17.9.08

Comparing Characters of Animal Dreams

Comparing Codi and Hallie can be complicated because they are both so similar  in things like appearance, and family. On the other hand though they have a range of differences from personalities, to jobs, and stability.
Codi and Hallie are obviously very similar in that they are sisters so their upbringing was very similar. Both girls are around six feet tall and very good looking with dark hair and eyes. They both have the same family structure even though both girls interpret it differently, but they do both have a sister a father and sadly a mother who died when they were very young.
Codi and Hallie have more differences than similarities though. Codi has a very different personality she is far more dependent on others where as Hallie tends to rely on herself for what she needs. the girls also took very different but still vaguely similar choices in careers. Codi became a doctor and Hallie became what is basically a plant doctor, but Codi was never able to cope with the problems of being demanded on because she was never able to depend on herself she didn't feel confident on having other people depend on her. Hallie is also much more stable than her older sister she is very confident in who she is and what she wants to do.
Although Hallie and Codi are both sisters they are both very different in personality, job, and stability. Though  they are very similar in that they look alike and they have the same raising.

16.9.08

What I Read

I recently re-read The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. This is one of my favorite books with a good story and a good theme. The book mostly revolves around the civil rights movement of the 1960's and their effect on one white girl and the black community in a small town of Tiburon, South Carolina. The girl (Lily) runs away from her abusive father and springs her almost mother Rosaleen from jail and they spontaneously run off to the unknown Tiburon SC. They end up staying with August, May, and June; the makers of 'Lady Madonna Honey', something Lily associates with her long deceased mother. The city police and a couple others are shocked that Lily would stay with the 'summer' sisters, because they feel she is lowering herself to be wit blacks. Lily also falls for a boy who is black and the rest of the community disagrees with that to. The main idea in The Secret Life of Bees is to show everyone that skin color, and even sometimes blood relations don't matter what really matters is who you are deep down inside your heart that truly defines who you are.