The Dancer’s Tale The weary travelers on South 281 had stopped at Chick-fi-la in the middle of their long journey to the Alamo. They ordered chicken nuggets, stocked up on Chick-fi-la sauce and went on their way. But before leaving the Dancer, who never goes anywhere without her pointe shoes, had volunteered to tell her tail next. Long, long ago a thirteen year old boy, Pablo, had the many riches many could only dream of. He had everything. He was spoiled. He had fair skin, bright blue eyes, long eyelashes, but a very stern chin. A Old Women living on the streets had known of his riches, those of she doesnt have, had seen him and asked for a loaf of bread. He had said no rudely and said he needs it to grow big and strong and offered the …show more content…
The Old Women, though, had been very generous with her money and had helped some of her friends get back on their feet and become rich as well. The Old Women had seen Pablo on the side of the road and had recognised him as the Rich Boy. Had seen her and remembered hearing of her doing well and asked, “Please, please Old Women I know you are rich and I am in need. I would be very greatful for food or money, or anything you can offer me. Please!” “Why should I help you, for you have done nothing what so ever to help me” she exclaimed remembering when she needed help and had asked him for food and he had done nothing. “Please! Because I will make good use of what you give me and will help you or anyone when I have money and food!” “Ok I will help you but I do hope you have learned your lesson” and she gave his two loafs of bread and a bag full of money. Everyone had learned a lesson from that story including the Dancer. They learned to never be selfish and to always try to be selfless. They had now reached their destination, the Alamo! They were all thrilled to have journeyed to have journeyed so far to the Alamo to enjoy the sights and history. They had a great time. The
In the beginning of this story, a man who was crossing Manhattans Seventh-ninth street, walking towards a shelter, a woman scrounges money from her purse to give to the homeless man. The man doesn’t know the acceptance of money from the woman, although he was thankful. Ascher made a statement, “Was it fear or compassion that motivated the gift?” With this in mind, she encountered another incident on Ninety-first street, seeing a homeless man standing inside the French Bread shop, a French woman who isn’t in the brightest mood asks what food he wants and gives him the food. For this reason, Ascher wonders what compels these woman to feed a homeless man.
(Nazario, 11) Unfortunately, he is unable to escape the harsh cycle of poverty introduced to him at birth, thus setting the stage for his own journey at sixteen years of
She tries to cite facts of her experience as a witness when she was in a French bread shop and a man walked in the shop and the owner of the shop gives the man a cup of coffee and bread from leftovers and walks away without a word. Then the author uses the same rhetorical element Logos of asking herself “what compels this woman to feed this man? Pity? Care? Compassion?
At one point, a young girl wanted to touch Esperanza's doll ,but Esperanza thought she was dirty so Esperanza didn't let her touch it. Her mother seemed very angry, and at the time Esperanza didn't know why. As the situation progressed Esperanza understood that what she did was wrong. When Esperanza was wealthy she didn't really think about how hard it was for the people who got deported from the camps.
He stole her book, stole some pies, and was opposing the peace. This is inadequate because he was only stealing for his basic needs. Also if she helped him, he would leave and stop stealing from
In the beginning, the author describes a man who looks to be homeless and how the man stops in front of a baby. When the baby’s mother sees this, she seems to get a bit tense, so she searches inside her purse to find a dollar to give him. The author later questions the mother’s motive for giving the man the dollar and whether she gave it to him because she cared or she was frightened by him. Ascher later writes about an experience she had at a coffee shop. She describes a man, who is dressed poorly and has an unpleasant smell, being given a hot cup of coffee and a paper bag with something inside from the owner of the shop.
Esperanza Ortega is rich, elegant, and not used to hard labor and being a poor peasant. Esperanza is 12 years old and always thought her life would be wonderful with many fancy dresses and servants. "Esperanza looked at her Mama in surprise. Why was she apologizing to these people? She and Mama shouldn't even be sitting in this car."
Her mom always brought items along such as her paintings, which no one was ever going to buy. Jeanette’s parents were farrago and were ousted by their own kids because they didn’t wanted to do as told. A budget was a strong issue for them in this type of lifestyle to conform to. This was a problem because her parents never plan ahead and saved, it was impossible to encourage them out of difficulties and get off of the streets. Those who live in
She begins by talking about her college experience of how her own professors and fellow students believed and “always portrayed the poor as shiftless, mindless, lazy, dishonest, and unworthy” (Paragraph 5). This experience shocked her because she never grew up materialistic. She brings up the fact that she is the person with the strong and good values that she has today because she grew up in a poor family. In culture, the poor are always being stereotyped.
She becomes aware of the comparisons between her waitress job and management responsibility as well as, management inability to show compassion for employees and customers which includes management is not always will to follow employment regulations. During her investigate people who face poverty she discover the additional problem which create more problems which this realization that poverty is no picnic. For example, if you do not have security money for an apartment you may have stay in a hotel that may cost more money. Or the possibility of living in an environment with not kitchen which forces you to spent more money on meals which may not be health and costly which keeps you from save and may eventually cost you your health. These things appear to be little detail you take for grant that have a large impart on people who deal with poverty.
The family pair struggles to maintain enough food for themselves, but despite that the boy still tries to give up his food in order to help others. Not only did he insist in helping a man as rude as Ely, but wanted to help the lost kid on the road. “We could get him and take him with us…. I’d give that little boy half of my food”( McCarthy 86). This displays the naturally generous and unselfish characteristics of the boy.
“ I have done things too, which I will not tell you,” Mrs.Luella Bates Washington Jones said to Roger the boy that tried to steal her purse. In the story “ Thank You Ma 'am ” I believe that Mrs Jones is caring because Mrs. Jones brings Roger into her house, and tries to help Roger. The most obvious why Mrs.Jones is caring is because she lets Roger into her house even when he tried to steal her purse, I know I would never just let him in my house if he tried to steal my purse I would of called the police. First of all she brings Roger to her house and then makes him dinner. I would never make a boy dinner who tried to steal my purse.
Risk taking is an essential aspect of reaching one’s desires and dreams, especially when it comes to crossing boundaries. These risks, physical or metaphorical, will require the individual to step out of their comfort zone and summon the courage to test the extend of their limits, in order to grow and embrace the changes during the process. While these risks are worthy one must accept the inevitability of losing a part of their identity. Examples of risk taking include; stepping into the unknown, searching for freedom, and breaking traditions. All of these decisions include the possibility of successes and failures as explored in both the texts Mao’s last dancer and VillaWood Mums.
Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream film adaptation creates a fantastical spin on the well-known Shakespeare play. The director is able to create an effective dream-like setting with the use of projections, lighting, and puppetry. From the beginning, there is a sense of wonder created, as without word or introduction, Puck, played by Kathryn Hunter, glides onto stage and lays down on a mattress supported by branches. Puck is then lifted into the air and a large white sheet consumes the stage. Even for those familiar with the play, such as myself, it immediately commands your mind to travel to the dream world Taymor has created.
The ending is representative of realism because Emiko is not acknowledging the presence of any other entity in that scene. In realistic theatre, actors perform their actions and play their parts as if the audience were not present. The actors do not acknowledge the audience. Emiko 's dance represents her persistence and perseverance through negative thoughts about not being able to earn money to move back to Japan and not giving into depression as a result of her futile attempt into earning money; and realism/realistic plays are concerned with social problems and struggles that characters undergo, so Emiko 's dancing is a form of catharsis over her struggles of trying to get back to