Suzy And Leah By Jane Yolen Analysis

Every person deserves the right to experience a sense of community amongst people who share a common characteristic. A sense of fellowship amongst similar people allows a person to become more comfortable with who they are through interactions with others who are going through—or have gone through—the same triumphs or hardships. Without this feeling of belonging, one could be driven into insanity. Anxiety due to isolation and desolation could run rampant through a person’s mind because of the loneliness that comes with a lack of community—making it an essential part of a humanhood. By definition however, community invites inimitability. Community can be defined as a group of unique individuals with shared characteristics. From that a

The American industrialist Henry Ford once said, “ Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes of bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character , and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken, the fearless Louis Zamperini epitomized Ford’s words when, he survived imprisonment for over 2 years only after his World War II bomber crashed into the middle of the Pacific . Thankfully Louie’s fearlessness helped him return home and share his story with the world.

Aaaaaaaaaahhhh Why do sisters have to be so annoying? The book Sisters by Raina Telgemeier is like any other sister relationship. When Ranina wanted to be a big sister she could not wait. But when her little sister Amara came she she kind of wished it had never happened. Amara is a very funny ,but she is annoying as ever ,and kind of a big baby. She likes to play a lot ,but she is mostly alone. I can’t say that Raina and her sister have a perfect relationship like sisters should. Later on that year both Raina and Amara get to be big sisters because her brother come along.The hardest thing that happens to any family is the parents having a conflict. Raina’s parents disagree mostly everything ,and they put their fights aside and help make their family better.

Two young refugee children, childhoods ruined. Stuck in a new place, a new place to call home? Ha and Dania are both two young refugee girls, who are stuck in a middle of a war (Ha is from Inside Out and Back Again, by: Thanhha Lai, Dania is from an article published by Scholastic Scope called: Shattered Lives, written by Kristin Lewis.) Different country, Different time, similar challenges. Although Ha and Dania are both strong characters, their actions reveal what is most important to them from their home countries.

1.In the piece of writing by Jessica Statsky, she writes about children 's sports and how they should not be competitive. In making this claim she uses certain evidence to make her point valid. In one of her pieces of evidence she uses states that, "That a twelve-year-old trying to throw a curve ball, for example, may put abnormal strain on developing arm and shoulder muscles, sometimes resulting in lifelong injuries: (Statsky, 350). From this evidence Statsky is trying to make the claim that sports are hurting children and could put a risk on their bodies and the development of their bodies, if they put too much strain on themselves. Another piece of information Stasky uses says, "The kids get so scared. They get hit once and they don 't wont anything to do with football anymore. They 'll sit on the bench and pretend their leg hurts" (Stasky, 350). In the evidence that Stasky uses is good, but it is not very ordinary situations that occur. She also does not provide any personal experience to go along with her writing. Which in the end, would make the paper sound better and let the audience know that she has her own experiences with playing sports at a young age.

They had to make camp that night without the benefit of a creek or river nearby. Charity was glad they had filled the water barrels before leaving Marilee's; at least she had water for the stock and for them to drink. By the time she stopped to set up camp, the children were bone-tired and so was she; she was glad she didn't have to cook. Marilee had fried several chickens and packed them some beans and biscuits to go with it. They filled their bellies and were asleep, before it was good and dark out.

Even though to many people, the illusion of fiction is much more bizarre than the reality they live in, reality proves to be much more strange given it's history. Fiction not only is an illusion of the mind; but also, is unable to cause any physical harm unlike reality. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, shows how reality can be stranger than any fictional story through the telling of real events. Throughout the novel real events of Louie breaking records, surviving deathly situations, and pushing through torture, show when events happen in real life they seem stranger than those that are fictional.

From the story “Suzy and Leah,” by Jane Yolen, I chose to do my essay on Leah. Leah was the German born Jew who was sent to America after the war. She and some of her new friends were then put in a shelter where they lived. Suzy though was born in America and had a very loving family. At first Leah and Suzy didn’t really who each other. They did both give each other a very bad taste of how they might be though so the girls did not really like each other. In my essay I will be focusing on Leah and her feelings toward Suzy.

