Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

“Passing,” by Nella Larsen is a novel all about pretending to be something that you are not. It is about giving everyone the impression that everything is in order when in reality everything is falling apart. Passing in this novel refers to the ability of a person to be classified as one thing, normally a social group, while belonging to a different group. Passing is usually done to gain class or acceptance by groups other than one’s own. The primary focus of the novel is on racial passing which is the ability to look white and belong to a white group when in reality the person is an African-American in order to gain privileges that were unavailable to them. Although racial passing is the main focus, another major theme in this novel is sexual passing and identity.

I found this quote to be very accurate, Kaysen being in the hospital she was free for the price of no privacy, no liberty, and no dignity. For example on page 94, “as long as we were willing to be upset, we didn’t have to get jobs or got to school.” In the ward, they had more privileges than I even have today, no school, no jobs, and no homework. They didn’t have to do anything that provided for their futures. Would life be so bad in a mental hospital after all? All you would have to do is act like your crazy or pretend you’re depressed. If I had this choice I don’t think I ever would though, but some people might. In the hospital you would be stress-free, but all of this has a price. Kaysen was able to get out of everything except eating and taking medication.

I read the book When you reach me by Rebecca Stead. The main character in this book is a girl named Miranda, she’s 12 years old. Miranda, her mom, and her moms boyfriend Richard live in a apartment in New York city in the year 1979. Miranda has been friends with the boy that lives in the upstairs apartment, his name is Sal. Miranda and Sal have been friends since they were little. While walking home from school Sal gets punched by a kid named Marcus, from then on out Sal and Miranda have not been talking. Miranda tries to talk to Sal but he just ignores her. One day Miranda finds a mysterious note in her apartment when she gets home. It asks where the key to her apartment is and tells her that the writer of the note is coming to save her friends

Caution: If you’re are not willing to slip away into another world and into the characters shoes, stop reading now. Broken silence by Natasha Preston is exciting, riveting and allows you to slip into another place. 4 years of living in fear she fled back to her original home to face her rapists. She decided she wanted to face the people who broke her the most. This is Oakley’s final chance to feel at peace and move on with what has happened to her. Oakley is still madly in love with her childhood best friend, Cole even after all the years of distance. She is scared about how Cole Feels towards her over anything. Oakley didn’t wat to face her dad and the other man who raped her but soon found the courage to. The story starts in Australia

We were required to read “Find Me Unafraid” as our Big Read book before coming to Coastal. This book can have a big affect on you. When You read about Jessica Posner, you realize she’s not like most of us. I wouldn't take the risks that Jessica did, in fact, very few college students would agree to leave behind the comfortable life you have at an American university for life in Kibera. In the first chapter, she took at ride on a bus (matatu) and sees how different life in Kibera is from her life in the United states.After she experiences Kibera up close, you might except that she will be changing her mind staying in Kibera with Kennedy, but she didn't. I don't think anything should make you give u on your convictions to do what is right.

Part Two of Emma Straub’s generational novel Modern Lovers, titled Jane Says, includes chapters twenty-four through forty-five. This section is much more action-packed then the last, each of the characters finally going after what they really want. Harry finally connects with his long-time crush Ruby, emotionally and physically. Ruby even makes sure this continues after warnings from Harry’s disapproving parents, Elizabeth and Andrew. Jane and Zoe are finally shown conversing with each other in a pleasant way, giving off the vibe that they are getting along better than in the previous section. This shows a possible positive outcome for their questionably divorceable marriage. Elizabeth takes control over the movie rights plotline, by

Introduction: In “Girl by Jamaica Kincaid” and “If by Rudyard Kipling” are two poems that a girl and boy that have a odd lifestyle. “Girl” is about a girl who has a mother that wants her to do anything that her daughter doesn’t want to do and in “If” there is a boy that has a father that is encouraging and he is being told stuff by his dad. They both have a similar thing, they are both poems and their endings aren’t the same, different.

