Commentary On The Book 'CRANK' By Kristina Snow

Maureen also creates a dream of her own, and wants nothing more than to go back to California. Though Maureen was young when her and her family lived in California, this is the only place that she wanted to go. Jeannette and Lori tell Maureen of the great times that they had in California and explain to Maureen that she has such blonde hair because of all the gold in California, and blue eyes because of the ocean. Maureen responds, “’[California] is where I’m going to live when I grow up’” explains Walls (207). The stories that Jeannette and Lori tell are responsible for Maureen’s dream to go back to California. However, it seems that Maureen takes after her parents, and struggles to fulfill her dream. While Lori, Jeannette, and Brian go off and start their new lives, Maureen is stuck back in Welch. Lori and Jeannette decide that Maureen should move to New York with them, so they make arrangements and Maureen goes to live with Lori, and begins going to college. Things are going great up until Rex and Mary move to New York. It is at this time that Maureen seems to give up on her schooling. After Lori kicks her out, Maureen spends her days living with Rex and Mary in a squatter apartment. She wastes her days away by smoking cigarettes, reading, painting, and sometimes just sleeping away the day. Jeannette tries to help Maureen by talking to

In the book Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand, the reader is taken on a journey. The reader is informed about the process of raising and training a successful racehorse. Hillenbrand describes Seabiscuit's life by using tools such as literary devices, allusions, appeals and organization to enforce her purpose of the text. Firstly Hillenbrand uses Literary devices and figures of speech to help the reader open minds to the process of horse training, therefore, emphasizing her purpose.

In Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline weaves a strong friendship between two characters, Vivian and Molly, despite a lengthy list of differences. The most blatant contrast, and the root cause of many other differences, is age and the separate eras both Vivian and Molly grow up in. In the span of her life, Vivian Nielsen, a ninety-one year old widow, experiences the Great Depression, World War II, and a technology boom impossible to keep up with. On the other hand, Molly Ayer is a sixteen year old tech-savvy foster child who uses “her Goth persona like armor” against an unsympathetic society (Kline 4). Another dissimilarity is ethnicity. Vivian is a first generation Irish immigrant and in being a Penobscot Native American Indian, Molly is unable to be more different than Vivian. While these differences seem apparent, the

stays focused on reality and her idea of perception as well as the friendships she acquires in her two year stay at McLean Hospital and her recovery period once she is released.

In “Hitting Bottom. Why America should outlaw spanking” Emily Bazelon presents a very disputable topic. She illustrates understanding of the topic; however she doesn’t take a firm stance on the issue. Her perspective on the problem is very balanced. She refers to studies and statistics but fails to give her own opinion. The information and facts she provides, make the reader think and reflect on the issue.

In the world today many people undergo personal challenges that impact their lives negatively. Two short stories exhibit how personal challenges affects our relationships with others. Initiation, a short story by Slyvia Plath demonstrates a stereotypical high school life and how it influences a teenagers life. As well as, Reaction-Interaction, a personal essay by Diane Kenyon, explains the struggles of a deaf person. By analysing the similarities and differences between the stories, you can gain crucial life lessons.

For years, women have always been dealt the short hand or always have pulled the short stick.Women have never been treated fairly and even to this day we are not seen as equal to a man.I could have chose any woman but I chose one woman in particular who has had this experience first hand, Rebecca Lee Crumpler. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, unlike most, was born a “free” slave. Raised under the care of her aunt, who had medical training herself.She learned some of the ins and outs of the medical field. Crumpler later relocated to Charleston, North Carolina, and became a nurse because there were not many female doctors, let alone an African American one, but that was all about to change. Since she worked so well with the doctors and excelled at her job,

