Activity #1 FLIGHT A kid named Zits who lives in seattle, whose only fifteen years old. He’s tall, skinny, ugly, and is sometimes mean. Also he has forty-seven zits and that’s where he gets his name from. Zits is Irish, Indian and is a foster child. He had been in twenty different foster homes and in twenty-two different schools. He also likes to run away from the homes. One morning he’s in a new foster home and wakes up, and walks downstairs. “Goodmorning” said, the foster mom. Zits just look at her like he didn't care what she said, then the foster Dad told Zits to reply to the foster mom. “No” Zits said. After that they got into an argument and he left the house and just ran away. Later that day while on the run it starts to get dark, so Zits stops running and as soon as he does that, a police car pulls up besides him and one of the officers named “Dave” recognized Zits. so he told Zits to come in the car and to go down to the station with him. But instead of obeying the officer he punches Dave in the face and started running, but it didn't take officer Dave to long to catch him, so dave put Zits in a cell.while in there he meets a kid whos 2 years older than Zits named Justice.” My first real friend”, Zits thought to himself, so when they both got out of jail Justice took Zits somewhere he had two guns hidden there, a pistol and a paintball gun. During the day Zits would run up to random people with the paintball gun and would laugh at how they would just scream, cry , or fall to the ground. In his mind it was hilarious , but in others they thought they were going to die and be taken from the world. Later that day... ... middle of paper ... ...as suppose to use to kill the people in the bank.so he goes and tells officer Dave everything and as a result Dave became Zits foster Dad. Activity #2 The author chose the title Flight because it explain why Zits finds himself in different places, and in different years. As he is not going crazy, but is going back and forth through time in to find out who and what he really is because his mom died when his was young and his dad left. So he never really got a chance to know about his culture. But going back in time help him learn more about the Indians and how they lived. Also how the whites where soldiers and how they would go and destroy Indian camps and rape their kids. Activity #3 The settings of this novel were in many different place like at a Indian camp for example. Also the genre of this novel is historical fiction.
After the pet store break-in, Rusty James is caught by the police he breaks a window in the police car and cuts himself on the glass causing him to go into
Alan Sitomer’s newest fast paced novel Homeboyz is a hardcore suspense story that will immediately put readers on the edge and leave them breathless in the end. Sitomer’s character, Teddy ‘T-Bear’ Anderson is an aloof seventeen year old that doesn’t care for anything other than to avenge his innocent fourteen year old sister Tina’s death, by targeting the infamous gang members of his city. As Teddy’s family mourns and his mother falls into a deep depression, his father Mr. Anderson, also known as Pops attempts to run the dysfunctional ailing household and his linen delivery company by himself. While Teddy observes his family, his desire to seek revenge grows stronger each day until he finally uses his extraordinary visionary skills to come up with a plan.
Although the theme of flight is seen throughout the book, for some characters it is even more. For many of the characters, including Kirsten and Tyler, flights are vital to explain character development. Tyler, who is the son of Arthur Leander, is interesting, because unlike most of the other flights of the book, his is away from normal “civilized” society and into disorder. In the book, he decides that the life that is agreed upon by almost all, where humanity must rebuild from the disaster that had occurred, was the wrong path- and that the correct one was an ideology where God had chosen the best to survive. Putting aside the many issues with his plans and beliefs, this is a great example of how an antagonist in a story rather than a protagonist
Andy goes back to school and talks to his basketball coach about how he feels about Rob's death and how his fiends and family feel about the accident. In addition, they discuss Andy's sentence because Andy keeps punishing himself for Rob's death. Everybody at school was crying during Rob's memorial service. Grief Counselors from downtown come to the school to try to get the kids to share their feelings.
A hit was put out on Taylor and Zavala by leaders of the Mexican drug cartel because they were becoming a nuisance. This hit was carried out by the same Latino gang members who had previously done a drive-by shooting of a rival gang. The officers were enticed towards their imminent deaths with a car chase which was set up by the Latino gang members. This chase led them towards an apartment complex which was rigged with many gang members and artillery to ensure that neither Taylor nor Zavala would survive. The two were ambushed but decided that gunning their way out was their best option. When the officers made it to an alley they were met by another Latino gang member who fired at Taylor and Zavala, hitting Taylor once in the chest before being shot and killed by Zavala. Zavala went to aid Taylor who appeared to be quickly dying and called out for help. Before police back up arrived the original Latino gang members found Zavala in the...
