Voyage On The Great Titanic By Ellen Emerson White

In the short story “the White Heron” (1886), Sarah Jewett portrays a young little girl, Sylvia, bear the temptation of money and affection from the young man with mental struggle, and resolutely determined to protect the fairy of nature – a white heron. Through describing Sylvia’s authentic emotions and using of vivid theme colors and exquisite word choice, Jewett delivers the story like showing a lifelike 19-century country-life drama in front of the readers.

In the book Parallel Journeys, by Eleanor Ayer, World War II events are described through the experiences of two people during this time. Excerpts from both character’s own memoirs are included to get the perspective from their lives. Some events that took place throughout the book include the severe reality of the Holocaust and the effect of the Hitler Youth on young Germans. Parallel Journeys specifically portrays these events through the eyes of Helen Waterford, who was a Jewish girl, and Alfons Heck, a Hitler Youth member mesmerized by the power of Adolf Hitler.

Her use of the diving story really allowed her to express her experience with her mother without the reader feeling unable to relate, the fact that these events happened directly to her gave her whole argument more power due to the fact that she is able to say she did that first hand and she felt guilt prior to the events, and her appeal to emotion allowed her to give the reader a glimpse of the regret she felt thinking back on the whole experience. It is very challenging to think back on painful events and critique what one did wrong, Hopes essay urges the reader to try overcome their challenges so they won’t be able to share the same feeling as regret as she

The book I read is called "The Raft" by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen. Its about this girl named Robie Mitchell and she is staying with her aunt on Oahu, while taking a break from her life with her parents on Midway Atoll. At fifteen, she’s a little rebellious, getting her nose pierced without her parents’ permission, and wanting more independence. After her aunt is called to Los Angeles for work, Robie convinces her that she cans stay by herself. However, after a man accosts her the first night, Robie wants to go home. Knowing she’ll be able to take the supply flight to Midway the next night, she tries to reach her parents, but the satellites are down. Shortly after her flight takes off, the plane encounters severe turbulence. Larry, the pilot, attempts to fly ahead of the storm front, but the plane loses an engine and begins to experience hydraulic failure.

Kate the Great by Meg Cabot, teaches you to know that only true friends will always be by your side no matter what.

When Margaret first encounters the airmen she became a bit suspicious so moved closer. It was then she saw the reality of war.

Over the summer I read the book, The True Confessions of Charrolet Doyle. It is an adventure tale told by a 13 year old girl in the summer of 1832. She is going from England to America on a ship called the Seahawk, the journeys she in counters will surprise you.

James McBride received the title through a long ago conversation held between him and his mother, Ruth McBride, in which she gave her son James implicit responses to his queries as to why she looked so apart from his friend’s mother’s. He went on to ask his mother a question about “race” and whether ”God” was black or white, she replied “…. God’s not black. He’s not white. He’s a spirit”. “ What color is God’s spirit”? “It doesn 't have a color, she said. God is the color of water. Water doesn 't have a color” (pg. 50-51). It means that a persons race or religion shouldn 't be a deciding factor on the way a person is viewed. Water has not set color. It is clear. We should all be seen as the color of water which could possibly bring peace to our fellow citizens. It could even wash away other problems we still continue to see and go through in todays society such as gender prejudice and racism (etc).

Marie Antoinette: The Journey, is an insightful biography written by Antonia Fraser. Antonia Fraser, writer of the best-selling book, Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot, had done extensive research to help bring the life of Marie Antoinette into the light. Fraser has a unique dedication to Queens, as she has written not only about the Queen of France but also of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Can you predict if it was the last day of your childhood and freedom? Lucia and her family couldn 't. Lucy Lipiner’s haunting memoir “Long Journey Home” documents when Nazis invade their homeland and forced them to flee away and find shelter. With limited options on where to go, their family stays together throughout the strenuous journey to find safety throughout Europe to America. This memoir tells in detail the mental and physical struggle to get to safety and freedom. Even when tumultuous events occur, you still have a chance to become resilient no matter what circumstances. To illustrate this theme, Lucy Lipiner uses extensive imagery.

The Color of Water, James McBride’s autobiography and tribute to his mother, gives the reader a look into his childhood and growing up biracial. James McBride was born to an African-American father and a Polish Jewish immigrant mother in 1957. While James was too young to fully grasp the civil rights and black power events that took place in the 1960s, he recounts experiencing these events vicariously through his older siblings. James McBride does a marvelous job at painting a vivid picture for his readers in The Color of Water. Although McBride utilizes language and rhetorical devices to alter meaning there are passages that require critical examination of language. A critical examination of language contributes to our understanding of a literary text by deepening and expanding our understanding of a work of literature. A critical analysis of The Color of Water will allow us to break this piece of literature into parts and examine its components. In doing so, the reader can offer alternative meanings about each part.

One of my favorite things in any type of literature is the setting. I love how the setting can change and how the characters change with it. I also enjoy how the setting can give insight to how the author was feeling and thinking while writing. Settings also help develop the themes of the work and provide the reader with the ability to understand the story. I have found that I am draw towards stories of which are set in the natural world. I think this is mostly due to my love of nature and the outdoors.

In “Exploring the Titanic” by Robert D. Ballard, bad planning and bad luck caused many people to die on the Titanic, because people did not know what to do and everything was happening so fast. In the story, “Sensing trouble, Ruth’s mother looked out of the door of their second class cabin and asked a steward what had happened. He told her that nothing was the matte, so Mrs. Becker went back to bed.” That shows that the people who worked there, didn’t tell any of their passengers so when trouble came where they had to evacuate, all the passengers didn’t know what to do. Also another example is “Poking her head out of the cabin, she found a steward and asked what the matter was. “Put on your things and come at once” said the steward. “Do we

Ethics is something we all face at some point in our lives and in social work, we will be running into ethical dilemmas on an everyday basis. The Prince of Tides is an insightful movie, every minute of it left me with my eyes glued to the screen. Although, this movie does have some minor problems within the plot. Prince of Tides is a movie about a grown woman named Savannah Wingo and she struggles with suicide and depression. She lives in New York while her brother, Tom Wingo, lives in South Carolina. She attempts suicide once again and the psychiatrist requests that Tom come to New York to visit Savannah. Tom arrives in New York and instantly becomes involved in Savannah’s case and the psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein. While trying to

Throughout history, Australian has always been perceived as a land of men. This is due to the colonization of Australian during the eighteen and nineteen century, where men are seen inferior to women. They also are domesticated within the house duties that the society has influence because of their gender. Although, Henry Lawson “the drover wife” and The Chosen Vessel” by Barbara Baynton challenges the Australian society through Australian literature by placing women in harsh environments. The drover wife is short stories about women who face the new obsolesce while living within the harsh environments. The Chosen Vessel has a similar aspect of the drover wife but the lead female experience the harness of the environment, which lead to her death. Both women display their own straights and heroics while facing their fears, through their selfless action. They are both portrayed of women of the bush but their fate had stored different outcome for both women. This essay will examine both the drover wife and the chosen vessel both contain a simple plot, but it expands on many issues of gender expectation and domesticated within the household role of the expectation of women. It will also examine the religious aspect of the historical narrative that has been seen within both bush stories.