Chapter 4: Grace thinks about home, how she was raised to be an Angel and how she never managed to accept her destiny like the other girls at the Angel House did. She also starts reflecting over how she was supposed to die pregnant. According to the People, that was how the best Angels died. Before she has had time to finish her thought, she is abruptly brought back to reality by some soldiers who want to see her and Kerr’s papers. Chapter 5: Grace is only 16 years old, a child, but yet she was sent to die.
Which makes it much harder for her to fall in love, because each time she does she gets more afraid. Lastly, Tibby is the sarcastic friend that learns a lot about people and how not to judge someone by how they look, but by who they are on the inside. I think the theme of this story is how important and strong friendships our and how when you grow up it’s not easy. The conflicts in the book are boys breaking girls
Vengeance is a big part of the novel, It helps Scout to learn that being revengeful is a dangerous thing. "Mr. Ewell approached [Atticus], cursed him, spat on him, and threatened to kill him." Later on the novel she wants Atticus to be prepared to defend himself. “After all, though,” I said, “he was the deadest shot in the county one time. He could—” “You know he wouldn’t carry a gun, Scout.
And may the odds be ever in your favor.” She is chosen to go alongside the son of District Twelve’s bakers, Peeta Mellark. After the reaping, she and Peeta are sent to the capitol, where they are prepared to face the capitol, their people, and above all the Hunger Games. Katniss then goes into the phase of the steps called ‘Refusal of call/reluctant hero’, thus is when the hero, Katniss refuses to believe that she is the true hero of the novel. Believing in herself was an unimportant task because we see, Katniss being discouraged and frail, believing she will never
Scout succumbs to Aunt Alexandra’s urgings to be less of a tomboy and wear a dress. She witnesses the hypocrisy and racism of some of the members of the ladies’ Missionary Circle. Her return to school prompts reflections on Hitler, democracy and dictatorship, and the last part of the novel concerns Bob Ewell’s attempts to wreak havoc: his attempted burglary of Judge Taylor’s house and his attack on Jem and Scout after a Halloween pageant. Jem breaks his arm but is carried home. Bob Ewell dies of a knife wound.
When she teaches students, she uses sesquipedalian words to her power advantage as it makes her students feel as if they are inadequate. Ms. Bearing is not a kind teacher, she is more cold hearted than anything. However, Vivan starts to change into a more kind person which is evident in the latter part of the play. “……, but as I am a scholar I feel obliged to document what it is like here, most of the time, between the dramatic climaxes.
Before Maggie came to Lakewood the Bippies were the leading ladies at Lakewood. This was because most people were afraid of them. The author made the Buppies diction very significant because they were the top tier of the popularity rank. However when Maggie came there was a different type of imagery she portrayed which made the reader assume she was trying to hard to be noticed, but she was really trying to avoid being seen. Maggie’s clothing represented her character.
I think Josie is a girl who straddles the social strata between the “cool” kid and the “outcasts. In her chapters in the book Josie says how she feels empty and fake, I can relate to this because it is something that often happens in modern day schools. I think that Josie feels guilty about shooting Matt but at the same time I feel that if she were in the same situation again she would do the same thing. She is a very caring character which makes her likable and she also seems, in a way, broken. This makes me sympathise with
It has been several weeks, you can’t possibly still be upset about Lulu’” (132). Madame Khoun feels horrible about what she did to Kien’s dog. She has the mother instinct that all mothers have, she knows when something is wrong with her children. Madame Khoun leaves her children with her sister while she takes off. When Madame Khoun returns, Kien tells her about the fight between him and his cousin, “Under the pale streetlights, I showed her the bumps and contusions Tin had left on my back while Jimmy relived the potato story.
The second crucial decision Katniss makes, is for her and Petta to consume poisonous berries at the end of The Hunger Games, to avoid fighting each other. This forces the game makers to allow two winners of the 74 annual Hunger Games. Third, Katniss decides to bust out of the force field in the Quarter Quell by wrapping an electrically charged coil around her arrow, and shooting it into the force field. Surprisingly enough her plan is successful, and Katniss is picked up in a hovercraft, destine for district 13. Finally, Katniss has the option to end The Hunger Games for good, or to allow it to continue.