Imperfect Endings by Zoe Fitzgerald Carter

The ending of Drums, girls, and dangerous pie was like a cliffhanger in a way. For example, Steven never finished his sentence, the story ended before he could. I liked the ending, because you could make up what Steven was going to say. Also, we never knew whether or not Jeffrey survives. Jeffrey was said to be in remission, and that means that so far he is cancer-free, but it could come back if he is not careful. The story ends where Steven is at his graduation, with Renee and Annette by his side. I really liked the ending, because Renee was mean to him in the beginning, but now she is nice to him and Annette. I also really liked how much closer both of them are to each other, like how Annette used to hate Renee in the beginning. Another

Stephanie Coontz is a teacher, historian, author and a scholar activist. She has also very indulged in the world of public debate on families, this mostly due possible because of her extensive skills to study modern families as well as historical patterns. In her book The Way We Never Were, Coontz presents a historical look at the family and how it has changed over time. Her interest in the subject comes for her need to understand how families functioned in the past and present, and what lead to notion and definition of family nowadays.

The End Or Something Like That is the book I read the author of this book is Ann Dee Ellis it was published in May 1 2014 it has 346 pages in the book and has won no awards.

In the play “Liar's” the author, Dennis Foon didn’t focus on the typical happy ending. Although happy endings are not always how reality and fiction ends, the ending for “Liars” was not captivating. The play ends off with Lenny and Jase parting ways. The problem with this ending is that it’s repetitive. Lenny leaves during the date telling Jace she needs to help her parents. Jace tells her that it isn’t a good idea but she refuses to believe that it’s a bad idea, so she leaves. She comes back after a while asking again for help. He refuses to help her even though when she leaves he feels like stopping her. The ending did not grab my attention. It ruined the whole play. Scene 10 made me want to keep reading, it captured my attention. When I

The text describes endings as what “propel us to read narratives. We want to know how they will end.” (WEAL, 54) Brooks “Good-Byes” section continues with the epistolary style and the characters that were mentioned earlier in the book return to the end by giving us accounts of how they are living years after the war is over. This was a way of tying up the story however, as mentioned earlier there are too many character for the reader to remember and because of the lack of connection between any of the character, this section lacks the heart that would be possible in a traditional story where the reader feels a personal connection with each character. In the case for Harold and Maude, the ending was a surprise as the reader would never have guessed Maude’s death, not only was there a sense of closure for the reader but also because the reader was so engrossed in the characters lives there was an element of excitement to get to the end to know what would happen to your beloved character. This element of attachment was missing which made the ending seem

“Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer is about a girl who is caught in a situation in which her father attempts to bribe her to do something immoral. One message suggested in this story is how misdirection and trickery can negatively affect relationships between a parent and their child.

Gayle Forman said, “Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.” In the story, Ashes, by Susan Beth Pfeffer, Ashleigh’s parents are complete opposites. Her mother is logical and brutally honest, and her father is optimistic and, as he puts it, “a dreamer”. When her father needs money, Ashleigh is faced with a choice: to take money from her mom and damage their relationship, or endanger her father by keeping the money. Ashleigh chooses to take the money from her mother, because she makes it clear that she favors her dad, she agrees to help him even when she knows her mother won’t like it, and she cares much about her father’s well-being.

Leaving the comforts of the first world, Jessica Alexander abandons her job, fiancé, family, and home to venture into the misleading volunteer work of Humanitarian aid. Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid by Jessica Alexander is a conglomeration of stories that are written from Jessica’s memory. “It is a true account based on [Jessica’s] best recollections of the events and [her] experiences.”.

Science fiction is a way for an author to express their concerns in the world while using fiction to bring up controversial ideas. In Unwind , Neal Shusterman is able to incorporate science fiction in a way to not only get his points across but to also make the reader think, and adjust the message to relate to one's own life. Unwind takes place in the future where it is an option for parents to choose to have their child unwound, meaning they would be taken from their family and taken apart. Their body parts would then be given to someone who is sick or injured. The reader is introduced to the main characters: three teenagers who have relatable backgrounds to teenage readers in order to help one connect and feel a part of the story. As readers start learning about these characters, Lev, Connor and Risa, new issues develop which create life or death situations that these adolescence have to deal with alone. While this story is science fictional the plot of these kids struggling to find who they are and what their purpose is, while their parents have given up on them, is something most readers can relate to in one way or another, whether it’s being unsure about the future, having family problems, or being told something can’t be done. In Unwind, the author, Neal Shusterman,

Here, Louie Zamperini who never gave up, never quit, and never stopped fighting. Louie, as a young boy was a thief, never really cared to listen to anybody. Laura Hillenbrand put much detail into Unbroken. She’d call him and talk to him about him and everything he had gone through.

Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs is a crime fiction book, where, a forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan tries to unveil the identity of three skeletons that were found in the basement of a pizza parlor in Montreal, Canada. Brennan works with homicide detectives Luc Claudel and his partner, Michel Charbonneau, and Andrew Ryan, who is also her lover. Throughout the book, both Brennan and Claudel doubted each other’s competence to solve the case. According to Brennan institution, she believes that the three skeletons might be recent, however, Claudel speculates it to be century old due to findings of three antique buttons near their bodies. As a result, Claudel puts very little effort in this case, whereas, Brennan is determined to identify the year of death so to validate her inspection and to drew attention of Claudel and her other colleagues to this case. In the process of solving this investigation, she finds herself dragged to other homicides that were affiliated with the three skeleton remains.

Racial and gender stereotypes are vague assumptions that are generally negative in the novel, Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins. They are false beliefs abstracted by judgmental people based on a person’s gender or ethnicity. Each person has their respective thoughts, ambitions and passions despite their gender or race. These stereotypes are ignorant and do not define every single person. Most people realize that stereotypes are inaccurate, however they continue to make presumptions based on ethnicity or gender. The author of Forbidden, challenges racial and gender stereotypes by explaining how they are only crude generalizations which cause disruptions in society because of people’s belief that as long as they exist that they must follow them.

I enjoyed the ending of the book because it was happy and hopeful. After many chapters filled with starvation, back-breaking work, death and tragedy, Katie marries Sergeant McShane (pg. 470). Sergeant McShane is a kind man who can easily support Katie and her children. Katie’s oldest children, Francie and Neeley, were able to attend college. Also, Laurie, Katie’s youngest daughter, would grow up without facing any hardships. The Nolans move out of their apartment the day before the wedding (pg. 488) while Francie gets ready to leave for college at University of Michigan (pg. 477). The ending of this novel was happy and I liked it very much.

You and your family are peasant farmers, and considered second class in China’s social levels. People treat you and your family with respect because you plant food for them to eat, a necessity for life. People are very thankful for people like you.

The ending may not be a perfect one, however, it does have a good one. This book supports the realistic fiction criteria. The author does a good job in portraying this book as having realistic characters, scenery, and plot. I partially liked the way the author crafted the characters when making the book, was they resemble real people. The author makes the characters come to