A Wrinkle In Time By Frist

In Robert Cormier’s novel, We All Fall Down, is a young-adult thriller that explores the evil side of humanity through a number of corrupt characters. Cormier, to a large extent, accurately depicts manipulative and dishonest behaviour whilst also showing the evil lurking within the prominent characters of Harry Flowers, Buddy Walker and Mickey Stallings who showcase the dark side of humanity. Cormier explores this through Harry Flower’s manipulative actions that result in the suffering of others. Additionally, the constant dishonest behaviour is shown predominantly through the main protagonist of Buddy Walker, who deceives the one he loves. Cormier continues to depict the evil lurking in society through the theme of appearance

During Mr. Rosenberg’s leave we learned different dramatic elements such as script analysis, stasis and intrusion, dramatic conflict, etc. This helps us to understand the different elements so one day when we have to apply the elements we will already be mindful of them. Additionally, we also learned about the beginning of theater dating back to ancient Greece and their different ways of displaying theater.

“Where Worlds Collide” is an essay by Pico Iyer who talks about the expectations and reality of Los Angeles through the perspectives of travelers from different backgrounds. In “Where Worlds Collide,” Pico Iyer argues that even though Los Angeles is depicted as a vicinity to receive wealth, happiness, and many opportunities- it is actually the antithesis, and instead, many harsh prejudice and unending craziness will occur instead; Iyer argues this by using allusions, anaphoras, and juxtapositions to help convey what he is saying.

Women have always been given minor roles rather it be in the household or in the workplace. However, due to the women’s rights movement that occurred in the early twentieth century, women were now able to enjoy new educational and employment opportunities causing a change in feeling toward the married lifestyle. From a feminist standpoint, “The Bracelet,” by Colette, contradicts with the women’s rights movement of the twentieth century by highlighting Madame Augelier’s want to make her husband happy and her infatuation with materialistic items.

Holding Onto the Air an autobiography by Suzanne Farrell takes the reader backstage in the dramatic life of the world-renowned Balanchine ballerina. From her childhood in Cincinnati to her retirement from ballet in 1989, Farrell's story is truly a remarkable one. The book describes at length her time with the New York City Ballet as well as her complex relationship with the legendary Balanchine. Although Mrs. Farrell goes a bit too far into the ballet descriptions, her beautiful imagery allows reader to experience the joy of performing on stage.

The book that I chose to read was “And We Stay” by Jenny Hubbard. It is a fiction book, the theme of the book is trying to get over a bad situation that occurred in your life. Emily Beam has to overcome a tragic situation that happened in her life, her boyfriend Paul comes into school one day with a stolen gun threatens people then overall commits suicide. After that event her parents decide that it is best to send Emily away to a boarding school in Amherst, Massachusetts. Once Emily gets there she automatically feels a connection towards the poet Emily Dickinson, who once attended that school.

I could almost see the atoms rearranging!’” (166). Thus making Meg rescue her father. Meg then goes on another journey to save her brother, Charles Wallace, who got trapped by IT. She saves him by admitting her flaws and showing emotion towards him, and IT couldn’t handle the emotions so IT let go of Charles.

Empathy is like gravity. Similar to how the gravitational force between two objects are stronger when they are closer together, I find it easier to empathize with people who live in my neighbourhood because we are more likely to share similar personal experiences. In the same way, it becomes more difficult to empathize with those who live farther away because they have differing experiences. Consequently, literature functions to introduce foreign perspectives to readers and evoke empathic tendencies within people. Many social leaders are empathetic individuals who recognize the needs of others and are motivated to create change in society.

The book I selected to read was “The Diary of Anne Frank”. This story was about a happy girl who celebrated her birthday on June 12, 1942 with her family. As a gift, she got a diary. In the diary, she shared an amazing story about her thoughts and feelings because she had no friends to share them with. Although she has a big family, she still feels like no one listens to her and like she gets no attention.

I felt like I could connect to the author on a kid to kid basis he practically told the story of my, if at school. It was extremely relatable in my day to day life. I think that was the point of the story, to teach on a real life basis, it’s not one of those mushy story that where he struggles a little bit, but everything works out in the end. There is no “they lived happily forever after” it’s a story about conformity that no matter how hard you work life’s not always going to go your way. It also teaches the value of friendship and how the most popular kids in school have lots of friends but its better to have one true friend that friends that only like because you’re cool or have a lot of money

“There are three rules of writing a good book. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” - W. Somerset Maugham. It is said that no one knows the three rules for writing a good book. Well, I say that the people have been misinformed, because I am here to tell you the three rules. In my book A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle, these three rules are perfectly demonstrated through the book.

A Ringing phone- provides exposition because the mom explain why all the things were happening. It also describes the character because told me about my uncle

So when the sister and the family friend got there they were tell her that her husband was in a tragic accident and his name was on top the list of missing people. She stormed off to her room and they were trying to get her out of the room because they are scared that she could die because of the heart problem that she has. She was look out

In “Once Upon a Time”, Nadine Gordimer conveys that segregation leads to fear and distrust among society. One example of this occurs in line 126. In the story, outside of the family’s house, unemployed housemaids and gardeners sat around, begging for food or work. The wife was sympathetic, and wanted to help them, but the family had previously received a warning not to trust anyone on the street. As a result, ‘She [the wife] wanted sent the trusted housemaid out with bread and tea, but the trusted housemaid said these were loafers and tsotsis, who would come and tie her up and shut her in a cupboard” (Gordimer 126).

Imagine, the most famous childhood novel of our life time, and the biggest money maker in Hollywood, being challenged in a court case? A beloved children 's hero was almost sent to book section for censored books. The Harry Potter Series almost did not make it to the children of Cedarville School District of Arkansas. In this court case, the school board of Cedarville, Arkansas voted to deny students access to the Harry Potter books. The grounds on why they wanted to ban the books were because the Harry Potter books were unfit for their students and could lead to rebellion. Many authors of other famous childhood series’ such as Judy Blume stood behind the Counts family (who sued the school district) and showed support with J.K. Rowling, as well the President for the American Booksellers Association for Free Expression, Chris Finan. In 2003, he stated that "It is incredible that school officials have censored books that are exciting a whole generation of kids about reading,"(Grogran) Many believed that the Cedarville School District was at fault, however, the argument for the censorship for the Harry Potter Books was keen to members of the school board. The court’s decision rested on what was good for the students. If this case in the end favored the school board, it could have possibly influenced other school districts around the nation to censor the Harry Potter Series. It was not only a clear violation of the students’ rights but a withholding