She has trouble time figuring out the history behind Pittsburgh. The things she’s read about it was the dinosaurs, American Indians, and the American Revolution. She starts to embrace her drawings as a hobby and spends much time doing it.Annie mostly draws historical events Annie’s friend Judy invites her to their family’s country house. Judy’s family are very bright people and know a lot about american which annie loves about them. She uses going to the country house to do more reading and exploring the outdoors with her imagination. Annie starts to read more historical books, like world war two and the cold war. Annie starts high school, but her family status seems to be the biggest focus for other, much like her race and religious beliefs. She begins to have more understanding about american history and the city in which she is living in. Annie’s father has a strong belief that success can go a long way if you can work for it. Annie starts to give more dedication into school after her father made that clear. Towards the end of high school, she gets into bad situations such as getting into many problems and crashing a

She opens the door to her childhood, beginning with when she was 3 years old and boiling her own hot dog by standing on top of the chair to reach the stovetop. While doing that, her pink dress catches on the fire because of which gets her horribly burned. She spends a few days in the hospitals and enjoys it too, because she is getting food on time and is not left starving. One day her dad shows up and they run off out of the hospital without paying the bills of her treatment. That night her family leaves the town and move to another place, taking as much stuff as possible with them. Most of her childhood memories involve her whole family- mom, dad, Jeanette, Lori, Brian, and later on Maureen -moving from one desert towns to another, settling in as long as her dad can hold the job. This happened more frequently due to the dad’s alcoholism coupled with his paranoia about the organized society and the state. One of the towns they stayed in was Battle Mountain, Nevada, where they spend a few months. Jeanette and her brother Brian spent many hours exploring the desert and collecting rocks. Even their mother got a job as a teacher and

~Radine- She is an all American girl whose family descended from Texas. Her family had a struggle with money. Jeanne and her me shortly after the release of Manzanar. Radine proved to be a good friend when she accepted Jeanne, stuck by her side, and defended her. Radine, like Jeanne, was a scout girl. Jeanne soon became envious of Radine in the book because Radine was the girl that everyone loved. With blonde hair and blue eyes. They remain friends until the end of high school. ~Eleanor Wakatsuki- Eleanor is the second oldest Wakatsuki child of Mama and Papa.

her younger brother Jonas, and her head strong mother are separated from their father and deported to

Automobiles are such a significant part of our culture today and have been for the past century as a whole. From the big screen to the pages of a book they can play seemingly important roles that cannot be ignored. Often times these vehicles can assume almost human like characteristics which can cause you, the viewer/reader, to develop a relationship with these inanimate objects whether they are the new, beautiful and sleek sports car or the old, ratty and beat-up truck. In Louise Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible” there are many occurrences in which the state of repair that the Olds is in gives you the sense that it closely represents Lyman’s current feelings towards his brother and how these feelings change and evolve throughout the length of the story.

Butter by Erin Jade Lange was a very interesting book, However, at many times I felt it was very unrealistic how it portrayed high school and society. I believed once Butter announced his plans, someone from the circle of "popular" kids would talk him out of suicide. I was astonished when Butter or Marshall gained "friends" however rather than being true companions they were sadistic predators. Once Butter declared his suicide plan, one of the comments he got said “I know him and he’s way too big of a pussy to kill himself and by big I mean massively beast monster huge.” (Lange 77). This shows that someone people are coldhearted and simply don't care about other people's lives. Butter was surprised because, he was expecting more negative comments

Her first foster home is with a mother named Star. Star is a busty, and leggy, ex-coke addict turned Christian. Star has a boyfriend named Ray, and Astrid falls in love with him. Astrid, 13, has an affair with the 40-something Ray. Star gets jealous of their friendship and gets suspicious. One day, Star comes in, in a drunken rage and

You will guide a patient in painting a blank canvas with paint filled syringes. The patient’s paintings will be guided by a series of questions you will ask about how they are feeling in the hospital on that day. Depending on how they feel they will paint with a certain color displaying their mood. Next you will have them explain to you why they are feeling that type of way. You will then make a story with your patient to go along with their painting based on them being the character. That will then help your patient come up with a title for their