There are many events that occur within chapters 6, 7, & “Words” in Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen. To start, on the second night after he got his two middle toes cut off, John taught Sarny “H”. After he tells Sarny how to pronounce letters and has a flirtatious conversation with Mammy, he breaks the news that he is planning on escaping from the plantation for a short period of time. Sarny thought that this was stupid, because she thought that the dogs would be able to catch up to him, but Nightjohn had a plan that would be able to get the dogs off him. This plan was to sprinkle pepper on his shoes, and since dogs hate pepper, they would not follow him, but to Sarny’s surprise, he got away safely, however Sarny’s troubles came around because in…
The author, Deborah Rhodes, uses comparison and contrast throughout the whole article by describing women’s appearance to a certain occupation. Rhodes explains how an obese woman was rejected to become a bus driver because of her weight. This example shows how companies discriminate looks to safeguard their reputation. Another example is how a cocktail waitress went from a size 4 in her uniform to a size 6. When the company asked her to keep an “hourglass figure”, which has to refer to her height and weight.…
Before reading, “Lunch” by Matt Reed, i did not know that financial aid covered meal plans at universities. I think financial aid should consider doing something same for a community college. I support Redd’s plan for free or reduced meals at a community college. If you give students a certain amount of money to use each day and then it is gone, then it will help the government spend efficiently. I felt dejected after reading “For Homeless Students, ‘Education Was the Only Way Out’” by Kelly Field.…
Only to Serve excerpt (part 1) by Debra Davis. She was a grocery clerk for ten years, and she was laid off by her employer. She couldn’t find a regular job, so she searched on the internet for an online job. She finally found a job that appealed to her. The job required her to give advice to people on the telephone.…
After reading the book "Krik? Krak!" (Danticat) I decided to write about the story "Night Women" (pages 81-88). In the chapter , author Edwidge Danticat talks about a women, a lonely women who has a little boy by a man who left them both. Although, this women really cares and loves her son, there's a dark side which the boy has been hidden from. In the story, the women narrates who she becomes when her son is asleep and night begins to take over.…
This painting was inspired by a restaurant on New York’s Greenwich Avenue where two streets meet, the painting depicts an all-night diner in which three customers, all lost in their own thoughts, have congregated. Hopper’s understanding of the expressive possibilities of light playing on simplified shapes gives the painting its beauty.…
How are you, Anthony? Hope you are doing well as I am. Recently, I finished reading a book called Night by Elise Wiesel. This book is based on a real life circumstance endured by young Elie Wiesel. I truly enjoyed reading this book, therefore, I believe that you will enjoy it too. So I am recommending this book to you to read. Reading this book will give you a more in-depth, personal view of Elie’s experience during the Holocaust. An interesting fact: Holocaust was derived from the Greek word ‘holokauston’ which translates to ‘sacrifice by fire’.…
Today I had a session with Melinda Sordino, a high school freshman dealing with depression. She talked about the difficulties she was having, including losing her best friend, Rachel Bruin, and recently losing her friend, Heather. Rachel stopped being friends with her after Melinda had called the police at an end of the summer party, but not for the reasons many would expect. She expressed her feelings sadness towards Rachel and how she felt like she couldn’t tell anyone about what really happened at the party.…
However, their lives were not affected like hers was. They are not awake in the night, but rather sleeping in the arms of their loved ones. This contrast between our protagonist and her supporters is evident to the speaker and then to us by surrounding these women in love and pleasant dreams, "dreaming themselves in elegant furs racing towards Moscow, Chicago, some heady excitement!" (lines 14-16) while our heroine is dragged down by words such as grainy, and "jailhouse train" (line 18). We are left to believe that she sacrificed her normal everyday life to progress and innovate those around her; while these women whose lives she has undoubtedly affected continue on "racing" towards cities of elegance, she races towards a man who no longer loves her as stated in lines 3-4 "rides to the city to see her old lover-/though it's clear from the ending he has broken things…
World War II has given way to one of the most horrific events in the history of mankind: the holocaust. The holocaust was genocide of Jews, homosexuals, mentally handicapped, crippled, and gypsies. The holocaust killed more than six million Jews alone. Hitler, the leader of the German empire, and his army of Nazis and SS troops carried out the ruthless actions of the holocaust. Elie Wiesel is a Jew who went through the terror of the holocaust and its concentration camps. He tells his story in his book Night. Night reveals how Wiesel lost his family, faith, and innocence to the evil of mankind during the holocaust. Wiesel believes it is important for people today to read this book because they need to be shown how important it is not to keep silent and let something like the holocaust happen again. I agree with him.…
We have all heard of the age old saying, “There are only two types of people that exist in a time or war and crisis, those who survive and those who die.” Night is just an example of this that we see down on paper. Night is an autobiography written by Elie Wiesel. It is a true story about events that happened in his life. The intentions of this book was not to make the reader feel good. The author was not writing a story for a family to sit down, drink some coffee and read together to enjoy a good book. He is expressing his experiences and what he felt by writing it down. He shows us what he felt thought the story. The story contains many elements of recession like the death of innocent people and of his family members, shows the limits and boundaries humans will go to survive and the absolute evil of man.…
When we speak of “Morality” we think of the difference between right and wrong, the difference between the good and the evil. We use morality to justify our actions and decisions. More often than not, people impose their morality on others and expect them to act in the way they find fit. They believe that the idea of right and wrong is universal. In her essay “On Morality”, Didion contradicts this theory and believes that everyone can have different ideas of morality based on their own perception.…
The old man quite clearly drown his despair by getting drunk every night at the small café, “He’s drunk every night,”. Also he obviously is in a lot of despair “Last week he tried to commit suicide”. This text is relevant to our society today because a lot of people live in despair for multiple different reasons. Some people will have lost a significant connection with someone in their lives of they may have a disability and therefore really struggle to make those connections needed to not be lonely. I think that the author portrayed a clear message by having the two waiters share very different opinions on the old man and his loneliness. “A wife would be no good to him…
Economically Disadvantaged Poverty and economic disadvantage is a struggle that many people face everyday. When one hears of poverty, image of emaciated children in Africa come to mind. Though developed countries may not have poverty to that extent, it exists more than some people acknowledge. Two of the groups most vulnerable to economic disadvantage are women and minorities, especially those who are dependent. Women, especially those placed in a dependent position, such as Mrs. Mallard in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” and the mother in Edwidge Danticat’s “New York Day Women” are at a greater economic disadvantage.…
Born in the Ontario village of Almonte in 1861, James Naismith was a hardworking athlete who excelled at many sports, and who chafed when the long Canadian winter kept him from playing outdoors, resulting in added pounds and lost strength.…