A literary device used in the Glass Castle is a simile. This literary device makes it possible for Jeannette to show us instead of telling us about her circumstance. I think that she uses this device as a means to demonstrate how desperate of a situation she was in. I believe that this simile is used to convey the lifestyle they lived and how dependent they were upon the “land and rain” like the cactus.

A theme present in the novel is how their parent‘s addictions frequently negatively affect the children‘s upbringing. This is present in Jeanette as her acquaintances that she makes will often turn their backs and have hidden motives such as Billy Joel. Another way this impacts her is how she is unable to stay in one spot due to Rex‘s choices to move around so much. Jeanette would be considered to be a round character because many of her…

Eragon, a novel about a younger boy who is growing up on a farm with his uncle after his Mother, left him as a child with his uncle. As Eragon is out hunting, his life will be forever changed as he finds a warm blue stone in the forest while hunting. Unknowingly he takes home a dragon egg, which lead his family to danger being as it wanted by the empire and Durza - the main antagonist of this book. As we learn, this egg is wanted by the empire…

Throughout the history of the Toronto Raptors, they have faced many key events along the way. As the book tells the story of the history of monumental coach‘s decisions and there impact on the team, the writer Doug Smith recounts on how players such as Vince Carter can change the course of a franchise. Their triumphs of the days with Isaiah Thomas and the struggles they face with rapidly changing coaches, disagreements among players culminate