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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English 1 Professor Wyly 25 August 2013 The Passing Of My Grandfather Losing my grandfather was hard on my entire family but the real struggle came after the casket closed and we said our final goodbyes. This familial event shed light on the unknown hardships that my grandfather faced before his passing. In true Roy Gainey form‚ we as a family were still able to learn a valuable lesson from him even though he was gone. My grandfather suffered from diabetes for many years. In stature‚ the big
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Yollie Yollie from “Mother and Daughter”‚ by Gary Soto is remarkable because she has many admirable characteristics while this story takes place at Yollie’s house. Yollie is very intelligent. Her family is very poor. She often is a joker but has to deal with her mom teasing her back. Yollie is very intelligent‚ poor‚ a joker‚ and very lovable but her mom and her struggle to find more money for them to buy new things. Yollie shows many traits throughout the story‚ “Mother and Daughter”. In the beginning
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Some people make up lies about themselves or their family members. Lying about one’s self is bad because one is not being truthful about who one is. Lying to people one cares about can bring someone loneliness and sadness. “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto and “Heartbeat” by David Yoo apprise us that Victor and Dave learn the importance of being themselves because regretful situations occur‚ and their classmates may never trust them again. Being truthful
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Loretta Young once said “Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you.” This popular theme is present in Gary Soto’s work.Victor‚ the protagonist in the short story Seventh Grade and the protagonist in the poem Oranges both have a goal which is to convince the girl they like to fall in love with them. The goal in both stories was that the main characters is trying to impress a the girl they like. Victor‚ the main character in Seventh Grade likes a girl named Teresa. She had
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Grandfather He is about average height ‚ rather thin ‚ He has oval face with light brown spots on it. He has round blue eyes . with dark straight hair and wears glasses . he is also snub nosed . He is rather tall for a Man‚ about 100 years of age‚ and I find him really slender. He puts on a little round glasses which makes him lovely. Although he is old but still looks attractive in appearance‚ He is dignified and reserved. She is somewhat strict at times‚ but never too severe or stern. His
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Marble Champ Being determined to reach your goals is very hard to handle but if you try hard and practice a lot you can overcome anything that comes your way. In the story “Marble Champ” by Gary Soto Lupe is a young girl who wanted to be like every other kid at her school be good at sports. But lupe was not good at sports. Then one day she finds a sport she can play and she is determined to reach her goals by being smart‚ gaining confidence‚ and working really hard to be the best at that sport. She
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Soto’s Eddie in Buried Onions: Running from Himself When driving through Fresno‚ California it may seem like an ordinary‚ underclass city‚ but to Eddie Fresno is a prison he cannot escape. In Buried Onions Gary Soto describes the hardships and challenges of Eddie’s life. Eddie had grown up in the city of Fresno‚ one not known for its friendly people and wealth. Eddie is desperate to escape Fresno and his whole past‚ that he does not even realize that it is a part of him. Eddie tries to run away
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my brother‚ sister‚ and I each had to talk to our grandfather and practice speaking Korean. I remember turning over in my bed to face the wall so that my father couldn’t see that I was awake. Even though I tried my best to feign a deep slumber‚ his stern voice commanded me to wake up and set a good example for my younger siblings. Groaning‚ I would stumble over to the telephone and mumble a couple of memorized phrases‚ knowing that my grandfather always said the same thing to me: "Work hard at your
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Moreover‚ Soto uses onomatopoeia in his biographical narrative in order to show his audience that he was given many opportunities to realise that he’s making a great error in judgement but‚ by the time he realised it the deed was done. To elaborate‚ before Soto went to the German Market‚ he had been listening to the howling of the plumbing underneath his house but‚ he had completely forgot about it and because of that fact he ended up committing a sin. This is shown when in the text it states‚“Forgetting
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