Differences that were highly noticeable were that in the novel, the interviewer was a teacher that…
The author's mother finished college and took on multiple jobs so that all of her kids can go to a private school. When wes started to fall behind in school, she sent him to military school. The difference between the mothers is rather preposterous. The “other” wes’s mother didn't finish college and wasn't to concerned with how her son did in school. Just before Wes failed the 6th grade, he found a stash of marijuana in her closet and smoked it. After smoking it he decided to sell it. Joy made every effort to keep her son out of the drug business while Mary is the reason why wes started selling drugs in the first place. Both of the Wes’s went on the path their mother made an example of. Mary didn't finish college and does drugs. The “other” Wes doesn't go to college and sells drugs. Joy finishes college and is a hard working women. Wes goes to military school and becomes a very dedicated and skilled worker. The parallel between the two is to prevalent not to see.…
Wes’1 and Wes’2 moved to different towns. Wes’2 was following his big brother steps by becoming a drug dealer. Wes1 got in trouble in school for painting the walls with graffiti. Not only in school, but their behaviors and choices differed on the outside as well.…
identify the contrasts between a woman and young man who are on the opposite sides of the…
The one thing that they had in common was that they didn’t fit in with any of the other groups in school. All of the girls in the group are individuals, “Our group represents all types…” Outside of school she was close friends with John Barton, the son of a government minister. Although good-looking and popular John was not happy because he felt pressure to be what he was not. It was this constant pressure that led him to commit suicide.…
Clive Thompson’s “Smarter than You Think” takes a neutral yet optimistic stance on the way that Technology is impacting our lives. Although those like Postman have an apocalyptic view on the development of Technology and others like Manguel would argue that Technology is leading to a utopian world, Thompson both agrees and disagrees with these stances. What is most important is that we recognize that Technology will always have some impact on our mind but it is imperative that we become more aware of how it is happening. Thompson draws some parallels to Chapter 4 of Postman’s book when he recognizes that our technology, or tools, are everywhere and they transform how we learn, how we remember, and how we act upon knowledge emotionally, intellectually,…
While one Wes was skipping school, drinking, and being a corner boy, other was sent to a military school, far away from his neighborhood and the surrounding circumstances that might pull him into criminal activities. The difference is in responses that their families had once the grades started to slip and their behavior changed based on the influences from their peers. These comparisons show a tragic reality that young boys have to encounter on every day basis. They are looking for ways to fit in the society that is filled with criminal behavior. Comparisons show efforts or lack of efforts from the family and friends to do the right thing and stay out of trouble.…
4. In her last paragraph Prager compares and contrasts the ways the toy company depicted the sexuality of Barbie and Ken. What are the differences? What ideas of cause and effect emerge from the comparison?…
While the environments that both boys grew up in were similar, there are key differences that influenced each Wes Moore into making different decisions later in their lives. The book begins with a discussion of their fathers; the author Wes Moore, although for a short time in his life, had a loving father who was involved and active. The other Wes Moore, however, had an alcoholic father who was absent his entire life, not bothering to get involved with his son. The second Wes Moore, unlike the author of this novel, never had a father figure and the only male role model he had was his elder brother who eventually dropped out of school to sell drugs. Both boys were also raised by their mothers but were raised in entirely different matters. Joy was a hardworking, strong and independent woman who had an education and grew up in a disciplined and structured environment. Joy was determined to provide the same for her three children, going as far as moving in with her parents and working multiple jobs to allow her children to go to private school instead of the failing public schools of the Bronx. Joy and Wes’ grandparents were strict and provided a stable household with high expectations and respect for rules and severe punishments for breaking those rules. For example, when Wes started to fail in school and did not improve his grades or his behavior his mother sent him to military school. Joy was a strict disciplinarian. Mary, the mother of the other Wes Moore, was not a strict disciplinarian and did not grow up in a stable environment. Mary’s mother died when she…
Coach made it clear that Michael was a brave man trying to become better person by trying to attend to a Christian school this is where Michael’s life started to slowly flip for the best. The Tuohy family, a wealthy family Leigh Tuohy is a well-known Designer, wife a mother of two children that attend to Briarcrest School. Sean Tuohy is a business owner from Memphis, Tennessee their daughter Collins she’s a volleyball player for the Briarcrest school same age as Michael, and Sean Junior known as S.J a ten year old boy who helps Michael break from his shell, by treating Michael as his own brother. One cold night Michael was walking down the road to the school Gym where he has been sleeping; the Tuohy family quickly takes him in for the night to their own home and eventually became part of their family.…
My Response to the essay – “Don’t you think it’s time to start thinking?” by Northrop Frye…
having to say a word. So while Allison wanted to be just like her, she dealt with "...the…
The traits of this story are social structure, outsider, and Mrs. strangeworth have a high social status because of her family history in the community. Mrs. strangeworth family did a lot for the community and was known as a nice respectful family. Mrs. Strangeworth could be known as an outsider, but she belongs to the community. She lives in the same community as the other citizens her way of thinking is just a little different from theirs. She thinks as the things she do are acceptable, but to other people they are…
All her life she has been studying and she relates to the two doctors in that way because they are taking her as information and data and she respects that in the beginning. Her attitude toward being treated as data begins to change and she begins to resent that feeling. Then she has a flashback to a certain point in her teaching career that she was the same way with her students. This one particular student asked…
At the second part of the Gross’s essay, she began to use contrast. The numerous examples of contrast the…