Despite this, upon meeting and marrying her childhood sweetheart, Scot Larrabee, Anderson channeled her emotions into novels. In her writing, Anderson incorporates her experiences with family, friends and the surrounding world to connect to a variety of readers. Anderson has written many acclaimed young adult novels including Speak (Golden Kite Award, Edgar Allan Poe Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize), Catalyst, Twisted, Wintergirls and The Impossible Knife of Memory. In addition, Anderson has also written historical fiction books including Fever - 1793 and the Seeds of America Series. She has been an on and off writer for children’s stories.
Both authors use enticing writing styles and literary devices to unfold tales of premeditated murder. Characters Emily Grierson and Montresor are both very similar in their worldviews, yet quite different when regarding their crimes. Exploring concepts such as time, motive and death will illustrate the points of comparison and the reasons behind the need to avenge. The concept of time plays a huge part in Emily and Montresor’s actions and state of mind. The settings used in both stories define this concept very well.
Blessie Maratita Mr. Paul Miura AP Literature (1st Period) October 16, 2013 Response to Literature Lois Lowry is a children’s literature writer, who has written many award-winning books. As a young girl she scribbled stories and little poems in notebooks, which led to her profession. The Giver is a story about dystopia and speculative fiction and is the first book of a quartet. A theme that strongly stood out was the importance of holding memories. Without all the memories thas we have we cannot experience pain, happiness, sorrow, or any other emotions.
Throughout her foster homes, she was forced into child labor, starved, and even shot at with a gun by one of her foster mothers. Also, she had lost the most precious blessing one could have in one's young life, the warmth and affection of a caring parent. She grew up missing such a vital factor that greatly influences and shapes a young teenager's life. The novel's gripping and tragic story has ironically changed the way I see the world to the better. Instead of seeing the ugliness life sometimes forces upon people, I have been revealed the beauty that exists when a truly caring family is present.
Many novels in this genre tackle personal issues such as dating, relationships, weight issues, life issues and many more. Often told from a point of view that pulls the audience in as if the narrator is confiding in them, Chick Lit novels offer something to identify with, and a great percentage of the audience take comfort from this. I love the odd book to read that’s light and funny and easy going and I am one hundred per cent a sucker for a happy ending; everything that is beheld in a Chick Lit novel, but can we call it literature and is it really any good when compared to Authors such as Stephen King and
Life of Willa Cather What would influence some authors to create the wonderful novels they make in their life? Is it how they eat, sleep, live, breath, or are they just simply gifted with the gift of literature.For the people who are fans of the writer Willa Cather it is pretty simple to see what influences her astute writings. Willa Cather’s writing reflects her life and the cultures that surrounded her. A few things that were affected the most by the influences were her many novels. Cather’s bold prose and detailed tales often worry the artistry and overture in her stories ( Pollard 81), but Cather's fiction has another layer to it than other writers, a great connotation of emotions which turns away from love dreams of character
In the novel Every Last One, by Anna Quindlen, she creates a portrait of a mother, a father, children and violent consequences. Mary Beth Latham, is a suburban, white women who is a mother of three teenaged children that had always came first, before her role as a wife to a doctor or even her career as a landscape gardener. Mary Beth cared deeply for her family and preserved their everyday life as sovereign. However, when Max, one of her sons, becomes very depressed, Mary Beth became focused on her son, and is blindsided by an outrageous act of violence when half of her family became murdered by her daughter Ruby's ex-boyfriend Kiernan, leaving her with only one son, Alex. Every Last One is a novel about a women having to face difficult situations in life while being emotionally and financially responsible for the rest of her family.
“The Awakening” By Kate Chopin Kate Chopin uses many different situations and different settings in the novel “The Awakening” to get her points and aspects of the story across to the readers. Throughout the story Chopin also uses many different literary techniques and situations to explain the characters and their place within the story. Chopin seems to be very specific at points, but also very vague when brining new characters into the story and the meaning behind such characters. From the many different aspects of the story the significance of the ending of the novel seems to be the most important and most interesting within the works writing. Chopin seems to use many different themes and symbols throughout the story to portray Edna’s character and way of life that causes the many problems and difficulties for her.
The kids are bounced from home to home and never find a permanent place to stay. The older kids are offered education and resources to prepare for a transition on living on their own. Children in foster homes face many struggles. They usually blame themselves for being in foster care and sometimes wish to return to the parents, even if the parents abused them or the kid was neglected. Taquann felt helpless and abandoned by his mom.
Learning to read Both of my parents arrived to the United States as illegal immigrants with no real education past the sixth grade. With that being said, they weren’t given many opportunities. And so… like many immigrants of Latin America, they became field workers. By the time I was four my parents divorced. We were all placed in a homeless shelter for abused women.