Pieces of Me by Amber Kiser Essay

My Side of the Mountain is a remarkable novel written by Jean Craighead George (1991). It addresses issues such as nature, independence and adventure. In the book, Sam Gribley, a boy from New York, runs away from home to live in the woods. Throughout this essay, I am going to talk about the things and the character traits that a person such as Sam needs in order to accomplish his or her goals. In the book, Sam’s goals were to reach indepence and to survive using the resources in the woods. For example, when Miss Turner, a close friend of Sam, tried to change Sam’s mind about living in the woods, Sam said to her, “That’s just what I want. I am going to trap animals and eat nuts and bulbs and berries and make myself a house.” (George, 1991,

Brianna had started to have trouble in school and he started showing effects of this in class by not caring, and being rude. Theresa and Brianna later find out that Brianna had to repeat second grade. Theresa was heartbroken by this and had no idea what to do. Theresa starts getting together with some of her friends and talks about her problem. Little did she know her friends were also having the same problems with their children. That’s when she realized how much talking to other people can help solve the problem with their advice and experience. She then created a support group where parents can share their problems and get help from the other parents. After a while more and more people were showing up until she would get 20 to 30 people a class. Theresa then started believing in herself knowing with the help of these people she was capable of helping her daughter. Brianna is now doing great academically and socially now because of this support. Lastly, Mia talks about Baakir’s story which is about his business and the community he

Just like Us by Helen Thorpe was on systematic study of four young Mexican women growing up in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado with two of the women living in the country as legal residents and the other two living as undocumented. The definition of sociology is defined as “the systematic study behavior and human groups.” (Scheuble, 2014). Thus definition and can be directly applied the Thorpe’s novel and specifically to the illegal immigrant status of the girls. Throughout her novel she explores situations and problems that occur in America specifically relating to illegal immigrants. For example Thorpe goes on to write about how Yadira was forced into purchasing a fake social security card through the black market. After Raúl Gómez

CHARACTERIZATION: Melody is very smart for her age though everyone doesn’t believe that and she remembers everything that she senses forever. Melody was unique from everyone in a way that no doctor could fix her. Melody tries to express her feelings so people like her Mom can understand, but people misunderstand her. Melody likes to learn about others and sees everyone as an unique kid. She also acts like the omniscient narrator because it’s like she is explaining the story and is also the protagonist. She is also in a small room of disabled kids in her school and barely anyone says hello to

Then as the story further develops, the largest theme, the emotional journeys of a teenager, starts to spring to life even more. Brigid Lowry developed the two characters Asher and Rosie to show the reader how teenagers want more from life, to become adventurous, but also the consequences of someone’s actions. Through the theme of rebellion and love, the two teenagers realize that problems that occur don’t disappear when they disappear. Through the actions of Asher, both Rosie and him, eventually make it home, however on the way back, the car crashes that was carrying them, and they reunite with family in hospital.

One theme of this story is trust no one. Sloane trusted her parents to confide in when her friend committed suicide. This made her parents worry about her mental stability so they decided to send her to The Program. Another theme this

The main character, Lia, has problems with anorexia and depression caused by the death of her best friend, Cassie. Lia is a very damaged girl, her parents are divorced, her best friend just died, she’s losing

Summary of main-plot: This book is about a girl named Emma.She lives in foster care with her foster mom named Clarice and foster brother Travis. Emma’s mom and dad died in a car crash when she was 5. Her parents had another baby girl which was twins with Emma names Sutton.Emma never knew that she had a twin sister. Sutton was a rich upper class teenager that went to Liberty High.She had polo shirts and little skirts and ripped jeans with plaid long sleeves with a touch of lavender smell in every gentle scent of it.You could definitely tell she was rich.Sutton was a lucky teenage girl, she got transported into a wealthy family but she was mischievous and sneaky.On the other hand, Emma was in an impoverished household.Clarice would always smoke and do drugs.Emma wore raggy outleatherd clothing.The same shirt everyday washed every day.The t-shirt was

