Roxane Diamond Quotes

For this year’s summer reading, I chose to read a book my sister recommended to me, White Oleander by Janet Fitch. It is an incredibly poetic and dense book about a girl, Astrid Magnussen, growing up in foster care after her mother, Ingrid, is put in jail for the murder of her boyfriend. Astrid is then sent from one foster home to the next, adopting a new personality with each home, trying to find some guidance in discovering who she is.

This quote is from Chapter 13, page 63. From the minute Stargirl Caraway stepped into Mica High School it was evident to everyone she was different. One of the first things people notice about Stargirl is her unusual name. It turns out, she names herself and changes her name periodically. I infer from the quote that because Stargirl is a free spirit she does not feel bound by the same social norms we do. Therefore, she feels no obligation to go by her real name. Also, I believe based on Stargirl’s actions throughout the book; she is saying that you need to stay true to yourself and not let anyone or anything decide who you are; not even your name. Further, I surmised that she feels it is okay to be different in a society that is always telling

Throughout the essay, the use of vernacular speech can be observed when looking at the dialogue between characters. For example, “Good day, Mrs. Henderson. Momma responded with “How you, Sister Flowers?”. In the dialogue between Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Flowers, it can be seen that Flowers speaks respectively with sophistication while Mrs. Henderson speaks carelessly using an older southern tone. This results in a clear comparison between the characters in the essay which represent the importance of education and vocabulary. The constant use of the wrong verb by “Momma” bothers the author, giving us a better idea of language’s role in her life. In addition, the author foreshadows part of the lifeline, so we gain a better understanding of the story when the lifeline is presented later on.

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.

To Catch A Killer is a story that follows Erin, who is a girl who is known by everyone she encounters. As a young girl she was left alone for three days aside her mother, who had been murdered. No one knows who had killed her mother and just let Erin live. She is now fourteen, Erin finds herself in the center of another murder when she finds her biology teacher dead. While she is a little frighten of what happen, Erin thinks this might be connected to her mother's murder. At the scene of the murder she had spotter her long-time crush which becomes a fellow suspect with Erin. Being very intelligent, she uses her self-taught forensic skills as well as her uncles FBI know-how, to strive to solve her mother's murder, find her father, and clear her own name. Through this book Erin Blake changed a lot, when the climax hit that when she made a full circle and changed.

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.”

The book that was pick for this Essay was Legend by Marie Lu. The main point of this essay is to talk about examples of text evidence and what the texts means. It will also explain the text to where people will actually understand it. Legend is set in dystopian Los Angeles, in a time where North America has devolved into two warring countries The Republic and The Colonies. Legend centers around Day and June, two 15 year olds from opposite sides of the war.

“I can’t do this”. (Lu 223) The Colonies are invading the Republic because a disease caused by the Republic was spreading through their land. The only way to stop the Colonies is to find a cure for the disease. In the dystopian book Champion by Marie Lu the dual first person point of view shows how Day’s and June’s decision contrast because of the way they think. When Day sees the patriots he reacts with emotion however when June sees them she keeps her cool.

Autism is a disability that you are not born with but may cause social, communication, and behavioral challenges. In the book Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko there is a young girl named Natalie. Natalie repeats words and phrases verbatim, fixates on objects or activities with abnormal intensity or focus, and fails to respond to her name or appears not to hear people at times. These three symptoms cause some readers to believe Natalie has autism. In the book Natalie shows the social communication and interaction symptom, repeats words and phrases verbatim.

The veil becomes a topic of great concern,and femininity is a major theme in the book.Marji mother could have been sexually assaulted for going against society’s expectations for being a proper women.The quote is saying that a women cannot express herself as she would like because she is forced to remain hidden behind clothing and veils.Marji thinks this is an issue that her country only tells women that they are properly feminine when they abide the rules.The next quote is about how Marji mother wants Marji to defend her rights as a women.”She should start learning how to defend her rights as a woman right now”(Satrapi,76).As Marji gets older she learns and gets most of her feminist nature from her mother.I think that Marji mother just wants

Birling are important to the play an inspector calls. I will show you how Shelia and Eric Birling affect the other characters in the play. An inspect calls is a play written by J.B. Priestly. I believe that Sheila Birling and Eric Birling are important in the play an Inspector calls because they are the main two charters that change their views throughout the play.

Billie Jo is a brave person due to her actions in the story. She is brave and ambitious because she is strong mentally and physically. She is mentally strong because she doesn't know where her dad is and what he is doing. And physically because of the burning and blistering on her hands. But with all that going on she is still trying to help out her almost dead Ma.

A book called, Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli, is a novel about a boy and a unique girl that have issues being together because of their companions. The novel, Stargirl, is about Leo Borlock, the narrator, and a unique girl who calls herself, Stargirl Caraway, thus the name of the book. Stargirl is falling in love with Leo, a boy at Mica Area High School (MAHS). The catch to this story is that Leo and Stargirl are having trouble being together because MAHS is full of conformity. Leo conflicts between being a conformist and his desire to be with Stargirl, as she is a non-conformist. This conflict drives Leo from a conformist to an individualist. Leo changes in the story by his inner thinking, dialogue, and revealing actions.

In society most people want to be seen as: intelligent, wealthy, or beautiful, but why do we as a community want to have the advantage in life rather than seeing everyone as equal. No matter what book you open fiction or not there is always a protagonist and an antagonist, someone in control or someone not. A quote from Vernon Davis, “Be a leader not a follower…” stood out to me because without followers, leaders have no support; and without support it is harder to thrive.

It broke my heart to read it. I hate it when people die in books and movies. Then what Mr. Murray said made it even worse because he was so blunt. He was of course correct, but still have a little sympathy. Then my heart shattered when she got to the house and he was died. I felt so bad for Agnes and her family. It made me want to cry. Then when they were talking about money it made me feel horrible for them. I was proud of Agnes’s mother for standing up to her father though. That man deserved it. Nobody should turn away family just because of who they marry. I get that it was improper and scandalous of her to marry Agnes’s father, but she was your daughter old man get over