The first section of the novel is a great way to start the story. The main detail is that 14-year-old, Mia Thermopolis (a quirky, street smart girl) gets the news that she is now inheriting a generation of the Royalty of a small nation called Genovia after her father had announced that he can no longer conceive children. Her princess name in Amelia Renaldo. Mia tries to juggle that shocking information with her school problems, like how she is failing algebra, social dilemmas, like how Mia has a huge crush on a boy that doesn’t even know she exists or how Mia’s mom is dating her algebra teacher, and emotional issues, like how she feels she does not fit the perfect teenage girl description. Everything in her life is turning upside down as she continues unearthing her destiny. {Pg. 42 “I’m a princess. Oh my God. Everything good about my day just went out the window.”} The next section talks about Mia’s life starting to dramatically change very quickly as she begins to fulfill her duty as the princess while attempting to …show more content…
The boy Mia has a big crush on suddenly shows interest in her after hearing about Mia’s true identity, Mia then figures out that he only is interested in her because she is famous and the only thing that helps her cope is the friendly and loving support of others. This makes Mia realize that happiness comes from being with people who respect her for the person she is on the inside. Towards the end of the story, some main details are; she makes a new friend named Tina who also has a bodyguard with her at all times, she reconciles with her good friend Lily after being in a big fight, and she could possibly have a small relationship with Lily’s older brother who is also someone who helped Mia when she was in need. Through all of Mia’s hard times, stressful situations and royal responsibilities she managed to find true
People try to hard to be popular in Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. Stargirl becomes Susan to try to be popular, but it did not work. The most important lesson that we learned from Stargirl is that popularity does not matter, no matter how much you are hated.
Mia is the central character of this story. She is kind, musically gifted, and quiet. She cares a lot about her family and friends and also, she possesses a deep love for her cello. Mia
Mama Elena killing herself, consequently because she could not trust anyone, was an action that I did not anticipate whatsoever. I would foresee either Tita or Pedro, maybe even Chencha killing her but definitely not herself. Although if Tita wanted her dead, she would have poisoned her by now. Tita was always a cook of the house, so she had many opportunities to poison Mama Elena but she didn't. Same goes for Chencha and Pedro, they have had plenty of opportunities to murder Mama Elena. If she was a considerate and caring person everyone's life would've been a lot more pleasant and enjoyable. She should have been more willing to let Tita marry Pedro, seeing as she knows the pain of not being with ones true love. Unfortunately, she lost her
Wu-Mei struggles about family and relationships. She suffered bullying from her own family. Bullying is the use of force to abuse someone and it has been the problem for Wu-mei from the start which makes her feel unwanted. Her siblings were being aggressive to her because they believe that she was the cause of their mother’s death. There is a quote from the Bible “Do unto others what you want others do unto you” this means that do to others what you want them do to you. In the novel “Chinese Cinderella” Wu Mei is being bullied by her Big Sister by telling her that she is the cause why their mother had died. For e.g. on page 3 chapter 1, Big Sister once said to Wu mei “Mama died giving birth to you. If you had not been born, Mama would still
with narrating the first chapter of each part. She is the one telling the story of her sisters. She is divorced and still lives in her childhood home. She is also a car insurance sales woman. She is also surprised to see an interviewer this early in the year, meaning she is still considered a hero. The only surviving sister.
The rags before riches archetype is when a character grows and changes into a whole different character. Amelia ‘Mia’ Thermopolis is the protagonist in this novel. The story follows her journey of growing up in New York City with her mother, and her father living in Genovia, a small European country. Little does Mia know, her father is actually the prince of Genovia. After finding out that he can not in fact have any more children, Mia will be the next princess.
A book called, Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli, is a novel about a boy and a unique girl that have issues being together because of their companions. The novel, Stargirl, is about Leo Borlock, the narrator, and a unique girl who calls herself, Stargirl Caraway, thus the name of the book. Stargirl is falling in love with Leo, a boy at Mica Area High School (MAHS). The catch to this story is that Leo and Stargirl are having trouble being together because MAHS is full of conformity. Leo conflicts between being a conformist and his desire to be with Stargirl, as she is a non-conformist. This conflict drives Leo from a conformist to an individualist. Leo changes in the story by his inner thinking, dialogue, and revealing actions.
Have you ever been rude and overconfident that you want to do everything yourself. The book I will be talking about is Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett. The book talks about a person named Anna. Anna started off very nice. Later in the book, once her grandmother came, she wants to kill her older brother.
Mam, the burger you gave me, has far too much ketchup, I-I’m done I just, I… I just need a refund or something! What if I called your manager and told them, then woul-
Ivan goes to the land of the mystery woman and finds out that she is in fact Princess Katerina of Taina. Once they enter her land Ivan learns that because he said that he’ll marry her, he has to learn the way of her people and train to be the future king. As Ivan faces the struggles of training and worrying about the evil witch that cursed his bride to be, he grows feelings for Katerina who is not very fond of him. In the song Diana by One Direction they sing “I would never mistreat ya, oh I’m not a criminal”, showing that whoever the song is for they would never treat them badly because they aren’t villainous. Katerina doesn’t realize that Ivan is trying so hard to become the person that can save her from the witch. Even though the Princess
Status Quo: As Jessica Mane is sitting in her tenth grade geometry class, her teacher passes out their check-up quiz they took. As she was waiting to get her test back, she twirls her chestnut hair with a #2 Dixon Pencil. She notices her teacher coming up to her, not surprised. “Not your best, Jessica,” says Ms. Fields, handing her a test.
She tries to decide whether or not she should try to live, just let go, and the results after her decision. Mia wants to try to live, she wants to go to Julliard to play the cello, she want to see her grandparents again. “If you stay, I’ll do whatever you want. I’ll quit the band; go with you to New York.
It's funny. My mom will ask me what's gonna happen in the next episode and what's gonna happen between this character and that character, and I don't tell her anything. She's like, "What's the perk of being your mom if I can't find out what's gonna happen in the next episode?" And I say, "Mom, I want you to be surprised." And she's like, "I don't want to be surprised!"
The story itself is about seventeen year old Mia Hall, who is put into a coma after being in a car accident that killed her parents and younger brother, Teddy. Now it's Mia's choice whether she wants to live, wake up without any parents, or to let everything go, and follow her parents. The book has many happy points, as well as sad ones, where she recalls parts of her life, which ultimately lead up to her decision.
“Solonia dear, listen to your mother with but with the smallest of ear. Your father and I see in you the makings of a great woman. It shows in your speech, in the letters and poetry you write. Solonia, they say it's a man's world, but women are capable of great things as well. But how do they become great my love, by reading the best scrolls, written by the best instructors. Women like Sappho and artemisia.... you've read this poetry yourself in your father's library"