One of my favorite books is Point Guard, by Mike Lupica. This book is about a girl named Cassie who has been the best at sports her whole life. She played softball and girl’s basketball, but her team always won. Eventually she got tired of everything being easy, so she decided that she was going to play on the boy’s basketball team this year. Her friend Gus Morales doesn’t know what to think of this. He doesn’t know if or why he is against a girl playing with boys. Throughout the season Gus has to resolve a fight with Cassie and deal with a teammate who makes from his Dominican Heritage. This book is my favorite because I can relate it to my life when I used to play boy’s basketball and baseball. It was also just written recently, so some…
The autobiography of Dave Pelzer‘s life highlights issues concerning the youth. His novels, A Child Called “It” and The Lost Boy demonstrated the first awareness of abuse and mistreatment in the homes of blood related families and many other homes. Pelzer‘s story is not the first of many stories to depict a child trying to survive in a home where there is many afflicted injuries. These injuries can be classified into three categories: physical, emotional and mental. The work of Pelzer suggest that the nature of life consist of trials and tribulations and it is the responsibility of the individual to be resilient to every test.…
My favorite book is aptly entitled Freaks and Revelations by Davida Hurwin. In the “faction” novel, two teenage boys live every opposite lives. One boy, Doug, a 17 year old punk rock skinhead, lives a life of hatred and anger, yet unfound innocence. On the opposite end Jason, a gay 13 year old, finds himself shedding every ounce of innocence to survive on the streets after his family kicks him out for being homosexual. Although they lead two different lives, the two boys find themselves on the same West Hollywood St in an encounter that would change both lives forever.…
Some things/objects are more than just that, it can have a sense of identification with it. Which is exactly what Boy 21 by Matthew Quick does. The main theme is identity, it helps you find and build your own while reading about people who are struggling to find theirs as well. Finley, a kid who traditionally keeps to himself and focuses on basketball, is asked by his coach to take an all-star basketball player obsessed with space under his wing.…
felt lost in a world where they had already been left out and left behind.…
Boyhood showcases physical, cognitive, social, and family development (both normative and non-normative) through the life span. Following a young boy, Mason, and his family through hardship and prosperity, Boyhood brings to life the challenges and opportunities of growing up.…
In the 1988 movie Young Guns we will analyze William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez) as the outlaw hero, and Patrick Floyd Garrett (Patrick Wayne) as the official hero. This movie was closely based on real life events of the Lincoln County war of 1877-1878, but because the real life events weren’t nearly as controversial and exciting, the movie was minimally changed in various ways to make it more appealing to audiences.…
Most people try to avoid issues concerning homosexuality by being neutral even if they have a problem with it. Schools face a bigger problem staying neutral since they must protect students’ rights, as well as maintaining order for the entire school. In the article “Young, Gay and Murdered” by Ramin Setoodeh, Larry King was a young man with a very bubbly personality and a very flamboyant appearance. His time at E.O. Green was tough; Larry was teased very often about his sexuality. Although Larry did not help the situation by making remarks that pushed other boys further into homophobia. Larry was interested in a boy named Brandon; however Brandon did not feel comfortable with the flirtatious remarks towards him. Brandon felt the only option to take care of his situation with Larry was to kill him. The staff at E.O. Green should have taken the time to investigate what was going on between the two boys. This…
The short story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto is a fiction story. The author tells the story of a boy in Seventh Grade named Victor who took a French Class because he thought someday he might travel to France and also a girl he likes named Teresa is in that same class. The authors purpose is to entertain his readers and impart a lesson that you need to achieve your goals, you must work hard. The author is speaking to kids in middle school.…
Stokely Carmichael focuses on not only black power but the internal logic of why he was giving it. The internal logic of poor and rich, non-violence and violence, black and white, freedom and integration, and moral and political. Poor and rich is the basis of social hierarchies. Social hierarchies is merely the power or privilege that attaches to you by your social position or status. It is applicable to all of society which characterizes the culture of the United States. Poverty is poorness which is defined by what it does not include, having money, rather than what it does include. Stokely Carmichael begins in his speech with poor instead of rich and then defines it by what it is not, “A man is poor for one reason and one reason only- he does not have money. If you want to get rid of poverty, you give people money.” It’s a clear way to rid of poverty, exactly how he stated “you give people money,” (Carmichael).…
Have you ever read the book If I Grow Up? In the novel If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser the main Character DeShawn wanted to stay out of trouble and get an education. But, DeShawn goes through a rough time with money and food. So, he realizes that he has to make a choice to join the Disciples or to keep getting an education. DeShawn then chooses to join the disciples. DeShawn had a choice to join the Disciples or better his life. DeShawn could have got a job, he could have left the projects, and he could have kept his education.…
The first chapter of the textbook focuses on child development as it is related to children’s experiences with death, grief, and bereavement. Overall, my gut reaction is that I enjoyed the chapter and that I believe that the majority of the points made were strongly backed by evidence and reasoning.…
Master Harold and the Boys is a play by Athol Fugard, a South African novelist, actor and playwright, in 1982. This novel is based in the tragic and emotive experience Athol lived when he was 17, which marked him all his life that included his servants Willie and Sam. The play is set in the St George Tea Room in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Fugard in this play is trying to show the apartheid which took place from 1948 to 1994 and his political opposition to this theme. The apartheid was, “a system of racial segregation in South Africa, under which the rights, associations, and movements of black inhabitants were reduced”. Fugard’s play “Master Harold and the boys” shows the relationship that existed between black and white, the racial hierarchies…
The short story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto expresses several themes throughout it. A theme is the main idea, overall message, or lesson that the author wants you to take away from the story. Themes can be about friendship, love, or anything else that readers can learn a lesson from. There are many themes throughout the story. Some of those themes are never give up, don’t pretend to be someone you are not, and believe in yourself.…
Imagine! If we could place order in Heaven, what would it be? Happiness, Love, Peace, Perfect health, Wealth and a formula through which all our wishes could come true. Right? Perfect! Now imagine, you just placed your first order.…