Hope Was Here

novel Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer many of the characters go through tremendous obstacles in their life but eventually overcome them. Examples like Hope and Addie are characters in the novel that faced struggles but both found ways to overcome them. Their struggles can even be personally related to my life. While many people see an obstacle and run, Hope and Addie find there ways to overcome them, and even if things do not always go as planned, things always turn out for the better. Hope was a character

“You know what I’ve found out about disappointments? I think that if we face them down, they can become our strengths.” (Bauer 113) In the novel Hope Was Here written by Joan Bauer, the main characters go through some difficult struggles. One of the main people, Braverman and Addie both had to overcome disconsolate times. Braverman chooses family over education. Addie goes through hard times when she losses her husband along with three unborn babies. This reminds me of the time where my mother’s

Hope Was Here is about Hope (Tulip) Yancey, a 16-year-old girl who lives with her adoptive mother/aunt, Addie. When she was born, Hope was only 2 pounds and 5 ounces and the doctors said she wouldn’t make it. Hope’s mother, Deena, named her Tulip, a name that Hope hated. When Hope was 12, she legally changed her name from “Tulip” to “Hope”. Deena wasn’t capable of raising a child, so she “gave” Hope to Addie. Addie always wanted a child, but went through three miscarriages and her husband left her

slightest way, on the other hand, changes are much more noticeable when there’s a bigger journey. In Joan Bauer’s, Hope Was Here, Hope and her aunt Addie, who is also her legal guardian, move to wisconsin after a disaster at their old diner. They work for a man named GT at the Welcome Stairways diner. GT soon becomes mayor but the leukemia got worse, and by the end, he passes away. Hope, the protagonist, changed from the beginning because now, she has a better appreciation for people around her and

Hope Was Here Essay People face struggles everyday. In the novel, Hope Was Here, The characters Braverman and Hope face tremendous struggles in the story. They struggled with living life without both parents and struggles from others. They also struggled with losing a loved one and I struggled with that same issue. There are many ways to face challenges in life, the question is, how will you chose to face them. A character in the novel Hope Was Here that had a tremendous struggle throughout the

did my project on Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer, which was published in 2000, and Say Goodnight, Gracie by Julie Reece Deaver, which was published in 1988. Hope Was Here is about a 16 year old girl, who is being raised by her Aunt Addie, who is a chef. Her mom, Deena deemed hereself unfit to take care of Tulip, who later changed her name to Hope as soon as she turned 12. Hope is a teenage waitress, and her Aunt Addie and she have moved around a lot. The story starts with Addie and Hope just arrived in

are you suffering from a disease? In the bildungsroman novel Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer, neglection, disease, and a lack of parenting are all conflicts in the novel. These conflicts also involve the two main characters Hope and G.T. Stoop. G.T is the owner of the Welcome Stairways which is a restaurant in a small town called Mulhoney in Wisconsin. G.T is 54 yrs old and is battling leukemia while being involved in a heated election. Hope, a teenager who is a junior in high school in Mulhoney and a

As I was reading Hope Was Here, by Joan Bauer, and Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes, by Chris Crutcher, I started to see some common themes shared by the two books. Each book showed the values of a strong friendship, the power of strength and determination, and the importance of helping others. The first theme I noticed from the books is the value of friendship. In Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes, if Sarah Byrnes didn’t have Eric Calhoune as a friend, she would have never told anyone the true story about

when it first hits you like a baseball coming fast from an out-of-control pitcher. You reel back stinging from the blow.” (Bauer,162). Throughout the novel Hope Was Here we see characters go through struggles and gain strength to overcome them. In our everyday lives we have struggles that we also have to overcome. In the novel Hope Was Here, one of the characters Braverman has to choose his family or education. The character Addie, faces the struggle of miscarrying three babies. In my life I have

The book, Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer, tells the story of Hope Yancy as she realizes what life is about; letting go of pain and hurt, and cherishing the love. The main character is a sixteen year old waitress named Hope Yancy. She feels she is the person to enlist hope in others and in herself since changing her name from Tulip to Hope. She is a terrific waitress, like her mother. Her mom, Deena, left her older sister to care for Hope after she was born early and could barely eat because she felt