Riley Rogers: A Short Story

Riley describes her victim’s reaction, “She was destroyed. I was one of her best friends and I crushed her.” She did not feel any satisfaction. Riley did not feel stronger putting others down. She was ashamed and knew what she did was wrong but she says, “The thing is that I already hated myself. I hated myself for being bullied in past and I hated myself for being pathetic. I was so insecure and weak that I couldn't hate myself more in order to stop.” Riley would have done anything to be popular, and she was disgusted by this. However, she concedes that she was too scared to give up the yearn for superiority she held since the first time she

In analyzing Riley Andersen through the psychosocial theory of development, it is important to understand what is going on in her life throughout the events of the film. The psychosocial theory “addresses growth across the life span, identifying and differentiating central issues from infancy to elderhood” (Newman & Newman, 2014, p. 62). In the beginning of the film, Riley is 11 years old and is in the Middle Childhood life stage (6-12 years old). The developmental tasks during this stage include friendship, concrete operations, skill learning, self-evaluation, and team play (Newman & Newman, 2014). As seen in the film, Riley is a social child with many friends while living in Minnesota. She is a successful member of a hockey team, and is able to relate to others in a positive manner. It appears that Riley has successfully accomplished the developmental tasks associated with Middle Childhood. When Riley moves to San Francisco, she is forced to restart these developmental tasks with a brand-new group of peers. Although she tries to connect with other students in her new classroom, she struggles with making friends and can only think of getting back to her old friends in Minnesota. She also

She work about three years there and then that store closed. She didn’t know what she was going to do, but thankfully there was a manager spot open in a small town called Sebring so in the middle of her daughters Vivian and Samantha’s school she moved them out to Sebring. They moved into a really small house, but it was perfect for their little family. However it was also very difficult. She had to make a huge decision to choose whether or not to keep her daughter Vivian back a year or move her on and cause her learning troubles in her future. She decided to keep her back a year and let her stay on pace and not cause her daughter in trouble in her future. Thankfully that was the right decision because her daughter was thriving in school. However she had to deal with her other daughter Samantha dropping out of high school, she

She charged straight into a world of conflict without anybody to care and love her at a time where she needed it the most. Hope has to live in an environment that you would not necessarily want for a teenager growing up. As Hope realizes the conflict she faces, she states to herself ,"Here I was- my body heading to one place, my heart stuck in another. My mind's got questions and no answers." (Bauer, p.g 11) This quote emphasizes the inner conflict occurring within Hope and the real dilemma she is facing. This quote also shows her three different outlooks on what she desires. The first being her physical self, the second being what her heart desires, and the third being what her thoughts are. Another way that Hope demonstrates her adaptability is when she has to move from state to state to get a job. Hope says ”I'm not going to Atlanta. I screamed at Addie’s back. You can’t make me!” (Bauer, p.g 11) In this quote Hope demonstrates how she has to be able to learn and adapt even when she does not necessarily want to. Although she may not want to change, she ends up doing so because it is what she is required to do inorder to succeed. This quote also shows that Hope was in a way forced to move on and learn to live life even if she is missing a home and the care a teenager needs to grow into a successful

Riley’s father , Bill Anderson, is a very unique character because of the different personalities he goes through during the course of the movie. At the beginning of the story the family moves from Minnesota to San Francisco because of his job. Once in Minnesota, he is consumed by his work as he starts to get more distant from his family. Even when he’s at home he’s seen talking on the phone discussing investor problems.

Riley Dalcourt—the dusty cowboy—is stunned. At first sight, he knows Sophie is the woman for him, right down to her purple unmentionables. Unfortunately, he’s already engaged. Honor bound, he’s determined to go through with his commitment. Yet he simply can’t stay away from the sweet-tempered beauty who has entered his life so unexpectedly, or forget her when she leaves just as quickly.

