Accelerated Reader

Although these students didn’t physically kill Emma, they each individually had influence on Emma’s decision to commit suicide. Sara spends the entirety of the novel believing that her and the other accused that they “didn’t kill anyone” (p. 2). As the reader follows the story, it becomes evident that Sara did, in fact, have a reason to be charged with this tragedy. While not physically hurting Emma – except for the locker room incident – Sara and her ‘friends’ torment and tease Emma to an incredible

and feel the rumbling in the readers belly. Also, in line 7, the reader can hear the “screaming doom”, as well as in line 10, the reader can see how people are really slow and lazy and basically carrying themselves and their weight. This makes the think that people who eat a lot at McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants are addicted and they can’t stop and their body reacts in a bad way, such as they get larger, are lazier, and many more. Next, in line 13, the reader can smell the saltiness of

During the second season Chuck and Blair Waldorf open up a deep friendship to something bigger, which changed his image in the show. Both are going through a lot, the reappearance from his “death” mother, his father deaths, depression and the attempted suicide, but at the end Chuck works out the issues he had in his life and finally allowed him to show his real feelings to Blair. He still needs to improve the smaller issues, but overall Chuck Bass tend to appear larger than life. The character in

At the start of the game, the player is visually engulfed in a sea of snow, as they bear witness to the comatose Vanye finally awakening from his slumber. Through the boy’s perspective, we are greeted to a cat named Sulpher, who reveals the protagonist’s identity and his relationship to Theofratus Aurelius. This revelation is met with both confusion and dismay, for Vanye has no memories of his father and is deeply frighten at the prospect of being alone. In this scene, the player is once again introduced

In both The Breadwinner and Kids of Kabul, Deborah Ellis illustrates several themes about life through her characters and the young people she met while in Afghanistan. The most significant theme was we are made stronger through our struggles. Sara is one of the young people Deborah Ellis met while in Kabul. “But it didn’t matter that I was afraid to come back. We came back and started our lives again in Kabul(Kids of Kabul 114).” Even though Sara was afraid to go back because she had bad memories

of the brakes, “she had her reasons.” This shows that something was up with the life of Laura Chase which Iris knew about. A sense of suspense is made in the reader. This quote is foreshadowing because it hints about something that caused Laura Chase to kill herself. Later on in the book, the life of Laura and Iris Chase is told. The reader is able to then find out why Laura really killed herself by driving off the bridge in her sister’s car. She was heartbroken due to the fact that her sister, Iris

had the chance to steal the owner’s bike, but, instead, assists him. When the owner leaves, the speaker concludes that he is a young boy and is still transitioning to become a man when he states, “I stood there fifteen” (21). This divulges to the reader that to be fifteen is to make mistakes and learn from the concepts it delivers. Although the speaker was on the verge of stealing the motorcycle, he stops himself from the arising temptation and decides to do what is

“Shuddering moans, groans, creaks and rattles,” (62) that’s how loud the atmosphere is in the textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts. The air is very murky, so it is very hard to breathe. This is the scene described in Katherine Paterson’s novel, Lyddie. The main character is Lyddie. She goes to work in the textile mills for better pay in hope that one day, she’ll finally pay off the debts of her farm and bring her family together. But, it might seem too good to be true. Which in reality is the truth

Looking a certain way does not always tell the whole story of someone. In their short stories “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson and “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl both demonstrate appearances can be deceiving. The short stories “The Possibility of Evil” and “Lamb to the Slaughter” are similar to each other; both characters seem sweet and innocent yet have another side to them. Miss Strangeworth and Mary Maloney seem suspicious yet no one suspects anything. Also Miss Strangeworth

Prologue - Chapter One: Before the story began, Charlie Wilcox started his adventure at the age of fourteen by being shipped off to England, by a boy with the name of Clint, who tormented Charlie for years before he left for war. In England, Charlie fought many battles, along with his best friend Jim where they made many friends, but died in the war. Now, Charlie and Jim return to their homeland, where their friends and family awaits. Chapter Two - Chapter Three: Now that Charlie had arrived