Allie Cawton Character Analysis

When Jeannette begins school in Welch, an African American girl Dinitia Hewitt and her friends harassed and beat up Jeannette for being scrawny and filthy. She is constantly made fun of because it is apparent that she lives in poverty. The other children do not accept other that aren’t like them and Jeannette is no exception. Her worn clothes and grimy hair are like a neon sign shouting about her life in poverty which makes Jeannette an easy target to bullies. Jeannette tries very hard to stand up for herself, however, the bullying only stops once other realize that living in poverty and being different was not Jeannette’s

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

“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.

Jeannette is the narrator of her memoir, telling her story from age three into adulthood. As a child she is adventurous, wild-hearted, and Dad's favorite. Jeannette, a middle sibling, is closer to younger brother Brian than her older sister Lori: Brian shares Jeannette's love of the outdoors, while Lori is more a bookworm. As Jeannette maturess, her feelings toward Dad and Mom change. She resents Dad's drinking and how he constantly lets her and the rest of the family down yet never openly admits it or allows his flaws to be discussed. Jeannette also resents Mom's refusal to hold down a job long enough to provide her kids with a stable food supply. These resentments make her more and more willful and independent. Eventually she scrapes together

The ability to handle hardships in the world can come easy to some and to others it may be so completely out of their own grasp that they give up without even trying. During the time frame of Kaye Gibbon’s novel Ellen Foster, the world was divided; the rich verses the poor. Others could view the nation as the whites verses the blacks. Ellen Foster is right along the middle of this division. Ellen is a white eleven year old child who faces hardship one after another. A main theme in Ellen Foster is how she deals with her pain by distracting herself with self-determination as well as comedic relief.

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

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.

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.

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.