Book Review Of Flawed And Perfect By Cecelia Ahern

Celie: Celie starts out as a scared young kid, who is abused and raped by her stepfather. She does whatever anyone tells her and barely ever speaks up for what is right. In the beginning she feels so alone and thinks it's better not to stand out for it will only hurt her. When Mr. ______ begins to act violent towards her, she still acts in a passive manner. Celie gets more and more afraid until she meets Shug. Shug is a female friend whom is much stronger than her. She learns more about a sexual relationship, and how to be her own person. Celie learns to fight back and reinvent herself. Celie changes her perspective on religion to. God may not be the person she always thought he was. The letters from Nettie also change Celie, in fact now she knows she has family. She gains self worth in the fact that her kids, and sister are fine. In the very end of the book Celie becomes a new person, working and sewing as a job. She doesn't rely on men nor does she feel worthless.

The Scarlet Letter is a tale dominated by the themes of sin, guilt, and shame, as well as the internal conflict between individuality and social conformity. Many of the novel’s characters experience, in their own personal ways, the struggles associated with these topics. Of all of these characters, however, it is Arthur Dimmesdale - The Scarlet Letter’s angst-ridden antihero - who most completely embodies tragedy and human fallibility.

When an individual fails to accept society`s ideal vision of life, they become victim to the prejudice of those who have already conformed to this perspective. In The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham, the ideals Waknuk has set pressures the community into a certain cloud of thought, the character of David is set to explore the era`s situation and learn whether or not to live abiding the standards or facing hatred. This desire for perfection influences prejudice in the hearts of the citizens by illustrating guidelines as to how they should be living their lives, striving towards anything that differs from this ideal will result in the unavoidable consequence of partiality.

In her graphic memoir Fun Home, Alison Bechdel tells the interweaving stories of her upbringing, her father’s life and death, and her own journey to come to terms with her sexuality. Bechdel tells these stories in a largely nonlinear fashion, arranging scenes by common theme rather than chronologicity. The only exception to this rule is chapter six, “The Ideal Husband”. This chapter recounts the summer of Bechdel’s fourteenth birthday, during which a number of milestones occur. By abandoning her preferred method of story-telling, Bechdel exposes the similarities between these events and also demonstrates the profound impact these events had on the course of her life.

Many authors feature their protagonist with the traditional heroic traits, brave, courage, compassion to their fellow man; free of flaws. While authors like William Shakespear, Chiuha Achebe, and Merry Shelly base their characters on their flaws, making them the anti-heroes. The protagonist of each story is a hero while unconventional, riddled with flaws and their own insecurities that lead to their tragic downfall in the end. Like everyone in this would I too am guilty of being flawed. William Shakespeare was born the son to John Shakespeare, a glove maker, and Mary Arden the daughter of a farmer.

The theme for Flawed is perfect is an understatement. Celestine has lived a perfect life up until now, her mom even used to get facelifts on a bad day. Everyone has to be perfect, more than perfect even. If you step out of line you are punished.

The poem “The Absolutely Huge and Incredible Injustice in the World.” by Ron Padgett is not for the faint of heart. It is not for those who only see the “Brightside” or sees only the good for humanity. In fact, it is a true dose of reality, the reality that human beings are a cruel species. It is ironic that this poem was placed within Ron Padgett’s “How to Be Perfect” considering the subject.

In the book ‘Flawed’ by Cecelia Ahern, Celestine North has a very respectable relationship with the leader of the Guild, Bosco Crevan. The Guild is an organisation where mistakes are punished and perfection is paramount. When you are punished for doing something

Remorse, the feeling of deep guilt and regret for the commitment of a crime or atrocity, is a major element in classical Greek tragedies. The resulting anguish that the character feels enhances the magnitude of the catastrophe, as the atrocity is transformed into a powerful emotion bringing it to a relatable level. In Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex, retold by John Bennett and Moira Kerr, and Antigone translated by E.F. Watling, the reader witnesses how different aspects of each play contribute towards the final tragic ending. While both Creon and Oedipus exhibit feelings of remorse, Oedipus displays a higher degree of contrition as a result of his hamartia, his thanatos and the impact that family and secondary characters have towards his anagnorisis.

Her life never showed her any reason why she should be worth what she was actually worth. Celie had never experienced true love even from her mother or her father but only from her dearest sister. As she goes through her usual sufferings of life, she comes across some people who begin to understand her feelings. Shug Avery and other women of love, try to show her the real world and how much the society had blinded her. Celie's realization that "women do need a little fun, once in a while," leads to her denial and refutation of the roles that the society places on gender, race and class. She begins to model her life to her dreams, and no longer to the way the society expects it. She follows her passion and helps others to come out the same way. Alice Walker convinces the readers that life is not about pleasing the society and those in authority, but about pleasing oneself. This principle followed in her book, eventually leads Celie to a sense of self-accomplishment and happiness. Through her understanding that "if yellow is a name, black is the same," Celie finally feels just like every other person- free to satisfy herself, being restrained no more by anybody else. She stood firm, with her God for help, in the paths she believed was right.

Provide five examples of sound that are included in these 53 pages. What is the meaning behind each sound? Provide page numbers.

One skill a reader can gain from reading this novel is understanding how the themes connect with each other through the use of comparisons. Rather than make each topic a separate issue, the book links them together to show that not everything is a black and white issue, but rather one that is full of grey areas. Similar to untangling 5 pieces of string, trying to solve one of Celie’s problems cannot work without figuring out how it affects her other ones. Although I understood that the novel’s themes are hard to analyze and find a solution to, creating a simile to connect the main idea helped me comprehend the hardships that Celie had to overcome to become

Celie and Mr. ____ also develop a new relationship, now as friends. There is no more abuse, only respect. Celie manages to help cultivate her individualism through the experiences of mistreatment she has dealt with, and rises above it thanks to the aid from three influential women in her life, Nettie, Sophia and Shug. These women all play roles of importance throughout different parts of Celie’s life and while Celie might have survived on her own, these women really taught her that she could control and manage her life the way she wanted to. Conquering adversity in order to live life to the fullest is something anyone can do, and in a way Celie can be seen as an inspiration to people who feel helpless and can't find a way to live their life the way they want

Author’s Life: Jonathan Franzen was born August 17, 1959 in Western Springs, Illinois. He grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, raised by his two parents, Irene and Earl T. Franzen. Growing up, his passion for writing was never praised in his household, especially by his parents. In a recent interview held in an office at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Franzen was asked by interviewer Stephen J. Burn, if his work was ever encouraged at home. Franzen responded, “Mostly not, no. I hate the word creative, but it’s not a bad description of my personality type, and there was no place for that in my parents’ house… it was actively discouraged as a serious pursuit. My parents were dismayed and perplexed and angry when my older brother Tom

(Xie, 2015) She knows the innocence of Robbie, she knows litter Briony’s revenge ruins the life of two lovers, but she cannot publish because the real rapist is rich and alive. Being diagnosed of vascular dementia, she attempts to modify the reality and absolve her sin in writing. Thus, in the third part of the novel, Cecelia and Robbie are taking in low voice, lingering with each other in a small house. When they retired, they go into seclusion along the sea. However, reality is so cruel that they have nerve seen each other even when dead. The happiness is Briony’s