Lost Boy Lost Girl Study Guide

Years after John Wade returned from Vietnam, he was still experiencing nightmares and horrible illusions about what had gone on. The war effected John deeply, but he came out the same John Wade underneath. He continued to cover up the truth, just as he had done years earlier with his mirror. John Wade's characteristics, the things that made him who he was, were the result of his childhood, adulthood and the war – rather than the war shaping him, it was life

The Lost Girl is a beautiful, humble picture story book created by Ambelin Kwaymullina and illustrated by Leanne Tobin. Kwaymullina, the author, is from the Palyku people for the Pilbar region of Western Australia and is an Aboriginal legal academic. Tobin is a decentant of the Dharug, the traditional Aboriginal people of Greater Western Sydney (Kitson, 2014). Both creators have actively employed their prior knowledge, values, beliefs and culture to put together this engaging and informative picture story book, perfect for young children. Tobin uses vivid colours to represent the red sandy appearance of the Australian dessert outback and the native flora, in an effort to craft a naturistic melody. Kwaymullina writes of sequenced events

Teenagers as metaphors for Vampires "Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire."

In Alice Munro short story “Boys and Girls” is about a young girl confused in life about herself maturing into a young women that takes place on a fox farm in Jubilee, Ontario, Canada with her parents and her younger brother. The character of the young girl that is not specified by a name in the story is struggling with the roles that are expected by her peers of a young women in the 1940’s. This young girl has been helping her father on the fox farm for many years in which brought so much of a joy in her life. As she gets older, as well and as her younger brother Laird grows older, she is starting to realize that her younger brother will be soon be taking over the roles and responsibility of taking care of the animals. Then her mother and grandmother points out the anticipations of her to start acting more like how a young women of her age should present themselves and this has great emotional effects on her, and at the end of the story she shows a final act of disobedience against her father, but it only shows the thing she resist the most, her maturing into a young women and becoming her own person.

Imagine going to war right after graduating high school. How would you feel if you or your friends had to go to war right after graduating? How do you think a war would impact your life if you had to go to war right after graduating? War plays a key role in the story, A Separate Peace, by John Knowles. Throughout A Separate Peace, the outcome of the war is showcased. The impacts of war can be overwhelming and disheartening but can also be beneficial for some individuals. War is capable of completely changing an individual's life. In A Separate Peace, this message is seen when war impacts Phineas, Leper, and Gene remarkably.

     There is a Motif in this book that pertains to Casualties in Vietnam. Through John we see the crippling effects of the War in Vietnam on citizens across America. We see his indecision for the direction of the rest of his life.

Fighting in the war was hard for Jonathan.He missed his family he missed his friends.Jonathan had been happy to go to war because every man in his family had fought in a war his older brother had fought right beside general Washington.His father did not want him to fight in a war but Jonathan did not listen he new what he wanted and that was to fight in a war.

Imagine being stuck in a civil war crisis all by yourself when you were 12 years old. In A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, an 12 year old , Ishmael Beah, becomes a soldier for the government to fight against the rebels. Beah lost both of his parents during the war. He was eventually put into rehabilitation after two years of fighting. Also, in an biography of John Clem, John joined the army as same age as Beah. John joined the army during the civil war in the United States. These two kids fought in a civil war at an age 12. Anyone can do anything even if you are too young because these two kids fought in a civil war.

A Child Called "it" In his two novels A Child Called "it", and The Lost Boy, the author, Dave Pelzer explains about his childhood. During that time, author was a young boy from an age 3 to an age 9. David's mother has started to call him " The Boy" and "it." The author mainly covers the relationship between his family. His main focus point is the bond between his mother and him. He describes his mother as a beautiful woman, who loves and cherished her kids , who changed from this " The Mother," who abused him because she was alcoholic and was sick. The Mother used David to take her anger out. An abusive mother who systematically closed down any escape he may have from her clutches. Shuts out any source for food for the poor starving child.

War can have an immense effect on an individual's life. Warfare can create opportunities by ending tyranny or providing people with freedom. On the other hand, war puts innocent lives at risk and causes families to be torn apart. Depending on how greatly a person is affected, individuals choose how to view war; particularly, in My Brother Sam Is Dead, James and Christopher Collier write about Tim’s horrendous experiences during war. Tim’s decision to be neutral is ultimately decided when war inflicts death upon his friends and family; in this case, Ned, his father, and Sam.

Has Bobby in the “first part last” come of age? After reading this book many people wonder if he came of age. He came of age when Bobby decided to keep Feather. Nia, after giving birth went into a vegetative state which caused her to basically be brain dead. Bobby and Nia before the problem occured, decided to have the baby get adopted with the help of a social worker. Bobby decided to keep Feather right when he saw her and of what happened to Nia, he felt like he should do his part. The author who wrote “first part last” name is Angela Johnson. Some symbols of Bobby coming of age is a red balloon, basketball and the trophies.

War has brought this upon the Anderson family. If war did not occur in their lives, they would not have to deal with recovering from such a horrible tragedy. Charlie is also having a very hard time accepting how his family and himself had to go to war. If Boy never got involved, none of this would ever happen. He can not accept that he let this happen to his

Without any belief to guide the major decisions in his life John would grow up being indecisive. Taking no responsibility for his own life, and instead being lead through it by Owen, his grandmother, and Dan. When faced with the draft to Vietnam it was Owen Meany who would ultimately make the decision for him. Owen is the foil to John, where John doubts Owen has unwavering faith in God, causing him to be able to make decisions.

War is not known for being easy. It is not known for being painless, or bringing joy to all those involved. Even through the media’s glorification of conflict, most people are still aware of its dire consequences. The movie, Shenandoah, and the book, Johnny Got His Gun, explore the effects of war on the people it directly and indirectly involves, going against the large scale glorification seen in most of the media. Shenandoah, which is set in the Civil War, sets around the Anderson family and their youngest son Boy, who ends up accidently being taken as a Prisoner of War, forcing his family to go after him. Johnny Got His Gun focuses around Joe Bonham, who fought during World War One, and ends up losing all of his limbs, face, hearing, and

Society tries to place many rules upon an individual as to what is acceptable and what is not . One must decide for themselves whether to give in to these pressures and conform to society’s projected image, or rather to resist and maintain their own desired self image. In the story “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro, Munro suggests that this conflict is internal and external and a persons experiences in life will determine which of these forces will conquer. In terms of the unnamed protagonist’s experiences in the story, it becomes clear just how strong the pressure of society to conform really is, as it overcomes and replaces the girl’s self image.