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In animal farm by George Orwell, there was a serious conflict between Snowball and Napoleon which are two pigs who control their farm after they took control fro the owner." By late summer the news the news of what happened on animal farm spreadagainst half the county. Everday Snowball and Napoleon sent out a flight of pigeons whose instructions were to mingle with other animals of near by areas" (Orwell 27). All of the information in the story is very serious because there are many coonflicts in animal farm, but most of the book is about the conflict between Snowball and Napoleon and the rest of the animals in the farm. The conflict of the two animals is very visible when the farm splits and the animals are forced to choose sides.
In the Giver by Lois Lowry, the descriptions the authour choose to describe the compelling conflict grabbed my attention and made me want to know more.The protagonist in The giver is Jonas; a young boy living in utopia. Utopia is another name for perfect place. Everyone here is the same. Each family has a mom,a dad, one son and one daughter. Jonas sees how this town really isn't such a perfect place. Trough some time JOnas discovers secrets deep within the town that the people living there are clueless about. Only a elder known as The giver knows of this secret and tells Jonas. Ultimately Jonas tries to make a difference for himself and the neighbrhood , being that everyone living their is so naive that they try to cover themselves and hide from the harsh realities in life. " We really have to protect ourselves from wrong choices" (Lois Lowry 67).
In the Giver by Lois Lowry, the descriptions the authour choose to describe the compelling conflict grabbed my attention and made me want to know more.The protagonist in The giver is Jonas; a young boy living in utopia. Utopia is another name for perfect place. Everyone here is the same. Each family has a mom,a dad, one son and one daughter. Jonas sees how this town really isn't such a perfect place. Trough some time JOnas discovers secrets deep within the town that the people living there are clueless about. Only a elder known as The giver knows of this secret and tells Jonas. Ultimately Jonas tries to make a difference for himself and the neighbrhood , being that everyone living their is so naive that they try to cover themselves and hide from the harsh realities in life. " We really have to protect ourselves from wrong choices" (Lois Lowry 67).
In Maus by Art Spieglman, the first person point of view made me want to read on. The novel is a true story about the author's father's story of the Holocuast in Poland. The way the novel is written allows me to feel as if I am sitting down with Artie and Vladek. The novel begins with Artie writing a book about Vladek's accounts in the Holocaust. "I went out to see my father in Rego Park. I hadn't seen him in along time- we weren't that close" (Spiegalman 11). From the point of view in the novel, I felt as if I understood the tragedy of the Holocaust in a clear way.
Laurel Haim
B Block
10/3/07
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane is an autobiography of a child who is growing up in the horrifying times of the Apartheid in South Africa. Johannes is a young boy who lives in South Africa with his mother, father, three year old sister and his one year old brother. Their home is a broken down two roomed shack with termite eaten doors, half cement and dirt floors, a bedroom and a kitchen. Johannes was sleeping one night when his mother came from the out house telling them that the cops, also known as Peri-urban, were coming and need her little black book. They searched frantically for the book but Johannes was filled with fear and couldn’t remember where he put it. “I could not snap out of my amnesia” (Mathabane 9). When his mother finally found the book she ran for safety and told Johannes to watch his brother and sister. Johannes and his siblings lived through the night listening to people scream and children cry. They couldn’t wait for their mother to get home. The next day it happened again but his mother and father were not prepared. The father hid under the bed as the mother hid in the closet. Peri-urban only found his father and took him away. The mother was now stuck in the closet and Johannes had to find the key. After the Peri-urban just beat him up and took his father away he was determined to find the key and get his mother out. He finally found the key tucked in the brick that holds up the bed. His father returns home to find out that he has been laid of so he goes to get a new job but gets arrested for not having a job. The family doesn’t see him for many months. Johannes is now faced with a situation worse then the Peri-urban he is faced with survival. As the food is now limited Johannes keeps passing out from being so sick and his sister and brother have come down with a mysterious illness. These conflicts are based on a true story and for someone to have to live like this their voice should be heard.
Briana KOhm A-block 10/3/07
The point of view in If You Come Softly by Jacqueline woodson is intriguing with it's romantic love story. Miah is only going to Percy academy in Manhattan because his father is a celebrity director. when Ellie and Miah met it was love at first sight. the conflict at Ellie's house is her family is worried her mother is going to leave them again. Marion (Ellie's mother) is over whelmed with the family and upset at how much their father stays late at the office, thats why she leaves every couple of years. Miah and Elii's love story describes the struggles in a relationship and the problems of an everyday family. "the way her eye's lite when i stared into them, the way her thick brown hair waved around as she walked away, makes me want to spend the rest of my life with her"(Jeremiah,26).
Susan Yacca
G Block
10/3/07
The conflict in A Rush of Wings written by Sarah Chayes is enticing but confusing. The main character, Noelle St. Claire has runaway from her home and family, which even though she is a grown adult is still unacceptable. She had left a voicemail on her father’s phone at four o clock in the morning while she was at a bus stop. Noelle had said “Daddy, Its Noelle. I’m fine and I don’t want you to worry, but I’ll be away awhile, I need time to think, to…figure things out. I love you.” She doesn’t have a good enough reason to runaway, because according to her father she had a good life, which means Noelle is have personal problems. Noelle has to work out her problems and come back home. Her conflict is her running away without a trace only a voicemail. She has her father very worried. Noelle has her problems to fix and running a way isn’t the answer.
Jazmin Roman B Block 10/3/07
In the book The End by Lemony Snicket the writer creates conflict. Snicket creates conflict by putting three orphans on an island while an evil man tries to kill them. This book is incredible; it's about three orphans who can never seem to escape from their bad luck. In this book the three orphans come to an island after surviving a storm. Once at the island the orphan's meets islanders all wearing white robes. I can just imagine what those people would look like in real life. The orphans decide to stay on the island thinking they can keep away from all the world's problems. Most of the time, bad things always find ways to get to them. Snicket is a great writer and in all his books he likes complicated words and define them in his writing. What keeps me hooked onto his books is his creative quotes. This quote explains the two meanings of being in the dark about something "If you are sunbathing in a park, for instance, but you do not know that a locked cabinet is buried fifty feet beneath your blanket, then you are in the dark even though you are not actually in the dark, whereas if you are on a midnight hike, knowing full well that several ballerinas are following close behind you, then you are not in the dark even if you are in fact in the dark"(Snicket 190). This is a really good quote. Snicket has made thirteen books and I haven't missed one. What I love about the book is the mystery. It seems like whenever the book finishes explaining one mystery another comes up. Overall this book is great and I highly recommend it. I can't wait to read more to find out what happens next. The conflict in this book is simply amazing.
