The night was different from other nights, there were more stars than usual, instead of a clear and black sky, the moon was out shaped like a cresaut. Charlie and Lydie were very shocked about the difference in the sky that day, but little did they know the sky that shined the brightest would be the journey of their lifetime. A journey that will change their lives for the better.In every journey there are struggles along the way, but together they will become the bravest people in the world. Charlie and Lydie were orphans living in an orphanage. How they got there nobodys knows. Every night they would dream of having a home, where people would love and care for them. Their lives were miserable at the orphanage with little food and clothing …show more content…
As soon as they were far away from the orphanage as possible they stopped for a rest looking around them as to where they are. With no adult in sight they found a nearby river about a mile away and decided to rest for the night. After a mile of walking they had finally reached the river. Once they had reached the river, then sat down on the floor exhausted from their walk/run. Finding a resting place wasn't easy due to the fact that their were many rocks with rough edges, but just as they had found a flat area to rest a train magically appeared from the water right in front of their eyes. Once the train had fully came out of the water, train tracks began to appear. The orphans did not know whether to run away or watch what happens next. It was all a surprise to them because throughout their lives they had never believed in magic till now, so it really came as a shock. Just as their shock went away out of nowhere came a conductor wearing navy blue suit and hat , with gold colored buttons, and a long goldish watch attached to his suit yelling’’ All aboard’’. Charlie and Lydie along with the other orphans didn't know what to do but since they didn't have anywhere to go they decided to hop onto the train hoping for an adventure, but instead they got a
4) . The children were expected to stay clean, and keep their clothes clean for the entire length of the train ride which could last for weeks at a time if they were not selected at one of the earlier stops. They were mistreated, and spoken to harshly while in the company of the chaperones on the orphan trains, and it was clear that they had no compassion for the children. While on the train the children were fed, but not very often. The children would go nearly twenty-four hours without eating, and when they ate they were given, “some crusts of bread and milk and an apple each” (Kline New York City 1929-2, p. 3). The children were not permitted to wander off away from the group whenever the train stopped, and if they did they would be punished. When the train reaches the destinations arranged by the Children’s Aid Society, the children are instructed to look their best, and behave well while being paraded in front of families. The older children knew that there was a chance that they would be selected because they would be capable of being put to work. When Dutchy says to Niamh, “You should make out all right, at least you won’t be breaking your back doing farm work” (Kline,The Milwaukee Train 1929, p. 3), it shows that he is aware of what may be in store for him. If selected you would go with your new family, and if not you would board the train and continue on until you found a new home. The children did not know what would become of them once they were selected. Some children were received well by their new families while others were mistreated, neglected, or beaten, and they often “lost any sense of their cultural identities and backgrounds; siblings were often separated, and
In the novel, Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck used George and Lennie's relationship and the theme of hope to point out the loneliness in the novel. The novel starts off and is set in Soledad which means lonely. At the beginning they get a job working on a farm together. Lennie is a little retarded and has great physical strength that isn't too controllable. As they work from ranch to ranch, Lennie relies on George for guidance and help. Rather than wasting their earnings, they try to save it in the hope of buying a place of their own. While working at one ranch they meet a worker named Candy who tries to help them financially. Before their dream can be fulfilled, Lennie kills the wife of the boss's son. As the novel concludes George must kill Lennie for his own benefit. Later Lennie goes into town and abandons his dream by spending his money.
We hit a down hill point so we grabbed drift wood. It would save man power and be faster to sled down. The rest helped Landon out the most because he was the smallest so he didn 't have energy left to use. But this refreshed him so we could keep going. Time was not on are side. The only thing keeping us alive was the fact that if we got out we would be the first ones ever to make it out not dead. It was about the hottest point in the day now and we had to find shade or we would get to dehydrated and die. We drank all the water we had just to fine out that we had a under ground stream below
his heart his Aunt Helen. Charlie loses his Aunt Helen on his seventh birthday, but what he does
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The children soon realize that there are, "No grownups!" (Golding 8; ch. 1) This means that the boys must fend for themselves until they are rescued. There are no parents or adults to give the boys rules or punish them i...
