Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of boys getting stranded on an island after a plane crash. Without any adults around, they think they have a lot of freedom and start building their own society. They face many hardships and learn that there is a lot of evil in humans.
The Great Believers transcends generations to communicate the heartbreaking reality of the AIDS pandemic as well as the difficult intricacies of human relationships. Yale works for a university’s gallery, trying to persuade his friend Fiona’s great aunt to donate her art collection, while in his personal life he deals with the rapid spread of disease and death amongst his friends, including Fiona’s brother Nico.
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros follows a girl named Esperanza who moved to Chicago when she was 12. The story is about how she faces challenges but still grows from them. It is a coming of age story and is very inspiring and poetic. The novel was replete with so many events that take place in a person’s life.
When 16 teenage ish boys are stuck on the island, they are forced to
survive on their own. But the thing is some of them want to create an army
while the others just want to survive. This book is about the journey from
being stuck on an island to maybe leaving the island.
Everything, Everything is such an amazing book. There’s an amazing plot
twist at the end, which really adds to the whole story. There are moments
where you hold your breath, mentally yelling at the character through the
pages of the book. I love how the book is written, how there’s never a dull
moment in the story, how you never know what could happen next. It’s
just an amazingly written book.
Every Last Word is so touching. It really dives into mental health, and how
even when someone looks completely fine, they might actually be dealing
with something underneath that. Every Last Word shows how OCD can
affect a person’s life, in many ways.
I read 1984 for my English class and I have mixed feelings about Orwell's novel. On one
hand, I really appreciate his writing style and I believe the purpose behind the book is
important for everyone to hear. However, it was a very slow start and terribly boring during
part one. And the ending, don't even get me started. I was not happy that Winston finished
the book submitting to everything he had fought against for years. I couldn't make up my
