My Best Friend Judith Quotes

Mama Elena killing herself, consequently because she could not trust anyone, was an action that I did not anticipate whatsoever. I would foresee either Tita or Pedro, maybe even Chencha killing her but definitely not herself. Although if Tita wanted her dead, she would have poisoned her by now. Tita was always a cook of the house, so she had many opportunities to poison Mama Elena but she didn't. Same goes for Chencha and Pedro, they have had plenty of opportunities to murder Mama Elena. If she was a considerate and caring person everyone's life would've been a lot more pleasant and enjoyable. She should have been more willing to let Tita marry Pedro, seeing as she knows the pain of not being with ones true love. Unfortunately, she lost her

Mary Warren’s fearfulness is evident when she first appears in the play. In this scene, Abigail and Mercy are at Reverend Parris’ house, surrounding Betty- who is a supposed victim of witchcraft. After Mary rushed into the bedroom, she declares, “Abby, we’ve got to tell. Witchery’s a hangin’ error, a hangin’ like they done in Boston two year ago! We must tell the truth, Abby!...” (1.18). Mary Warren is afraid of what will happen to the girls once the truth comes out. Mary Warren’s fear continues moment’s later after Abigail threatens her to secrecy. Mary, frighteningly, exclaims, “...Abby, she’s going to die. It’s a sin to conjure…” (1.20). Mary Warren’s fearfulness is a reflection of the strict Puritan faith. Mary Warren is not only implying

The character Madame Defarge plays a role as one of the leading villains in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, whose actions turn out to be one of the major causes of the French Revolution in the book. The main influence of Madame Defarge's hatred is fueled by a self-centered issue that was germinated by another family who happens to be aristocratic. In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge is justified in her hatred against the St. Evremonde family because her sister was raped and her brother was killed by the two patriarchs.

Timidity plays a big part in the first portion of the novel. Clara Lemlich seems to be nothing more than a timid young girl working in her family's shop, but she proves to be more than what meets the eye. Clara is full of aspiration and yearns for an education, but she learns to keep these hopes and dreams to herself due to her severely stern parents. On page 14, Clara expresses herself by saying “How can I tell Mama who toils sunup to sundown to be a good mother a good wife that this life (her life) is not enough for me, that I dream instead of words ideas a life that stretches far beyond the bounds of this shtetl?” Clara seems to be torn between disappointing her beloved parents, and showing them who she really is, but most importantly

After reading Freak the Mighty and participating in this lesson, I have learned a myriad of thoughts/ideas pertaining to friendship. These thoughts and ideas are much more different than they were before. For example, before, I used to think that a friend is someone who liked the same things as me and never disagreed with me. But now, I know that a friend is someone who will be honest with me, who will be there for me all of the time through thick and thin, and who will enjoy my company. This is far from what I accepted as the truth of friendship, and I owe it all to this course to expose me to the true meaning of friendship

One of the ways Lee shows that people are essentially good is through the people

Marie Lu’s novel, Legend, is focused on two main characters, Day (Daniel Atlan Wing) and June Iparis. Day is a criminal on the run for stealing from the Republic while June, on the other hand, is an elite student at Drake University at the age of fifteen and the Republic’s most prized prodigy. Day watches his family from afar because they have been led to believe that he is dead, he one day sees that his family has a deadly plague. This leads Day to believe that he has to go steal plague medicine from the hospital. June and her older brother, Metias, are orphans, since Metias is a captain in the government, this always leaves June at home alone or at school acting out. On the night that Day decides to steal the medicine, Metias is on duty and

“Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, is the best kind of historical fiction in which valuable lessons from the past can be learned.” (Commonsensemedia.org) So begins Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, a novel about an African American family growing up in the times of segregation. In this novel Taylor teaches us many lessons but one indeed stands out and that is that prejudice acts can change a man. In the novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Stacey Logan is forced to mature early in life; this shows us that exposure to prejudice and violence can force a boy to lose his innocence, and make him a man.

