Essay about Katherine Paterson's Happy or Unhappy Ending

Focusing on a twenty year old obsessed with death and suicide who falls in love with an eccentric almost-eighty-year-old woman, Harold and Maude is a somewhat unconventional romantic comedy widely regarded as a cult classic. This movie’s use of suicide and other sensationalized ideas from Psychology is jarring to say the least, but its Psychological principles are not limited to those. There are many everyday aspects of Psychology immortalized through this film that would hardly make one bat an eye. In the movie, twenty year old Harold lives, mostly, with his mother. During the time he is not living with his mother, he is faking suicide for her attention, bringing home a hearse as his first car, or attending funerals, presumably for fun. Harold’s quirks seem to at least somewhat

Throughout many of Toni Morrison?s novels, the plot is built around some conflict for her characters to overcome. Paradise, in particular, uses the relationships between women as a means of reaching this desired end. Paradise, a novel centered around the destruction of a convent and the women in it, supports this idea by showing how this building serves as a haven for dejected women (Smith). The bulk of the novel takes place during and after WWII and focuses on an all black town in Oklahoma. It is through the course of the novel that we see Morrison weave the bonds of women into the text as a means of healing the scars inflicted upon her characters in their respective societies.

young child around the age of 6 his mother died. He didn’t get along well with his family. He

5. The author further reveals Perry’s character as Mrs. Johnson is interviewed and narrates her present and past relationship as Perry’s sister. Mrs. Johnson approached by detectives Nye and Guthrie is questioned on her standing relationship with Perry. As she is interview she remarks on their relationship saying ‘“Im afraid of him”’ (Capote 108) ‘“he doesn’t know we’ve moved”’ (Capote 109). Mrs. Johnson although not specifically inquiring why, describes Perry’s personality as a child. Saying “‘oh he can fool you. He can make you feel so sorry for him’” (Capote 210). Although Perry’s point of view is directly seen throughout the novel, Mrs. Johnson’s remark on his manipulative qualities gives an altered look on the passages before. Leading

His father died in 2009 from a heart condition and his mother isn’t allowed to have contact with him.

The book, Lyddie, written by Katherine Paterson, is about a girl named Lyddie who lived in the 1700’s, working in the factories. In the factories, the workers were forced to endure the poor environment and a lack of safety working with the machines. Also the workers were under paid, had long working hours, and the atrocious, dissatisfactory, and lousy living conditions that were unacceptable. However, signing a petition could help improve work areas and protect workers’ rights. The book shows all the hardships and the effects of poor working environment on Lyddie and the other workers.

Petitions can be good or they can be bad, they can affect yourself or someone else, but there is a choice to approve or disapprove.

Every single person in the entire world has made a decision, some small (pen or pencil) some life changing (to propose or not to propose that is the question)

In Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo is more successful than Doris Pilkington, author of Rabbit Proof Fence,in conveying the challenges faced by the main character. Boo uses mood to develop the idea of the main character’s harsh life. She also uses word choice to show the difficulties in Abdul’s life. By doing this the reader deeply understands how difficult Abdul’s life is in Behind the Beautiful Forevers, better than the reader could understand the difficulties of the Aboriginals in Rabbit Proof Fence.

Jonathan was a good friend of mine, a person who I could count on to make me laugh when I needed one. He always carried a good heart, loved basketball and I enjoyed spending time with him, but the streets raised him and took him away. To his family he was the brightest, and the most loving son. On June 10th, 2015, a tragedy struck. As a young man he became a member of a local gang. Unfortunately, Jonathan was riding his bike in rival gang territory when he ran into some rival gang members. The two young boys around the same age as Jonathan shot him multiple times and he bled to death later that night. Jonathan was only 16 years old. One life lost and countless others destroyed.

Making decisions can be very hard for a person, there can be multiple consequences. The fictional novel Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson is about a young independent girl named Lyddie. Lyddie left her family behind with her brother Charlie. The both of them are out trying to help their family with money. Lyddie left her job to become a factory girl. Her friend Dina Goss is circulating a petition for better working conditions . Lyddie is confused about signing the petition or not. While some people believe that Lyddie should sign the petition for better working conditions, she shouldn't because she would make less money and she could lose a lot.

During the war his dad got killed in one of the concentration camps. They don’t know how he died in the camp. His sisters were killed because the husband of the person they were staying with could not take

father was murdered by a white man. After his father's death his mother had a nervous

His father is also not in his life as he disappeared off the face of the Earth after brutally killing a

Nine patriarchs found a town. Four women flee a life. Only one paradise is attained. Toni Morrison's novel Paradise revolves around the concept of "paradise," and those who believe they have it and those who actually do. Morrison uses a town and a former convent, each with its own religious center, to tell her tale about finding solace in an oppressive world. Whether fleeing inter- and intra-racial conflict or emotional hurt, the characters travel a path of self-isolation and eventual redemption. In her novel Paradise, Toni Morrison uses the town of Ruby and four broken women to demonstrate how "paradise" can not be achieved through isolation, but rather only through understanding and acceptance.