Kristin Bailey's 'Legacy Of The Clockwork Key'

In the exposition, O 'Connor immediately presents the characterization of the overbearing Grandmother. This introduces the conflict that the Grandmother is set on getting her way above the family’s wishes. The reader needs to understand this characterization because it helps understand why the ending is so significant when she offers grace to the misfit and redeems herself. The author, O 'Connor, develops her plot chronologically, immediately stating the initial conflict of The Grandmothers manipulative tendency. The reader discovers there is an escaped criminal on the loose, the Grandmother uses this in her favor, she says, “Here this fellow calls himself the misfit is loose from the federal pen and headed toward Florida and you read here what it says he’d do to these people. Just you read it. I wouldn’t take my children in any direction with a criminal like that a loose in it. I couldn’t answer to my conscience if I did,” (O 'Connor 470). Her manipulation disconnects her from the reader in order to convey the theme when she changes in the end. If she started as a good person and was a likable character in the story, O 'Connor would not be able to get her purpose across that bad people can redeem themselves.

Another characteristic the author exhibits is forgiveness. The struggles her parents cause her display this trait. For instance, Ma constantly neglects Murray as a child. Drugs and alcohol consume the parent’s lives, so Murray and her older sister do not receive the proper care they need. Also, Ma frequently spent her daughter’s money or sold their items without their consent. The readers are astonished when the author says many times that she forgives Ma and just moves on. An important scene in the story occurs when Murray looks back on her childhood and forgives her mom for all of her wrongs, and concludes her mom did the best that she could do. Many people would resent their parents after all the hardships they caused, and so does the author at first. But she finds it in her heart to forgive which shows her kindness and really displays how mature of a person she is.

Throughout her novel, Monica describes events and experiences, which reveal her character and personality. However, if perceived solely as an autobiography, the major theme of this novel is overlooked.

possession of a weapon she must discover within herself to destroy IT. Meg eventually realizes

The book A Wrinkle in Time is packed full of themes. There are only a few major ones that really stick out. One of them is seen between two characters: Meg and her beloved younger

Once Mike said, “I forgive you, Meg,” (Cormier). her eyes lit up and sparkled. Along with feeling guilty, Meg has an enormous amount of love for her husband. When Mike posed as his grandfather and forgave Meg, he noticed her emotions; “For the first time in my life, I saw love at work” (Cormier). Unlike Lenina from Brave New World, Meg carries out her emotions into her life.

First, Meg must learn to overcome her desire for conformity and accept her own uniqueness as an individual. In the begining of the book you can see Meg struggling at school, she feels left out and "awkward". She is always getting in trouble with the principle at school, and explains to her mom that she hates being different. When Meg and her friends arrived at Camazotz, she sees that everyone and everything is the same, and there she relizes how much she appriciates being unique. Another theme within the book is light vs darkness. This is showed through the three W's, Meg and her friends as they battle against IT,the Dark Thing and the Man with the Red Eyes. Mrs. Whatsit is also refered to the "jesus" figure, as she is a fighter against evil and turn into a celestial creature. Madeleine shows the readers to just be unique, just because you arn't the same as everyone else, does not mean you need to conform to fit in or be loved.

Eggers’ utilization of a great amount of details and imagery are what had allowed me to feel as if I was within this dystopian society. I could feel the emotions Mae had been experiencing, as well as assume the warrants for her particular actions. The use of diction and pathos are what allowed Eggers to effectively convey his message to the audience, specifically, in the aspect of privacy in relation to technology. I admire the array of hardships that Mae had to face and overcome throughout the novel, as well as how Mae and Annie are depicted as foil characters. This entire novel flowed well and allowed the audience to connect with Mae throughout her experiences with the

The main conflict in Inkspell is learning how to govern the words that Meggie reads into and the harm these words can and will do. Once all of the harm is done, she tries to lessen the impact in order to ‘’heal’’ the harm she has caused in the Ink World.The role and importance of the ‘’good’’ and ‘’evil’’ characters in a world divided into differing groups hence the importance and value of those who have the ‘’gift’’ of creating beneficial outcomes through their

Meg is a girl that acts out. Meg seems to get into fights, and she thinks of herself as a ‘’delinquent’’. Since her father left, she seems to be a depressed person. Meg also acts as though she only cares about Charles Wallace, ‘’her dumb baby brother’’, and her mother. She also misses her father dearly.

Cassandra Clare’s action-packed novel, Clockwork Angel, has funny and thoughtful scenes that create an entertaining, emotional journey for the reader. Tessa Gray, the main protagonist, is thrown into an unknown, mysterious world after moving from America to London in search of her brother. She has to seek shelter with “Shadowhunters” who claim to protect the world from demons. They have many funny, interesting interactions, including one from a time at breakfast where one character was offended and Will, one of the Shadowhunters, jumped in, saying, "Dear me," said Will. " Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion."

In conclusion I acknowledge some accomplishments that Megs family has made with Mug graduating high school and becoming a product as member of sociaty by working full-time and saying no to drug use. Although Mug is increasingly becoming frustrated with the drama that surrounds his sister. Imaginably making mug jealous of the attention Meg has given Midge. It sounds like Mug is jeolous and resentful to his sister Midge.

After her bruising encounter with the law, Angela Marchmont has vowed to give up detecting, and is doing her best to forget the events of last winter and the terrible lie she told to save herself. So when a letter arrives from beyond the grave requesting her help and reminding her of the past, she is anything but pleased. Drawn reluctantly into one final case and spurred on by her guilty conscience, Angela soon discovers a viper's nest of family betrayals and hidden enmities which have lain undisturbed for years, and which may have led to the deaths of more than one person. Despite her unwillingness to reopen old wounds, Angela knows she must put aside her own feelings and solve the mystery if she is ever to find peace. Can she get to the heart of the matter, right the wrong she has done and be happy at last?

The worst part of the book was the dishonesty that was going on between the family and their jobs. At first there was no betrayal and dishonest throughout the family but as they recognized the trouble and discouragement from everything going on around them. As they worked from paycheck to paycheck there was some sneakiness going on with some money and food. When the paychecks came in they had to go check it at the bar but when they walked in they had to buy a beer because it was a rule. But when you go there you see your co-workers and you start to talk and drink more which is how the bar lured you in and basically stole your money. But also when jurgis and ona left the house they never really told anyone where they went if they didn’t have work or if they were already off of work. But they did rationalize a tad bit for

Throughout the novel, we see how secrets and a guilty conscience can change and influence one’s being, and how these experiences can influence