Walking into this hell hole I knew this was a place not suitable for anyone to live in. It was well known in all of America though. People… No, the “Patients” were sent here for multiple different reasons. A “holding place” is the usual way you could wind up here. So many have gone missing lately… Working for the newspaper, my boss demands the juicy stuff. What’s better than this place? Silence is very important here. If we talk once outside of our rooms, they will not feed us our lunch. Sometimes, if we are bad enough, even our dinner. They will only give us food through our room doors.

Jodi Picoult is an author from New Hampshire who takes her passions and turns them into best-selling novels. Picoult as three children who inspire and influence all of her writing. My Sister's Keeper, Between the Lines, and Off The Page all convey a strong mother child bond. As Jodi Picoult writes, it is evident that her relationship with her children impacted her writing. The bond between mother and child is strongly represented in her writing. In Picoult’s novels mother child relationships are emphasized, due to the impact her children had on her.

The song I selected to connect to the exposition of The Diary of a Young Girl is “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield. I chose this song because I feel like it relates a lot to Anne Frank in the exposition in the book, when she gets her diary. The quote I chose from the song is “Today is where your book begins, The rest is still unwritten.” In the exposition of the book she receives her diary as a birthday gift. She has just turned thirteen. She will be beginning secondary soon. Anne is evolving from a child to an adult. The quote commences with “Today is where your book begins.” This correlates to the exposition of The Diary of a Young Girl because Anne has just became a teenager. She is experiencing things, growing up figuring herself out and

In the novel, My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult, a thirteen year old girl named Anna believes she came into the world with a purpose to help save her older sister Kate who is suffering from a rare form of leukemia. When her parents, Sara and Brian found out Kate had cancer, a doctor gave them a theory to have a donor child. Anna becomes that child. Ever since a young age, Anna has been donating cells, organs, blood and whatever was necessary for Kate's survival. One summer, while Kate is in need of a kidney in order to survive, Anna decides she can no longer continue donating to her sister and she sues her parents for medical emanciation. The family begins to struggle as they realize this means Kate will die.

Answer 4: The one book that will always spring to mind when people talk about shocking plot twists is My Sisters Keeper from an author named Jodi Picoult. It is such an emotional story as it has to do with a teen named Anna who discovers that her parents basically just had her so that they can use her to help her older sister who has leukemia. Anna eventually grows tired of this after she discovers that her parents want her to donate a kidney to her sister, so she takes matters into her own hands and goes to see a lawyer. Obviously suing your parents comes with a lot of emotional turmoil, but there is one twist that turns everything on its head and it leaves most people shaking their heads in disbelief.

Each day as Rachel Watson rolls by Blenheim Street she intently observes a couple who happen to live on the same street as her ex-husband and his new wife. One day notices Jess with a man who is not Jason; and when Jess goes missing shortly after, Rachel gets herself over involved in the case and cannot get out. As the captivating novel continues, Rachel begins to pick up clues that help her participate in the investigation, and huge twist at the end.

Ice Break was composed by Astrid Blodgett in 2012. Astrid takes first individual portrayal to make the plot of the story and is from the fundamental character Dawn 's point of view. Day break, his dad, and her more youthful sister from their family convention are headed to ice angle with their uncle, Rick. Her mom does not have any desire to go while her more established sister is keeping an eye on child down the road. Her mom 's explanation behind not going is the way that it was late season, yet in actuality, the guardians are encountering a considerable measure of conjugal issues. In light of run of the mill

The hospital is separated from the world outside by a closed, concrete wall. It is not too high, just about two meters. Unlike other hospitals in Vietnam, whose gates are usually covered with sharp iron bars or broken glass on the top to prevent patients from escaping, the wall in this hospital is flat and smooth. Going over from this partition is as easy as eating a cake. However, “there has not any escapes yet,” said the security man. Maybe, people in this place never have the thoughts of getting out of there, so this wall is not a fence that immures them. On the contrary, the wall rescues them from pressure, anxiety, and complication. It separates them from the world outside where “normal people” live