The main character in the book Savvy, written by Ingrid Law, is a girl who just turned 13 named Mississippi Beaumont. Mississippi or Mib’s just discovered her magical power that all Beaumonts get on their 13 birthday called her Savvy. Mibs embarks on a journey to go to Silina Hope Hospital so she can see her father who was just involved in a car wreck. She thinks her Savvy will be the one to save her father from the coma that he is in. But she faces many obstacles on her way to Silina. Mibs will find her true Savvy on this adventure with her friends and her many character traits such as being brave, caring, and selfish at times. Mibs is a very caring girl because she longs to help her father so much that she is willing to get to Silina no matter what and all on her own. She also gave Will an ice pack for his black eye to show her kindness and affection for him. But what really showed her caring side was when she put her personal basket of food that she was supposed to eat on the ground next to a homeless guy that was passed out in the alley and she also put her bow that was on her dress beside the basket to show that she was there. Throughout the story Mibs is a very brave young girl because she decided to get onto the bus …show more content…
At the beginning of the story Mibs was caring and very helpful to others, but as the story went on she lost her caring side. She turned selfish and didn’t think, I could tell when she started to change because she wanted to make sure that Lill and Lester aren't going to be held responsible for Mibs mistake. She became friends with Bobbie and made her brother apologize to Will for his rudeness and then Will and Fish became best friends. She really started to change when she found out that she cannot help her father to much now since she found out her true Savvy, and she started to focus more on how she can get everyone to Silin safe and
In the Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett, Homer and Mother Maria both display straightforward, hardworking, and stubborn character traits. Firstly, Homer and Mother Maria both display a straightforward personality by being brutally honest about their opinions. For example, when Mother Maria asks Homer to build a chapel, Homer speaks his mind by telling her he does not want to build it. Mother Maria shows her straightforward behavior during Homer’s stay at the convent. One morning, when Homer sleeps in late, Mother to becomes extremely upset and is not afraid to show how she feels about him. Secondly, both Homer and Mother Maria display a hardworking spirit. Homer is a hardworking man because after finally agreeing to build the chapel,
Our class has been reading a book called “Brown Girl Dreaming” for the past two weeks. The author, Jacqueline Woodson talks about her life growing up. For example she talks about how her mom and dad divorced when she was young. She talks about how she moves to Greenville and how her grandpa is like a dad figure, and how her mother came back with a pale skinned baby after she went to New York. Character traits make up a person, and while reading the book, you can see what Jacqueline is like during her childhood. Jacqueline has many character traits, such as being jealous of her older sister, being naive, and she is also respectful.
The main character of this book is Susan Caraway, but everyone knows her as Stargirl. Stargirl is about 16 years old. She is in 10th grade. Her hair is the color of sand and falls to her shoulders. A “sprinkle” of freckles crosses her nose. Mostly, she looked like a hundred other girls in school, except for two things. She didn’t wear makeup and her eyes were bigger than anyone else’s in the school. Also, she wore outrageous clothes. Normal for her was a long floor-brushing pioneer dress or skirt. Stargirl is definitely different. She’s a fun loving, free-spirited girl who no one had ever met before. She was the friendliest person in school. She loves all people, even people who don’t play for her school’s team. She doesn’t care what others think about her clothes or how she acts. The lesson that Stargirl learned was that you can’t change who you are. If you change for someone else, you will only make yourself miserable. She also learned that the people who really care about you will like you for who you are. The people who truly love you won’t ask you to change who you are.
The novel Suttree is centered on Cornelius “Buddy” Suttree, a college educated man who has decided to forsake his former life and live in a houseboat on the Tennessee River outside of Knoxville, Tennessee in a fairly destitute area known as McAnally Flats in 1951. He leaves his wife and child, a son, giving up the comfortable life to live as a river rat of sorts. He seems to be searching for something, unbeknownst to him or the reader. Possibly the meaning of life, but more than likely it’s a way to deal with death that seems to follow Suttree around throughout the novel. He’s not one for social norms, coming off as being an anarchist. He runs from his responsibilities, rebels against authority, and refuses to be bound by social convention. His everyday life is a hodge podge of drunken adventures, be it brawls or waking up in the morning in the local lockup hungover and confused. He associates with the
People have goals everyday, believe it or not some people think that dreams aren't worth it. I believe that it is worth it to dream because it gives a person a goal, it makes them feel good, and it makes them stronger. I know this from The Pearl, A Cubs video, the Susan Boyle video, and We Beat the streets.