Shawn Cybulska
Block-G
10/3/07
In the novel Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom, the story characterizes a retired professor named Morrie Schwartz. He is diagnosed with ALS and meets every Tuesday with his former student whom he teaches lessons about life. Morrie teaches his student, Mitch to always love one another and to forgive. He teaches him that theres always a solution to a problem even if it seems impossible to solve. Although, Morrie didn't have a long time to live, his optimisim and faith helped him to get through his days. Morrie not only becomes an inspiration to Mitch, but to millions of people who were struggling with difficulties in their lives. "Love each other or perish" (Albom 77). This quote is basically saying that by hating one another we are not ameliorating the situation but making it worse. Morrie Schwartz's body was decaying, but his soul was wide awake.
In Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, the strong characterization instantaneously forces you deeper into this intriguing story. The main character is an insomniac, hasn't slept in months. He comes back from a business flight, to find his apartment blown to smithereens. He had met Tyler Durden on the same flight. Tyler made, and sold soap, he had Tyler's business card in hand while standing in the phone booth. Joe asked if Tyler wanted to go out for a drink. "Tyler licks his lips wet and shining and kisses the back of my hand. "You can mix the nitroglycerin with sodium nitrate ad saw-dust to make dynamite," Tyler says. The kiss shines wet on the back of my white hand. Dynamite, I say, and sit back on my heels. Tyler pries the lid off the can of lye. "You can blow up bridges," Tyler says. "You can mix the nitroglycerin with more nitric acid and paraffin and make gelatin explosives," Tyler says. "You could blow up a building, easy," Tyler says. Tyler tilts the can of lye an inch above the shining wet kiss on the back of my hand. "This is a chemical burn," Tyler says. "and it will hurt worse than you've ever been burned. Worse than a hundred cigarettes." (Palahniuk 64) . By the end of the night Joe moves in with Tyler. A week ago, Joe was sitting on his toilet ordering furniture from Ikea catalogs. The next week he moves into a broken down mansion of a house, stacks of magazines piled high all over, nothing works right. Joe was striving so hard to have the perfect apartment, to be complete, Tyler was striving to get by and not be complete. The characterization differs so greatly between these two, and Joe looks up to Tyler so much that he almost idolizes Tyler. Tyler and Joe started Fight Club, but Tyler leads fight club.
In The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares, the conflict is about four close friends who separate during the summer. The novel is a story of a special pair of pants that fit all of the girls. As a follow-up of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants a movie was made; but the book is filled with much more detail. In the book, the Sisters' made a set of rules to follow for the pants. This clearly depicted how much they loved each other and their pain. "As they talked, midnight came to divide their last day together from their last day apart. There was a thrill in the air, and Carmen could see it from her friends' faces that she wasn't the only one who felt it. The Pants seemed to be infused with the promises of the summer" (Brashares 25). From the details in the book, I realize that the conflict affects the Sisters' lives.
Dana Pistilli
October 3, 2007
B-Block
In A Tale of Two Cities , the author, Charles Dickens, greatly describes the settings with detail. This detail makes visualizing scenes in the novel much easier, and gives the reader the sense that he/she is in the story at the time. The following quote shows how much extreme detail is in the novel. "It is likely enough that in the rough outhouses of some tillers of the heavy lands of adjacent to Paris, there were sheltered from the weather that very day, rude carts bespattered with rustic mire, snuffed about by pigs, and roosted in by poultry, which the Farmer, Death, had already set apart to be his tumbrils of the Revolution" (Dickens 4). In the old novel, the author uses some unfamiliar words to construct his sentences. Dickens describes the setting with much detail in this passage. Dickens' extreme detail gives the reader many chances to visualize the setting clearly.
Michael Appelgate
B block
10/3/07
In My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craihead George, the setting was very intriguing. This novel is about a young man, Sam Grimbley, who breaks away from everyday life because he has a fight with his parents. Ultimately he leaves to live in the woods. In the novel the boy used amazing survival skills. This is very unusual for a person to just decide to leave modern day life to go live off the land in the woods alone. Sam Grimbley forms a shelter out of a hollowed tree. The novel is so detailed it feels like it is real. “ I ran into the hemlock forest with a burning stick and got a fire going inside the tree”. (Jean Craighead George 33). The setting is so descriptive it makes the book so much better.
Louis Ferrara A-Block
10/3/07
In Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard there are many conflicts caused by girls keeping secrets. Alison knows everything about all her four closest friends, and this scared them. The five girls were all together one night and Alison and one of her friends, Spencer, had an argument. This was the night Alison disappeared, all because of conflict between her and Spencer. Alison’s friends felt bad, but in a way they felt relief. “Now if they passed Ali’s old street and glanced at her house, they didn’t go into insta-cry mode. Instead, they started to feel something else. Relief.” (Shepard 18). This quote is disturbing that you can be so close to someone and then feel relief that they are gone or maybe dead. The girls felt this way because they thought that Alison knew too much about them, and if she ever told they would be ruined. “Ali knew more about them than anyone else did, including the bad stuff they wanted to bury- just like a body. It was horrible to think Ali might be dead, but… if she was, at least there secrets were safe. And they were. For three yeas, anyway.” (Shepard 18). Now that Alison is missing there secrets are buried along with her. It’s horrible that Alison might be dead, but at least their secrets are now safe. Now that Alison is gone their secrets are safe, but not for long. They are giving a possibility that Alison might be alive and coming back with her friend’s secrets. Alison disappeared and the conflicts disappeared with her, but they might be back.
Brianne Hannafey-10/3/2007-B Block
In Maus by Art Spiegelman the setting of the novel caught my eye, because of the melding of past and present. The setting makes reading the novel an interesting experience. Maus doesn't only take place during the Holocaust but, also the present. Vladek who is the father of Artie, speaks of the Holocaust with Artie causing setting changes. "But this what I just told you- about Lucia and so- I don't want you should write this in your book" (Spiegelman 23). The quote shows how Vladek is speaking of the past within the present. The multiple conflicts make the novel very intriguing the conflicts are about, different subjects pertaining to each family member. One conflict is between Vladek and Mala, because Vladek refuses to throw away garbage like glass jars. The setting is definitely seen in this novel. Vladek in one second is speaking to Artie in the present. Then in another second Vladek is speaking of the Holocaust. Each time the setting changes from past to present which makes Maus interesting. The settings of the novel are beautifully crafted by fusing both past and present.
