All American Boys by Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds is about two young teenage boys, one black and one white, who have to face the repercussions of a devastating act that would leave their friends, family, school, and community bitterly divided by racial tension. Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynold both met while staying in the same hotel room while on tour. They both quickly became friends after bonding over their similar racial views. What sparked both Brendan and Jason to start writing a book was the tragic death of Michael Brown. In the novel, Kiely and Reynolds use repetition, imagery, and logos to create the main theme racism.…
In Cynthia Rylant’s short story, “Papa's Parrot,” the main character, a 12-year-old boy named Harry Tillian who can't seem to spare the time to visit his papa at the family candy store during the afternoons. I firmly believe that the message in this story is to always appreciate the people around you before it's too late.…
In this passage from “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, the tone of the author was dramatic. One example of the author using the tone dramatic is on line 2 of the passage. “The sun was relentless and eternal” This is dramatic because the author could have said the sun was hot but they made it so perfectly explained that it is so miserable to be outside. Saying relentless is meaning the sun is consistently burning and the heat is very very strong. Using the word eternal is meaning all day the sun is shining at its brightest.…
Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven is a fiction drama, that also includes romance. The main character Libby Strout, returns to high school after being the talk of the town and labeled America's Fattest Teen. Whilst dealing with the death of her mother and taking care of her father, she now has to deal with the added pressure of Martin Van Buren High School. Besides being the hottest topic in school, Jack Masselin and his friends pulling a prank, ending with both serving in detention. Through having to interact with one another in skill building exercises, they begin to grow closer despite how they first met.…
Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People” is a short story about the connection between one’s soul and life. The story centers around Hulga (Joy) Hopewell and the life-changing experience she has with a traveling Bible salesman (Meyer 265). As a whole, “Good Country People” shows how a person’s point of view can affect the experiences they have. At the beginning of the story, Mrs. Hopewell (Hulga’s mother) has a positive experience with the Bible salesman.…
“Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid is a short story/poem was published in The New Yorker in 1978. There are many things that the story “Girl” shows us. One is the oppression of women and the lack of the options that women got. Another is the change in parenting techniques as orders like these wouldn’t be issued in today’s world. The narrator also shows how the gender role has grown since the late 1970s, shows the little girl protesting toward her mother, and shows the love a mother has for her daughter.…
The poem “Last Night” by Sharon Olds is a short poem about a fear of sex without…
“It is a sin to write this.” begins the story of Anthem. By the end of the story, Equality 7-2521 has a different moral assessment of his actions, but was the eventual assessment of his actions correct? His eventual evaluation being that of seeing this as a breaking of bonds with collectivity, an achievable freedom and disregard of the Council. In all terms, this judgment is correct, indifferent to the few flaws it may have. This can be proven through evidence from the book.…
Constitutionally Protected Speech- Speech under the law can apply to almost any form of expression ranging from verbal communication to writings and pictures to expressive conduct. Constitutionally protected speech is becoming more of a problem. Come and Get Me You Fairies! by Kathy Shaidle, an article with no restrictions on the effects of “hate speech” laws.…
By demonstrating the romantic nativity of the West’s outlook on Indigenous people, Emma Lee Warrior’s short story Compatriots dismantles the dominant view on Indigenous people, illustrating the ignorance of the West’s stereotypes. The romanization of the Indigenous culture results in generalisation of Indigenous culture, contrasting feelings between the west and the Indigenous, as well as patronising ideals. To begin, Lee Warrior breaks out of stereotypical archetypes of Indigenous people created from the westerners’ perspective. For instance, addressing the diversity within the Indigenous groups. As Hilda boldly assumes, Lucy has done sun-dances before, because it’s her culture.…
This dissertation examines the ways in which people listen to music and how to make listening a more enjoyable experience. Copland does this by categorizing how we listen into three different planes. Throughout this dissertation he goes from explaining to persuading people to have a more complex way of listening to music. The one major problem that most people have when they listen to music is they tend to listen for the pure joy of it without thinking.…
Anna Quindlen wrote “School’s out for summer” to inform people about a problem we have in america and we do have a problem. Many people think as summer as a good thing no school, no waking up early, no more homework, but for some people summer is not the best thing for them some kids may not get to eat as much in the summer many kids eat lunch in school and even breakfast as it say in the text “fifteen million students get free or cut-rate lunches at school. And many of them get breakfast,too”. And that's just one of the problems.…
The current, test based, American Educational system fails to instill in student a desire for life- long learning and does not prepare them to be well rounded and successful adults. A change in educational philosophy needs to be made in this country before it is to late. Educations is what defines a person life and without a proper education, people wont be able to go anywhere in life. Students usually study for their test and forget what they studied the next day. After school all students want to do is get away from their work and not have to do it anymore. There is not necessarily a perfect educational system, but it could be better than what we have now. People are not going where they are supposed to after schooling. There is a book, That Used To Be Us by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, which can prove this.…
In The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin the character Louise Mallard has to be gently told that her husband has died tragically. Her sister Josephine tells her that her husband Bentley died in a railroad accident. Louise Mallard cries and mourns her husbands death but in the back of her mind, she is thinking she will finally be free. Although Bentley was always good to her, she can now have a life of her own without feeling oppressed. She feels that men and women oppress each other even if they do it out of kindness. She fantasizes about how her life will be without her husband and hopes that she will live a long life. Suddenly the door opens and Bentley walks in. He is alive and was not in the accident. Louise mallard dies of a heart attack the doctors say it was from happiness.…
‘Song of Hope’ is a poem written by Oodgeroo Nuccal (Kath Walker) an Aboriginal Australian. The piece is classified as Aboriginal Australian literature. It was published in the 1960’s. The purpose of the text is to give hope in a new beginning after the events involving the racial tension between the Aboriginals and the white settlers. The poem is directed to the Aboriginal people of Australia who suffered from these events.…