Fate in Miles City, Montana by Alice Munro Essay

The narrator comes into the kitchen to see a huge mess and her mom in the middle of it. As she is walking in a piece of the debris almost hits her in the head. “I ducked as a piece of tile flew at me”. This already raises the tension in the story because the narrator has already almost been injured by a flying piece of tile. From the mothers point of view nothing is wrong and waves it off as it is was nothing which angers the narrator even more. “ I pushed past her to get the broom, but she grabbed me by the elbow. A feeling of nervous ness swelled inside me.” If that is not enough the narrators mother decides its the perfect time to tell her that in the next few days she will be leaving her mother and going to New Mexico for 3 months. “ But what am I supposed to do? That’s three whole months” The daughter is steamed because she is going to have to move again to a new place were she has not friends, but from the mothers point of view she is sending her child away so she can be safe while she going off to work in a unfamiliar place. The mother cannot see the situation from her daughters perspective that is why the passage progresses the way it does. It eventually leads to them fighting and the daughter locking herself in her room. If only the mother could have seen the daughters perspective then maybe she would have taken a different approach leading to a different more positive

Montana 1948 is about the loss of innocence and the painful gain of wisdom. Discuss.

“The Rest of Her Life” by Steve Yarbrough talks about a woman who recalls how her entire life was changed when her mother was killed. Teenage Dee Ann has experienced a loss of innocence when her mother's murder turns her world upside down. Actually, this short story was told from the viewpoint of the young women named, Dee Ann. Ann’s mother was murders by her father. The reader can realize serious events of family bonds and betrayal in the story. “The Rest of Her Life” by Steve Yarbrough talks about a woman who recalls how her entire life was changed when her mother was killed. Teenage Dee Ann has experienced a loss of innocence when her mother's murder turns her world upside down. Actually, this short story was told from the viewpoint of the

Reality vs Death in “Where Are You Going. Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates

Sarah heard Bella hit the water. She started to cry as she sees the rough waves consume Bella. Sarah stays at the cliff for hours mourning over the death of her best friend and can 't help but think it 's her fault.

In the beginning, the man describes that his daughter shouldn’t be out his late alone. “My daughter is walking along the roadside late at night-- too late, really, for a seventeen-year-old to be out alone… and it is raining.” This shows that the man really cares for his daughter and wouldn’t want anything to happen to her. Another detail, describes the man a way that his daughter could get “... the streets slick with a fine immiscible glaze of water and petrochemicals, so that even a driver in full possession of her faculties… before she got behind the wheel of a car… and shrubbery off the sidewalk.” This shows, the dad imagines all these horrible things that could happen to his daughter. He then relates it if it were to happen and the news hitting him like a meteor.

She tells her life story to Lennie and explains her dreams of becoming an actress and having nice things. She meets a guy who claims that he can make her a star and will write to her. She waits for the letter to show up, but it never arrives. After accusing her mother of hiding the letter, she decides to leave home. She later gives up on her dreams and marries Curley.

I’m reading Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins. This book is full of excitement and adventure. This is a book that I know I can read. Gregor is a book that I like because when the rats talk they are trying to speak how humans speak. But they sound different. They can't put sentences together,so you as the reader have to rearrange the words to make them sound right.

Here is some of Montana history from indians to gold rush and a lot of other things.

The story begins with our protagonist, eleven-year-old orphan Alex, seeking the return of her neighbor who she sees

As the bell rings, Lydia grabs her book bag and exits the classroom. She finds her mother standing outside her parked Cadillac, in the same old parking spot as usual. As she gets closer she sees the scowl on her mother’s face. She doesn’t know whether she is furious or is just about to bawl. Suddenly she thinks, What have I done? What is Mother so mad

The narrator has a sense of meanness toward this family until right after the accident and then it changes tone to compassion. These subtle details can form the reader’s thoughts toward the family. O’Connor’s view on this family is realistic instead of a romantic view of a family. A romantic view of a family might be a perfect respectful loving family of five with their grandmother that helps around the house. O’Connor shows her view on a realistic view of a family; the children are disrespectful, Baily barely tolerates his mother, and the grandmother is over bearing. This take on realism using this family is amplified by the narrator. O’Connor’s narrator makes her character development and roles maximize the realism of her

Her actions throughout this novel not only affect the wellbeing of others, but herself as well. This story ultimately begins with the author revealing

narration, we see things through the eyes of a ten year old girl and know

The first-person narrator has a friend named Chris Bennett at the time that the child was six years old. They are in the same class in school. Chris and the narrator are only recent friends because the child has only been living in the town for a short period. The two children spend all their free time in one another's company. They play games and use their imagination to create amazing, fantastic adventures