Book report on 'The Daughters of Eve' by Lois Duncan

Mary Orr’s “The Wisdom of Eve” is a short, but very unpredictable story about a new life for Eve Harrington and about the individual she is perceived to be by her appearance however, the true identity of Eve that is hidden within is projected throughout the story. The narrator of this story opens up with “I shall call her Eve Harrington because this is not her name, though the Eve part of the alias is not unapt, considering the original’s snaky activities in a once-peaceful garden” (Orr 284). Eve Harrington made her way to stardom but in a very unusual way. Eve Harrington’s “idol” Margola Cranston and Cranston’s closes friend who narrates the story are of the few people who fell for Eve’s manipulative ways. Eve is describe an awkward and unappealing

The theme during the whole story and plot may be to always watch your back but that can be determined by the reader. Miss Foster, the cheerleading coach, coax so many girls into the squad only to suck them of their youth and use for herself, Daisy has to end up having to confront the soul sucker and destroy her before she takes more lives of other girls. Daisy started out as a normal, shy girl, despite the family of psychics, she has to develop into a brave and admirable heroin to save the lives of her peers.

One event that happened in this book that proves that the theme is true is when people who are sober came to rehab and talked to the kids and told them that things will get better and that it will get easier to go without the things they are addicted to. These people who use to be addicts who are now sober make a huge impact on the kids, showing them that that could be them someday. Another event that happens in the book that shows the key theme is when Eva and her Dad work out their problems during family day. After Eva's mom died, her and her dad stopped talking. Eva felt like she was invisible to her dad and felt like she didn’t even have a father. When Eva was doing drugs she was always hoping that her dad would pay attention to her and catch her, but he didn’t for about a year. When her dad did find out that she was an addict it didn't make anything better, it just made things worse. Now her dad was ashamed of his daughter. The daughter that he hadn’t payed attention to for the past year. When there was family day at rehab Eva and her dad got to share their real feelings with each other and work all of their problems out, resulting in forgiving each other and acknowledging that they both are still mourning of their mother/wife's death and will now help each other with the pain. The final event that happened in Clean that showed the theme that bad times get better is that by the end of the

Analysis of How I Met My Husband by Alice Munro Deneen Bell Instructor Heather Altfeld Fisher 125- Introduction of Literature November 28, 2011 The Analysis of How I Met My Husband Introduction In this analysis I plan to show that the first person point of view was used to write this short story. I also want to

People read countless stories that have a variety of themes in them. When people read “Angela's Ashes” by Frank McCourt, and “The Street” by Ann Petry, they can probably sense that there is something similar among the two stories', and that's because they share a common theme. The theme is how people can persevere through problems that they encounter. The reader will discover this similar theme of persevering through problems with the way the authors utilize the character of characters feelings and personality, the way setting creates a backdrop that establishes the tone of the story, and events that cause conflict to the character.

Tammy Lee Freshcorn passed away Saturday, November 21,2015, in UPMC-Shadyside hospital, Pittsburgh, after a courageous battle with leukemia. She was born May 10,1963, a daughter of Marion Kobialka and the late Benny Kobialka in New Castle, PA. Tammy was a devoted wife and loving mother, who enjoyed spending time with

“Piano” by D. H. Lawrence      The poem Piano, by D. H. Lawrence describes his memories of childhood. Hearing a woman singing takes him to the time when his mother played piano on Sunday evenings. In the present, this woman is singing and playing the piano with great passion. However, the passionate music is not affecting him, because he can only think about his childhood rather than the beauty of the music that exists in his actual space.

Characterization: • Jeanette Walls- She is the narrator and major character of the story. She is telling her life about her family and how she had overcome things when she was a child. She is a really strong,

I read the book Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. This book is about being strong through rough times and trusting yourself. In the beginning of the book Kira’s Mom passed away. This was not her first loss, because when she was a tyke her Dad had been killed by beasts.

To begin, important theme that runs through the novel is the idea strong female characters like Taylor and Lou Ann. Furthermore, Taylor does not care about a man in her life and tries her best to do everything in her

There are multiple themes throughout the novel, but five really grab the reader’s attention. The first is self-sufficiency. Even during their hardest times, Rex and Rose Mary refuse to become a charity case. Walls stated that, “Mom liked to encourage self-sufficiency in all living creatures.” (77). They do not even

The Great Gatsby is a well written novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald where a midwesterner named Nick Carraway gets lured into the lavish and elegant lifestyle of his enigmatic neighbor, Jay Gatsby. As the story unravels, Nick Carraway begins to see through Gatsby's suave facade, only to find a desperate,

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1950’s-based drama ‘All About Eve’ explores the similarities and differences between the characters of Eve and Margo - two women dreaming of similar ambitions, and yet are depicted as vastly contrasting individuals. In comparison to each other, Eve and Margo’s general behaviour, mannerisms and character traits are distinctly separate. Each woman distinctly struggles with their own issues, such as Margo’s fixation with the threat of her own age and Eve’s endeavour to belong with those she admires and the world of the theatre. The motivations and boundaries of the two are depicted as clearly different from each other, where Eve is revealed as a ruthless liar who would “do much more” to get what she wants, in comparison

I think the overall theme is that doubt eventually leads to dissatisfaction. I think this because towards the beginning, Alice was very confident with her relationship. However, once Marc told her that they "about to sit next to [his]... ex-wife", she began to doubt their relationship. She started to question why his ex-wife had left him in the first place and if there was a side of him that she had not known yet. This eventually led to her contemplating their relationship and "not answering" him. Even at the end of the story, "she kept looking [at the other wife], with envy and curiosity". This showed that she wanted to know that side of Marc that the ex-wife had know. I think the lack of character point-of-view does play into the theme because

The theme of this story is teamwork. Claudia and Jamie worked together a lot in the story. My first example is Claudia and Jamie worked together to create a plan for when the museun is closing. They decided that they would j=hide out in the bathrooms. My second example is that they worked together to find out more about the angel by Claudia reading books and Jamie looking in picture books. From doing this they figured out a clue. My third example is they worked together to be able to survive while running away. They both contributed money and they even washed their clothes. They had found a way to earn money too. In conclusion, that is why the theme of the story is teamwork.