Peculiar

Gothic literature can be produced in many different ways because of the variation of gothic elements an author can use. In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, written by Ransom Riggs, the author uses gothic literature to pull out emotions from the reader that are hard to pull in other kinds of writing. Along with Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Feather Pillow, by Horacio Quiroga, and The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe. All of these literature works use gothic elements such

Title: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children         Author: Ransom Riggs            Pages: 352 Summary:  Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was about a boy named Jacob Portman. He had a grandfather that would tell him about his marvelous adventures to a wonderful island, in Wales,  where extraordinary things happen. His grandfather dies a painful death, and Jacob's therapist recommends that he goes to Wales to find some closure. Jacob and his father go to Wales, where Jacob finds

were a carpenter, but you enjoy writing, then you belong in both of those “worlds.” While reading the books, Cinder, by Marissa Meyer, and the book, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs, I found myself asking the question, can you really belong in two places? In the book, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, the story is about a boy who wanted to visit the place where his grandfather's old stories took place, but when he got there, it was burnt down, but further inspection

in life. Family comes with benefits, for example you have the ability to be yourself, you are free of all stress, and you can be comfortable because your are accepted for what you are no matter what. In Ransom’s novel, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children shows how when dealing with problems family is there to encourage you, and help you get through them. Each time Jacob is in a rough spot he has family there to bring him love and happiness. Trust should

Home for Peculiar Children is a horror young adult literature written by Ransom Riggs. It tells Jacob Portman’s story who followed clues that lead him to a house for refugees on the Cairnholm Island off the coast of Wales, where his grandfather used to stay during the Second World War back in the 1940s. The Cairnholm Island itself only had one phone and was powered with generators that shut off at 10 pm everyday, foreshadowing the fact that Jacob would go back in time later on. The peculiar children

Emma, one of the main characters in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, is characteriazed very well. She has two very prominent traits that are shown in the book which show her personality very clearly. Her first characteristic is that she is extremely courageous. One way that this trait is shown is when she fought against the hollowgasts and wights, the monsters, that were following Jacob. When the two of them came in contact with a wight Jacob asked Emma if she was scared. She responded

but some have similar themes. This year, my last of high school, I’ve read three different books that are very different but also, very similar in their own ways. The books that I read are named; 1984, Hunger Games, and Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children. Throughout reading these three books, I’ve learned some valuable things that I can apply to my life outside of high school. In the book 1984, some major themes are; totalitarianism, love, loyalty, and independence. Throughout the book

The book, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, follows Jacob Portman's journey investigating his grandfather’s past, however Jacob does not seem to do much in the story. Character such as: Abraham/Abe Portman (Jacob’s grandfather), Dr. Golan (Jacob’s Psychiatrist/the main antagonist) and the peculiar children play more important roles in the novel than the main character, Jacob, does. Abe lives an eventful life in the beginning of the story that Jacob, at first, looked up to. “Growing

In the Peculiar Benefits Roxane Gay talks about privilege how it work in the real world. How others don’t have the same privilege as an individual thus making people viewing the world in a spectrum. Privilege is a special right, advance or immunity granted or available only to one person or group of people. We have all these privilege race, gender, heterosexuality and etc…. all give us the frame work of our society that we live today. The WordPress page stated that people are classified by those

work. Every story contains a different element that come together to bring out the same feelings. In both works, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs, and “The Raven,” by Edgar Allan Poe, the ambiguity of the stories make the reader want to learn more about these mysteries and continue reading. Jacob, in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, finds his grandfather face down in the woods. Covered in gashes and blood, Jacob came running to help his grandfather, asking “him