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Tuesday of the other june by norma fox mazer is a realistic fiction about a girl who gets bullied and mistreated. In the beginning, the 2 junes meet and one doesn't like the other and begins to call her names. Soon, the rude june goes from calling her names to kicking and punching and nice june does not want to tell anyone. In The end, nice june's mom decides to move and they are both very excited they pack up and head out but when they get there they are greated their new neighbors and it is mean june and her family. This story shows that being bullied affects june's life in many ways. One Reason that being bullied affects junes life in many ways is it is affecting her emotionally. In paragraph 21/22 they realize they have the same name
In the story, “Brownies” by Z.Z. Packer the two main characters create different and clear ideas that shape the story. Notably, the character, Arnetta is very effective and manipulative, much the opposite of the frequently disregarded and ignored, flat character Laurel. These two characters are oppositional of one another but carry the central theme of racism and human cruelty in the story. Resulting in Laurel understanding that retribution has no boundaries and that one person alone cannot change this.
June is the first character that will be analyzed. First, she was just rebounding from her mother’s death. She had thought for a long time that she had never done anything to make her
In “The Weekend,” George cheats on Lenore with Sarah, and she still chooses to stay with him and work out their issues. The story by Ann Beattie can relate to “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin because Edna cheats on Leonce with Robert and Alcee Arobin. After learning Edna cheats on him, Leonce decides to stay with Edna to work their relationship out. While nothing is wrong with their significant others, they cheat because something in them is unfulfilled. Lenore knows George cheats because he spends much of his time with the other women, but she never acknowledges it, until she talks with Julie one day; “she’s really the best friend I’ve ever had. We understand things—we don’t always have to talk about them. ‘Like her relationship with George,’
In the book, Till the end of June, by Cris Beam. The overall theme is about foster care. Foster care in relation with the kids, the parents who take care of the kids, and the corporations that oversee the foster parents care and guidance. The book is broken up by parts, each part has different foster parents caring for different foster children. A lot of the book is regulations that both the kids and the parents must undergo. A lot of kids have come from dysfunction homes and are either forced to foster care or our put there by the choice of the parent(s). I believe the author was trying to accomplish the fact of what the kids and parents go through in tough situations.
The poem was part of a Sandra Cisneros’s book called, My Wicked Wicked Ways, collection of poems that has the themes of Chicanas’ sexuality, culture, and history. It is a narrative because it paints a picture in my head even though it has a few words. For All Tuesday Travelers is an empowerment poem because it tells a story of a woman acting against the traditional role of being woman by using allegory, mood, and alliteration.
...he story with the various characters. Melinda’s acquaintance, Heather works hard at finding friends and becoming popular, but in the end she turns away from Melinda. The story is about the high school years. Many times when we are growing up we can’t wait to get there because we will be treated as adults, but the truth is the problems that come along when we are older can be difficult. The various clans of students help present the theme by showing us that there are many different types of people. The popular cheerleaders, the jocks, the geeks and those who are just trying to fit in. Melinda transforming the janitor’s closet symbolizes her hiding her feelings and Melinda’s inability to speak and tell people what happened to her. High school can be fun but unfortunately through the eyes of Melinda it was a very hard time.
In the novel Champion, June and Day (characters from the previous novels in the series) now take on the responsibility of piecing back together their home, The Republic. Because of the disputes between the Republic and the Colonies (mainly a fight over land), Champion’s setting is thrown into a state of war. There are three consistent characters in the novel Champion; June Iparis, Daniel Alten Wing (aka Day), and the Elector Primo (Anden). June is The Republic’s very own prodigy, and as a princepts-elect, one of the newest
...nd personal story that shows the pitiful characters of Arpi and Connie that are victims of bullying at school. Then she concludes the story with a “perhasping” image of Connie and her mother at 7-Eleven transporting the readers from a classroom setting of kids bullied in front of an absentminded teacher to a sad picture in front of a store window. Considering the future, Murphy encourages the reader to evaluate their stand on cruelty and to make that difference not treat one another different. Murphy through rhetorical and tonal elements of pathos, logos, and diction expresses that cruelty in any form is wrong no matter how one tries to justify it. Doing bad for good is never right.
