Channeary ESSAY-Draft The novel Channeary, written by Steve Tolbert is a story about our protagonist-Channeary- getting forced out of her little fishing village in Cambodia by a rebel group known as the Khmer Rouge. An important experience that Channeary went through, was her journey she went on trying to escape the Khmer Rouge. The rebel attack from The Khmer Rouge forced Channeary out of her village. Channeary is set on a journey to the border of Thailand. On this journey six year old Channeary is accompanied by her Mother, little sister, two men from different villages named Mith and Tuic. Risks such as traps, infections, predators such as snakes and leeches, face the crew on their journey. Except for Channeary and Mith one of these risks eventually kill off the rest of the crew. This experience impacted Channeary’s life as she rapidly lost her innocence at the age of six.Channeary was only ever exposed to peace and serenity in her village, but that changes very quickly when she is exposed to death and war. The quote ‘she rose and walked a few paces into the bush, where she picked up a branch, returned and placed it next to her mother's body’ really proves Channeary’s innocence and how she has to begin to mature faster to survive. …show more content…
This can be seen when Channeary is assigned the job to take care of a boy named Heng. Heng was around Channeary’s age-At this point of the novel Channeary is ten- and had lost an arm. ‘She could remember the strong embraces of her Mother and Mith; but they’d been long ago. Seconds of confusion passed before she hesitantly moved her arms around his thin body.’ I feel this quote clearly proves the maturity of Channeary because she blocks out her own emotions and focuses on her patient, which i feel is very powerful and grown up for a ten year old girl to
George, the main character in the novel, uses expert power to help his friend Lennie. Expert power is someone who is using a high level of knowledge that others do not possess. In the novel, Lennie has a lack of intelligence. So because of that George uses his expert power to take care of Lennie and make the decisions for him. For example George once said, “Don’t ever speak to him. If he comes in here you move clear to the other side of the room” (Steinbeck 29). In this quote George was talking about how Lennie should stay away from Curley, because he believes that Curley will stir up some trouble for Lennie. This quote showed how George used his expert power to protect Lennie, because it showed how he gave Lennie good advice by using his power. George helped Lennie stay out of trouble by using his prior knowledge and helping him make the decision.
“The best proof of love is trust” (Dr. Joyce Brothers). In the book Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows Lennie and George’s love for each other is shown through their trust for each other. The trust they share for each other keeps their friendship together for so many years. Trust is the glue that holds relationships together. “ She yells and we got to hide in a irrigation ditch all day with guys lookin’ for us, and we got to sneak out in the dark and get outta the country” (11). “ Well he’s sick of you, said the rabbit. He’s gonna beat hell outta you an’ the go away an’ leave you. He won’t, Lennie cried frantically. He won’t do nothing like that. I know
In order for Jack to come to power, he uses the boy’s fear of the island while telling them that he will lead them to hunt and kill the beast. Currently, on the island, the beast was in everyone's thoughts and dreams. During the night, the littluns would scream during their sleep due to a figure known as the beast. Jack exclaims to Ralph that there was no beast on the island and there is nothing to be afraid of. Later on, in chapter 5 during an assembly, Jack declared that “...We’re strong–we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat–!” (91). Jack is exclaiming to the boys that there is a beast and he will hunt it down and beat it, even though he previously said to Ralph that the beast is a myth
Quotation 9: “Ay, sir, but she will none, she gives you thanks./ I would the fool were married to her grave.” (Rom. 3. 5. 144-145) Translation: I did (inform her that we decided she is going to be married). But she is having none of it.
This passage opens with the phrase “Such was his shyness that he saw no more of her than her ringed hand in water; but it was enough” (22). This opening sets the stage for the remainder of the passage, in which Orlando would be describing and analyzing the queen’s personality, past, and physical appearance solely through her hand. The fact that viewing the queen’s hand was “enough”, that it gave Orlando all the information that he needed about her, was telling. It showed that the woman had a personality, poise, and strength of character so notable that it could be detected even when her hand was the only part of her in view. The first sentence of the passage continues on, listing the queen’s traits that he felt
Have you ever did something that your parents told you not to do? Well I have one time when I was 2 years old I drove my mom’s minivan out into the street hitting our neighbors truck not once but twice I did did the samething again later that week. Antigone is a story about Creon which is the leader of a palace and his nephew Polyneices came and tried to take out the kingdom and Creon’s other nephew Eteocles was defending the kingdom was both of them got stabbed by each other and Creon decides to give Eteocles a proper burial and let Polyneices sit outside and let the vultures eat him and Antigone decided to go bury Polyneices against Creon’s laws. My central idea is Rules and Order.
You and Maurice really show the power of love and friendship. It connected two people who are on the other ends of the spectrum. They live in totally different worlds; people tend to only think about the environment they live in and the companions they are with. Rarely does someone notice the existence of people out of their own bubble. This book was a well made book which shows the lives of two totally different people coming together. An Invisible Thread by you Schroff is a well portrayed novel, which put together a real life story and a well written book full of emotions. This novel started off with “two people with complicated pasts and fragile dreams” that were “somehow meant to be friends” (page 6); and as the book progresses we see how
Sometimes a main character will suffer a great downfall. Maybe he or she will die, a friend dies, or anything just as bad. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, Creon is the tragic figure because he was born of noble birth and possess a fatal flaw or error of judgement caused by excessive pride.
There are the reasons why Creon is a tragic hero in the story antigone. In the play Antigone by sophocles the charter Creon is a tragic hero because of the evidence in my three paragraphs. A tragic hero is born into nobility and meets a tragic death and is endowed in a tragic flaw.
In “Chanda's Wars” by Allan Stratton, Nelson, a teenage boy, is introduced to Chanda, a girl who is visiting her family. At first, Nelson doesn't think chanda has much to her. He thinks that she isn’t very smart and is just another city girl. He doesn't want any help from her. “Careful?
Circe a gold haired sorceress is a character who is beautiful, wicked and clever, making her a great threat.
Chase Nelson HSE 3 5/14/18 Mrs. Cavanagh Lord of the Flies Essay “You have to hurt in order to know. Fall in order to grow. Lose in order to gain. Because most of life’s lessons are learned in pain.”
Carly’s dream goal is to be the best basketball player in the Women’s National Basketball Association. Her friends are very supportive when she has good games and bad games. One day, one of Carly’s classmates had said, “You can’t make it to the big leagues because you barely see an Asian girl on the court.” “Wait on me and watch,” yelled Carly. “Yes We’ll see,” said Carly’s classmate.
Quote: “He had discussion groups about dying, what it really meant, how societies has always been afraid of it without necessarily understanding it” (11-12).
For a moment the young girl had forgotten herself. But within another, the dark memories of what had occurred came back. Heaving lungs and a pounding heart. Feet pawing madly on the forest floor. Tangles and branches. A whispering forest. She had barley slipped from the grasp of death. She was grateful for her gift of agility, not to mention her superior hearing and vision for it had helped her realise her stepmother’s wicked plan.