Hi Posternack, Last week was great but the highlights of the week were: 1) In our groups for Friday my group was trying to figure the answer to question 9. When you told us that Tim's fictional scene of Kiowa's death was really what Tim personally experience made me question which other characters are also influenced by his own characteristics. Maybe one or two of the characters lean more towards his own feelings of fear(Ted Lavender) or regretful actions(Azar). 2) The image below really struck me personally because I compared it to my personal life. My extended family which is very loving and carrying includes over 100 members which less than 5 which actually graduated from college. The majority of my family didn't have the opportunity to
In the book Between Shades of Gray Ona is a character who is placed in the book to create emotion and a demonstration of motherly grace. One very important way they create These things with her in this book is by using her baby in the equation. As soon as her baby was born she had soviet soldiers stuff her and her baby into a cattle car full of people to take them to who knows where. On this trip in the cattle car no one expected the baby to live and right they were. Once the baby had died Ona was grieving over the child's death by “ Being very quite and not celebrating when they find out the germans were in lithuania!” (Sepetys 69). This adds great emotion and shows great motherly grace in the book by connecting with the people who are reading
B) How would you analyze each story in terms of static vs. dynamic characters? How does each character 's status affect you as a reader? (Are you hoping for one character to change/not change? Are you disappointed by a change or lack of change?) Again, be sure to include specific details and references--this should be a given for any questions I pose in the future.
Every day I see my family and friends. Whether it’s at home, school, or at an event I always expect them to be there. I can never picture a time when they haven’t been there, so I never think “what if they aren’t there”. I have never realized how blessed I am to have my family and friends still here with me. It seems as though I have underappreciated their existence. After reading Into Thin Air, I viewed my family and friends in a whole new perspective and I learned that I should appreciate them for what they are worth; you never know when they can be taken away from you.
The play Kamau by Alani Apio exhibits a very strong example of the dramatic difference between the ways that local and non-local people view the value of land. The main character Alika is much attached to the land that his family has lived on for years, as the land that they’ve lived on has become their undeniable home. Alika works for a tour company that takes tourists around the island and gives a brief history of things that have happened on the island. However, Alika’s boss, Jim, is employed at a company that has just bought the land that Alika and his family live on and this company plans to build a resort in place of Alika’s home. The land in question has two very different meanings to two very different people. The struggle and
5.) Sally Ann: She seems to have direction and does not need anyone holding her responsible for anything. Since she has a job she will be able to pay for her part of rent. We wouldn't really even worry about seeing her that often since she seems to be pretty busy.
When you think about family, what is the first thing that comes to mind? If you only thought about your parents or close relatives, then you may have been caught in an “individual vs. family” paradox. Nearly every culture considers family important, but “many Americans have never even met all of their cousins” (Holmes & Holmes, 2002, p. 19). We say we are family oriented, but not caring to meet all of our extended family seems to contradict that. Individual freedoms, accomplishments, and goals are all American ideals that push the idea of individualism.
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1. How do culture, family, and the generation gap play a role in your life and future?
I interviewed my grandmother, father and mother for this project. It was very interesting to uncover many of the stories and values that I was unaware of throughout my life. My father’s mother is currently 91 years old and offered a difficult interview by giving me too many stories to analyze for this project. She grew up in the Midwest and moved throughout several states as a child. Her parents separated when she was 8 years old leaving her mother to raise her independently. They settled in Missouri at a religious community called Unity Farm. Her mother taught school while raising my Grandmother. The value of educatio...
Question: friendship being the main theme of the novel, discuss the initial relationships that existed between the characters and how the added aspect of survival affected this.
My grandparents never went to college because they had to help out around the farms of which they lived on and could not afford to go to college. College could have helped them get ahead of the world; they could have been more than just a farmer and a farmer’s wife. Although they did not have a college degree, they still wanted their children to go to col...
Students also created a family portrait in class. They were responsible of drawing and labeling everyone in their family. Then, they wrote on a piece of paper, how they family was special or important to them. I gave them an example that my family is important to me because they take care of me since I am the youngest one. It was very interesting to hear why their family was special to them. We also compared
Optimistic: op·ti·mis·tic - adjective - to be hopeful and confident about the future. Being optimistic can be extremely difficult when you’re taken away from a happy life, and forced into situations that make him pessimistic about the future,just like Buck did. My dad was taken away from a happy life, going through tons of traumatic situations while being forced to grow up at the same time. Although Buck and my dad went through different situations, they still felt trapped and unhappy at one point in life. Perseverance is a life skill and everyone goes through tough situations everyday, it’s the way you handle them that shows true characterization.
Haiti is a tough place to live. “Krik Krak” shows how tough it is and how people react to their situations. Some people will react in a positive way, while others won’t. In the book, “Krik Krak”, a series of short stories, the author Danticat utilizes juxtaposition to create intriguing characters that in return create the overall mood of uneasiness throughout the book. The specific examples that best display intriguing characters, creating a sense of uneasiness is a troubled girl, a sorrowful father, and a disturbed maid.
When trying to understand these particular characters’ experiences, it is very important to consider their worldviews, which promote “[th...