Hopeless is a story with twists, turns, and moving moments within this well-written novel. When you hear the title, most people do not think it is a romantic story. This story is a mix between romance and fiction, but has numerous realistic backgrounds that make you believe it is a true story. This is a very well thought-out, greatly executed, and attention-grabbing book. Overall, this book is insightful and allows readers to open their eyes to new perspectives. Hopeless is a story about the loss of innocence, hardships within family ties, finding your true self, and moving on from trauma. The author is Margaret Colleen Hoover, but goes by her middle name Colleen. She is known primarily for her romance novels. Tikkanen states, “Became a publishing …show more content…
Tikkanen also mentions, “Her success- in part due to devoted fans known as CoHorts- allowed Hoover to pursue unconventional deals in publishing.” People are invested in the things she writes because she has a captivating way of telling stories. The loss of innocence is a key topic throughout this entire book. At the beginning of the book, you are introduced to the main character, Skye. She is a seventeen-year-old girl who has homeschooled her entire life. You find out she has been sneaking in boys through her bedroom window. Hoover writes, “The first time Grayson snuck into my room was a little over a month ago.” This gives us some insight on how her character is. When she starts spending time with this boy, she starts to realize that she is not comfortable with him. Something deep down inside her makes her feel sick inside. Hoover uses imagery to explain Skye’s flashbacks to her past trauma. When she is around this boy, it takes her back to her childhood. You start to see what she went through, feel her sadness, and understand what happened to her when she was a young girl. Hoover does not go into the details very deeply at the beginning of the story, but each chapter slowly goes down the rabbit …show more content…
Colleen wrote an excuse that any man would say in the real world, which points back to her writing techniques. Her stories are so realistic, and they seem like she is telling a very true story, but it is just fictional. In the closing of this amazing story, Hoover writes about moving on from your past experiences. The aunt that had kidnapped Skye knew exactly what was happening to her, because it happened to her as well. This allows the reader to see that traumatic experiences are more common than you think. The aunt moved on from her trauma, so Skye realized she could as well. Letting your readers know that there is light at the end of the tunnel can be life-changing. You never know what someone else is going through, and Hoover allows her readers to feel seen and heard. Skye moves on from the mistakes of her father and begins a new chapter in her life. Hoover writes, “Her tears are now falling even harder than my own. We wrap our arms around each other, and we cry. We cry mother to
“Picking up the pieces of their shattered lives was very, very difficult, but most survivors found a way to begin again.” Once again, Helen was faced with the struggle of living life day-to-day, trying not to continue feeling the pain of her past.
Kate Morrison is a well educated, independent woman with a decent job, supportive boyfriend and family. Externally, Kate has a life that some people might envy of but, internally, she isn’t as stable as she seems. Crow Lake, a novel written by Mary Lawson, leads the readers to the protagonist, Kate Morrison and the struggles in her life. Kate loses her parents in her early age and for this reason she lives with her siblings with some help from her neighbours and other family members. Despite the absence of her parents, Kate and her siblings seem to grow well. Although there is some crisis in the family, they seem to be inevitable consequences of not having an adult in the family. However, Kate spends an innumerable amount of time accepting and letting go of the past and eventually it causes another crisis in her present life. She continuously has some kind of depression, and she does not realize that her depression is coming from herself, not from anything or anybody else. Crow Lake contains a great message that shows refusing to face the past affects your future negatively. We see ...
To begin, innocence is represented through Connie’s character in both versions. As a matter of fact, Connie is only 15 years old which means it is the period where she is searching for her own identity. Consequently, many of her actions will be innocent due to a lack of knowledge. In the movie, we can see that she is always dressing up in a provocative manner to seduce any boy that comes in front of her. For instance, when Connie and her friends are at the mall for the first time in the movie, we can see that Connie is dressed up with a tight overall and a cleavage that reveals her shapes. While they are taking the escalator, some boys come from the other way. Connie then bend over to show them her "assets". This is a proof of innocence. She
S.E Hinton’s realistic fiction novel, The Outsiders, takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1950’s. It’s hard for Ponyboy, the main character, to reserve his childhood innocence because he is in a gang, called the Greasers, and the Socs and the Greasers are always fighting. One lesson The Outsiders suggests is preserving childhood innocence. While some believe the strongest theme of The Outsiders is loyalty, I argue the strongest theme is preserving childhood innocence, as supported by S.E Hinton’s use of characterization, dialogue, and allegory.From the very beginning, the characterization shows how the Greasers have lost their innocence. S.E Hinton describes how Johnny looked like a “lost little dark puppy that’s been kicked around too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers,” (Hinton 11). This line shows how Johnny lost his innocence because of the way he looks
Themes in literary works are central, recurring ideas or messages that allow us to understand more deeply about the characters. It is a perception about life or human nature that is often shared with the reader. In The Catcher in the Rye, there are several themes that can be found in the words and actions of the narrator, Holden Caulfield. The dominating theme in this novel is the preservation of innocence, especially of children. We can see this throughout the novel, as Holden strives to preserve innocence in himself and others.
