In the story the (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hard Luck) By: Jeff Kinney, Greg Humphrey is face with the hardest thing that has ever happen to him, losing his best friend. Greg life lately hasn’t been its usual, (“it’s like if somebody just drop a bucket of bad luck in his face”.) From losing Rowley to a girl named Abigale to hanging out with Fregley! Besides all of that this story is great, it’s not only a good read but it will keep you hook up to the end. If I had to score the book I would give it a perfect ten, here’s why. As soon as the story start the reader quickly notices that this story isn’t like the others in the sequel. Rowley doesn’t want to hang out with Greg anymore because he wants to be more mature so he can impress his new girlfriend
In Chapter 2 of Children’s Books in Children’s Hands: A Brief Introduction to their Literature, the authors talk about the 12 main elements of a literary work: genre, plot, setting, characterization, theme, point of view, intersexuality, tone, mood, style, voice, and the stance of the implied reader (Temple, Martinez, and Yokota 24). All of these literary elements capture the reader’s imagination and creates a successful piece of literature. However, the authors stress the importance of genre in Chapter 2, so I will briefly go over the different types of genres there are in literature and how it affects the readers greatly.
Everyday in our life, we see youth. Youth is all around us. Youth is the focus. Youth can be positive or negative. It can be playful or subdued. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies (1954), the novel focuses on a group of boys who is stranded on an island after a plane crash during World War II. The boys must work together to survive and maintain their sense of civilization in order to get rescued The reality TV show Kid Nation (2007), a group of children must learn how to live with each other and get along for 40 days. The kids in Kid Nation lives in Bonanza City, New Mexico. The boys crashed on an island somewhere in a ocean. It is extremely important to know the settings since there will be similarities and differences between LOTF and Kid Nation.
In the book Slam!, a boy named Gregory Harris undergoes hardships. The book was interesting, and I thought it gave good life lessons. I would recommend the book to high schoolers who like life-like stories that could apply your own
In the novel, I learned the with Great Friendship that it would be much easier to achieve anything, and with great determination, you could achieve anything. This shows that with a little friendship, and hard work, you can achieve anything that you want to. I would say after reading this book, that without friendship you can never have a better life, than the one Freak and Max and after all the two kids with no friends became two of the best friends you could ever
I really enjoyed this book because it was not a story about the middle of the Second World War. Instead it was right before, when things were not as bad, but they were bad enough. It helped me understand how people lived before the hatred grew and how families were torn apart right from the beginning. Likewise, it gave me hope to see that not everything was destroyed and that some people were able to escape. I would recommend this book more for boys but for girls as well, between the ages of 13-15. Even though Karl’s age throughout the book is 14-17, the novel was written more for my age group. Once again this was an amazing book that I could not put down, and I am sure many others were not able to either.
6 )The plot of this book is about a 10 year old Melody Brooks who has Cerebral Palsy. She can’t move or talk but, she is the smartest kid in her class. Throughout the book she gets bullied. She tries proving herself to her classmates by
John Knowles tells the story of a young adolescent approaching adulthood and the war he must fight in. The main character, Gene, has a nonexistent rivalry with his best friend, Finny. Throughout the beginning of the novel, Gene tries to compete with everything Finny does, and then assumes that Finny was jealous of him. However, as the viewers saw Finny get injured and then die, they also saw Gene mature and develop as an adult. In my opinion, this tells the story of two boys growing up, and the struggles that come with it. Finny’s changing outlook, Gene’s loss of innocence, and their friendship symbolizes the transition from childhood to adulthood.
Have you ever wondered what the wolf's side of The Three Little Pigs story was? Well, Jon Scieszka gives his readers the opportunity to see a different perspective dealing with this very circumstance. In many of his books, including The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf, Scieszka has used this style of writing that varies from the norm. Every turn of the page gives rise to new wonder and suspense as to what the reader will encounter as he or she moves through the pages of this intriguing book. Many of us grew up hearing fairy tales and nursery rhymes and most of us accepted them the way that they were. However, Jon Scieszka likes to take his readers on "adventures" through the "other side." He twists well-known stories around just enough to challenge the view that we have had for so long, yet not so much that we are unable to realize what story he is "imitating" or "mocking."
Reviewing the whole book, it is clear that The Joy Luck Club is a link to intergenerational and intercultural connections. Tan said that "To my mother and the memory of her mother you asked me once what I would remember this, and much more." The novel develops with mother and daughter and Tan understands the special bonds between women. The Joy Luck Club is set in San Francisco's Chinatown, but much of it occurs in the flashbacks to the mothers' lives in China. As a result, we become familiar with three different times and places: China, where the mothers grew up, San Francisco, where the daughters and mothers live, and America in general place.
Jeff Kinney’s “Diary of a Wimpy Kid the Long Haul” is a book about a boy whose life is horrible and he is always getting picked on by his brother he faces life in middle school and at home.
Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) believed it was ‘natural for a “master race” of conquerors to have a mythology based on the “master morality” – in which the strong and powerful deserve to be victorious. Inversely, it was also natural for a “slave race” to have a mythology based on the “slave morality” – in which the meek shall inherit the earth.” (Indick, 2004, p.197). The all powerful, infallible ‘Superman’ hero, named ubermensch, is still present in modern stories, in super hero films for example. However, children are hardly ever in charge, and have to answer to their parents, teachers and other authority figures within society, so it seems unlikely they will relate to the ‘master morality’ of the ubermensch, as they often lack power and authority within their own society. Therefore, the underdog hero, or ‘untermensch’ is of a greater appeal to children, especially when these characters are victorious against powerful adult characters as the story progresses.
The school year has ended and summer has officially come. The season has brought nice weather and an important event called summer vacation. Most students enjoy this yearly event, mostly outside. But not so for Greg Heffley. In this book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney, Greg, a wimpy middle grade student wants to spend the entire summer in his house alone playing his favorite video games. However, his mother’s idea for her son is completely the opposite. This idea takes Greg to places throughout his neighborhood, a country club, a friend’s house, as well as his Grandma’s house. His diary entries chronicle the entire summer from his perspective.
From learning the terrible truth, to leaving people hurt, a young boy leaves home to find the mysterious waiting for him. In the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon, Haddon presents a young boy whom finds out what he thinks is the unbearable, but can soon realize that it may be the best thing to happen to him.
What I like the best about this book was the portrayal of the characters. I felt like I was in the novel and experiencing whatever the characters were experiencing. The author spent a good part of the book building up the relationships between the characters. All the characters, from the good guys to the bad guys, were crafted into believable and well-developed characters. Nick Angriff came off as a rough, but likable character. His best friend, Norm Fleming, helped to build up Nick’s character by helping him with any problem that he faced.
In the excerpt of Sharpshooter Blues, Hydro is saved by luck when the store he works in is being robbed. While in the store, Hydro was lucky to not be shot while the store was being robbed. Like Hydro, almost everyone experiences some kind of luck in the everyday life whether it is a small or large amount of luck. In my life, I experience luck ranging from guessing on my accounting tests or having a great bounce on my drive while playing golf, but luck is not always good. Often, luck is not on my side especially on a day at the golf course when my golf balls always seem to take a bad bounce into the water. I have had many experiences on the golf course and while hunting that are extremely lucky. One moment in particular stands out to me the