Sentimental novel

Writer John Green, known for composing hit novels, explains why the young adult fiction genre is still very well needed; as well as how it will adapt in the future in his article “Does YA Mean Anything Anymore?: Genre in a Digitized World”. Throughout the text, he hits on multiple important topics such as worry, empathy, the inner darkness, meaninglessness, morality and genre; all setting up for or proving his point on YA’s purpose. Green discusses how a good book of the YA genre helps plenty…

Flora and Fairuza: The Symbols within the novel, The Bluest Eye The definition of beauty is as indistinguishable as the definition of ugliness. However this has not stopped the human race from searching for the true meaning of both, and moreover obtain this beauty for the purpose of social standards. The same can be said within the characters of the following novel. The novel, The Bluest Eye by author Toni Morrison uses symbols to capture the emotional trauma within the African American…

Throughout The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the author of the book, Rebecca, shows exceptional cultural sensitivity. Every decision she makes in her writing and in her actions within the story demonstrates her cultural competency. She writes the novel so that her journey of discovery, Henrietta’s life and death, Henrietta’s family’s lives, and relevant medical and ethical information are explained accurately in terms that readers can understand. In her approach toward the Lacks family,…

Ellen Hopkins wrote the novel Crank from her experiences around her own daughters crystal meth addiction. Hopkins is a novelist, most of her published work has been New York Times best selling novels. Crank is part of a trilogy that consists of Crank, Glass, and Fallout. Among other books that Hopkins has written that share the same tone and style are Impulse, Burned, Identical, Tricks, Traffick, Perfect, Tilt, and Smoke. Hopkins is a very accomplished author who has won many awards for her work…

Growth Rudolfo Anaya’s classical Chicano novel, Bless Me Ultima, describes a six-year-old boy named Antonio setting out on a journey to manhood while also undergoing a search of his identity. The story takes place in the llano of New Mexico with a family of six including Ultima. Antonio, the main character, is placed in godforsaken situations that challenge his beliefs, sense of direction for the future, and feeds into his fears. Throughout the novel, Ultima guides Antonio away from…

I read Tell The Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt, I have chosen to answer the questions, Characters and Significance of Title. I chose characters because the characters in this book were all dealt with, it followed one main character, June, and her thoughts but each character wasn’t just a character. They all had their own conflicts and problems and they all tie into each others stories. I found it very interesting. I chose the title significance due to how it played into the book. It took a…

How can emotions be seen through someone’s writings? Well this is called rhetoric, which means the art of persuasive writing, especially the use of figures of speech. So, in a story, one can easily break down the writer’s emotions using rhetoric. In this paper, I will break down the emotions of two authors’ papers and why they are writing these stories. The first paper “Success and Prosperity” is by Bouiyan Chen and the other, “Dog’s Search for Meaning,” is by Rachel Palmer. These stories are…

LIONS Even though Santiago’s life is largely boring and uneventful, one thing he holds onto is the lions. They symbolize Santiago’s fond memory of a better time. He mentions that he no longer dreams of storms, women, great fish, fights, etc. He only dreams of places and lions on the beach. Santiago cares so much about the lions that he compares his love for them to his love for the boy, Manolin. After returning from his treacherous journey at sea, Santiago goes to bed and sleeps. The final…

The practical guide “The Memo That Started It's All” by Christopher Vogler, claims that there are only two or three stories, and their pattern of that Hero’s story repeats itself as fiercely as if they never happened before. The Hero is introduced, called for adventure, tested, receives a mentor to help, push nearly to his/her death, fights with the enemy, wins and returns to his/her home; like stated in “The Stages of The Hero’s Journey.” When analyzing the guide and a story together we really…

I read the Science Fiction book Divergent by Veronica Roth. This book has 487 pages in it. According to a review by BOOKPAGE “You will be up all night with Divergent, a brainy thrill-ride of a novel.” I think the intended audience for Divergent are young adults probably ages 11-15 because kids that age would be interested in Divergent the most because it is their level for reading and it is a really good story. Younger kids might not want to read it because they might not be interested in…