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Influence of the romantic literary period
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While reading the book “Why We Broke Up” I had several queries and reviews on the text. My first question is both a question and an evaluation. Min (The main character) is breaking up with Ed (Min’s ex-girlfriend) for numerous reasons and that’s the whole storyline she’s writing letters about why they broke up which makes sense since the title is “Why We Broke Up.” The authors choice of title complements the plot of the story. I personally love the title I think it goes very well with the books story. It kind of makes you realize that Min and Ed are not going to get back together which makes you a little sad because they seem like such a cute couple at the beginning of the book. But my question is why is Min writing her ex-boyfriend letters. I mean the relationship is over why not just ditch him and forget (remember this is a question I had while reading). …show more content…
Another question is whether Min still loves Ed.
One reason I think she still does is because she says “I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed. I'm writing this letter, the whole truth of why it happened. And the truth is that I goddamn loved you so much.” That quote is a bit confusing how is that a reason to breakup with someone? This book relates to another book that I read that book was “The Fault in Our Stars” now you may be asking yourself how this book at all like that one is? Is this kid insane? Maybe but they both have to do with love and life. Whilst reading this book I was reminded of “The Fault in Our Stars”. Writing the letters and the box are two things that I believe mean something larger. I believe it is her way of cope with the break up and with her ex. Also at the end of the book (the signature) she crosses out love. This I think is also her trying to cope with the breakout. Also dumping the box on his front porch. Clearly there’s something behind. What might that be she was actually dumped on his front porch? So that might be a revenge thing. But that’s a personal
opinion. By reading this book I think I learned a lesson. How much breaking up with someone can hurt? How hard it is and how you might hurt that other person. This book made me feel happy and sad at the same time I was full of joy when reading about how well this relationship was going but then in the back of my mind I remember that this relationship will end and that made me wretched. I think the book is very well written and has a very original storyline
“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” is what been told around and what most people still don’t do. How we decide how something is worth by just looking at it without getting to know someone or something even closer. John Steinbeck wrote a book in 1937 about two farm workers moving place to place trying to find their happiness. By going through things together and keeping each other’s hope by reminding one another about their motivation on even trying and ways how the farm workers, Lenny and George are more different than similar. Lenny and George are more different because of their maturity, their attitude towards Curley’s wife, and behavior.
There is one letter in particular. which shows how important this correspondence is to her. I hate you. you do not write back nor be my Pen Friend I think you are the Ice Queen instead of a king.
How did someone who disliked and even feared book end up receiving a PhD in English from Stanford? Well according to Gerald Graff, the PhD himself, it is all in the approach. In Graff’s essay “Disliking books” he talks about how as a child he did not enjoy books and felt a disconnect between what he read, and how it related to him. That is until, he read Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and had begun having class discussions about the controversy at the end of the book. In this way Graff found a love of literature.
I think that through the book when Sal is telling the story, her character really progresses to learn how these letters fit in with her life, and how maybe she needs to listen to them. One of the quotes
...s, and why he writes them at all. Instead of judging him, she tries to understand and fix it her own way, and it affects how he sees his writing:
Why do we need to grow up? Why does it affect our future? Most people start to mature when they are 19 or 20 years old. However, two different gangs in a book called, The Outsiders wrote by S.E. Hinton, called the Greasers and the Socials (Socs) struggle to mature. Both gangs have been rivals because of their class levels. One being, the Socs, a high-class group of teenagers and young adults and the other, Greasers, being a low-class group of hoods. The Socs were always looking for a fight and they would normally jump on the Greasers. One time a riot caused the death of Bob Sheldon, which changed the lives of three main characters. This change allowed Randy Adderson, Ponyboy Curtis, and Johnny Cade to realize there is more in the future for
During the process of this research paper this semester sources we have been using different sources to create a strong argument and support my point of view regarding Mexican businessmen in El Paso. Among the sources we are using, primary and secondary, historian Mario T Garcia’s book, Dessert Immigrants: The Mexicans of El Paso, 1880-1920, is one of them, and most likely, the most important. The book was published on September 10, 1982. The book is an exceptional work dealing with details, statistics, and historical events related to the Mexican journey to the United States. In his book, Garcia spent an entire chapter talking about obreros y comerciantes (labors and merchants) and what their economic activities were in order to support their dream of getting enough money in the United States and come back to Mexico afterwards.
