The book I choose to read is Where She Went by Gayle Forman. This book is a sequel to if I stay. If you don’t remember in the first book Mia hall and her family get into a fatal car wreck and Mia is the only one who survives. Where she went tell the after story of Adam after the love of his life decides to walk out of his life. There is not a movie to where she went yet but I feel like it if going to be a great movie and I think the same actors will be in it. After Mia hall wakes she decides that she is going to the college scholarship and pursues her dreams in music because she believes it is what best for her after losing all her family. Even though Adam is upset he still lets her go because he knows that if it’s meant to be she will come
Grace has never had a real home her whole life. For Grace and her mom, “there was always a better job or place to live, better schools or less crime” (15). A second theme of the story is give people second chances. Lacey and Grace had a secret plan, Plan B, in which they would drive Grace’s grandma crazy enough that Grace could go back to living with Mrs.Greene and Lacey. Grace should have given Grandma another chance because she might not understand everything she's lost such as “waiting for her daughter to come home” but years later dead (196). Another theme of the story is spend the most time with loved ones while they’re here. Grace finally realized her grandma isn’t so bad. They both want “to find a way to get them back”, they’re loved ones, and that’s through each other (196). Grace has lost her dad, grandpa, and mom, but doesn’t realize that her grandma lost them too and could be
In numerous way a character in an book can be affected or influenced by their culture in the novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand a young man by the name of Louie Zamperini is affected at an early age by his culture. While reading the novel an individual would find out that Louie is the son of two Italian immigrants, few years after Louie was born he moves to this small surber city called Torrance with his family. While living in this town Louie family has to fight against prejudices of the citizen not wanting this Italian family living in the neighborhood. In the first few chapter someone would learn that in the 1920s Torrance ,California was very prejudices to the Zamperini family by trying to get the city council members from letting them move into the city.Meanwhile, Louie Italian heritage did have a small effect on him as he was becoming an adult.
The main character in this story is a Jewish girl named Alicia. When the book
In “Where the World Began” by Margaret Laurence, the author describes her hometown, a small prairie in Canada called Neepawa. She paints a vivid picture of Neepawa; its nature, its buildings, its inhabitants, both alive and dead. For Laurence, her hometown is not “uninteresting”, or “dull”, as the stereotype about small towns goes. In fact, even after having explored many different locations such as England and Africa, this little town is the place she is most drawn to. She provides the reason for this strong attraction herself: "Because that settlement and that land were my first and for many years my only real knowledge of this planet, in some profound way they remain my world, my way of viewing. My eyes were formed there". Laurence draws a strong bond between home and personality throughout the essay, giving immense importance to the influence of her childhood home on her adult outlook. She concludes by telling the reader: "This is where my world began … A world which formed me, and continues to do so, even while I fought it in some of its aspects, and continue to do so. A world which gave me my own lifework to do, because it was here that I learned the
Tom awkwardly returns and attempts convince Apple to return to his house with both wealth and a creepy side hug. June returns in a vicious fury and she tries to make her mark on Apple. Cassandra escapes the confining life at the shelter and tries to convince Apple to go with her.
The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas is a short story written by Ursula Le Guin. In her story, Le Guin creates a model Utilitarian society in which the majority of its citizens are devoid of suffering; allowing them to become an expressive, artistic population. Le Guin’s unrelenting pursuit of making the reader imagine a rich, happy and festival abundant society mushrooms and ultimately climaxes with the introduction of the outlet for all of Omelas’ avoided misfortune. Le Guin then introduces a coming of age ritual in which innocent adolescents of the city are made aware of the byproduct of their happiness. She advances with a scenario where most of these adolescents are extremely burdened at first but later devise a rationalization for the “wretched one’s” situation. Le Guin has imagined a possible contemporary Utilitarian society with the goal to maximize the welfare of the greatest number of people. On the contrary, Kant would argue that using the child as a mere means is wrong and argue that the living conditions of the child are not universalizable. The citizens of Omelas must face this moral dilemma for all of their lives or instead choose to silently escape the city altogether.
