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Saquan’s Day in Life Saquan is living on the Northeast coast, and is a native american. Saquan is a boy, and it is the year 1756, and Saquan has a very bad day. It all begin in the early morning Saquan is just waking up. And his hat is missing! He decides to just look for has hat after breakfast. So, after he has breakfast Saquan goes out to start looking for his missing hat. Saquan looks for hours but is still unable to find his hat before lunch. Finally, Saquan decides to go hunting for Salmon in the river. Saquan eats the fish that he got from the river, and so Saquan go’s back to searching for his beloved hat. Saquan is devistated from losing his hat, so Saquan decides he should just take a break from searching for
He teaches the kid what to do in order to successfully reel in a large, beautiful fish. Ironically, the narrator is the one who learns from the kid in the end. At the beginning of the story, everything is described negatively, from the description of the kid as a “lumpy little guy with baggy shorts” to his “stupid-looking ’50s-style wrap-around sunglasses” and “beat-up rod”(152). Through his encounter with the boy, the narrator is able to see life in a different way, most notable from how he describes the caught tarpon as heavy, silvery white, and how it also has beautiful red fins (154). Through the course of the story, the narrator’s pessimistic attitude changes to an optimistic one, and this change reveals how inspiring this exchange between two strangers is. This story as a whole reveals that learning also revolves around interactions between other people, not only between people and their natural surroundings and
In "The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant", the speaker fell in love with a beautiful girl named Shelia Mant, which was the only thing that he loved more than fishing. He watched her everyday sunbathing on the dock. He watched her so much that he learned what mood she was in by the position she was laying. When the summer was almost over he got up enough nerve to ask her out. To his surprise she said yes. They went to see a band, however, since he was only fourteen they took a canoe. While rowing the canoe he had his fishing pole on the back, because he never left the house without it. Little did he know that Shelia thought fishing was dumb. So, during the entire canoe ride he is trying to hide the fishing pole, which is hanging o...
Michael Patrick MacDonald lived a frightening life. To turn the book over and read the back cover, one might picture a decidedly idyllic existence. At times frightening, at times splendid, but always full of love. But to open this book is to open the door to Southie's ugly truth, to MacDonald's ugly truth, to take it in for all it's worth, to draw our own conclusions. One boy's hell is another boy's playground. Ma MacDonald is a palm tree in a hurricane, bending and swaying in the violent winds of Southie's interior, even as things are flying at her head, she crouches down to protect her children, to keep them out of harms way. We grew up watching Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow and Peanuts. Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up watching violence, sadness and death.
During his stop at the trading post he asks a local Native American what life will be like on the reservation for the next 30 days, and what could he expect? Morgan was told he would see a lot of poverty; the local went on to say the some of the Navajo people are without...
Bruno is getting really upset that he can no longer see his friends or his grandparents. He is stuck in his house and can’t explore as much as he would like because there is no one to explore with. He notices something out his window one day, a large fenced in area with little tiny dots moving. He asks his sister and maid Maria what they are but they don’t know. He decides one day that he is going to explore the fenced in area, so he leaves when no one is looking and explores it for about two hours walking up and down the fence looking for something. Finally he comes across I boy about the same size of him so he goes up and talks to him. The boy’s name is Shmuel and they are the same age. Bruno learns that he is stuck behind the fence and has nothing to wear but the striped pajamas. Bruno doesn’t understand why he is there but is told how awful it is behind the fence.
The book’s setting happen during King Phillip’s war between the years of 1675-1676. The war was mainly between the English town of Lancaster and the Indian or nipmuc town Nashaway. Both towns were lived in peace for many decades, so much peace that the towns even signed a treaty in 1644 according to a class lecture Nashaway and other Indian communities became tributaries of Massachusetts Bay Colony (received protection in exchange for loyalty, also Christianity and trade) . All was fine until in 1670s tension started to build over land, trade/debt, and religion. Then January 29, 1675 John Sassamon according to the book was a “Christian Massachusetts Indian” who worked for King Phillip was murdered after telling the English governor that the Indians were planning an all-out war against the English. This death led to three associates of Phillip’s to be accused of killing sassamon, the men were found guilty of murder by a jury of twelve Englishmen and six Christians Indians. On June 8, 1675 the men hanged ton their deaths which finally lead to the war breaking out on June 24, 1675. The bloody battles had an ending result that had most Indians forced into slavery and the deaths of their leaders like King Philip himself. During the war the author of the book Mary Rowlandson was captured during an attack on her town of Lancaster. It was the second attack the Indians did on Lancaster. During the second raid 12 English people were killed and only one managed to escape. Along with Mary Rowlandson her children Joseph, Mary, and Sarah were also captured . The way Mary described her captivity as some of the most awful things she had to endure but not as bad as one would think. Since Mary and her baby just left from an attack their body are injured, so they and the other captives had to keep moving but according to Mary herself “One of the
