Allie Cawton Character Analysis

Allie moves on with her life attending college, volunteering as nurse’s aide for wounded soldiers. While in the hospital she meets a solider that is acceptable to her parents, and they become engaged. Meanwhile, Noah has joined the Army, lost his best friend, and returned from war to find out that his father has sold his house. This allows Noah the funds to buy a run down old house that he has always wanted to restore. It was Allie’s dream

“No one loses their innocence. It is either taken away or given willingly” Tiffany Madison. A person’s innocence and freedom should be theirs to hold and control, but that is not always the way things unfold. Conviction flaws, poor evidence, and the social responses to these flaws are all involved and present in the cases of Paula Gray and Keith Allen Harward, as new evidence thirty years after they were imprisoned comes to light.

During the times times of when the founding fathers lived, the slaves they brought in suffered from the chains on their hands and being dragged by their owners. In the book, Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, the protagonist, Isabel, is one of those slaves. She was taken away from her home and was sold with her family when she was only 1 year old. Curzon is a slave who fights for the patriots in order to gain his freedom. Isabel and Curzon are bound by their chains from their lives. Even as their experiences may be different, they share many chains events that bind them together. This is shown through their scars, their quest for freedom, and their imprisonment.

Could you imagine living in a world where there were things only men could do? Avi’s The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle displays the evidence that women can do, just as well, alleged “men only jobs.” After the beginning of a tireless journey, Charlotte comes to realize how ruthless Captain Jaggery truly is. It is then, that she decides she must become a crew member. Concluding her adventure along the Seahawk, Charlotte displays notable changes. She becomes quite independent and begins to enjoy doing things for herself. As a result of her positive changes, Charlotte also ends up being named captain of the ship. As Charlotte displays this, women are just as capable as men.

Alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance in the United States. One in every twelve adults suffers from alcohol abuse. In the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Jeannette’s father, Rex, deals with a drinking problem. His drinking problem is one characteristic that makes him crude and un-relatable to the reader. In the novel The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Rex Walls is an unsympathetic character. The reader finds evidence of this in the story through the ways he cannot keep a stable job, his drinking and gambling problem, and how he steals from Jeannette and his children. Rex Walls is a terrible father.

Linda was O’Brien’s first experience with death and the loss of a close friend or loss of a person in his life. She represented young and innocence in life. After Linda died, O’Brien kept her alive by dreaming of her all the time, he even looked forward to sleeping just so he could see her. This was the beginning of his storytelling and keeping people alive with his mind or through stories. She represents the loss of innocence and loss of childhood. This representation is an example of the young soldiers who lost their lives and drastically changed in the war. When she died and Timmy saw her dead body he realized that people die and your friends can die; which is something the soldiers experienced for the first time. O’Brien keeping her alive

Each one of us things we know our classmates, but there is very much we don’t know about them. Brianna, born on October 24, 2016 is a very interesting character and holds back much more information than we thought. Through this presentation the people in this audience might learn more about Brianna Bauer than they think.

Twyla and Roberta are two very different people, but bond in very similar ways. They become friends very suddenly, not because of how old they are, but because both have a mother. Twyla's mom is a dancer, and Roberta's mother is too sick to raise her. They later meet in their twenties in a not so settling way. Twyla had been bussing tables while Roberta had been living large about to meet Jimi Hendrix. Twyla was embarrassed at her long past friend and was ashamed to show herself. Five years later they meet at a grocery store where they both have kids and are settled down. They decided to go vet coffee where it starts off both are different races so they take opposite sides of the debate.  Roberta accuses Twyla of abusing one of the girls at the orphanage. Twyla only remembers sitting and watching the girl get abused by other girls, and Roberta's memories start to come back to her. This holds their relationship together for the next five years when

Maudie Atkinson is an often overlooked character in the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She is often described as open minded, and outspoken. She shaped the Finch children in many ways throughout their childhood. In many ways she was a moral guide to the children. She was open minded, would tell it like it is, and try not to let the world drag her down.

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons, is a realistic fiction novel that introduces the life of Ellen and how she has overcame her childhood of hardships. That including: her mother undergoing domestic violence from her alcoholic father and then eventually leading to the death of her mother. This had all went down when she was merely a child. Although, it was a lot to handle for her, she still has that resilience in her that she was not willing to give up no matter the obstacles that she has come across.

Anywhere you go in the world, will see examples of families that lack unity and other vital core values. Children across the globe suffer from parents seeking their own interests instead of their children’s wellbeing. In Ellen Foster, many themes continually resurface which express the emphasis that Gibbons places on the values of a strong family unit. Gibbons repeatedly emphasizes the importance of a strong family unit through the experiences of Ellen: a strong-willed girl whose increasingly dangerous home life results in her life being turned upside down.

Ellen Foster Ellen Foster reminds me mch of myself. She is a young girl that has to take on a lot of responsibilities as a child. Her mother is very sick and she has to take care of her on her own because her dad is an alcoholic and does not do anything to help. She also endures mental and physical abuse, neglect, and cruelty from different family members. I feel like I can relate to Ellen because throughout the story she has parts where her life is better than whatever she is going through and Ellen

The fiery mindset we carry throughout our life is often times sparked by our father and mother. This simmering ember of ideas and theology of social structure can remain singed in our minds and on our hearts. It can be difficult to unravel such woven fibers, but Ellen Foster shows us just how strong experience and influence can rip the veil in two. Born of prejudice and hardship, the story of Ellen Foster casts a light on the mindset of racism, her experience and growth with people of color, and the redemption it can bring.

In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the Walls family is born and raised throughout the country, never settling down in one place. Rex, Jeannette’s father, is an independent thinker, and a highly intelligent man. He spends every second of his spare time inventing odd contraptions that he hopes will make his family rich. Despite his obvious intellect, Rex struggles profusely with alcoholism, making his goal of maintaining a job, and protecting his family very difficult. Jeannette’s dad is best known for “skedaddling”, when things get too hard in one place, or bill collectors come he takes his family, regardless of what they think or want, away from there. They have no say in it, he practically drags them along because they don’t have a choice. Rex asks Jeannette what

Kailey was dating Jack. Jack broke up with Kailey, because he didn’t feel the same about her anymore. Kailey is heartbroken, but she will recover eventually. My question is, will she really? Going back to the same person is most oftenly a very bad choice. Not only can a person not change. They could be using someone for their own benefit, and in the end someone can lose love for him or herself.