This Lullaby

     Because of Judy Jones’ infidelity, even though he knew it was going to happen, he decides to try to forget about her. As much as he tries, it is impossible for him to forget about Miss Judy Jones. He starts dating Irene Scheerer, her father knew Dexter very well and thought of him as a “Now there’s a boy” type of man. While with Irene, he agreed on that he could not have Judy Jones. He caused himself pain for no reason, he had been hurting himself and Irene by thinking of Miss Jones. Instead of him thinking about Judy Jones as being “priggish” he soon

Jack is 18 years old. He graduates from high school, and gets a job in the movie theatre as a ticket seller and a projectionist. He has a girlfriend named Katy, and they are going to get married in November. When he meets Katy’s parents for the first time, it was at her sister's wedding, he walked in wearing a coat and tie. Jack’s friend LeFranc plays trumpet, and he does not know what to say to a girl. But Jack is getting tired of his friends, but does not complain. He is not very enthusiastic about his job, and feels he is trapped inside. He perhaps feels like he is in a jail, because it is mentioned in the text, that while selling the tickets he looks out in the day light through the metal bars, and the metal bars perhaps symbolizes that he feels trapped inside. In the end he decides to leave in middle of his work, and drive with Katy to Fountain Lake which he wanted in a long time. He changes to a happy and free person, and finally says, that he loves her.

After Ruby’s mom and step brother pass away, she relies on Simon and they finally get the bonding experience he always wanted. Simon does eventually pass away, nevertheless they had a good time together and Ruby learned valuable lessons. Ruby goes to find refuge and find a fellow nerd, which also so happens to be her classmate, Darius Spratt at first Ruby hated him, but it was required that Darius and her got along so that Ruby could complete her journey of finding her real dad. After a few days they split and Ruby becomes very sad, she realizes the importance of a friend, but she becomes very determined, she would go anywhere to reunite with her dad, it was her last hope. After a few days she finally found him and she burst with excitement and now understood that life was more than makeup and her phone, it was about family and relations with them, it was about others who mattered and Ruby now understood that. The reader could now infer that Ruby has completely changed into a brand new person for the better and that her life will forever be changed with her new

Once the half-term holidays have ended, a new girl, Lauren arrives to the school and all the boys, including Joe, have their eyes on her. Soon Joe and Lauren become best friends. Until Joe comes home one day and finds out that his Dad is holding a massive party. This only upsets him a little, due to his father not spending any time with him. Sapphire then shares that she had seen Lauren on TV before. Soon enough Joe found out that his father had decided to pay Lauren, in order for he to befriend Joe. Joe then decides to run away from home.

The movie begins with Tracy, the main character, as a normal teenager whose life seems from the outside “ok”. However, even at this point in the movie, there are hints of Tracy’s inner pain and discomfort or distress with her world. Tracy lives a tough life. Her parents are separated, and do not have a good relationship. Tracy lives with her mom and brother in a suburban low to middle class neighborhood. Her mom, Mel, is a recovered addict, who works as a hair dresser. Her dad, Travis, is a somewhat rich executive, who works all the time and barely

For example, only a few weeks after staying in the pink house, August asks Lily what she loves, Lily responds, “‘And since coming here, I’ve learned to love bee’s and honey.’ I wanted to add, And I love you, I love you, but I felt too awkward,” (Kidd, 140). Lily tells August about the many things that she loves, she even wants to communicate her deep admiration for August but is unable to. August is like a mother figure to Lily also because she cares a lot about her and provides Lily with a kind of support and love that no one has ever expressed to her. For example, when Lily finally tells August about how she killed her mother and expresses how she feels unlovable, August consoles her and ensures her that she is admirable. “‘That’s a terrible, terrible thing for you to live with. But you’re not unlovable. Even if you did accidentally kill her, you are still the most dear, most lovable girl I know,” (Kidd, 242). Throughout her entire life, T. Ray never cared enough to emotionally support Lily, and Rosaleen’s personality was too snarky for her to understand Lily’s position. Lily finally has someone to talk to and releases all her pent-up guilt, regret, and pain to August. August and the sisters of Mary also provide Lily with a sense of motherly instinct and protection. For example, when T. Ray tries to come and take Lily back to the peach farm, they all stand up for her and protect her from her

Not knowing how her mother would feel Mia crept downstairs and out the doors. When she got outside she was greeted by her brother, sister, dad, and her boyfriend. At the bowling alley, Mia and Erik were in teams against Tara and Johnny and then Jeremih switched with Tara. They played multiple rounds until it was time to go eat. Mia's team had won against Tara's team in bowling. After the game, they went to this nice five-star establishment. For an hour they eat, talked, and laughed at some good memories and new memories.

