The book that I chose to read is Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Long Haul. It was written by Jeff Kinney, and published by Amulet books in 2014. Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Long Haul is a fictional story. It is about a kid that goes on a road trip with his family but not everything goes as planned. In the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series the main character is Greg Heffley and his family. His mom’s name is Susan, his dad’s name is Frank, his older brother is Rodrick, and his little brother is Manny. The setting of this story is mainly set in their car while they are driving but they do stop at places like a hotel, a fair, and Soak Central. In this story the it starts off talking about the past trips that his family has went too and how they did not turn out good. The they start their trip and that’s where …show more content…
He first had problems with them at the hotel because their kids were being loud and obnoxious in the hall so Greg told them to stop and they told their dad and he got mad at Greg. They kept running into that family like on the road and the fair even at Soak Central. Everywhere Greg and his family went he ran into them. The Beardo’s took their chair and all of their stuff at Soak central so they couldn't get their other things out of their locker because Greg thought the key was with their other things that the Beardo’s took. He found it in his pocket when they got home and he had a choice to make tell his mom that he found it and take the blame, put it in Rodricks dirty laundry so she finds it and Rodrick takes the blame, or flush it down the toilet and don't tell anyone so he doesn't get in trouble. The message of this story is take the blame for your actions don't hide from it like Greg did he told kids to be quiet and their parents didn't like that and Greg hid from them and he kept running into them and hiding and making things awkward instead of talking too the
In the book “Hideout” by Watt Key, Sam, the main character, lives a nice, relaxed life of video games and playing around his house by the river in Mississippi. But, one day after being humiliated by a school fight, Sam decides to venture off into the forested swamp in his boat and discovers a mysterious boy living in a shack named Davey. They become friends and from there, Sam’s easy and relaxed life ends and the problems begin- as Sam is not allowed to go to the swamp but the strange idea of Davey living in the swamp makes Sam want to visit him more.
The two brothers began their travels and go to many places. They woke up in a different town and Joey was asking Josh if they had eaten breakfast. Without a quick response Josh soon got up and so did Joey and a walked a few miles to eat breakfast. They traveled long distances from week to week usually in a farmer’s truck. They often got rides from kind farmers who were willing or did not mind giving them a ride.
A traveling pilgrim deeply connects and explores the cultures they visit in the same way a spiritual tourist explores life's meaning and significance. In this way, spiritual pilgrims are made unique by their desire to find life purpose. As Falson's life begins to fall apart, he finds new life purpose through the study of St. Francis's Christ-like lifestyle of poverty and generosity. A reader can especially make this connection as Falson washes the genitals of a poor man and the impact it makes on him. Pilgrims studying history search for the purposes and deeper implications of each past event. They seek not just to know the facts but also their deeper
It is a fiction book. It is for young adults. I enjoy reading these types of books and typically read them more than other types of books.
The book I read was The Island by Gary Paulsen. It is about a 15 year
The story is an eye-opening look into the thoughts and feelings of an unnamed man who saw too much of his society and started asking questions. In the story, his quest begins when he hops on a motorcycle with his young son, Chris, a sharp but slightly confused boy. While Chris thinks that the trip is meant only to be a vacation on the back roads of America, his father knows that he is really taking this trip for himself. It is meant to be a period in which he can think about and piece together the events of his early life, a time in which he started to wonder about the faults of society, eventually driving himself insane. Their journey leads them through highways, roads, one lane country passes, and finally into beautiful pastures and mountains. It was during these extended rides and rest stops in nature that we see what this story is really about.
back to his home after years of fighing in war, and along the way they both meet interesting
Anne Taylor's The Accidental Tourist, set in the late twentieth century United States, explores the belief that the loss and suffering of kids is the force behind other losses. Taylor is able to illustrate the exponential amount of her main character's development following the death of his son and the loss of his marriage. The loss of the main character's child illustrates the continuous struggle to discover oneself and repair one's life after a tragedy. Taylor's ability to depict the return of those broken by the world allows one to reflect on their internal happiness. Macon Leary is a middle-aged man who is a writer of a series of guidebooks called The Accidental Tourist that teaches businesspersons how to travel without leaving the comfort of their own homes.
The next book I read was The Giver by Lois Lowry which I actually bought a couple years ago at a book fair. It sat on my shelf for two years then it was recommended to me again, so this time I read it. I ended up liking it so much I contacted the author via email and asked if she would ever consider selling the movie rights. She replied and said that the movie rights have been sold and there’s a movie in the making. The story is about a boy named Jonas living in the perfect utopia where there is no war, no crime, and no hate. The ceremony of twelve’s is very soon and that is the most important ceremony of all; it is when your assignment or job for life is decided. Little does Jonas know that he is about to receive the most important assignment of all. Shortly after the assignment is given he meets The Giver. This sci-fi book is one of the best books I’ve read and is also a Newberry Award winning book.
Of the lessons of this course, the distinction made between story and situation will be the most important legacy in my writing. I learned a great travel essay cannot be merely its situation: its place, time, and action. It requires a story, the reader’s internal “journey of discovery.” While the importance of establishing home, of balancing summary and scene, and other lessons impacted my writing, this assertion at least in my estimation the core argument of the course.
Then he has a vision of home, "where his four beautiful daughters would have had their lunch and might be playing tennis" and sees himself as free to be an explorer. In starting his journey he walks away from reality and enters a fantasy world where he is a great explorer about to conquer the Lucinda River that he names after his wife. In reality he ignored his wife, engaged in adulte...
The rising action of the story was when he would find friends and they would help him to realize certain things about himself. The biker that he met helped him get started on stars. One of the maids that he met on his trip had shown him kindness and through this, she taught him that u can always have a fresh start or second chance at life as long as you try hard enough. And the artist that he met at the ocean helped him learn that u shouldn’t always judge a book by its cover, there might be more to someone than you think.
He takes the children on a journey, cleverly integrating Indigenous culture into the experience by telling stories that relate to the food the boys are served. With crocodile pizza and honey milkshakes, he tells the stories of the young boy who went hunting in the wrong waterhole and the discovery of the stinging bees, followed by spiritual dances.
Imagine waking up on a normal day, in your normal house, in your normal room. Imagine if you knew that that day, you would be taken away from your normal life, and forced to a life of death, sickness, and violence. Imagine seeing your parents taken away from you. Imagine watching your family walk into their certain death. Imagine being a survivor. Just think of the nightmares that linger in your mind. You are stuck with emotional pain gnawing at your sanity. These scenerios are just some of the horrific things that went on between 1933-1945, the time of the Holocaust. This tragic and terrifying event has been written about many times. However, this is about one particularly fascinating story called The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne.
... executed in order to set off into the world alone. The influence that independent travel has on an individual is a splendor upon riches because it does so much for a person, and provides humans with a sense of the world. How a person can makes new friends and learn about new cultures and accept other people’s way of living. With its educational purposes traveling alone can bring, offers an endless amount of living data that tops any history book or internet page. Traveling is concrete history that is continuing around everyone. It can provide people to look through different lenses and experience aspects of life that they know they will never experience again in their lifetimes. Traveling alone provides an endless journey and an empty page in the minds scrapbook that is waiting to be filled with new memories and the endless amount of true belonging and bliss.