Ho Lee
B-Block
10/3/07
In Horus Rising the Seeds of Heresy Are Sown by Dan Abnett, which is set in the thirty-first Millennium, the conflict between war and peace is evident through out this book. This science fiction novel based on the author's imagination, is about people trying to reunite their lost Cousins with Earth and the galactic battles along the way. The quote I chose is of a legend that a captain is telling his squad, “and so we made war upon our brethren, so lost in ignorance with chain sword and bolter"(Abnett 17). I realize right away the conflict of the story is war as well as trying to gather lost kin in peaceful ways. The turmoil of the authors detail is clearly depicted in the death of the other race “cousins”. Horus did not want to go to war but the people of the planet they were trying to reunite killed his “son”, which in turn gave him no choice but to declare war upon people who killed his “son”.
The conflict of Twilight by Stephanie Meyer is an interesting and unusual one. There are many reasons that this book is great; there are many relatable characters and imagry is used to a good extent. The main character of the book is a teenage girl named Bella. She has black hair and is half albino. Though Bella feels that she is not attractive, many of the guys at her new school are attracted to her. One guy in particular who sticks out among the croud is a boy. The boys name is Edward Cullen, an odd teenager who seems to also take a liking to Bella, though not showing it first over time they fall in love.
"First Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him-and I didn't know how dominant that part might be-that thirst for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him." (Meyer, back cover)
The book is in first person point of view out of the eyes of Bella. This quote was made by her while she thought about Edward and was a very powerful quote to me. This quote shows the conflict of Bella dealing with her love for Edward. It must be tough because many people don't want them to be together and Edward has problems with revealing reasons for his actions. Twilight is a great book with much conflict and a good storyline.
Bryan Rivell
A Block
10/3/07
The conflict in Forever by Judy Blume is something seen often with teenagers in society. Many teenagers sometimes come across the same problem Katherine, the main charecter, had and that is a very tough decision that isn't easy to decide. Katherine and Michael Wagner met at Sybil Davison's new years party. After meeting alot the relationship became tense. "After we'd kissed for a while he slipped off his pajama top and said "lets take of yours too its in the way'"(Blume,70). Michael was pushing Katherine until she gave in. The book tells me that Katherine wanted to have sex with Michael but wasn't sure when she should.This goes to show some times teens really do fall under pressure.
The book "Chicken Soup For The Teenage Soul 2", Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansan, and Kimberly Kirberger is a great book. Its a great book especially for teeenagers. It deals with emotions, and there every day life. It is wriiten by teenagers for teenagers. Its not like any of those other boring books, it actually deals with stuff that teenagers can relate to. The book aslo talks about good, and bad times people have had in there life, and how these people fixed it, and moved on with there lifes. Its one of those books that when you see it you have to pick it up, amd you cant put it down till your finished.
Samantha Grasso
Block G
Mattie Reynolds
In Kaffir Boy written by Mark Mathbane, the details used to describe the conflict grabbed me instantly, and made me eager to continue reading the novel. The novel is a true story of a black youth’s up coming in apartheid South Africa. The novel is about a child along with his people that have suffered for years under poverty and the reality of living in fear of the police. Kaffir Boy begins with a description of the living situation in Alexandra, South Africa. “We would lug the dripping containers back home, where my mother would cook the blood in a large saucepan, it would simmer into a thick, pasty, brownish slush. We would then drink the boiled blood as soup. From all the containers we would get a week’s supply. From watching Dracula movies I hated drinking the stuff fearing that I might turn into a vampire, but then there was nothing I could do about it short starving to death. Relief from blood came when we stopped going to Mr. Green the cattle killer began demanding payment even for the blood” (Mark Mathabane 64). From this quote not only am I pulled into the novel, but also I clearly realized the conflict of this novel being the poverty and malnutrition as well as the fear of the police in South Africa. In Kaffir Boy Mark Mathbane really relives his pain and suffering of his childhood as a young black male being raised in South Africa. All Kaffir Boy’s trials & tribulations have really grasped my attention, and I am now drawn to the book and am eager to read what happens next.
In 145th Street by Walter Dean, the author symbolizes conflict between a man and his step-daughter, which sounded kind of fun to me. It talks about the diverse residents in the inner city of one Harlem, New York neighborhood. It is mainly about a restaurant owner named Big Joe, who faked his death to have the greatest funeral in his neighborhood, an idea he got from a friend's funeral. When his plan happened to become reality, the funeral didn't go well because his step daughter was determined to expose him." Big Joe isn't dead" he's still alive, playing loud music and singing to distract the funeral ceremony. The conflict in 145th Street was tragic, comedy and adventurous because it is about a funeral of a living person the main character trying to overcome all circumstance from making it an unsuccessful day. Walter Dean is one of my favorite authors, he composed 145th Street perfectly and I love his other works.
Ola Afolabi, G Block
In 145th Street by Walter Dean, the author symbolizes conflict between a man and his step-daughter, which sounded kind of fun to me. It talks about the diverse residents in the inner city of one Harlem, New York neighborhood. It is mainly about a restaurant owner named Big Joe, who faked his death to have the greatest funeral in his neighborhood, an idea he got from a friend's funeral. When his plan happened to become reality, the funeral didn't go well because his step daughter was determined to expose him." Big Joe isn't dead" he's still alive, playing loud music and singing to distract the funeral ceremony. The conflict in 145th Street was tragic, comedy and adventurous because it is about a funeral of a living person the main character trying to overcome all circumstance from making it an unsuccessful day. Walter Dean is one of my favorite authors, he composed 145th Street perfectly and I love his other works.
