1. After reading the Rock and the River by Kekla Magoo, the theme is dont be afraid to take risks because you dont know what good might come out of it. This book takes place in 1968 in Chicago during the Civil Rights Movement. The main character Sam doesn't know to follow his father in a nonviolent way or his brother, stick in a more violent way. Father is a well-known person at the MLK party. Stick is a part of the bpp(black panther party) which is a group of people who kill racist’s and white cops. I believe the theme is that because on page 188 when the white man is choking, Sam takes the risk of pointing the gun at the man, this shows that Sam is willing to take risks even if Sam doesn't know anything good is going to come out of it. The man did let go of Sam. Stick was hurt even before the incident when he was hit in the head and went to the hospital. …show more content…
Even when the stick came home, Sam and the stick were getting a little physical. This supports the theme because he is taking a risk by not letting get to it or use it because at first Sam thought it was not right to stick to doing that. He also stood up for himself because he is 17 and he is 13. Also, when Sam and Maxie testify at Bucky's trial, they take the risk by proving Bucky not guilty. This is a risk because they are both black and that every word will be held against them. This shows that he's taking a risk to save his childhood friend. Bucky later proved not guilty. My last piece of evidence is when Sam is in the interrogation room, he takes the risk of not saying anything at all. Even after the special agent would let him and raheem off. The special agent asked questions like if he's a part of the BPP or their names. He took the risk because he could have been better off talking to them. Raheem, Sam, and Bucky are let off with no
Firstly, the part of the book when Billy got into a fight with the kids in the town is a great example of the theme change is inevitable. This part of the book demonstrates the theme that change is inevitable because Billy didn’t have a choice whether or not to fight. The town kids started teasing him first; he was bedraggled, dirty, and messy. Since he stuck out so much, the town kids started to tease him by pulling Billy’s hound’s ears and stepping on his bare feet. As a result, Billy became furious. “Smack on the end of Freck’s nose [his fist] exploded” (Rawls 43). Billy soon got dragged down in a maelstrom of punching and fighting. This fray was inevitable because Billy stuck out so much. The malicio...
Life can sometime bring unwanted events that individuals might not be willing to face it. This was the conflict of O’Brien in the story, “On The Rainy River”. As the author and the character O’Brien describes his experiences about the draft to the Vietnam War. He face the conflict of whether he must or must not go to the war, in this moment O’Brien thinking that he is so good for war, and that he should not be lost in that way. He also show that he disagree with the consbet of the war, how killing people will benefit the country. In addition O’Brien was terrifying of the idea of leaving his family, friends, and everything that he has done in the past years.
In the short story, “On the Rainy River”, Tim O’Brien reflects on how an individual’s values and identity shifts in the face of adversity. This idea is portrayed in the character of Tim O’Brien and how he is able to compromise his values when he is faced with internal turmoil in the presence of adversity. “Oddly, though, it was almost entirely an intellectual activity. I brought some energy to it, of course, but it was the energy that accompanies almost any abstract endeavor”. This quote portrays how weakly Tim clung onto his values even though he held an opinion against this war. Tim never really takes initiative to fully fight this war, he only puts in the bare minimum. He talks about how the editorials he wrote were “tedious’ and “uninspired”
A stone of Hope by Jim St Germain is a memoir about the life of a young African-American immigrating to the United States and opting to the streets of Brooklyn Crown Heights. When my more expresses the poverty and troubles in the criminal justice system. As a young boy living in poverty and recently moving to America Jim used the streets as his Learning Center. The author and protagonist of the memoir, Jim, struggled in education system trying to learn a new language and adapting to his new surroundings. With the stigma of being an ESL student and the lack of support in school and at home Jim begin to invest more time into streets then into his education, he began stealing and dealing drugs and growing up increasingly violent. At the age of 15 Jim had been arrested more than a dozen times but instead of prison St Germain was placed in Boys Town. Boys Town being a rehabilitation center for troubled youth, to help change the lives of children who have severe Behavioral or mental health problems, academically and socially. Even from a young age in the Criminal Justice System St Germain knew that there was a problem lack of compassion and human capital.
● Frozen River is based on the life of working class families that live in mobile homes in Massena, New York who are trying to survive, solve struggles and meet their needs. One of the families consists of a single mother name Ray trying to raise her 2 children on her own. Ray works part time at a retail store as a clerk. She has worked there for almost 2 years hoping to become a manager. With the disappearance of her husband she struggles paying her bills, providing food for her children, and not being able to finance the purchase of a new mobile home.
People that behaive good and look up to there parents it dosent means it will always be like that people change in some points.The novel The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon is a novel that talks about a 13 year old whos father is a civil rights activist in the midle of the the novel he starts to gain intrest in a group called the Black Panthers.The protagonist of The Rock and the River,Sam,becomes more mature over the course of the novel his perspective of the world shifts after using a gun at the peaceful demonstration and Stick’s death by the police officer.
The relationship you have with others often has a direct effect on the basis of your very own personal identity. In the essay "On The Rainy River," the author Tim O'Brien tells about his experiences and how his relationship with a single person had effected his life so dramatically. It is hard for anyone to rely fully on their own personal experiences when there are so many other people out there with different experiences of their own. Sometimes it take the experiences and knowledge of others to help you learn and build from them to help form your own personal identity. In the essay, O'Brien speaks about his experiences with a man by the name of Elroy Berdahl, the owner of the fishing lodge that O'Brien stays at while on how journey to find himself. The experiences O'Brien has while there helps him to open his mind and realize what his true personal identity was. It gives you a sense than our own personal identities are built on the relationships we have with others. There are many influence out there such as our family and friends. Sometimes even groups of people such as others of our nationality and religion have a space in building our personal identities.
