“Looking for Work” by Gary Soto One July‚ while killing ants on the kitchen sink with a rolled newspaper‚ I had a nine-year-old’s vision of wealth that would save us from ourselves. For weeks I had drunk Kool-Aid and watched morning reruns of Father Knows Best‚ whose family was so uncomplicated in its routine that I very much wanted to imitate it. The first step was to get my brother and sister to wear shoes at dinner. “Come on‚ Rick – come on‚ Deb‚” I whined. But Rick mimicked me and the same
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For The Love Of The Game The poem‚ "Black Hair by Gary Soto describes a boy who had and probably still has a love and passion for baseball. Many images throughout this poem support this fact. For example‚ "In the bleachers I was brilliant with my body‚ waving players in and stomping my feet‚" "His crouch the one I assumed before an alter of worn baseball cards in my room‚" and " in my mind I rounded the bases with him‚ my face flared‚ my hair lifting/Beautifully‚" show how much he loves the
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Gary Soto’s "A Red Palm" 2004 When a person hears the title "A Red Palm" there are many things that come to mind. One could either think of a red palm tree‚ or more realistically‚ the strained palm of ones hand. After just reading through this poem a person feels as if they begin to know the man who is spoken about. One can relate to him because most Americans work very hard for a living. Similarly‚ most Americans do not work hard because they enjoy it‚ but work hard because they feel the need
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Gary Soto’s reflections on his childhood efforts of improving his working-class family are humorous and entertaining‚ yet show the flaws in the era of the family. Fueled by TV shows such as Leave it to Beaver‚ young Gary wanted to make his Mexican-American household more like the idealistic “nuclear families” that he seen on television. However‚ achieving that appealing lifestyle of the white middle-class families proved to be very difficult; especially for families like Soto’s‚ who didn’t fit that
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Have you ever wanted to be good at something‚ but you couldn’t figure out how and you just wanted to quit?This is how Lupe Medrano felt in the story “Marble Champ” by Gary Soto.Lupe is good at everything‚chess‚spelling bees straight A’s‚perfect attendance‚and she even has her own shelf in her room built for all of her awards that she had won.The only things she had never won at were sports.She tried to beg her body to run as fast as the other girls‚but she could never do it.Then one day she wanted
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it says “Sometimes when we let our fears get us down”‚ I can say more because it just not facts I can write in my lead. E: Exactly. Did you also notice that she included the author and name of the text she was writing about- The Marble Champ by Gary Soto H: [Nods] E: She did so that if her readers are really drawn to the story and want to read more about the literary text they have all the details to help them
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The poem begins with a beautiful display of imagery‚ starting off with an interpretation of his family‚ describing them simply as his “wife”‚ “baby”‚ and “Kathleen”. It is regrettable how at this point we would not know who “Kathleen” exactly refers to‚ as there is more than one possibility. It says that he had a “baby”‚ which could possibly be ‘Kathleen’‚ if the baby is a girl. But another possibility is that ‘Kathleen’ refers to his wife‚ however‚ this possibility is unlikely as it would be a repetition
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are trying to save Mr. Terupt´s job. Because the schools budget is low and a teacher needs to be cut‚ and it’s most likely going to be Terupt‚ but the kids do everything in their power to make sure it won’t be. Also in the story “Marble Champ” by Gary Soto‚ Lupe the main character is determined to never give up on her goal to win the marble championship. Lupe and kids all learned a valuable on being determined and never giving up‚ a lesson and i’m sure you will learn to‚ by reading this story. As
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In my literary essay “Theme Literary Essay 2: The Jacket‚” I wrote about the lesson Gary Soto learns: Bad things happen not to punish you but prepare you for the future. The genre of my writing is a literary obviously and I choose that essay rather the character essay because overall; I did better in the theme literary essay. I was much more organized‚ I cited from the text‚ and provided reason for all my evidence. One technique that I used in my literary essay‚ as mentioned‚ keeping it organized
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The exerpts were from the books Seventh Grade by Gary Soto and Charles by Shirley Jackson. The main setting in Seventh Grade was in French class where Victor acts like he knows how to speak French to impress Teresa. The main setting for Charles was at the luch table at home where Laurie told his parents about this really bad kid named Charles which was secretly him. The main setting of Seventh Grade by Gary Soto was in French class where Victor said random words that sounded french to impress
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