Summary Of Five Flavourss Of Dumb

Mia is the central character of this story. She is kind, musically gifted, and quiet. She cares a lot about her family and friends and also, she possesses a deep love for her cello. Mia

Lynn the protagonist of the story eventually meets a fellow DGD patient named Alan, who she subsequently starts a relationship with, Alan Chi who also has the disease, currently has a mother also disease-ridden being kept in a treatment center known as DILG, where Lynn was taken when she was fifteen. Alan eventually asks Lynn to go with him to visit his mother in the hospital, where Lynn meets Naomi.

The novel, Tangerine, is full of suspense, secrets, and friendship. The protagonist, Paul, is a middle schooler, who just moved to Tangerine, Florida with his family. He is sick and tired of having to deal with his cruel brother, Erik, the antagonist. Not only that, but Paul wants to know the truth behind how he became visually impaired. In this novel, Tangerine, Edward Bloor shows ideal foreshadowing and symbolism to convey the theme of growth and change.

“Tangerine” is a book filled with action, drama, heart, wins, loses, and brotherhood. Paul had always been the odd one out at school, and at home. Paul is legally blind, with glasses so thick, they look like the bottom halves of coke bottles on his face. But when Paul moves to Tangerine Middle school, his world is turned upside down. Paul finds himself happy, with friends, and on the soccer team. But not everything was perfect at home. Paul has an older brother named Erik who likes to bully and intimidate Paul. Paul had always been afraid of Erik, but he just can't quite remember why. The only thing he does know is to watch his back around Erik. Edward Bloor uses wonderful examples of characterization, and symbolism, to display the theme of growth and change in the story.

Many great novels are exciting, plot-twisting, and suspenseful, and Tangerine is one of them. It all begins with a seventh grader, Paul Fisher, and his family move to Tangerine, Florida, in search of a good high school for Paul’s brother’s, Erik’s, football debut. Paul is tired of everyone favoring Erik for doing some phony acts, which is why he is afraid and hates his brother. Throughout the story, Paul struggles to remember what caused his blindness that makes him wear thick glasses to help him see. Paul’s new, fresh start gives him the chance to make friends; in which those friends open his eyes and give him inspiration & courage to face his fears. Edward Bloor skillfully uses symbolism and flashbacks to express the theme of growth and change throughout the novel Tangerine.

The main character in this novel is Amy Van Dorn, which is the protagonist, is a 17 year old girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. Amy was born with cerebral palsy, which is a disorder affecting a person’s ability to move and speak. To get around carefully, Amy uses a walker and to speak she uses a computer device call a pathway. Although she was born with cerebral palsy, she is very intelligent. She’s very curious about things she has never been able to do, due to her disorder as well. “‘Just because you’re too scared to take any risks doesn’t mean the rest of us are.’” (117). Amy was explaining that it wouldn’t hurt to take a risk every once in while because Matthew is always so uptight about things. Matthew Malone is the second main character in this novel. Matthew has dark curly hair, blue eyes, and is 17 years old. He has a bad case of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and keeps to himself often. On Friday’s he aids Amy at school by walking her to her classes and helping her with her lunch. “‘I thought helping someone else might take me out of my own head for awhile.’” (56). He was explaining to Amy that he did it to help him get his

Raina Telgemeier just wants to have a normal life, but it doesn't turn out like she hoped. Raina is trying to be a normal sixth grader, but she has to get braces because she takes a bad fall and has to go to the dentist. She likes to do Girl Scouts and she goes to an interesting school. The characters in this book are Raina, Dr. Golden, Dr. Dragon, Amara, her mom and dad, Kelli, and Melissa. The setting in this book is San Francisco, California.

Hard Work Leads to Success In the short story “Rules of the Game”, Amy Tan, over the course of a few years, depicts the transformation from a normal eight-year-old to a nine-year-old girl prodigy, who becomes a Chinatown local legend, just from a game. She devotes her time to chess and has a passion for the game Amy Tan. Through foreshadowing and imagery Tan illustrates that devotion and passion are the skills needed to become a champion. But can come at the cost of sacrificing her relationship with her mother.

Annemarie is a brave little girl. She is very nice and very competitive. The character also has a best friend named Ellen. Annemarie’s parents were named Inge (the mother) but the dad I have no idea what the named was in the book because it only called him papa I think. She was a lanky girl and her friend was a stocky person. They both seem very nice. Annemarie’s hair color was blond and Ellen hair was dark. She also had a older sister named as Lise, but she had passed away. Lise passed away because a military car hit her and she did not make it. Also, she has a little sister named Kristen and she is very talkative.

The main character in my book is Jeanette Walls. Jeanette is one of the four children of Rex and Rose Mary Walls. Her siblings names’ are Lori, Brian, and Maureen. Growing up, Jeanette was a tall, skinny genius with red hair. Although, she was not well liked when she actually had the opportunity to attend public school. “The other students did not like me very much because I was so tall and pale and skinny and always raised my hand too fast and frantically in the air whenever Miss Cook

Taya is best described as a multi-passionate urban hippie. She is limitlessly inspired by the mysteries and complexities of the world, and nearly a year ago, she thought she had her future perfectly mapped out. Upon graduating from high school, she wanted to entirely abandon modern civilization and retreat to a secluded life in the forest. However, she has experienced tremendous personal transformation in recent months. After overcoming the emotional burdens of losing her grandpa, declining her dream basketball scholarship offer, and resolving fundamentally challenging self-doubt, Taya realized that reclusivity is not her destiny at all.

In the story “Rules of Game”, the author Amy Tan talks about her childhood and how she overcome her mother by saying no. Amy was a girl that would always bite down her tongue whenever her mother would say. Until her mom realize that she was good at chess. Before that her mom wouldn’t buy her anything and would make her do her chorus no matter what. Until she won a champion and the whole neighborhood knew who Amy was.

Some of the main characters in this book include; Alphabet girl (Abcdef) and Mr. Rivera. There's also her mother but so far they've only talked about her. Alphabet girl has been moving all her life so far she has been in 11 schools and 18 houses. When she was a baby her father was abusive. Her and her mother left and they moved into an abandoned house across town and alphabet girls father eventually found them there. After being found by the man they ran again.

Throughout history, nations have formed, revolutions have occurred, and technological breakthroughs had occurred. This altered language and culture for many. However, these events do not have nearly as much of an impact on language as time does. Words in languages pickup and lose meanings as time progresses; the word “dumb” is an example of a word in the English language that has evolved since its creation in 1000 A.D. It is believed to have originated from either Old English or Common Teutonic. The first documented use of the word was in 1000 A.D. in the sentence “Hiᵹ brohton hym dumbne man” which translates to “His brother was a dumb man.” At this time, it was used to describe someone who was deaf or speechless.

I think that it’s really important that people understand or at least try to listen to my perspective.