I debated for a long time what to use for this week's teacher post. Should I talk about the author, the themes, or what is happening in the story? Maybe I should just find something related to literature and reading. I decided to search TED Talks, and when I watched the video below and heard her mention Jane Eyre, I knew I had struck gold.
In my last post, I gave the option to check out a link about lessons readers can learn from this book. Although many students viewed the site, I am using it to connect to this post as well. Below are the steps involved to complete this assignment.
- Watch the TED Talk video on the right.
- Review the lessons in this book here.
- Consider all the books you have read.
- Choose one of the books you read, and make a list of lessons from it.
- In your comment do this:
- Share your list of lessons from the book you chose.
- Pick one of the lessons on your list and write a paragraph explaining how the book taught this lesson.
Book: Harry Potter
ReplyDeleteLessons:
Be confident in yourself
Adventure is everywhere
Your destiny is in your hands
Keep your friends close
Enjoy your life
Focus on the positives
Lesson: Adventure is everywhere
In Harry Potter, Harry manages to to find an adventure at every moment in his life, whether its getting into trouble or not obeying the school rules and finding secret passageways. This lesson teaches us that you have to find adventure but also that adventure comes to you. Sometimes you have to bend the rules in order to find it, and it will not always find you out. Having adventure in your life will add excitement and new commodities to explore.
Book: Graceling
ReplyDeleteLessons:
- you define who you are, others don't
- you don't have to conform to society
- get to know people before you judge them
- be brave and stand up for what you believe in
- don't go along with something because it's the easy way out
- don't live your life for other people
More on defining yourself:
Katsa has been feared since she was eight years old and accidentally killed a man. She is a king's niece, and he forces her to act as his thug, hurting people that cross him. She hates that he has power over her, and she eventually gets sick of it. Eventually she tells him that she won't do his dirty work anymore and becomes more active in her work of helping victims of all the kings. From this she learned that she could change how she was viewed, and she did just that. I, as a reader, learned that lesson right along with her. People may see you a certain way, but you have the power to change that, through your words and actions. She changes it by rescuing people, but we can change perceptions in much smaller ways.
Book: Tiger's Curse
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-If you don't take risks you'll never be rewarded
-Don't overthink what you feel
-Don't judge a person based just on what you've seen or heard
-When you're down, don't stay down get back up
- Love yourself because you are great
If you don't take risks you'll never be rewarded. In the book Tiger's Curse the main characters Kelsey and Ren love each other but, Kelsey is to afraid to act on it. She thinks Ren will get over his feelings for her because she believes she's not good enough for him. If she would take a risk and admit she loves him anyway she would find Ren would never do that and she would be happier. I learned from this book that if you care for someone, even if you think they won'l like you, tell them anyway. Otherwise you'll only ever be miserable and think What if.
Book: The Giver
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-your memories
-taking things for granted
-importance of happiness
-too much of something can hurt
-color is important
-society can seem fine even if it's not
Lesson: Too much of something can be bad
Jonas starts to learn more and more about the past from The Giver. The Giver shares the memories with Jonas and Jonas wants to learn more. The Giver advises Jonas to keep a steady pace with the memories. The Giver had a Receiver of Memories before, like Jonas, and she had died from receiving too many memories at once. The Giver just wants Jonas to live and be at peace with the memories. Jonas then gets almost all the memories from The Giver and leaves the city with his adopted brother, Gabriel. Through these actions, the author teaches the reader about how too much and be bad.
Book: The Fault in Our Stars
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-it's okay to be upset when things don't go your way
-value your loved ones because they won't be there forever
-don't take things for granted because someone probably has it worse
-the world is not a giving place
-live life to the fullest because you're not here forever
Lesson: live life to the fullest
It is always important to live life to the fullest, because you do not know how much time you have on Earth. The Fault in Our Stars taught me this lesson. For example, Hazel gets really sick before she goes to Amsterdam and the doctors tell her she can not go anymore. Despite their requests, she goes anyway, because she does not know how much longer she has to live. She wanted to have this experience with her when she passed on. Another example is when Isaac is now completely blind, and he throws eggs at his ex girlfriends car. He knows that there is a slight chance he could get in trouble, but he does it anyway. It was a fun way for him to be free of his ex, and he did not get in trouble anyway. Overall, The Fault in Our Stars taught me the lesson about living life to it's fullest potential.