High school sophomore, Samantha Baker woke up on the morning of her sixteenth birthday, hoping for an overnight transformation. While on the phone with her best friend, she stares at herself in the mirror, praying she had grown a few inches and a set of boobs. Much to avail, she has not and her day goes on just like every other one. She has the added pressure of being a bridesmaid for her older sister Ginny’s wedding, the next day. After being felt up by Grandmother Baker, Samantha deals with the ridicule and torment of her annoying little brother and takes the bus to school. During her study hall class she takes a silly quiz another friend had given her. The quiz ends up in the hands of her crush, Jake Ryan! The anxiety sets in.
In The Big Field, author Mike Lupica explores the theme, "Success uses motivation as fuel." Lupica portrays this theme through the main character, Hutch. Throughout the entire book, Hutch, a young boy that has just recently joined a highly talented baseball team, displays moments that exemplify this main theme. Hutch and his team have a chance to play in the stadium of the Miami Marlins, a Major League Baseball team, as long as they can keep winning games and advancing through a challenging tournament; however, Hutch's favorite position on the field, shortstop, the position located between 2nd and 3rd base, has already been filled on the team. Unfortunately, Hutch gets a demotion from shortstop, to second base, the position located between 1st base and 2nd base. Although Hutch was disappointed and melancholy about the switch in position, he was even more upset about the downgrading of leadership, since the
As well she responds to most situations with a maturity most adults’ lack. These books all describe how the adult world is often complicated and difficult, as well as full of lies, deceit, and phoney people. The books also describe how sometimes an innocent child’s opinion can be smarter than a full grown
Seymour should not be trusted to go anywhere alone, because he does have mental issues as a result of the war, and no one knows when and where he’ll act out. Seymour and Sybil’s relationship is innocent, but the outside world would not see it that way because of their huge age difference. He should not be interested, complimenting, or keeping young girls company, because it would be taken in the wrong way. He had been unpredictable mentally at home since the war and he should not be alone with a little girl. This weird friendship started because Muriel ignored her brother and Sybil’s mother irresponsibly left her by herself on the beach to go drink. The little girl does not know better to have a crush and open up to a complete stranger. Sybil didn’t know Seymour was sick, she probably just thought he was a fun adult. Lastly, Seymour does not see a problem with their relationship due to his
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
One can learn responsibility through experience, whether the experience is great, or if it is tragic. In The Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes, twelve year old Lanesha demonstrates her growth by bringing her and others to safety during a deadly storm. Once nurtured and cared for by her non-biological grandmother, Lanesha learns to take care of herself and others. This significance shows her transitioning from a girl to a young woman.
influence all her life and struggles to accept her true identity. Through the story you can
Point of view is an essential element to a reader's comprehension of a story. The point of view shows how the narrator thinks, speaks, and feels about any particular situation. In Toni Cade Bambara's "The Lesson," the events are told through the eyes of a young, mischievous girl named Sylvia who lives in a lower class neighborhood. The reader gets a limited point of view of view because the events are told strictly by Sylvia. This fact can influence the reader to see things just as she does. The strong language gives an unfamiliar reader an illustration of how people in the city speak. Bambara does this to show the reader that kids from lower class neighborhoods are affected by their environment due to lack of education and discipline, that how different one part of society is from another, and that kids learn from experience. We also get an insight of Sylvia’s feisty, rebellious nature and her lack of respect towards people with an education.
She always reiterated she could return home if she wanted to when she was never sure about that. She also agreed with Gin that they should turn the baby to the police since she did not want to go to all those troubles but like Gin they did not leave Hana and the baby by themselves. She was the first one to see her family member she had an accident with who was her father she stabbed. Instead of confronting him when she saw him in the train she ran away, she tried to call him in a public phone, he recognize her but she hanged up. She also helped a woman who pretended she was the mother of Kiyoko just because she lost her baby and wanted Kiyoko as hers. She convince her to restart her life with her husband and let Kiyoko live with her real parents because anyone she should know how it feels to lose a baby. They all end up in the hospital with an incident that occurred and the parents of the Kiyoko the baby inform the detective that they want to reward all three of them and become the baby’s godfathers even if they are homeless. When the detective takes Kiyoko parents to them he sees his daughter Miyuki, that is Miyuki second chance to solve her problem with her father but we never know what happens since the movie
Noah is the one of the main characters of The Notebook. He is the hero of this novel. Noah represents true love and true loyalty. In a way, The Notebook is similar to every modern day romance movie, and Noah represents the “dream man” that all the girls always imagine of having. The characters in movies are used to symbolize ideas, and in this novel, Noah represents true, faithful, committed love. Noah remains loyal to Allie even in the situation where he is unsure whether they will ever meet again or not.