On December 7, 1942, exactly one year after the bomb attack on Pearl Harbor, the people of Manzanar broke. According to a child in the camp, Jeanne Wakatsuki-Houston, “Everything just came boiling up at once.” (pg. 53). Leading up to this, animosity grew as the people called for better treatment. The bells of the mess hall rang constantly and for many reasons. When these rang, they called for meetings with the general public. The bells rang for meetings about better food and wages, they rang for revolt, and they even rang for a complete return to Japan. The people were so up in arms that these meetings could be turned into anything from screaming matches to attempted arson, and everything intensified on December 5, two days before the December…
In a competition between man and nature, nature more often claims victory. Pitted against tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, nothing man made is permanent. In an excerpt taken from Ann Petry's novel, The Street, the main character Lutie Johnson is antagonized by the tumultuous winds that inhabit the town, along with the frigid cold. Using such literary elements as dark imagery, descriptive selection to detail and appalling personification, Petry successfully captures Johnson's relationship with the urban setting.…
When the accident took place, however, Ruby said that continual treatment and medication did not help. She could not show emotions or feel them. In addition, she was exceptionally confused. She found herself cursing, which was out of character, and she struggled with simple things like fitting a box of pizza into the garbage can. The problem became so bad…
Everyone carries baggage In the novel ‘The Running Man’ by Michael Gerard Bauer, Tom Leyton, a great character in the process of changing carries a huge amount of baggage with him. Mrs. Mossop would always judge Tom Leyton and tell Joseph why she thinks Tom is a weird, silly boy. The dangers of stereotyping and putting ‘people in boxes’ is totally wrong as it gives the wrong information about a particular person which is not true. Mrs. Mossop is totally wrong when stereotyping as it gives a bad impression of herself as to judging others.…
Ruby Moon’s dramatic form, performance style, techniques and conventions to convey ideas, influence the way in which an audience interprets what is presented or represented in the theatre. I choose to create my monologue based on Ruby Moon due to the fact that the plot seemed very interesting and I wanted to explore more in depth as to what actually happened to Ruby as she went to visit her Grandmas. My interpretation of the piece is coming from Ruby’s perspective and describing what really happened at each of the houses. I don’t specifically say exactly who killed her as that is up to the audiences interpretation as I thought it was a very clever technique to use I kept it in. The suspense of not knowing who killed her is such a key element in this play as every character plays a part in her disappearance however big or small. Each character in my adaption all see Ruby before she disappears, but who was really responsible? No one ever knows?…
From the scores on an observation matrix, or any other testing an educator can decide on how to address the State and the English Language Proficiency Standards through lesson plans based on the student’s proficiency skills.…
In A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, Francie and Neeley Nolan are children growing up during the early 1900’s. The brother and sister have to learn how to survive on bread crumbs (literally), and make the most of what they do own. Francie is the main character of the novel, and from the very beginning, the readers can grasp the independence that inhibits Francie from a young age, unlike Neeley who is very dependent on his parents (especially Katie, his mother) to help him get along. When Neeley and Francie are together, Neeley’s dependence brings out Francies individualistic way of thinking, ultimately providing evidence for the end of Francie’s coming-of-age tale.…
She was born in 1831 in Delaware, to Absolum Davis and Matilda Webber. Crumpler’s main inspiration to become a doctor came from her Aunt who spent alot of her time caring for the sick in her community. In Crumpler’s book published in 1883, she stated “...having been reared by a kind aunt in Pennsylvania, whose usefulness with the sick was continually sought, I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the sufferings of others."…
I am Miranda Baker, however I’m like no one. I have a hard time relating to anyone, I’m quite a unique person. If I had to choose a character to relate to, I would relate to Doodle’s older brother from The Scarlet Ibis. I am alike this character because I blame myself for things that really aren’t my fault, I always push my brothers to push themselves and to go on past their abilities, mentally and physically, and I go with my brother everywhere and spend a lot of time with him. In all of these ways I am alike Doodle’s older brother, however I’m unlike him in many way as well.…