Book: Percy Jackson
ReplyDeleteLesson:
believe in yourself
do what you think is right
be loyal
no one gets left behind
be brave
do not let the fear of failing stop you
Lesson: believe in yourself
Throughout Percy's journey only a couple of people believe that in can accomplish the task of receiving Zeus's lightning bolt. Yet, despite all of the doubters he faced during his quest he still came out on top. He proved all of the people who did not believe in him wrong simply because he knew that he could do it. That is why believing in yourself is so important because when no one else believes in you that is all you got.
Book: Dan Gable an auto-biography
ReplyDeleteLesson:
Hard work pays off
be brave
believe in your abilities
confidence
encourage others to do the right thing
don´t be scared of success
Lesson: Hard work pays off
In Dan Gable´s life all he knew was hard work, he grew up in a small town in Iowa and worked on farms most of his childhood life. Dan is most famously known for his college career in wrestling losing only one match in his whole time at Iowa State. He also was of course a Olympic gold medalist. Throughout the book Dan talks about his work ethic, showing up in the wrestling room before everyone and leaving last. He would go home and do extra workouts on the weekends and push his team to do the same. He knew that if he could honestly believe that he was working harder than anyone else that he could win. That is why hard work is such a difficult characteristic to find because its exactly what it sounds like,hard work.
Book: Inkheart
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-believe in yourself because you are the only one that can do what you do
-don't be afraid of not fitting in
-face your fears
-better to have one friend that you trust then many that will betray you
-your sins will find you so fix them now
-don't live so much in a dreamland that you forget how to live in the real world, where real joy is
-what you do affects more then just you
-words are powerful
Lesson: Words are powerful
The entirety of the book Inkheart is a chain reaction to a moment in Meggie's life. When she was just a baby her father Mo, read a story out loud to her and her mom. Mo has a special voice, and he drew out of the story so vivid a picture that he read the characters out of the book. The author gives Mo's voice power, because while the book had the words, it was the action of speaking them that affected Meggie's world the most. A careless word from Mo caused a whole lot of hurt to come Meggie's way. As this was a constant lesson for Meggie throughout the book as she also learns that her voice has power. I as a reader was able to see just how much words can hurt but also how they may be used for the good of another person.
Book: If I Stay
ReplyDeleteLessons:
Don't give up
Fight for what you want and what you believe in
Be brave
Be willing to do new things
Meeting new people can change your life
Lesson: Meeting new people can change your life
In If I Stay Mia is very shy until Adam starts talking to her and getting to know her. They both learn to love new things that they never thought they would. If Adam would have never talked to Mia they would both be doing their own things be them selves and not growing out of their own boxes. So by taking a chance and talking to someone new you open your up to new world full of more things that you would have ever thought before.
The Hunger Games
ReplyDeleteLessons readers can take from the Hunger Games:
-Caring for others
-Be kind to others, even if you don't know them well
-Persistence
-Brains over brawn
-Don't let your emotions control you
-Stand up for your opinions
-Believe in yourself
The lesson I have chosen to write about is to be kind to others. The Hunger Games taught us this lesson on more than one occasion, but one example of this is when Katniss meets Rue. Katniss hadn't known Rue before the Hunger Games, but they become great friends while in the arena. What started their alliance was when Katniss was stuck in a tree because other competitors chased her up it. Rue was able to help Katniss escape because she told Katniss to drop a hive of tracker jackers from the tree onto the competitors below. Since Katniss was nice to Rue before the games started, they formed and alliance and saved each others' lives many times.
Book: The Memory Book
ReplyDeleteLessons:
~Sometimes things in life do not go your way
~You cannot fully plan for the future
~Fight as hard as you can
~Memories are important
~Even through hard times people will be as hard as you can
Lesson: Fight as hard as you can. Even when things aren't going the way that you thought they would. Things can be thrown at you in anytime during your life and they aren't always gong to be easy. But even when things get tough you can fight, fight hard and ask for help when you need to you. When you fight, things can work out better than you thought, even if it doesn't always have a happy ending.
