Dictionary.com defines human being as “a person, especially as distinguished from other animals or as representing the human species. This means anyone who has a human body can be a human being. In the book The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E Pearson, Jenna Fox is a 17 year old girl who just woke up from a coma and has no clue who she is. She moved from Boston to California with her family because her family did something illegal. When Jenna was in Boston she got in a car crash with her friends Locke and Kara who died. In order to bring Jenna back to life, her father performed a procedure using biogel so that she would have 10% of her brain back but could not remember what happened. Towards the end of the story, Jenna meets Ethan who …show more content…
There is a dark place. A place where I have no eyes, no mouth, No words. I can't cry out because I have no breath. The silence is so deep I want to die. But I can’t. The darkness and silence go on forever. It is not a dream. I don’t dream.(5)” The quote explains how Jenna has real human feelings. She is stuck in a thought where she has no voice and can not do anything. She is so lost and confused that she wants to die. Jenna also says how the darkness goes on forever which shows how there is no escape from this mental place she is in. If Jenna was not a human being she wouldn't be able to feel the way she does.” “I almost could. I could almost leave and never look back. Like Mr. Bender I could leave everything I was behind, including my name. Leave because of Allys and all the things she says I am. Leave because of all the things I am afraid that I will never be again. Leave, because maybe I’m not enough. Leave because Ally's, Senator Harris, and half the world knows better than father and mother and maybe Ethan, too. Leave. Because the old Jenna was so absorbed in her own needs that she said yes when she knows she should have said no, and the shame of night could be hidden in a new place behind a new name. But friends are complicated.(249)” This shows how Jenna cares what people think about her and that she has strong feelings towards leaving. Jenna takes what Allys thinks of her into consideration and that people think differently than her mother and father. She knows that the old Jenna was so focused on her own issues that nothing else mattered. These emotions that Jenna has shows that she has feelings. “There was a moment in the darkness when the fear lifted. A moment where white surrounded me. Hope. Lily, and someone else, and a sprinkling water. “Holy water Jenna.” “You can let go if you need to.” “Forgiveness, Jenna.” But I couldn’t let go. It wasn’t in my power. I was already swirling, flying, falling to
Nicole Renard was a major part of Heroes from the beginning where she is an innocent girl to being a corrupted character. In the book Nicole was very important, so important in fact that without her there wouldn’t be a story. Nicole is friendly and innocent in the beginning of the book. She then got corrupted and turned into a broken distressed girl who had trouble remembering the tragedy.
Before Charlie Ward’s death, Jenna was very close with her friends and her boyfriend. Her father’s death affects her relationships because she starts to separate herself from others because she needed a longer time to grieve. For example the novel states, “She doubted she’d ever want to go to another party for as long as she lived. At parties she would have to pretend everything was fine, as if her father’s death had just been some brief interruption in her life…” In that quote, Jenna does not want to see any of her peers because she still feels empty inside. Also, Jenna hates when people are sympatheic to her and she does not want to have anyone tell her they know how she feels. With her boyfriend, Jenna starts to have panic attacks around
Imagine waking up from a "coma only knowing your name & your family. Well, Jenna Fox went through this, and is trying to recover her past. Jenna couldn't find much, just a key to a closet and three black boxes. But whatever Jenna did with those boxes, it would define the rest of her life. In the book, The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Jenna Fox's choice of destroying her friends' & her own boes impacts the rest of her life, since she is free of pain, the only Jenna, and her friends are released.
The book How to save a life, written by Sara Zarr, is about two young woman, Amanda “Mandy” Kalinowski and Jill MacSweeny, and their 7 week journey together. When Jill’s mother chooses to adopt Mandy’s baby, she becomes apart of Jill’s life in unexpected ways. The story goes back and forth in each chapter as you see life happening through the eyes of both Jill and Mandy. The reader sees opinions of each other in incidents such as arguments between the girls, and even flashbacks into Mandy/Jill’s past life. During the seven weeks Mandy moves into Jill’s house as she wait for her baby to come, a change that is going to alter both young women's lives.
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods is about a girl named Violet who is biracial which means that she is both black and white. Violet’s African-American dad died before she was born, so she lives with her white mom and teenage sister. In the beginning or the book, Violet’s daily struggles of being biracial in a mostly white town are illustrated. In addition, she questions her mother about her dad and her African-American grandmother. In the middle of the book, Violet meets her African-American mother for the first time, where the atmosphere was tense between her mother and her grandmother. In the matter of a day, Violet’s mother and grandmother reconcile which results in Violet spending two weeks of the summer with her paternal grandmother. In the end of the book, Violet finds her definition of family and begins to accept herself for who she is.