I feel like this is the moment she realized New York isn’t the place to live. “Everything that was said to me I seemed to have heard before, and I could no longer listen”. At this point, she is tired of the repetitiveness of city and can’t take it anymore. So she shuts down communication and it leads to a divorce. “I cried in elevators and in taxis and in Chinese laundries, and when I went to the doctor, he said only that I seemed to be depressed”. I like this sentences because it shows the change in her compared to being 20 and seeing a
Oh, No, The Dreaded Book Ban Challenge! The day every librarian dreaded occurred for when the parent of a first grader checked out a nonfiction book about ghost. The parent shall be referred to as Mrs. Green, proceeded to rant and rave about why her child was allowed to check out such a book. Mrs. Green escalated to name calling, implying her child was scared, wanted the book removed to the library and with threatening to sue.
Assault in the Senate by David E. Johnson describes the grueling debate between Representative Preston Brooks and Senator Charles Sumner. This argument took place in 1856 and has since become a pivotal moment during the civil war era.
Her final defiant against her mother is to burn all the unopened letters, a symbol of their separation. The last chapter, is also entitled Lucy. And it is this chapter that Lucy finally emerges as an independent persona.
Growing up as a child, parent’s shelter their children as much as they cannot allowing them to take in negativity and vulgarity in the world, but what happens when they go to school and talking amongst other children? Some parents do not always shelter their children as much, letting them know what is happening in the world at a much younger age than others. Teachers, but mainly government, try to correct what they think is wrong by censoring what content children can and cannot read. Censoring books should not be allowed today because children are maturing at a younger age; they are exposed to more vulgar content now with cellphones than when reading a book such as The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, or a modern title like the Harry Potter series (American Library Association). Censoring books should not be allowed since children are maturing at a younger age; that is, children and teenagers should be able to choose whether or not they if they think books are too vulgar for their own preference.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad is a non-fiction book written by Robert Kiyosaki. Kiyosaki takes us into his life to describe to us the difference between two separate households and how they manage money. When you first open up the book, you are immediately shown the confliction Robert has between choosing whose advice to follow. His biological father is known as his poor dad who is highly educated but doesn’t make the right choices when it comes to money. His rich dad isn’t his father but is a childhood friend’s father who is also trying to teach Robert how to manage money. Rich dad has very little education background but the way he deals with money is what made him successful. Robert’s poor dad views education as the main principle to success. As long as you do well in school, you will have a good steady job thought poor dad. Poor dad always stated “I’m not interested in money”, and “money doesn’t matter.” Rich dad on the other hand knew how to make money work for him not the other way around. He felt that in order to succeed and make a lot of money, you need to work for yourself and not others. Robert learned many lessons from both dads and he feels he is very fortunate to have had two father figures to teach him and give him examples on how to become rich and successful.
I loved all of her little quirks and weird habits. Like how she used to always tell people if they smelt good after she hugged them, or how she would joke about her life ending if she couldn’t find something, or how when she was nervous or shy she would pull her sleeves down so they went over the tips of her fingers. I loved them all. But one day in maybe March, or April, in ninety degree weather, she came to school in an oversized sweatshirt, jeans, and sneakers; she couldn’t have covered more of her skin if she tried. Emma had big dark rings under her eyes, she didn’t make eye contact with anyone when she walked in and went straight to her locker. Something had changed. Something had hurt her, badly. She went from the always cheery easily excitable big eyed weirdo she was, to this tired strung out almost scared girl. I remember walking up to her and making eye contact, she looked ready to burst into tears. I asked if everything was okay and she replied as honest as I have ever seen her with a simple “No,” and walked away, hugging her books to her
You may remember that I really liked Splintered, but that my issues with the love triangle meant it got a 4/5. In Splintered, I didn't particularly love either Jeb or Morpheus, but the love triangle wasn't too big of a block for me because of the fantastic world-building going on as well. Unfortunately, the love triangle felt like a huge part of this story and by the end of Unhinged I had a definite preference for one side of the triangle.