Between Shades of Gray
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-Family and friends are important, you never know when you might lose them
-Not everyone that seems bad is actually out to get you
-Even good things come out of hard times
The first lesson that I mentioned, family and friends are important, you never know when you might lose them, comes into play during the whole book. Every second of the day there is the constant worry that the characters may lose yet another loved one, or someone whom they grew close with. This happens with Lina and her family when her father is taken away from them. They soon learn to cherish every moment together because it could be their last.
Book: Enter Title Here by Rahul Kanakia
ReplyDeleteLessons:
~Don't let your work consume you
~Drugs are awful!
~Cheating is not the answer
~You don't always get what you want
~Adapt if you don't achieve your goal
~Don't allow one task to consume you
One of the things that the book taught really well was to not let one specific task or goal consume your entire life. Reshma, the main character, let her dream of getting into Stanford consume her whole existence. She would go to horrible lengths to continue to have the top scores in the class, to the point of even suing her school. I feel like this shows the readers the consequences of having one goal take up their whole life. Its ok if you are determined to do a task, yet if you push away everything in pursuit of that one task, you lose your relationships with your friends and families.
Call of the Wild
ReplyDeleteLessons:
- Fight your inner self
- Adapt to survive
- Connect to primal instincts
Fighting your inner self, I think, is super important. While you could settle for a pampered life like buck had in the beginning, you don't grow from it. You won't become better as a person if you never challenge the negative voice inside you.
Book: Paper Towns
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-Don't forget to dream
-Don't judge a book (person) by its cover
-You can make it through whatever life throws at you
-How to move on and say goodbye
-Everyone gets a miracle
The second lesson that I mention was about the character in that the whole book is centered around. She is seen as one person but only shows her true self to certain people she trusts. This is important to everyone's life because it is always best to get to know someone before you just decide to make your own image of them.
Divergent
ReplyDelete-finding out who you are
-courage
-fitting into society
-trust
-making choices
Finding out who you are is a very important theme in this story. Everyone is forced to pick what faction they want to be in and that one decision defines what the rest of their life is like. If they don't like their decision the only choice is to become factionless. Everyone needs to find out who they are, or who they want to be, by the time they have to choose.
Book: Nightshade
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-Follow your heart
-Don't get stuck in the past
-Not everything is what it seems
-You can control your own destiny
The last lesson-you can control your own destiny-pertains most to the main character in this book. She has been told since she was little what her role in life was, and she never really questioned it. However, after a major event that leaves her questioning her future, she must decide whether to trust in her heart and follow her own path, or continue down the one laid out for her by others. This is something that people often have to decide in real life as well.
Book: Divergent
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-Being Different is okay
-Follow your heart
-It doesn't matter what others say
-Never give up
Never giving up is almost like a total sum of all the lessons. No matter if some one says you can't do you shouldn't listen to them. Never giving up is trying until you can't move not until you don't think you can. In the book Tris is told she will break and weak but she proves them wrong showing that she is strong. This is a sign of following her heart, being different, defining others words. There are many other lessons hidden and plain throughout this book.
Book: The Night Circus
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-Make good choices
-Don’t ever let anyone tell you you can’t do something just because you’re a woman
-Take risks
-Don't be afraid to speak your mind
- Have confidence
The main character in The Night Circus, Celia, has a hard time finding her way after she goes through a life changing event. When she tries to use her skills to get a job, she is looked down upon because of her gender. This goes along with the lesson "Don’t ever let anyone tell you you can’t do something just because you’re a woman". Celia does not let this discourage her, but uses it to make herself work harder for what she wants. She knows that being a woman can not stop her from achieving her goals.
Book: I'll Give You the Sun
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-Don't let the bad things that happen to you define you
-Never forget who has been there for you in the past
-Don't let your anger change how you think about someone
-You can't blame yourself for things you have no control over
The lesson that was most prominent in this book is You can't blame yourself for things you have no control over. One example of this is when Jude, one of the main characters, blames herself for her mother's death. She told her mom that she hated her right before she left and got into the car accident that killed her. Jude thought that if she wouldn't have said that then her mom wouldn't have left. She learns that lesson in the end and stops blaming herself for what happened. This was one of the most important lessons in the book.
Harry Potter
ReplyDelete- believe in yourself
- have faith and trust in your friends
- protect those who protect you
- stand up for others
The biggest lesson the Harry Potter books have taught me is that you have to have faith in yourself. In every book Harry is off on a new journey left to pretty much save the world of magic. He goes from knowing nothing about being a wizard to saving all of them in the end by defeating the dark lord. Without questioning himself he is about to become stronger for all his friends.
