Book Analysis: I Was Here By Gayle Forman

For this book analysis, I read the book A Piece of Cake by Cupcake brown. It is a memoir told by Cupcake about her life. She starts the book at age 11, when she was living a normal and pleasant life with her mother in San Diego. She was quite close to her along with her step father (who, at the time, she thought was her biological father), and her uncle. Then out of nowhere, she finds her mother dead in her room and her life is shaken into disaster. The court system had to turn both her and her brother over to her biological father whom she never met, instead of giving her to the man she was raised by. Her father then sent her to a foster home where she was raped and beaten constantly. When she

Strength in what remains is a novel written by tracy Kidder about a boy named deogratis or Deo for short. Deo has escaped a genocide in his home country and he was surrounded by many more wars and battles in places like Rwanda and the Congo. He goes to america and builds himself a new life in America. He is faced with many challenges on the run and many in a America. Even though his life seemed at bedrock and like it was just getting worst he kept moving forward. This all payed off in the end and he fulfilled his dreams of building clinics in Burundi. This all builds up to the possible theme If you do not give up and keep trying you will succeed.

Personally, the book taught me a lot about how people deal with situations when under pressure, people’s need for power and how easy it really if for a war to break out and I found that in my mind I could easily link what was going

In Kevin Clarke’s essay from Speaking of Reading, the greatest obstruction faced by Clarke in learning to read was his own negative mindset and way of looking at himself as a reader. When Clarke was young and had just commenced reading it was evident that he had struggles and even says himself “I was too afraid I wouldn't be able to understand another book” (4). Clarke saying this illustrates that he created his own negative way of thinking by fearing failure and not understanding something which is a major obstacle for him in learning to read. In addition to this, Clarke feels as if he doesn’t have what it takes to be a superior reader and goes on to say “I assumed I was wrong...I don’t trust myself to read it right”

“I am told the ground shook, that the skies were full of light and explosions,” Pittacus Lore said in the book I am Number Four (6). I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore is a book about a group called the Loric and their clashes with the Mogadorians, the main character, John is a Garde which is a race of Loric that has special powers called legacies. Also the Garde are much more advanced than the humans because of their extreme strength and Intellect. Also, Henri John 's Cepan, which is a guard of the Garde and are used to protect the Garde and to ensure that the Garde’s legacies develop. When they move to Ohio a strange series of events happened. In I am Number Four there are many unique characteristics that make it such a good book such as its Futuristic setting, its cautious mood and it 's hopeful theme.

The significance of the title, “The Story We Tell”, in my opinion refers to the historical narrative told from the viewpoint of the victor, the White Americans. Throughout our K-12 education we often learn history from the viewpoint of the Euro-American or Whites. This creates a false truth, creating a racial hierarchy and justification for wrong doing. We often hear that history repeats itself, which as we see with the mistreatment of non-whites, this is true. We only know, what we know… we need to be taught the true history that took place from all aspects, not just from the viewpoint of the victor.

It has taught me how I need to also have hope that things happen for a reason and better things are coming like in chapter 35 when clay found them in the woods and almost captured them but when they escaped him and found a nice boy who helped them on their journey.

It showed me that the world has changed over time and things

The book “Among the Hidden” is a great book about a kid name Luke who is a third child who is not allowed to be seen, so his parents hide him in the attic. The police and the people so they don’t kill Luke. So, they hide him in the attic for his own safety. Then Luke thinks his neighbor The Sports family have a third child Jen. In the book “Among the Hidden” Luke changes a lot from the beginning of the book to the end.

The core pages in the Big Book structure their information in a step by step fashion. It begins with Bill’s Story. The story of how Bill started his own journey through alcoholism and became a founding member of A.A. The following chapters target the alcoholic in different areas of their life. Chapter two and three talk about how, through science, spirituality, and personal experience, the founding authors discovered the solution to their alcoholic illness and the ways they could beat it. Chapter four targets the alcoholic who may shy away from the religious or spiritual talk about “God” and how the program handles the idea of God or a “higher power” as those in the group see it. Chapter five and six are the nuts

Jalapeno bagels is about a boy named Pablo whom cannot decide what to take to school for International Day. He wants to bring something from his parents’ baker. He wants something that represent his heritage but he cannot decide what to bring. His mother who is Mexican baked pan dulce and change bars. His father who is Jewish baked bagels and challah. Both of the bake good were good but while helping his parents with the bakery on Sunday morning, Pablo made a decision on what to bring. He decided to bring jalapeno bagels because they are a mixture both of his parents and just like him too. The multicultural representations in the story line is Mexican and Jewish. The pictures that were drawn in the book, the family has the same color of skin even though the parents are different cultures and the main character is mixed. There were no different skin colors.

Watching them transition from adolescence to adulthood has not only been encouraging but I guess almost satisfying in a way. The show has not only given me ideas about my future but has also made me question where I see myself when I reach their age in just a few short years. To say the show gives me some type of hope is an understatement, just as saying I relate to only one character from “One Tree Hill” is impossible… I’d truly like to say I’m a lot like all of them. I can only hope anyways! For example, I’d like to think I’m as caring as Haley James or as independent as Brooke Davis. I’d like to think I go after all my dreams with great passion just as Nathan Scott and find the little things in life, the best things just like Jamie. I’d like to think I am as strong as Peyton Sawyer, always bringing something positive out of terrible situations. I’d like to think I am as decisive as Lucas Scott, always thinking out each option with such diligence. Each character has their share of good moments but like all people, they have their share of downs as well. The show itself is simple and relatable. The characters’ lives are far from perfect. They struggle just as everyone else, but in their world they fight back with courage. They don’t allow the challenges, risks, or decisions to bring them down. They use them to grow and stand back up taller than

I found this show to be rather pleasing however my views on this may be somewhat biased as I am a fan of Shane Meadows content in general. The story line I have to say was slightly disjointed, but merely from watching this I could tell that movie credence was given to the plot rather that that of the character development. This was extremely evident towards the end when the character of Smell resurfaced, not having been present mind you for the entire show or the majority of the season. And if I where to have on strong complaint is that the series itself seemed not to focus on one main character but about four or five unilaterally which did seem to be a bit congested when it came to interviewing of the individual plot lines. As opposed to the

It gave me a well written perspective into the real world and helped prevent me to being blindsided by the sometimes unfair Earth. It tells us how reality is commanded by the laws responsible for our very existence. As a result of this, we see our hopes and our dreams slowly but surely crumble away as the real world clips our wings and we descend back down to earth. Faced with such gloom, there comes a time we want to lie beside that person we love or care for and pretend everything is as simple as our young minds used to

The series Power is a great show that comes on the starzs channel. It’s a show that talks about real events that happen to real people everyday. The series explains how a man started out as a boy from the hood who wanted more in life as he got older. His dreams was to have a family and own his own club which he seem to do. But his past would come back to haunt him. I love this series because the life he thought he was leaving would never leave him. That’s what a lot of people can relate to, me personal. Because a lot of us who have grown up in the hood, always wanted to do better than our parents. We all say one day that when we get older we are going to get our family out the hood, and make a better life for them. But you know