'Looking For Alaska': Different Types Of Teens

The Martinez Family The Martinez family consists of Miguel (41, a postal delivery person), Jeannette (43, an administrative assistant), Gabby (13, a student in eighth grade) and Tommy (infant), (Laureate Education, 2013). The family’s ethnicity is Hispanic and the parents come from a large extended family. Presenting Issue The Martinez family

Connecting to this story was a bit hard but then I started thinking about what the story was about and then I concluded what my connection was to the book. I connect to this story because our society today is always worrying about the way we look and how we

he main conflicts in this novel are man vs. society and man vs. self. These conflicts both contribute to the Rivera family's perception of what it means to be an American as well. The Rivera family struggles to try and fit in with other Americans in order to work and pay all their bills along with taking care of Maribel, who is the main reason they moved to the United States for. In the novel, Alma mentions that she tries to get out and say hello in spanish to anyone she thinks looks as if they know Spanish, in hope to meet new people and not feel so homesick. "When no one came, I went out, determined to explore and acclimate myself to the town. People walked in and out - a brown skinned man chewing a toothpick, a motorcyclist wearing a leather vest,

Most people when they think of family, they think of people that were raised by the same parents and people that would never leave their side in till they got to the age of having to do so. But what if those people disappeared? What if they left and decided to never come back because of the environment that they lived in? James McBride talks about how he had to face all the different circumstances that his dysfunctional family had to go through. From his mother being looked at all the time because she was white and her children were African American, to their father never being around and having to move from city to city. Also, having to deal with their Jewish background. The one thing that McBride always goes into detail about is his family. He feels his family is very strict and not in the best environment.

The Gonzales family, which is a Mexican family with eight individuals, invited Frank to their home to attempt and let him perceive how illicit settlers live in the United States, and what are their everyday battles and difficulties. Patty and Rigoberto and their four children Ariel, Ricardo, Alba, Sebastian, Karina, and Armida was the family who invited Frank to their home. The family does whatever it takes to be effective in the United States. Armida, a senior in secondary school dreams to wind up plainly the main individual from her family to set off for college and have a calling, she is to a great degree keen and has over a 3.8 review point normal and connected for a full ride to school. She turned into a dear companion with Frank. At the point when Frank came into the family's home, he began recollecting his past, what his mom's states of living were. Frank discovered that Rigoberto as an unlawful settler is a jack of all trades and that he will effectively acquire enough cash to fulfill his family's needs. He discovered that Patty sells bottles to spare cash for her children's' Christmas presents or any crisis. Armida, has turned into a dear companion of Frank influencing him to feel or contemplate the illicit workers and their needs of moving to the United States. Frank offered his help to Armida if

Americans today tend to believe that there is something that holding back teenagers in high school from achieving the proper education. The article “What’s holding Back American Teenagers?” states that “American high school, in particular are a disaster. What is it that makes these high schools a disaster?

Jaime is an 18-year-old Mexican American who lives with his mother and sister and has a baby with his current fiancée. He also attends a large urban high school. Within high school, Jaime encounters the challenges of being an immigrant and having a bicultural identity, develops resilience, understands the

Personal connection:    This book connects with me personally on many levels. It reminds me of when I was younger hearing stories about how some of my family worked on the farm with the cows. A story it reminds me of is, one time my family and I were driving out in the country and one of my siblings

I can connect to the book because just like the main character, Cia, I live in a small town. In her town, all of the citizens know each other. I can link this to my life because anywhere I go in my town I encounter someone I know. Another way I can relate to her is because both of our towns have condensed and spread-out areas. In her town, she lives on the outskirts where less people live, but there is also an area within her town that is very crowded with people and buildings. My town is similar in design to hers because there are areas of people that are separated or distant from other places and there are closer and connected areas too. Alongside that, I can also connect to this book because I have a twin just like Will. In the book, Will and his twin brother, Dill, are always together and making jokes. Likewise, my twin, Anna, and I know each other so well, its hard not to be happy in each other’s presence. In mind of that, I can also connect to the book because I know how hard it is to be away from my twin. In the story, Will is boiling with rage to hear that his brother did not pass The Testing and is being redirected away from him. It takes him days of lashing out before he is calm enough to regain his composure. I can relate to him because it is difficult for me to be away from my sister, especially for a long period of time like Will and his brother. As has been noted, I can

In my household, I was the second of the four daughters to mature under my parents’ roof. With that being said, I witnessed the same cycle four times: confusion, growth, anger, and acceptance. Here, I observed the transition from adolescent to adult, with the terrible case of puberty in between

A book based on love is too much for some; but when you throw in adventure, it’s a perfect book to satisfy those looking for both. John Green, the author of many award winning books, has once again captured the eye of many young adults looking for this specific contrast. An abundance of Katherines helped Green get #1 New York Times Best Selling Author once again. He also got this award with Looking For Alaska, Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars. “Green’s books have been published in more than 55 languages and over 24 million copies are in print” proves that he is an amazing author (Bio). He is really able to relate with teens to make it sound real. This is probably because he needed to connect with the youth to help give back to the community;

The novel, Jesse, illustrates the struggles two brothers, Jesse and Abel, confronted while attending college and working in the fields. They face poverty when having lost their father, surviving on cheap food, and living alone. Discrimination when the gavachos, white people, harassed, and humiliated the Mexican community. They left home

I connect to Molly Barlow the main character. Since Molly came home for the summer she starts trying to find herself. She makes new friends, gets a job, starts dating a boy. Since I started freshman year I have been going through some of the same new experiences. We both have new beginnings in our lives that we face. She comes home from the summer with her whole town hating her because, her mom wrote a book about her deepest secrets. She starts dating her old family friend and finds some difficulties in that. I haven’t dated anyone but I know how it feels to go through the same struggles with boys. The girls in the town can be nasty towards her. Which is sadly true in reality. Molly and I are both in high school. The pranks that people pull

The theme of friendship stands out as through the novel and every single teenager will identify with Cold. Isabel Allende perfectly narrates the characters personality beautifully to the point where you think you actually know them. “The characters are very well developed and you

The first generation was the writer’s grandmother moreover, the writer has no information about her grandpa’s life until he married her grandmother however; growing up the writer can recall being told about her family’s fortune. The Intergeneration mobility for the writer’s grandmother consisted of Spaniard farmers from previous generations. The Realevasquez family owned acres of land thorough-out Texas, on which they grew cotton, wheat, corn. Writers grandmother had twelve siblings, common during these times. All children obtained an education, attended grade school, and learned the family trade in farming. This leads all twelve children to farming as adults. The Intrageneration mobility the writer believes her grandmother experiences was a downward mobility over her lifetime. The social mobility challenges she faced was being a woman in a dominate male’s environment, which meant she did not have the advantages of her brothers. Women that time assisted in caring for the home, cooking, cleaning, and helping the mother as needed. The writer’s grandmother was motherless at an early age of infancy, she was only two months old at the time her mother passed away, cause of death unknown. Therefore; her father remarried, she was neglected by her stepmother as a young