind person. Often in literature, the protagonist changes from the beginning to the novel to the end of the novel. The protagonist changes after a hardship or issue. In Roland Smith’s “Peak” Peak matures from a selfish child to a selfless man, when struggling to climb Everest.
Our perspective on life can have a significant impact on our life. Depending on how you were raised it can impact your perspective on life very differently than others. For example if you were raised in a home of poverty or drug abuse you are use too that lifestyle when you're young. It wouldn't be till your older you would realize it is not a normal way of life. It shapes our life. In the novel the Glass Castle Jeanette is a perfect example of how your perspective changes throughout life as you experience life in addition to maturing. Her change in life had an unbelievable impact on her life that made her a well round mature adult despite her upbringing in poverty.
I am reading The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan, and I am on page 302. This portion of the novel is about three newfound half-bloods named Jason, Piper, and Leo. This novel starts off with Jason waking up on a bus, not knowing who he is. Apparently his best friend is a guy named Leo, and he has a girlfriend named Piper. They’re all apart of the same boarding school for troubled kids. They arrive at the grand canyon, when one of their thought to be classmates turns into a storm spirit and tries to kill them, because they are half-bloods. At the time they do not know that they are. Their coach, also known as their Teacher, is actually a Satyr that tries to defend the kids. Jason eliminates the storm spirits with his golden sword, even though he was
What would happen to the world when the Government and the drug producers create a partnership that benefits each side? This is reality in The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer. The drug producers are given land between Mexico and the United States, known as Aztlán, that is theirs to do whatever they want, without the interference of outside government, as long as they make sure no illegal immigrants come to the U.S. In the middle of all of this, there is Opium. This is the largest exported drug from Aztlán and the center of young Matt’s life.
In Act 1, Scene 1 of the Crucible, Arthur Miller’s theme is evident when Abigail worryingly puts all the blame on tituba because she knows that Tituba’s race puts her at a disadvantage, thus leading to tituba lying for her own safety. Passionately trying to seek answers Parris threateningly screams, “ You will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to your death, Tituba!”(Miller 24) Tituba fearfully replies, “ No--no, don’t hang Tituba. I tell him I don’t desire to work for him, sir.” (24). In the quote, Parris didn’t like that tituba didn’t tell him she dealt with the devil so he threatened to kill her. Historically whipping was a method to abuse or punish slaves for misbehaving. After the beatings if still alive the slaves will suffer mental and physical distress. This image of a brutal death
“He reminded me of Will Rogers- maybe it was the grin” (10). This is the way Ponyboy, the narrator from The Outsiders describes his friend, Two-Bit. Two-Bit is just as funny as he is laid-back and tough. Each member of the gang had their own role in Ponyboy’s perspective, Pony believes Two-Bit was the funny one, though there is much more to Two-Bit than being the comedian. Two-Bit is just as funny as he is laid-back/lazy and tough. The gang needs Two-Bit for his attitude.
Courage is an action that shows bravory.in the book roll of thunder hear my cry stacey showed courage by staying with his friend.stacey is the oldest kid in the logan family he feels like he has to lead his family.stacey had to show courage when two bad people was beating up his friend.
Eo wants to be free from the rule of the golds, she want Darrow to use his influence over people to achieve that goal. Darrow never wanted to go against the golds, not until the death of Eo his beloved wife. To avenge her death he has to start a revolt by becoming what he hates the most a gold. Dancer wants to be free he's part of the son of Ares they save Darrow and recruits him to infiltrate the golds tests in hopes of getting a high rank to destroy the golds rule. After passing the golds test with flying colors he is sent to a arena for the next test. Darrow must become a leader and gain his classmates trust and loyalty. Defeating the Jackal and the system.
He has grown up in the backwash of a dying city and has developed into an individual sensitive to the fact that his town’s vivacity has receded, leaving the faintest echoes of romance, a residue of empty piety, and symbolic memories of an active concern for God and mankind that no longer exists. Although the young boy cannot fully comprehend it intellectually, he feels that his surroundings have become malformed and ostentatious. He is at first as blind as his surroundings, but Joyce prepares us for his eventual perceptive awakening by mitigating his carelessness with an unconscious rejection of the spiritual stagnation of his community. Upon hitting Araby, the boy realizes that he has placed all his love and hope in a world that does not exist outside of his imagination. He feels angry and betrayed and comes to realize his self-deception, describing himself as “a creature driven and derided by vanity”, a vanity all his own (Joyce). This, inherently, represents the archetypal Joycean epiphany, a small but definitive moment after which life is never quite the same. This epiphany, in which the boy lives a dream in spite of the disagreeable and the material, is brought to its inevitable conclusion, with the single sensation of life disintegrating. At the moment of his realization, the narrator finds that he is able to better understand his particular circumstance, but, unfortunately, this
Flynn often writes about Camille’s mental and physical issues throughout Sharp Objects, the adversity she had and has are the plot of the book. Camille is a “cutter...snipper, a slicer, a jabber”(Flynn 60). She drinks to get her mind away from her thoughts of the past and the troubles of her present life. Her temptation of alcohol is easily succumbed; she surrounds herself with alcohol , because “...everyone drinks in Wind Gap” (Flynn 82). Her drinking problems may have led to seeing and imagining images that were not real.