'Looking For Alaska': Different Types Of Teens

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,

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.

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

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.

Rodriguez talks about how in America a person is encourage to stray away from the family and venture out and become their own man. In Kincaid´s essay she discusses how her mother was the worst, and that how that changed her. Which is the main similarity, Rodriguez grew up in an immigrant family, where the child´s life goal is to surpass his parents. Rodriguez writes,

All the stories in the book had a specific theme that somehow identifies the Latino culture. The most known theme is “mi casa es su casa”. This saying is important in the Latino culture because it shows our friendliness and our caring for one another. Mi casa su casa means that we give a shelter to our families or friends who are in need. Especially, to our family members who are traveling from different states or countries. We provide them with shelter while they look for a job a job and are able to get a home of their own. Another reason for that is

Throughout the book the main theme that connects with me the most is trying to fit in with two cultures and trying be yourself when other people have different expectations. Antonio is raised in a house of mixed cultures: his mom is a llano and his dad is a vaquero. With two cultures comes mixed customs and expectations. For example, on page 29 Antonio’s mom is telling Antonio that he will be a Luna and that he will help people, most likely as a priest. Then Antonio states, “A priest, I thought, that was her dream.”

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

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

Alaska Young: She is wild, moody, unpredictable, beautiful, outgoing and spontaneous. She captures Miles' attention and heart. She loves adventures. She thinks her mother died because of her. She says she doesn't have a home. She never wants to go visit home and stays at Culver Creek during most holidays. She uses alcohol and cigarettes. She is experienced with boys. Her enemies are Weekday Warriors. She wants to get out of the labyrinth. She loves making pranks. Alaska smells like a mix of vanilla and cigarettes. She usually wears flip-flops and tank tops. She's a girl who loves books and loves to read.

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 do to having an abusive, alcoholic step-father, thus choosing to live alone. Although Jesse and Abel live alone with these challenges, they still believed by attending college and working hard they could change their lives.

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 can look better. People are way too preoccupied with how we look when we should be worrying about others and the way we act. Self confidence is way different. I connected also to this book with a movie called “The Hunger Games” because both show a possible future to the human race because if we keep acting poorly to others or toward our world. What we are doing now can affect the world or others later. I also connected to this book because I have a friend that is very rebellious and I thought

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

The years 1912 to 1925 were a transformative period in our world’s history full of new discoveries, brutal warfare, and the liberation of women within society. This era contained the first wave of the feminist movement, World War I, the sinking of the titanic, and many other events that have influenced both the modernist and the postmodernist movement as well as the ideologies of our society. This analysis will provide a history of World War I and its cultural influences for decades to come.