My Learning by Reading book is The Story of Shirley Temple Black Hollywood’s Youngest Star. This biography is about the life the child actress Shirley Temple Black. The author of this book is Carlo Fiori. The setting of this book is mainly in Hollywood because this is where they shot the films that Shirley Temple was featured in. The main characters of this biography is everyone in her life that effected her as a child to be an actress and as an adult a businesswoman, an author, and a diplomat. Shirley Temple was born in Santa Monica, California, on April 23, 1928. Her father was a bank teller, who later worked as his daughter's manager and financial advisor when she became famous. As a child Shirley Temple began to dance when she began walking. …show more content…
Making the children weak after their punishment. The first full-length feature was Carolina a Fox release of that made her a star. She appeared in eight other full-length films that year. In 1934 the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences awarded her with a special miniature Oscar in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during that year. She was a spectacularly talented child, able to sing and dance with style and genuine feeling. Gifted with perfect pitch, she was a legendary and learned her lines and dance routines much faster than her older and more experienced costars. Soon funds added up with both of her parents' spending, left her to enjoy only a fraction of her fortune she earned. By 1940 she had appeared in forty-three films. The decade ended and Shirley was no longer a child. She later married actor John Agar. Soon she came to realization that her parents had been looking out for their own interests rather than hers. After her divorce she married the a businessman Charles Black, with whom she raised her three children with. Her concern over domestic social problems caused her to realize that life as a citizen could not satisfy her desire to make the world a
Moreover, she managed to get a lot of fame in the same movies in which she started off small. Another thing that we can draw on from her incredible career is the fact that she was able to diversify so much that her career span over a range of different genres including theater, film, music and others.
Shirley Temple was born on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California at 9:00 p.m - a time significant to her because it told her she would always have a bit of catching up to do if she wanted to be on time for dinner (Black 5). As the youngest child and only girl in her family of five, she was her mother’s pride and joy. She had two supportive parents, Gertrude and George, and two older brothers, Jack and George Junior. Gertrude Temple was a stay-at-home mom while George went to work as a bank teller, which played in Shirley’s favor when she needed someone to manage her money later in life (Blashfield 55). Gertrude Temple has been called the first stage mother (Blashfield 22) for good reason. Shirley Temple was acting before she could read, so her mother helped her memorize her lines. Temple’s mother served as her private costume designer, and never failed to make the young star’s performance her best yet, by encouraging her to “Sparkle, Shirley Sparkle!” (David 2).
Immigrants, a person or a family who moves from one country to another to get a permanent resident. Moving from one country to another is difficult. The two short stories “Why My Mother Can’t speak English” By Garry Engkent and “Ancestors- The Genetic Source” By David Suzuki has a focus point about immigrants and the variety of problems they face in Canada. Why My mother can’t speak English is a family that has migrated from China to Canada. Mr. Engkent’s mother came to Canada with her husband and son when she was forty. she was put at the restaurants kitchen right away. She worked straight seven days a week
The autobiography Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody is the story of her life as a poor black girl growing into adulthood. Moody chose to start at the beginning - when she was four-years-old, the child of poor sharecroppers working for a white farmer. She overcomes obstacles such as discrimination and hunger as she struggles to survive childhood in one of the most racially discriminated states in America. In telling the story of her life, Moody shows why the civil rights movement was such a necessity and the depth of the injustices it had to correct. Moody's autobiography depicts the battle all southern African Americans faced. She had a personal mission throughout the entire book.
What her reasons for it were I don’t know. But she did a good job. She raised twelve children. She led a good life.”
...nspired to make a change that she knew that nothing could stop her, not even her family. In a way, she seemed to want to prove that she could rise above the rest. She refused to let fear eat at her and inflict in her the weakness that poisoned her family. As a child she was a witness to too much violence and pain and much too often she could feel the hopelessness that many African Americans felt. She was set in her beliefs to make choices freely and help others like herself do so as well.
Although her parents, James Wells and Elizabeth Warrenton, spent the majority of their lives prior to the Civil War as slaves, they were able to provide for their seven children because her mother was...
