Summary Of Hannah's Short Story 'The Bicycle'

In The Bicycle, by Jillian Horton, the author is demonstrating the importance of being your own person. Hannah goes through the story, listening to and following Tante Rose until she makes the choice to sacrifice her gift to have more freedom. Hannah, the main character, is a pianist who lives with her aunt, Tante Rose. In this story, Hannah is determined to become a gifted pianist, in her faith and herself as an individual. Hannah reflects on herself and tries her best to be the best pianist by sacrificing many hours to her gift. Hannah even moved in with her aunt Rose so she can use her master piano and will always be able to practice. Tante Rose says Hannah has a gift, and she says that it will take hard work and focus, but Hannah is going

Hannah has experiences in the story that change her. In chapter three, Hannah drank watered down wine for the first time. Hannah also got drunk. “ Uncle Sam poured another quarter glass of wine into her glass, then filled it the way with water for the next blessing.” this was on page 16. This experience is a huge role in the story because it causes her to fall asleep and have to crazy dream. Another quote is when Hannah says “I'm not Chaya.” On page 34, “I'm from New Rochelle. And I'm not Chaya, I'm Hannah’ When Shmuel’s eyebrows rose up and lines furrowed his brow, he looked so fierce Hannah moved back a step” Rivka explains to Hannah that she was sick and probably forgot. Hannah has many experiences in the story that change her.

First of all, Hannah doesn't want to respect or remember her history, until she sees why it's important to at the end of the story. When Hannah was with her family at the Seder dinner, she got to open the door for the prophet, Elijah. When she opens the door she gets transported back through time and meets Shmuel and Gitl.

In the book and the movie Hannah is transported to the 1940´s and sent to a concentration camp to learn what it was like to be a jew back in the 1940´s. In the book and the movie she has to go through grueling labor to survive the camps horrors. In both the stories she is faced with sickness and starvation as she fights for her survival. She has help from her friend Rivka to help her sanity and starvation. But as a tragic ending for both the film and the movie Hannah/Chaya dies due to the gas

Hannah was a good story teller and told stories to her friends. They were always interested in the stories which took their minds off what they were doing. Hannah told some of these stories in the camp, took people's mind off the terror they were in.

Hannah’s goals for the future was to pursue a career as an actress. She wanted to go to BYU or BYU Hawaii and then finish her education at Yale or the Juilliard. Another job she was interested in was an emergency responder because she wanted to be helpful. She also wanted to have a family of her own. It saddens us greatly that she never go to see this come true.

A freshman in High School, Hannah Corbat had lived on many streets during her 15 years of life. She lived in Swooping Eagle ct, Lotus, Brookchase Ln and Patten. She has a younger brother in elementary school, an older sister at the University of Florida, and her father is in the United States Navy. Hannah enjoys reading and cooking with her mother. Hannah also enjoys drawing and painting at home and even at school.

"If my men are too scared to return without Hannah Curtis, I will happily let Miss Curtis kill them. There is no room for cowardice in these ranks, boys. I, however, am no coward and an honorable warrior will let me go free back to my Queen." The Commander sounds disgusted as he raises his voice to address me, assuming I'm somewhere near him. Which is true, obviously, yet he can't be sure.

Hannah remains a wonderful role model to her peers in all of her work ethic, kindheartedness, and her spiritual life. No one would be able to find one cruel bone in her body. Passionate about everything she does, she never gives up on anything. She is not swayed by the majority; she finds joy in being her own person. The following quote perfectly sums up Hannah’s outlook on life. “Do not compare yourself with others. It is our uniqueness that makes us who we are.” - Tina J.

She was not allowed to go out with friends, take up other hobbies, nor was she allowed to ride a bicycle. As she grew older, she had a strong desire to be like her friends. “I had begun to notice puzzling differences between me and my friends” said Hannah (35). She wanted to go to the park and go on dates, but most of all, she wanted to ride a bicycle. If Tante Rose had of allowed Hannah to do some of these things while she was growing up, she may have continued with piano and became a concert pianist. This experience caused her to change her decision, after training her whole life. Secondly, Hannah believed that becoming a pianist was all she wanted in life, because she never knew anything else. She limited herself to that one thing, and never experienced anything else or experimented with other hobbies. “I had to work if I was going to be a concert pianist like Tante Rose. I had no choice” said Hannah (33). This quote shows how Hannah was confined and she believes she has no choice. Eventually she became tired of the piano and started becoming more interested in other things. Lastly, Hannah was given some freedom by Tante Rose to go out to get a recipe, which was a perfect time to ride the bicycle. Hannah uses her one time freedom to her advantage

Many people haven’t had the pleasure of knowing Hannah Hardiman. Unfortunately, some people never will; hopefully this interview will help shed some light on what a wonderful and interesting life Hannah leads.

“‘Help me’, she begged her sister, but Becca didn’t move” (Jordan 5). Hannah had many difficulties in her life that changed her. When she was little she had one view of the world, and after she got older and experienced hard times her views changed. Every new day had put a piece to create her. She was one person at the beginning of the book, but after all situations she became more independent.

Sharing was not something she liked to do, and it wasn't like she had someone to confide in. Her mother was more of a nightmare that needed to be avoided, and as close as Scooter Myles was, he was not the kind of person that one would spill their personal shit to. But, she told herself, she would at least try to open up to Miller. Hannah did say he was extremely good, and if anything she could trust the casting director's decision. If Miller eventually did manage to help her... well, that would prove that sharing never actually hurt anyone, did

Hannah is desperately giving people ‘signs’ that she is “breaking, slowly dying”. Clay noticed this and turns the other way, and giving up on any thought of communication between them at that moment. Ultimately, giving up on her as well unknowingly. This becomes clear when Clay thinks, “A flash. But she knew I was watching her. And even though no one else saw it, I turned away. She was on her own.” (Asher 192). Clay finally realized how he gave up on not only Hannah, but the communication between them. Clay chose silence rather than a decision that could’ve saved her life. This illustrates how Clay notices Hannah’s desperate pleas and signs to people of what she is going through, but Clay turns his back completely with his choice of silence. Consequently, his choice had resulted in Hannah choosing suicide because of how she truly felt alone. It also reveals that Hannah is left alone by the person who claimed to ‘like’ her. The words that have an impact are ‘I turned away. She was on her own’. The author used these words to show how Clay’s choice of silence left Hannah alone. Clay might've been able to save her if when he could be the one to save her all along if he had said what he truly felt. The author wanted to demonstrate how Clay’s decision not only made him turn away from Hannah truly isolating her from him which led to

Hannah’s singing alone was not enough to earn her the money to care for two boys. She took up sweatshop work on a sewing machine she rented to earn extra income. Due to the small amount of income they had, Charlie’s family moved in and out of orphanages and boys’ homes on a regular basis. Hannah’s career as a singer ended abruptly in 1894. She lost her voice during a performance. While the crowd was getting rowdy and