Imagine losing the people who are closest to you and then being sent to live with a family you barely know; to top it all of, a petulant old man (whose sole purpose in life seems to be complaining) also joins the family. June Rae Wood’s dramatic, fictional novel, “Turtle of a Fence Post”, captures the sorrow and pain of a girl in this situation, as Delrita (the protagonist) still manages to stay strong throughout all the losses in her life. This story makes people think and view situations through different viewpoints. June Rae Wood develops the story and makes it stronger through literary devices such as imagery, foreshadowing, and figurative language.
Later on that day their mom called for some help to come get her and their brother Bobby, when they car came he had to get in a hurst. After all that happened they finally found out what Bobby had.. it was polio what bobby had they knew things would really change after that. So the next day after Ann Fay found out that Bobby had polio she didn't know how she was gonna tell the twins. When Ann Fay told the twins they really didn’t know what polio was so of course Ann Fay had to tell them. The next day Ann Fay had to wake them up get them dressed washed their face and feed them breakfast, she was already toren all up because of what happened to her little brother. Before her daddy left he had gave her some overalls to be the man of the house and help her mom with the kids while he was gone to the war. Ann Fay knew with overalls she was gonna be doing everything now that her little brother has
Melba went through a lot of battles each day. The kids at Central High School, like to do most to the little rock nine was to prank them a lot each day. They started easy with the pranks but then it started to get worse each day that passed. One of the battles that Melba fought was violence. When she was walking out of the locker room and was all ready for gym to play volleyball with the other white girls, the girls started to taught her and pushed her down and started to kick her hard were blood started to come out of her and also with a lot of scrapes on her knees. Another battle she fought that was the biggest was pranking. Between classes Melba had to go use the restroom and she thought that maybe no one would taunt her there but while she was using the restroom she heard girls giggling in the corner of the bathroom and she wanted to get out of there. But all the sudden when Melba looked up she saw fireball toilet paper coming down on her and Melba tried to swat them away but more kept coming down faster. One of them hit her dress and her new dress that her grandma and mama gave her was ruined. Melba decided to take action so she pick up her book and tried to throw it to aim one of the girls and she got one and then threw one of her other books and she got several girls and then they ran out of the bathroom. Another battle she fought was
June’s mother is displaying her rules for respect. Obviously she does not care to know what June thinks about this, she does not even have a choice in this matter. It is opposite in the t...
There are many different examples demonstrating that the bullying experiences of the author are the main idea of the book. From 5th-12th grade she was tormented by her classmates. But her family and the friends she made along the way helped her get through and and overall she says it made her a better person. She overcame what happened her and let it change her in a positive way. She now works to prevent what happened to her from happening to anyone else. What could you do to prevent it? In conclusion, the main idea of this book is that bullying was a common occurrence in the life of Jodee Blanco but now the most common occurrence in her life is success.
The irony of the story is that her husband is alive, but she is dead when he reaches home. The tragic death of her husband help her to grasp the beauty of life and the fact that she does not have much more time to live it. In an hour of time she comes to peace with herself and wins her "battle".
In chapter two of The View from Saturday, the author, E.L. Konigsburg introduces the character Nadia Diamondstein, a sixth grade girl who considers herself a hybrid/mixed breed, because both Judaism and Protestant run in her family. Like Noah Gershom, Nadia has a place as both a member of The Souls and the Epiphany Middle School Academic Bowl team. The chapter opens at the finals of the Academic Bowl. The commissioner of education reads the next question, “What is the name given to that portion of the North Atlantic Ocean noted for its abundance of seaweed and what is its importance to the ecology of our planet?” This time, Nadia’s buzzer sounds. Using a flashback, Konigsburg shows the reader events of Nadia’s summer, to explain how Nadia could