From this, hardships become prevalent, and when overcome, positive growth can occur. Additionally, transitions may lead to significant personal reward and change for an individual due to circumstantial acceptance. The Story of Tom Brennan displays these concepts explicitly, as Tom constantly has his value of relationships negatively hindered. However, once he overcomes his challenges brought forth by Daniels drink-driving incident, he is able to gain a ‘new start’ regarding relationships, as he is able to gain acceptance. Furthermore, Toms statement of “The Davin was my obstacle”, utilises the metaphorical obstacle of ‘Davin’, who becomes a hardship for Tom to overcome in order to ‘win’ Chrissy, and thus overcome his loneliness and reforms his values of relationships and love. Once Tom overcomes this obstacle, as evident it the truncated sentence of “Today became the day I kissed Chrissy Tulake”, positive growth occurs, as he becomes releases that he has purpose in life and that his negative past isn’t omnipresent in is everyday life. It is due to this positive transition, that Tom’s values of Relationships and love become reformed, as he becomes enlightened towards the positive effects of love, therefore leading to the paramount personal reward of gaining a relationship with Chrissy, alongside finally accepting his circumstances. Ultimately, it is

Janie’s second home helped her learn that love cannot be bought with gifts. Jody was a successful man; he had become Mayor of Eatonville. Even thought Jody bought many gifts for Janie he was no better than Logan at affection and love. Jody was a sexist and disrespected women. He restricted Janie’s freedom out of jealousy, she would only go out for work or chores. The only reason she stayed with him was that she didn’t have many options. “but he is something in my mouth He’s got tuh be else Ah aint got nothing ‘tun live for. Ah’ll lie and say he is. If ah font, life wont be nothing but uh store and uh house”. She had to lie and fake her love for Jody except when Jody had died, she mourned the loss of him and had mix feelings but she cherished her freedom as a widower. After several months she wanted to go back to her birth home but remembering she had no more family to go to, she didn’t know what to do and that transitions to her final

Caitlin is a 16 year old high school girl who lives with her mom and dad. She also has a sister named Cassie who was supposed to be going to Yale but quit and went to live with her boyfriend in New York. Caitlin meets a boy named Rogerson at a party and they start going out, she is not very happy about the choices that he makes but is so in love she would not leave him. Caitlin starts falling back on school, family and cheer team, which she quit because Rogerson says that she isn’t spending enough time with him. Soon they breakup because Rogerson starts beating Caitlin that she has to go to the hospital. After Rogerson and Caitlin were done Caitlin says “After everything that happened, how could I miss him? But I did, I did”.

Doug MacLeod’s ‘I’m Being Stalked by a Moonshadow’ is an astounding novel, aimed for adolescents aged between 12 and 15. This book was published in 2006 by the ‘Penguin Group', and it consists of 205 pages. Doug MacLeod’s novel centers on the theme of romance and teenage drama. The brain-twisting story revolves around a typical young teenage boy named Seth Parrot, who lives in the suburb of Kinglet with is extrovert family. At the start of the novel, he faces major difficulty trying to spot his ideal girlfriend to match his abnormal affections in a girl. But when he realises that he is fully and utterly in love with a well-formed feminine, Miranda, more bad news slowly evolve. He discovers that Miranda’s father, Mr. Jeff Raven, is the mortal enemy of Seth’s parents. Mr. Raven isn't the only inconvenient thing that emerges into Mr. and Mrs. Parrot’s life. Mr. and Mrs. Parrot’s relationship starts to gradually grow apart, making Seth more determined than ever to make his parents fall in love again. The story has many waggish, breathtaking events occurring every five pages of the book,

Instead of relying on another power that is above her, she takes her fate into her own hands and tries to save her own home. This self reliance develops early, and can also be seen much later in her life. When she is twenty-seven, Lily learns that her husband has a secret second family. She leaves him immediately and manages to annul the marriage. Although he had taken all of her money from their joint bank account, she does not go back to her parents in Arizona or try to find another husband to take care of her. Instead, she begins preparing for her future alone. “Since I obviously couldn't count on a man to take care of me, what I needed more than ever was a profession. I needed to get my college education and become a teacher . . . the time flew by, and when both the dispensation and the acceptance letter arrived, I had enough money for a year of college” (p. 90). Instead of wondering what to do and moping about her ex-husband, Lily is practical and knows what she wants to do next. She also mentions that she cannot depend on a husband to take care of her. If she did not have to fend for

Each time Nora finds herself unable to help herself the problem is easily directly traced back to her husband, her father, and to the overbearing dominance of the male society. She tries to save the life of the man she thinks she loves and in doing so sees how she has become a victim of her own ignorance which has been brought upon her by the men in her life.

Because Dexter’s life is unintentionally controlled by these dreams, he does not realize that he is being driven toward material success. He is unaware that these dreams are leading him to fall in love with the woman who stands at the core of his materialistic fantasies. His complete focus in life becomes geared toward “gaining the love of a beautiful woman who expresses the glamour and promise of the exclusive world” (Perkins). Dexter begins to strongly believe that Judy Jones is his key to unlocking the world of the rich and wealthy. By illustrating the luxurious lifestyle of Judy Jones, Fitzgerald reveals how she represents, to Dexter, what life is like for the rich and prosperous.

She looks forward to moving away like others in her town. She admits she will not be missed at her job and at nineteen, without the former protection of her older brothers, she is beginning to feel "herself in danger of her father's violence.” This danger she sees is taken away when she meets her suitor, the sailor, Frank who promises her a better life away from these hardships she has faced.