The author conveys the protagonist’s thoughts, feelings, attitudes and beliefs through a variety of techniques. The audience is aware of Tom’s growing guilt through the technique of first person writing. ‘Like I said, that was a low point.’ (p124) The convincing, idiomatic, subjective voice of the teenage narrator creates a confidential relationship with the readers, as well as keeping them engaged. It also gives us insight into Tom’s inner most thoughts.…
Cameron is the boy that lives with his mother who are trying to escape his abusive dad. Cameron is a very lonely, hardworking person and is a liar. Cameron is a lonely person because he doesn’t talk to anyone. On page 24 it says, “I dump my trash in the garbage, lock myself in a bathroom stall down the hall and rest my feet on the edge of the lid so no one’ll know I’m here” this proves two things, one, he doesn’t talk to anyone and two is the he doesn’t have to be noticed. This shows that he doesn’t talk to anyone because it states that he just left, which means that he doesn’t try to make friends or talk to anybody. On page 19 it also states that, “He glances my way. “ Hey you’re new”…”I’m Benjie Dalbert.” “Cameron Weaver.” I check a fingernail and hope it’s the end of the conversation”. This supports the fact the Cameron doesn’t want to talk to anyone because, like the quote said, Cameron does things to avoid any sort of interaction, such as looking at a fingernail or solely walking away. The second thing is present because it says that he put his feet up so no one can see him, therefore he is trying to avoid contact with others. Page 20 says, “I try not to breathe. “It’s more like a town outside of Calgary. I just say Calgary because people have heard of it. ”Stop talking to me, Benjie. Please stop talking to…
4. Who are the boy’s good friends? How do they help him with his struggles in school?…
6) Avalon has every right to be concerned about starting school at Westerly Senior School. In the modern day society, teenagers are stereotyped of their appearance. Avalon is nervous because she knows if she is stereotyped as “uncool” her school life will be miserable. This dose happen as she was claimed as uncool…
In this piece my intention is to explore the above through commen life situations and the situations that has happened in the Shark Net novel. It is my intention to write this as an interveiw expository with my audience being readers of a newspaper (Herald Sun) and fellow readers of the Shark Net novel.…
Some of the lessons included is the traumatic effects of her injury. An example of this is Marina not talking. A quote that demonstrates this is sent here [to Warrington] because [her] mother can't stand [her] silent presence at home' (P.5). This quote demonstrates that she doesn't speak at all, even with her own parents and that her mother can't stand her silent presence at home. Also, Marina's mother doesn't like having a daughter who doesn't talk. Another lesson this book…
<br>It all started in the summer when Bobby, an overweight fifteen year old is embarrassed to take his clothes off and swim in the beach because he is embarrassed that people would make fun of his wobbly legs and stomach, yet that isn't the his worst fear. He had taken swimming lessons the last summer, but quit because he started to gain a lot of weight. He tries to ignore the nasty remarks people say about him, but they stay in his mind. He can sort of ignore it because his best friend, Joanie has the ugliest nose on the face of the earth, but she doesn't care a bit about what other people think, which makes her Bobby's mentor, kind of.…
Although Nick claims to ‘reserve’ judgments, Nick makes or encourages judgments throughout the opening (‘the intimate revelations of young men… are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions’). He boasts of his tolerance, and then immediately asserts that it has a ‘limit’, encouraging readers to question just how true his statements and claims really are. Fitzgerald…
Through conversations and images relating to the characters and relationships throughout the film, Watt suggests that forming supportive and meaningful relationships with others can help us cope with personal catastrophe during life. We see this in the support given to Nick from his boss. Phil arrives at the cricket match, not to play, but to ask Nick “How you going?”…
A friendship can be one of the most important relationships in someone's life becaise they are usually formed by bonds early in childhood, and they soon become stronger as the friends grow with each other. In some cases there are friendships that the few friends are so similar or different that they end up clashing with one another. In A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, Gene and Phineas have a great friendship until Gene starts to become jealous of Finny. Gene was not really a good friend to Finny, even though Finny always was.…
Nick meets many members of the upper class and learns about the corrupting power of great wealth. When Nick moves to the West Egg, he always sees the big parties with many wealthy people attending. He thinks that the parties and the people must be amazing. However, when he gets to know those people, Nick learns that the upper class society is full of lies and the abuse of power. People with great wealth have more power than people who do not. They lie and they can get away with all their faults. When Nick meets Jordan Baker, he is attracted to her and thinks that she is a good person. Later, he finds out Jordan's true personality and realizes that he is not in love with her.…
Arielle Gresham, disliked and mistrusted by most of the students at her school, has a secret past, an unbelievably complicated present, and a shaky future. But no one knows or cares because she has managed to alienate anyone who could help her. She tries to cope with problems at school, but difficulties at home almost break her spirit. As the school tries to deal with an outbreak of false fire alarms, a series of thefts, a student addicted to prescriptions drugs, and another who is a victim on vicious online bullying, Arielle finds that outward appearances are seldom what they seem to be.…
• Believes that people should always think about their experiences and question what they can learn from the situation, what they should remember from it. Author’s way of telling his readers should think about what they can take away from the novel, and how they can apply it to their lives?…
Nick so far seems to be intelligent and collected, leading me to believe he will flow cleanly through the mud that the plot might throw at him. He should make for an interesting narrator.…
The presence of a dive response in humans when the face is submerged in water was studied. A lot of mammals have shown to exhibit a dive response known as the mammalian dive reflex. During this reflex bradycardia, a slowing of the heart rate, is shown. In this study, human subjects were put through various tests to determine if humans also exhibit bradycardia. Subject's heart rates were measured while breathing normally, while holding breath and while holding breath with face submerged in water. The results showed that there was a significant decrease in heart rate while submerged in water as compared to normal breathing or holding breath out of water. Many other studies have been done that agree with the results found in this study. However, this study would have had more significant results had other factors of the dive reflex been tested for.…