I do not like how she criticizes everything about others and attacks people by putting them down all the time, but I was still curious to find out what this book was all about. Unfortunately, this book did not change my opinion of the author and the message she sends to her readers and viewers. I Hate Everything Starting With Me is crudely humorous. Her signature sarcasm starts on the first page. It is just one of those books that when you read it in public, you start laughing out loud, and people give you some weird looks
The Book Thief Essay The book thief is an excellent story about a girl named Liesel living in Nazi Germany, except the story is narrated by death. This story is very well written, instead of the story being narrated by the main protagonist or the author himself, he has death narrate the story. The author also uses detailed imagery to paint a picture in the readers mind. Although the plot originally moves rather roughly and may seem somewhat confusing at first, once you are a few chapters in it becomes difficult to put down. I believe the author uses death as a narrator in the first few chapters to help you imagine the devastation that occurred during the holocaust.
I believe this is not only true for the women’s stories in this book, but true for all women. It is very hard for to pick one particular story within this book that touched me the most, they were all powerful and had such interesting details. However in chapter two “Prohibition and Prostitution” they speak about how people get away with enslaving and trafficking village girls. The idea is to crush modern slavery, but for political reasons this does not always happen. It is known that crackdowns do exist and with the right help, training and rehabilitations these girls and women can feel they have purpose and worth.
Luce was considered one of the toughest women of WWII. She endured bombing raids and even house arrest for an article she wrote about “poor military preparedness” was leaked and the Allies thought it too truthful (Library of Congress, 1995). Because of what Luce encountered, she
Character Analysis I have chosen to write a piece on the character Tansey from the book ‘A Greyhound Of A Girl’ by Roddy Doyle. I have chosen Tansey above all other characters from ‘A Greyhound Of A Girl’ because she was distinctive (from all the other characters) in physical form as she is a ghost but predominantly because she seemed quite mysterious and was introduced by the author in a very unique way. Tansey is first presented in page 6 of the book, Mary O’Hara, the main protagonist, meets her while she is coming home from school. When she is first introduced she seems eerie and mysterious. The author describes her with ‘She was wearing a dress that looked like it came from an old film, one of those films her mother always cried at’.
Sheena Jones Professor Valencic LITR330 October 20, 2011 “They said”, “We said”, “She did”: A Nosy Narrative Faulkner’s ingenious use of voice in “A Rose for Emily” gives it an old tabloid feel. At first glance, the title of this short story suggests that Emily was a much loved and adored woman; however, a rereading of the texts reveals that Emily was a source of intrigue and gossip for the people of Jefferson County. The story is told through an omniscient observer which is illustrated in the first sentence of the texts; “when Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to the funeral, the men [out of] affection for a fallen monument, women…curious…to see the inside of her house,” (Faulkner); assuming that the narrator reveals this information about the townspeople in order for the reader to discern their purpose for attending was more to gawk and gossip rather than show adoration for Miss Grierson. The narrator is present but is merely reporting events as they happen. The townspeople’s curiosity is typical of what might be found in most small towns, their interests and entertainment lie within the personal lives of others.
In “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, there are many themes or objectives which can be discussed, such as, vulgar language, religious beliefs, lesbianism and much more. The themes which will be discussed in this analysis are incest, violence, and women in non-traditional roles. These themes are very important to the make up of this great novel and that is the reason for those themes being discussed in this critical analysis. The first theme or objective to be discussed is incest. Incest seemed to be a very common part of life for Celie when she lived with her father.
Kate grew up around several smart, independent, single women. To further the analysis of Kate Chopin, we are going to look at two of her most famous works, the novel, “The Awakening” and her short-story, “Story of an Hour”. Kate Chopin has interested me ever since I studied “The Awakening”. Her work was always very controversial because of her characters and the ideas they pose to a nineteenth century society. Even though Chopin’s work always has to do with the issues of females, I have always found it interesting because I am always surrounded by very masculine and male dominance or equal relationship and it is intriguing to me to see the other side of it and really learn how females lived in her contemporary times.
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, written by Robert K. Massie in his late 80’s, was my choice for my analytic book review, and a good one at that. Catherine, who was born Sophia, lived through a rough childhood which made her, arguably, a better person. Massie takes readers through Catherine’s childhood up to her death when she was later recognized as “Catherine the Great.” This book made me think more about what life was like during that time, for royalty and peasants. Normally regarded as the boring, historical past, I now think differently thanks to Catherine and Massie. One thing that could be argued, as I have already touched on, is Catherine’s childhood.
There went poor girls and the conditions were really bad. There was no heating, they gave the girls few food and very bad one. The teachers didn’t know how to teach. There was one, Ms. Scatcherd, who only saw the bad things and was always pointing out the mistakes some girls did, she didn’t reward them for their good work, instead, she punished them by hitting them with twigs. The other teacher, Ms. Temple, was