All The Right Stuff Book Report

Jeannette and her siblings adapt to self- sufficiency from a young age, from being emotionally and physically neglected by their parents. The children don’t expect anything so they learn to work with what they have and what opportunities come their way. Jeannette saw the suffering of the family and took this leadership for the family guiding her sibling in the correct path.

When life gets you down, you know you have your friends to help you. For example, in Fever 1793, on page 169, when Mattie came back to her home she saw Eliza. "I cried a river and poor Eliza did her best to comfort me." Eliza learned that Mattie was all alone so Eliza took her in when grandfather died. When the world turns your life upside down, you always have your friends to help you to make it easier. It's easier because you can tell them about your problems and they can help you.

In the book as in my personal life, there were two people with very similar environments yet their lives took completely different paths in the end. Their paths determined by the choices they made at different situations in their lives. Those choices explain who they have become and create the goals that they have set for themselves. The choices also opened up other opportunities that they each will have in their future. No matter what life may hand you always be careful with your decisions you make. Consider how this will affect me tomorrow, a week from now, or even a year from now and go with the one that leads to a better life for

This is the same for Little Women ,except the sisters display good behavior in almost every way. They grew up in a supportive household, and although they didn’t have their father there, their mother was good enough to make them kind and caring of other people. For example, in the first chapter the three sisters and Jo are debating on what they should all do for their mother for Christmas, and end up deciding on pretending they’re getting things for themselves, but surprise her with presents. This shows that how you’re treated as a kid really has an effect on the kind of person you are and what you’ll do for others.

In the book I can connect to some of the things in it. In life people have happy things happen and negative things happen. “Life throws too much crap at us as it is, so why hold onto something

In the book The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver characters show female strength which supports the idea that when difficult situations occur, women need each other to lean on through hardships. Everyone has hard times when we need others’ support to help get us through, like the characters do in the book The Bean Trees.

The book has a moody tone, where the character tries to feel happy, but cannot be happy because of the lack of attention from citizens but tries to find happiness instead by friends he makes along his journey of poverty. “So," he said, "we ourselves will be the candle flames." He put his hands on his chest. "Feel your hearts, how warm they are.” This quote had a moving touch of me, the power of friendship has a taste of happiness inside, but this quote was so strong that this quote warmed up my own rough heart. It tries to give the characters some happiness so that they can push themselves to survive. I find this quote very important in the story, because this quote builds up to the character realizing what

In most of the world's greatest literature, there have been introduced countless courageous characters and triumphant victories. These characters have the power to father strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. Such characters as Janie from Their Eyes Were Watching God, Gatsby from The Great Gatsby, June from The Joy Luck Club, and Edna from The Awakening. Throughout each of these magnificent stories comes an example of bravery and courage. Although in some cases, the characters may not generally be perceived by the public to be courageous at all, they demonstrate extreme strength in

In "The Other Wes Moore" by Wes Moore the author Wes is thinking about how he has changed from what he was like before he went to military school to what he is now that he is in military school. The author Wes thinks about what impacted his change and helped him become what he is right than and there. Wes thinks about how the people around him have helped him see different aspects of his life. For example Wes's best friend, Justin, has helped Wes see how positive attitude and been nice around people can help him gain more positive friendships than if he were to treat everyone negatively. These positive friendships last way longer than the negative friendships. Sometimes you are even considered as family with your friends family. "Justin's Mother looked after me like I was her own. The same way my mother did for Justin..." (Moore 57). This quote expresses the relationship that Wes has with Justin and his mother, also the relationship between Justin and Wes and his mom. Wes feels like Justin is a brother to him, this means that Wes has a strong bond with Justin and this causes the long lasting friendships. With this Wes has more people helping him in his life to succeed towards his goal of a brighter future. a brighter future for him would mean a brighter and happier future for his children. The support that Justin and his mother showed for Wes

     There is only one thing in life that is really needed and that is friends. Without friends, people would suffer from loneliness and solitude. Loneliness leads to low self-estee. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the characters, Crooks, Candy, and Curly’s wife all show some form of loneliness. They are curious of George and Lennie’s friendship because they do not have that support in their life. Through his novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck demonstrates that many times, a victim of loneliness will have a never-ending search to fulfill a friendship.

The first and most important lesson for a grade school or middle school student to understand and appreciate is kindness. Kindness is a major theme in this book. Most of the characters give serious thought about how their actions will affect others. In this book it shows how much kindness matters. To quote the text people

Bill Withers once said, “Lean on me when you’re not strong and I’ll be your friends, I'll help your carry-on." When there is a problem in life, there is always someone there for you. In this quote, Withers is letting a friend know that when they are going through rough times, he will be there for them. Furthermore, Withers even offers to support and help them through struggle. In Barbara Kingsolver's’ The Bean Trees, Struggle leads to support as shown through Mattie’s perseverance to get Taylor through her fear of tires, Mattie and Lou Ann’s assistance when Taylor was in shock and, Lou Ann and Taylor’s relationship development.

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is truly a storytelling masterpiece that has hidden life lessons surrounding the entire novel. Throughout the book, O’Brien uses several rhetorical devices in order to successfully capture the attention of his reader, and thoroughly rein them into the story by their emotions. O’Brien has the marvellous effect of allowing his words to place the reader in the events he is describing alongside with him, whether it be by feeling the emotion he’s feeling, or seeing the things he’s seeing. The chapter “Love” within the novel, The Things They Carried, is a perfect example as to how O’Brien’s storytelling pulls readers into his writing by their emotions. “Love” shifts from a calm, refreshing tone, to a depressing,

Throughout the novel, the author voices the idea that the mental and emotional burdens outweigh the physical

Erin was explaining how her father had an impact on her daily life. “I’ve learned to be less selfish and to help others in need. During last Thanksgiving, he brought my sister and I to a local soup kitchen. For a few hours, we made and packaged food to give to the homeless” (Kinaci). This describes how Erin’s dad is trying to get her into the habit of volunteering to do good deeds for people who are not as privileged as her. When you finally stop thinking about yourself and start to think about others, you are lending them a helping hand and pulling them from their dark struggles such as poverty to the light-filled side of opportunities such as a new beginning. As a role model, it is important to be selfless because you are giving hope to those who need it in order to keep going. You are also voluntarily leading others to the path of accomplishment and