Mir Hall Quotes

The quote that Anne states in her diary on July 1944 was, “In spite of everything, I still believe people are good at heart”, was a way for Anne to show what she was really made up of on the inside. Anne is a really kind person in her heart. Anne is also a very caring person because of some of the things she does such as give presents. Anne tries to stay positive in every situation that she can, even when things get bad. And that is why I think Anne thought of that quote while writing in her diary about daily events that happened before and while in the secret annex.

Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google said, “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” The quote shows modern society well. Living in 21th century is like living in a glass box. We are living in society that needs only a few clicks to get information of others.

Sue Monk Kidd has introduced very complex, yet simple characters that can be easily related to by many readers of the novel. Rosaleen has a tough exterior, but truly cares for Lily Owens, as T.Ray Owens is unpleasant, and considered to be abusive toward Lily. Further on, we have Zachary Taylor, a handsome, charismatic football player while working for August in her honey house develops feelings for Lily, as there’s June Boatright with a heart of gold, yet is distrusting in regards to Lily at first. These character are just a few of the many that entail the plot, and make them relatable. Although, like I said Sue Monk Kidd has developed many character that we can relate to, I believe I relate to Lily Owens the most in “The Secret Life of Bees.”

I am kind of on the fence with Hester Prynne's way of handling her punnishment. It was incredibly brave of her to own her mistakes; however, her child will have to live like an outcast just his or her mother.

Benny Wilder is the one man Beth never wanted to see again. She avoided the NHL games when he played, and had moved half a country away, but fate is an evil and twisted mother-f*cker; just like her ex.

Reading this book was eye-opening. It motivated me to seek knowledge in other areas by reading. All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum encouraged me to develop my own beliefs. You can infer by the title that all Fulghum believes all you need to know is what you learned in kindergarten. This includes being nice, sharing and cleaning up after yourself. This book also forced me to think about my own life philosophies. Taking what I argued with in the book and adding my own beliefs to it allowed to expand

Marie Lu’s, Legend, is a novel about the country’s prodigy, June, and the most wanted man, Day. June is a teenager that scored a perfect score on her Trail exam, which is used to determine a life in this dystopian society. She is given the perfect life with her brother Metias. Day is a legend to all of the people in the Republic. He faked his death at age ten and went on to become the most agile and dangerous person in the country.

Jody Baxter is one troubled kid and is very outgoing and loves the outdoors. He is the only one out of his siblings that is still alive; his older siblings had died early in life as infants. Being an only child can sometimes be tough, I know of many families with one kid and it is hard to do because they can get kind of annoying and you will find out how jody turns out after you read this dynamic essay about Jody Baxter. Jody’s family doesn't have much to live on nor do they have a lot of values because they live in the middle of the forest so there isn't much to do or have. When you live so far out and miles away from even your neighbors it is hard for nearly anyone. Jody has a lot on his mind as a little boy growing up. In the book The Yearling,

The main character of this book is a thirteen-year-old girl named Charlotte Doyle. She is caring, brave, curious, and helpful. She is caring because when she hit Captain Jaggery, she didn’t mean to hit him, so she apologized because she knew that she made a mistake. Charlotte is brave because she was able to stand up for herself and Zachariah when getting hurt, she had the guts to grab the whip. I think that wanting to just get home, working through the uncomfort, or just getting off the ship is what motivates her. Yes, Charlotte Doyle is well developed by the author. He portrayed her as young, but brave girl who can take care of herself in situation, yet who is caring and kind-hearted. I agree with the way the character handled events

Overall, this book is a really deep thinking book, I haven't fully understand what the author is trying to teach us, but I love this process of stretching my

Not only do I believe that I gained lessons from it but it also made me view life a whole lot different than before. The novel has taught me to be more open and comfortable with myself when it comes to being who I am as a person and when it comes to addressing how I feel. When you try to push and push your honest feelings away from your thoughts it can come back and hurt you in the long run, like it did to Edna. If Edna was more open to how she felt and got help when she felt like she was drowning in her own mind, she could have had a different pathway that would not have ended on her death. Although Edna’s actions and the way she handled the situation when it wasn’t going well also taught me and hopefully to others that taking the opportunity to get help when you need it is literally the difference between having a life ahead of you and ending the life you had. In my opinion, this novel is one of the best that I have ever read for a class and I would have read it on my free time if I otherwise had the choice. I am glad I read this book because it was very intriguing when it came to developing the plot and Edna’s character. I also enjoyed how Kate Chopin made the novel develop and that looking back on the novel more things are evident once the reader has learned an important fact about the plot. For instance, at first it was not clear to me that Robert and Edna really had a thing for one

Quote 1 “The old woman, as always, was bare-headed. Her light, greying, thin hair, thickly greased as usual, was plaited in a pigtail and tucked up with a fragment of a tortoiseshell comb, which stuck out from the back of her head. The blow landed smack on the crown-she was very short, after all. She cried out, though very feebly, and suddenly sank to the floor, managing only to raise both hands to her head. In one hand she was still holding the ‘pledge’.

“ It’s about examining and exploring the most basic questions of life” (p 3). This idea sounds accurate in my mind. Everyone should be conscious of what is around him or her and what is happening. Believe it or not, life is too short, and we have to live it 100%. This is a concept that I have always considered. Whenever there is a chance to do something different, strange, or having a one-time opportunity to do it, I more than likely take advantage of the situation. I know that I have only one life and I need to take advantage of that particular situation, or I might regret it later. Trying to do as many things possible, in my opinion is good because is it living life to its fullest by taking advantage of all of life’s great opportunities. The more that you do in life, the more knowledge you will have about it. Taking advantage of life lets you free your mind.

Mia relates being in a hospital to as being in a casino. She says, "The ICU is like a casino. You can't tell what time of day it is or how much time has passed.” The metaphor behind that is being in the hospital is a gamble, and the stakes are literally life and death. In a casino people bet and gamble on things games in a chance to win money. But on the other hand people in a hospital gamble with their life. Mia could make the wrong decision which will determine her whole future, if she even has a future. But like a hospital a casino takes risky action in the hope of a desired result.Life is like a gamble you never know what is gonna happen today, tomorrow or the next day.

Q3 - In the text If I Stay, there are a lot of aspects which link to my life personally with the theme of love and friendship. I personally love my family and my close friends and I don’t know what I would do without them. Losing an important family member relates to my life because I know the pain which comes from losing someone you love but I also know how to move on  and go forward. This is expressed throughout the text with Mia losing her family throughout the accident and if she decides to ‘Stay.’ She had lost all of the puzzle pieces to her life in the text. It is an uplifting story of rehabilitation, mental strength and losing people who are close to you, and how it can send you either way, you stay and live with what has happened, support