Ola Afolabi, G Block
In 145th Street by Walter Dean, the author symbolizes conflict between a man and his step-daughter, which sounded kind of fun to me. It talks about the diverse residents in the inner city of one Harlem, New York neighborhood. It is mainly about a restaurant owner named Big Joe, who faked his death to have the greatest funeral in his neighborhood, an idea he got from a friend's funeral. When his plan happened to become reality, the funeral didn't go well because his step daughter was determined to expose him." Big Joe isn't dead" he's still alive, playing loud music and singing to distract the funeral ceremony. The conflict in 145th Street was tragic, comedy and adventurous because it is about a funeral of a living person the main character trying to overcome all circumstance from making it an unsuccessful day. Walter Dean is one of my favorite authors, he composed 145th Street perfectly and I love his other works.
Ola Afolabi, G Block
In 145th Street by Walter Dean, the author symbolizes conflict between a man and his step-daughter, which sounded kind of fun to me. It talks about the diverse residents in the inner city of one Harlem, New York neighborhood. It is mainly about a restaurant owner named Big Joe, who faked his death to have the greatest funeral in his neighborhood, an idea he got from a friend's funeral. When his plan happened to become reality, the funeral didn't go well because his step daughter was determined to expose him." Big Joe isn't dead" he's still alive, playing loud music and singing to distract the funeral ceremony. The conflict in 145th Street was tragic, comedy and adventurous because it is about a funeral of a living person the main character trying to overcome all circumstance from making it an unsuccessful day. Walter Dean is one of my favorite authors, he composed 145th Street perfectly and I love his other works.
Ola Afolabi, G Block
The Shabanu Daughter of the wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples, begins off with a tragic encounter. A wealthy and powerful landowner tries to buy off all the animals and land Shabanu’s family has. With the wedding a few weeks away Shabanu is focus to sacrifice her own dreams so her sister could have some. The landowner pays five hundred dollars for all the animals and land, leaving the family not knowing what to choose. Trying to leave the family with nothing what a mean person he is. Shabanu’s sister doesn’t pay for a wedding dress. Having a wedding is a big thing and that landowner is ruining that. “I don’t know how we will pay for the wedding.” The tragic encounter soon is solved and forgotten all because of Shabanu.
In the book, Animal farm by George Orwell, the author symbolizes conflicts between the government and the people. The government made promises to the people and yet in the end theses promises are never kept. This is the point that George Orwell is trying to make throughout the novel. In Animal farm the government is being symbolized as pigs and the people are symbolized by the other farm animals. “the seven commandments ; whatever goes upon two legs is a enemy, whatever goes upon four legs or has wings is a friend, no animal shall wear clothes, no animal shall sleep in a bed, no animal shall drink alcohol, no animal shall kill another animal, all animals are equal,”{pg 41]. When the farm animals took over the pigs were chosen as their leaders because they seem to have more knowledge. These were the rules that will forever protect animals from being ruled by people and from becoming like people. Towards the end pigs had become corrupted leaders and they became the people they hated the most. George Orwell through this novel points out that power can even change a animal.
In Just as Long as We're Together by famous author Judy Blume, there is alot of characterization involved in the story. The novel is all about friendship and sticking together. The main character of this book is named Stephanie Hirsch. Stephanie is a twelve year old girl who has a best friend named Rachel Robinson. They have been best friends since the second grade and know everything there is to know about each other. They are getting ready to enter the seventh grade, their first year of Junior High. Towards the end of the summer, a new girl named Alison moves onto the block. Stephanie meets Alison and they automatically become great friends. "Stephanie hopes all three of them can be friends because she really likes Alison. But it looks as if its going to be a case of two's company and three's a crowd. Can the girls' friendship be saved"(Blume backcover) That quote is good because it explains how Stephanie really likes both of her best friends, her new one Alison and her old one Rachel. There is also a little bit of conflict in the story because it seems that Stephanie wants all three of them to be friends but Rachel just wants it to be her and Stephanie. So far in the novel, all three of the girls are getting along but I predict something is going to corrupt these girls' friendships and someone is going to get hurt. Characterization and conflict will clash together in this novel Just as Long as We're Together. Hopefully the girls can stay friends...we'll see.
The Starter Wife by Gigi Levangie Grazer is a compelling novel. Grazer tells the story from a third person point of view. Kenny Pollock broke up with his wife Gracie Pollock of nine years and some months over the cell phone. Gracie was clearly devastated as she stormed over to where Kenny was. All of this drama is what made the novel so hard to put down. “Maintenance is a mother fu****” (Grazer 11). You would have all of the designer equipment but it must be hard for anyone to keep up with the perfect Hollywood wife title. Being a starter wife is like starting your whole life over but with everything that you have ever known being cut out.
In The Invisible Man by H.G Wells, the character is described directly, urging me to read more. The novel is realistic fiction of an unusual strange man. He is described as a stranger wrapped from head to foot and the brim of soft felt hat, hides every inch of his face. He walks more dead than alive. He has gloves; the color of charcoal. He wears big blue spectacles with side lights and has a bushy side whisker over his coat collar. He talks in a muffled deep voice that would run chills up your spine. He seems very suspicious, sneaky, and sly.He would never remove his handkerchief from mear his mouth and had eyes of a cold killer. "The thick black hair, escaping as it could below and between the cross bandages, projected in curious tails and horns, giving him the strangest appearance coceivable" (Wells 4) From the descroption of the character,not only did i learn more about the character, but it also made me ask myself some questions. Who really is this strange guy? What is his purpose of dressing in such a terrifying way? Is he up to no good? The author really creates suspense making me more curious.
The of The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty by Ellen Emerson White is very interesting. The story takes place in Khe, Sahn Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Patrick Flaherty was in the army and stationed in Vietnam in 1968. During 1968 Khe, Sahn was an un safe territory. It had so many troops. Khe ,Sahn was like a death trap. Patrick still has 13 months left in the army. "There were hundreds of troops coating the top of the land"(White 15).
The conflict in The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane is very clear. It is about a young soldier named Henry Fleming who has been recruited into the American Civil War. The problem is that at first Henry wants to join the army but after he does he is terrified from the war. “ Ma. I’m going to enlist”, [Crane, 4]. He starts to have memories from his childhood and he wishes that he could go home. This is a very good book so far and I look forward to reading the rest of it.
Cory Moser
B-block
Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado is very thrilling and the conflict was so interesting that i was pulled into it. The first person view with which the author interprets the story was good. Nando Parrado is in the plane with his mom, sister, friend, and flight crew.” My mom is my world but I always looked up to my father". Nando Parrado is very close to his family and would probably give his life for them. The Flight was delayed due to the news that there was going to be turbulent winds over the Andes. Nando parrado should not have taken the risk took the flight the next day.
