Capricorn "Cap" Anderson lived on Garland Farms, a hippie commune that has seen better days, with his hippie grandmother and teacher Rain all his life. Garland Farms had fourteen families originally, but it has slowly decreased to just Rain and Cap. One day, Rain falls out of a plumtree during a lesson and breaks her hip, putting her in the hospital. Cap is put into public school under the care of Floramundi "Flora" Donnelly, who was a former member of Garland Farms, and her beautiful daughter Sophie, who is not pleased of Cap's arrival while Rain is recovering. He does not fit in at Claverage Middle School (changed because of Zach into C Average ), because he is a vegetarian , listens to 60's music, wears tie-dyed clothing, has long, unkempt
At the beginning of the book Heather Hoodhood was the kid that was really mean and only cared about herself. Like when Holling goes into her room to talk about something important, Heather asked “Mrs.Baker hates your guts right?” he nodded “Well then try getting some.” And then she slammed the door. Or like the time when she comes downstairs with a yellow flower painted on her cheek
The purpose of Heather’s character is to give you insight about what Melinda is going through, and how she feels about herself. However, later in the novel, we find out that Heather was not being a real friend. Heather does not care for Melinda’s feelings, she doesn’t ask why people are mad at her,
In 1963, the case of Gideon V. Wainwright was presented to the Supreme Court. The case focused on Clarence Gideon, a drifter who was accused of robbing and vandalizing a pool hall in Florida. No witnesses could definitively confirm that Gideon committed the crime but, they could place him in that area near the time of that the robbery occurred. After Gideon was arrested and put on trial, he asked for an attorney because he could not afford one. The judge denied his request because Florida, at the time, did not provide attorneys for those who could not afford it unless, it was a capital crime.
Just imagine if you lost someone who was extremely immediate or someone you barely even knew. Afterall, they’re two completely different situations, but both Wes’s encountered one or the other. Many children experience this complication and don’t always turn out to be at their highest quality. Moreover, leaving them with a boundless affect, having they just lost someone remarkable to them. Although this may be true, could it affect them if they weren’t there at all.
The use of children in the Sierra Leone Civil War was widespread, with up to 10,000 children taking part in the conflict and up to eighty percent of RUF forces between the ages of seven and fourteen. Ishmael is one of these children. In his memoir, A Long Way Gone, Lieutenant Jabati and his men exploit several techniques to transform these frightened children into ruthless killing machines. They do this through the use of drugs, pop culture, as well as character and emotional manipulation. Tactics like these create habits and addictions that are almost impossible to break.
Where we’re from, who we know, and how our mental makeup is, is very important in our lives. It can be the deciding factor between life in prison and a life dedicated to giving back to others. In The Other Wes Moore, The lives of two young men are examined through three distinct lenses, how the role our environment, social capital (How we get ahead by helping each other) and how our mindset can dictate who we become later on in life. Both of these young men grew up in roughly the same environment, the ghettos of Baltimore, Maryland and the Bronx, New York, respectively.
Amanda Gorman, an American poet, and activist were quoted as saying “Change is made of choices, and choices are made of character.” This event relates to the choices and changes made by the “other” Wes Moore in the memoir The Other Wes Moore. These choices have changed him from a convict to an altruistic person. These changes should allow him to be released from prison after 20 years. In Wes Moore’s
The upbringing of a child contains many factors, many of which correlate to where a child grows up. The people, culture, and experiences of someone’s childhood are the greatest determining factor for what kind of person they will become. So how does the nature and nurture of one’s upbringing impact the decisions that they make, and their life in general? Author Wes Moore explores this question in his memoir, The Other Wes Moore, as it relates to two lives in particular. Moore main purpose in this book is to explore the overarching impact that a collection of expectations and decisions, not always one’s own, can have on someone’s life.
Have you ever been in a situation that you know what the outcome is and you know that it’s bad but you still do it anyways? In the book “The Other Wes Moore”, the Other Wes was headed down a path of drugs and getting in trouble with the cops. On pages 112-113 one day Wes was standing on the streets when someone came up and asked them “Do you guys know where I can buy some rocks?” (113), Wes knew that he looked suspicious and everything he knew pointed out to him that he was an undercover cop.
This is evident when a new girl that came to Merryweather High School, named Heather. In the beginning, Heather followed Melinda around everywhere. Then Heather turned on Melinda because she did not think Melinda was not cool and popular. Melinda says, “Heather, you mean we're not friends
At one point, Yossarian says that the enemy is anyone who would get him killed. For the most part, he 's referring to his own bureaucracy and not the Germans. Colonel Cathcart and Colonel Korn have extreme grudges against Yossarian for sabotage that they take rather personally. Colonel Cathcart says at one point that he hopes Yossarian gets killed on a mission so the administration will be relieved of its problems. Cathcart is always raising the number required for combat missions.
"And next up is little Alexander Stroble", the speakers blare. He wobbles up to the plate, the helmet on his head making him unbalanced with each step. With the bat in his hand and the ball in his eyesight, he was ready to hit the best homerun of his life. His coach throws him a level pitch and he swings, and misses. "Strike one" ,the umpire yells, but that doesn’t phase him; he knows he has two more tries.
Ida Arnold is said to be one of the strongest characters in Brighton Rock and can be viewed as a real motherly figure to Rose. Ida acquires the role of a detective after the death of Charles Hale. She is determined to prove that Pinkie is the murderer of Hale. Pinkie notices Ida’s suspicion and marries Rose because he knows a wife cannot be forced to give away evidence on her husband. Ida then feels like it is her job to save Rose’s marriage as well.
In The Cather in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the main character Holden is very judgmental as he describes many people in the novel. He is a sixteen-year-old who been expelled from his school and does many things before planning to tell the news to his parents. When he leaves, he visits his teachers, prostitutes, nuns, old friends, and his sister Phoebe. While on this journey, Holden depicts men and women differently. He depicts women like Jane, Phoebe and the nuns as his “gravity”.
