Academic Critical Themes In Sleepwalking By Meg Wolitzer

In a place flooded with war and violence, a school is separated from reality; living within the walls are the boys of the school, shielded from the ugly truths that lie beyond. During this time of adolescence, the boys are forced to grow and mature while the walls that protect them begin to fall. One boy, Gene, lives within this wall and matures into a young man during this time through many events and conflicts he faces. Through these events occurring, he is now able to withstand the violence of the world, war and trauma. This coming of age is demonstrated when Gene causes Finny to fall out of the tree, discovers the reality of war, and Finny dies.

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie is a 2005 young adult novel written by David Lubar. The

Numerous teenagers notice the beginning of high school to be a difficult as they encounter a new obstacle, when walking into a new atmosphere it is common to lose one’s confidence not knowing what lies ahead. Mixed emotions are dealt from a freshman, Melinda Sordino, as she struggles to develop due to no growth and lack of confidence Unable to face her experiences and seek for help from others, in the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. The text uses Similes to display how Melinda is feeling where she passively lacks confidence due to her trauma. The use of metaphors is to describe Melinda’s fear of facing the truth towards her suffering. Finally, the value of symbolism explains how she is dealing with her trauma by observing her trauma towards

Jody Baxter is one troubled kid and is very outgoing and loves the outdoors. He is the only one out of his siblings that is still alive; his older siblings had died early in life as infants. Being an only child can sometimes be tough, I know of many families with one kid and it is hard to do because they can get kind of annoying and you will find out how jody turns out after you read this dynamic essay about Jody Baxter. Jody’s family doesn't have much to live on nor do they have a lot of values because they live in the middle of the forest so there isn't much to do or have. When you live so far out and miles away from even your neighbors it is hard for nearly anyone. Jody has a lot on his mind as a little boy growing up. In the book The Yearling,

Melinda Sordino was just a young teenage girl trying to have some fun. Now, she is loathed by afar for something nobody understands. During a summer party, Melinda drunkenly fumbled for the phone and dialed the cops. As she enters her freshman year of high school, her friends refuse to talk to her, and she escapes into the dark forests of her mind. “I am Outcast” (Anderson 4). But something about that party was not right. Something she tried not to relive but to forget. “I have worked so hard to forget every second of that stupid party, and here I am in the middle of a hostile crowd that hates me for what I had to do. I can’t tell them what really happened. I can’t even look at that part of myself” (Anderson 28). Depression is a

Finally, Melinda undoes the stitches which sealed her lips for so long and learns to express herself and her feelings with the guidance and friendship. In sum, Laure Halse Anderson’s Speak uses various conflicts to prove the necessity of friendship and support to grow past trauma. Over the course of her grade

I think the sleepwalker statue should be removed from the campus. The lifelike statue is an amazing artwork, but should not be on any college campus. The statue does not look presentable or appropriate for where it is now. The statue should have never been allowed to stay on the campus as long as it has; the creator of the statue did not ask for permission to place his statue on the campus. The statue should have been removed from the campus or sent to an art museum after students expressed they were uncomfortable with the statue. A petition was signed by more than 500 supporters to help the students’ argument to get rid of the “sleepwalker”. The statue might have been more acceptable at a college with both women and men.

“After a traumatic experience, the human system of self preservation seems to go into permanent alert, as if the danger might return at any moment” (Judith Lewis Herman). The psychoanalyst Lewis Herman describes how encountering agonizing pain causes individuals to become more cautious as a result. The psychoanalytic lens is based on Freudian theories and asserts that “ people’s behavior is affected by their unconscious:...the notion that human beings are motivated, even driven, by desire, fears, needs, and conflicts of which they are unaware…” (Tyson 14-15) High schools a place where tragedy are brought upon people, but their voices aren’t heard. Melinda, a high school freshman, is the protagonist in Laurie Halse Anderson’s book, Speak.

Our narrator is Rueben, a 10 year old boy with severe asthma. The father is Jeramiah, a local school janitor who performs miracles for only Rueben to see. Then there is the sister Swede (9) and the eldest brother Davy (16). This humble, religious family is caught up in a messy situation when Jeremiah witnesses two boys by the name of Tommy Basca and Israel Finch beat up a girl named Dolly. Jeremiah comes to her rescue and beats the boys off of her.

Somnambulism, or sleepwalking, belongs to a group of parasomnias. This disorder of arousal is characterized by complex motor behaviors initiated during stages 3 and 4 of non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep (slow-wave sleep) (3). Behaviors during sleepwalking episodes can vary greatly. Some episodes are limited to sitting up, fumbling and getting dressed, while others include more complex behaviors such as walking, driving a car, or preparing a meal (2). After awakening, the sleepwalker usually has no recollection of what has happened and may appear confused and disoriented. The behaviors performed while sleepwalking are said to be autonomous automatisms. These are nonrelfex actions performed without conscious volition and

What do the effects of sleep deprivation have on people? When a person does not get enough sleep, he or she is depriving his or her body of something that it needs. A delightful sleep is one of the most satisfying human experiences with a role to play in supporting a good mood and cognitive acuity as well as in promoting physiologic balance and resilience (Chittora, Jain and Suhalka). People think because they get an insufficient number of hours of sleep, they will not have an emotional impact by it. Sleep is a required need for peoples’ day to day life to be able to perform and stay healthy emotionally and physically. The effects of sleep deprivation are an issue because it affects mood, performance, and health.

Sleepwalking is a sleep disorder effecting an estimated 10 percent of all humans at least once in their lives (1). This widespread phenomenon varies in its intensity and frequency. While most sleepwalking incidents are short and not dangerous, some can involve self-injury and are much more dangerous for the sleeper. Also, most interestingly, the disorder seems to stem from many different sources, not from one definable cause such as a chemical imbalance. While it is predominantly pre-adolescents who suffer from somnambulism, it is also observed in adults, although the frequency and severity of incidents increase with age. The source of the disorder was once thought to be entirely psychological and an extension of

January 21st - Put on Interim Suspension and open charges of A&B and B&E at night pending investigation for behavioral misconduct. In the early morning (4:15 AM~) of Saturday, January 21st, I allegedly walked into a female’s room (who I did not know prior to this other than passing conversation, having moved into this dorm two weeks prior) that was two doors down from mine and pulled her hair, and she apparently scratched me. I have absolutely no recollection of these events, and believe I was sleepwalking at the time of this incident due to a variety of circumstances: I was currently suffering from mononucleosis, I had some alcohol in my system at the time (stopped drinking 4 hours prior and was below the legal limit), this occurred two and a half hours after I went to sleep (1:30 AM~), my family has a history of sleep issues such as sleep apnea and sleep talking, and I have slept walk in the past through multiple doors and into family members bedrooms.

Each night without fail our eyes grow heavy and our minds tired, and dreaming we drag ourselves to bed and normally fall asleep quickly and peacefully off to dream land we go.

 The goal is to avoid, "clocks on collision," and to allow internal clocks to match external clocks, this is why night shifts are often on weekly rotation.