Summary Of Shells By Cynthia Rylant

“Shells”by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic fiction short story about a boy named Michael and his Aunt Esther and Michael's parents died so he is living with Aunt Esther. His aunt took him in because no one else would and because she was loyal to her family.In the beginning Michael does not get along with Aunt Esther and she does not under stand Michael and the things he does. One day Michael decides to bring crabs home with him and aunt ester is fine with this. Aunt Esther thinks that this fine and lets him keep them.Then one day he finds her in his room looking at the hermit crab and she says that the crab needs a friend. They go out and get 21 crabs. Then when back home she brings up his mom and they bond over this and he smells his mother's talc. Aunt Esther was trying to bond with Michael with the crabs.

After fulfilling his basic needs, Michael also achieved the safety needs where he had a sense of protection with his newly adopted family and environment that were surrounding him. According to Norwood (2009), living in a safe place and having protection from other is very important for human beings. In home, Anne treated Michael Oher as her own child where she always gives him support such as bought him some new cloths to encourage him to start a new life; she also brought Michael a trunk when he wishes for it. Besides than his adoptive mother, Sean Junior also plays an important role in the changes of Michael’s life. Because of the adoption, both of the boys had become buddies in a matter of seconds. After Michael joined the American football team in school, Sean Junior had became Michael’s personal trainer to brush up Michael’s techniques and physical abilities in football. Collins, daughter of Leign Anne also showed acceptance towards Michael when she ignores her friend’s impression towards Michael and chosen to accompanied Michael when she saw him study alone in the library.

Michael had many people that supported him. Those people include the Tuohy’s, who took in Michael and gave him food, a tutor, a home, and helped guide him in life. “I can’t talk enough about the time and work Miss Sue put into helping me. She is retired now, but she deserves to be in the hall of fame” (Oher 159). Michael also says, “When my name was called on draft day, I couldn’t imagine that life could get any better---especially since I was surrounded

The poems ‘The Beginning’ and ‘Turtles Hatching’ written by Mark O’ Connor effectively “uses poetic techniques which create distinctive images” through this “O’ Connor draws us into experiences of life and death in our world.” These poems reveal the complexity of nature and the necessity of predation within creation to maintain and limit the balance of life in our world.

Coming Out “Shells” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic fictional short story about a 14 year old boy who moves into a new home after his parents passed away. In the beginning Michael and his Aunt Esther don’t have the best relationship. Later on they get along a little better when Michael brings home a hermit crab named Sluggo. In the end Aunt Esther and Michael get even more hermit crabs and finally have a wonderful relationship. This story shows that Michael and Sluggo are similar in many ways.

“Shells” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic short story about a fourteen year old boy who must learn to live with his aunt while struggling with grief after his parents just passed. In the beginning, Michael and Aunt Esther get in a fight. They don’t understand each other’s lives. Aunt Esther doesn’t know what Michael is going through. Michael is going through grief and Aunt Esther doesn’t know how he feels. Soon, Aunt Esther makes efforts to warm up to Michael. They want to know each other better. Aunt Esther doesn’t want to fight anymore. In the end, Michael and Aunt Esther open up to each other and talk about their feelings. They grow closer together. They are now more like family. This story shows that Michael’s and Aunt Esther’s relationship changes through time.

Lesley Choyce’s The Book Of Michael illustrates that it is important to move on from hardships that occurred in our past. Michael decided to move on from his girlfriend’s murder, and instead of mourning, he decided to go back to school and do something with his life. “I had nothing to lose. I had already lost it all. I was free. Strangely enough, my parents tried to stop me. They thought I had lost my mind. ‘Why today?’ my dad asked. ‘What do I have to lose?’ was my answer.” (Choyce 147-148) This quotation tells us that Michael wanted to go back to school and start a new life again. He keeps repeating that he has nothing to lose, which shows us that he is starting from scratch again and has nothing that he can possibly lose. In addition, Michael

Individuals were terrified of Michael, for example the young ladies in the recreation center fled from the swings after saw Michael. Michael constantly expected that no one could make companions with him. Michael's football mentor at Wingate, a non-government funded school, saw football potential in Michael and got him yielded into the prestigious school. In any case, he had learning ineptitudes and still did not have an unending home. Leigh Anne Tuohy, the mother of a Wingate understudy, Collins, and wife of the proprietor of a couple Taco Bell restaurants, gets a few answers concerning Michael's issue and invites him to complete what has been begun at their home. At the point when Michael is in the Tuohy's home, a comfortable relationship was made amidst him and the

He uses the hatching of the turtles as an analogy to describe the nature of life and death. He does this by using numerous verbs that make us feel a sense of urgency, while also making us experience the life- race the turtles are running. Another technique O’Connor uses is how he makes us feel his emotions as they progress throughout the poem. In the beginning when he starts off his poem, he is distant and detached from the scene that plays out in front of him. However, once he starts really watching and understanding, he feels pity for the turtles and sadness on how cruel the cycle of life is. He makes us feel such strong emotions as he uses descriptive metaphors to portray his feelings as they change towards the turtles.

“Shells” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic short story about a boy named Michael who is struggling with a relationship with his aunt after his parents deaths. In the beginning Michael's parents die and he moves in with his aunt esther and then they have a terrible relationship , In the middle their relationship is getting better and they are more open to each other. In the end their relationship is great and his aunt realized exactly what he was going through and he admitted that he didn’t hate her anymore. This story shows that Michael and Aunt Esther's relationship is horrible in the beginning but keeps getting better throughout the story.

He has nobody to hang out with because he is new at his school and he doesn't have any siblings to play with. In paragraph sixteen, Michael always imagines his parents sitting on the couch waiting for him to come home.’’ As Michael comes out of the shower he always smells his dad’s old spice

He has his own driver’s license, which indicates a big change in his teenage life having the ability to drive. Mr. and Mrs. Tuohy have signed the official documents that state them as Michael’s legal guardian. He then gets his own room, bed, and home, which he never had in his life before. He even got a new car, which made him feel not only happy, but also part of a something he never had: a family.

The people in Leanne's neighbourhood graduate from high school and go on to college, they have a future. The scene shows Michael graduating and eventually goes to college

The next day Leigh Anne Tuohy wakes up and realizes that Michael is nowhere to be found and also did not take any of their belongings with him. She runs out of the house and catches him walking out of the driveway. At that moment she demands Michael to come back and asks him would he like to stay for Thanksgiving dinner. Michael continues to stay with the family and even pulls his grades up enough to play football for the school. After giving Michael the unconditional love of a family, the Tuohys ask Michael would he like for them to become his legal guardians. Will Michael find a home with the Tuohys or will he return back to the secluded and neglectful life that he once lived?

At first, she would like Michael to be honest in their relationship but then when he is, she doesn't want to hear the truth anymore. When he says that he likes looking at other women, he tells her that she "[doesn't] have to listen to [it]" (p.4) however, "[she] wants to" (p.4) listen to the truth. Once he reveals everything to his wife, she is heartbroken and doesn't want to hear "about how pretty [the women are]."(p.5) She wants him to keep everything "to himself" (p.5) because "[she's] not interested."(p.5) Their marriage is unstable.