It is about a girl, Regina Afton, who used to be at the top of the social ladder. She had everything she ever wanted; a boyfriend who loved her, a best friend who happened to be the most popular girl in school and an entire school who wanted to be her. But not everything last forever because one second she was feared by everyone, and now she fears everyone. Bullying is not a game, never play fire with fire. After being accused of stealing her best

Piper is a teenage girl who lives in present day Seattle, Washington. Piper has a simple personality, she is smart, quiet, optimistic, and caring towards her family for the most part. She is the captain of her high school's Chess team, and is the best player there. The thing about the main character that stuck out is the fact that she is deaf. Not only is Piper deaf, but because her being deaf is hereditary, her grandparents and her sister are deaf as well. She has a bit of a temper problem, and that gets her in a situation that she has a hard time with, which is the plot of the story. She becomes the

In the first chapter I automatically noticed that this book's main character, Quentin or known as Q, was one of the “different ones” in school. He was talking to his mom about how he hates prom the people that like prom. As he walks into school he is talking about all the popular kids and how they look at him as he walks by. He has a best friend named Ben that was just like him. They told each other everything. Everyone wants that one friend that you could just tell them whatever was on your mind and would understand. The second chapter his friend/neighbor/his dream girl, Margo snuck through his window and said I need you and your car, I have have stuff

What I mean by mimicking imitation is that women with an imperfect body may see a "perfect" body and try to look exactly like that "perfect" body, but that "perfect" body is not really as real as it may seem. That "perfect" body that an imperfect body woman may see is made. That "perfect" body is made by the most updated innovation in the world today, that innovation is called technology. Those women with imperfect bodies try really hard to have and look like that prefect body by getting nose jobs, breast implants, and anything else just to look like a woman they may have seen on a billboard. Referring back to mimic, those women with imperfect bodies see perfect bodies so much until that imperfect body woman has convinced herself that the perfect body she is seeing is original.

Beloved by Toni Morrison is about a former slave named Sethe being haunted by the ghost of her daughter and her healing from the traumatic experiences of slavery. The novel begins with Sethe’s mother in law, Baby Suggs, falling ill. At this time, Sethe’s two sons run away from the home due to the presence of Beloved, the ghost of Sethe’s late daughter. The story of Beloved’s presence begins when the novel rewinds to the day Paul D, a friend of Sethe’s from Sweet Home, arrives at her house. His arrival ultimately sparks a reliving of the events leading up to the life Sethe has today and the ghost of Beloved waging revenge on her and her family.

The author describes his smile: “He smiled understandingly--much more than understandingly. He says that his smile “was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it that you may come across four or five times in life” (51). His smile he says” faced--or seemed to face--the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor” (51).

Most people dream to have a great future, fall in love, get married, have a family, but most importantly have a wonderful life. What if your life had been planned out for you and the sole purpose of your existence was to donate your vital organs? Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, Never Let Me Go is a tragic love story between two human clones that fall in love before they know what love truly is. The clones are raised until adulthood in Hailsham, a boarding school for clones, to later become organ donors. They are trained to become nurses or “carers” to take care of “donors” as they recover after organs have been removed. The clones are involuntary forced to donate all their vital organs until death or until they “complete.” Kathy H. and Tommy are two clones whose love journey began when they were children within the walls of Hailsham. The two friends became close and confided in each other about everything. In time their friendship became into something more; however, Kathy and Tommy would find themselves in a love triangle. Before they moved to the cottages, where they learned to live among normal humans, Ruth, who was Kathy and Tommy’s friend, dated Tommy, but Tommy and Kathy loved each other. Their love would face many obstacles, but their love always found its way back to each other. In the end, with hope to buy their love some time, they find Madame to obtain a deferral but are faced with the devastating truth and would be forced to face their fate.