Comparison Of Dragonwings, And Island Of The Blue Dolphins

“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely” (Unknown). People change and grow because of the challenges and conflicts they have in life. A person I know that has changed and grown a lot from a conflict is my mom because a couple years ago she ripped a tendon in her back, and she had to get many surgeries and wasn’t able to walk for a while. She grew a lot from that experience and now she can walk and is still getting better. In “The Street” by Richard Wright the young boy narrator has to overcome his fears and fight some thugs in order to buy his mom groceries. He faces an incredible challenge that makes him have to change extremely quickly. In “First Love” by Judith Ortiz Cofer the girl narrator has a crush on a boy that is a couple

In almost all stories, the main character or characters usually have many personal experiences that change their views in one way or another. Three good examples of this are Abuela Invents the Zero ,Little Women ,and Home .One of these stories has one major experience that quickly affects that character's views. Another story includes many small events and moments that in the end affect a certain character's views and habits. The last story shows how previous life experiences turnout to not only not benefit but actually hurt. Notice that there can be many different kinds of situations that have an influence on a character and can change a character for better or for worse.

In the novel The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls suggest that how we react to difficult circumstances shape the people who we become in the future because they force us to either rise against our circumstances or succumb to them. The narrator in this novel have experienced changes that fit the criteria to this question. In the novel The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wall, Jeannette grows up in severe poverty where she has to depend on herself. She faces unfortunate circumstances, including first degree burns and hunger but somehow maintains a positive outlook on life.

There are five teams that are worthy of being called the greatest team in NFL history: the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers, the 1984 San Francisco 49’ers, the 2007 Patriots, however the 1985 Chicago Bears stand out amongst the crowd because of their outrageous defense, popularity amongst the NFL fans, and their roster that was filled with Hall of Fame talent. According to the 1985 Chicago Bears Statistics & Players (2017), the team finished with a season record of 15-1. News analyst Tony Andracki (2016) stated that, “The 1985 Bears turned in one of the most dominant seasons in American Sports” (p.1).

Life changing events or turning points can affect many people's lives and countries. These turning points takes a person's life in different directions.Take these stories for example The Father of Chinese Aviation by Rebecca Maksel,In this story the character feng Ru is known for being the first chinese man to build a working aircraft, “ Warriors Don’t Cry “ by Melba Pattillo Beals,In this story the character and author melba Beals is known for being one of the nine students to integrate american s education, And “ I Never Had It Made” by Jackie Robinson, In this story the main character and author jackie robinson is best know for integrating american major leagues. Feng Ru, Melba Beals, and Jackie Robinson all experienced life changing events that

Moon Shadow, a Tang boy in the Middle Kingdom, otherwise known as China, lives with his mother and grandmother. His father, Windrider, is in the “Land of the Golden Mountain”, or America, in seek of money to send to his family, and bring them overseas. Moon Shadow’s grandfather died in America on the ship dock years before because he was lynched, or hanged, by the “demons”, or white people in America. Because of this tragic event, Moon Shadow’s mother does not ever want to or talk about the Land of the Golden Mountain, Grandfather, or her husband. All she ever says is “... He was a maker of most marvelous kites…” However, one day a distant cousin of Windrider’s, Hand Clap, comes with a message for Moon Shadow: Windrider wants Moon Shadow to

espite their small size, sea dragons are carnivorous animals and therefore have a purely meat-based diet. The sea dragon uses its pipe-like snout to suck its prey into its oddly tooth-less mouth. Sea dragons hunt crustaceans, plankton, shrimp and even small fish, using their camouflage to their advantage. Sea dragons have numerous natural predators in the south and western coastal waters of Australia but are rarely even spotted to the elaborate camouflage of the sea dragon. Those few sea dragons that are unlucky enough to be found, are usually spotted by large fish. As with sea horses, it is the male sea dragon who care for the eggs once they have been laid by the female. The female lays around 250 eggs onto the long tail of the male sea horse.

