Gary Nash author of Red, White, and Black purpose to their readers is describing the early colonists, but also the relationships toward Europeans, the Indians, and the Africans. Nash successfully analyzes the impact of the colliding three cultures and interprets them to give an overall theme about the relationships between those who made America what it is today. He has shown another point of view to his reader that we grew up and was raise in a white people land; learning only the White people point of view through history. His purpose of writing Red, White & Black was to prove that Native Americans and Africans were not victims, but played as a active role to American history.…
(5)Near the end of the story, the theme becomes apparent, that is because even with the losses and Martin, (one of the only few that made it back from no mans land who managed to crawl back into the trenches)the regiment did not reach their objective but instead just got mowed down.(6) As wounded Martin attempted to get back inside his trench, he describes that he sees on the way back “Again and again he passed…
In the book Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli, made Jeffery very productive by being productive on every task he had to complete. One of the biggest times Maniac Magee was productive was when Amanda Beale said no to letting Magee have a book of hers. He was productive and eventually got the book on page 10-12. Try to imagine how hard it would be to get that book from Amanda if you seemed like you had no interest in the book.It would be next to impossible because she loves her books, and to give a book to some random kid who doesn't care about a book would never happen. Luckily Maniac Magee loved to read, and he wanted to learn so he ended up getting the book he worked so hard for. Jerry Spinelli, really went above and beyond on this book by making…
The book, Last Man Out by Mike Lupica, is a very unique book and I would recommend it to anyone who loves sports, especially football, to read it. The setting of this book is in present-day Boston. The main character is Tommy Gallagher, a 12 year-old boy who loves to play football. The rising action of this book would be that Tommy’s father died because of a fire at a house that he was called to. Because of this Tommy’s sister, Emily, stopped playing the sport she was so good at. Tommy tried to persuade her to keep playing. Tommy kept playing football and kept making…
Turtles give hope “Slower than the rest” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic fiction about a boy named Leo. In the beginning, Leo and his family are in the car driving Leo yells, “There's a turtle.” The car halts Leo gets out of the car to pick up the turtle. Soon Leo feels happy and names the turtle Charlie. In the end Leo has to make a presentation on wildlife and uses Charlie as an example of a slow animals.…
In the story ‘’Marble Champ’’ by Gary Soto, lupe is someone that wants to be good at something other than school. But as I read I learned that lupe is someone that people would admire. This is because she's smart,hardworking,and a good sport. The first reason lupe is someone to admire is because she's smart. Shes smart by being a straight A student and by getting A’s means she studied hard and did all of her homework and stayed on top of her work.…
4. Discuss the concept of “madness” – is the narrator really crazy? Or just a little “misunderstood”.…
When you’re feeling hurt, upset, angry, or in pain, just think your way out of it. In the story, “Freak the Mighty” by Rodman Philbrick, Max and Freak (Kevin) are brought together and become best friends. Max is tall, big, strong, and not smart. Freak is short, tiny, unatheletic non muscular, and smart. A pair of opposites brought together, to became friends. When Max was afraid or scared, he would hide it in his mind. When he didn’t want to witness something, he backed up into his mind and let all of his thoughts and emotions flow through his mind. “You can think your way out of anything, even pain.” (53) Max avoided drastic situations by going into his mind. It saved him from witnessing stuff he didn’t want to witness. Whenever he got to…
In the book Luna by, Julie Anne Peters which is a young adult fiction novel. This book takes place at the high school that they attend and also in their home.…
Title: Flyboys, what the title means to me is that it's about pilots in a war fighting enemies. The title sparks my interest a little. Yes, the title does fit with the text of the book. Author: James Bradley, I have read another book from this Author before called “Flags of our Fathers”.…
1. Page 158 = Who does Maniac bring to the party? What do you think is motivations are for doing this?…
In the reading “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, the author describes his own experience of how kids and himself were treated by society during his childhood for being part of a different background. In the reading I noticed how the author shows us ways that he has become the person he is by the influence of his family, particularly his dad who sparked his passion toward reading books. In my essay I implemented an additional family factor other than my father and sister; I included my brother. He impacted how I treat people that are constantly looked down by society. In addition, I have grown from my brother’s death and as an effect I have matured as a person and a writer.…
Her name was Louise. Once when she was sixteen a boy kissed her at a barbacue; he was drunk and he jammed his tongue into her mouth and ran his hands up and down her hips. Her father kissed her often. He was thin and kind and she could see in his eyes when he looked at her the lights of love and pity.…
In the novel Keeper 'n Me by Richard Wagamese, he shows the importance of family and culture as a healing process in self-knowledge. The development of self-discovery is based on the world around, what is seen, heard, experienced etc. Learning about one’s self is about individual experiences, it is not something that a book teaches. Pursuing life first hand is the only way to learn about self-discovery. Garnet being alone for so long, leaves him unhappy and feeling meaningless, not having anyone to connect to. Every foster home Garnet’s been to never feels like home, he is always shut out or made fun of. He could not discover who he is as an individual being surrounded by negative energy. Being thrown in jail was a turning point in Garnet’s…
Making a DifferenceGordon Parks grew up as an African-American in the United States during the early 1900s. He endured much hardship but, through art, used it as inspiration to help others. Parks was a self-taught photographer that used his camera to show the intolerance of the world (Bush 36). It wasnt until he had studied some photos that were taken during the Depression, when he realized the value of the words tied to a photograph (Parks, Weapons 228). He soon began writing photographic stories, to include his famous Life magazine article, Flavios Home. The article showed the world exactly how ugly poverty is. Parks wrote this story as an attempt to help fight poverty by exposing it.…