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper lee in 1960. The novel tells the story of Atticus Finch, a white lawyer, and Tom Robinson, a black servant, accused of raping a white female. Finch defends Robinson in court arguing lack of evidence as his main point. However, the judge and jury still believe the woman’s testimony and orders Robinson to be killed. The novel has been praised for its outstanding literature since its publication. However, it remains a banned book by the American Library Association for its use of racial slurs and profanity. Due to it being banned, many high schools have reconsidered the notion of teaching it to their students. Two prominent authors wrote articles pertaining to this piece of literature: Angela Shaw-Thornburg wrote an article on her re-reading of the novel and her opinions on it; while Malcom Gladwell wrote an article comparing Atticus Finch to a state governor liberalist, James Folsom, and the restraints of liberalism in the south. In addition, Rebecca Best contributes her thought on how the novel should be taught by introducing the idea of “the other.” Regardless of the modern day political arguments surrounding this piece of literature, this novel contains a large insight into the time period of the 1960s which is an influential topic that should be taught to young high school students.
"My Children are black. They don't look like your children. They know that they are black, and we want it recognized. It's a positive difference, an interesting difference, and a comfortable natural difference. At least it could be so, if you teachers learned to value difference more. What you value, you talk about.'" p.12
In 1929, Eleanor made her Broadway debut in Follow Thru. After being in a Broadway show, her stardom kept rising until she made it to Hollywood. In 1935 she appeared in her first movie, George White's 'Scandals of 1935'.From then on, she just got more and more successful. One of her more memorable performances was in ‘Broadway Melody in 1940’ dancing alongside Fred Astaire to “Begin the Beguine’.
"Harlem" by Langston Hughes uses similes in everyday life to make sense of what can happen to a deferred dream. There are many different possible outcomes.
“Study the Masters”, by Lucille Clifton, focuses on the various ways of how African American women have contribute to America. Through the poem the author implores the readers to pay attention to invisible women, “like my aunt Timmie. Stating that it was her iron the smoothed out the sheets her master rested upon day to day. It states the facts of African American women talents and gifts they have been giving. It tells the story of how their gifts have been in many ways, shapes, or forms, tossed under the covers, the stories of them being dared to ever show any of what their hearts truly bestowed. One of the most important things about Lucille Clifton’s work is that she tells the stories of how African American women gifts have been taken
The book Revealing the Invisible was written by Sherry Marx, a formal teacher, who went in-depth to explore the racist beliefs of white female teacher education students. The book began with Marx talking about pre service teachers that focused on English-language learning school children (ELLs). During this course she discovered just how low the expectations her students had for ELLs students. Throughout her interviews she will explore more beliefs of white females and their thoughts about race, racism, whiteness, and the children they tutored.
In his work, “A Talk to Teachers,” James Baldwin poured out his point of view on how he believed American children should be taught. Throughout the essay, Baldwin focused on a specific race of school children: Negros. Perhaps this was because he himself was an African American, or even for the mere idea that Negros were the most vulnerable for never amounting to anything — according to what the American society thought during the twentieth century, specifically the 1960s when this piece was published. With the focus determined, the reader is able to begin analyzing Baldwin’s main appeal through the essay. At first glance one could argue that the essay has no credibility with Baldwin’s lack of not being a school teacher himself; however, when further evaluated one could state that whether or not he was a school teacher has nothing to do with the fact that he establishes his credibility, he appeals to morals, emotions with authority, and values, which thus outweighs the possible negativities associated with his argument.
Shirley Jackson grew up in a home like any other normal middle-class family. She lived with both of her parents in Burlington, California. Growing up, Shirley had a lot of tense relations with her parents, but mostly with her mother. Leslie Jackson, Shirley’s mother, set high standards for Shirley by the ways she was perceived by society and social norms. Shirley always seemed to disappoint her mother. The emotionally tearing and psychologically damaging relationship with her mother escalated to the point where her mother even told her she wished she had aborted Shirley. Roberta Rubenstein makes a great point in her work: House Mothers and Haunted Daughters: Shirley Jackson and Female Gothic, of the mental stress her mother put on her as a child that carried on throughout her life. Rubenstein says, “Throughout her life, Shirley was distressed by her mother’s profound insensitivity to her actual personality, combined with persistent attempts to control her unconven...