Irene McCormack grew up as a fairly typical West Australian girl. She was raised on a farm in Trayning, near New Norcia. At this time most of Australia was absorbed in the goings on of World War II. However, life went on in spite of the senseless, tragic conflict that consumed the lives of so many loved ones, destroyed homes and livelihoods, and scattered families around the globe. Family living in the first half of the decade saw many people face incredible difficulties. After the war began in the pacific, the Australian Government began rationing goods. Some of the goods that were rationed were petrol, clothes, meat, tea and sugar. The amount of meat and food available to Australian was reduced during and after the war. Coming from a working class background, these changes would presumably have affected Irene’s parents – and therefore her own way of living. However, there are no records, which mention just how World War II affected Irene.…
* The form of Ruby Moon is absurdism, a non-realistic form of theatre. Absurdism is based on the ideas of Existentialism, which is the belief that life is meaningless. Absurdist plays highlight the absurdity of life, shown through its conventions. Such as; no sense of time and place, unusual characters, meaningless/repetitive dialogue, strange occurrences and no resolution. Ruby Moon includes all of these absurdist conventions. For example Ray, throughout the whole play, repetitively asking Sylvie for a kiss which she never gives him, is one example of repetitive dialogue or actions. The text has no resolution which is also an absurdist convention. Cameron decides not to give his audience a fairy tale happy ending as endings give comfort. Cameron…
Driving your car to a dinner with friends you go by hundreds of advertisement slogans at the side of the road. Reading them seems to be a good way to entertain your mind with all those miles ahead and since you didn't decide what are you going to order yet you think that maybe some of them will give you an idea. One of them captures your attention in a special way, it shows the image of a laughing sheep and below it says: “Meat is real food”. Eureka! Now you have a guess of what your order will be, but as long as you keep thinking in this phrase you wonder what they meant with the word “real”. If they are stating such a thing it means that they also believe that there is other food that is not real or not as real as meat. A second thought crosses your mind when you remember a column you read in the newspaper a few days ago which was titled as followed: “Studies have found that the consumption of meat and animal products increase the development of chronic diseases including high blood pressure, diabetes, coronary heart disease, obesity, kidney failure, osteoporosis and cancer”.…
In ‘stolen’ each character is a victim of white society’s interference in aboriginal life. Due to the introduction of the white Australian policy, half cast aboriginal children were taken from their families and placed in children home’s where they went through a number of life altering experiences. While all the characters were victimised, Ruby is a good example of the extreme impact that white society had on aboriginal life and how they abused their power. The youngest of the characters, Ruby is abused “I promised not to tell” both physically and emotional while in the care of the children’s home. As a result of her young age and the abuse she had inflicted on her she become mentally disturbed to the point where she can’t recognise her own family. The writer’s use of the actors as a chorus also helps us understand that not just the characters but many suffered the same fate. The characters in ‘stolen’ are all made victims of white society’s government policy’s and cruelty.…
Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the “Little House” series of books on American pioneer life, was born on February 7, 1867, in a log cabin near Pepin, Wisconsin. She was the second of four daughters born to Charles and Caroline Quiner Ingalls. Her siblings were Mary Amelia, who went blind, Caroline Celestia, Charles Frederick, who died in infancy, and Grace Pearl. Her birth site is commemorated by a log cabin, the Little House Wayside. The story of the family’s adventures on the American frontier became the subject of Wilder’s nine autobiographical books.…
Jane Barksdale has designed a line of clothing targeted toward Hispanic Americans. The items are sold only by catalog and on the Internet. She thinks that she can increase sales by claiming in ads that the firm is owned by a Hispanic American and that all the company's employees are Hispanic Americans. She is not Hispanic American nor are most of her employees. She needs a high level of sales to pay her bank loan and remain in business.…