Amanda Lindhout

Prologue Everyone has dreams; it’s a known fact. Their dreams are goals in their lives; goals that people would really like to achieve. For example: little girls dream about being princesses and fairy tales. Little boys dream about being knights and rocket ships. Men and women dream about money, and the things they can buy with them, like homes and cars. For me, my dream is different. It may have been possible a few years ago. In fact: that’s what life was like, but that was before all of this happened

It was dark and stormy that fateful night. I had just finished putting the finishing touches on my monthly report when my assistant, James Warren, ran in. He looked excited about something, and he interrupted me before I could ask him what he was so excited about. “There’s been a robbery at Riordan Palace!” he shouted. Riordan Palace had what had seemed to many as an impenetrable security. Apparently, they were wrong, as somebody had broken in. Worse yet, they had stolen Mrs. Riordan’s prized

Stereotypically, men and women have very different roles in the eyes of society. Gender roles and stereotypes have a history in religious, political, legal and economic systems. In reality, men and women are more alike than most people assume. Throughout the world there are struggles with identity, power, and violence occurring everyday between both men and women. The film Mean Girls, directed by Mark Walters, follows a young girl, Cady’s, transition from being home schooled to public high school

Below is a review of The Bus Stop killer published by Penguin Books in 2011, written by Geoffrey Wansell. It recalls the eventful murders of Milly Dowler, Amélie Delagrange and Marsha McDonnell and the full life story of the serial killer Levi Bellfield. This book outlines the massive, tedious nine-year investigation by police and prosecutors into Levi Bellfield, his eventual arrest and trial. It tells of Bellfield’s controlling, terrifying personality – “a man who went from charming to monstrous

novel, A House in the Sky, by Amanda Lindhout, the audience can identify the theme of emotion versus logic. Within the novel, the main character Amanda makes a lot of life changing decisions, which are based more towards her emotions than logic itself. This strongly impacts not only her life, but also those close to her. Amanda Lindhout’s A House in the Sky is an exemplary depiction of the ideas of feminist criticism, new historicism, and moral criticism. Although Lindhout describes the consequences

Survival The memoirs Under the Afghan Sky by Melissa Fung and A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout highlight the importance of maintaining not only one’s physical well-being, but also one’s psychological well-being to overcome life-threatening experiences. In order for the respective female protagonists—Melissa Fung and Amanda Lindhout— to survive as hostages, they must persevere through two mental obstacles: isolation and death. Firstly, in Under the Afghan Sky, Melissa Fung faces isolation

Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett use a series of techniques throughout Lindhout’s memoir, A House in the Sky, to develop the specific purpose for writing. One of the most frequently used techniques is imagery, utilized for the reader to feel as though they are with her in captivity. Secondly, Lindhout uses anecdotes to show how rare it was for the guards to treat Lindhout kindly and her way of mentally escaping captivity. Lastly, Lindhout applies allusions to the memoir to give the reader information