I read the book Dreamland by Sarah Dessen it has two hundred and five pages. This book took me about two weeks to read. I learned from this book to see the signs of an abusive relationship. In the book Caitlin's sister Cassy ran away to be with a boy she seemed to be in love with. She doesn't come back until the end of the book. Since Cass ran away, Caitlyn later joins the cheer squad. She was doing so good in school until she meets Rogerson. Rogerson seemed nice for the first date. After they decided to go out he made her smoke pot. When he took her to meet his parents he got beat by his father so Caitlyn felt bad and stayed. Since Caitlyn was in such a abusive relationship with him telling her “he knows everything” she never went to school because she felt really depressed and anxious. …show more content…
I chose to read this book because i have read other books from the author and it had a pretty cover. The main theme of dreamland is Forgiveness. In the book, Rogerson was abusive and terrible to Caitlin but she didn’t hate him and she still felt bad because he was a mess and he did that. She forgave him for all the things he said and did to her. She forgave him right after he did stuff because she was always a forgiving person. She had a really hard couple of years but she was still the most humble and kind person after being forced to smoke pot at do bad things with him and have to be okay so he wouldn't get mad. He ruined her life and she was so kind to just forgive people. I think this is a good theme because i feel like if everyone had the power to forgive then maybe the world would be a little kinder and a better place to be. I think everyone should be able to forgive people. It makes you feel a lot better about yourself. If i was in this situation i would honestly leave the relationship. I would tell at least my
One of the reasons why IPV victims do not leave his or her abusers is due to isolation. This one of the any methods abusers use in order to achieve control over his or her victims. Abusers isolate the victim by cutting the victim's ties to any support system and resources. A support system includes family, friends, classmates, coworkers, and the government. Isolation is one of the many methods used in order to gain control over the victim’s life. In the autobiographical novel, I Am Not Your Victim: Anatomy of Domestic Violence, the author Beth Sipe discusses the domestic violence that she had suffered during her 16 year marriage. Sipe describes their “romance,” the abuse of power, Sam isolating her and her family, the confusion, the fear, the
The main idea of the book was a girl learning to cope with her past and and trying to grow from it. Charlie starts of in a mental institution for self-harm. She is then taken out of the place because of her mother’s lack of money. She goes to Arizona to be helped out by her friend Mikey, which is gone most of the time. Charlie gets a job at a weird coffee place and meets a guy named Riley, where they instantly get a connection. The rest of the book is Charlie trying to learn how to deal with all of her past hardships and find a better way to deal with the memories and pain. The only two coping methods she seemed
One of the occurring themes is of bravery. The Walls children face adversity when moving from place to place, dealing with bullies and their father goes into an alcohol induced rage. “Brian, Maureen, Lori and I got into more fights than most kids.” Walls tells the readers on page 164. The kids had to learn to stand up for themselves in a harsh community; they had to be brave. Walls also used the theme of forgiveness to teach about the importance of forgiving those who wronged you. Her parents constantly ignored their children’s needs and mistreated them, but in the end they were forgiven for all of that and they were a regular family. “We raised our glasses. I could almost hear Dad chuckling at Mom’s comment in the way he did when he was truly enjoying something.” (Walls 288). The purpose of this comment is to wrap up the story, but it also shows forgiveness and growth. By the end of the book all was forgiven, the neglect, the stealing, the cheating and the lying, and they were family. These themes in the book are an overarching device that is a great tool to show the moral or lesson of the certain story.
The book I chose to read was “Smile for the Camera” by Kelle James, Copyrighted in 2010. It starts off with chapter one. Kelle, the main character, is lying in bed when her dad walks in. he has a gun in his hand and hes crying, not a good combination according to her. Kelle pretends to be asleep. She decides she needs to leave home. That’s where chapter two begins. She climbs onto the enormous Greyhound bus with her suitcase in hand. She waves goodbye to her father but he only nods. Kelle’s father never really liked her. In fact he hated her. As the bus pulls away, her father waves to her. Kelle was on her way to New York City.
One of the very first themes of the novel is loss. Lily’s mother died when Lily was very young, and this became a very important moment for Lily. Lily only remembers the fuzzy details of what happened when her mother died, and it is this fuzziness that makes her determined to run away and find out what really happened on the day. The
basis of the plot and themes of this novel. The fond memories she possessed of her mother and the harsh ones of her father are reflected in the thoughts and
The theme is supported in the whole story and Jesus help to support the theme. The direction of this story follows good and evil with a criminal situation that most be destine to happen. I think the Misfits will be punished, but I would have loved to read about it in this story. The grandmother's hope in God seemed to be coming to the end. Flannery O'Connor brings her reader through a tuff time to let them understand the theme of our society and how it’s constantly changing.
The theme of this book is that the human capacity to adapt to and find happiness in the most difficult circumstances. Each character in the novel shows this in their way. For instance, their family is randomly taken from their home and forced to work but they still remain a close nit family. In addition, they even manage to stick together after being separated for one of their own. These show how even in the darkest time they still manage to find a glimmer of hope and they pursued on.
In the essay "Overcoming Abuse - My Story", Shawna Platt talks about her childhood with her alcoholic parents and her struggles. She has experienced neglect, domestic, emotional and sexual abuse. She also talks about how she overcame all the abuse, the way the abuse effected her mental health, and how she broke the cycle with her children.
It depicts the most important theme of starting-over and creating anew life. This can be shown through the use of its relationship of that setting to the actual world, time period and features of the physical setting. While having the novel take place in the 1980s, this period showed many leaps in technology advancement which is quite ironic considering Allie refused to take in any of it. He believes that the system and government were corrupt, therefore adding in tension and a strong dislike for America. Although originally beginning the novel on a farm in Northampton, Massachusetts, and not being located directly in a big city the pastoral scene wasn’t as calming and screen as a country living life is perceived to be.
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.
real life drama in Partners Against the Dark by Cynthia Davidson, is sure to relate to someone the reader may know. I chose to write about Partners Against the Dark because domestic abuse is a real problem. Although the story is fictional it can easily pertain to a real life situation. The story comes from Ellipsis, Spring 2016, a publication of University of New Orleans English Department. The strongest element of the story is the theme because it helps develop a proper character, strong plot, and internal conflict.
Domestic abuse, also known as domestic violence, can occur between two people in an intimate relationship. The abuser is not always the man; it can also be the woman. Domestic abuse can happen between a woman and a man, a man and a man, or a woman and a woman. Domestic abuse shows no preference. If one partner feels abusive, it does not matter their sexual orientation, eventually the actions they are feeling will come out towards their partner.
Physical Violence is classified as an act of intentional violence that involves the use of force which could possibly result in physical harm, disability, or even death to the victim. According to Loveisrespect.org, “examples of physical abuse include hitting, scratching, shoving, grabbing, biting, throwing, choking, shaking, kicking, burning, physical restraint, use of a weapon, or otherwise causing intentional physical injury to the victim”
feel that if she had agreed to live with him then his life would have