Girl On The Train

Society shapes our identities and who we are as a person which contributes to how our future turns out but sometimes the paths we are led down are not always the direction we would choose, through the novel's ‘Room’ by Emma Donoghue, ‘The Book Thief’ by Markus Zusak and the films ‘Girl Interrupted’ directed by James Mangold, ‘Sucker Punch’ directed by Zack Snyder, the character’s hardships are shown through the protagonist's lives. The novels both similarly follow children who are exposed to a less than normal world and a harsh version of reality. The Book Thief follows a young girl whose whole life is turned upside down after she loses her mother and brother due to events surrounding WW11 and is then placed in

Discover Yourself Through Others The book Orphan Train, written by Christina Baker Kline, explores the life of a teenage outcast named Molly and reveals how Molly’s relationship with an elderly widow helps her understand herself. Molly lost both of her parents at a young age and spent most of her teen years in foster care. After stealing a book from a bookstore, Molly must do community service. She chooses to help an old woman named Vivian clean out her attic.

     In 'Girl'; Kincaid lists a series of orders from a mother to a daughter in such a way that the characters' lives are illuminated and transformed by the mundane household details. The 'Girl'; is more of a gender type of a story, but there is also a lesson that needs to be realized by the girl. In this story the mother of this girl is her teacher, she tells her daughter of how the world is around her, just like Miss Moore in 'The Lesson.'; The mother in this story tries to make her daughter realize that he needs to be viewed as a woman within society. Who or what the

“Runaway” written by Alice Munro is a combination of a personal choices and gender expectations. Carla make some choices in her life and she decided to run away from her house with Clark and refused to continue her studies because she get attracted towards her husband. In our society there are boundaries for the girls that if she run away from her parents with someone she is not allowed to come back and she must face all the problems alone. In this story, middle class women are fascinated towards the poor man as a result, she is dealing with her horrible situations. Carla, a heroine who spoil her all relations with family because she does not want anything except Clark. Runaway is a work of social commentary, which argues on the importance of the personal choices which a person made in their life rather than gender expectation.

“Girl” is a short story in which the author, Jamaica Kincaid, unofficially presents the stereotypes of girls in the mid 1900s. Kincaid includes two major characters in the story “Girl”, they are the mother and the girl. Although the daughter only asks two questions in this story, she is the major character. The mother feels like her daughter is going in the wrong direction and not making the best decisions in her life. The whole story is basically the mother telling her daughter what affects her decisions will have in the future. The mother believes that because her daughter isn’t sitting, talking, cleaning, walking or singing correctly it will lead her to a path of destruction. “Girl” is a reflection of female sexuality, the power of family, and how family can help overcome future dangers.

The book, The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins depicts the story of a hopeless divorced alcoholic Rachel Watson who rides the train daily, attentively watching those who live in the houses along the track. Every day she passes by what once was her house and envies the new life of her ex-husband. In addition she fabricates a life of another family down the street. Hawkins’ emotional diction and imagery further conveys the effects addiction has on Rachel’s daily life and others.

The book Girl, Interrupted is about a teenage girl Susanna Kaysen. At the age of 18 she voluntarily sent herself to the McLean hospital. In the beginning of the book the Susanna was talking to a psychiatrist she has been seeing for awhile, she has had a couple of suicide attempts so she started seeing that doctor. The doctor had recommended Susanna to go to McLean to help her be anti-depressive and help cure her borderline personality. Susanna ended up being in the hospital for 2 years.

The Girl on The Train by Paula Hawkins is phenomenal. This book is filled of twists, and turns. Beautifully written, and it keeps you on the tip of your toes. Hawkins wrote this book to keep you on your toes. This book consists of one main character and she made it to be focus on another character in the end of the book. This was phenomenally written, and I definitely recommend it to anyone and everyone.

In the book Orphan Train it highlights two women throughout the book. Both Vivian and Molly were very similar but very different. Both of them went through a get deal of tragedy at such a young age that made them stronger. Since both of them have gone through so much they have same characterizes. Christina Baker Kline makes three points throughout the play on how these characters are both similar, but different.

How to Date a Brown Girl, Black Girl, White Girl or Halfie by Junot Diaz and Girl by Jamaica Kincaid are both fictional stories that provide somewhat of a guide or blue print on how to navigate through poverty and other difficult circumstances surrounding one’s social standing and identity in life in order to fit into what is considered to be the norm of society. How to Date a Brown Girl, Black Girl White Girl or Halfie gives an account of a teenage boy of Dominican descent who develops and promotes a set of instructions on what to do in order to date a girl of a particular racial identity while Girl is the story of a mother giving her daughter a series of instructions on how to behave like a lady in order to live successfully as an adult woman in society. In both stories we see how the author uses race and social identity to bring out the development of character and uses a directional or instructional approach to bring across a point of view perspective.

The author of the book, The Girls of The Atomic City, is Denise Keirnan. This is the first book I have read from this Author. The Girls of Atomic City is a nonfiction book. People who are interested in US History would find this kind of book very interesting and insightful. I only read these types of book for school projects because I feel that factual evidence is easier to comprehend, however, if I had more suggestions of nonfictional books I would read them more often. The title of the story grasps my attention because of the many ways you could interpret it. The title not only fit well with the text of book but, it justifies the title even more.

Rachel has experienced a subpar life compared to others. She rides by the same house everyday seeing the same couple, Megan and Scott. Rachel imagines that they live her dream life. When Megan suddenly goes missing, no one can figure out what happened, but Rachel distinctly remembers seeing Megan with another man. As she begins to become more involved in Megan’s case, Rachel slowly begins to remember many aspects of her life that connect her to the disappearance of Megan. In the novel, The Girl in the Train by Paula Hawkins, the characters’ low self esteem is a motive to bad impulsive decisions.

In chapter 1-4, in the book Body in the Library, the story is about a couple who find a dead girl in their library. They have never seen the woman before and have no idea who she is. Chief Constable comes in an investigates the crime seen. They learn more about the girl. Her name is Ruby Keene, she is a professional dancer and that she went went missing before she got murdered.

For my critical review, I reviewed the film A Girl in Progress. In this film the two main characters are Eva Mendes and Cierra Ramirez. Eva plays a lost single mother who deals with the hardships of life, including her teenage daughter, and her married boyfriend whom she was employed by. Ansiedad is the main actress who is played by Cierra Ramirez. Ansiedad’s mother is Grace and Grace’s role is played by Eva Mendes. There are a few more people in this movie who play a significant role, Tavita (Raini Rodriguez), Valerie (Brenna O’Brien), and Mr. Armstrong (Patricia Arquette). Tavita is Ansiedad’s best friend, she is the friend who helps Ansiedad construe a plan that will take her from teen to adult. Ansiedad believed that she had to go through

Strangers on a Train, Highsmith’s first novel, deals with both psychopathy and homosexuality. The main characters of this novel happen upon one another during a chance encounter on a train. Guy, the protagonist, meets Bruno. Afterward, the two start discussing the problems in their lives, and Guy spills his heart out to Bruno, for “Bruno was not the ordinary stranger on the train by any means. He was cruel and corrupt enough himself to appreciate a story like that of his first love” (Highsmith, Strangers 23). Once the two have gotten to know one another, Bruno seems to make a joke about each killing off the individual who creates issues in the other’s life. Guy is disturbed by this idea, but Bruno is serious. At this point, Highsmith starts developing the psychopathic buildup of Guy. Throughout the novel, Guy is shown to be a considerate, caring man. At one point, he thinks “the taste of Scotch, though Guy didn’t much care for