The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod is written by Heather Brewer is a fictional fantasy book that would keep you reading until the end of the series. The main characters Vladimir, Henry, Mr. Otis and Aunt Nelly don’t know how much mayhem they are about to get into. D’Ablo is the antagonist trying to kill Vladimir for his father’s wrong-doing. Vladimir is tall, pale and skinny. He was also bullied a lot and was very shy. Oh yeah did I also mention he is a vampire? He is also the first of his species: he is a half-blood and half-human vampire. Vladimir also drinks anything as long as it goes with blood packs that come from Aunt Nelly because she is a nurse. Vladimir’s Father Tomas was a Vampire who was the President of the Elysian Council until he disappeared because the Elysian council found out he was with a human. Vladimir thought his parents had died Henry is the Vladimir’s best friend. Henry knows Vladimir is a vampire. Vladimir can read people’s thoughts if the person was bitten by him. He can read Henry’s thoughts because when Vladimir was little he had bitten Henry. Aunt Nelly is not really Vladimir’s aunt just Vladimir’s mother’s best friend. Aunt Nelly accepts Vladimir as a vampire. After Vladimir’s parents vanished, Aunt Nelly (a friend of Vladimir’s mother) took care of Vladimir. The setting of the book takes place in a small community of Bathory, a junior high school and Elysia (a fraudulent vampire kingdom). The time of the story is near Halloween time. Now Vladimir will embark on an adventure and see what really happened to his parents and the secret to Elysia. The rising action of the book when Mr . Otis started to substitute for Mr. Craig (Vladimir’s favorite teacher) came to the school because Mr. Craig is missing, and... ... middle of paper ... ...but Otis tells him that there is also school and he will have to work hard. Vladimir realizes that he has to standup for himself. This is where Vladimir will really start his journey. The theme of the story is to stand up for who you are and to be unique. Being unique is an excellent trait that everyone has. Instead of making that ability a curse you should embrace it. When someone picks on us we should be unshaken by it and try to complement ourselves more and more. Vladimir didn’t do that while he was being bullied by his middle school claassmates and threatened by D’Ablo. After Vladimir stood up for himself he did not let anyone mess with him and he lost his shyness. This proves that one positive thing leads to another and soon we will all see a change in our attitudes and behavior. Reading this story shows that and that is what I think the theme of the story is.
In conclusion, the story describes that life changes, and nothing stays the same throughout it. It is in the hands of the people to decide that how they want their life to be. They can make it as beautiful as they want to and they can also make it worse than it has ever been
There are many things going on in the story but it has a great theme which is it doesn't matter what others think about you or how they see you, all that matters is that you are happy and enjoying yourself.
Personal experiences affect everybody. Just like in the stories “Abuela Invents The Zero” by Ortiz Cofer and “Home” by Anton Chekhov. Constancia and Yevgeny, from the stories, both have small problems that lead to dramatic changes in their values. Constancia values what her peers think of her and Yevgeny values work more than his son. The authors of “Abuela Invents The Zero” and “Home” have both shown how small moments can change a person’s values forever.
Hence, upon analyzing the story, one can conclude the certain themes that parallel through the pages. Firstly, a theme of unity and trust is present at the end of the play. This is supported by the image of the cathedral, which is a place of unity. Most importantly, the notion of equality among people is the main theme within this story. The narrator starts as a biased, idiot, who dislikes all people that are not like himself. He even at times is rude to his wife. Ironically, it takes a blind man to change the man that can literally see, to rule out the prejudices and to teach him that all men are created equal.
Good Bye Lenin! is the coming of age story of a young man as he struggles with his own psychological and moral growth while trying to protect his ill mother from the shock of learning that the Berlin wall has fallen. The movie was released in 2003, but is set from October 1989 to roughly a year later highlighting the time period just before the fall of the wall and the social, political, and economic changes that happened in Germany as a result of unification. Good Bye Lenin! is set in East Berlin, and was filmed mainly at the Karl-Marx-Allee in Eastern Berlin, and in an apartment building near Alexanderplatz. The film’s subject matter is portrayed through the juxtaposition of dramatic and sad moments against moments of comedy and satire which makes the genre classification of ‘tragicomedy’ the most appropriate. The story of Good Bye Lenin! focuses on the life and growth of a young man, Alex (played by Daniel Brühl) as he, his girlfriend Lara (Chulpan Khamatova), and his sister Ariane (Maria Simon) attempt to shield their mother (Katrin Saß) from learning that the East German state has dissolved. It is in this context that Alex must come to terms not only with his mother’s failing health, but also with his own identity in a rapidly changing space. In order to protect his mother Alex re-creates the GDR for her, but his portrayal does not exactly depict the ideals of the former socialist state. Instead, this ‘new’ GDR reflects Alex’s own personal beliefs and opinions of how he wants the state to be. Therefore, the parallel universe Alex creates in Good Bye Lenin! is an idealized representation of East Germany created in order to protect himself from the tragedy of losing his mother and to help him come to terms with a new world orde...
