Bridge To Terabithia Analysis

In the poem “The Friendship Only Lasted a Few Seconds” by Lily Lee Adams, the narrator uses the literary device repetition to repeat her frustrating thoughts about the purpose of war and how it is not justifiable for the deaths of the many. Lily Lee Adams also dislikes the fact that war had just killed her friend, with her as a witness seeing this tragic event, there is nothing she can do to help the situation but to just accept it. She once again said, "After all the friendship. Only lasted a few seconds" (Adams 30-31) to show readers that any type of friendship created during war can easily come to an end, and the connection between friends have been shortened. Another example that expresses the same proposition of war is when the author, Lily Adams constantly repeats the word “friendship” frequently in order to express a strong connotation between friends and war. The narrator feels anger towards war due to the fact that she had lost a friend and now the relationship is forever gone. Based on the provided evidence, the readers are allowed to see the connection between friendships and war, and it’s impact on friendships. Although warfare is a difficult time for society and families, the most important relationship that war has impact is

The sighting s of TWIB at the funeral gives a picture of a lonely isolated figure. She appears and disappears without trace and stands away from the proceedings. The details of her appearance by Kipps also adds to this sense of her isolation.

In the book, The Scorch Trials, the main characters Thomas and Teresa are friends who help each other get through some difficult times. Sticking together and friendship are important themes throughout the book. There were a lot of tragic and scary things that happen and because the friends stuck together, they were able to get through them.

Friendship can be shown through the words of anyone in any form, whether it is short or long, in a simple poem to a complicated novel, even in a simple common book such as, Bridge to Terabithia. The author, Paterson, uses many of reasonable literary elements in her book, such elements encompass: character, plot, setting, theme, style, point of view, and tone. These seven elements show us that friendship between the main characters, Jesse and Leslie, in Bridge to Terabithia, although interrupted by many everyday occurrences, can develop quickly, without one's realization. And that friendship, that was suddenly started, can be suddenly gone with the least suspected. In this instance, friendship is suddenly ended, there would be the

     The significance of the role Twyla?s mother plays is just one twist to the way in which the story can be read. This makes the meaning of the story different to every reader. My interpretation of the details left by the author can be completely different to interpretations of someone else, and there are probably deeper meanings to the story that I didn?t even come across. This characteristic is what made this narrative unique and interesting for me to read.

Friendship is another major theme in the novel, John Marsden uses this theme to overlap with other issues like survival and war. The characters of the novel all depend on those around them for help and support in everything they do. Friendship provides people with strength, hope and love, and all these things help a person overcome tragedies, death, and moments when it seems life isn’t worth living. An example from the novel would be when Corrie’s house is blown up, she is devastated and it is only with the support of the others that she can continue. A real life issue about friendship/love and survival would be the incident with the Beaconsfield miners. The miners were sure they would die, but with the thought in there heads of family and friends outside waiting for there arrival, they continued on battling for there lives, relying only on the support of loved ones. When Lee was shot in the leg by soldiers, Robyn carried Lee over her shoulder until it was safe enough to treat the wound. Robyn overcame her fear of blood and cuts, to save Lee from infection and disease. John Marsden uses techniques like first person

Catalyst is about Kate Malone’s life while she is in her senior year of high school and trying to achieve her dream of going to MIT. Her life becomes very chaotic and hectic when she gets involved in Teri Litch’s life. Teri is not the nicest person ever. She is not afraid to say what she thinks and she gets into many fights because of that she is an outcast at school with no friends. At the beginning of the novel Kate is not a big fan of Teri just like everyone else at her school. As the novel progresses and as Kate gets to see and start to understand Teri’s life her feelings towards her change. I will be discussing how Kates attitude and feelings towards Teri change and why. Teri has many reasons for why she behaves the way that she does and Kate will get to see her reasons as the novel continues.

However, this bridge was the connection they have. Similarly to Arana’s parents, the little girl’s parents are also different, so she’s stuck being the bridge. Likewise, Marie Arana was also the bridge between her parents and wandered the middle, unsure of which side to choose. Marie Arana saw the girl struggle to be that strong bridge and what she saw was herself. The author says there could have been multiple different thoughts during that moment, but what hit her was how the girl looked back and forth between her two divergent parents. The author states “ As I looked down at their fleeting radiance, I had no idea I would spend the rest of my life puzzling over them.” Just like as a child Arana would puzzle over her parents, the little girl was doing the same, trying to fix together the pieces of how two very different people could ever get

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The Salem Witch Trials were a dark spot in America’s early history. During a time where acts of the unknown were simply considered spiritual signs or supernatural forces with meanings; the early American settlers in Salem, Massachusetts were plagued with what they claimed were acts of the Devil putting witches in their town to disrupt Puritan beliefs and actions. One of the earliest accused witches was the village pastor’s slave Tituba Indian. Tituba was especially vulnerable to accusations to due to her extreme double minority status as well as the fact that she was owned by the village pastor.

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new role, and the connection that she had with her brother. Further along within the subsequent

Two characters that display a stable relationship are Tino Cruz and Paul Fisher. On page 201 it quotes, “ ‘You take care of yourself, brother. I’ll see you in the groves.’ ” The dialogue is Tino calling Paul ‘brother’ and welcoming him to help out in the groves. Paul and Tino become closer despite the ups and downs they experienced throughout the novel such as Erik punching Tino, Joey attempting to fight Tino, and Paul not being accepted at Tangerine Middle when he transferred there. Moreover, the quote demonstrates how Tino cares for Paul and welcomed him like family when calling him ‘brother’. The literary device, characterization connects to the theme friendship because Tino’s character creates a relationship with Paul because Paul feels wanted when Tino calls him brother and his personality is what attracted Paul towards him. Additionally, two other characters that have a strong friendship is Victor and Paul. On page 124 it states, “ ‘If you’re a War Eagle, then you’re a War Eagle. You got brothers to back you up…’ ” This dialogue is Victor saying how Paul is now officially a part of the team but not just a substitute. Victor admires his fierceness and skills as a soccer player and being the leader of the team, he believes that Paul worked hard to earn a spot on the team so all his teammates should support him. Henceforth, Victor’s protective character makes Paul

Q1- Compare the ways in which the authors of both texts explore the themes of friendship and responsibility.

The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson is a book that depicts two different people, that mainly focuses on jealousy, rivalry and the power of obsession over half a century. There are many characters in the novel and they build relationships with one another that eventually become intertwined. The relationships that are built end up having an effect on the character, and contributes something different to his understanding of himself and the decisions he makes. Ian in the novel is an example of that, where the relationships he builds with the others, helps him find who he is as a person and affects the decisions he makes. Specifically through the relationships with Pete, his father, and Jake, he