Every body's heaven is different. At least this saying seems true because nobody has came back to describe heaven. In the book The lovely Bones Susie describes her heaven as,"My favorite part was how the colored blocks were turquoise and orange, just like the blocks in Fairfax High so I could imagine myself there"(17). After some time in heaven Susie realizes,"The javelin-throwers and the shot-putters and the boys who played basketball...were all in their own version of heaven"(18). Susie is describing that every bodys heaven is different in their own special way. No matter if you believe in heaven or not, we will never truly know for certain if it is real, but if it isn't real will it really matter? When we die and there isn't a heaven we still won't know because we will be dead.
This past weekend I saw a movie called Heaven Is For Real. The movie is about a 4 year old boy, Colton, that claims he went to heaven while he was in surgery. I am sure you are thinking that 'He was just dreaming' but that's what I was thinking until he said he met his sister that the boy's mother had a miscarriage long before he was born. He also claims that he met his fathers grandfather that died when is father was very young. This sparked a realization that maybe it really is real.
In the novel The Lovely Bones a girl named Susie was murdered by her neighbor. Her family was devastated when they found out. You don't realize how much you can miss someone until they're gone for good. This made Susie's family, as well as myself, realize how much you should value the important people in your life. You can wake up one day and they will be gone. As they keep repeating throughout the beginning of the story, "Nothing is ever certain"(Sebold, 30). This statement can mean a number of things; something that you think is 100% true could be false or you never know what could happen next.
This is a list of quotes throughout the book on goodreads.com - http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1145090-the-lovely-bones
Alice Sebold
Sebold was born on September 6, 1963 in Wisconsin. She underwent some childhood struggles. Her mother, Jane, was an alcoholic and suffered anxiety and panic attacks. So the only person their for her was she sister Mary. Sebolds father was a Spanish professor at The University of Pennsylvania.
Since Alice had a difficulf childhood, after high school she wanted to distance herself away from her family. She enrolled at Syrause University in upstate New York. During her first year of college she was walking back to her dorm from class and got pulled into a tunnel and got attacked and raped. Not only did that happen once, but it also happend again not long after it happened the first time in the same tunnel. The police found the attacker and her got sentenced to prison. It was diffcult for Sebold to find closure after those events.
Sebold never was able to gradurate college, Alice moved to New York City and that is when she began to experiment with drugs. She moved to Califorina and that is when she began to write. Sebold used her life experiences in her writing. You can see that in The Lovely Bones.
Jimmy is just your average incoming freshman that happens to carry a little extra weight. This Story is actually biased off a true story about a boy named Doug that went to Mason High School a few years ago. Jimmy gets teased for his weight by his class mates. Jimmy's goal in the beginning of the story is to lose 60 pounds. At first its a struggle with all the TV ads and his constant craving for a Big Mac from McDonald's. Jimmy eventually learns to control his cravings and begins to loose weight like no other. But there is just one problem; the kids at school are still making fun of him and it gets really out of hand.
At the beginning of the year Jimmy doesn't have very many friends. The only friends he has are from his youth group at church. He sits with them at lunch. As the year goes on and high school gets to his only friends the start to not like jimmy anymore. Jimmy's friend Whitney, starts getting into trouble and he thinks she is disgusting now. Now Jimmy is only left with Paul. Paul starts smoking and using drugs because his mom is drinking and his parents are fighting, but that doesn't make Jimmy think less of him.
Throughout the story Jimmy realizes that you should be excellent for yourself and not for anyone else. The kids at school still make fun of him for his weight even though he has lost so much weight from the beginning of the year but now he holds a lot of more confidence then at the beginning of the school year.
On page 59 Fahrenheit 451 Captin Beatty says to Montag, "School is shortened, discipline relaxed, philosophies, histories, languages dropped, English and spelling almost completely ignored"(59). The Author is trying to convey that if we don't do something about how they teach now the society could end up the the one in Fahrenheit 451.
On page 58 beatty says, "Classics cut into fifteen-minute radio shows, then cut again to fill a two-minute book column, winding u at last as a ten- or twelve-line dictionary resume. I exaggerate, of course"(58). The Author is trying to explain to the reader that the way we do things now are complelty diffrent then how we do things today and if we continue this what Beatty is telling Montag will become true.
So far in Fahrenheit 451 I like Clarisse's character because she is diffrent and unique. She asks a lot of questions to Montag. i also think it is interesting how Mildred attempted suicide and didn't remember and said she would never do such a thing. Also it is strange that everytime Montag sees Clarisse she says she is crazy, "'Im seventeen and i'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane'". I think she always says the becuase she may have a problem that is not adressed in the story.
Most books and stories have a set of characters. Each character has different personalities. They're also a protagonist and antagonist. Some characters can change throughout a story -- called a round or dynamic. Some stay the same and do not under go a change -- called a flat character.
Bruno: Bruno is the main character who is 9 years old. At the beginning is stubborn because he didn't want to move but eventually warms up to his new home far from Berlin. He doesn't have the best relationship with his father because he is always working and they don't spend much time together. Ralph says to Bruno, "'You need to realize that you are at hom,' he said instead, disappointing Bruno. 'This is ti for the foreseeable future'"(48).
Ralph: Ralph is Gretel and Bruno's Father. They both call him Father. He is a commander in Germany and spends a lot of his time in his office or working at his job that neither of his children knew what his job is. Ralph explains to Bruno, "'This is my work, important work. Important to our country. Inportant to the fury. You'll understand that some day"(48). He seems to not care for his children that much since he doesn't talk to them very much because he is always busy working. Bruno talks to him very differently then how i would talk to my parents. He talks t him as if he were is boss or a teacher.
Maria: Maria is The housekeeper of their new home and the families old house in Berlin. She follows all the rules that she has as a house maid. She seems to keep her thoughts to herself and doesn't share her opinion because she thinks she would get fired. Maria is overpaid for her job as a maid. "She hesitated for a moment when she saw him lying there but then bowed her head a little and walked silently over toward the wordrobe"(56). This quote shows how Maria is very formal with the family even though she has spent a large portion of her life with them and sees them almost every day.
Throughout the story each character goes through some changes. Bruno sees the bad and good in the reality of the world. Ralph feels for is children and spends more time with them.