Book: City of Bones
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-trust in others
-believe in yourself
-don't judge others by appearance
-never give up
-be brave, have courage
-you are stronger than you think
Trust is a key comoponent to have with anyone. This is the lesson I have learned from reading City of Bones. Right away in this story, Clary Fray (protagonist) is met with confusion as to what is happening to her. She is seeing things others are incapable of seeing. She is having visions. At a club, she meets complete strangers whom she soon must trust once her mom is taken away. They are the only ones who knows what is going on with her and vow to help her. She must place her life in their hands in order to live. This book does an exceptional job portraying to readers how important trust is. Trust must occur in any relationship in order for it to last.
Book: The Host
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-Never give up
-Don't take anything for granted
-Make the best of a bad situation
-Try new things
-Be open to new ideas
-Don't decide you don't like something without trying it / someone without talking to them or giving them a chance
Lesson: Don't decide you do not like someone without giving them a chance.
In The Host, Wanda is a soul inside of Melanie's body. They make it to the human's cave and everyone hates her. They glare and stop talking when she walks into a room. One person even tries to kill her. Eventually one or two people start to give her a chance. They figure out she is very nice and fun to talk to even though she is a soul. This spreads around the cave and everyone starts to appreciate her. After they take her soul out of Melanie's body, they love her so much they find her a new body to live in. This shows that you can't choose not to like someone without ever talking to them or giving them a chance.
Book: Between Shades of Gray
ReplyDeleteLessons
-Never give up
-Do not be afraid of what other people think
-Trust your family
-Be brave
-Do not be afraid to learn something that is out of your comfort zone
-Have faith in God
Never giving up is a really good lesson because it shows how strong you are and how you can achieve anything you set your mind to. In the book Between Shades of Gray, Lina has to never give up because she has important responsibilities. She has to be able to make her own food for her family. She has to keep fighting to be able to find her father. She continues to never give up and stay alive by keeping her family close to her. Even after her mother dies she continues to fight for freedom, instead of giving up.
Book: Divergent
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-have trust in others
-take risks, because something good will come out of it
-work hard
-fight for what you believe in
-family and friends are before anything else
-everyone has fears
Divergent does an exceptional job at representing the real meaning behind having fears. Everyone in the Dauntless group has to go through a fear landscape to figure out how they can overcome one of their fears. In the real world you have to overcome some of your fears to make you stronger physically and emotionally.
The Help
ReplyDelete-Being different can become a good thing in the end.
-Never count on friends; even the most loyal people will stab you in the back.
-Many people who seem like beautiful beings often have false fronts; they are luxury stores on Fifth Avenue that sell knockoff goods.
-Some people are not as racist as you give them credit for.
-Those who believe they hold no prejudices are often wrong.
-Air conditioning is a wonderful thing.
-America has come very far since the Civil Rights Movement.
-The south was filled with hateful government leaders. After reading this book, Donald Trump makes me scared because I know what fear in leadership can do to people.
Many people who seem like beautiful beings often have false fronts; they are like a luxury store on Fifth Avenue that sells knockoff goods.
In The Help, this lesson is taught when Skeeter realizes how racist her lifelong friend Hilly is. Hilly is a mean lady who locks her mother up in a nursing home, spreads lies about maids she doesn't like so they can't find jobs, and proposes a law that requires every Mississippi house to have a separate bathroom for the colored help. This is a stark difference to the Hilly that Skeeter grew up with. The Hilly that Skeeter knew was a leader; she was in charge of every organization she touched. Hilly was a kind, if not a forceful person who liked her way. Only once she was married and out of college did she become mean. This makes Skeeter distance herself from Hilly because she doesn't want to be around someone who can't stand diversity.
Book: The Satanic Bible by Anton
ReplyDeleteLeVay.
