This story is called, Everybody sees the Ants, written by A.S. King. It’s realistic fiction writing with a little bit of fantasy mixed in. The story is about a fifteen-year-old boy, Lucky Linderman, who is unfortunately bullied through out the story. One key characteristic about Lucky though is that he is able to dream about his grandfather who was a POW/MIA soldier in the Vietnam War. In his very vivid dreams Lucky is able to help his grandfather try to escape his imprisonment. Lucky is under a lot of pressure in this novel as he is consistently bullied and his parents and the school administration does nothing to help. Eventually he is able to find inner strength to overcome his obstacles. The character I favored in this story is Virginia (Ginny). Lucky met her when he and his mom went to go visit Lucky’s aunt and uncle in Arizona. Ginny belongs to a very strict family that keeps a tight leash on her activities and whereabouts. What I admire about her so much is her individuality and how she is totally against her whole hair gig. Her parents made her out to be a shampoo model since her hair is so beautiful but she sees otherwise and completely shaves it off. Lucky is the character that I can relate to somewhat. The differences in our ages and personal issues set us apart but he does one thing that I can relate to which is being a creative thinker. The day lucky visits the Grand Canyon with his mom, aunt, and uncle he watches a group of older teenagers standing out on a rock and thinks to himself, “Its like one of those cartoon images—a stalagmite of rock that supports a platform where the Road Runner would stand to taunt Wile E. Coyote”(166). Lucky has his way of relating everyday situations with cartoons and other imaginative thoughts. One thing that set us apart though is that Lucky was bullied throughout the story and I have never really experienced anything like that. One of the major themes in this book is bullying. Lucky has been bullied by the menacing Nader McMillan since 7th grade. Lucky has tried everything to be on Nader’s good side. He even tried becoming his friend, which later on just backfired on him. The bullying is part of the reason why Lucky and his mom took the trip to their aunt’s house. Lucky's mom had had enough of it and felt that it was a good idea to take him away and try to get his mind off things. In the end, it was life transforming for Lucky. He came back with a whole new perspective on life and was ready to stand up to his battles. Another underlying theme was Lucky's dysfunctional family. His dad was like a turtle, only paying attention to his work and cooking mostly because of the loss of his father, Lucky’s grandfather. His mom was like a squid, obsessive over swimming laps in the community pool everyday. This made it very hard for his family to have time to bond. One day while patching up the back patio at his aunts house he thinks, "It would be nice to be able to fix my life the way I'm fixing the patio. I wonder, is there enough terracotta-colored cement to fill the hole where my Father should be? Or where my mother's spine should be? Or where my guts should be?" (129). Lucky's visit to his aunts gave him a break to sit back and think of ways to possibly patch up his family so that they were
Is Australia a ‘Lucky Country’ Fifty one years ago social critic Donald Horne wrote his famous book ‘The Lucky Country’ describing Australia as “a lucky country run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck” (http://blog.adonline.id.au/the-lucky-country/). The title ‘Lucky Country’ has become a nickname for Australia and is generally used favourably, although the origin of the phrase was negative. Among other things, it has been used in reference to Australia's natural resources, weather, history…
Teacher Candidate: Sarah D’Amour “I Feel Lucky When…” 12 March 2015 Grade One/Language Arts 30-40 min Big Ideas/Rationale/Essential Understandings/Inquiry Students can write simple statements that reflect the moral of the story based on personal experiences to reinforce deeper comprehension of the WH-words especially “when” and its application in stories. Outcomes 4.2 Attend to Conventions: Writing simple statements demonstrating proper use of capitalization, periods, and usage of grammar. Students…
Organic line This is Candy, she is very quiet and the most calm of my three dogs. She is very still and very unenthusiastic. Rectilinear Line This is Lucky, She is very mischievous. She likes to hide in anything she can find. Concentric Line This is Lucky's favorite chair and toy, Lambander, She doesn't sleep without either of them. Spiral Line Candy's tail is the only tail that seems to curve, and especially when she's happy. Radial Line Lucky's face is voluminous…
The Lucky One Written By: Nicholas Sparks Book Report by: ACC English 8 10/1/12 “Friends come and go, clothing is packed and unpacked, households are continually purged of unnecessary items, and as a result, not much sticks. It's hard at times but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can't understand. Teaches them that even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitably take their place; that every place has something good and bad to offer. It makes a kid grow up fast…
MEMORANDUM TO: Carter Bishop, Senior Revenue Agent FROM: Sojeong Lee DATE: April 21, 2014 RE: Joseph Lucky/Timing of Lottery Winnings ______________________________________________________________________________ FACTS Joseph Lucky, who lives and works in Minneapolis, bought a lottery ticket on December 12, 2013. After knowing that he won $10,000 on that day, he went back to the store to receive the money on December 16, 2013. However, as the lottery rule saying that, since his winnings is…
Winner,” by D.H. Lawrence is a fictional story about a woman’s obsession for money and the lack of love and affection she shows to her family. Her son Paul hopes to change his mother’s mind-set in order to gain her love by becoming lucky. Paul discovers a way to become lucky from a rocking horse that he receives as a Christmas present. He perceives that this horse has magical powers,…
enough money. Gatsby was not born into a family with money or power but he got so lucky and met wealthy guy that showed him how to get tons of money. How many people have you heard or know that get rich like that? It is super rare maybe one in every million people will get lucky enough to go through Gatsby’s luck and becoming rich and well known like him. It is a lot rarer now days because most of the times people get lucky and get rich are by the lottery but the chances of winning it its one in every…
DEVELPOED AND UNDEVELOPED COUNTRIES! Australia is one of the lucky developed countries, with its excellent medical research, low rate poverty, advanced education and a good climate. Places like Afghanistan who are the fifth least developed country in the world are not as lucky. They have been put in this position because of the amount of poverty in their country; they are estimated to have only US$964 for their country. In Afghanistan around 6.6 million Afghans do not meet their minimum food requirements…
understand that their family have financial problems. He then asked his mother why they are poor and she replied to him that it is because his father is “unlucky”. With her answer, Paul thought that being “lucky” means being “wealthy”. Maybe because of his persistence of calling himself lucky, he obtained his power to predict the name of the winners in the horse race. Paul loves to play with his rocking-horse and with it he predicts the winning horses. At first, it was their gardener, Besset…
Kayla Murski English Honor Iv- 3rd pd Literary Analysis ( November) 11/06/14 The Lucky One Analysis Books are always surrounded by themes of heros, fates, love, tragedy, and fantasy. They take you for a ride, and tell a story. Leaving you at the edge of your seat wanting more. Painting a picture in your mind, allowing your senses to go into overload, piecing everything together. The story of the Lucky One has a strong connection to the themes of heroic nature and destiny. Those two themes alone…