The theme of friendship is shown in many cases in this novel, one of the main times is when Ishmael befriends James Scobie, even knowing that it would cause him to be bullied even more. Another time it is shown is near the end of the novel when Ishmaels friend makes plans for him and another boy from the debating team to see a movie and go over to each other’s houses in the holidays. Characters- Some of the distinguishing features about Ishmael are that he speaks like a normal teenage boy, although sometimes he uses words that most kids his age wouldn’t even know the meaning of. One of his main distinguishing features is that he is very shy and afraid to speak up or stand up for himself when confronted by Barry Bagsley, This results on him being picked on even more because the bully knows that he won’t stand up for himself of confront him. Ishmael is a bit of an outcast in the School society, he starts off having no friends but after the arrival of James Scobie and being forced into the debating team.
Out of one of the books is a note to a boy that Rachel has secretly liked for a long time. The boy picks up the note and reads the top line and then hands it back to Rachel. She is terribly embarrassed. 2. Jake is going on his first date with a really popular girl.
The Catcher in the Rye. INTRROOOO. The Catcher in the Rye is set in 1950’s, and their life-style is moderately different from the 21st century. Back in the 1950’s, people thought smoking was ok, and helped your health and at a young age it was quite normal to be smoking but now a days, everyone knows smoking can kill you. Holden Caulfield is an American 16-year-old boy, who flunks schools and goes to New York.
Summary Diagnosing the problem In "Diagnosing the problem" by Joel Alonzo the main idea is everyone feels homesick after they moved out from their family and go to college far away from home, especially first year at the college. At first in the story, Joel just applied to the University as a joke and he didn't think much. Then he had been accepted to the college. After received that news he didn't want to go to the college because he didn't want to leave home. But the day he go to the college came, while his mom drive him to the college he started crying and his mom tried to cheer him up.
At his new school, he sticks out like a sore-thumb because he is not a new freshman, but a new junior! Throughout the book he gradually starts to fit in but he also picks up a flaw maybe the worst flaw of all, love. Pudge not only falls in love but falls in love with a girl who is already taken. He falls for Alaska Young whom he considers perfect, “And not just beautiful, but hot, too” (Green 19). Although this does not seem too bad it was, and not because she was taken but because she would lead him on.
“Fun Home” had great success and great critics. This biography is about Alison’s childhood growing up with homosexual father. In this autobiography, Alison Betchdel is not focusing on herself only, but also on complicated relationship with her father. The subtitle “Tragicomic” signals an interesting opposites theme that are prevalent throughout the book. The summary itself is very interesting, it weaves around Alison’s father’s death – possibly suicide – and Alison’s learning, a few months earlier, that he was gay.
Written in 2006 by a Lehman graduate, Angel Dillemuth, this play has to do with Cain, a younger brother to Andrew who drew Cain into using drugs just because Andrew’s girlfriend, Marissa uses drugs. Well Cain got hooked to drugs and rehabilitation couldn’t stop him from going back to his old habits. Until he finally tried living reality and leaves off his imagination-- that he’ll never be a better person without drugs, Cain insists that he and his big brother will stay in the hood for the rest of their lives. The stage production made by Chaunice Chapman is a great reflection of a lower class family renting a one bedroom apartment during the new millennium, which transmits the lives of two brothers: the younger one is a drug addict and
The Outsiders Ponyboy Curtis A groundbreaking teenage rebel story written by a brilliant writer S.E Hinton "The Outsiders" is about a gang of brothers and friends called the "Greasers" who learn the importance friendship. Ponyboy Curtis, the youngest member of the greasers, narrates the novel. Ponyboy theorises on the motivations and personalities of his friends and describes events in a slang, youthful voice. Ponyboy’s interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop.
In the beginning of the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield, the main character of the novel, had an immature view of the world. After his weekend journey through New York City, and the real world, Holden matures as a person and discovers concepts that he was unaware of in the beginning. Holden is a relatable character, especially to teenagers, because everyone, at one point of their life, has to endure the confusing stage of life between being a child and being an
Even though they have not been talking to each other since they were 15, it is Thomas who is standing side by side with Victor at his father's passing. The next setting is when Thomas talks about an incident in Spokane falls, when Thomas was still young to travel alone, found his way there and was waiting for a vision. It was Victor's father who gave Thomas a ride back to the reservation and made sure no one else found out about the incident. Herein lies the crux of the story, when Thomas mentions his vision " Take care of each other", and it is then revealed the true reason for Thomas being there. He was there for Victor's father and his promise to him of taking care of