Lessons
-Social norms do not matter
-Follow your heart, even if others disagree
-Be yourself
-Value yourself
-Live life to the fullest
The Satanic Bible? Yes. It's real. I've read it. No I do not worship Satan. Believe it or not there are actually some really good lessons in the Satanic Bible. I encourage people to read it because it gives you a much different viewpoint on things that you can choose to agree with or disagree with. Throughout the book the author talks about how you should live life to the fullest. He talks about a couple of different things to make this point. Firstly, your life is your life. It belongs to no one except yourself. Therefore, you shouldn't live to please other people. Also, we don't know what comes next. You can have as much faith as you want in any sort of afterlife you please, but you can't be sure of its existence until you get there. So, just to be safe you should make sure your time spent on Earth is time well spent. Lastly, the author just talks about personal happiness. Why would your spend your life doing something that you don't enjoy? LeVay makes it very clear that he thinks people should do what makes them happy, as long as no one else is hurt. Seriously what is the point of spending your life doing something you hate?
Book: Safe Haven by Nicolas Sparks
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-Live life to the fullest
-Allow yourself to be happy
-Value yourself
-Be brave
-Don't let others push you around
-It's okay to let go
In this book the main character is in an abusive relationship. One of the lessons that can be learned by reading this book is that it is okay to let go. In order for her to find happiness she needed to let go of her past and move on. She created a new identity for herself, left town, and got a new job. She left all her friends and the life she knew in order to relieve herself from the pain of an abusive relationship. Sometimes letting go is the best thing to do. In this case she found her happiness and was able to build herself a new life with people that deeply cared about her.
Book:Daughter of Deep Silence
ReplyDelete-Don't let the bad things that happen to you define you
-Fight for what you believe in
-Never give up
-Be brave
I believe the biggest lesson taught in this book is to not let the bad things that have happened to you define you. In this book the main character Francis loses her parents in a boat accident. Yes, she grieves for a while, but later she is able to move on with her life and continue on her quest to justice. She did not her parents death define her, and she let her life continue despite what she had gone through.
Book: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
ReplyDeleteLessons:
•It's what's on the inside that counts
•Individuality is far more important than uniformity
•Make decisions for your own happiness, not just to please society
•Learn to love and accept how you were made
•Authority can be corrupt
In this book, people are supposed to have surgery when they turn 16 to make them pretty. The main character, Tally, is excited for this surgery until (after many events) she meets a boy named David who teaches her that beauty isn't about how you look, it's about how you act.
He also taught her that she could be comfortable and happy with herself even if she doesn't meet her society's expectations of beauty.
The Holy Bible
ReplyDeleteLessons:
Strength
Courage
Faith
Morals
Conflict Management
In the Bible there are many stories and verses about courage. A very common example of courage in the Bible is David vs. Goliath. David was a young Israelite boy. At the time, the Israelites were at war with the Philistinians. The Philistinians had a giant named Goliath. He terrorized the Israelite army. David saw this and wanted to fight Goliath. However, he was mocked by his brothers and peers. Despite the discouragement, he convince King Saul to let him fight. David went on to beat Goliath and the rest is history. This story applies to my everyday life. It inspires me to do the right things in my life even when it hard.
Book: To Kill A Mockingbird
ReplyDeleteLessons:
1. Every person has value, regardless of class, gender, race etc.
2. Your race does not determine your character
3. Many people are multi-layered, in other words, are more complex, and are judged too quickly
4. Don't destroy beautiful things
5. Bad things happen, just take it in stride.
6. Stand up for what you believe in
7. Always remain calm and civilized.
The lesson that stuck with me most in this book was standing up for what you believe in. The characters in To Kill A Mockingbird were able to do this in the most difficult of times. For example, when faced with a mob at the courthouse, Atticus does not hesitate to guard Tom Robinson from the men coming to hurt him. He also is the only lawyer who will defend him, despite all the ridicule he takes for it. Atticus is not the only character who shows this bravery. When the men come for Atticus, Scout swiftly stands up and kicks one of them. She is not afraid to put herself in the way, despite her young age. This life lesson from the story still sticks with me, because if these characters could do it in such harsh conditions, surely others can do it today.
The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
ReplyDeleteLessons:
•You can't always trust who you think you can
•Your past does not define you
•You can make a new and better life for yourself
•Love is extremely powerful
I learned a lot of things from The Infernal Devices, but the most prominent lesson is how powerful love really is, and not just romantic love. Love for friends can be even stronger than a romantic love. Two of the main characters are the best of friends and when they are together, the work in harmony, they know each other so well they can predict the others moves. Because they love each other, they do things that put them in serious danger. The love they have for each other strengthens them, yet when they are apart, it can destroy them by how much they need each other.
