Cassia Quotes

Coonardoo by Katharine Susannah Prichard is a harrowing story of love between an aboriginal women and a White settler set against the harsh backdrop of North-West Australia. Wytaliba, the cattle station, is unique in the way it is run, as well as the relationships that station that Mrs Bessie Watt and her son Hugh foster with the Aboriginals tied to the land. In the immense hybrid of culture of Wytaliba, ideals and beliefs are shared between binary cultural and racial groups which inevitably creates an understanding that is aligned with the land itself; an omnipresent, omnipotent force throughout the novel, and throughout the Aboriginal and farming communities alike. Coonardoo is essentially propelled by these unlikely relationships, creating

A4. There are a few characteristics that Antonia exhibits that lead to Cather's admiration of her. One of them is Antonia's ability to be a hard worker. For example, after Antonia's father died, she helped her mother and brother work in the fields. One quote that proves this is "If I rode over to see her where she was ploughing, she stopped at the end of the row to chat for a moment, then gripped her plough handles, clicked to her team, and waded on down the furrow, making me feel like she was now grown up and had no time for me". This quote shows that Antonia was growing up and becoming a hard worker in the aftermath of her father's death because she only talked to Jim for a moment before going back to work. Another characteristic that Antonia exhibits that led to Cather's admiration of her is her

I think the author added rebellion of culture as a theme because we’re so used to following our ways and not rebelling against culture and it mixes us up from what we’re used too and intrigues us. I think the author hints that rebelling is acceptable in the novel so that we think about it and decide if it actually is. In the chrysalids rebellion happens because if a person is being harmed or discriminated in an unfair manner they are allowed to rebel. He thinks rebellion is ok because maybe a deviation could be helpful, for example David and his friends could talk without speaking. Also, I think the author argues it is ok to rebel to protect someone else from harm. Many people in the chrysalids rebel from their culture and society, these are just some examples of why the author lets rebellion happen.

Walking in someone’s skin can be a difficult task. This difficulty can be found in the vast size of a person’s mind, and the way they live their lives. Calpurnia’s skin can be difficult to walk in because she was a black woman in a time period where racism was at its peak, which meant that she must have had to live with segregation and prejudice for her lifetime.

Quotation 9: “Ay, sir, but she will none, she gives you thanks./ I would the fool were married to her grave.” (Rom. 3. 5. 144-145) Translation: I did (inform her that we decided she is going to be married). But she is having none of it.

The War What do you do when your by yourself in the middle of a war? Sophie is stuck in the middle of a war break out, with her bonobo Otto. Sophie was hiding from rebel soldiers fighting against the government, that could kill her at any moment. In the novel, Endangered, Sophie Biyoya-Ciardulli chose to save a baby bonobo from a random trafficker. She risked herself to help the bonobo to survive a war that broke out, and rescue him from the rebels.

Channeary ESSAY-Draft The novel Channeary, written by Steve Tolbert is a story about our protagonist-Channeary- getting forced out of her little fishing village in Cambodia by a rebel group known as the Khmer Rouge. An important experience that Channeary went through, was her journey she went on trying to escape the Khmer Rouge. The rebel attack from The Khmer Rouge forced Channeary out of her village.

In Lucy Christopher’s novel, Stolen, Gemma has a very strained relationship with the peculiar Australian man because he kidnapped her. At the beginning of the novel, Ty kidnapped Gemma in an airport and took her to Australia and is holding her hostage in a house that he built. Gemma says, “You opened the door and grabbed my T-shirt at the back of the neck. You pulled me toward you, my elbows scraping against the ground”.(20) This quote illustrates how Ty is acting deranged. Gemma is trying to get away from Ty but he sadly caught her before she could go and he acted on his desire to keep her as his prisoner. Furthermore in the book, Ty is trying to keep her from running off again, Gemma says, “My feet were tied to the bedposts with hard, scratchy

Courage is the ability for standing up for someone with strength and helping people when no one will. Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of thunder, Cassie faces discrimination she shows courage for standing up for blacks rights. Her family and all African Americans are treated unfairly because of the color of their skin. She stands up for her convictions and doesn’t change her convictions. She showed courage when she stood up to Mrs. Crocker, Lillian Jean, and Mr. Barnett at the mercantile. She had a lot of things that she didn’t understand at the time.

Courage is when you fight for others and believe in what you always have.Even when your discriminated and that is what Cassie Logan shows.

Stacey carrying TJ home when he was hurt,lethargic and grasping on to life, the very gruff and hardened Mr.Morrison confessing his interminable love for the the Logan kids, these are examples of how the main theme of the novel “Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry” is family always looks out for one another no matter what. In the heartwarming book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry I believe the theme of it is family Always sticks together no matter what because of the New examples that I listed above the people in Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry have to stick together as a strong Community to keep each other safe and well protected.

Who is a woman? Is it a caregiver? Teacher? Mother - figure? These are the terms that society associates with woman, but in reality they are much more.

In the novel My Antonia, Jim states “to be dissolved into something complete and great.” He also stated “When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep.” This means when you are involved in something you are good at and enjoy doing, it will come easy to you. Learning quickly is easy if you enjoy it and have a natural talent in doing a certain job. It could also apply to all life styles or situations.

The next character in the novel, Alisa, uses the name Arrow to frame any of the vile acts committed from the horrors of the war. The violence of war has made her become a protector of the people bringing vengeance to the men on the hills, a recurring not just group, but thought in the novel. This thought has only given her an excuse to bring justice through death and more or less blame the murder on Arrow, not Alisa. But for her they’ll always be a consequence. She also feels remorse in times of violence, when the Colonel instructed her to kill the targets he picks out and she denies his demand.

Circe a gold haired sorceress is a character who is beautiful, wicked and clever, making her a great threat.