The Book Controversy About Pieee's 'Pie'

The Cold War was a clash between the ideologies of the United States and the Soviet Union, even though there was no actual fighting between them, it still had a drastic impact on the lives of people who were alive at the time. As a result of experiencing the Cold War some creators used it as influence for literary works. For instance, The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss and Over the Hedge directed By Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick, reveal the political nature experienced by the opposing sides during the Cold War. Satirical devices in the forms of parody and exaggeration are used to further convey the message the creators want the audience to understand.

Important has a different meaning to everyone, because everyone has different important things in their life. For some people, it is their family, or their friends, or something they love to do. For LaVaughn in Make Lemonade, by Virginia Euwer Wolff, the thing most important to her is her education. LaVaughn is a 14 year old girl who babysits for college money because her mom does not have any. Her main babysitting job in this book is for Jolly, a teen mom who is struggling to work and take care of her kids. LaVaughn goes through ups and downs with Jolly and tries to help her -- but one thing sticks with her the whole time: throughout Make Lemonade,

People often think of family as positive, loving, and with no flaws. However, there is almost a stereotype that all families love each other and there aren’t problems or challenges in a family. Sometimes families put people through challenges and some families aren’t “perfect”. In the book Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff, Jolly has two kids and goes through challenges with her family. Most careful readers can see how Jolly has these challenges with her kids and how she is far off from the “perfect” family. She goes through many of these challenges in life and finds a way to overcome them. Jollys family shapes her identity because the challenges she faces ends up making her stronger. Jeremy and Jilly challenging her, LaVaughn helping her out, and her past family all shape her identity.

Everybody goes through grief, and it can be really hard. To grief, there are five stages that everyone experiences. In the novel Drums Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick, the main character Steven, goes through these grim five stages of grief. The five stages of grief include denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Throughout the novel, Steven shows signs of these in many ways.

The book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, should not be banned from schools. Alexie’s novel is well written because it covers stereotypes, hope, and reality. Because of censorship schools want to ban this novel because people think it contains inappropriate content. Censorship has been increased from middle school to high school because high school students are more mature and understanding. Our current society is more accepting and more willing to see other perspectives on people’s creativity and positions in life. People today are more open-minded rather than close-minded. In some occasions, books can seem to be inappropriate for the parents, and the teachers do not want to receive complaints from the parents. There are various ways a teacher can get approval to lecture about a book that can cause conflict with the parent(s). Parents will be aware of what their children are learning in class. Censorship in high school is more of a fear of teachers getting into trouble for teaching the students conflicting ideas. There are many more reasons why Sherman’s book should be allowed to be taught in school, but these are only a few.

Sean also faced several sensory issues. When he was a baby, he squirmed and twisted uncomfortably trying to break through his mother’s arms as if he felt that he was trapped (p. 8). He also hated walking around with bare feet and when did “he would tuck his toes underneath so he could

In the early twentieth century, Fania, Bessie, and Masha, the older children of the Smolinski family are unable to find work to support their hungry, weak family.The youngest daughter in the Smolinski family is named Sara and will go outside and make some money by selling herring when Mrs. Molinski loses hope for the family 's financial situation:"I was about ten years old then. But from always it was heavy on my heart the worries for the house as if I was mother. I knew that the landlord came that morning hollering for the rent," (P.1). Reb Smolinsky is the girls’ father. Reb is also out of work and as a poor Jewish man, spends his days reading holy books and living off of what little money his own children make. Eventually the older daughters will find work. Mrs. Smolinski is then able to rent a second room. The family is very excited when Bessie announces that she and a man named Berel Berenstein had fallen in love. Bessie invites him to dinner at her home. Reb finds out about his daughter’s relationship with Berel and even that Berel was willing to marry her. Despite the joy and enthusiasm expressed by the rest of the family, doesn’t decide to congratulate her, but rather that because of the family’s financial situation, Berel must also pay the full cost of the wedding. Reb also demands that Berel set him up a business. After that, Berel becomes infuriated and leaves. After reading this I couldn’t help but wonder, one