Dr. Riley Tux stared out the tall window at the snowy field beside the hospital. The late afternoon sky was dark with smoky clouds, heavy with more snow on the way. He looked back at his best friend, Myles, lying in a hospital bed. Myles, only 30 years old and healthy his entire life, was now somehow dying. Myles had been in the International Kingdom Hospital for almost two full days now. He had been seen by multiple different doctors, including Dr. Tux, tested in any possible way, and not one of them could figure out what was killing him. Myles looked as if he was in awful pain. He had hard, swelling lumps on his neck, inner thighs, under his arms, and around his feet. They grew to the size of a baseball. They started to turn black, split

Weighing a whopping two-fifty and being short for someone who's seventeen, Aubrey Evans' life is obviously not perfect. Despite being ridiculed for her massive weight and height, Aubrey still seemed to bounce with confidence, even if she's a loser, she still manages to flaunt it like jewelry.

Her mother gave her an ultimatum, either you go to a trade school, job corps or find somewhere else to live, but being a drop out and barely could read or write that was out of the question for her so, she decided to move out. She started living from house to house with different friends. She lived with one of her friends until she reached the legal age of adulthood. After she reached the legal age of adulthood, her friend parents didn’t want to help her anymore. They gave her a few months to get herself together and find her a job and a new home. Being that Elizabeth was a high school drop out with only an eight grade education, she managed to get her a job at a local corner store. The job she worked wasn’t the best job, but it helped. After working at the job for six months Elizabeth was fired because she had multiple problems with counting money. Elizabeth was hurt but didn’t let that stop her. She continued working various of dead end jobs. She knew the reason why she wasn’t getting ahead is because she had no high school diploma. Elizabeth was desperate to find work so she went and filled out applications at jobs she thought she probably could qualified for,

As the story progresses, Riley and her family move from Minnesota to San Francisco, where Riley experiences culture shock. She and her family find their home to be more than a bit worn and dismal. To make matters worse, their furniture has become lost in the cross-country move, and Riley’s father is experiencing stress and anxiety in his job at a startup firm. Riley is uncomfortable at her new school and in her new social environment as a whole. Riley’s mother urges her to keep smiling, stay happy, and be there for her father. At first the emotions are able work together, keeping Riley in harmony. However, Sadness begins to cloud Riley’s memories and feelings and override her balanced personality. She tells Joy, “Something’s wrong with me. I think I’m having a breakdown.” Joy attempts to take Sadness out of

Since taking her home both Erin and Robin have been able to see her temperament grow along with her personality. Riley is a very steady and calm child. There are two types of physical development. There is brain development and physical development. The most prominent development seen to those outside of the family is the physical. Most parents see different physical reflexes in infants such as blinking, sucking, stepping, and grasping. Though some of them are just disappearing the only one that actually stay with the individual is blinking (Santrock, 2014). Riley is a five month old and at five months old most of the reflexes have

This story takes place in 1970’s Kentucky during a bad recession. Leroy is home for 4 months—convalescing from a truck accident in which Leroy hurts his left leg—when his semi truck jackknifes. When he is at home—helpless—he begins to do art and crafts while Norma Jean is lifting weights. She is the bread winner working at Rexall drugs. Not only is she the bread winner, she also does the cooking and cleaning. Leroy is happy to sit and watch her while he smokes a

After a year living here, she realized the “America Dream” would not come true, if she does not go to the school and get a career. So she did it!. she started taking two classes at night, then three. After almost 6 years she finally graduated with a degree in Hospitality Management. Then she starts working as a banquet's supervisor at the hotel Holiday Inn in Stamford, Ct. After a little while, she was promoted to banquet manager. Mery made a tremendous effort doing all this, but at the end she felt that it was worth it. Now she has a better life than before, and she can give her family the stability that they need. She said that immigrating with her family was not easy, because she had more responsibilities than others, but it did not stop her and they were the reason that pushed to achieve her dream.

After being away from her home for six years, Melanie Prewitt had a long list of things to do. She was an important woman after all. But getting kidnapped, however, was not on that list. Unfortunately, it was one someone else's list. More specifically the thugs who had been hired off the streets to eliminate her. They most likely weren't sent by the same people who tried to have her kidnapped the week after she got back from prison. It was unlikely they would go after her again since the last time they got their ass kicked by the mysterious archer of Prime City. The thugs must have gone home crying to their boss about their injuries and poor bruised egos.

Riley is eleven in this movie and what I wonder the most about this movie is how children her age and younger portrayed it. I feel that the younger viewers of this movie could have gone home thinking that this was how their emotions worked also.