Looking at the floor she sees it start to rip apart right down the middle. "Hurry up!!" she yells to her parents fear lacing her voice. "We're ready to go" Roxanne yells back as she jogs over to her daughter. Just as her dad reached them, they were knocked to the ground as the right half of the house disappeared. Roxanne began sliding toward the gaping chasm that had swallowed half of the house. Artemis and her dad grabs her mom just as she slides over the edge. Pulling her up onto the narrow strip of flooring, Soren checks to make sure he didn't lose any ammunition as his wife catches her breath. "Come on. We can climb out my window into the oak tree if we hurry" Artemis quickly says to her parents while trying to catch her breath. " Alright, let's go then" her dad responds back. Grabbing a hold of the door frame, Artemis pulls herself into her room and reaches back around to help her parents. Closing the door behind them she picks up the rest of her survival gear that had slid into a far corner. Noticing something moving under her bed, she walks over and bends down to look at it. She finds that it's her cat, Lucifer and her mom's little chihuahua, Juanna. Picking them both, up she hands her mom the dog while stroking her cats' back. Meanwhile Soren had walked over to the bay window and was busting out the glass. Taking a piece of rope off the closet door, he hooked it into the

On a scale of 1 to 3, with 3 being the highest, I would rate, Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell a 3. One reason why I give this classic novel a 3, is because, unlike other novels based on true life ones, Scott O’Dell manages to captivate the readers. He captivates his readers because with the way he writes, you are able to transport yourself into the novel, imagining yourself on the adventure with Karana to get the teeth of the bull sea elephant, “Again the young bull’s flank was ripped deep, and again the force of the blow threw him backward into the water...The sound was like rocks crashing together” (O’Dell 83). Another reason why I give Island of the Blue Dolphins a 3, is because it showcases a strong female lead, Karana.

Sometimes in life people go through experiences that change them. This is seen in the book The Cay by Theodore Taylor which is about a young boy named Philip. Philip is living on an oil rich island with his mom and dad during WWII. Since oil is so essential to the war, German submarines surround the island to try to stop any further oil shipments. Philip's mom sees this danger and decides to take Philip and try to escape. They try to sneak away on a ship carrying oil. The Germans see the ship and blow it up with a torpedo. Philip gets knocked out and wakes up on a raft with a man named Timothy. They both get cast away on an island and together have to survive. Throughout the book, Philip goes through great changes in his personality, his view

She would make bows, hunt, play, gather food, and always be with Rontu. But the thing that bothered Karana was the wolfs. So Rontu made a fight to kill them when he did Karana did not know and tired to find him everywhere but then she came there. Also there was scarce everywhere on Rontu but if she tried to kill the wolf they would keep bothering her, soon rontu won and came back home and karana helped rontu help the blooding scare. A girl came in a bout and speak a different language and tried to teach each other, but soon had to leave even she wanted karana to come with her. Later Rontu did not feel good the next day he did not growl at the birds or eat or try to

Life experiences can change a person’s character. Those experiences can make a person better than they used to be, the characters will unlock a new mentality that they thought they never had. Also they better at conquering fears and obstacles. Characters in my novels go through lots of change as the stories progress. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, events change the character’s views and behavior throughout the novels. In the novels The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Treasure Island, the main characters in the stories go through a change of personality from their adventures and journeys, encounters with obstacles and antagonists, and the completion of their trials.

In a town of the Tang People there is a boy named Moon Shadow, he is seven-years old, lives with his mother and grandmother. His father left his family before Moon Shadow was even born. Hand Clap, who is a cousin of Moon Shadow’s mother, who works in a laundry place in San Francisco, comes to visit Moon Shadow and his lovely family. Hand Clap tells Moon Shadow and his family that Moon Shadow's dad has paid for Moon Shadow to go to San Francisco or as other people call it, the Golden Mountain. They call San Francisco Golden Mountain because all the men left their family behind to go to San Francisco because someone found gold, and all the men there are looking and mining for gold.

Hatchet's survival story, then, is two-fold. Because stereotypically boys are less focused on the emotional aspect of things, and boys raised on G.I. Joes as opposed to a game of “house” are less interested in domesticity, the adventure trappings of Hatchet serve to mask what is really happening in the story.

Did you see that? Looking in the sea of the south and west tropical coast of Austria a diver observing very closely in the sea can easily miss this genital, well camouflaged marine fish in plain sight, the sea dragon. Although they are very similar to the seahorse, sea dragons are quite different in amazing ways and are divided into two diverse genus and species, Phycodurus eques (Leafy Sea Dragons) and Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Weedy Sea Dragons). Here you will learn about the taxonomic classification (Kingdom, Phylums/Division, Class, Order, Family Genus, Species), physical characteristics/ biology, habitat, ecology, and much more. Let us examine this creature more closely.