This chapter is all about the background of Moon Shadow and his family in the middle kingdom in China. It goes into detail about their struggles and reasons. In this chapter it introduces Tang town or china town. This chapter goes into detail of the family company. The company’s name was Peach Orchard Vow. The company had a feast for Moon Shadow’s arrival. This chapter had detail on how Windrider got his new nickname. Windrider shares his story of meeting the Dragon king. In the end of the chapter uncle gives Moon Shadow a carving of the monking he made. Windrider helps a demon man by fixing his “horseless” and gets his business card. The company notices that Black Dog had been missing. Windrider and Moon Shadow find him in trouble at a opium place. In this…
For the most part, Moon Shadow is shocked and confused by what he is listening to and what he observed. For example, “Then they…
The book ‘Industrial Sunset’ traces and compares the processes of industrial transformation in Canada and the United States. It explains the main issues in the history and the politics of plant closings during the period beginning and ending in the recession between 1969 and 1984 (High, 2003, p. 4). High (2003), the author of the book, argues:…
The play Inherit the Wind, was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee to inform its readers about the injustice of a law that limited the freedom of an ordinary citizen. This play is based upon actual events that happened to an individual, John Scopes, in Dayton, Tennessee during the 1920's. This famous "Monkey Trial" not only allowed people to begin to accept new theories about the origin of man, but also showed that they did not have to limit themselves in other areas of life.…
Moon Shadow, a young chinese boy, is brainwashed by his mother and grandmother that all people in San Francisco in America are “Demons.” Moon Shadow's father lives in America, but whenever he asks his mother or grandmother about him, they always find an excuse to try to not to talk about it. Moon Shadow then tells them that he wants to go to America to see his father. When Moon Shadow arrives to America, he is introduced to all of his father's friends including his uncle. His father's nickname is Windrider. After they are introduced, Windrider takes them to the Company, which is where they live. After a few minutes of being there, the “demons” start getting drunk and break into the two front windows on the first floor. One night, Windrider…
Moon Shadow has never met his father. Windrider left to make his fortune in America before Moon Shadow's birth. Therefore, Moon Shadow is excited when a distant relative comes and tells him that Moon Shadow is to travel with him to America to live with his father. The trip by ship is very exciting, but not near as exciting as setting foot in the Land of the Golden Mountain and meeting the father he has only heard stories about.…
The Windigo is a spirit used to scare children. Often, parents would tell their children not to stay out too late or the windigo would get them, and stuff like that. The Windigo in Three Day Road can relate to a few things...such as the war itself; the war could/has the capability of stealing the soul of civilized men, making them monsters. You could relate this one to Elijah, seeing as he is the one who becomes consumed by the morphine and becomes completely bloodthirsty. The Windigo could also propose a threat to Xavier, since he is basically dying through the novel. You could say the Windigo is literally eating him alive, making him miserable and making him suffer for having left his home, killing many men and so on…
"How the Human People Got the First Fire" by George Clutesi and "The Boy-Who-Snared-the-Wind and the Shaman's Daughter” by Dorothy De Wit, both contain a hero within the story. Ah-tush-mit for "How the Human People Got the First Fire" and Sna-naz for "The Boy-Who-Snared-the-Wind and the Shaman's Daughter". The heroes of each story share similar heroic traits yet they are noticeably different. Regardless, both are viewed as heroes for their deeds and transformed the way of life for many.…
In reading chapter 4 in working in the shadows we have seen that Gabriele is on his last week of training. Gabriele is giving the job to cut the four rows of lettuce that are in the path of the machine where the lettuce is stored in the boxes. Gabriele is realizing that 4 rows is a lot and his has to get them done. In this chapter you as the reader really realize all the courage, ambition and strength that Gabriel has. Gabriele has started cutting the lettuce the first day Gabriele couldn’t cut 25 heads before having to stand straight up and relax and stretch his back.…
Now days, it is hard to connect or be with the nature, especially if you live in a city. While there are people that interact with the nature every day because of their rural location. The short poem “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford, is about a person that encounter a dead deer in the road in the middle of the night. In the story, the narrator have to decide if he would save the unborn deer or just throw the mom deer to the river to save other people that might suffer an accident by encountering the dead body. In the poem, is interesting to see how the narrator, which represent the human world, makes a connection with the natural world by encountering the deer and debating if he/she should do something for the baby deer. Interestingly enough, Stafford give a clear description of the setting, location and time where this is occurring when he mentions, “Traveling through the dark I found a deer dead on the edge…
The Rider Oldest and most powerful of the masters of the Dark. A malevolent force, he appears in many guises throughout the books.…
Windrider has a dream that takes over his life. He wants to be a dragon. His every decision that he makes is to become a dragon. He decides to leave the Tang town for the demons’ town. In Chapter 5, page 119, Windrider says, “I can follow the dragons’ way better among the demons than among the Tang people.”This shows that Windrider will go as far and wide to pass the “tests” to…
Racing their way down the ramshackle streets of an all-American slum, two young boys hurry home. Next-door-neighbors on the seedy side of town, the two children share fears, sorrows, and joys. Yet while one boy will attend a prestigious medical school, his friend will join the gang down the street. In their diverging paths, these boys challenge common beliefs about adversity. One such belief belongs to Roman poet Horace. Says the philosopher, “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” In the case of the first boy, Horace’s assertion holds true, but his friend’s case reveals its falsehood. Adversity, then, is a fickle matter; one cannot predict whether an adverse experience will…
“Don’t be discouraged and give up just because it’s hard” (Kamkwamba, Pg. 275). William Kamkwamba, a man from Malawi, had to raise above all problems he encountered in his young life to be the successful man he is today. Several things drive people to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals. Although, William and I have lived two completely different lives we have both experienced, trouble managing time, an extreme life-changing situation, and excruciating physical pain; we were determined to face our problems so we were able to be successful.…
According to www.drugabuse.gov, it is estimated that fifty two million people with at least twenty percent being twelve or older, have used prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons at least once in their lifetimes. Some of the more commonly known drugs include Adderall, prescription painkillers and Xanax. These are the medications I will be researching and informing about, but there are definitely a lot more than three. Many people are prescribed and use these drugs as directed by a professional, but many also don’t. Adolescents often share or sell their medications to those who are not prescribed, and have no other way of receiving them. Constant misuse can lead to many health problems, and in extreme cases even death. Besides the abuse,…