Eve Bunting's Fly Away Home

Being hopeful is an eye opening experience that encourages people to move forward in a difficult situation. The author of the book Station Eleven is Emily St. John Mandel is a novel that details this exact thing. This novel has these three characters that demonstrate a sense hope; Kirsten, Clark, and Jeevan. Kirsten’s hopefulness in this novel is to have civilization restored which gives her a positive look on things. Clark makes the Museum of civilization to help remain positive and give other people a sense of hope that things are going to be ok. Jeevan always has hope that he can help people with his medical experience and that he’ll do everything he can to help them. These three characters have a huge understanding of what it means to have hope and to never give up. By examining the characters in station eleven, it is clear that many of the characters had a feeling of hope which encouraged them to persevere in hard situations.

As Americans, many of us believe in this principle of the American Dream. The American Dream, in its simplicity, is the notion that anything, especially career wise, is achievable. We usually associate this concept with obtaining material things, such as cars or a fancy house. But, even if you achieve your American Dream, complete with a car and fancy house, does that really mean you achieved happiness? The poem “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson is a testament to this idea that although someone may have everything there is to want, that does not really mean they have true happiness.

This essay explores the power and influence that long-term goals can have on one’s life. In the narrative, both Weses grow up in a similar situation, but end up in completely different positions. The turning point that caused author Wes

Through my understanding of the book, Homeward Bound by Elaine Tyler May explores two traditional depictions of the 1950s, namely suburban domesticity and anticommunism. She intertwines both historical events into a captivating argument. Throughout the book, May aims to discover why “Post-war Americans accepted parenting as well as marriage with so much zeal” unlike their own parents and children. Her findings are that the “cold war ideology and domestic revival” were somewhat linked together. She saw “domestic containment” as an outgrowth of frights and desires that bloomed after the war. However, psychotherapeutic services were as much a boom then as now, and helped offer “private and personal solutions to social problems.” May reflects her views on the origin of domestic containment, and how it affected the lives of people who tried to live by it.

Throughout the novel, A House in the Sky, by Amanda Lindhout, the audience can identify the theme of emotion versus logic. Within the novel, the main character Amanda makes a lot of life changing decisions, which are based more towards her emotions than logic itself. This strongly impacts not only her life, but also those close to her. Amanda Lindhout’s A House in the Sky is an exemplary depiction of the ideas of feminist criticism, new historicism, and moral criticism. Although Lindhout describes the consequences that come from her decisions throughout the novel, she also stresses the aggravation that comes with being female. The novel, A House in the Sky, portrays the complications of female development and identity through the main character.

In Alison Bechdel 's Fun Home, there is a focus on a sculpted perception of gender roles produced by society and a great emphasis on how Bruce and Alison challenge these strict gender specific characteristics. Through Bruce’s femininity and Alison’s masculinity along with their homosexuality, they are able to go against the norms and the collection of rules set by society. It is also through their struggle with gender roles that one is able to understand their sexual orientation. Although Bruce and Alison seem fairly different from one another, there are elements that pull them closer together revealing their similarities.

In Eve Bunting’s short story, “Your Move,” the leader of the K-Bones Kris seems to be secretly insecure. Throughout the story he acts chill while leading James to join his “cool club”. This is most likely to cover up his true feelings. Kris is insecure, since he recruits “friends” to do his dirty work, he flees once danger arrives, and most of all because he is very familiar with the feeling he dislikes most- being left.

Can you imagine living in an airport with little money, few friends, and at the age of five? In the story “Fly Away Home” by Eve Bunting, that is how Andrew lives. Ever though he live’s that way Andrew remains confident, hopeful, never gives up and stays positive.

Alison Bechdel’s memoir, Fun Home, is a compelling narrative in which Bechdel takes the reader through her life and gives insight into her relationship and the complex lifestyle her closeted homosexual father, Bruce Bechdel. However, her serious topic is told through the narrative of comics, images that literally put the readers into the moments of her life with her. Even though, the graphic images provide visual insight, Bechdel makes a conscious decision to include a multitude of literary allusions because, as Bechdel describes, “I employ these allusions to James and Fitzgerald not only as descriptive devices, but because my parent’s are most real to me in fictional terms.” (Bechdel, Page 67) Her continued use of literary allusions can be seen as an insight to her life. The particular works of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Oscar Wilde’s plays An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Ernest because of their content concerning facades and the lengths one person goes through to keep a part of their identity or life a secret. TRANSITION Bruce Bechdel was the master of secrecy, hiding a part of his sexuality behind his heterosexual marriage in order to keep his idea of an acceptable livelihood. It is clear that Bruce Bechdel had a few infidelities with males throughout Bechdel’s childhood, infidelities that she did not know until later in life. This creates a whole new perceptive for Bechdel. The father who she thought as a controlling, stern, literary fein

As we age, our lives are divided into stages with inescapable hardships. The most difficult of these stages has proven to be adolescence and young adulthood, the years in which our personalities are defined. This juncture is the pinnacle of maturation, however, it is gradually becoming a plateau wherein inactivity is most prevalent. It is indisputable that American children and young adults alike are lingering in their youth for far too long. Many in their teens and twenties are holding tight to the freedom of childhood by depending on their parents, refusing to settle down, and avoiding responsibility. Through their lack of independence, inability to commit and their indolence, certain action must be taken against adolescents

Working hard toward a goal is important because once you accomplish something you will feel good about yourself. In the short story Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting ,Andrew does things to get somewhere in life. For example, he is smart. He also shows kindness to others.

Do you have a dream? Have you ever tried to pursue it or did something happen and you couldn't do it? Everyone has a dream they want. This book is about Lennie and George’s dream. They are migrant workers who travel to find jobs. All the people in this story say that their dream will never come true. The era they are in is known as the Great depression. It was hard for people to achieve their dreams because, they were so busy living in reality. The work was long and the pay was really low, if you even got a job.

Holding Onto the Air an autobiography by Suzanne Farrell takes the reader backstage in the dramatic life of the world-renowned Balanchine ballerina. From her childhood in Cincinnati to her retirement from ballet in 1989, Farrell's story is truly a remarkable one. The book describes at length her time with the New York City Ballet as well as her complex relationship with the legendary Balanchine. Although Mrs. Farrell goes a bit too far into the ballet descriptions, her beautiful imagery allows reader to experience the joy of performing on stage.

The book I read is called Everlasting. The author of this book is Alyson Noel. Ever Bloom is the main character of the book and the reason I read this book is because it is the sixth book of the immortals series. The first book to the series is called Evermore. I liked it enough I went to find the other books to the series and I’ve read almost the whole series.

There is a story by Bruce Wilkinson about the “Parable of the Dreams Giver”. It is the story of Common Guy, a Nobody (to those who surrounded him) who leaves the “Family Land” in search of his Great Dream. The Parable follows “Common Guy” on the “Journey towards his Dream” in which he faced challenges never before known, learned that the way to the future he wished was closed with threatening obstacles pushing him back. He took difficult decisions and underwent difficult changes. He sacrificed dearly and realized that every difficult situation turned into an important opportunity to shape his character and he stood all this because he realized that the Great Dreams Giver created him to be “Somebody Extraordinary” and to achieve Great Goals.