Theme Of How Lucky You Are By Debi Alper

At age two, Max’s Father was shot. When he was nine, his mother became broke, so his mother and him moved into his Uncle’s house with his six cousins. Then, when Max was thirteen, his Uncle died. After his Uncles death, Max decided that he did not want to die a meaningless death. Max wanted his life to have a purpose. He then began fist fighting. But his fist fighting career came to an end when the Nazi Party’s hate towards Jews took over the people’s minds rapidly. Soon, Max had to go into hiding. Max had felt guilty and selfish for going

Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can’t remember how you got from where you were to where you are now. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story” (O’brien 36). Life within itself is a story, a story ever present and ever changing, defining the person one becomes to be. Stories are etched into the minds every individual person, the good and the bad. This novel is a cluster of short stories experienced by the protagonist and his fellow companions.

The theme of this novella is to look at the good you do in life and how it carries over after your death. The moral of the book is; "People can make changes in their lives whenever they really want to, even right up to the end."

What are the point of stories? Well, to teach a lesson of course! The story called “The Jacket” by Gary Soto teaches the lesson to be grateful for what you have. Gratefulness means warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful. In Soto’s short story “The Jacket” the main character says, “I threw my books on the bed and approached the jacket slowly, as if it were a stranger whose hand I had to shake.” This main character is so full of himself that he doesn’t think about the fact that his mother worked enough to pay for his jacket, and that the jacket will keep him warm and dry. Some stories, such as “The Jacket”, help teach us life lessons. The literary elements, simile/metaphors, tone/mood, and the symbols help determine the main lesson this story gets across.

The theme of the story is under some circumstances people can be blind to the truth. Character Edie determines the style of the story by talking about the circumstances of her life as a fifteen year old girl and as an older woman. She retells the stories of those that she has known, and the man that she believed she loved deeply. Sometimes the things we want to happen may not be the things that life has for us. We need to be open to all the opportunities in life that are different from what we believe.

According to Marian Erickson, “Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck.” Real people’s lives depend on this quote everyday, which leads to the outcome of each problem individuals face. In the passages, characterization of the main personas helps one understand the theme. Conflict and symbolism also help lead to the overall idea that life is not always guaranteed to be full of success. The book The Other Wes Moore, the poem “If,” and the informational text “The Art of Resilience” all share a common theme of how choices and luck contribute to the success of life.

Throughout life, there are those who struggle to find out who they are and their path for life. However, this same struggle can be seen in a lot of literature. For example, two selections where this internal struggle can be seen is the short story "Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?" and the poem "White Lies".

On pages 3 and 4, Marjane gives us the years for, when the revolution began, when children were required to wear a veil and her date of birth. The dates, enable the reader to get a sense the time period and the historical background of Iran. Timelines are imperative to understanding her life story. Next, Satrapi demonstrates pathos through illustrations and the speech bubbles. The emotions of the characters can be shown through their facial expressions and actions they take.

story. Eventually, it is solved by what is evidently the theme of the story: staying true to one’s self. Tellez

In the light of all this, I think, the message of the short story is that everyone, in this case Nick, has to learn many lessons through life, and everyone needs to learn how to deal with life and

The creator depicts the change of the most essential identity inside the story. While toward the starting he revels inside breaking down the uncouth books and needs to encounter the totally measure up to feelings so theirs courageous women, inverse that becomes oversea concerning an impact concerning the

The author writes the story in a very interesting way. The way that there are only a few descriptions scattered about and that it focuses on dialogue is what allows us to figure out what the characters are speaking about and to find the intentions behind their words. The subject of this short narrative stands out boldly. Though it was written in

Max is part of the main cast. He is a guy that lived with his grandparents because his mother die because of his father. And his father is an inmate. Many people are scared of him because he looks like his father. He called himself dumb and worthless, he lived at the basement of their house.

Over the following four years, Marji learned of how her grandparents were left poor because of the Shah, the leader of the Iranian government. Shah was well known for robing men and women of everything they had worked for and leaving them with nothing. Nevertheless, Marji was schooled on the different levels of society in Iran, which left her to consider her family as rich because her Dad drove a Cadillac. Despite being a child, Marji accused her dad of being anti-social towards a class that could not read and write. To clarify Marji helped out a friend with the writing of some love letters. Mehi was the family maid that could not read or write. Mehi fell in love with the boy

Marjane Satrapi experiences a rapid transition in identifying her nationality. When Marjane was in Iran during childhood, she was a patriot and defended her life regardless of personal safety. Not only did she persuade her family to allow her to join the demonstration, but she