Have you ever pondered about when growing up, where does our childlike innocence go and what happens to us to go through this process? It involves abandoning previous memories that are close to our hearts. As we can see in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, we listen to what the main character; Holden Caulfield has to say about it. Holden is an average teenager dealing with academic and life problems. He remains untouched over his expulsion from Pencey Prep; rather, he takes the opportunity to take a “vacation.” As he ventures off companionless in New York City, we are able to observe many things about him. We see that Holden habitually states that he is depressed and undoubtedly, wants to preserve the innocence of others.
Holden identifies with, yearns for, and despises traits of the adult and child realms. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, fears becoming an adult who exhibits the characteristics that he holds complaints against. Throughout this Bildungsroman narrative, Holden searches for his identity. He tries to figure out his place either in the adult or child realm.
An analysis of a potentially innocent, middle-aged sociopath and how being alienated lead him to committing a murder in Albert Camus’ The Stranger. Albert Camus presents The Stranger, a story where the line between innocence and guilt becomes almost unrecognizable. Meursault, a middle-aged man whose mother has recently passed away, gets put on trial for the murder of an Arab man because he became angered by the sun. While the reasoning behind the killing is frivolous and weak, it does not make him completely guilty.
They are many ways to approach a conflict in order to find a resolution. For minimal actions people are often willing to talk about it, but for major actions the solutions to those problems are usually acted out by violence thus, the creation of war. For many centuries countries have been going to war over disagreements. However, it is not any type of disagreements; it is usually about the political beliefs of certain countries. In fact, World War 1 was caused by the disagreements of the European countries in power which were Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary. Some of the countries had a difference of opinion concerning political values on ruling the country. Some were in favour of nationalism, imperialism, or militarism which caused physical conflict and created war. (Duffy) Many soldiers had to go fight to represent their country and make them proud. Many novels have been written to explain to the people how the war had a psychological impact on the soldiers who participated in The Great War, but in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque he explains the true depth of war by implicating his knowledge of his days as a German soldier fighting on the western front. Remarque’s awful war experience influenced him to write his novel to show the realistic brutality of war by graphic violence, the emotional impacts on the privates as well as the impact of nationalism by the Germans.
From the moment a young child observes the privileges adults have in the world, they cannot wait for the day when they grow up. On the contrary, Holden Caulfield has no desire to grow up because his introverted personality protects him from the fear of the loss of innocence. Throughout the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the J.D. Salinger utilizes symbolism, discouraging imagery, and colloquial diction to make the reader be aware of Holden’s fear of the loss of youth. Holden, although he is only seventeen when he is narrating his story, he speaks as though he is an old man remembering his youth.
Loss of Innocence in Rite of Passage by Sharon Olds A rite of passage is defined as a ceremony marking a significant transition or an important event or achievement, both regarded as having great meaning in the lives of individuals. In Sharon Olds' moving poem "Rite of Passage", these definitions are illustrated in the lives of a mother and her seven-year-old son. The seriousness and significance of these events are represented in the author's tone, which undergoes many of its own changes as the poem progresses. From its title, the tone of the poem is already set as serious, and we know there will be a significant event taking place in someone's life. As earlier stated, a rite of passage is an important ceremony or a life-changing event.
One Hundred Year of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez projects itself among the most famous and ambitious works in the history of literature. Epic in scope, Marquez weaves autobiography, allegory and historical allusion to create a surprisingly coherent story line about his forebears, his descendants and ours.
basis of the plot and themes of this novel. The fond memories she possessed of her mother and the harsh ones of her father are reflected in the thoughts and
Elie’s loss of innocence and childhood lifestyle is very pronounced within the book, Night. This book, written by the main character, Elie Wiesel, tells the readers about the experiences of Mr. Wiesel during the Holocaust. The book starts off by describing Elie’s life in his hometown, Sighet, with his family and friends. As fascism takes over Hungary, Elie and his family are sent north, to Auschwitz concentration camp. Elie stays with his father and speaks of his life during this time. Later, after many stories of the horrors and dehumanizing acts of the camp, Elie and his father make the treacherous march towards Gliewitz. Then they are hauled to Buchenwald by way of cattle cars in extremely deplorable conditions, even by Holocaust standards. The book ends as Elie’s father is now dead and the American army has liberated them. As Elie is recovering in the hospital he gazes at himself in a mirror, he subtly notes he much he has changed. In Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie loses his innocence and demeanour because he was traumatized by what he saw in the camps, his loss of faith in a God who stood idly by while his people suffered, and becoming selfish as he is forced to become selfish in the death camps to survive.
Characters lose their innocence throughout American literature. What exactly does “losing their innocence” mean? Losing one’s innocence can be seen as a character maturing. A character may lose his/her innocence in ways including viewing of traumatic event, especially one that will scar his/her life forever. Losing one’s innocence can also be caused by losing one’s trust in someone whom he/she once trusted, catching a glimpse into the “real world”, or performing an immoral act. The recurring theme of loss of innocence, as seen throughout American literature and reality, can affect a person and the people around him/her both negatively and positively. As a result, the audience can see the characters mature through losing hope of dreams, becoming an outcast of society, gaining a new perspective of ideas, or gaining confidence. Negative and positive effects, falling onto characters as a result of a loss of innocence, can be found in works such as The Scarlet Letter, The Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, and The Hunger Games; this theme can also be seen in real life through the effects of children exposed to violent video games.