Gone Quotes

The book the I am reading is called Dead And Gone, By Norah McClintock. Furthermore the book is about an 14 year old boy named Mike who's parents have died and know has to live with his foster parent John Riel. In the book Mike has to serve community service for stealing CD's. Working at the community center Mike meets a girl who's mother got murdered, And Riel knows something about the murder because he was an ex police officer. During this time, the police had found a body that mite of been Emily's mother. The main theme of the book is crime, murder, drama, adventure, and thriller.

In Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand we plunge in to the life and battles of Louie Zamperini’s life. In his voyage through childhood, adolescence, soldier life, World War II, and his later years we see many traits of his identity. His friendships, his competitiveness, his resourcefulness, his honesty etc.… All of these great characteristics, but the ones that resonates with me the most and makes me admire him are his determination and with that his persistence. That determination that helped him continue and power through many hardships, this is what truly makes him admirable in my eyes. Through Hillenbrand’s writing this trait is well developed.

In the book Okay for Now, written by Gary D. Schmidt is about a boy named Doug that left all his friends behind and had to customize to his new town named Marysville. In Marysville he had many struggles. Some of them were about his father. His father was more like a bully. He is always abusing his son and never being a supportive and caring father. In this book, there are other people who are like a father figure to Doug. A father figure is someone who acts like a role model towards someone.

Everyone has that one friend, that makes everything better. In the book Okay for Now, by Gary D. Schmidt, Lil, Doug’s best friend, not only helps Doug, but his whole family. Doug comes from a house where everyone is concerned with his alcoholic dad, who abuses all of his family. The kids are all “bad kids” because that is all they know. When Doug meets Lil, her positive influence on Doug helps the whole family. He gets closer to his mother, gives Lucas hope, and understands Christopher better.

The Lost hero by Rick Riordan is a fictional book. The setting of this book is all over the world. One out of the three main characters is named Jason son of Zeus. Jason feels out of place in his new setting at camp half blood he does not feel like he belongs. He knows how to fight very well but doesn't know where he learned from. He is on the Gods side which is the good side. Another one of the main characters name is Leo His a very funny kid but has a big secret because has the gift of fire and not a lot of kids of Aphrodite are given this gift. As of now Leo is the only kid of Aphrodite living with the gift of fire and he is very scared of what his peers would say. At the end of this book his power becomes an asset for his team. The last

The second half of the novel Gone by Michael Grant portrays a more violent plot. The town’s newly created police attacks Bette and forces them to retreat to Coates Academy to plot another attack on the children of Perdido Beach. With the help of Caine’s powers, they use coyotes to attack and capture Sam and friends. They escape and return to Perdido Beach to plan a war against Coates. Sam and Caine battle within the town square and they both have their fifteenth birthday at the same time. Their mother appears before them and gives them a choice of whether they want to leave the FAYZ and they both choose to stay.

It’s been two days since they disappeared. Two days since the neighbors got their mail. Two days since the news anchors appeared on television. Two days since I last saw anyone over 16. I don’t know what the FUCK is happening! I woke up and they were all gone. Everyone! Cops… Teachers… Parents… EVERYONE. I’m keeping a journal. If this all goes to shit… I want someone to know.

I wake and see the sun creeping to me. The light blinds me as I wake, but I know I'm still here in the dark basement. One window, one light source, one life. I’ve only seen this room since the abduction and the fight. I miss the grass and the houses. That’s it my house I’m under a house but not mine my parents wouldn't do this would they? At least I get food but only bread, yogurt and water. I can imagine the paper’s saying “Lily Fly Age:7 Female Missing last seen playing on a swing no leads and no witnesses”.

It has been ten years since Fred left for Vancouver. Fred is now twenty-seven, but still in the seventeen-year-old body he was when he was turned into a wretched monster. He still thinks of the day that he left behind Bree and Diego, part of him wishes that he had stayed, instead of going to Vancouver. He also remembers the cold, dreary day in Seattle, walking home on his usual route, not having a care in the world, because everyday was the same, until he saw the man from the newspapers. The man in the newspapers was mentioned everywhere. No one knew where Riley, a nineteen-year-old college student would have went. Fred thought about how idiotic it was to ask Riley if he was okay- maybe he would still be a human. Fred sulked as he walked home from the fifth high school he has went to.

As H. Jackson Brown Jr. said, “You can not change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust the sails”. This quote and your novel I feel truly fit together like a puzzle piece. Recently completing your book, Elsewhere, has made me notice the importance of making the most of life and that when it seems hard, it’s just part of growing up. Especially with both characters Owen and Elizabeth, you see a true difference in their personality from beginning to end. Even though on the outside the characters are getting younger, internally they are maturing and learning to move on. I could really relate to these characters as they struggle through their life in Elsewhere, by completing their goals that I can relate to in my own life on Earth. Letting

The short story You, Disappearing takes you into a apocalyptic world. The twist is that it’s not the type of apocalypse you think. The world does not bursting into flames or even a swarm of zombies running around. The apocalypse seems quiet and everything just slowly disappearing one item, thought, memory, or person at time. The protagonist through out the story deals with the disappear of not only everything around them but the lose of a relationship too. The protagonist keeps contemplating why the world continues towards an end of everything and if there seems to show a pattern to it. The protagonist keeps going back to the old relationship before the memory leaves. You, Disappearing is written in first person point of view that makes you

The main theme in Gone by Michael Grant is that people will stand up for what they believe in when they need to. In this book when everything is going wrong all people over the age of fifteen have disappeared into thin air and kids are all that's left in the FAYZ (fallout alley youth zone). Sam and Astrid, the two main characters, have to stand up to the kids that put themselves in charge of the FAYZ. Sam and Astrid are forced into a position of leadership and must stand up for what's right.

Louie Zamperini had a very tragic and interesting life. He was a runner for the Olympics. He won many wristwatches from his competitions. After reading about Louie Zamperini in Unbroken, I believe that the author, Lauren Hillenbrand, lucidly defined Louie as resourceful and determined.

Thrown into a situation of unprecedented circumstances, Cody is a flickering light in a sea of darkness in Gayle Forman’s novel, I Was Here. After losing her best friend, Meg, to suicide, Cody struggles throughout the novel. But she still shines through with her protective nature, her stubbornness, and even her depression. From the get-go, Cody tries to protect Meg’s family, the Garcias, from any more unnecessary pain. This is seen multiple times throughout the book.

Two professional colleagues, Mary and Jerry, are having a mock debate about the reporting of ethical violations. On the one hand, Mary thinks that unethical conduct should be reported to avoid in the future. On the other hand, Jerry says the reporting is not worth the effort because the one who reported the unethical behavior could be more harmed that the reported person, because of the tattling effect. This paper provides five reasons why it may be and may be not acceptable to report possible ethical violations based on the conversation of two colleagues and discusses the individual opinion of the author about addressing ethical violations.