What Is The Theme Of Hope In Natasha Preston's The Cellar

Is it monsters from the dark, mysterious woods, jealous ex-boyfriends, or ditching town? These are all theories as to why two teenage girls from the, supposedly, postcard-worthy town have disappeared in the past ten years. In All the Missing Girls, Nic is back in her hometown, for a sojourn for the first time since her friend, Corrine, disappeared ten years ago, and now Annaleise Carter is missing. The memories of Corrine’s case begin to resurface as alibis, motives, and connections between the cases are questioned. In a small town like Cooley Ridge, rumors are the plague, spreading everywhere not caring whose lives they ruin. (☺ Metaphor) I finished reading The Woman in Cabin 10, and the resolution is that Richard commits suicide after killing his real wife, and his fake wife and Lo both survive. The three most important searches in All the Missing Girls are the search for connections between the two cases of the missing girls, the search for Corinne, and Tyler’s search for love.

The spooky outdoor setting is made to prepare the reader for the appearance of a cozy indoors, whereas the landlady’s scary features on the inside are covered up by her warm but deceitful personality. She tricks unsuspecting young men with her generous and very motherly personality.

The main event of The cellar is a cellar. There is this crazy guy that is named Clover and he kidnapped 4 girls because he wanted a family. His mother was so close to him because his dad cheated on his mother with a young woman so Clover was the only thing his mom had left. He wanted a family he could protect from the danger of men like his father so he kidnaps them and names them after flowers,because flowers are the most beautiful things in the world. He names them Rose,Poppy,Violet,and Lily. He keeps them all in his cellar.

Imagine living without the sun, the sun that gives off warmth and happiness for many people. Tom and Lily have not seen the sun in countless years. The setting illustrates what Tom, Lily and all the citizens are missing now that it has been gone for many years. The dress will symbolize the sunshine and happiness that has been lost ever since the nuclear bomb. The characterization focuses on Tom and Lily and how they are the dynamic characters to show that when something slips away from someone, they will do anything to get it back. In “Searching For Summer” by Joan Aiken, the theme appreciate what is given in life before it is lost is portrayed through the use of setting, symbolism, and characterization to reveal that people do not notice

The main character, Charlie must navigate through it even while feeling motionless and scared. He tells his story to the reader from his perspective. The reader sees life from exactly the way he sees the events and understands those events through a teenage boy’s eyes. The crisis is introduced when the town outcast Jasper Jones asked Charlie, a bookish young nobody of a boy for help. The reader sees Charlie’s internal conflicts of wanting to go with Jasper, feeling terrified, excited yet so wanting to be accepted by him Charlie does in fact sneak out in the middle of the night with his new friend. Jasper takes Charlie to the scene of the crime where Jasper’s girlfriend is hanging from a tree. The manner that Silvey describes Charlie’s reaction to the hanged girls is true to human nature, “I’m screaming, but they are muffled screams. I can’t breathe in. I feel like I’m underwater. Deaf and drowning.” This description foreshadows the solution to hide the body and Jasper and Charlie throw Laura Wishart into the lake. Unknown to either is Laura Wishart’s sister, Eliza. She witnessed the suicide of her sister and wrote the word “sorry” on the stump of the tree before she leaves. Charlie and Jasper find this word, assume that the killer wrote it there, and immediately jump to the

This book report is over Haunted Houses by Patricia D. Netzley. The book is part of a series called The Mystery Library. The main goal of the series is to examine strange and often unbelieveable or unexplainable events. The author’s writes this series and her other books for the age range of kids to young adults. This book in particular goes into depth about the history of haunted house and everything surrounding them like sightings, ghosts, poltergeist, speaking to spirits, and investigation.

While Lily was at August’s she experienced freedom, love, more motherly love, death, fear, and a rollercoaster of emotions. By

Patrica Briggs has it right when she inquires, “People do amazing things to ensure their survival.” In Natasha Preston’s book The Cellar, she takes readers on an emotional roller-coaster ride of emotions such as excitement, hatred, and sadness all throughout the novel. She tells readers the story of sixteen year old Summer Robinson’s abduction and how she strives to hold on to the will to survive. Preston perfectly executes Summer’s boldest traits of compassion, fearfulness, and hopefulness.

In the book The Cellar Summer is very brave. One night while Summer was out with some friends she was kidnapped. So throughout the book she shows many ways she tries to get free. During that time she struggles to stay strong and not show her weaknesses. On page 130 Clover Summers kidnapper was about to kill another girl until Summer said

However, Deborah’s atonement is not what provides closure to Lily’s solace. Instead August’s acceptance and love provides Lily with enough comfort to begin her process of self acceptance. Early in the book, Lily demeans herself by saying “You are unlovable, Lily Owens. Unlovable. Who could love you? Who in this world could ever love you?”(Kidd 242). Lily begins to create her own cage of dark emotions with thoughts like this. With her mother unable to Lily for the unfortunate accident that caused her death, Lily is left feeling closed off from the world and believing it is wrong for her to want to be loved again. However readers can start to see Lily opening up after August explains to her that, “Every little thing wants to be loved,” (Kidd 92). Lily begins to feel accepted and loved within the new family she has found, and she is able to begin the process of

Hunter, Autumn, and Summer all separated from each other, but all share the emotional burden from the repercussions of their mother’s addiction and lack of affection. All three children struggle with the temptation of drugs, since the inherited predisposition of their mother’s addiction. They have three different dads and the same mom, who are an addict in some shape or form. One is in foster care bouncing from home to home, and another has never even seen or talked to her parents. Whenever one of them messes up something in their life, the excuse of why is because of the same three things their

When summer finds out the truth about her dad she is shocked. Summer always thought her dad was a good person. She always thought that her mom was wrong about all of the horrible things she said about her father. Summer never thought her father would do something like this. When Summer goes back home her mother tells her what really happened. “Dad has a daughter? I said numbly. It seems all i can do is mumble moms words

Summer agrees and starts looking for Rachel. On her way to the park, alone at night, Summer hears a man say Lily. Scared and shocked, Summer spins around and sees a tall dark haired man coming towards her. Saying “Lily?”. Summers stomach then drops. He keeps calling

Even though the gruesome, ghastly and demonic story known as “The Landlady” ends in a disturbing way, it portrays many characteristics about the protagonist, Billy. There are numerous ways to characterize Billy, a 17-year-old kid on his first business trip in the strange city of Bath, England. Billy begins his journey to a hotel known as the Bell and Dragon but stumbles to a halt when he sees a seemingly cozy bed and breakfast that catches his eye. For a few pages everything seems great; unfortunately for Billy, he has some flaws which ultimately lead to his shocking death at the hands of a demented landlady. These are curiosity, a tendency to miss important clues, and gullibility.

“The Little Stranger” is a 2009 gothic novel written by Sarah Waters. It is a ghost story set in a dilapidated mansion in Warwickshire, England in the 1940s. This novel features a male narrator, a country doctor who makes friends with a family with faded fortunes left simply with a very old estate that is crumbling around them. The stress of reconciling the state of their finances with the familial responsibility of keeping the estate coincides with perplexing events which may or may not be of supernatural origin, culminating in tragedy.