reflects upon the theme of the novel. As it highlights the fact that if people in the society
Ivan has a strong disconnect with his family and begins feel like he is always suffering, while beginning to question if his life has been a lie. An example of this for prompt number three is when we are giving the quote "Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible." Leo Tolstoy implies through the quote that even though he lives an ordinary
Ivan Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons takes place in midnineteenth century Russia. Throughout the text Turgenev explores the pros and cons of the nihilist philosophy and how nihilism, coupled with the presence of generational and class based animosities, affects the greater Russian identity. Properties of nihilism are examined and tested as the characters encounter aristocratic lifestyles and the redeeming power of love. The female characters in Fathers and Sons represent a wide range of socioeconomic positions and temperaments, these women test the thinking of the nihilists by their propensities towards emotion, order, feminism, shyness, and propriety. This exploration of gender roles and the balance of power between women and the men that they control is subject to their ascribed classes and the relationships they hold. These women fall into two major categories: the autocratic and the dependent. The aristocratic “mothers” and dependent “daughters” of Fathers and Sons bring about the reevaluation of Bazarov and Arkady’s nihilistic beliefs and furthermore utilize their feminine qualities to manipulate the men in their lives.
	In The Chocolate War, the rising action was the majority of the story. At Trinity High School, the school that Jerry attends, there is a group of "elite" students called the Vigils. The Vigils give out "assignments" to random students at Trinity. Archie, the head, told the Goober that his assignment was to unscrew every screw in Room nineteen. The Goober spent several hours doing his assignment, and eventually finished with the assistance of a few Vigil members. As the story goes on, the reader learns that every year at Trinity, there is a chocolate sale run by the assistant head master, Brother Leon. The last major detail in the rising action was when Archie informed Jerry of his assignment, Jerry’s assignment was not to sell chocolates for the first ten days of the annual chocolate sale.
It deals with obstacles in life and the ways they are over come. Even if you are different, there are ways for everyone to fit in. The injustices in this book are well written to inform a large audience at many age levels. The book is also a great choice for those people who cheers for the underdogs. It served to illustrate how the simple things in life can mean everything.
The exposition starts with a character named, Charlie Joe Jackson. He is in middle school and he hates reading. This all started when Charlie had to read a book for his language arts teacher; the book was called Billy’s Bargain. Billy’s Bargain was about the pitcher who throws a no hitter and made a bargain with the devil. Charlie does what he always does, and that was read the back of the book, the first chapter, the last chapter, and the inside flaps. Charlie always took shortcuts when it came to reading. In the rising action, Charlie has a friend named Timmy, and Timmy and Charlie have known each other for about two years. They have always made this deal if Charlie bought Timmy an ice cream sandwich, Timmy would tell Charlie what Billy’s Bargain was about. But one day Charlie see’s the look in Timmy’s eye’s, which was the look of blackmail. As he walked up he asked Timmy how was your day. He said, “Okay.” then he said, “ I’m really hungry today… I could eat one, or two, or three ice cream sandwiches.” Guess what Charlie had to do. He bought TImmy three ice cream sandwiches just so Timmy could tell Charlie about the book. This was the climax. The next day he went to the library and looked up the word blackmail. Under the word blackmail, Timmy’s picture was there. This was the falling action. He saw the librarian and she was an old friend of Charlie’s. In the first grade she tried over and over again to make him read but he didn’t. To Charlie she was evil because she was still librarian. The resolution is that, Charlie Joe has had a lot of devised ways to get out of reading. He has also made up a lot of tips, that can get you out of reading in a different way....
...a is immediately shown. Bisclavaret told the closest person in his life his secret and she betrayed him. Another life message in this story is that the normal people in life may not be the best. This is because Bisclavaret is far from a normal person or animal, however, he is the best friend and protector the king could ask for. He is better than any knight or normal animal on the Earth. The last message that was portrayed in the story is that cheaters never win. The wife literally cheated on her husband and her new knight husband was the cause of her cheating. They were punished by being banished from their homeland and living with only each other. The story has many different messages within Stypczynski’s system and in life. Bisclavaret touches many different aspects of life and allows everyone to connect or relate to messages and events that happened to him.
The entire story was a symbol of Needy’s life. The setting in the story was symbolic to the way Needy was feeling. Needy’s life was diminishing right before his eyes, and he did not realize it. The different changes in the story represented how much Needy’s life had gradually changed over time. By reading the story the reader can tell that Needy was in a state of denial.
All in all, this shows the importance of passion and life experiences in changing the characters of people lenina symbolizes the conformity in the world society, John epitomises the morality and passion in the brave new world and he is a contrast of Bernard and lenina. This shows the importance of passion , love and family in the development of character.
The overall simplicity of life in St. Petersburg is present throughout the novel and elaborated quite a lot. Life was innocent and simple in the time and very diverse due to it being the south for example, “White, mul...