... father, turned to alcohol to make the pain less noticeable. It is important to understand stereotypes because they often have a deeper meaning than what is seen at the surface. In addition to the stereotypes, it is also important to understand that the more things seem to change, the more they stay the same. History repeats itself, and Flight takes that statement literally to develop a coming-of-age story that is deeply rooted in Native American history. The story of an orphaned child who has to live through vivid tales of murder, mutilation, suicide, and alcoholism from the past to come to a point of self-realization shows the reader how important it is to have knowledge of the past so that they can apply it to the present and eventually guide what course they take in the future. Hopefully, this cycle that often begins and ends with alcoholism will soon be broken.
chosen to undergo a new “treatment” that the State has developed to “reform” criminals. After the State strips him of his choice to choose between good and evil, Alex can only do good now and even thinking of doing something bad makes him violently ill. Then, Alex is “rehabilitated” considered “rehabilitated”. Afterwards Alex is released where he encounters an “ex-droog” and one of his enemies, they beat him to a pulp and leave him out in the middle of nowhere. After coming to his senses, Alex makes his way to a house and in that house, right before Alex went to prison, h...
In the beginning of the book, we as the readers learn about Zit’s and his past. He has been through a lot and everything that has happened has lead to Zits having very violent thoughts. With all of his aggression built up inside him, Zits often talks a lot about his violent thoughts of
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd is an amazing book that follows the lives of some very amazing women. Kidd shows what it meant to be a slave and what it meant to be a woman. This book mostly deals with slavery and how it affects people who are slaves, how they suffered but also how it affected people who were against slavery and trying to change the world. Kidd also covers sexism and what it means to be a woman with ambition, drive and wanting to be a woman who abolishes slavery. This book mainly follows the life of Sarah Grimke, a girl with drive, ambitions, and ideas; but who is also the daughter of a slave owning judge who lives in Charleston.
Alex is a very disrespectful and violent teenager. He shows several signs of teenage rebellion that several similarities to the society we live in today. He takes drugs, drinks alcohol, and fornicates with woman against their will. He has no respect for the law and is all around a rebellious kid. He and his “droogs” or group of friends goes around terrorizing the elderly and robbing stores. He then receives a treatment to rid him of his violent acts but this ends up messing with the rest of his life. Alex gets sick every time a violent idea pops into his head along with the beautiful music of Beethoven. He is lucky because the government then removes this sickness from him but unfortunately he goes back to his old mischievous way until he finally realizes he’s grown up.
The man is chained to the desk, and a beaming light pierces his robin egg-colored eyes. The next thing he hears are muffled voices. The voices now become more clear, and then the first words become comprehensible,”We caught you”. The man then hangs his head in mortification. He was a world class criminal, and had never been snagged before, until now. He has no idea how they captured him. He had hacked into the police department's network and checked on their painfully slow, monotonous progression of their investigation into his previous offenses. Then he remembers the story he heard flash on to the news, “Police Department need to hire more Shrinks to help Reduce Crime.” He then had that moment that in the movies, lightbulb magically appears
Throughout the novel Flight by Sherman Alexie, the main character is trying to find where he truly belongs and why he has been so mistreated in life. During the book, Zits experiences character jumps, where he is trapped inside the body of different characters in different time periods. Every time he jumps into another character, they contribute to his growth of maturity that expands his perspectives. The most significant character jumps were when he went into the bodies of the Indian boy, Jimmy, and his father. These character transformations force Zits to develop a new sense of revenge, mistrust, and forgiveness which lead to his new identity.
The tale is about Clay Carter, a 31 year-old lawyer who lives in D.C. and works as a public defender. Clay takes the job of defending Tequila Watson, a black kid who shot his friend called Pumpkin and can't remember why. Although representing the “little guy” is a worthless case, he takes the case because nobody wanted it, and he needs money.
The 1930’s is considered the Golden Age of Flight due to the rapid advances in technology regarding the introduction of flight in World War I and an increase of mass production ability. As the first commercial flights began during the beginning of the decade, approximately only 6,000 passengers boarded a plane. By 1934, there were about 450,000 and in 1938 there were bout 1.2 million passengers (Air Transport). Improvements in air travel during the 1930’s made traveling for both leisure and vacation easier and faster, yet it remained a luxury mainly for the wealthy, politicians and celebrities.
The humble aeroplane commonly known as the airplane or just plane has become a staple of everyday life for the majority of us. Aeroplanes are used for a vast variety of reasons, the most common being transporting people long distances in a very short amount of time. However, this is not the only role that they play in society, they are used for many other things such as; transportation of goods, recreation, military and research. Aeroplanes are a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust, usually from a jet engine or propeller. This essay will discuss the history of how this technology that we know and love came to fruition and how it reached the market through diffusion.