Most people know Charles A. Lindbergh as being the first aviator to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. This historic event for which he earned world-wide acclaim occurred when Charles was a young man after which he continued, throughout his relatively long life, to remain in the public eye and to contribute significantly to our country, to our culture, and to our world. Over the course of this document we will explore the man, his fascinating life, and the many diverse events, some trivial, some humorous, and some quite significant, that will help us to understand him in terms of the events that shaped him and that contributed to the heroic image for which he is recognized throughout the world.…
In The Rock and the River, by Kekla Magoon, “all it takes for evil to exist is for good people to do nothing” is a prominent theme. An example of this is when Bucky had just been brutally beat and arrested by the police. The police did this in broad daylight in front of everyone including Maxie and Sam. “People on the street began going about their business again. The radio blasted, covering the silence of disbelief, of resignation.” (pg. 68). This quote demonstrates the theme because it shows that if the people watching the violence happen (aka the “good people”) do nothing, then the cop’s racism (aka the evil) would continue existing.…
Tadeusz Borowski was born in Zhitomir, Russia in 1992. He was born and raised from a Polish family. He was exiled when he was four years old to a cruel labor camp in the Arctic Circle. Four years after this happened, he found out that his mother was sent off to Siberia, so he was raised by his aunt after this happened. However, his family was later reunited in Warsaw. Tadeusz Borowski continued to further his education in private during World War II. He worked with several underground presses, and he later published his first poem while he had the time to. Borowski was later trapped by the Gestapo when looking for his fiancée, and they both were shipped off to Auschwitz in 1943 of April, and because neither one of them were Jewish, they were both candidates for the gas chamber. Borowski explains his experiences from the gas chambers in his story, This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.…
There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book.” This is a famous quote said by Marcel Proust. Books over the centuries have had an influential impact on the lives of many. Arguably, there are none more influential than children’s books. Children’s books contain important life lessons and teach many children the basic values they will hold for the remainder of their lives. Examples of the best range from the well-known Dr. Seuss books, to the always-popular Winnie the Pooh books. Although those are historically popular, The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister, is one that should be kept in mind. With it’s enticing illustrations, simple and descriptive context, and lesson it portrays, the children’s book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister should be considered for a spot on the “Top 100 Children’s Books” list.…
Tadeusz Borowski was on of the most applauded fiction writer after World War II. He was well known for his stories that voice his experiences as a prisoner of the famous Auschwitz concentration camp during the second World War. Tadeusz Borowski; born November 12, 1922, was a writer and a journalist from a polish community located in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Early throughout his childhood his father Stanislaw Borowski maintained a bookstore that was eventually nationalized due the communist. He was later sent to labor camp in Russia because he was found guilty of being affiliated with a polish military organization during World War I. As a result of this it led to his mother being deported and sent to prison in Siberia.…
At one point or another we all succumb to the feeling of helplessness in our lives. Whether it is a feeling of not being able to break free of an abusive loved one or being trapped by a bad storm, the natural animal instinct of survival is apparent. "Celebration" written by W.D. Valgardson studies that instinct and the helplessness of situations that drives us to it.…
In the openings of pages 9 and 10 of ‘The Rabbits’, written by John Marsden and illustrated by Shaun Tan, techniques such as colour symbolism, font and salience and reading path are used to create issues involving the mistreatment of the Aborignal people after the ‘Invasion”.…
Have you ever wanted to float aloft in the air? See things from a different point of view that of someone whose job requires them to stay airborne most of the time for there job, have you ever wanted to discover new animals that have yet to be named or discovered, Then the book AirBorn by Kenneth Oppel might just be for you. AirBorn by Kenneth Oppel is about A young man named Matt Cruse who is a cabin boy aboard the Aurora(A blimp or Zeppelin) Who works hard at his job and dreams nothing more than to be the captain of his very own ship particularly like the aurora, On a regular watch out for the aurora Matt spots something in the distance a ship that is getting to close to the Aurora, but when no one responds to the hailing of the endurance,…
The town of EatonVille was a black owned community in 1887.Eatonville is only 6 miles from Orlando. In 2010 the current population was 2,159. The town Eatonville was founded by 3 African American after the civil war. The author Zora Neale Hurston was raised in Eaton. Majority of Zora’s writings are based on the town.…
"The Charmer" by Budge Wilson is a short story about a Canadian family that finds misfortune and conflict within their lives. Conflict being the predominant theme which directly affects all the participants in the family. The story is written in third person and narrated from the young girl Winifred's point of view. Budge Wilson uses Zack's smothered childhood, charming personality and irresponsible behaviour to create emotional conflict between members of the family.…
Everyone has had to face challenges, well if some haven’t they will. Some people might have it easier than others but Mawi had it the hard way. At a young age his family had to go through hard times and a big change had to happen. In the novel Of Beetles & Angels Mawi Asgedom tells the audience about his story of coming to the United States, where Mawi lost his loved ones but gained courage and commitment which motivated him to become a top student at his high school and graduate Harvard.…
In your response, refer to your prescribed text (Robert Frost poems) and ONE other related text of your own choosing.…
Imagine getting away from the monotony of your everyday life. You can lie on the beach sipping a cool drink miles away from your worries of getting a paper done or helping a customer at work. You can be on top of a mountain overlooking beautiful lands that are different from your own backyard. Half of the class has taken a vacation less than five times in their lifetimes, but let’s face that most of those probably included those little family vacations to Disneyland. But, all of you said that you planned to travel someday. So, why not do it sooner than later? One of the reasons for not traveling that many of you put is not having time because of school or work. Also, one of your major concerns is budgeting. Between budgets and busy schedules, it is not always easy to set aside time and plan a getaway.…
Walter Mosley was born in Los Angeles in 1952. He currently lives in New York City. He has been at various times in his life a potter, a computer programmer, a poet, and a short story writer; he studied writing in the graduate program of City College of…
Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Horla” is a great example of the notion that art sometimes imitates life. In 1887, while battling the end stages of syphilis and institutionalized for insanity, de Maupassant’s last story “The Horla” was published. In the pages his fictional character, the narrator, chronicles his journey into madness while fighting an unseen beast. The protagonist can be compared to de Maupassant and his own struggle with syphilis and psychosis.…
