The Author of “ My Favorite Chaperone” is Jean Davies Okimoto and the theme is when you’re in need someone will all ways be there to help you. The mood, setting, and protagonist is a teenage girl named Maya who just moved to America and doesn’t know much about America just that is a place of hope. The conflict is that Maya would like to go to the spring fling dance but she knows that her parents are going to say no so she doesn’t bother asking. The rising action is that Maya’s brother Nurzhan get in a fight at school also Maya gets caught in the arms of an American boy by her dad. The climax is when Nurzhan tries to convince his parents to let Maya got to the spring fling dance as long as he is her chaperone then they agreed and said yes.
There are many things going on in the story but it has a great theme which is it doesn't matter what others think about you or how they see you, all that matters is that you are happy and enjoying yourself.
“I wish you weren’t my parent!” A phrase often said to parents when their children are upset. In “Tortilla Sun” written by Jennifer Cervantes, and “Confetti Girl” written by Diana Lopez, the same type of frustration arises. “Tortilla Sun” involves a girl and her mother in an argument. The girl’s mother decides to pursue her education and needs to leaves her daughter at her grandma’s house. “Confetti Girl” is similar; the main conflict is a daughter missing her mother, and her father not being able to bond with her. Because of the divergent mindsets of both parents and their children, awkward and tense situations cause conflicts in both short stories.
Literature of the Americas has many stories and they all have comparisons, but they also have many differences. “Day of the Butterfly” by Alice Monro and “Crossroads: A Sad Vaudeville” by Carlos Solórzano have characters that share some traits and ways, but like all characters they have things that are different. The old woman from “A Sad Vaudeville” is a dynamic protagonist who finds herself meeting the perfect man for her, but has a dilemma when he is in denial because she is not the ideal girl of his dreams; she’s old. Myra from “Day of the Butterfly” is a static antagonist who does not have the same care free attitude as most of the children her own age. She is rather shy and does not fit in or socialize much with people her own age.
To start off, in “Stolen Party” by Liliana Heckler, Rosaura the main character is a young girl understanding the balance of the rich and the poor in her life. She is the daughter of the maid and was invited to her mother's client’s daughter’s party which she thought she was attending as a guest but actually as a helper. Rosaura is affected in her childhood and will always view rich people horribly
This story is about the friendship of too girls from very different families. Carlotta is a darker skinned girl whose family is "new money". She wants to go to Scared Heart Academy for her high school education. Scared Heart does not let in girls of her skin tone. The school has been financially struggling and Carlotta's father donates money to the school, which in turn get her accepted in to the school. Since she is new money she was not "locked up" in her home her whole life. She knows the town and tells her friend Merceditas all about the way things are there. The other girl, Merceditas come from a very wealthy family who has been this way for gene...
Between upbeat and depressing the film documentary, Can You Dig This, by Delila Vallot; was an up and down wild ride showcasing the what urban gardening is doing for one community. The city of Compton in southern California is mostly filled with poverty. People struggle to keep jobs and maintain food and a roof over their head. I couldn't imagine trying to find a zen place in the midst of the troubles in this community. The film used both narrative and music analogies to make it more like a light hearted gangster story.
Human to toad. Beautiful sirens. Homer’s text and the video “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” are similar in some ways and different in many. There are multiple versions of one story. People think differently, so when they read something they may get two completely different things from it.
“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” is a simple song, but the lyrics make it very powerful and really touch your heart. Based during the Great Depression era, this song was written about the struggle that the song writer went through just to get a job and to survive. Some of the jobs he mentions are working on the railroad, building dams, etc. Just by looking at the title, we can already learn quite a bit. He uses the word “Brother”, which seems to be referring to the people he is asking for help. He calls them his “brothers" because he knows that they are going through the same struggle that he is. But, because he is so desperate, he still feels like he needs to ask them for their help. Now, we can look at “Can you spare a dime?”. I believe that
Oral history is history that comes from the people which have lived and experienced during that time. For example, Appy is interviewing a Vietnamese man named Thuy in the back of a Taxi. During this interview Thuy turns to him and said “do you realize we are the only nation in the world that has defeated 3 out of the 5 permanent members of the united nations security council?” (Appy XVIII). I think the decision Appy made to use oral history is wise because I feel like you get a more authentic view of what happened and how things happened when you interview a person instead of just researching what other people have come up with. People can twist things in a whatever way they want to to make you see things the way they want you to but with
This toolkit is a companion resource for use with the book, Don’t Count Me Out, a collection of personal stories and poetry of Memphis public housing residents describe often intense and unsettling experiences. Chronicling first-person accounts, the book depicts the plight of the under-resourced and often disenfranchised members of Seek to Serve members and their involvement in a grassroots leadership program that changed the course of lives derailed by domestic violence, illness, crime, family deterioration, education, and poverty, and their subsequent journey to inclusion and empowerment. This guide allows those interested in exploring innovative ways in which to engage seniors and other un-heard voices, and magnify their significance. By creating this dynamic validates Blues City Cultural Center’s commitment to amplify and make space for under-heard voices.
This story is mostly about a girl named India Opal Buloni a caring girl who wants friends, a mom, and her father to act like a father but she later learns that she can’t hold on to something that wants to go. She also learned that you should not judge people by their past but (if you judge people at all) you should judge them by what they are doing in the present
Theme: Situations and surroundings can shatter the innocence of friendship, but more the identity of the individuals.
The story “My Favorite Chaperone” is about Maya’s family, which consists of her brother Nurzham, her mother Mama, and her father Papa; her friend Shannon; and her crush Daniel. Maya’s family emigrated from the country of Kazakhstan and is learning to adapt to the culture of the United States.
The Theme of Romantic Love in To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy
The story is about the boy, Nick, who’s together with his father are going to an Indian camp to help a sick lady. Nick and his father have a good relationship to each other but in the story Nick will change forever. Nick is young and inexperienced, and guided by a father who might put him between life and death unknown by the consequences.