In Lucy Christopher’s novel, Stolen, Gemma has a very strained relationship with the peculiar Australian man because he kidnapped her. At the beginning of the novel, Ty kidnapped Gemma in an airport and took her to Australia and is holding her hostage in a house that he built. Gemma says, “You opened the door and grabbed my T-shirt at the back of the neck. You pulled me toward you, my elbows scraping against the ground”.(20) This quote illustrates how Ty is acting deranged. Gemma is trying to get away from Ty but he sadly caught her before she could go and he acted on his desire to keep her as his prisoner. Furthermore in the book, Ty is trying to keep her from running off again, Gemma says, “My feet were tied to the bedposts with hard, scratchy

Caroline Gordon creates the character of Alice Blair as one who adheres to the traditional side of marriage. She is relocated by her family to Kentucky to find a suitable cousin to marry so the family bloodline will continue. Unbeknownst to her, her bloodline is tainted and she is spurned by Nick Llewellyn from marrying into his bloodline (John) because her own father (who is a distant cousin) squanders all of his land and money: “I haven’t got anything against her personally. . . . It’s her blood . . . I don’t want my property to go to any of her blood. . . .”

Mary Anne, upon returning from a three week mission with the Greenies, is found by Fossie singing in the Greenies’ hootch. This Mary Anne, however, was different from the Mary Anne he had known and fallen in love with. She had changed. Rat, describing the story, said, “There was no emotion in her stare, no sense of the person behind it. But the grotesque part, he said, was her jewelry. At the girl’s throat was a necklace of human tongues”(105). This symbol, the tongue necklace, shows the change in Mary Anne’s demeanor from sweet and innocent to ruthless and frigid. She became an empty husk of who she was before. The necklace served as a trophy, the winnings from her kills, like a deer head mounted above a hunter’s fireplace. The old Mary Anne

As Susanna lives her new life in McLean, She is feared of the unknown and tries to turn away from the adventure; she starts to refuse her psychosis and ignores the help she receives from Nurse Valerie and the other doctors. She believes that she is not ill and does not need the help. She constantly compares herself to the other patients. Susanna believes she is different from the other patients however she is in a constant battle of wanting to be accepted but at the same time not to be looked upon as a ill patient. “[...] Do I have any bones? Do you think I have any bones [...] I just want to see them, I just have to be sure” (Kaysen 103). Susanna see’s her life in McLean and compares it to her old world. She knows that the people are different in both sides of the world. She faces internal dilemmas of where to fit. Since, in both worlds she does not feel accepted. The world with her parents she would not be accepted

The novel Perfect, by Ellen Hopkins, has multiple characters with numerous struggles in their day-to-day lives. The most important character is Cara Sykes, who is a high school student grappling with her sexual orientation. She changes substantially throughout the book, faces many challenges, and comes to terms with her sexual identity.

The book How to save a life, written by Sara Zarr, is about two young woman, Amanda “Mandy” Kalinowski and Jill MacSweeny, and their 7 week journey together. When Jill’s mother chooses to adopt Mandy’s baby, she becomes apart of Jill’s life in unexpected ways. The story goes back and forth in each chapter as you see life happening through the eyes of both Jill and Mandy. The reader sees opinions of each other in incidents such as arguments between the girls, and even flashbacks into Mandy/Jill’s past life. During the seven weeks Mandy moves into Jill’s house as she wait for her baby to come, a change that is going to alter both young women's lives.

I am a fighter that's fierce and strong and I'm ready to knock down every single big or small obstacle that is in my way. A dedicated warrior that's who I am. I know I put allot of pressure on myself but it's because I'm determined to finish my goals. Where can I go if I don't have any goals to accomplish? Or what can I learn if I don’t go through my struggles? I would go nowhere and learn absolutely nothing. Therefore, I decided looong ago that I Rachel Leah Whyte will not be a part of negativity and I will defeat any barrier that blocks my path to success.