Book: Percy Jackson
ReplyDeleteLessons-
-Don't underestimate yourself
-Keep your loved ones close
-Always have a plan
-Enjoy the little things
-Sacrifice for what is right
-Everyone has a hero in them
Lesson: Everyone has a hero in them
Percy throughout the whole book does not believe in himself and doesn't think he is capable of anything. He really tries not to be the center of everything, but he turns out to be the hero of the whole story. He exceeds in everything and saves many lives and everyone throughout the story looks up to him. He was born to be the hero.
Book: The Selection
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-Don't be what everyone else wants you to be, be you
-Have faith in yourself
-Don't give up on love
-Keep fighting for what you believe in
-Be kind and compassionate
It shouldn't matter how people think of us. Everyone has their own opinions and people think differently. This shouldn't cause us to change who we are. We have to be our own person no matter what other people tell us. We live our own lives and that means we make our own choices. The protagonist, America, learns this when she is expected to act like someone she's not. Her own true beauty is what people love about her and throughout her journey, she begins to realize that.
Book: Unbroken
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-Courage
-Never give up
-Strength
-Forgiveness is better than revenge
Louie Zamperini has an amazing story that readers can take a lot from. One specific thing that Louie learns on his own is the power of forgiveness. After the war, he resented the Japanese for everything that he went through. He was stressed, angry, and his life was falling apart. He went to a sermon of Billy Graham's and ended up dedicating his life to Christ. He finally learned to forgive the people who had put him through so much and was able to live the rest of his life at peace. The way that he can forgive people who did such horrible things to him, is an example for the rest of us to follow. Most people have never gone through such an experience, and if Louie can forgive, so can we.
Book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-Listen to your heart
-Don't settle
-Be willing to let your guard down
-Let your feelings known
-Don't let your pride overshadow your happiness
Throughout this story, I kept getting frustrated with Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. Why couldn't they just admit their feelings, forgive any wrong doings, and just be together? That's the lesson in all of it. Both ignored how deep they really felt for one another, and based their feelings on what others said or how society would view them. The true lesson is to be open from the beginning to new things and listen to whatever feeling there is.
Book: Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-You are not what you're parent(s) are
-Pick your own destiny, don't conform to one because you're told to
-Even if you start in a not-so-great family, you can become more than that and do great things
-Believe you can do good in the world
-Fight for what you believe in
Ever since he found out his father is the most powerful demon alive and he is to take that spot, Nick Gautier never stopped fighting to be the complete opposite. He didn't want to have a life where he inflicted pain and terror onto others, so he fought against it. He fought as hard as he could to not follow in his father's footsteps. He decided to live his own way instead of being told what to become. By fighting against what he doesn't want to become and choosing his own life, readers learn from him and do the same. They choose their own paths and do what they've wanted to, instead of having the destiny picked out for them.
Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
ReplyDeleteDeciding your Destiny
Speaking your Mind
Sticking up for what you believe in
Sticking up for what you believe in is an important lesson in To Kill a Mockingbird. Almost everyone in the town is prejudice against black people. Scout's father Atticus is defending Tom Robinson in court. He knows Tom is telling the truth and has to stick up for him and puts up a good fight in court. Even though they don't win the case he still stood up for what is right.
Book: The Post Office
ReplyDeleteLessons:
-You don't need to be materialistic to be happy
-Don't waste your life away
-Life is a balance of work and play
The lesson I chose is that life is a balance of work and play. In The Post Office, Henry Chinaski constantly is struggling to keep his job, while fighting alcoholism, a gambling addiction, and constant sex drive. This sinful pleasures that he enjoys keeps him from gaining a family, being successful, or living out the american dream. It teaches us that what may seem to make us happy in the moment, may not be the best for us, and might make us sad in the long run.
Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
ReplyDelete-Just because somebody says they're okay doesn't mean they are
-Burying your past never works
-Escaping your comfort zone is difficult--but worth it
Charlie, the main character of my chosen book, tries to bury his past. He doesn't want to be burdened my the memories of his Aunt Helen molesting him. By trying to smother these memories, he allows his emotions to build up. This causes him to experience a breakdown, and he ends up in a mental hospital. If Charlie had told somebody about his aunt, he might've been able to heal from it.