One of the many challenges the protagonist faces in the novel is that he is falling behind in his academics. Greg Harris
He pointed out Mr. Cathey consistent bombardments of challenges and how he handle each situation. Every good point in his life such as becoming a father was met with a bad point in which he couldn’t go to school because he became a father. The author allowed us to feel happy for the situations that seemed any reasonable person would feel good about and upset about the unforeseen variables that tend to find Mr. Cathey. The author makes sure you feel the joy and pain of a young man who could have made it to a higher level but came up short because of his bad decision
“Just Walk on By” by Brent Staples and “Learning to Read and Write”, by Frederick Douglass explains the challenges which were faced by both Staples and Douglass due to their color.
When he had to drop out so early he wanted to still learn and do stuff so he decided to educate himself and made himself successful by not giving up. When he decided to still educate himself he did not go to school he had to learn everything by himself just to help his parents make money. The author reports,”Yet even without teachers or books, he continued to study the world around him”( page 13-14). This confirms how instead of him giving up he continued to keep learning about him getting some education. One more thing that he had that he was curious about is fixing sewing machines on his spare time.
He has to go thru a lot in this book just to survive but he never stops trying each day he got up and did what was necessary to survive another day. You could learn a lesson from this book never stop trying one day something good will
Throughout the book Knowles teaches the reader each of the boy’s has their struggles but, each boy also has their own unique strengths. For example, when Finny came to get Gene to go and watch Leper finally jump out of the tree and Gene could not go and watch that because he had to study
He finds hockey and discovers that he excels in the sport, which leads to opportunities beyond the school. Resilience is the prevailing theme throughout the book. Saul navigates
Throughout the book, he cares for his dad and others while also struggling with himself. One example of him caring for his father is in chapter
In this story there are some parts where I can make a connection and differentiate. One thing that I really can relate to the son is that I am or was also a "Lazybones" (Bulatkin 1). Back in middle school my parents always told me how lazy I am all the time and that I should focus on school and the future. This really
In the midst of all of this he finds a balance by focusing on what really matters. At the same time this keeps him focused on his main goal which is education. Education will be his family's way out of poverty. Through seeing his younger brother that is unemployed and will be having a child soon he looks beyond this and is genuinely proud of where he comes from. He realizes how strong his family is when he seems them fighting through poverty and making things.
The short story “Battle Royal” was written by Ralph Ellison, set during the 1950’s racism is very noticeable and you will be stunned by how the blacks are treated. Ralph Ellison was born in Oklahoma in 1914 and later attended Tuskegee Institute in Alabama where he studied music. In 1936 he moved to New York City and planned to work at a job in order to pay off college. Little did he know he would get the chance to work from the New York Federal Writers Program. He gained himself a reputation as a writer off of one book, “Invisible Man” and became successful.
The color of a person will determine how they will get treated in society, African Americans were treated cruelly in the South, the poems from this time period have a dark and sad tone to them and lastly it shows how the African Americans felt about their past. One reason why the color of a person will determine how they get treated in society is because in the chapter “Battle Royal” from Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison it is similar to the short excerpt “The South”. Both readings express the cruelty of how badly the African Americans were treated during this time period. “The child-minded south scratching in the dead fires aches, seductive as a dark-eyed whore, passionate and cruel (Lines 6-7)”This quote is from the excerpt “The South”. It
He is at a dead end job working on roofs, he sees himself going nowhere because he is a high school dropout and is looking towards drugs and alcohol for an escape. But everything seems to change when he gets the news that he is going to be a father soon. Becoming a father gave him the mindset that he was going to have to be more responsible now. As his son got older he decided to change his life for him and his son so he began to read books to him. He practiced over and over and three years later he decided that he wanted to go back to get his GED.
In the early twentieth century racial and gender discrimination were prominent in the American South lifestyle. The separation of treatment among African Americans, females and Caucasian males formed tension. African Americans and women were believed to be socially inferior and lived only in the shadows of Caucasian males. Ralph Ellison writes about a nameless protagonist who struggles to find his place in society in the early 20th century in the south. Ralph Ellison's short story ‘‘Battle Royal’’ paints a clear picture using imagery and satire of a particularly alarming event in a young African Americans man’s life after a high school graduation.
He loses a good friend along the way, that alter him into making better decisions. He meets a couple of girls that affects him remarkably in choosing what he must do with his life. With the help of his grandparents, specifically his grandma, he is given reassurance that guide him home. Through