Putting the violin in the case and set it by the door, where most of his things were, to make quick escape if necessary. Surely Jones and his men had not rid the forest of all the animals and Clement was for certain he could find at least one small creature to help his father. Creeping through the house he peeked into his father’s room and found him lying face down in his bed, sleeping. Jenna was resting on the couch. He took up the shot gun over the fireplace mantle and the rifle as well. He wanted to be well prepared. Slipping into his boots and thick coat he left the house through the back door in his room and headed for the
He had a crush on his neighbor named Sheila Mant. He was willing to do anything for her, most likely he only likes her for her looks. He asked her out to go see a concert and her response was, “Do you have a car?”. He told her they’ll go on a canoe which disappointed her. The narrator wanted to impressed Sheila Mant by bringing his fishing gear. Later on, Sheila mention how she doesn’t like fishing and all she cared was talking about herself. The narrator wasn’t paying attention to Sheila, but instead a big bass caught his eye. The two of them were in there own world. Sheila then leaves him for another guy. His regret was not being for who he is and giving up what he loves to do. He learned that when he got older and will be more careful with decision
Thomas’ Snowsuit is a story about a little boy who doesn't like his snowsuit. His mom gets him a new snowsuit and it’s brown and fluffy. Thomas thinks it's the ugliest thing ever and refuses to wear it. When his mother tried to put him in it he threw a big fit but she got him in it. When he goes to school and his teacher tries to make him put on his snowsuit he throws a fit. They fight and the teacher ends up In the snowsuit and Thomas in the teachers dress. The teacher tried again but the clothing ended up in a knot and both of them in their underwear. This is when the principle comes in to help. They both try to get Thomas into the snowsuit but the teacher ends up in the principles suit and the principal in the teachers dress. Someone
28 Days is about Gwen Cummings and how she spends her nights drinking and partying with her boyfriend, Jasper. Every day seems to mirror the previous day; drink and party. The movie begins with Gwen and Jasper waking up on a Saturday morning, still drunk from the night before. Gwen soon realizes it is her very proper sister, Lily’s, wedding day and they are late. Gwen ends up ruining Lily’s wedding by showing up late and disarrayed. She had a little too much to drink before giving her maid of honor speech and to top it all off, she knocked over the wedding cake. Intoxicated, she “borrows” the limousine to run to a cake store trying to make it up to her sister. On her way there, she crashes into a house. Gwen is then given the choice
surviving with what they have. Keno, the man, had a job as a fisherman. He used his most prized
A huge storm comes and crashes the friends onto an island where there is no food. The wolf and Woody complain how hungry they are and began to fight over a clam shell, which unfortunately only contains pearls. The two sees a bird walking on the island and shows them hiding on either side of the bird trying to eat it. The bird tricks them with a mouse trap and then they began to look at each other as food. It shows them walking around the tree then showing each other what they caught, only to find out they were trying to bite each other. The trickery comes in when Woody lures the wolf with a fake fish into a steaming pot of soup and tricking the wolf to eat his leg. The wolf tries to cut Woody into slices with a bread slicer, and then shows Woody trying to grind the wolf into a meat grinder. They are trying to kill each other, when they crash into the birds stand full of hot dogs and hamburgers. Woody and the wolf begin to eat and become friends again, but Woody tricked the wolf into eating his leg again and Woody begins to laugh hysterically. This cartoon shows trickery, because Woody and the wolf turned their backs and tried to trick each other.
Kino, Juana, and Coyotito go back to the beach and row out to an oyster bed, where he begins to search for the pearl. As Kino continues to search, Juana takes things into her own hands after being refused by the doctor and sucks the poison out of Coyotito and then puts seaweed on the wound, unknowingly healing him. Meanwhile Kino gathers several small oysters but suddenly comes across a particularly large oyster. He picks the oyster up and returns to the surface. When Kino opens the oyster he discovers the pearl. Word that the pearl has been discovered travel through the town quickly. People in the town became jealous of Kino and his family which eventually leads to a great deal of harm.
The main character in this story is a Native American who lives on the streets of Spokane, Washington. The author has exaggerated all the stereotypes that exist of Native Americans in this story. He does this to show a point in the story; and if a person looks deeper into the story past the main plot, they will see the hidden meanings and signs that the author puts into the story. Some of the stereotypes that the author shows are homelessness, drinking, smoking, and gambling.
The story “Half a Day” by Naguib Mahfouz is a mystical tale that cannot be taken literally, but in my opinion has a very powerful message. This story brings up the ideals of conformism in society and also what is the purpose of education? The protagonist of this story does not like the idea of education for the simple reason that he states that the school is a “factory that makes men”. Mahfouz 's use of different elements of tone throughout this story pave the way for a story that is questioning the purpose of education in society. Throughout this story different examples will be brought to light how the purpose of education may not be as important as it preached to children in their everyday lives. Different elements of fiction in this story such