Memory In The Reader

Michael Mackenzie, struggles to conquer his guilt mentally and physically. For example, “When he finally fell asleep. He dreamt he was flying...he flew over treetops

On the trip there Leah Anne stopped the car to get a eye-to-eye conversation showing that she takes great care in finding out Michaels past and how she can help him for the better. One night Leah Anne asked a simple question to Michael, if he wanted to stay? Michael responded " I don't like anywhere else" and sure enough she turned the guest room into a comfortable place for Michael with a bed, that he had never had before.

The author not only unravels the background of Mallory (although he’s barely a supporting character) but describes his persona, as well as his life and family, creating tension by feeding the reader the in-between-the-line statement that ‘these are all the things Mallory has had and all that he left behind’.

He says that she would always be outside just watching them play. Always keeping an eye on him. The neighborhood was so tough, she wanted him to have friends and play like any child would. He says his grandmother always reminded him of coming into the house as soon as darkness started to fall and never go down the sidewalk of certain blocks. He recalls sometimes hearing gunshots while he slept. He says he knew even at a young age who he could befriend. Michael says learned very quickly who he should stay away from. He remembers drug abuse inside his home. He does not go into great detail but one can tell how bad the situation was by his expression as mentions it. When he was removed from the home of biological parents he says he now knows it was for the best. He claims that when he started building a relationship with his mom and dad life started to be different in a lot better ways. There is no communication between him and his biological siblings. They all went their separate ways and they’ve all build a life of their own. Michael says he really does not know them at all. He thinks that the fact that they lived under those conditions and in that neighborhood, eventually were removed from their home and placed with different homes may have impacted those relationships. Living in that environment was hard, however he says he met a lot different and good people of other races and minorities.

4.The purpose of this writing is to make the reader understand the circumstances she, and her kids are going through, she says,” His 7 and 9 year old siblings knew the safety plan -- they ran to the car and locked the doors before I even asked them to.” so they had a plan just incase if michael goes out of control his siblings are safe and his mother takes the risk of protecting the kids from michael. 5.One of the imagery used in this writing is,”He bit me several times and repeatedly jabbed his elbows into my rib cage. ”this show the circumstance she went through just to take him to the hospital and give him to the hospital. 6.The audience in my perspective are the people who have something to do with people with a mental disorder like how she says in the passage,”

From this attachment of guilt from Hanna, Michael chooses to end his relationship with his wife instead of trying to make things work between the couple. This later harrows Michael as he alienated his daughter from the warmth and safety she needed and deserved and this is another source of Michael's guilt. Michael's negligence to defeat the guilt from Hanna continues to after Hanna's death. “In the first few years after Hanna’s death, I was tormented by the old questions of whether I had denied and betrayed her, whether I owed her something, whether I was guilty for having loved her. Sometimes I asked myself if I was responsible for her death.” In this quote, Schlink uses interior monologue to express how the results of Michael's past actions are influencing his thought process and what happens in his mind. From this, the reader is invited to think in the same way as Michael is and how it would be different if he was not guilty of what happened during his relationship with

The “Life Drives” and “Death Drives” that Sigmund Freud theorized seem to conflict in just about every episode for Michael Scott. Whether it is avoiding a decision that he is obligated to make due to his need to be liked or falling in love with the woman who modeled for an office chair in a supply catalogue, he is constantly trying to strike a balance between either satiating his desire to be loved and reducing his tension. Michael’s lack of self-awareness show that his unconscious really does drive his everyday actions, and his repressed feelings of sexuality that appears in the form of crude jokes mostly directed at his female subordinates. Michael seems to have no issue with the self confidence that it takes to interject in everyday conversation but shows insecurity in his absolute need for everyone’s affection, and for most of the series he is single and struggles to retain a romantic relationship. When he does enter his first romantic relationship in the show, with his superior, Jan, he is completely fixated with her, imagining his life with her and the children they will have, even when the relationship would have been considered casual according to societal standards.

and she thought he punishes her when it hurts him more. in paragraph 20 to 21 michael is barely noticed by his teachers and he has no friends and when he gets back from school he sees his aunt on the phone but when ever he walks in she changes the subject when he actually knows she is talking about him and she did not understand him.

Michael kept struggling trying to get out of her grasp but he couldn’t; elenore started dragging him back to her car and michael just kept shouting until they got to the car. The entire car drive was as silent as the office was, michael kept thinking back to what he could have done if elenore never stopped him. When they finally got home, elenore stopped the car and Michael from opening his door. “Okay, I know I'm not mom but I'm still your sister so please if you wont tell mr.clayton then tell me.” elenore pleaded to Michael as he kept trying to look away from her.

Michael and Mary had dreamed about their future and the new hopes. Michael was looking for better job so then he can send money to his parents. Mary was thinking about finding

Michael Berg continuously faces a battle of dealing with his and Hanna’s relationship. Getting physically and intellectually intimate with Hanna at such a young and impressionable age influenced the way he perceived the world and himself. He became reliant on her companionship and that followed him for the rest of his life. He understood that his actions were morally incorrect and thus leaved him in an emotionally vulnerable state. Hanna became the main figure in his life and he depended on her affection. In my opinion, it became sort of an addiction that he could not get rid of. However, this addiction proved to be detrimental to his opinions on himself. The constant battle of loving an older woman who also happens to be a criminal poses a juxtaposing idea on how he feels about himself. After a night of dreaming about her, he awakens “full of longing and shame and rage. And full of fear about who [he] really was” (147) Furthermore, after learning about the full extent

1. According to Grossman, the “virus of violence” is referring to the increase of murder, attempted murder, and assault rates in not only America but many places around the world. Although the population has been increasing, both the assault and murder rate are significantly high. Grossman quotes, “Today, both our assault rate and murder rate are at phenomenally high levels. Both are increasing worldwide” (Paragraph 6) Then he continues giving examples of the rising assault and murder rates in different parts of the world. For example,” In Canada, according to their Center for Justice, per capita assaults increased almost fivefold between 1964 and 2002, attempted

Each time uncovering new information and writing it down in, ‘Running In The Family’, sharing with what he is uncovering. For example when he visits Wilpattu, he shares his adventures there. When they bathe in the thunderstorm, Michael uses phenomenal imagery to appeal to the reader’s sense to allow them to feel as if they were there bathing as well. “We are slightly drunk with this place - the beautiful house, the beautifuls

The dramatic irony of Michael’s moral culpability is thus the catalyst for his psychological trauma. “It was explained to me that in the end, Michael Holtzapfel was worn down not by his damaged hand or any other injury, but by the guilt of living.” (pt 10: the ninety eighth day) Traumatised by the image of his death brother, Michael commits suicide, perplexed that his desire to live persisted even after witnessing the courageous displays of sacrifice and suffering when in battle. The incessant bleeding from the injury he received during battle can be perceived as his draining will to live. The episodes of bleeding usually occur when he recoils the account of his brother’s death, leading to the possibility that the strains of guilt are eating away at him. “Why do I want to live? I shouldn't but I do.” (p. 487) This indicated that his grapple with guilt was an ongoing

Dialogic reading strategies are very effective because teacher get to see how the students think. During this dialogic reading before reading the book, the teacher made the students think about what Fall was, how the weather changed and the stuff we only do in Fall. The teacher’s role is vital in dialogic reading because the teacher guides the students onto the right path and to think more of it. For example, the teacher implied that Fall is the season where the weather becomes colder therefore she related it back to the students by asking them what they wore. This got the students to think and realize that the season is changing because they are wearing more clothes and different types of clothes such as Valentina’s