High school junior Hannah Baker is a young teen who has moved to the town of Cresmont looking forward to a brand new high school with high hopes of making new friends Little did she know making friends was harder than it seemed especially when little rumors turned into big rumors Rumors are followed by lies and betrayals that greatly hurt Hannah Eventually she feels there is no solution to solve her ruined reputation and decides to commit suicide She takes a bottle of pills ending her life Howe
One of the best American essays of the century is The Solace of Open Spaces written and told by Gretel Ehrlich Ehrlich wrote this short essay about her time she spent in Wyoming She also tells about some events that has happened while being there The short essay was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1981 and then collected in The Solace of Open Spaces in 1985 Being a short essay the story was written within ten pages Those ten pages are divided into sections for short pauses of Ehrlich
The text on the dust jacket of Jon Krakauers Into the Wild makes it clear that the thread of suspense running through this compelling book isnt necessarily tied to the fate of its subject In April 1992 a young man from a well to do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt McKinley the jacket reads His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless He had given 25 000 in savings to charity abandoned his car and most of his possessions burned all the cash in his walle
Values of an American Girl Henry James issues the reader a direct challenge to determine Daisy Millers system of values or value system In Chapter 1 of Daisy Miller when Winterbourne upon first seeing Daisy in the distance says of her American girls are the best girls a remark instantly rebutted by Daisys brother Randolf who says My sister aint the best The story then proceeds to examine the idea of whether Daisy is the best or not the best of girls James makes one thing perfectly clear at the
In Crank by Ellen Hopkins Kristina is a character that can not avoid peer pressure and helps one realize living above the influence is a major decision in life that can either make us or break us When she went to Albuquerque she met this gorgeous boy Adam and knowing that he was bad news off the bat when she witnessed him dealing crank the previous day she could not resist but to come up and talk to him when he noticed her Its part of nature for all human beings to encounter with that gut feeli
Tuesdays with Morrie The title of the book that was read for my first book this summer is called Tuesdays with Morrie It is a heartwarming book written by Mitch Albom and the copyright date is in 1997 For such an inspiring book it only has 192 pages It tells the story of an old man restoring his friendship with one of his old students Mitch Albom Mitch recalls back to his graduation at Brandeis University It is spring in the year of 1979 when he receives his diploma He is greeted by his old pro
Tuesdays with Morrie written by Mitch Albom is a true story of the love between a man and his college professor Morrie Schwartz This true story captures the compassion and wisdom of a very unselfish man who had a superior heart and who lived his life to the fullest up until the very last breath of his happily fulfilled life It is a story of an extraordinary bond of friendship that was lost for many years but never forgotten and simply picked up again at a crucial time of both Morrie and Mitchs
Throughout Stand by Me we see the four boys Chris Gordie Teddy and Vern mature as they overcome their problems and fears Chris is the leader of a group of town boys He under estimated and doesnt believe in himself Gordie is the main character and the more mature boy of the group He lacks in self confidence and is made to believe that he isnt as good as his deceased brother Teddy is the craziest member of the group He constantly feels as though he must prove his man hood through out the movie an
The short story The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin is a story about an hour in the life of the main character Mrs Mallard Because she is afflicted with a heart problem her sister was hesitating in breaking the news of her husbands death At first she is extremely sad and locks herself in her room and will not let anybody in However when she looks out of the window it becomes apparent to her that she is free Mrs Mallard is overwhelmed with the thought that her body and soul are now free After a
Mrs Mallards Captivity The Story of an Hour is a short story that describes what Mrs Mallard goes through when she finds out her husband has been killed in a train accident At first she is extremely sad but when she looks out the window it becomes apparent to her that she is free Mrs Mallard is overwhelmed with the thought that she is now free to do whatever she wants Despite the loss of Mr Mallard she is overcome with happiness and feels like the burden she has carried for so long has been lif