Summary Of Pax By Sara Pennypacker

Since Peter desperately wanted his freedom, he attempted to get it back through any means, rational or irrational; which his parents realize after he has done so: "'Wendy (Peter's sister) and Peter aren't in their rooms,' said his (George's, Peter's father) wife. 'No,' he said. 'They've broken into the

In Pax, Sara Pennypacker uses the quote “Just because it isn’t happening here doesn’t mean it isn’t happening” before the fist chapter to get the reader thinking about the setting of the book, and to make you think about the overall feeling of the book. I think this quote means that just because you are not experiencing a difficulty or a struggle, it does not mean that everyone else is not struggling. For example, many people in places that are relatively peaceful may not be going through struggles such as war. This does not mean other people in other places are not experiencing war. Also, the quote is trying to tell the reader to have compassion for other people who are in worse situations than you. I think the author's reasoning for putting

–Pg. 225 I chose this passage because it shows how far the both of them have come. Peter, when he first came to the island, he would barely even talk to Cole. If Cole was the same Cole as he was before the island, he may have tried to trick or manipulate Peter in some way. I think the deeper meanings of this passage are that Peter has seen that Cole has changed at least a little bit, and that he isn’t going to hurt him. Peter might also feel bad for Cole because Cole has been nothing but nice to him since he’s been on the island, and now, if Peter hadn’t invited him inside, he would’ve had to sleep in the cold rain.

Overall, these quotes prove that the author used Peter's indirect characterization of resilience to show how a perspective can change because of who one surrounds oneself with. Additionally, the author uses character development to show how Grampa’s words to Peter help develop his perspective throughout the novel. According to the novel, “...but when the perfect image presents itself, you've got to be ready” (Sonnenblick

132). He had the option to simply tell Shakespeare of the stolen play and face the consequences. Instead, Peter chooses to take responsibility for his mistake and fix it himself. By breaking into the Yellow Man’s house, he is risking slipping and injuring himself as he climbs the wall or being caught and facing serious repercussions for his actions. The risks he takes prove that Peter possesses a great amount of bravery. Another event during which Peter is very brave, is when he goes after Tom Boyd who disappears into Sir Philip Morton’s peel tower. Tom had entered the tower a long time ago and had yet to return. Peter thinks to himself, “He may be alright. Or he may have fallen downstairs and knocked himself out. I’ll be careful, never fear.” (pg. 180). A young boy such as

One example of inner strength and perseverance would be the moment that Melba decided she was going to be a warrior. “I think only the warrior exists in me now. Melba went away to hide. She was too frightened to stay here” (Beals 170). This quote, in essence, shows that she killed her old self and had to become a whole new person in order to survive the new school year. She had to shed all of her old insecurities and emotions that plagued her in order to survive Little Rock. Consequently this also meant that she lost all of her old friends and her boyfriend because of how different she became.

Peter is quiet and a shy boy. He has many duties chopping wood, fetching vegetables and potatoes from downstairs, and looking out for his cat. Anne thought he was boring and awkward. She later thought different and in up falling in love with him after she found him as a decent boy.

Everyone has to go through tough events in their life, but to be successful you have to have to persevere and overcome it. In Call Of The Wild Buck went through a lot of struggle, but he was able to persevere and become a great sled dog. However, my dad also went through a lot with his high school football team also, but they overcame all of it and won the state championship. Although they persevered in different ways they both were able to overcome a struggle and be successful. To persevere you must be able to overcome adversity, and Buck and my Dad both did that.

Strength was not just physically being strong but emotionally being able to keep themselves together. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet had to try and keep herself together when she knew that Romeo was going to be banished after he killed her cousin Tybalt. She was being as strong as she could before she went to Friar Laurence for advice. After she left the church she knew that she was going to have to be strong and lie to her family about her marriage with Paris and that it was not going to happen. After she had taken the poison and Romeo found her in the tomb he had to try and be strong as well, but he just could not live without her, so he killed himself to be with her. Strength is also a theme for the book The Odyssey. Odysseus left his whole family behind when he went to war. His mother could not deal with the fact that he might have been killed in the war so she tried to be strong but she later committed suicide. Penelope also was strong and raised her child while her husband was gone to war and lived everyday as if her husband was still alive. Telemachus was pretty strong too because he had no father to tell him how to be a man, all he had was the men that were trying to marry his mother. Strength was a big part of both books. In real life being strong is important. Not only in a relationship, but in any matter. If your parents are going through a divorce, that could also be an example of you being strong. Strength is more than just physical strength, it is also

J M. Barrie's Peter Pan is a poignant tale about the magic of childhood. The main character, Peter Pan, is a magical boy who wishes never to fall into the banality of adulthood, but to have an adventure every moment and remain forever young. The play details Peter's relationship with a young girl, Wendy, who is on the cusp of young adulthood. Peter's gang, the Lost Boys, wish for a mother to read them stories. Peter goes and retrieves Wendy to be their new mother. Their adventures reveal much about the nature of childhood and Barrie's thoughts on the bittersweet necessity of growing up.

When Reuben begins to masturbate, Penn believes that Peter is molesting him. Penn contacts his UNCLE BILL, a former special ops soldier. He wants revenge.

Internally, however, Peter was in a state of isolation. Both of these women are married to different men, and Peter has not had any successful long term monogamous relationship with either of them, yet somehow that does not faze him. Instead of being upset that Daisy is in a relationship and has two children with her husband, he continues to think about the times

In the many different stories, and novels we read this semester, we saw many different characters that had to strength in hard times. These characters faced so many things that they could have given up on, but they were strong, and kept pushing through their hardships and struggles. Three different characters that have shown strength in the face of adversity are, Mattie Silver Phoenix Jackson, Ethan Frome, and Phoenix Jackson.

What this magical place represents is a state of remaining youthful forever, and not letting society conform one’s beliefs. The concept of age is masked by Peter’s stubbornness to not conform to such. For example, Wendy wants to get married and have kids one day; Peter does not. Wendy wants this because she is taught from a young age that this is a common normality of life. Peter refusing to stay at the house with the other lost boys, in the end, showed that such normality does not have to be one’s choice.

The scene in the book stats with Peter’s proposal to explore in the house to pass the time during a rainy day. Everyone agreed to this and that was how the adventures began. The first few doors they entered led only into empty rooms. Some of the rooms in the house were full with books and other of various papers and different things. After some time children run into a room