This quote is from Chapter 13, page 63. From the minute Stargirl Caraway stepped into Mica High School it was evident to everyone she was different. One of the first things people notice about Stargirl is her unusual name. It turns out, she names herself and changes her name periodically. I infer from the quote that because Stargirl is a free spirit she does not feel bound by the same social norms we do. Therefore, she feels no obligation to go by her real name. Also, I believe based on Stargirl’s actions throughout the book; she is saying that you need to stay true to yourself and not let anyone or anything decide who you are; not even your name. Further, I surmised that she feels it is okay to be different in a society that is always telling
The character Madame Defarge plays a role as one of the leading villains in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, whose actions turn out to be one of the major causes of the French Revolution in the book. The main influence of Madame Defarge's hatred is fueled by a self-centered issue that was germinated by another family who happens to be aristocratic. In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge is justified in her hatred against the St. Evremonde family because her sister was raped and her brother was killed by the two patriarchs.
‘The Adoration of Jenna Fox’ by Mary Pearson tells the story of Jenna Fox, a teenage girl who wakes up after being in a coma for one year after a horrific car accident. Throughout the text, we are shown various important events taking place, most of which convey a life message that I believe most of us could learn from to help make our lives a little better. But what appeals to me the most is the development of Jenna’s character. Events, where development is shown, is when Jenna discovers that she has a shelf life, when we learn there are restrictions put in place for prosthetics and medical advancements, but most importantly when Jenna accepts herself for who she is.
In The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson, Jenna Fox, a 17 year old girl, gets in a terrible accident and wakes up from a coma a year later. She eventually finds out the accident caused her to lose her body. Only 10% of her brain is left. The rest is made of Bio Gel and a fake skeleton. The more she learns about this, the more it makes her think about the rest of her life. Jenna 's accident makes her question whether she can ever have a normal life.
In The Adoration of Jenna Fox choices are constantly being made by all of the characters. Every important choice they made was motivated by someone or something, and all of the choices made affected that character or another. For example if Jenna's parents told Jenna about herself as soon as she woke up, Jenna would have never wanted to go to school and in that case never would have encountered Ally. This is the most important choice because Ally's life depended on Jenna choice in the long run.
Cheating death through the usage of biogel is a positive thing. Biogel can replace all bones, and guts and organs inside your body to become an artificial substance. As Jenna Fox did in the book the Adoration of Jenna Fox, Jenna was saved from death through the use of biogel. There are many pluses in using biogel to stop death. Saving people from death can improve things such as lifespans, pain being felt throughout the body, and can reduce the amount of sadness people have.
Roxana is the cause for the loss of her children, because she continues to stay with her husband when he becomes an irresponsible, poor man, indicating how she is a selfish mother. She talks about the different chain of causes, which leads her to the loss of her children. In the beginning of the novel, she talks about how his business started to decline and that he had to shut down his trade. With five children, they began to struggle, especially him. Instead of him buying a house and providing for his family, “he neglected it, liv’d on as he did before, kept his Horses and Men, rid every Day out to the Forest a Hunting, and nothing was done all this while; but the Money decrease’d apace, and [Roxana] thought [she] saw [her] Ruine hastening
What does “being a human” even mean? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines human as relating to or characteristic of people or human beings. According to scientists, humans are multi-celled organisms with human attributes. These definitions are not wrong, but they do not explain the importance of actually being human. I mean humans literally rule the world. The definitions of being a human also include having character, personality, and feelings that differentiate between each of the eight billion people on this planet. In other words, people are more than just a nose, two arms, two legs, a head and so forth. We have duties, we have responsibilities, and we have moral standards. During the Victorian Era, Rudyard Kipling’s “If”,
Imagine a world where parental expectations did not exist for children entirely. Should they really be in place? While some people may argue that parental expectations may be too much pressure for offspring, they usually keep children’s behavior rational, have an impact on their children and their future, and goals are usually a source of motivation to do better. First, the reason parental expectation is set in place, to begin with, is to regulate children and their actions. Second of all, having certain achievements to meet has a significant impact on children and their future. Lastly, the need to meet accomplishments set forth by the head(s) of the family serve as a way to improve on one’s self for children. For these reasons, parental expectations should be made.
“Children shouldn’t have to sacrifice so that you can have the life that you want. Instead, you should be the one sacrificing, so your children can live the life they deserve.” (Schulz). In this generation, many people have the power to change and rearrange given traits and qualities of their children to “create” the perfect child. Parents are believed to be the role models in a family relationship, and building the perfect child negates that influence. While controlling a child can keep them from making unwise mistakes, parents should not be allowed to design their children because it takes away from the freedom of the child, leads to the ‘unknown,’ and counteracts God’s plan.