Belonging is a fluid concept that adapts and shifts within a person’s lifetime. It is subjective and can encourage feelings of security, happiness and acceptance or conversely alienation and dislocation. One's perception of belonging, and therefore identity, is significantly influenced by place and relationships established within one's environment. This is evident in Steven Herrick's free verse novel “The Simple Gift” and the short story “The River that wasn’t ours” by Ashley Reynolds.
In the story, “The Treasure Of Lemon Brown,” by Walter Dean Myers, the author creates the theme, with everything their is an up-shot good or bad. For starters, the parts were decisions that affected people. When Greg had bad grades and when he went into that house“Greg sat in the small, pale green kitchen listening, knowing the lecture would end with his father saying he couldn’t play ball with the Scorpions. He had asked his father the week before, and his father had said it depended on his next report card.” Also, when Greg broke into the house he was affected because he got scared.
A pretrial plea bargain was given to Bundy, which was Bundy would plea guilty to the murders of killing Levy, Bowman and Leach. In exchange, Bundy would be sentenced to prison for a firm 75 years. He ultimately declined the offer and decided with trying to win the case, which was not a smart move by Bundy. Bundy thought the prosecutors had no evidence from the Chi Omega sorority, but what he’s about to find out ruins his life. No evidence was recovered at the Chi Omega sorority house like Bundy thought, but two crucial testimonies from sorority members played a big role. Connie Hastings believed she saw Bundy in the house that night, while Nita Neary stated that she saw him escaping the house clasping the oak firewood murder weapon. These testimonies showed that Bundy was in the house and was in the house around the same time of the murders. But with no physical evidence, Bundy could not be found guilty. What Bundy didn’t realize was that there was a piece of evidence from the sorority crime scene. While investigators examined the scene, one officer found the bite marks on Levy’s buttocks. The officer picked up a yellow marker ruler and took photographs of the bite mark. By the time the trial had started the bite mark disappeared, because the tissue around Levy’s buttocks had gone back to its normal color, size and shape. Prosecutors took the photos to forensic odontologist Dr. Richard Souviron.
Thought this documentary, there was nothing against Brenton that could prove he had anything to do with the horrible crime. The number reason that Brenton Butler seems innocent not because there was no solid evidence that he was actually near the Ramada Inn in Jacksonville, Florida in between the time of 7 and 9 am. Every piece of evidence the had, which was very minimal, to prove Brenton was actually involved in the crime didn’t add up. The second reason that Brenton Butler was found not guilty is due to how the officers violated many of the states laws and policies while holding Brenton in custody. Brenton was hit once in the face and twice in the stomach by Detective Michael Glover and also his written statement that was supervised by Dwayne Darnell does not match the exact words that Brenton said which against the law. Also when each detective took the stand they seemed nervous or uneasy when being on the stand is an everyday thing they do. The last reason that Brenton Butler seems to be found not guilty is due to the fact that his parents and lawyers had absolute faith that he was innocent. Unlike Steve Harmon, both parents were alongside him the whole case and made sure that Brenton knew that they knew without a doubt he was innocent. Sometimes, a parent knows their child the best and can truly know if their kids are telling truth or
When reflecting and writing on Eiseley’s essay and the “magical element”, I balk. I think to myself, “What magic?”, and then put pen to page. I dubiously choose a kiddie pool to draw inspiration from, and unexpectedly, inspiration flows into me. As I sit here in this little 10x30 foot backyard, the sky is filled with the flowing gaseous form of water, dark patches of moist earth speckle the yard, the plants soak up their scattered watering, and the leaves of bushes and trees imbue the space with a sense of dampness from their foliage. As my senses tune into the moisture that surrounds me, I fill Braedon’s artificial pond with water. I stare at the shimmering surface, contemplating Eiseley’s narrative, and the little bit of life’s wellspring caught in Brae’s pool. I see why Eiseley thought the most abundant compound on the earth’s surface is mystical.
Growing up in Harlem was difficult. The author describes it as “rocks in the middle of a boiling sea.” The projects, where Sonny and his brother grew up together, were filled with drugs and violence. Children in that environment are affected and inevitably will follow in the footsteps of their society. The author’s reference is to express the awful conditions of being inside the projects. He paints an incredible picture of the cold brutal conditions of the buildings; thus the rocks in the middle of a boiling sea, as Sonny and the narrator are driving through their childhood neighborhood. The boiling sea portrays the despair that surrounds the projects. The fears that Sonny faced as a child growing up in the ghetto ultimately mad...
In A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, Beah explores “loss of innocence” in order to show transformation during the war, the brutal realities of war and everything witnessed by Ishmael and other child soldiers stripping away their innocence, and exposing them to the harshness of the world. A Long Way Gone, the main claim is all about the loss of innocence. It's about Ishmael Beah’s journey from a happy kid to a child soldier forced into violence. The book really shows the harsh reality of losing one's innocence shown in this quote “Our innocence had been replaced by fear and we had become monsters. ”(Ishmael pg 55)
The novel River God by Wilbur Smith is set in Ancient Egypt, during a time when the kingdoms were beginning to collapse and the Upper and Lower Egypt were separated between two rulers. The story is in the view-point of Taita, a highly multi-talented eunuch slave. At the beginning of the story, Taita belongs to Lord Intef and helps manage his estate along with caring for his beautiful daughter, Lostris. She is in love with Tanus, a fine solider and also Taita’s friend. Unfortunately, Lord Intef despises Tanus’s father, Lord Harrab, and Intef was actually the one who the cause of the fall of Harrab’s estate, unknowingly to Lostris and Tanus. Taita’s goal is to bring back Egypt to its former glory, but with so many bandits and invaders it would be a difficult task.