The memoir‚ The Color of Water‚ by James McBride‚ is a story of two charmingly similar but also enticingly different lives. One of narrations is of James himself‚ describing his struggles of growing up with a “very strange mother” (9)‚ as well as attempting to find himself as he was both black and Jewish‚ and was never quite sure of where exactly he fit in. The other narration is of his mother‚ a Jewish immigrant who has her own fair share of issues in life to deal with‚ as she is a white person
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Monique Walker Mr. Brady 11 September 2012 Heritage What factors contribute to who you are today? A question that many struggle with including James McBride‚ the author of The Color of Water. James struggled with finding himself because of his mixed background‚ a white Jewish mother and a Black father. When James finally gets an understanding of the culture‚ races‚ and religions that surrounds him it helps him to gain his own identity‚ point of view‚ and allows him to share his experiences with
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White Mother not only tells the story of his own life but also tells the story of his mother’s life. The book looks at the author’s life experiences as a person of mixed race‚ his struggle with his own identity‚ and the discrimination that his mother‚ Ruth‚ endured from individuals due to her religion‚ as well as the injustices she faced from her own father due to her relationship with men of a different race and religion. While the notion of discrimination based on race‚ religion‚ or ethnicity may seem
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Since the beginning of complex life. Humans had a key role with genetics. For hundreds of generations genes were passed down. You get these genes from your parents then from their parents and so forth. Your identity is given to you because of cultural diffusion and the mix of race‚ ethnicity and genetics from your ancestors. So‚ before your life there was cultural diffusion for hundreds of years due to this every ethnicity/race mixed. Critics may say‚ your identity is created by you because you
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today in our 21st century have more of a diverse racial background than then the past generation unlike the ‘Color Of Water’ During the 1940s in Ruth’s time. Ruth McBride was known to have a very loveless and poor childhood she soon later in life found her love which in those days were not acceptable because Ruth’s love was a black male and Ruth was a white young lady despite the fact that they weren’t supposed to be together due to their race she still loved and married off with Dennis who she could
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Personally‚ I learn a lot of life lessons through reading books such as The Color of Water by James McBride. In The Color of Water‚ they give off quite a few life lessons from Ruth and James. One life lesson that I learned while reading The Color of Water is that it doesn’t matter where you come from. Just because you grew up some place in some environment doesn’t mean you are always going to be that way. Ruth grew up Jewish with a lot of strict rules. However‚ when she left home she started realizing
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perspective‚ Ruth‚ and the other from the son’s perspective‚ James. 2. What is the ethnic background of the author? * The ethnic background of the author is Caucasian and African-American. Chapter 1: Dead 1. Why is this chapter written in italics? * This chapter was written in Italics because it was written from a different point of view which was Ruth’s perspective who talks about her past as a child. 2. Why is the mother reluctant to talk about her family? * Ruth is reluctant
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themes. The language and content used by the author may often convey his or her experiences and how well this is done is dependent upon the poetic techniques used to produce an emotional response or mood of the reader. Three poems have been selected‚ Ruth Collins poem “The Song of the Factory Worker‚” Jim Daniels poem “The Factory Jungle‚” and Patricia Doblers’ poem “The Rope” to compare the poetic techniques used‚ show differences‚ and similarities of how lines in the poems supports each technique
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In the book‚ both Ruth and James were able to overcome obstacles in order to resolve both internal and external conflicts in their lives. In this memoir‚ James McBride where interviews his mother‚ Ruth‚ about her past. This memoir tells an intertwined story of James’ childhood and Ruth’s life. While James’ stories were long ant told in detail; Ruth’s stories were short and blunt. Firstly‚ Ruth’s intermediate family wasn’t made of love. Also‚ with both of her husbands deceased‚ Ruth tries to raise 12
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The Color of Water Prompt #2 The narrator in The Color of Water changes back and forth throughout the novel between the point of views of Ruth and her son James McBride. This writing style that he uses helps you better understand how Ruth grew up and how she was raised compared to how she raised James. They also dealt with a lot of the same personal issues. They both grew up in completely different times and places but they both still were confronted with a lot of the same daily struggles. Some
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