Barrio Boy Research Paper

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Have you ever heard about role models? If you have, then you would know that each one has to undertake some sort of mission to become what many people call a “role model.” The first role model’s name is Ernesto. The second person 's name is Farah Ahmedi. Finally, the third person is not a person. It is a dog named Buck. Now let 's talk about these three role models and how they always accomplished their missions. Have you ever been scared to move to a new school or a new home because you would miss all your friends? This story, called Barrio Boy, is about a boy named Ernesto, who moved from Mexico to the United States and went to a school called Lincoln Elementary. In this story, the boy’s mission was to learn to speak English. He first started by practicing the word butterfly. At first, he was pronouncing the word butterfly as “butterflee”. After he received help from his teacher, by reading books in a small room, he learned how to say butterfly properly. He then, still with the help of his teacher, learned how to say, “Come, butterfly, come fly with me.” This is how Ernesto undertook his mission …show more content…

What about animals such as Buck and what about their treatment? You may ask, “who is Buck?” Buck is a dog, from the book The Call of the Wild, that undertook a great mission to rebel against an animal that treated him unfairly. That animal is called Spitz. Spitz is a pack leader and he bullied Buck very much. Buck decided he would help other dogs fight against Spitz and would protect the dogs from their punishments that came from Spitz. Another thing, is he would not fight Spitz in plain sight because he didn’t want to get caught by their dog’s master. He also rebelled against Spitz by swaggering in front of him to get on Spitz’s nerves. Buck did everything he could to help the other dogs by leading them. This is how Buck was able to rebel against Spitz and didn’t get caught at the same