There is conflict in the thoughts of Nandoo Parrado which leads him to making a very grave mistake.
Global Humanities
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Reuben Gunasinhg
10/04/07
B Block
In Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom the theme is life and it is vividly detailed that keeps me wanting to read more. This novel is a true story about a teacher named Morrie who his joined by one of his students in his final days of life. Life has a truer meaning after this book has been read. The novel starts off with a student named Mitch going to see his dying professor for learning one last time. “The last class of my old professor’s life took place once a week in his house, by a window where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink leaves. The class met on Tuesday. It began after breakfast. The subject was the meaning of life. It was taught from experience.”(Albom1) Life greatest lessons are explained in this book. The life of Morrie and Mitch creates a feeling that has a clear sense of life and the many lessons it has to teach us. From the writing I realize that life is the theme as a student leaved his busy life to be at the side of his dying professor.
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki explores the Japanese conflict in World War 2. Many Japanese Americans had to leave their homes during this time. Jeanne’s family was very successful and had to leave their home to be put into a camp. All Japanese Americans were placed in these camps until the war was over. These camps were under bad conditions and had no heat; the rooms were very dirty and not a great place to sleep. Being under these conditions for Jeanne was unusual because her family was doing very well in life. Jeanne is a very strong person because she was so young and had everything taken away to be put to live in bad conditions. “We wake early, shivering and coated with dust that had blown up through the knotholes and in through the slits around the doorway” (Houston 21). Jeanne was very compelling because while the conflict was going on between the Japanese Americans in World War 2 she stood strong
Ric Adam Viera
Block B
10/4/07
In "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" By J.K Rowling, the details grabbed my attention. The book is about how Harry keeps on receiving letters from hogwarts. Hogwarts is a special school for wizards, that wants to tell Harry that he is a wizard. Then later on in the story Hagret(another wizard from hogwarts) comes to Harry's house to tell him that he is a wizard. His guardians kept it a secret from Harry that he is a wizard. "you knew that i am a.....wizard. What ever happened to Harry was unfair and he should've benn told that he is a wizard from the begining.
Tirath Singh
A block
10/4/07
The The Skin I'm Inwritten by Sharon G. Flake makes me want to read about the characters to find out more imformation. This novel is about a girl named Maleeka Madison who is trying to get kids in her school to except her while trying to except and love her self also. In Mclenton Middle school where Maleeka attends, she is pick on constantly. She tries to make friends with everyone, but receives nothing, but heart breaks in return. "Seems like people been teasing me all my life. If it ain't about my color it's my cloths"(Flake 4). This is where the author grabed my attention. The quote allowed me to put myself in the character's shoes. When I continued to read this book I felt more and more sorry for what Maleeka had to go before she began to love her self for who she is. This book helps girls to love and except their self no matter how they look on the outside.
Ashley Jones
G-block
The The Skin I'm In wrtten by Sharon G. Flake makes me want to read about the characters to find out more imformation. This novel is about a girl named Maleeka Madison who is trying to get kids in her school to except her while trying to except and love her self also. In Mclenton Middle school where Maleeka attends, she is pick on constantly. She tries to make friends with everyone, but receives nothing, but heart breaks in return. "Seems like people been teasing me all my life. If it ain't about my color it's my cloths"(Flake 4). This is where the author grabed my attention. The quote allowed me to put myself in the character's shoes. When I continued to read this book I felt more and more sorry for what Maleeka had to go before she began to love her self for who she is. This book helps girls to love and except their self no matter how they look on the outside.
Ashley Jones
G-block
The novel Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, has an interesting setting that takes place during the Vietnam War in the Republic of Vietnam, Tan Son Nhut. Perry and his friends are on a battle front where any misplaced step could be their last and cost them their lives. "The next morning about half of our hooch got their orders. Most of them were going to some place called Cu Chi. The rest of us sat around playing three-man basketball." The setting reaches out to the reader in the scene. In the setting, the novel is taking the reader to the place where the action is happening and explains exactly what is happening in great detail. Fallen Angels is a really great novel, interesting, and hard to put down.
Bethany Greenman
G- Block
In The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Attallah Shabazz & Alex Haley. The conflict in the story automatically interested me, making me want to continue reading the book. The book focuses on the life of Malcolm X and his experience with racial discrimintation throught out his childhood & his road to Islam. The book begins with a description of racial harassment in his neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska."Still shouting threats, the Klansmen finally spurred their horses and galloped around the house,shattering every window pane with their gun butts.Then they rode off into the night, their torches flaring, as suddenly as they had come"(Shabazz 1).While reading the book I became intrigued by the conflict and I immediately realized the conflict was Malcom X's experience as a child with racism and his path to finding religion.
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The Conflict in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J.K. Rowling is very interesting. In one of the chapters, Harry is struggling to decide if his actions are right or wrong. Harry has just told off his long time friend Remus Lupin because Lupin wanted to leave his wife and his unborn son alone while he joined Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione on their journey to destroy Voldemort. Harry said to Lupin "I think that you are acting like a coward. Luppin, insulted by this left. I think that Harry should not have told Lupin off even if Remus Lupin was wrong. Harry is simply trying to decide whether telling off Lupin was the right otr wrong thing to do.
Joseph Santangelo
A Block
10/4/07
Conflict plays a major role in Smack written by Melvin Burgess. The novel is about runaway teens in England during the 1980’s. Each of the characters has their own conflicts as well as ones that are shared between them. All of the characters have run away from their homes and are squatting in Bristol, England. Each character has their reasons for leaving. They include abusive parents, poverty, and other problems that they had at home. One of the characters, Tar, described his family this way “Dad used to go to the pub and then drink all evening. He was just a pisshead, though. Mom was at it all day. No one knew- even dad didn’t know for ages. She just drank enough to keep herself topped up. It was only when it got worse and she was drunk when he came home that he started to cotton on” [Burgess 46]. The one major conflict that the entire main characters share is Heroin addiction. The heroin led them to other problems. In order to survive they resort to robbery, drug dealing, and prostitution. This book gave me an insight on how drugs can affect people. They can cause good people to throw their lives away. Burgess’s vivid descriptions of the events in the book made me feel as if I was a character in the book. Smack by Melvin Burgess is a novel about conflicts.