The book “The Sweeter The Juice” is part autobiography and part family narrative of Shirlee Taylor Haizlip and her extended family. Her family narrative is composed of stories about the lineage of her mother and father; these stories were a product of extensive research into historical documents and accounts of relatives passed down from generation to generations. Haizlip intertwines her family stories with historical figures and events allowing for the audience to be able to relate certain characters to the timeline of the history of the United States. As well, she provides personal accounts of her experiences while researching for her family’s past: where she traveled,

With no sound, Richard walked softly towards the forest. After tramping on the sea for 228 days, he stepped on the land. His dramatic adventure finally came to an end. Pie’s family had an accident while they were preparing to move to Canada with their zoo. While Pie has changed during the trip, he did many things or said many words, which he had never agreed when he was in India. Pie’s three beliefs that he learned in India and helped him on the lifeboat was he though animals liked zoos, we should pray so that we can get the help from the god and it was wrong to kill animals.

The characters in, To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee, often use prejudice against people of controversial issues. Many of the townspeople of Maycomb use prejudice on the families who are on the less wealthy end of the spectrum. Issues are still displayed because of the racial prejudice used against African Americans and those of other races. Lastly, gender is a clear issue in Maycomb because of women’s and girl’s rights and lack of respect towards them because they are female. All of the types of prejudice show that Maycomb has many problems all throughout the town between other families and townspeople.

The title of this story, PIE, is relevant to the topic of the story itself because this story revolves around pie and also is the title of the famous pie shop owned by Polly Portman. The main audience for this book are those who are struggling with friendships, have a close relative that passed, or enjoys reading a good mystery story. [state perspective] Some of the main issues discussed in this story are when Polly Portman dies, leaving her dearest niece Alice in distress. Also, a determined individual is resolute to find the legendary piecrust recipe that belonged to Aunt Polly as Alice desperately tries to find the recipe to happiness. The main idea throughout the story is that everyone always wants and needs family, friendship, and sometimes, pie. PIE was published in year 2011. Sarah Weeks has been writing children’s books and songs for about twenty years.

D'Arcy McNickle, through the collection of essays put together by Birgit Hans in The Hawk is Hungry & Other Stories, is able to rather clearly express many of his feelings towards The Reservation, Montana, and The City, primarily conveying a sense of belonging, disappointment, and diversity regarding each location, respectively. In his essays regarding The Reservation, McNickle emphasizes his respect for the culture and traditions of Native Americans while exploring and humanizing the ideas of those who are working to destroy these traditions. As he continues by discussing Montana, McNickle is able to express a sense of unfulfilled promises and general dissatisfaction with the offerings of this location. Finally, as he moves into the discussion

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning is a novel by Lemony Snicket. The novel is about Baudelaire children whose parents died in a fire and are left with a huge fortune. The children’s first guardian, Count Olaf, is after the children’s enormous fortune. Violet, eldest Baudelaire child, is a fourteen year old inventor. She contributes many ideas and thoughts to get her and her siblings out of trouble.

Mrs. Acres first started making the pies herself with the help of her grandmother who originally taught her of this trade. Mrs. Acres made many different pies with a variety of flavors that many of the people in her hometown really enjoyed. Mrs. Acres had a dream that she believed would make her very successful in making pies.

Lynn Nottage is one of the most talented contemporary playwrights in the Untied States. Her focus indeed is on the African American lifestyle and through her work she manages to touch topics and share ideas that are usually quite controversial. In addition, her approach towards each of her plays is different, in the best expectable way. Nottage’s intention is to present the world of the play in the most unique and memorable. Crumbs from the Table of Joy and Mud, River, Stone are two plays written by Lyn Notagge that reveal her magnificent playwright skills. Both of the plays are unique in their own way and represents stories that are different, but also connected in a way.