Julian Carter's Outlaw

This clearly shows that in reality he has no real grounds to hate her; she has not done anything to him that is so horrible that he should feel the way that he says he does. Julian does care about his mother, but because of his immaturity, he cannot admit this to himself. Instead he obsesses about this hatred he has, which is really self-hatred because he cannot grow up and accept his mother's ways. Mature adults may still be embarrassed by the ways that their parents hold on to old customs and beliefs, but adults also can acknowledge the fact that as an adult one is not represented by another adult's behavior, but by one's own. Julian feels that his mother is making a martyr of him. When you are a martyr, you are at peace with being killed because you still have your faith in God, which ensures your way into heaven. Losing faith just before dying is the worst thing that could happen for a martyr. Julian's faith is the hatred of his mother's ways. When he realizes that he has no grounds for which to loathe his mother and that his hate is based on

The character in “The Journey” faces doubt and disbelief from the people in her life while she fights to leave. This particularly takes place at the beginning of her voyage after she finally realizes that she must go. “The whole house began to tremble”(Oliver,5). Emotion is given to the house through personification which depicts how the narrator is feeling. She is being held back and frightened to go off alone in fear of abandoning the voices that ask for her help. “You felt the old tug at your ankles. Mend my life! Each voice cried.”(Oliver,9) By giving up her original goals which put others needs before her own and held her back, she can now get in touch with herself. During her journey, “there was a new voice, which was slowly recognized as [her] own”(Oliver,27). By going off on her own and forgetting the distractions and doubts of her past the narrator was able to get in touch with herself and learned who she is as a person. The character’s journey begins with her overcoming the doubt that she receives but she can finally be released of those pressures and discover herself when she leaves behind the voices to find her

The Wild West lasted throughout the 1800’s. It is what most people think about when they think of American. Many famous people came out of the Wild West. Most of them were outlaws.

Don't be afraid to take an unfamiliar path, sometimes they’re the ones that take you to the best places. (Jaydee/ google images) Becoming unfamiliar with a place that ones have considered home can be difficult because home is a place blessed, where someone and their family can be secure, and share sadness and happiness. Where individuals can help each other as a family. When individuals such those in “The Return” or “A Marker on the Side of a Boat” get forced out of their homes and the place that ones was familiar to them but later becomes unfamiliar due to the damage and changes. “The Return” by Elie Wiesel and “A Marker on the Side of a Boat” by Bao Ninhin both have an internal conflict that the protagonist experiences as they encounter hopes,

A lack of belonging can destroy a sense of placement in society. This statement is thoroughly explored in the poem, ‘Migrant Hostel’ by Peter Skrzynecki, investigating the concepts of alienation and dislocation through the migrant’s lack of acceptance by the Australian citizens. The migrants are also unable to find a fixed home, and therefore feel no sense of stability or permanence. This transitory nature is best identified in the simile, ‘We lived like birds of a passage/Always sensing a change/In the weather’, where the comparison to birds emphasises the absence of a home. It is clear that the migrants feel unable to adapt to Australian society, constantly moving and never settling. The migrant’s exclusion is further highlighted in the lines,

In Barbara Carey’s poem “Returning to the World,” a girl tries to get away from her troubles by isolating herself on the fire escape. The poem teaches us that in order for a person to understand their problems and become courageous, they must take a break from everything around them. Carey uses metaphor, imagery and personification to express this idea.

This evident transience is perhaps symbolic of the migrants' own fleeting sense of connection as they instinctively seek out members of their own culture, efficaciously conveyed through the use of a familiar analogy – “nationalities sought/each other out instinctively – like a homing pigeon/circling to get its bearings”. These superficial relationships thus serve to hinder the development of any lasting sense of belonging – regardless of a common history and identity – as, whilst for some migrants, their time in the hostel represents a new beginning, for others the sustained sense of alienation and despair, due to a lack of strong relationships, becomes too difficult to bear, as the final lines of the poem poignantly suggest through juxtaposition – “lives/that had only begun/or were dying”. Thus a feeling of belonging depends on a strong relationship, developed over a period of time.

| Steven Herrick’s free verse novel explores this value of events that shape a persons identity and hence their sense of belonging in their world.  The cause of his alienation appears to be physical and psychological abuse from his father, lack of caring from his school and his run down neglected neighbourhood with its “deadbeat no hoper… downtrodden house in Longlands Rd, Nowheresville”.

Imagine yourself being alone in the world, isolated from everyone else. You have no friends or family and are discriminated against by the rest of the world. Now, imagine the things you would do to escape this isolation. If you are anything like the characters in Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief, then you would take great risks, even if they can result in your death, to get away from this solitude. In the novel, isolation plays an important role in the character’s lives as it causes a great deal of pain, creates life changing moments, and affects the character’s actions in such a way that causes them to take dangerous risks in order to escape this isolation.

Little britches is a old American west outlaw who was born in 1879 and the date for when she died is unknown. Little Britches real name was Jennie stevenson her parents name were Danny and Lucy Stevenson they were farmers. Her one sister that we know about is name was Victoria Stevenson. She was involved with horse theft, and she sold whiskey with Cattle Annie, she also killed people and escaped jail.

Julian fails many times at proving his superiority too his mother. We see this when he attempts to try and make friends with the African-American man on the bus who is reading the paper next to

She drifted. A wisp of vapor, soaring against an unknown breeze. She closed her jade stained eyes, taking in a deep breath, inhaling her deepest desire. She neither lived, nor settled a life in this particular place, but it was where her soul was currently bound to. Don't forget about the jade stained eyed girl, she is crucial to the story.

The separation from her old world is now complete. She is in the unknown where the next stage the initiation begins.

In this riveting autobiography, Kat Lavoie details her childhood filled with world travel and zany adventures. Born and raised in New Hampshire, Lavoie was no stranger to the feeling of wanderlust. Traveling to a total of seven countries before she reached the age of 18, Lavoie has earned the title of world traveler, along with her two older siblings. Through the jungles of Costa Rica to the streets of France and even further to the deserts of Namibia, it seems Lavoie has acandid and humorous tale for every place she has set foot.

Even though his mother is horrifically racist, Julian’s thoughts reveal to the reader that he is no better than she is. He even fantasizes about how he could terrify his mother by marrying a black women. O 'Connor writes, “Instead, he approached the ultimate horror. He brought home a beautiful suspiciously Negroid woman. Prepare yourself, he said,” (10). The lengths Julian goes to degrade his mother say more about him than they do about her. His criticism of her racism identifies him as a complete hypocrite.