Theme Analysis On Chasing Secrets

The book is called Secrets in the Shadows by the author Anne Schraff. Anne grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She got a bachelor's and master’s degree from California State University. Since college she has been writing many books including one of the most famous written series called the Bluford Series. Her stories are written basically on her background and how she grew up as a child. A middle class neighborhood including African Americans, Mexicans, Arab, and Filipino’s. From reading some of her books her stories are from a real person’s point of view and the struggles they really go through. Some of her lessons in many of her books are topics such as finding love, value education, respect towards others, and the importance of family.

her father trusted him. It makes her sad and fearful of the power that her father possesses. She is

However, when the mother is almost done with her education and only has one more assignment left, tension begins. The mother has to go to Costa Rica so she can graduate, but she has to go for almost the entire summer. That means that her daughter will have to stay with her grandmother, who she hasn’t seen in forever. “Mom wouldn’t leave me. We’d go together.Right?”(12) The mom doesn’t want to leave the daughter, but she can’t take her either. The mother also doesn’t even try to understand why her daughter wants to go with her. The daughter had lost her father and probably has a fear of losing her mother as well. “I burrowed my head head under the pillow with the baseball. A tiny piece of me felt guilty for stealing it, but it belonged to my dad and that made it special. That made it a part of me.” (46) The daughter seemed to be more connected with her father then her mother. Her father could’ve understood her more or at least tried. The mother doesn’t even attempt and makes the final decision with caring about her child’s opinion. The different points of view of the mother and the daughter over the topic of going somewhere creates tension between the two

With each thing her father does including punishing her for her owl, and losing his temper frequently, she finds her self more independent because she has her own thoughts and beliefs that are different from her father.

The Meaning Of The Title “Our Secret”, A Chapter From “A Chorus Of Stones” by Susan Griffin

Her Mother seemed to be more put together than her father at times, even getting a job at one point helping the family out. Though her mother was a hedonist and did not contain the motherly love and sacrifice for her kids, this job helped Jeanette’s future. She helped grade papers which increased her knowledge of the outside world and “...the world was making a little more sense” as she read the papers and projects of her mother’s students (Walls 205). Her parents had such an opposition to the outside world that she hadn’t gotten every aspect of

“A Secret Lost in the Water” is a short story by Roch Carrier. It is a story about how young millennials are forgetting their traditional way of life and are moving into the modern era. The story takes place in a small village where everyone knows one another. “A Secret Lost in the Water” is a story about a father tries to teach his son an important skill of how to find water with an elder branch, but the son does not value it and loses the skill. The main theme in “A Secret Lost in the Water” by Roch Carrier is how individuals’ choices are affected by their values best displayed the father, the son, and the generation gap.

A particular question that is seldom pondered over and yet is capable of carrying so many doubts within it: who are we? Who are we as a society who can do the things we do? Who are we who can suffer from them? Award winning poet and essayist Susan Griffin confronts these distinct questions in her work titled, “Our Secret”. Griffin believes that a basic understanding of the things that play a part in the growth of an individual is essential to understanding who we are. The way a child is raised dictates how that child is going to become later on in life. One of the distinct highlights of Griffin’s essay was her use of describing the progress of the V1 rockets in World War II. Griffin studies the aspects of human nature by using these missile developments as a metaphor to symbolize the raising of children and the factors that can influence a growing individual. One of the prime figures that Griffin uses pertaining to these growing individuals was Heinrich Himmler, leader of the Nazi secret police. Griffin uses Himmler as an example to demonstrate how big of a role a parental figure can play in the development of a person.

In Susan Griffin’s work titled “Our Secret”, she discusses the relationship between the present-day and the earlier life of different people. She also compares the private and public lives of other people. Her piece is set during World War Two in the 1940s. Throughout the entire piece, Griffin compares the lives of people evolved in World War Two, people who were affected by the war, and her own life. She shows how even though they lived separate lives, they are still closely related.

Not one to give up, she tells him that she knows he is missing someone but she does not want anything serious. She says that she only means to have fun and Billy

Firstly, Every hardship and obstacles she endured throughout her childhood helped Jeannette to become a successful adult.Jeannette’s parent were very unpredictable, her mother was self absorbed in her hobbies, and her father was an interminable alcoholic. Even though her parent neglected and gave less attention to Jeannette,

Father is very concerned with his daughter's education; this writer suggested that he looks into a school advocate.

Vivek Mrs.Bedi English Honors per.2 Theme analysis on Chasing Secrets 11/22/16     Chasing Secrets is a historical fiction novel by Gennifer Choldenko, a Newberry Award winning author about  Lizzie, a thirteen- year old girl who loves science, and Noah, the cook’s son, defying the rules and saving the city they love. This book was published on August 4, 2015 by Yearling Publishers. This historical fiction novel provides the right amount of action and heart-warming tales to keep the reader interested. This novel was intended for teenagers and preteens because of the talk of racial injustice and the setting of the novel. The novel is not intended for adults because the tone of the author is not as polished and more childish.

Often, a parent will push their interests onto their child, thus removing the child’s agency. In an interview, Sally Jupiter, Laurie’s mom, says, “[…] I guess, in a lot of ways, it was me who pushed Laurie […] into this line of work” (-- 312). Laurie even claims that she “was living out [her] mother’s [fantasy]” (-- 217). As David Elkins explains in his article, “—,“ often, parents are trying to be helpful and have good intentions, but there are parents who “push their children to succeed in the interest of their own egos [or] use their children to relive their own childhood dreams” (Elkins --). Sally believes she is bettering Laurie’s life as she says, “[…] she’ll start thinking in terms of what I saved her from instead of what I condemned her to” (--312). The expectations which Laurie must live by have a negative influence on her, causing her to question the meaning of her life and making her bitter (--, 33, --). Elkins notes that “millions of children across America feel overwhelmed and pressured,” and sometimes may go through depression because of it (Elkins --). There

I am reading The Luxe by Anna Godberson and I am on page ______. This book is about Elizabeth and Diana Holland, Henry Schoonmaker, and Penelope Hayes who are all the wealthy teen figures in Manhattan in 1900. When the Hollands suddenly find out they are poor and Henry’s dad wants to run for mayor, their lives change drastically. With an arranged marriage happening Diana has an affair and Penelope is jealous and will try to stop the wedding at all costs. In this paper I will be predicting and evaluating.