Essay topic 16- By the end of the novel Isobel has faced the ghosts of her past and is ready for her future. Amy Witting’s ‘I for Isobel’ is a bildungsroman novel centred around the life of Isobel Callaghan a young girl who has difficulty finding a purpose in life and a place in the world. The novel showcases her challenging and abusive upbringing brought on by her wild and depressing mother and close to non-existent and un-loving father, her childhood demons linger as Isobel’s struggles to fit in with societies norms and conventions. Her erratic and joyless childhood leads her on a journey for normality, friendship and acceptance to no initial avail. However, in the latter part of the novel Isobel experiences moments which lead her to
Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is a story about a young girl named Connie who starts out being superficial and selfish and ends up in a horrifying situation she must accept unless she wants her family to be in the same horrifying situation. It is a terrible decision for a teenage girl to make, but she does, and she leaves with the mysterious Arnold Friend. There are many different explanations and theories as to why she left with Arnold, what happened when he was at her house, and who Arnold Friend truly was. Joyce Carol Oates left “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” with countless ideas about countless parts of the story. There are very heavy biblical theories about the nature of this story, and many thoughts on Connie’s teenage promiscuity and her assumed rape at the end of the story.
Indigo is a responsible kid, who loves to daydream, with an unstable mother who is sick of putting up with her boyfriend, Max, and his abusive behaviour. Anna decides that her and her daughters, Indigo and Misty, are moving out of their cosy home into a rundown, basement flat with a bad odour and a wary landlord.
Hannah begs you to keep this confidential and not tell anyone especially her daughter, who she sees regularly, as her daughter will be very angry. Bi) How would you explain the term ‘confidentiality’ to Hannah? I would explain to Hannah that I do respect her wish to keep this information ‘confidential’, however due to the nature of the information she has divulged, I would have to inform management as she is putting herself at risk by throwing her medication away. This is not following her careplans and the medication has been prescribed to her for a reason and due to her regularly becoming ‘confused’ we cannot be sure that she is fully aware on what the medication is for. I would explain that we can keep certain things confidential such as opinions and beliefs but if information effects their received care or personal wellbeing/health then I have a duty of care to act upon this but only on a ‘needs to know’ basis.
Francesca reveals herself to be an unreliable narrator when she explains her mother’s illness because she is not fully aware of what is happening. When Mia is still in bed on the second day, Francesca questions herself and what people tell her “I’m not quite sure what ‘just a bit down’ means. I’m ‘just a lot down’ and I’m getting out of bed.” (p7). This shows that Francesca does not have the right information about Mia’s illness and is telling the reader what she knows. Francesca has always viewed her mother as the strongest person in the family “…no one in my family has ever pretended that my mother doesn’t make all the decisions.” (p2) so when Mia has a breakdown and stays in her bed with serious depression, it feels to Francesca as if her whole family is falling apart, which does become true when she and
The Day They Set Out Response Brandon Moreira In the short story “The Day They Set Out” by Beverly Harris, the protagonist, Jean is stuck in a life in which she does the same predictable routine. This makes her feel empty inside, and that she needs to try something new. The causes for her emptiness and difficulties are that, because of her lack of social skills, she has almost no friends. Her husband, Ross does not love her anymore, so he looks at other women to satisfy himself. Also, her lack of intelligence has left her with no job and an inability to get a job.
I. Intro / Summary of the Novel Growing Wings by Laurel Winter Linnet, an eleven-year-old doesn’t know why her shoulder started to ache and itch. And every night, her mother──Sarah McKenzie, touches her shoulder rather than give her a kiss. Many things about her mother made no sense. Like why she told the school Linnet had a heart murmur, even if she really didn’t and why she wouldn’t let Linnet cut her hair.
It described in great detail all the long nights of drug use and partying. I felt like I had been up all night with Kristina. The ending was not at all predictable. When Kristina returns to her mom's house to get clean from the drugs and to have the baby you believe that she will succeed. After she talks to her mother about not being able to provide for the baby and how difficult it was to love him, she decides to give the baby to her mother to adopt and raise.
27 August 2012 English 1A/T-TH A Mistake too Late “In Girl’s Nude Photo, and Altered Lives,” Jan Hoffman tells the story of 14 year old Margarite’s life alterating mistake. Margarite was living with her father at the time. She had troubles at home and her grades were dropping, she no longer had a social life. Margarite decided to send a nude photo to her boyfriend Isaiah, both in the 8th grade, but shortly after they ended the relationship, Isaiah was persuaded to forward the photo to a girl once a friend of Margarite, the girl then edited the picture with a text message “ho alert” and went on to write “if you think this girl is a whore, then text this to all your friends”. She then forwards the photograph to a long list on her contacts.
However, the girl just ignored them. And one day, her parents were involved in a car accident, and they died. When the girl found out her parents died, she felt very regretful because since she was a little girl, she start ignoring her parents, just stayed at home, never communicate with her parents about what she is thinking and difficulties, and now, she is very regret about not spending time to communicate with her parents. So, don’t ever isolated yourself with the others, otherwise, you will feel regret