Robert Keller
Block G
10/4/07
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling, the conflict is very mysterious. This book is a fictional account about Harry Potter trying to figure out why his fellow students are turning into stone. Harry is curious as to who or what is causing this conflict. He is afraid of himself getting petrified. It is now up to Harry to figure out who or what is causing his fellow students to turn to stone. The chaos of Harry, and the fear of the other students, is clearly depicted in the petrifying of the students.
Angela Soliman
A-block
Mississippi Trial, 1995 written by Chris Crowe, is a story of conflict showing segregation in the south. Crowe writes about the experiences that sixteen-year-old Hiram Hillburn faced while visiting his grandfather in Greenwood, Mississippi. After arriving in Greenwood, Hiram meets Emmett Till, a black boy around his age from Chicago. In the upcoming days, Emmett Till is reported missing and his body is found in the Tallahatchie River. Hiram believes that his friend, R.C. might have something to do with Emmett's death. Later, Hiram is faced with the conflict of testifying for Emmett Till in front of a mainly white courtroom. Faced with anger and fear, Hiram decides that the best thing for him to do is to tell the truth. "I was Hiram Hillburn, and I knew what I was going to do: I was going to do what was right" (Crowe 154). After reading this book, I saw how the killing of one person rioted into a large separation between blacks and whites in the south. The brutal killings of Emmett Till made Hiram want to stand for what was right no matter what the conflict was or the consequences he might have to face.
Racquel Wood B-Block 10/4/07
The bookMoney Hungry, is written by Sharon G. Flake. This book is about a young thirteen-year old girl whose name is Raspberry. Raspberry will do just about anything to get her hands on some dough. She sells little things she finds around to her schoolmates. Some of the items she sells break easily, and people are getting aggravated of being constantly ripped off. She lives in the projects with her mother. She and her mother do not have alot of money, which is why Raspberry tries to make herself some money. A while back, her and her mother had it really bad. They lived in a van, with no wheals, and the windshield was broken. It was freezing at night and the van was parked in a local dump. Raspberry is a very strong and intelligent girl. I can relate to Raspberry in some ways we are similar. Sharon G. Flake writes Money Hungry in the first person and speaks directly to the reader. She reaches out to readers and speaks to the reader as if we were their friend. Money Hungry is a very fascinating book and I enjoying reading it.
Ally Beals, G Block, 10/1/07
Travel Team by Mike Lupica is a uplifting book. The main character Tommy faces many conflicts throughout the novel. Tommy's one and only passion is to play basketball. He has one problem, his height. All the teams he has tried out for have rejected him for being short. This book shows dedication, passion, and love for basketball.
(italazied)Speak is a book writen by Luarie halse Anderson. Speak explains the conflicts that teenagers face everyday. Luarie H. Anderson expresess the heartache and excietment between loosing and gaining new friends. This book discribes the many struggles youngadults go threw wether its ralationships, fighting for justice, and rape. Laurie H. Anderson talks about a young girl named Melissa and the good and bad experiences she goes threw. " I have enterd highschool with the wrong hair, the worng cloths and the wrong attitude. this book attracts my attention becuase it is new and a person can learn a lot about themselfs.
Kristine Munoz
B Block
10/4/07
In Memoirs of a Geisha the story is told in a first person’s point of view. “That afternoon when I met so-and-so…was the very best afternoon of my life, and also the very worst afternoon” (Golden 1). The character in which the point of view is being said in the story is Chiyo, her name before she became a geisha. Memoirs are usually told in a first person point of view; like a diary. This book uses many “I” phrases. This book is telling the reader Chiyo’s personal view on situation and her reactions toward conflicts in her life. For example: Her mother was dying of bone cancer and needed a new robe before she passes, Chiyo was only ordered to get incense for the alter, rather than buying a new robe. Chiyo’s point of view clearly shows that she is shocked at her father and of her mother’s soon to be passing.
Allison Lee
G Block
In Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen, the conflict is described very well. The novel is an alternate ending to what would have happened if Brian wasn't rescued at the end of the summer. The book starts off with Brian running out of food from the emergency pack and he didn't actually think he would be stranded for this long. "He tried to ration the food out but found it impossible, and within two weeks he had eaten it all, even the package of dried prunes-something he'd hated in his old life. They tasted like candy and were so good he ate the whole package in one sitting. The results were nearly s bad as when he'd glutted on the gut cherries when he first landed. His stomach tied in a knot and he spent more than an hour at his latrine hole."(Paulsen). The climax captures the reader well because its a bit comical and serious at the same time.
In Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, the characterization grabbed me right away, allowing me to get in to the book. The book talks about Richie Perry who arrives at Vietnam at seventeen years old. He enters the army and is sent to war because his mother can't afford to send him to college. "I knew Mama loved me, but i also knew when I got back, she would expect me to be the same person, but it could never happen. She hadn't been to Nam. She hadn't given her poncho to anybody to wrap a body in, or stepped over a dying kid" (Myers 198). Richie has changed after going to Vietnam and doesn't know how to explain it to his mother. He doesn't think that his mother will understand that wars change people. Richie is now trying to grasp on to the meaning of war, heroism, and good and evil.
Connor Chatterton, A Block, 10/4/07
The conflict in the story Of Mice and Men By: John Steinbeck is a compelling story of two friends that had to runaway from their town. There was a misunderstanding between Lennie and a young girl in a field. After skipping town the two friends George and Lennie traveled to find work and a place to stay. This is a very interesting story of friends trying to make a living without having any more accidents. George is very smart and he knows that Lennie is a good guy just he doesn’t understand easily.
By: Michael Morawed
In Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, characterization is key. The main character is Richie Perry, a young man fresh out of high school. He is leaving behind his mother and little brother, Kenny. Perry left because he felt as though he needed to get off the block and see something different. "Why you want to go to war, she asked.... Got to get away, I said, got to see something new." (Myers 74). This is a good reason to leave home beacause it's always a good idea to see new things and meet new people.Perry does just that in Vietnam.Some of his new roomates are Lobel, Johnson, and Peewee. Lobel is a young man who leaves home and joins the army so his father won't think he is a homosexual.However, after he joins, his father doesn't believe in the war and won't reall communicate with him. Johnson is big and very dark skinned. He is often only looked at as this big dark man and no one gets to know that he is very gentle and kind. Peewee is Perry's best friend. He's from Chicago and likes to play the blues. Also he always tells jokes and tells everybody what is one his mind that has to do with them. This is very interesting because it draws me to the characters in a way that makes me feel like I know them personally.
“Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird’s flight.”- Khaled Hosseini, page 371. This metaphor has great meaning in the story of The Kite Runner, it symbolize a small but some what great change. Amir’s nephew, Sohrad had been in a kite fighting tournament. When the tournament was over and Sohrad and Amir had won, and Amir had offered to run or chase the kite for Sohrad. That’s when Sohrad had let out a tiny smile, Sohrad had not smile, talked, or shown any emotion for many years. This metaphor had explained that Sohrad smile did not make everything better, but it was the first step in change. That it was still a small thing that did not change anything that had happened over the years; a shaking leaf in a huge forest is not something that changes the world. Even though Sohrads smile had not changed the way he acted it symbolized the start of something new. Sohrads smile made Amir see that it was possible for Sohrad to change.
Katie McSherry
Block: F
10-6-07
The conflict of the book Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’ Dell is a very sad story about a young girl of fourteen who is stranded on an island for many years with her brother Ramo. This story best fits with conflict, which is a deserted island with peaceful solitude, savage beasts, and unpolluted beaches in the middle of the South Pacific. This conflict is a very strong one, because the island that the fourteen-year old girl was stranded on was called the Island of Blue Dolphins, due to the fact that blue sea dolphins lived near the island. This conflict could best be described as a peaceful, and of solitude. But this conflict can also be known as a desolate island with savaging beasts ready to kill at the moment. A quote that is very good, and relates to the conflict is: "There had been wild dogs on the island of the Blue Dolphins as long as I remember, but after the Aleuts had slain most of the men of our tribe, and their dogs had left to join the others, the pack became much bolder. It spent the nights running through the village and during the day we never far off. It was then that we made plans to get rid of them, but the ship came and everyone left Ghalas-at." (91)This one quote from the story is so strong with conflict, because of how this one quote shows how much the story has to do such a gigantic problem, as well as some of the setting as well. The detail in the quote is very powerful, as the message sends a very creative message to the readers that try to attract the reader, and make the readers to continue to read. This novel fits extremely well with the topic of a conflict-based book.
Wing Sum Winsome Cheung
F block
2007/10/8
The novel Nothing but the truth by Avi is a documentary novel. Readers follow the plot through different kind of documents such as diary, journal entries and newspaper as the detail telling us that what is going on in the story. The story is about a ninth grade student was suspended from the school due to he was humming a song in front of the teacher. After that, this little problem became outstand. More and more people get involved into to it, even the national. However, at the end of the story, it come back to the main characters involved to it. This novel is focus on people determine things that are wrong or right. There is no absolutely for everything; everyone has different ideas and opinions. It is just telling us that sometimes, it’s hard to make the choice.
The conflict of the novel Nothing but the truth by Avi is that the author is trying to make readers to consider which side is right, the teacher or the student. In the novel, Avi used different kind of document to tell us the incident. However, Avi never tells reader which side she stands for. The student and the teacher both have their point to say they are right, therefore, it’s up to the reader to decide which side is right.
Jackie King
F-block
10/9/07
In day by Elie Wiesel, the story takes place in New York City on an evening in July."The heat was heavily suffocating:it penetrated your bones, your veins, your lungs.It was difficult to speak, even to breathe"(Wiesel 3). The settings in this book is obviously very hot and humid out. In the city with many people all walking on the same street the heat is practically unbearable. The settings in the begining of this book only last the first chapter, until it soon becomes winter.
Josephine Barone
F block
In the book "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden the setting of the book is what makes the story what it is. The story takes place in Japan during the mid- 1900’s. During this time it was common for a young girl to be sold by her family into prostitution. In Japan a geisha was a more sophisticated way of being a prostitute that didn’t exist in other countries. If the story didn’t take place during this time it would not of been possible because Japanese culture has different values and traditions that change over the years. The girl Sayuri’s story was only able to happen because she was a poor Japanese girl that her family wasn’t able to take care of. Becoming a geisha is what made this story so different and without it the book wouldn’t of stood out as much. The struggles the main character faced were only possible if she was becoming a geisha and wouldn’t of happened if she was in another place or time. If the setting had been in a more modern country like Great Britain it wouldn’t be as realistic and the main character wouldn’t of had the same problem. The setting is a very important part of this story and without it the story wouldn’t of been the same.
Josephine Barone
F block
In the book "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden the setting of the book is what makes the story what it is. "I wasn't born and raised to be a kyoto geisha. I wasn't even born in kyoto"(page 7). The story takes place in Japan during the mid- 1900’s. During this time it was common for a young girl to be sold by her family into prostitution. In Japan a geisha was a more sophisticated way of being a prostitute that didn’t exist in other countries. If the story didn’t take place during this time it would not of been possible because Japanese culture has different values and traditions that change over the years. The girl Sayuri’s story was only able to happen because she was a poor Japanese girl that her family wasn’t able to take care of. Becoming a geisha is what made this story so different and without it the book wouldn’t of stood out as much. The struggles the main character faced were only possible if she was becoming a geisha and wouldn’t of happened if she was in another place or time. If the setting had been in a more modern country like Great Britain it wouldn’t be as realistic and the main character wouldn’t of had the same problem. The setting is a very important part of this story and without it the story wouldn’t of been the same.
Aleksandra Makowska
October 9, 2007
Blcok F
Night by Elie Wiesel could effortlessly prove the great responsibility conflict and setting hold within a story. However, Elie Wiesel’s clever use of indirect characterization grabs the attention and curiosity of its readers at the start, which is as imperative as an exceptional book itself. The book begins with “they called him Moishe, as if his entire life he had never had a surname.” (Wiesel 3) Moishe is not, however, the main character; he is, instead, a friend of the main protagonist. It continues on to the introduction of family members, then the neighborhood. And though the entire story is written in a first person point of view, there is not a sentence within the text that simply introduces the main character. An obvious thing such as his name is learned through the directed words of another. A reader could finish the entire book without knowing the gender of the protagonist had not the father of him been constantly referring to him as “son.” Elie Wiesel leaves an open door for the readers, allowing them to draw their own conclusions about the character. This style of writing grabs the attention of the reader because it is unique, but it also allows the reader into the story itself. The audience begins to believe they are truly in Auschwitz seeing death, famished and hopeless. It allows a more personal and special relationship with the character and, therefore, with the situation the character is in. Elie Wiesel’s use of indirect characterization makes Night a truthfully remarkable and distinctive experience.
In Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II, by Jack Canfeild, the author grabbed my attention immediatly. This novel tells readers about different types of teenage difficulties, fun, romance, tears, laughter, and chances. one passage titled, my thoughts and decision was about a fifteen year old girl whom became pregnant and gave up her baby for adoption. "I looked at her, and in my heart I knew that I could not give her all the things that she needed and deserved to have, no matter how badly I wanted to" (Canfeild,139). This book has stories that are non fiction. This book makes me smile and even sometimes, I even reading. I put myself into the persons situation and relate to there lives. This is the most perfect baak for me because I was interested in reading a book that would relate to my personal life, and this is exactly what Chicken Soup for the Teenage SoulII is about.
Victoria Ann Palladino G Block
Raya Dyadkina F block(?) October 10, 2007)
Memoirs of a Geisha is a novel by Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first-person view, tells the story of a geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before World War II. The novel is told exquisitevely with a lot of details and imagery. You can see through the main character’s eyes, due to the fact that she describes many people and objects. She mentions how her father reminds her of “an egg” that has many wrinkles; she describes her father as though he has suffered many worrries and that those worries are shown in the creases and folds of his body. Also, for example this quote"You should have told me sooner what a pretty girl you brought with you. Her eyes...they're the color of a mirror!"(Golden, 60), you can just imagine how a mirror looks like, thus you can really connect with the text. Again her first point of view really allows you see through her eyes and understand her point, feelings and ideas. The book allows you to understand the hardships of a girl being sold into prostitution, allows you to feel the gentle silk of the kimonos and allows you to analyze on the ideas presented in the book. This book is a perfect way to lose yourself, and enter the world of Japan in the 1930s-1940s.
In A Death In The Family, James Agee uses such descriptive words that as I'm reading, I can picture in my mind the setting of the novel and what it looks like. The novel takes place in Knoxville Tennesse. Most people were middle class. Jay was a young boy at that time. Him and his family were very family oriented. Every night no matter what, they sat together to eat supper. One night there was a disagreement, Jay's father wanted to go see the picture show. Jay agreed with his father. Although, mother didnt want to because she thinks that the man who plays in the play, is a pervert. The family decided to go uptown instead, there's always so many things going on there. Once again, they saw Charlie stealing, it was a bag of eggs. There were cops right behinde him.
Amanda Palladino, B Block
Briana Kohm
A-Block
Mark Mathabane. Kaffir Boy. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Kaffir Boy is a story of a young boy who is stuck in a world filled with poverty and perversion. Taking place in South Africa in 1965, Johannes and his family are fighting to make sure they stay alive. Faced with many struggles such as starvation and the intrusion of the Peri-urban, the family tries to make a hard time easier. This causes Johannes to start stealing food and his mother to beg for it since they have no money to afford food. The loss if food also causes his siblings to become sick and Johannes to pass out a times. The many encounters with the Peri-urban are so traumatic that he gets nightmares at night. Mathabane uses such intense details and gets inside you to make you feel Johannes’s pain and sorrows. Kaffir Boy deserves a ten for its outstanding quality.
The story Bone By Jeff Smith was a very insresting book. I found the novel very enjoyable to read.There were many twists and turns troughtout the story line. The story follows the main character named bone while he is searching for his 2 brothers after getting split up.Bone finds himself in a huge forest and is stuck there untill the winter season is over. The literary device i found while reading the book was the use of personification. The main character talks to the animals to see if they had seen his two brothers.This book was a real page turner. it always had me asking what will happen next.
Michael Morawed B Block
Raven Fakoya A-block
In the novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi uses sensory description to describe Marjane’s external and internal conflict to the war in Iran. Persepolis is a story of the authors young life living in the times of war. When Marjane is just a child, a war breaks out between Iran and Iraq. During the war she looses close friends and family, and in order for Marjane to be safe, her parents send Marjane to Australia. While living in Australia Marjane recieves a good education and meets new friends but, during her stay she starts to change physically and mentally. Marjane started to change her look, and change her attitude. As Marjane became older, she realized that denying her Iranian culture wasn’t going to help her feel any better. When the war was over she returned to Iran, and she realized years later that she did not want to stay in Iran, so she moved to France where she was much happier. Satrapi uses sensory description to explain her external conflict for the reader to get a feel of what she went through in the time of war. Since Persepolis is a graphic novel, it would be easier for the reader realizes when she is using sensory description. “ For days and days I walked through the falling snow. I crossed the Alborz mountains to find refuge at my parents house in Astara. I was hungry I was cold but I continued…. I was nearly dead when I arrived”(56). By describing exactly how the character felt and looked, Satrapi effectively grabs the readers attention. Satrapi uses sensory description in Persepolis to express each characters external and internal conflict, and readers should read this book to experience Satrapi use in literary elements
In the novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi uses sensory description to describe Marjane’s external and internal conflict to the war in Iran. Persepolis is a story of the authors young life living in the times of war. When Marjane is just a child, a war breaks out between Iran and Iraq. During the war she looses close friends and family, and in order for Marjane to be safe, her parents send Marjane to Australia. While living in Australia Marjane recieves a good education and meets new friends but, during her stay she starts to change physically and mentally. Marjane started to change her look, and change her attitude. As Marjane became older, she realized that denying her Iranian culture wasn’t going to help her feel any better. When the war was over she returned to Iran, and she realized years later that she did not want to stay in Iran, so she moved to France where she was much happier. Satrapi uses sensory description to explain her external conflict for the reader to get a feel of what she went through in the time of war. Since Persepolis is a graphic novel, it would be easier for the reader realizes when she is using sensory description. “ For days and days I walked through the falling snow. I crossed the Alborz mountains to find refuge at my parents house in Astara. I was hungry I was cold but I continued…. I was nearly dead when I arrived”(56). By describing exactly how the character felt and looked, Satrapi effectively grabs the readers attention. Satrapi uses sensory description in Persepolis to express each characters external and internal conflict, and readers should read this book to experience Satrapi use in literary element.
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