In the story “Follow the Water” by Jennifer L. Holm a girl named Georgie is dragged out to mars with her parents who are there to search for water. To live on mars you need to know a lot of information which can be found in the article “What Would it Take to Live Here” by Mackenzie Carro.…
Inside the story of “Follow the Water” Georgie has a dream to be able to live on the marvelous planet of Mars, but when she finally reaches Mars she has to face reality. As a child Georgie had always imagined Mars being “a comfortable life with beautiful domed cities that have amazing views of the landscape.” Sadly when she got there with her space crew she was disappointed on so many levels. Unlike her dream, Mars had dust blowing everywhere, terrible temperature, no water to use, dangerous sand storms, and a small dome she calls home. In this story the author is trying to tell you that she would rather be back on Earth then Mars, and dream that was on cloud 9 just dropped down to the ground.…
The article “Into The Dark Water” by Lauren Tarshis is about what happened to the Titanic. Lauren Tarshis used quotes to show what Jack Thayer a 17 year old boy on the ship. Lauren Tarshis put what Jack was thinking about. It shows what it's really like to be through this situation.…
In the book a long walk to water, by Linda Sue Park, an 11 year old boy named Salva goes through some tough times in his life. What started it all was that his school was attacked. Salva had to leave his family behind and start his journey with random people that he had never seen before. He didn't know where he was going but they were trying to escape the war that was happening in his country. Later in his journey he finally gets to find one of his family members, his uncle. Salva and his group slowly grows and they get to a refugee camp and many years later when Salva has grown up he gets to go to America. When living there he starts a campaign to help build wells in south Sudan, where he grew up, to help everyone there have clean fresh water.…
1. In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and we were left to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman.…
In Sudan the water is the hardest thing to get, imagine you going to walk 5 miles to get a 45lb water jug, then put on your head and walk another 5 mile all the way back home, but the water in the jug is full of insects and bacteria that can make you sick or even death after while the natural water will dry up so you and your family have to move with it and you walk again for miles they hope to find water and they won’t get killed by humans or animals. Salva is changing this cycle of moving with the water by raising money for them, but he could not have done it if he was not a water follower himself and his story shows how he has become a leader.…
“The Color of Water”, written by James McBride, is a memoir. The book was introduced to us in 1995. The main narrator, James, born in the year of 1957 to an African-American father and a Jewish mother. James, at that time, was not to keen about the black power in the sense he had a white mother. During the Civil Rights, his stepfather had passed away. From this point on; James realizes the true responsibility of himself towards his friends and family. He unveils his true self to the world with his memoir entitled “The Color of Water”. His mother’s name was Ruth McBride. Her story was also compelling. Ruth, born in Poland in the year of 1921. Ruth was an immigrant to the United States. Later in her life, she met her black husband Andrew Dennis…
Science is study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. In the short story of “Follow the Water” many of the scientific facts about Mars can be found in the article “What Would it Take To Live There.” The first fact in “Follow the Water” is the deadly radiation that is found on Mars. “The cabin is made of thick black plastic, sturdy enough to protect us from the solar radiation, which can kill you—give you terrible skin cancer. That’s what the Firsts found out. Some of them had to have their noses removed.” In fact if you travel to Mar you could be exposed to the radiation which could cause severe memory loss, brain damage, and cancer. There is so much radiation in Mars because unlike…
This story talking about a young woman from Uganda named Beatrice Biira. Beatrice grew up in the poor village of Kisinga in the mountains of Uganda. She want to attend school, but her family didn’t have the money to pay for it. In 1993, she have a chance from the charity organizer “Heifer International”. The thing that Heifer give to Beatrice is a goat. When she saw that goat first time, she could not see the value of something like goat. But in real life she can earn money from this goat and it can make her get to high school. She is an excellent student in Uganda, who can earn the money by this goat.…
In Peter Skrzynecki’s poem “Crossing the Red Sea”, it explores the long journey endured by refugees who flee from their country in the aftermath of a horrific war. The poem reflects especially, towards the emotional trauma that is associated with immigrating to another country. Skrzynecki’s use of rubric as the focus, turns towards the “shirtless...Barefooted” people on the ship as he evokes a sense of severe poverty. Skrzynecki also quotes, “sunken eyes” and “Red banners” which is associated with their past sufferings that they have encountered during the war. However their suffering has been eased by the calmness of the Red Sea. “Crossing the Red Sea” is similar to “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, as Huck and Jim float along on their raft, without a motor waiting for the river to carry them towards freedom and a new life.…
Even though she knew this day was coming it did not make accepting it any easier especially when her six-year- old brother Elijah got to attend school, and have the childhood she longed for. However, with the recent water issue of not being able to find safe and clean water, due to this development Abshi and other village girls soon had a full time job trying to find safe and clean water access for their families. Kweifio-Okai, Carla. 60 percent of the population live without a safe water supply, has the poorest access to clean water in the world: The Guardian, adapted by Newsela staff 03/25/16. According to the Why is Safe Water Essential? (video) This task became extremely important after some of the villagers became sick and some even dies due to diseases found in unsafe and dirty water they had been drinking or using in some way. Even though, Abshi, her village or the other villages did not know exactly what was happening to their water access, they did know that was going to have to change or they were all going to die from dehydration or a disease from water. Unknown to any country outside of the United States (because the U.S was the one who performed the poll) a poll was performed on safe and clean water access in other countries. The poll results according to Kweifio-Okai, Carla. The five countries ranked lowest for were…
Nya was a young girl about the age of 11 who walked for 2 hours to collect water from a muddy pond, and 2 hours back again to her village. She would stop for lunch, and walk back to the pond again. Every day Nya walked 8 hours to get water for her family.…
The differences between the average American’s view of water and the average African’s view of water are outstanding. Americans take advantage of the water that freely flows through our faucets everyday. African women struggle to find, gather, and carry their water to their homes. “The Illusion of Water Abundance,” “The Burden of Thirst”, and “Unquenchable” give unique insight into the way different peoples view the source that gives humans life. This synthesis paper will focus on the ethics of water and will compare the way Americans view water to how people who live in Africa view water. Specifically, it will discuss the effort it takes to obtain water versus the way water is used and appreciated by two different peoples.…
How do you define a “real” education? Some people might say a “real” education is about getting good grades or gaining as much knowledge as we can; some might say a “real” education is about teaching the life’s truths to become successful. It is true that people have discussed this topic for a long time. When I got into college, I kept asking myself about how to get a “real” education. I think that is a part of the reason I chose to study abroad in the US. I believe high-level educational system of America is excellent, more advanced than in my country. Honestly, in my view, a “real” education is what you learn in school. Simply, just like the knowledge I have gained, the friends…
Suffering is the one thing that every human being on the face of this planet has in common. Yet to survive those sufferings, people must have factors that help them. People in countries undergo hardships mostly caused by war and lack of resources. Despite the struggle, their determination, family, and hope for a better future help them survive. To begin with, determination helps people get motivated to continue to work hard and endure the suffering.…