All Fall Down Themes

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

Robert Cormier’s novel, We All Fall Down, is a young-adult thriller that exposes the malicious nature of the human condition through characters that display evil, manipulative and sometimes dishonest behavior. Cormier explores this black reality through a variety of themes and characters. He portrays the darker side of humanity through the corrupt and manipulative character of Harry Flower. Through the immoral choices of the flawed protagonist Buddy Walker Cormier illustrates destructive behaviors lead to a downfall and that everyone despite their appearance has the ability to commit immoral acts.

Even though We All Fall Down was banned, it has many points which make it worthwhile to read. It has such a suspenseful plot that leaves you wanting more (Sova 1; We All Fall Down). The story begins in such a matter-of-fact tone, detailing the horrors that initially set the

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” Dalai Lama. This quote is expressed many times in the book, Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys. Lina, the protagonist, is separated from her father. She, her mother, and younger brother, Jonas, go through traumatizing times most people would crumble under. Yet, she still manages to survive because she doesn’t want to lose her family, traditions, relationships and her dignity. This book shows, people who value their dignity will survive longer than those who don’t.

The film Stand by Me, directed by Rob Reiner is about four best friends Gordie Lachance, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp and Vern Tessio who go for an adventure over a labour holiday in search to find a missing body. Through their journey, they discover their true identity. Reiner explored many themes throughout the movie but friendship was the most important theme in the film. It is shown through each of the four boys, and how they have grown closer throughout their journey in the film. The story Sticks and Stones and Such-like, edited by Alice Pung is about an Indian boy called Sunil Salami who migrates to Australia. He didn't like his name as it was different to others in his school and got regularly teased. His family played a big role of

The Way We Fall is a book about a virus that takes over a small island. Kaelyn is a young girl during this time, and she writes in her journal to tell us her experiences. Gav and Tessa are two of her friends that have to fight through this disease as well. The Way We Fall has many morals such as to keep hope, to keep trying, and to take more risks.

Not only is “Never Fall Down” by Patricia McCormick one of the most provocative books I have read, It is an experience you need to have. This book explores a variety of topics that change my view on my

Fall On Your Knees is a novel that covers many themes and concepts, such as forbidden love, racial tension and isolation. Anne-Marie MacDonald writes in a way that leaves certain moments up for interpretation and unresolved till the end of the novel. Fall On Your Knees uses several characters, such as James, Frances and Mercedes to reinforce and defy gender. They demonstrate that things are not always as they seem, where James’ love for women proves to be nothing more than his way of reinforcing the binary between men and women, Frances’ behavior against gender roles reflects how others misinterpret her and Mercedes’ conformity to the idea of an “ideal” woman reflects her narrow-minded thinking.

Despite the trouble I had to understand what’s going on, I would recommend it to a very minimum number of people. From what I read, it has vampires, so anyone who enjoys novels with vampires would enjoy to read this novel. But I would also recommend this to people who would like realistic fantasy. It has a nice feeling to read a novel made up of fictional things while adding realistic places such as New York City. To my belief, the ideal readership Melissa is aiming for is for readers who like realistic fantasy. When you think about it, fictional beings in the realistic world is something interesting to read, at least for me. Fantasy has been an inspiration for me and I’m sure others would feel the same as well. I wish it would've been more easy for me to comprehend what’s going on to truly enjoy it, but alas, it didn’t for me. As for what to read next, I have been putting thought about reading a novel from a different series and from a different genre. If I truly want to enjoy reading more novels, I need to be able to read different books from different genres. I can’t be picky on my

Fall On Your Knees is a novel that covers many themes and concepts, such as forbidden love, racial tension and isolation. MacDonald writes in a way that leaves certain moments in the story up for interpretation and unresolved till the end. Most of the time she is not direct with what she is trying to portray and leaves both the readers and the characters with just the facts, rather than the whole story of a situation. While some stories capture strict gender roles and policies, Fall On Your Knees uses several characters to reinforce and defy gender. Through representations of gender, it helps to uncover the truth behind the facts of the story.

Distopian is a society or place that is unpleasant and bad. Dystopian movies are often based on themes that play out in the real world. The dystopian movie “I am Legend” by Francis Lawrence has a theme of Loss of Humanity. I am Legend is about a woman who spread around a cure or virus saying it was the cure to cancer. The cure that was said to be the cure to cancer killed everyone on the island. Dr. Robert Neville is trying to find a cure to the virus that affected the the entire island. Throughout the movie, the theme that represented I am Legend used literary devices and universal storytelling element. The theme is built through the use of symbol, narrative transport, heroic scenario, and interesting way in which the movie is told.

I have been waiting for this book for ages, not only is it dystopian, but the world it takes place in is modeled after Ancient Rome. After entering countless giveaways and contests, I finally got this little beauty into my greedy hands on Tuesday. I actually held off starting the book because I was so excited, how could I not be? It mixed two of my favorite types of books together and had a synopsis and cover that left me salivating. It was that feeling of fear, you know? The one where you are too afraid to start what you know will be a wonderful book because you don’t want it to be over? This spurred from the fact that I had heard it ended on a huge cliffhanger and there was no word of a sequel, in fact, there are rumors it is going to be

I will be discussing if I was a director, my concept of the play, I Can Do Bad All by Myself, produced by Tyler Perry. I chose this play because it can relate to almost any family who has had or is having family issues because of a mother not knowing how to be a good mother to their child because of their past issues. This play includes rape, fighting, cheating that leads to divorce and most important unity. Each of these assets are important in this play. My concept of this play is to have the audience leaving in tears, realizing how important it is for a child to have their mother, as a role model in their life.

I went into this book expecting it to be a mix of Sons of Anarchy and Katie McGarry’s other books like Pushing the Limits – and I can honestly tell you that she blew my expectations out of the water. Yes, it still reminded me of Sons of Anarchy and now I have a huge urge to binge watch it all on Netflix – but it was so much more than that, too.

Throughout the short story, Starfall, there are many sources of intertextuality. The most obvious reference throughout the story is to the movie Interstellar (2014). Like in Starfall the plot of Interstellar is centered on the convention of civilisation versus nature. This is conveyed through the eventual destruction of planet earth, with the need to find somewhere else for humankind to live. In both stories the protagonist seems to find the answer to this daunting question in outer space.