Book Review: Ella Enchanted

In reading “Ordinary Girls” by Jaquira Diaz I liked how they yanked me right in at the beginning. Diaz writes, “We starred talking about dying long before the first women jumped” (40). Here I was shocked and was concerned. As an opening sentence, that’s like getting a good bounce off the board. I thought that there's nothing there under her, but air when she jumps, but I was steered in the wrong direction because she works magic on the way down. The opening sentences also show that the essay are going to have tragic situations throughout the essay. I was puzzled at first in the middle of the essay, but after reading I analogue how it went into consideration on a lot of spots. For example, The ordinary girls wanted to die extraordinary deaths.

This book has made an impact on all people who have read it. Good or bad this book has changed people’s life’s. Erin Vincent should be more known and should be more famous. She was an important person because she simply never gave up. In most other life’s when people even just loose one parent they give up. Erin lost both and is more successful than most people. Even if she isn’t world known she still made a difference in the world. People who read this book and have been through the same thing she has could see why they could still have a great life. She longed to have a better life than what she was meant to have. That is true success. That is an admirable person. Erin wrote her autobiography with all of her struggles. No matter is something was wrong she did, she still mentioned every mistake in her book. Along with mistakes she mentioned her accomplishments equally. She wasn’t a perfect person, unlike anyone else she still mentioned by she could have failed at life. This book was touching and honestly with all the readers. Losing a parent or two isn’t just to be told to be sad. Losing a parent is brutal and hard to talk about. If Erin was to write another book about her life I would read it because her first one had an impact on me not any other book has given me. She isn’t that famous, but has a touching story to tell. Her story is still one of the best ones I have ever heard. She was

I liked that the book is organized into small little entries. It makes it easier to read and to divvy up the book. I also liked the extended metaphor of a creating a tree that speaks to you; becomes you. In Speak, Melinda’s tree slowly becomes better and better. Along with her tree, she becomes more optimistic rather than pessimistic. By the end of the book, Melinda’s final tree, was given an A+, and her attitude and state of mind were better than ever. I love how relatable the book is to my actual life. The connections between me and Melinda made this book even better. The only thing I disliked about the book is that the incident of Andy Evans raping her was revealed closer to the end of the book. I couldn’t comprehend why Melinda was acting like this until 130 pages in. I wanted to know why Melinda was acting like this in the beginning of the story, so I can understand more clearly why Melinda was acting this specific way. I really don’t have many dislikes for this book, it was pure

I loved that you had added flashbacks to this story during the chapters and that you differentiated it from the other writings by changing the fonts of the flashback paragraphs. It revealed the loving relationship between Lina and her father and mother and how close they were such as the scene where Lina and her mom get ice cream. These flashbacks also gave a contrasting part of her life from their tough current life. She used to go and swim

James Patterson’s Witch and Wizard is a fictional story published on October 13, 2008. It is the first book in the Witch and Wizard series, and one of over 60 books written by Patterson. I chose this book because I have read a few of the Patterson’s other works, and the cover and title caught my attention.

The American Olympic Champion and inductee of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame Gail Devers once said, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong”. In Laura Hillenbrand’s book Unbroken, the determined Louis Zamperini exemplified Devers’ words when, against all odds, he survived his bomber crashing into the Pacific where he was marooned for 47 days during World War ll. It goes without saying, it was Louie’s own will to survive that Hillenbrand refined to tell his distingué story.

Jamaica Kincaid was born in West Indies, which is located in Antigua. When the author writes you can tell she's from an island, on the way she uses to describe the ways a women should act. Kincaid usually writes about mother-daughter relationship. Her writing has a lot of feminist perspectives. The way Kincaid writes, she has an amazing way of making you visualize, they way she goes in depth with the topic.

