The Bridge To Terabithia

The father does not like “the sound of the place, an unfamiliar nervous sound of the outboard motors [that] sometimes break the illusion and set the years moving.” He always talks about how “there were no years” and how everything was so constant. However, he is getting to the point where he is starting to know that his future is near. He starts to realize that when a thunderstorm comes. This brought the father “the revival of an old melodrama that [he] had seen long ago with childish awe.”He is no longer confused about who he is anymore, and he knows that he is getting old. As he starts to accept this, the lake which he saw was “infinitely precious and worth saving [is now] a curious darkening of the sky, and a lull in everything that had made life tick.” Although he realizes that it is what it is, he knows that this is something he will have to accept, and his son is the new generations who is going to hold the future. His son, whom he always got confused as himself, now sees his son for his child. When the son goes swimming, the father “languidly, and with no thought of [swimming]. . .saw [his son] winch slightly as he pulled up around his vitals the small, soggy, icy garment.” Seeing how his son is strong and independent gives him the “chill of death.” He finally realizes that he is no longer a child, he is an adult who is going to die. A new generation will take his place, and

The idea of death can be, and is an enormously disturbing, unknown issue in which many people can have many different opinions. To some individuals, the process of life can progress painstakingly slow, while for others life moves too fast. In the excerpt We Were the Mulvaneys, by Joyce Carol Oates, a innocent farm boy named Judd Mulvaney has an eye-opening encounter by a brook near his driveway. During this encounter, Judd faces a chain of feelings and emotions that lead to his change of opinion of the issues of life and death, and change as a character. This emblematic imagery of life and death, as well as jumpy, and retrospective tones benefit the development of Judd as an innocent child as he begins to change into a more conscious and aware adult.

I recommend “Cryer’s Cross” to my best friend because it is an amazing book. When I first read the book I thought I wouldn’t like it. But now I am in love with the book. The characters really engage me in the book and I think my friend would fall in love with the characters like I did. You can feel all the emotion in the book and I think that is what engaged me the most. You can feel how the character feels and it makes you feel connected to the characters. One of the quotes from the book is “When it is over, We breath and ache like old oak, like peeling birch. One of our lost souls set free. We move, a chess piece in the dark room, cast-iron legs a centimeter at a time, crying out in silent carved graffiti. Calling to our next victim, Our

“Mick Harte was Here” was a moving story about a girl who was grieving the loss of her younger brother. Not only was this story relatable, but also eye opening. The thoughts that roam a child’s mind when grieving is very important and should be told in a way that can possibly educate parents or peers. We see the main character Phoebe go through the path of grieving when she lost her younger brother Mick. We followed her journey for the first few days of his death and realize just how certain things can trigger an emotion or action.

There is one feeling that unfortunately everyone will deal with at some point in their life. That feeling is grief. Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings, is about grief and reveals that everyone deals with grief differently. Brady Park’s is a regular thirteen year old boy who was living an average lifestyle until Ben, a younger boy that Brady was close to died. Brady showed his grief by blaming it on himself and being upset for what had happened. Ben’s mom, Mrs. DiAngelo, was on the kayak when it sank, but she was fine and got carried back up to the surface by the life vest.

Although the film adaptation met many expectations, it failed to capture some important emotions shown in the book. In the novel Bridge to Terabithia Jess finds that Leslie has been cremated. This makes Jess extremely malcontent for he believed that Leslie belonged to him, and that they only were crying for themselves not Leslie. Katherine Paterson uses his thoughts and feelings to express how angry he really was at Leslie’s parents, Bill and Judy . Showing that the character is thinking something in a movie is hard, but I have seen many movies that managed to pull it off. Without those thoughts in the movie, that important scene became dull and pointless. And In the movie Jess doesn't even learn that Leslie gets cremated, this really takes away from the story. And sadly, that isn’t the only disappointment in the movie. When Jess was in the first stage of grief in the book, denial, he woke up in the middle night thinking about

Reading this book has been interesting and heartbreaking experience. A Year of Magical Thinking, a journey through the grieving process. While dealing with the death of her husband, she is confronted with the sickness of her only child. This book touches me, and it makes me think of what would happen if my loved one died. This paper is a reflection of my thoughts and feelings about this woman’s journey that has been explored by book and video. I will also explore the author’s adjustment process, and how she views her changed self.

This is a great reference for literature that has opposing characters that surround a foundational character. The children were all raised to look out for them and learn how to take care of one’s self since they were children. This causes distance to grow between the siblings. There is a theme of death being what cuts the main characters free from the troubles, challenges, and strife of living and growing up in their particular

When I first picked this book up, it was at a used book sale in a warehouse. It sold for fifty cents. Never would I have thought that a book selling for a half-dollar would stick with me my entire life. Never would I imagine coming back to this story, and reliving the feelings of Will in times where my life became stressful or consumed by grief. Janet Lee Carey has such an amazing way of telling the story of a near-death experience and helping Will’s feelings reach the reader in a personal manner, almost as if the book is speaking to the individual.

No mother should ever be obligated bury their child. The child should have a chance to live a life and at some point bury their own mother towards the end of her term. However, in the case of Lucinda, this unfortunate event does not hesitate her from continuing life. In fact, it encourages her to understand the meaning of life and the necessity of having to have both the valuable and the atrocious to create a balance.

Varley book targets young ages from 4 to 10-year old’s as the topic of death is discussed as moving through a tunnel and gradually gaining back the abilities that were lost with aging and coming to rest as a complete being. The lesson within this story is how cope with the loss of a grandparent or an elderly relative as they age and come to die, and to relive the memories they have left behind to pass on to another. Susan Varley approach to death is very childlike, it allows anyone who reads her book to ask questions about the passing of an individual, such as, i.e., why did they die? Is it okay to feel sad? Is it okay to talk about the person? Is it okay to share memories?

Katherine Peterson is a stunning author who does an amazing job as she weaves you through the unbelievable story, Bridge to Terabithia about two best friends and how they create a world of their own like they’ve never imagined before. I would rate this book a 9 out of 10 stars because although it was a great story, it had a slow start. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading extraordinary but emotional

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As presented in the novel, their shared imagination is what established and formed their friendship. Leslie is always the more imaginative one as she comes up with the idea to create Terabithia when she said, “We need a place, just for us”. Terabithia is an imaginative kingdom created by Leslie and Jesse. There they spent time together adventuring the forest and even having imaginary fights with imaginary creatures. Terabithia, a land of imagination is where they first started to form their friendship. So shared imagination is clearly the most significant element in their friendship as it is what started it all.

When one loses someone close, due to death, there could be an assortment of reactions. Some might express the feelings of sadness, anger, or even no emotion at all.  James Agee uses his past experience to create a novel that displays how people learn to cope with this tragedy. In A Death in the Family, when Jay Follet’s family finds out he has died from a car accident, each member handles the car accident differently. As readers try to understand more about the characters through their reactions and opinions from others, their true colors are revealed in the process. By having the event told in different viewpoints, the reader’s understandings and opinions of other characters are persuaded by the current narrator and his or her thoughts towards the person. The narrative perspectives used in A Death in the Family direct the reader's understanding of the characters by emphasizing their qualities, flaws, and motives.