Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Stories + genre

The scholarship jacket is a coming of age And realistic fiction story.

'My father was a farm laborer who couldn’t earn enough money to feed eight children,' 
This shows that this story is realistic fiction because there really are people like this in the world.

'The small Texas school that I went to ...'
This is realistic fiction because she is going to school like any ordinary child.
'I was fourteen and in the eighth grade.'
This is coming of age because it tells us that's the main character is in school and is young.

'It’s going to cost fifteen dollars, and I have to take the money in tomorrow, otherwise it’ll be given to someone else.'
Here Martha is coming to a decision, if she will buy the scholarship jacket (not earning it) or if she will give it to someone else, not paying the unfair price. This is important in her life because she really wants that jacket and she really has earned it. This is coming of age because she faces a decision which is quite important.

Reymonds run is a coming of age and realistic fiction.
'And I don’t have to earn my pocket money by hustling' 
This quote explains how this story is realistic fiction because this is a usual thing for children.

'If there’s a test tomorrow,' 
This again, shows that this is a completely normal school and that squeaky has a completely normal life.

'And I smile. Cause she’s good,' 
This shows that This is a coming of age story because she learns to like people even though she had a bad history with them.

'Maybe she’d like to help me coach Raymond;' 
She also learned that even though people have their minuses they also have their pluses because Reymond had a disability and at the end it turned out he has his strength.

  

All summer in a day is a suspense, science fiction and coming of age.

A sound of thunder  is suspense and science fiction.

The landlady is realistic fiction, mystery and suspense.

Clockwork is fantasy, science fiction, suspense and mystery.