Dear Mrs. Linda sue Park,the book you wrote “A Long Walk to Water” has spoke to me and opened my eyes to what is really going on outside our “bubble.” Your book has a real meaning unlike some of the books I have read. I loved how you had put Nya’s part at the beginning and showed how their stories ended up crossing paths; That was a really cool and interesting choice it kept me wanting to read more. That was a great story to be told and I can’t wait to read more of your books. I think there are plenty more great stories out there to be told by a great writer just like you.

     I believe that this was a pretty decent book, at times it was boring and

Claire Standish or “the princess” portrays the stereotypical popular teenage girl in The Breakfast Club. She is in detention with everyone else because she decided to skip class and go shopping, which also plays into the stereotypical teen girl image. It can also be assumed that she is spoiled and rich since her father tried to get her out of detention but failed, and she mentions to the group that her parents only use her to get back at the other one. She brings a fancy lunch of sushi while the other teens either have nothing or the standard lunch one’s parents might pack for them. There are a couple of times in the movie that she brings up her social standing and could even be considered as looking down on those who are not as popular as her. Even closer towards the end of the movie she informs the others that if they were to say hello to her in the hallway in front of her friends, she would have no choice but to ignore them. By the end of the movie, she has opened up to everyone else about her fears of letting her peers down and has formed a close relationship with Bender.

The emotions I felt for this woman was overwhelming at some parts of the book. The hardest parts to read, were involving the author’s daughter. I started the book, when we watched the video about her book about her daughter’s death in class. I felt for that woman, to have loss a husband and a child within a very close time span is saddening. I was surprised she did not go crazy after her daughter died. When she writes about her memories of her husband and daughter, there is an obvious joy that exudes the pages. Knowing how much she loved and cared for her daughter was sad. She cared for her aligning daughter when she was at her sickest, her top priority was her health and wellbeing. She even postponed his funeral until she was strong enough to say goodbye. It was heartbreaking.

A woman is given limited freedom. Something as simple as a room could give her a sense of liberty. In Virginia Woolf's article, she claims that "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." Woolf suggests that having a room literally allows women to have their own space to write, but figuratively traps them in their own thoughts due to a lack of freedom. In the works of Jamaica Kincaid, Virginia Woolf, and Alice Walker, the female figures have shown how their own thoughts, reflection, and creativity could be used as a sense of freedom.

In closing, I think the book is awesome and I really enjoyed reading it. The dialogue was writing amazingly and the characters traits and beliefs were on key. I also really enjoyed the relationships between Henry and Keiko as well as the relationship between Henry and his

The weaknesses of the story are just too long. It was too broad, and it will make you boring on some pages. It makes you upset because there’s a twist and some words that they used is hard to understand. Even though there are weaknesses of the story, it will make you be a critical thinker. For the example, on how’s her parents could be find. It is exciting because your expected will not be the same as you expect at the last part of the story. Although it is a true story, there is a doubt that can possibly form in your mind because for me, some details are not possible. But all in all, it is beautiful to have read.

What is considered a proper way for a woman to act in general society and who has the correct answer? Jamaica Kincaid’s story “Girl” is fundamentally an instructional writing where a mother is primarily caring for her daughter’s future. The story is performed in fiction where the child needs to get prepared to confront the world as a woman. Most of the commands the mother gave to her daughter are ambiguous; there is not enough content, however, it can be assumed that the mother is helping the girl evade any major consequences from not being properly prepared for society. The mother, with several recommendations, tried to make her daughter understand her gender and how her behavior and appearance should be seen through other people’s eyes. Most of the mother’s instructions are related to moral conduct and social relationships that follow an old fashion model of womanhood. “This is how you behave” and “This is how you bully a man” (Kincaid) are some of the pointers that the mother provided to the daughter in hopes of guiding her actions. The piece offers serious coming-of-age advice from a narrator who has much experience to give (Smith, 152). The mother’s main goal is to cement her daughter’s place in society as a respectable woman. Throughout every stage, the mother clearly shows how the girl was growing fast and how she needs to be prepared to confront life.