Have you ever met a person that had that had such a huge impact on your life. Better yet, have you ever met an animal that changed your life completely? In the book Because Of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Opal, the main character met a dog at a grocery store. The stray dog was filthy and all alone. He wasn’t suppose to be in the store so the owner was about to call the pound. Not thinking clearly Opal told the owner that the dog was hers. Right then and there Opal named the dog after the grocery store, Winn-Dixie. Opal lived in a small trailer with her dad, The Preacher. She’s always moving because of her dad’s job. At a young age her mother left and she doesn’t have any huge memories of her. The title Because Of Winn-Dixie relates to the novel itself in many reasons. In the story, Opal met Winn Dixie from the start, she knew she was going to have a connection with the dog. Opla said she felt like Winn Dixie was her only friend. She was telling her dad this …show more content…
Comes to find out, he was scared of thunderstorms. Opal was devastated. She was throwing a party for all her friends and she was planning on having a great time until he ran away. It started to thunder and Opal couldn't find him. She looked everywhere with her father. He told Opal to go back home because he thought Winn Dixie will show up when the storm passes. She told him “No he is all I got we have to find him!” When she said this, she meant that without Winn Dixie she wouldn’t be the person she have become. Everything was going right in her life because of Winn Dixie and she had to find him. Luckily she did and she was the happiest girl on earth. The title of the book has everything to do with the book because Winn Dixie makes Opal happy. He makes her wanna go out and have fun. He makes her want to make the best of everything. Everything she ever said about him was positive and he makes her happy. Opal is better off this way and it’s all Because of Winn
The South has always been known for its farming economy, confederate tendencies, family pride, and delicate females in ruffled dresses. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the South's familiar traditions become ostensible as a theme throughout the plot. This novel takes place in Alabama in the 1930s and tells a story about a lawyer who defends a wrongly accused black man while trying to raise his two children, Scout and Jem, as they go through life's most active learning stage. Southern ways enhance the plot of the story and give a realistic and historic perspective to the book. This portrayal of Southern culture appears in various forms of racism, hatred, meek women, and family.
The next day they arrived at their destination, the ranch where the would be working. That day, they met someone named Candy. He was an old man who had been working on the farm for many years. He also had an old dog. It was so stiff with rheumatism it could hardly walk.
Candy’s dog is very precious to him, not only because he had been with him ever since he was a pup but also because he could see himself in the dogs place after a very short period of time. He was getting old and would be of no use soon. Just like the dog, everyone would be eager to get rid of him. He had lost his hand at the ranch. He is disabled, both, physically and mentally.
Yet, this can be a prominent moment and time for discussion on the novel, which can bring about many topics which would have been formerly untouched. Titles of short stories, books, movies, and all different types of literature and entertainment all have titles, this is how they are recognized. In the case of Alice Walker, her title is derived from the idea of the conflict and message of the story. Alice Walker challenges her readers to see the negative outcomes of being a materialistic person.
She used The Misfit as her last resort to go to Tennessee. When leaving to go on the road, she sneaks her cat Pitty Sing, fearing "she may miss him too much". She could have her cat with someone. After The Misfit starts killing the family, she proceeds to beg for him to spare her life. This show that she is willing to live alone as long as she 's spared.
Upon arriving at the Shepherd’s tiny, backwoods home, Lamar introduced himself to his sisters. He made
Faye is fighting to re-home animals that have been abandoned and abused. Since 2012 she has re-homed more than 60 dogs, and about 20 kittens. Faye says, “I would do anything no matter what to save one animal.” It’s as if her whole entire life revolves around saving animals. Faye thinks just by adopting an animal you can help animal abandonment. Also, Faye has her own book on why animal abandonment isn’t good. Although Faye thinks her job is stressful, she thinks it’s easy because she enjoys doing her job and helping animals find a home.
Because of Winn-Dixie is a delightful book about a lonely young girl who finds friendship in a dog. The main character, India Opal Buloni, finds a homeless dog and she and the dog go on to have a marvelous summer. Friendship between a young girl and her dog would seem to be the central theme in the book. However, when looked at through a psychoanalytic lens the book then has deeper underlining issues. When looked at psychoanalytically the novel takes on a whole new theme. The theme changes from friendship to abandonment and loss.
When she finally got up the courage to leave Louis, he deiced to take her son away from her. She lost custody of Teddy when the divorce was final and has always regretted not fighting harder for her son.
When Zora Hurston wrote this novel, she wanted to explain how a young women search for her own identity. This young woman would go through three relationships that took her to the end of the journey of a secure sense of independence. She wanted to find her own voice while in a relationship, but she also witnessed hate, pain, and love through the journey. When Logan Killicks came she witnessed the hate because he never connected physically or emotionally to her. Jody Starks, to what she assumed, as the ticket to freedom. What she did not know was the relationship came with control and pain. When she finally meets Tea Cake she was in love, but had to choose life over love in the end.
Because of Winn-Dixie is a bittersweet tale of contemporary life of a resilient child living lonely in a small Southern town will hold readers engrossed about themes of friendship, moral lessons, and forgiveness with a small portion of christianly.
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I met the man to pick my choice of dog. I was brought into a room and in this room was a basket overflowing with sleeping puppies. They were two months old black and white but also a few brindle. Some had escaped and wandered off walking. Each one was five hundred dollars, not a price that bothered me since I saved enough for this. This small half black and white face male puppy really caught my attention. “That one!” Nothing was changing my mind on that. That puppy was going to be Bentley. All of my life, I had waited for this. He makes his arrival to his new
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When the lonely puppy got to his new home, he was scared. He wondered, “Where am I? Where is my mom? Are my brothers and sisters here? ”. Aden's house was huge. There were so many things to sniff, and lots of items to chew on. The lonely puppy started to cry. Aden picked him up and brought him to his mom. “Mom, why is he crying?” he asked. “He’s sad that he’s away from his family. Maybe you can cheer him up by giving him a name,” she suggested. “Great idea!” he