Literature
The House on Mango Street
The House On Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros is about a young girl named Esperanza. Esperanza lives in A poor Neighborhood. Esperanza is an insecure girl but through the book she begins to grow and mature. Esperanza went through a lot of things in her life but she still became a good, strong, independent woman.
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Saenz is about a boy named Sammy and a girl named Juliana. Sammy and juliana both live a barrio in Hollywood New Mexico. Sammy and Juliana are in a senior year in high school and they fall in love, but then Juliana Is killed By her dad and Sammy gets depressed and then everyone in his barrio including his father and sister die and Sammy is left alone.
My Sisters Keeper
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult Is about Girl Named Anna. Anna was Born as donor for her older sister Kate who has leukemia. Anna's mom and dad have been forcing Anna to donate Blood And she was forced to donate Bone Marrow to keep her sister Alive. Anna was told by her parents that she has to donate her Kidney to Kate and she refuses to. But in the end she goes through the Kidney transplant and dies. The book was really good.
Of Mice and Men
George and Lennie are the best of friends on a road trip looking for work on farms located in Northern California due to their lack of money caused by The Great Depression. George acts as the "brains" of their duo since Lennie has a mental problem. They are always looking for work because they can't keep a job long enough due to Lennie's mental problem. When they do find work on a farm, they come across multiple people that are all discriminated against because of who they are. For example, Curley's wife is not treated with the same respect as the men on the ranch. A man named Crook's is not treated the same as the other men on the ranch because he is black. One day, Lennie is moping because a puppy he was "petting" died from him being too rough with it. Curley's wife comes in to console him and ends up letting Lennie pet her hair because it is soft and Lennie is attracted to the feeling of soft things. Lennie accidentally gets too rough with her hair and Curley's wife starts to panic. This panicking causes Lennie to freak out and breaks her neck and kills her. Lennie makes a run for it and ends up getting shot by his best friend, George, to prevent him from being tortured by Curley.