Eva Hoffman’s memoir, Lost in Translation, is a timeline of events from her life in Cracow, Poland – Paradise – to her immigration to Vancouver, Canada – Exile – and into her college and literary life – The New World. Eva breaks up her journey into these three sections and gives her personal observations of her assimilation into a new world. The story is based on memory – Eva Hoffman gives us her first-hand perspective through flashbacks with introspective analysis of her life “lost in translation”. It is her memory that permeates through her writing and furthermore through her experiences. As the reader we are presented many examples of Eva’s memory as they appear through her interactions. All of these interactions evoke memory, ultimately through the quest of finding reality equal to that of her life in Poland. The comparison of Eva’s exile can never live up to her Paradise and therefore her memories of her past can never be replaced but instead only can be supplemented.
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! was the last book published before Dr. Seuss died. Seuss’s last book tells the story of life and is by far Seuss’s most influential story. One might assume that considering Seuss was nearing the end of his life, he used this story as an all encompassing lesson of how to live. Oh, the Place You’ll Go! includes a lesson on practically every page. A young boy begins his journey in his small town and ventures forth into the world and discovers new sights and new people. Seuss gives descriptions throughout story about how to carry on through the high and low points of life. “You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” “Wherever you fly, you’ll be the best of the best.
Death is inevitable; if you want happiness in life, try A. Margaret Atwood, the author of “Happy Endings,” uses six separate short stories to depict outcomes with different scenarios. The author practices the use of flash fiction which adds to the entirety of each version. Though this short story has portions of unusual context, the content can teach a reflection on life. As the reader analyzes all six versions, the gender roles are evident as the story progresses. Atwood starts the short story by introducing the two main characters, John and Mary, and then proceeds to tell a variety of options as to who they are and what happens to them. In Margaret Atwood’s short story, “Happy Endings,” the central theme of fiction provides several different
If I Stay by Gayle Forman is a wonderfully written book that has been produced into a movie. If I Stay the book and the movie are very similar. However, like all books revamped into a movies, there are several key events and ideas that did not happen in the movie like in the book or vice versa.
I chose Among The Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix for a couple of reasons. First of all, I read the book and the summary really did catch my attention because it’s a very interesting and different story as described. I found it interesting because I was curious right away just by reading the summary in the back, I had so many questions like for example, what would Luke and his family ever do if the population police came to detect their home? Will Luke and Jen be able to come out of the shadows? Will a time come when the shadow children don't have to hide anymore?. The summary really captured my attention and made me want to read this book about these unusual children who aren't supposed to even exist. Another reason I wanted to read this book was because of the genre, by reading the back and looking at the cover I recognised this book as a
Accepting Nick’s Invitation, Brianna wanders into a dream. That first day, Nick convinces Brianna to move into his spare room so she can attend college and work on the side. Within hours of that decision, he is training Brianna to become a dancer in a strip club. After the 3d night stripping, seeing how much money
The first choice that Mia could make was to live. She could choose to live so that she could go to Juilliard to pursue her love of music. Mia loved playing her cello and wanted to continue playing it in college. This would be a major reason for her to choose to live so that she could do what
When the attempt fails and security tries to remove Adam, a family friend defuses the situation and informs Adam that Teddy has just died. Mia runs through the halls in disbelief and begins screaming that she just wants it to be over. At the same time she begins to see the bright light and her body goes into cardiac arrest. After a flashback; we find Mia’s Grandfather sitting by her beside. As she looks on, he explains that he wants her to live but he understands that with the deaths of her parents and brother that she might not want to come back. With the conclusion of his conversation the next few scenes show family and friends saying their goodbyes. This portion of the movie clearly serves at the falling action. You would expect that the falling action would not include any more tragedy. Just when you thought that it couldn’t get any worse we get the twist with Teddy. The director was able to show how all of the lose finally impacted
I am reading a book called The Missing Girl by Norma Mazer. This book is about a man who watches the five Herbert sisters do almost everything such as going to school or even just having a conversation. I do not like how the author narrates this book. The author has this book in second person point of view, "Just as you're leaving school, pretty Mrs. Kalman stops you in the hall and says, "Autumn dear, do you know who I am?" Of course you know. She's your school counselor. You look at her briefcase and wonder what's in it--must be important stuff ". (Mazer pg.24) Second person point of view is when someone uses pronouns such as you or yours. In almost all of this book the author has it in second person point of view. I would like this book