The book Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo, addresses the corruption of a slum in India called Annawadi. Annawadi is a small, poor area in the shadows of luxurious hotels and an airport near Mumbai. The poor community struggles to make a living and hold on to a hope of one day reaching success since India is improving economically. As India is improving economically, Annawadi seems to stay the same because of the people who abuse their power and take money from the poor. People there are being held back by the unfairness that they will not be able to have a better life. Laws are not enforced in poor communities because it causes corruption in both the establishment and in the people.

Miss Rosa describes her niece, Judith Sutpen, as "a woman more strange to me than to any grief for being so less its partner" (120). Judith is a woman well-acquainted with suffering, losing first her mother, then her fiancé at the hand of her brother, and finally her father. She watches her family 's wealth disintegrate as a result of the heavy toll exacted by the Civil War, and eventually becomes accustomed to tending her own garden, spinning her own thread, and weaving her own cloth as the poor would do (125), since the Reconstruction Era showed no discrimination in turning both wealthy and impoverished Southerners into "the poor." Once her childhood has come to a close and the era of desolation has set in, during which she is forced to cope with hardship after hardship, Faulkner begins to consistently portray her as wearing a worn, discolored homemade dress of calico or gingham (plain-woven cotton fabrics). In one sense this represents the poverty that is laying waste to the South and the Sutpen family, but on a deeper level the dress comes to symbolize the deprivation and sorrow which Judith has endured, and specifically her inability or perhaps refusal to emote in response to these tragedies.

There are two famous and amazing writers. Their names are Doris Pilkington and Katherine Boo. The two authors have written very sad and great stories, but, there is only one story that may grab a reader's attention. That story would be “Behind The Beautiful Forevers’’, Katherine Boo. The reason why Katherine Boo’s story gets her point across is because she shows the difficult things Abdul had to face in his life. Abdul had to go threw garbage and find things he could sell to get money for his family. In the story “Rabbit proof- Fence”, Doris Pilkington tells the challenges his character faces. The challenges that Kundila had to face was the White Raiders coming in and taking their children. In the “Behind The Beautiful Forevers,” Katherine

In the book an old, girls orphanage burns down. The orphanage doesn't have enough money to rebuild it's self, so all the girks have to find a home. All the younger girls get adopted and no one wants to adopt the 7 teenagers. The matron gives each of those seven girls some money she's been saving and tells them the little she knows about there past. She told Sara (the main character in the book) she's Jewish, and she was born in Germany. She goes to Germany finds the doctor who signed the form to let her go to Canada and he wants nothing to do with her. The doctors assistant desires to help her find a place to live And arrangements to take her back to Canada. Sara asks the boy to help her find her mom or any information about her mom. They

Technology abolishes human interaction with one another. Human interaction becomes less frequent as technology advances. Many people have access to technology. For instance, walk into a diner, or a fast food restaurant, and then discover a group of people at a table all on their electronic devices. People need to be more aware of how technology is affecting the relationships among people. People are going to lose their friendships because they failed to separate their cyber life from their social life.Melissa Nilles describes her experience as a nightmare that was actually reality. In the “nightmare,” she lost many opportunities because of being attached to her cellular device.

There, youngsters of all ages learn how to identify edible plants from harmful mushrooms; how to classify animals from their tracks and skat; how to approach and treat goats, chickens and dogs; how to tend and harvest a garden; and how to forage for supplies sturdy enough for fort-building. Most importantly, they learn to say yes to each other in an open and accepting way. With open-ended activities, every camper’s approach to exploration, investigation and questioning is equally valued. They learn that there are no best ideas. They learn that the possibilities are endless.

The story “Suzy and Leah” written by Jane Yolen, is about two girls. Suzy is from America, while Leah is from Germany. The girls first meet on August 5, 1944, when Suzy handed out candy bars to the refugee kids. When Suzy and Leah first meet each other, they didn’t like one or another. But as they got to know each other, they became friends. In school, Suzy helps Leah with her English. The girls got to know each other better though English. By the end of the story, Suzy’s view point on Leah changes.