While most modern day children view “riding the trains” pleasurably, perhaps encouraged by the many children’s books purporting this topic,“riding the trains” at the turn of the 19th century had a starkly different meaning for abandoned, orphaned or, in many cases, severely impoverished children. From 1854 - 1929, over 200,000 of these children from the Northeast were put on trains to the Midwest and Texas, where they were paraded in front of people at stops along the way, in search of families. The fictional book Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline recounts a traumatic story of Vivian, an orphan train rider while weaving in and comparing the current day issues of Molly, a girl in foster care. The nonfiction book We Rode the Orphan Trains by Andrea Warren, however, highlights the true
... reader. Throughout the book, Charlie unfolds secrets and truths about the world and the society that he lives in; secrets and truths that cause him to grow up and transition into adulthood. He also makes a life changing decision and rebelled against was he thought was the right thing. This reflects his maturity and bravery throughout the journey he travels that summer. Charlie eyes suddenly become open to the injustice that the town of Corrigan demonstrates. He also comes to face the issue of racism; not only shown towards his best friend Jeffrey and the Lu family but to Jasper Jones as well. He realises the town of Corrigan is unwilling to accept outsiders. Charlie not only finds out things that summer about the people that surround him, but he also finds out who he is personally.
The narrator, Twyla, begins by recalling the time she spent with her friend, Roberta, at the St. Bonaventure orphanage. From the beginning of the story, the only fact that is confirmed by the author is that Twyla and Roberta are of a different race, saying, “they looked like salt and pepper” (Morrison, 2254). They were eight-years old. In the beginning of the story, Twyla says, “My mother danced all night and Roberta’s was sick.” This line sets the tone of the story from the start. This quote begins to separate the two girls i...
Describe the relationship between Miss Kinnian and Charlie. Did their relationship change throughout the story? (5 points)
When they run into the aboriginal boy, the children were almost at the "end of the line". In order to survive, they are forced to work and live by the lifestyle of the aboriginal boy, who is (to quote the quote) "a spectrum opposite, who they are forced to coexist with)
Charlie meets two women that are complete opposites. Fay Lilman, an artistic woman that lives next door to Charlie, she is spontaneous and lives day by day. Then there is Alice Kinnian, an intelligent and responsible woman, she is the complete opposite of Fay. Alice was Charlie’s teacher when he was mentally retarded, but then becomes his lover. Charlie Gordon encounters sexual affairs with his neighbor Fay. Charlie feels intrigued by Fay’s spontaneous attitude towards life, her careless and spontaneous ways attract him; Charlie wants to make love to her. Charlie refuses to have sex with Alice Kinnian because the old Charlie forbids. Charlie deals with obstacles that come his way; the right moments to make love with Alice occur, but he rejects it. Charlie cannot decide if he loves her or not. His true feelings for Alice is present, but he cannot not comprehend love. Charlie Gordon’s affair with Fay makes him capable of distinguishing sexual flings from true love.
After the end of the war it went unspoken that our parents did not survive. I, for a while, did not know what was going to become of Noah and me. The Murphys told us to get ready to go outside and that they had a surprise for us. Over that night’s ice cream Sam and Olivia explained to us that we were going to be formally adopted into their family.
It was September 18 when my dog started to act up strange more than usual.So when I got home from school I noticed my dog was not eating very properly.When I saw him like that, I called my mom and told her that charlie isn’t eating his food and that he was laying down the floor and was not breathing properly.So then when my mom got home she told me worriedly “what happened what is going on,’’so I told her everything that was going on with him.So my mom tells me calmly ‘’don’t worry everything will be ok,and that it is probably just a faze that Charlie is going through.’’So I tell her ‘’alright then if you say so.’’
In conclusion, it is safe to say that loneliness is the most conveyed theme in this novel. For example, virtually everyone in this novel exhibits loneliness at some point. I believe that the Great Depression is the root cause for this loneliness and isolation to appear in this novel everywhere. The characters, even admit to feeling lonely and/or secluded because it affects their daily lives tremendously. The fact that Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife admit to complete strangers about their fear of being cast off is just another reason to believe that they are in complete desperation. All this evidence supports my thesis on why I strongly believe that I consider loneliness as the perfect theme to this essay.