Author's Note: This is a comparative essay about the novels The Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard and Sarah Bishop. I wrote this to show how these stories both had similar themes, though they were used differently.
In the two books “Sarah Bishop” and “The Stolen Life” both indicate the themes of loss of innocence and bravery and courage. Although they could betray them in different ways they are also betrayed in similar ways.
To begin with the theme loss of innocence Sarah bishop loses her innocence when her brother and father are killed and she’s getting hunted by the government. To top it off people are starting to think she is a witch. In The Stolen Life Jaycee losses her innocence when she is kidnapped by some 60 year old. During the 18 years of being kidnapped. Not only was she living in a tented backyard and wasting her life not knowing anything but the stuff she was taught when she was 11but being raped. Not just once several times and to add on to that she has two girls at the ages of 13 and 16.
Furthermore, the themes of bravery and courage also play a big role in these books. In Sarah Bishop she’s living alone in a cave with a bat and other animals around her. She has to get her own food and all her clothes. In The Stolen Life, Jaycee has to overcome all the struggles of not only living in tents, not knowing who you really are, losing your childhood, but having to go through the pain of probably never seeing your own family never the less having your own daughter at the age 13.
However, these books are very different in their own way. Some of the ways they could be different is the characters are placed in different times Jaycee from The Stolen Life is in the modern day society, and Sarah is back in the when the revolutionary war was taking place.
In conclusion, these books all have other ways they show these themes and many more. Sarah Bishop and The Stolen Life are two very different books although
Monday, December 19, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Bullying or just categorizing
Stereotyping, everyone has done it at least once but if you think about it it’s really not that much different from bullying. It hurts to think that one person might think your trouble or Emo just because you act different or wear different clothes. It affects them even more then you think it does.
This connects to me because in our school there are all these different groups we have the preps, the sport girls, the sport guys, the popular girls, the popular guys, and the outsiders, sometimes there is even the ones that are in the middle of 2 groups. Even though this might be true it is still stereotyping. As I may agree with this others may not and I must respect that.
Sometimes there are people that say it to their face not just behind some ones back like some people judge one of my friends because she reads creep cemetery book about some creepy animals coming back to life, or she wears dark clothes, or she likes rock and music like that but that doesn’t mean she’s Goth or Emo. I remember when I as called a geek because of my glasses and the fact I have braces.
In addition in the book “The Outsiders” the group the Socs and Greasers. Everyone think the Socs are these perfect little angels. But there is a part in the book were Randy who is one of the Socs said “I wouldn’t have saved those children.” I don’t know about you but that doesn’t sound very nice or perfect. Stereotyping in this book is smashed towards the end of the book because you see the true colors of almost every person.
Therefore stereotyping can hurt but yet everyone does it even if its only once.
“The outsiders” defines that they might look tough but it doesn’t mean they really are.
This connects to me because in our school there are all these different groups we have the preps, the sport girls, the sport guys, the popular girls, the popular guys, and the outsiders, sometimes there is even the ones that are in the middle of 2 groups. Even though this might be true it is still stereotyping. As I may agree with this others may not and I must respect that.
Sometimes there are people that say it to their face not just behind some ones back like some people judge one of my friends because she reads creep cemetery book about some creepy animals coming back to life, or she wears dark clothes, or she likes rock and music like that but that doesn’t mean she’s Goth or Emo. I remember when I as called a geek because of my glasses and the fact I have braces.
In addition in the book “The Outsiders” the group the Socs and Greasers. Everyone think the Socs are these perfect little angels. But there is a part in the book were Randy who is one of the Socs said “I wouldn’t have saved those children.” I don’t know about you but that doesn’t sound very nice or perfect. Stereotyping in this book is smashed towards the end of the book because you see the true colors of almost every person.
Therefore stereotyping can hurt but yet everyone does it even if its only once.
“The outsiders” defines that they might look tough but it doesn’t mean they really are.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Ending Or A New Beginning
Author Note: This is my second sentence structure piece about Sarah and the main
The main conflict in this book is that Sarah has to survive on her own. Sarah must face many obstacles such as the death of her father and her brother getting put in jail and her house burning down. Although she had a family she was living with before for some reason she leaves them and decides to live on her own.
The reason she is living on her own is because the king is hunting her down. The king basically just killed her brother. Her dad who even supported the king was killed.
When she is on her own she meets some of the most interesting people. She meets an Indian family, a man who tries to take advantage of her, and she has a lot of creatures that come in and out of her cave.
The main conflict never really gets resolved considering she might die because a snake bit her. You might think why doesn’t she just shoot the snake but she couldn’t shoot it. She held the gun up to shoot it but she didn’t.
The main conflict in this book is that Sarah has to survive on her own. Sarah must face many obstacles such as the death of her father and her brother getting put in jail and her house burning down. Although she had a family she was living with before for some reason she leaves them and decides to live on her own.
The reason she is living on her own is because the king is hunting her down. The king basically just killed her brother. Her dad who even supported the king was killed.
When she is on her own she meets some of the most interesting people. She meets an Indian family, a man who tries to take advantage of her, and she has a lot of creatures that come in and out of her cave.
The main conflict never really gets resolved considering she might die because a snake bit her. You might think why doesn’t she just shoot the snake but she couldn’t shoot it. She held the gun up to shoot it but she didn’t.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Live Free or Die Trying
Live Free or Die Trying #2
Author’s Note: This is a story of the point of few of Sarah Bishop.
In “Sarah Bishop“ a young girl who is only fifteen years old is named, Sarah Bishop. Sarah lives on her own and tries to survive during the Revolutionary War. This story is written from Sarah’s point of view. From this perspective, a lot of events and characters are described in a way that creates a very anxious feeling to the reader though the entire book because there is a surprise around every corner.
One way that Sarah’s point of view influences the reader’s interpretation is how this perspective shows that although her dad did believe in the king it shows that the king would kill anyone even if they did support him.
However, the reader would feel a lot differently about the death of the father if the novel was written in the point of view of the father. For instance, the reader wouldn’t react as much if the dad wasn’t tarred and feathered.
As you can see, the point of view of a story forces the reader to see just one side of an event. In “Sarah Bishop,” the narrator’s perspective makes the reader appreciate their life now because you can believe in what you want, you don’t have to be scared that your dad or one of your family members would be killed.
Author’s Note: This is a story of the point of few of Sarah Bishop.
In “Sarah Bishop“ a young girl who is only fifteen years old is named, Sarah Bishop. Sarah lives on her own and tries to survive during the Revolutionary War. This story is written from Sarah’s point of view. From this perspective, a lot of events and characters are described in a way that creates a very anxious feeling to the reader though the entire book because there is a surprise around every corner.
One way that Sarah’s point of view influences the reader’s interpretation is how this perspective shows that although her dad did believe in the king it shows that the king would kill anyone even if they did support him.
However, the reader would feel a lot differently about the death of the father if the novel was written in the point of view of the father. For instance, the reader wouldn’t react as much if the dad wasn’t tarred and feathered.
As you can see, the point of view of a story forces the reader to see just one side of an event. In “Sarah Bishop,” the narrator’s perspective makes the reader appreciate their life now because you can believe in what you want, you don’t have to be scared that your dad or one of your family members would be killed.
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