Summary: An Abundance Of Katherines

The realistic setting of the novel starts out in a small town down south called Little Bend in Colorado but progresses to up north in a well-known town called Dover in Vermont. The main character, Cody Laredo, has a perfect life. He’s a great quarterback on his high school football team, he might be able to get a full college scholarship, and he’s dating the prettiest and smartest girl in town, but all his luck changes. He hurt his leg preventing him from playing sports, and his girlfriend, Clea, moves away to a boarding school in Vermont. When he thinks all his bad luck is over, he finds out that Clea went missing in Dover. Cody’s life gets turned

The setting takes place in present day Texas throughout the whole novel. The setting takes place in modern day Texas. The main characters are Sunny Reynolds- the main detective who was 13 years old, Jasmine Reynolds- Sunny’s older sister who was loved by everyone and known the perfect child. She was reported dead when there was a fire in the building that she was in, but was never dead because she sent a letter to her family saying that she ran away for a little while not knowing that they thought she was dead, Deborah Hallard a girl who looked and pretended to be Jasmine Reynolds (the girl who died), but knew everything

O’Connor uses many examples of symbolism in this story. Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent something in a story. The crooked cross symbolizes Mr. Shiftlet’s flaws and immoral ways. This also symbolizes how evil Mr. Shiftlet is throughout the story. Another symbol is the turnip cloud, which symbolizes the vengeance God has on evil. This shows how God will get revenge on Mr. Shiftlet for all of the horrible things he did to Lucynell, the mother, and her daughter. The white wedding dress worn by Lucynell, the daughter, symbolizes her purity and innocence. The hitchhiker that Mr. Shiftlet picks up is a symbol to Mr. Shiftlet’s past. This hitchhiker makes Mr. Shiftlet realize all of the horrible things he has done in his past. The car Mr. Shiftlet takes from Lucynell, the

The setting of the book begins at a summer camp in Prescott, Arizona called Box Canyon Boys Camp. This setting is important and adds meaning to the story because if it did not take place at the summer camp none of the main characters would have met each other, and the book would take place somewhere else.

One important symbol is how the title plays a part in the first chapter. Bobby says on page 4, "But I figure if the world were really right, humans would live the first part last. They'd be all knowing in the beginning in the end." This excerpt means that it would make more sense if humans were born into this world guilty and knowing everything and left the world innocent and with someone at their side. A baby, for example, is born not knowing anything. They always have someone by their side and catering to their needs. However, as you exit the world, you have no one by your side and you die knowing that you were always guilty for something. This is a symbol because it shows how Bobby wants the world to work. This is a symbol for love since he wants to leave the world peacefully and by someones

A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creats a range of associations beyond itself. In Zeala Hurston’s novel, Their eyes were watching God there are different symbols that expressed an idea, clarify a meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. Some of these symbols include: Hurricane, death, horizon, Pear tree, mule, e.t.c. For this essay, i chose the symbol: Death. The deaths in Their eyes were watching God represents a transition from one phase to another phase in the life of Janie. The symbol also can be refered to as a change.

The story takes place in Reno, Nevada in the present. The most important characters in the book are Kristina and Bree. The protagonist in the story is Kristina.

The book takes place at a high school called Opportunity High in Opportunity, Alabama. A quiet town where everyone knows everyone and news and gossip travels fast, that's why when Tyler the shooter, started

There is no love like a mothers love and even though Lily grew up without one she now has the love of all these amazing women in her life.

This book takes place at Merryweather High School. It is in the modern day. It takes place somewhere in the United States. It sometimes at Melinda’s house and other places.

The main symbol of the book is the river it symbolizes hope and freedom, which reinforces Alex’s will to survive. The author also uses this symbol to create new personalities from characters that were not seen at all throughout the book. Also it gives Alex a reason to live along with other characters, to see their families, and have the freedoms they used to, this is why this symbol greatly supports the overall theme of survival for Alex. Throughout both of the books, “Stung” and “Lockdown”, Both author use flashbacks and symbols as their main techniques for hinting at and giving ideas for the overall theme of the book. Both Bethany Wiggins and Alexander Gordon Smith use the topic of survival as their main center point for developing a theme throughout the story.

An example of a symbol in the novel is the beach roses. In the book, Cadence and Gat took walks together. During one of those walks, Cadence and Gat notice lined up beach roses and that memory stayed with Cadence. She said “Beach roses lined the path, deep pink”. (Lockhart pg. 15) She says “their smell was faint and sweet”. (Lockhart pg. 15) Those beautiful beach roses symbolized Cadence and Gat’s beautiful relationship. Summer 17 arrives and it all changes. Cadence finds an envelope of dried up beach roses. She was thrilled at the fact that Gat did that for her. She must have been hallucinating though, because Gat was dead. The dried roses will symbolize Gat and Cadence’s relationship because it’s dead and “dry”. The beach roses are a prime example of symbolism, but something as large as a house can also symbolize something.

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton, a seventeen year old prodigy, knows all about them. Furthermore, he has been in nineteen to be, all with girls whose name contain the same nine letters; K-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E. Colin also knows a thing or two about being dumped, as he has been dumped by each one of the nineteen Katherines. After all of his heartbreak, Colin decides to go on a road trip with his best friend Hassan. They discovered a town that changes everything for them. In An Abundance of Katherines, Colin learns how to cope with the feeling of love and the heartbreak that goes along with it.

The character hassan is mean to represent how our actions affect the ones around us. At one point in the story hassan is raped by a group of thugs, thew main chracter amir however ultimately decides to runaway in a flare of cowardace. Imediatley after hassan is closed off and distant from the rest of his family and friends , QOUTE. Hassan has just gone through a very

The symbols start when the family goes on a road trip between the three generations, the grandmother, her son and his wife, and their children. Everyone in the family has a name except for the grandmother, who is given a title – the Grandmother. The only other major character with a title is the Misfit. These titles are a way for the author to personify symbols. O’Connor uses the characters in the story as symbols for society’s definitions