The Novel ' The Orphan '

About an hour and a half passed when he saw that he was heading toward a familiar supply store. It was the first sign that he was getting closer to his uncle’s houes. He quickened his step and finally was about 5 yards away when he heard an angry shout come from the closed front door of the store.

In her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs portrays her detailed life events on such an intense level. Jacobs was born in 1813 in North Carolina. She had a rough life starting at the age of six when her mother died, and soon after that everything started to go downhill, which she explains in her autobiography. Her novel was originally published in 1861, but was later reprinted in 1973 and 1987. Harriet Jacobs presents her story using numerous detailed descriptions of the events and obstacles that she eventually overcame. Jacobs is able to interact with the reader effectively by describing her life struggles as a slave through the use of diction and pathos.

In the “Invisible Child” written by Andrea Elliot, a lifestyle of a homeless girl named Dasani and her family is shown. Elliot displays Dasani’s culture, and some of the struggles that she and her family face daily because they are homeless. Dasani is very dedicated to her school work. She wants to be better than anyone in her family ever was so she doesn’t have to worry about being homeless for the rest of her life. In some ways I can relate to Dasani, I am very passionate about my school work as well. I want to excel so I can be my very best in the future. However, our reasoning’s for wanting to be the best we can be are a little different. She wants to excel so she no longer has to worry about being homeless whereas I’ve never been homeless so I cannot say the exact same. I grew up being a very privileged kid. Both of my parents worked full time good paying jobs. I’ve never had to want for much of anything. My parents have always spoiled me with nice things, they have always made sure my siblings and I had nice clothes and a decent meal to eat. They are even paying for me to attain a college education. Dasani and her family however are a lot different from mine. In the “Invisible Child” Elliot tells us how Dasani’s parents do not have legit jobs, instead they have side “hustles” that only bring in a few dollars. Elliot states (2013) that a lot of mornings Dasani was starving at school because she had no breakfast. Dasani and her siblings also had to wear clothes that were

Nick was new to Stephon, Virginia. On his first few days at his new school he met a guy named Eli and days later they became good friends. Nick had always wondered about the kids at Stephon high school since he’s been going there for about 5 weeks. There was this one group of kids that seemed up to something, Eli was also very mysterious about this group of boys, also known as the Whispertown Rogues. Soon, Nick had found out that Eli was also doing research on finding out who the rogues were. The both of them ( Nick and Eli ) went looking to find clues around midnight and ran into each other, Nick and Eli told each other that they had been searching for the rogues all along. Early the next morning the two boys

Here, the story deals with a man’s struggle to escape from a well. He calls for help to a group of children nearby. The children arrive at the well, but refuse to divulge their names and answer the man’s plea for help. They continue to toy with the man who continually asks the children if they had called the police. One

On a warm summer night a very small child, who did not seem very special at first, was born. Nobody really payed attention to him until he started walking and talking. He was only eight months old when he started to walk. By the time he was one he walked straight out into the woods. He walked all the the way to a native tribe. When he came to the tribe he was yelling the name Sam. The natives took him in as their own.

On a school day, Arthur was going to his locker and he heard laughing and stuff that was being thrown at a trash can. He saw some football players and hoped that they wouldn’t notice him while he was getting closer, but as he got near his locker he saw someone in the trash can and then made a distraction so he could help the kid get out. After that, he had to go to the principal’s office and tell them what happened. As the principal was talking to him, he got yelled at to stay away from the kid he saved. Then he and the kid became friends and didn’t tell the

“What?” I asked not sure what had happened. Still, he said nothing. His only other reaction was the long side glance right after I had asked him what had happened.

Orphan Train The book Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline is an impactful story that makes readers remember to be grateful and is filled with realness and remarkable coincidental moments. Although this book is fiction, the book speaks sincerity and realistic stories of the orphans and their experiences. Vivian states, “My entire life has felt like chance. Random moments of loss and connection” (Baker Kline 260).

Marriage is a long lasting relationship. This eternity love cannot break or torn apart from hash weather, budget… but what about an abusive husband? The short story “runaways" describes a young female suffers from her spousal relationship. The abusive husband shatters the family apart leaving an unstable life for the mother and kids. Through her adventure abscond from her husband, she regains hopes and dream; hope: a place to settle, dream: where she could be loved again. The author Karen Brennan’s short story "runaways” displays words with connotative meaning, and symbols to reveal her opinion that if we have hope we can achieve our dreams.

In the novel, Orphan Train by Baker, she shows many sociological concepts, throughout the novel. The novel shows many encounters of socialization with the main two characters, Vivian and Molly. In chapter 5, Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life by David M. Newman, Newman explains how ourself is a product of socialization. Socialization is a process of learning, which one learns hot to act according to the rules and expectations of a particular culture (Newman 116). The agents of socialization can be family, friends, teammates, the media, religious institutions, and more. The agents influence an individual’s personality, behavior, and values, which help create one’s self. Today, symbols of identity are often used to help people

The town turns quickly turns to a frenzy, when all of the younger kids start roaming the streets looking for their parents. The really young kids, between the ages of 1-9 years-old have absolutely no clue whats going on or where their parents are. Some are crying, and they are absolutely terrified.

his great novel "Flight" is written by Sheman Alexie and published in 2007 by Black Cat, an imprint of Grove/Atlantic. This novel tells us the story of a 15-years-old orphan, who calls himself Zits because of all the pimples he has. Zits was abandonment by his father, and his mother died when he was 6 years old. Zits falls in prison after having hit her last foster mother, where he meets with Justice a pretty white boy. They become best friends. Zits is convinced by Justice to open fire in a bank. He is killed and Zits falls in a mystical journey where he jumps in a series of people as the agent of FBI, the Indian boy who does not speak, Gus a "Indian tracker", Zits become, Jimmy a pilot who teaches Abbad to fly a plane, finally, Zits ends

The school he attends when he is a little older is a school by any means, but there is great turmoil. Often the older boys pick on the younger ones and while this may be brought to the attention of the director (the principle, headmaster etc.) the older boys would be punished but it would be so overlooked that as soon as they were finished being punished, they would return from their beatings and give them back tenfold to the young boys who told on them. This section is actually one of my favorite parts.

There was a young Boy named Steve which had parents named Kelli and Matt. They were a very poor family and almost didn’t have enough money for school let alone food. Steve always got bullied at school all the time because he was very poor. Steve in his free time would try to steal food from carts in the big apple, New York. One day the family got a new better job in Minnesota for more money so Steve and his parents moved over to Minnesota from New York. His parents boss payed for the flight. Once they got all the furniture over to Minnesota the only thing that needed to go there then was the family on the last trip. Steve wanted to move because he got bullied at his old school and he thought this school would give him better opportunities to not be bullied and picked on.