Rachel says, “how long till lunchtime...how long till I can take the red sweater... bunch it”(38-39), this proves that Rachel does not feel comfortable in a simple situation. She also has an interesting view on birthdays. Rachel feels almost confused at the thought of celebrating being a year older. She says that “...you might say something stupid,...
Eric Tu Mr. Carter JAGS AP US History 11 July 2014 AP US History Book Critique 1. Brief Overview Joseph J Ellis’s book, Revolutionary Summer, is both a nonfiction political tale of how the thirteen colonies all agreed to separate from the British Empire and a brief military narrative of the battles on Long Island and Manhattan. This book focuses much on the non-military aspects of the conflict between the Continental Army and British Army such as the various events of the summer and fall of 1776. Important figures included in Revolutionary Summer are, delegate John Adams, John Dickinson, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, General George Washington, British Officers William and Richard Howe.
Freedom Summer, by author Bruce Watson examines the courageous and passionate efforts of roughly 100 predominantly white college students as well as several local black Mississippi residents who stood up for change and equality while pushing the limit of uncertain futures. The book discusses the journey these students encountered in order to reach their aim of voter equality and opportunity for blacks in the south. The objective of these students was to create a voter registration system in the heart of segregated and unjust Mississippi. In 1964, they did just that. This “Mississippi Project” as it was sometimes called was run by local civil rights group council in the state known as the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO).
After Mrs. Price tells Rachel to but on the sweater and Rachel does the first sense she uses is smell Rachel says “when I put one arm through one sleeve of the sweater that smells like cottage cheese”, it puts the reader right there with Rachel you start to think what cottage cheese smells like. Then soon after that she uses touch, Rachel says “with my arms apart like if the sweater hurts me and it does, all itchy and full of germs that aren’t even mine” still the author does a good job on making you feel like you are there, she also makes you think on what an itchy sweater feels like. The sense of hearing was kind of hard because after Rachel puts on the sweater, starts crying, Phyllis Lopez says it’s hers Rachel says “There’ll be candles and presents and everybody will sing Happy birthday, happy birthday to you, Rachel”, even though this isn’t happening in the classroom she imagines it and can hear
In the short story, “The Sound of Summer Running,” Ray Bradbury uses figurative dialect and dialogue to delineate how both Douglas and Mr. Sanderson's feelings about running shoes. The characters in this short story have different beliefs on the shoes. In the beginning of the story, we are introduced to the main character, Douglas. Douglas and his family has just left the theaters.
Everyone has done at least one horrible act that has caused them to feel guilty. Gary Soto is just an example of that; he wrote an autobiographical narrative called “A Summer Life” telling his story. In the narrative he gives a visualization of what he has done as a child. His unforgettable experience of stealing a pie, and trying to fight his conscious makes him rethink every horrible act. Describing every moment of how he got the pie and how amazing it taste.
Summer Bites Just because Summer is here, that doesn’t mean school is over. In Anna Quindlen’s essay “School’s Out for Summer” she informs us that more than three million kids go hungry over summer break, due to their meals only consisting of that of the school ’s. Those who work at America’s Second Harvest, talk of parents who go hungry themselves just feed their children.(224) The parents themselves also say that it is humiliating to not be able to feed their kids, on top of being poor.
How can uncontrollable emotions affect people positively? In the short story “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier in an impoverished town during The Great Depression, a 14 year old African American girl named Lizabeth finds herself in a tough situation as she hears her father sobbing and can’t control the emotions she is feeling. These uncontrollable emotions lead to Lizabeth completely destroying Miss Lottie’s marigolds that symbolize hope as she feels all hope is gone. Having that uncontrollable emotion that Lizabeth had leads to her maturing and growing up as she realizes what she did was wrong. Using symbols, the author’s emphasis of two characters' losing all hope in their lives and their despair leads to evoking empathy into the audience as they relate to their similar experiences.
“A Summer Life” and William Zinsser’s advice “How to Write a Memoir” have many similarities and differences. Zinsser gives great advice including “It’s your story’’, ”Be yourself”, and “Think small”. In “A Summer Life”, Gary Soto he used all three. “A Summer Life” uses Zinsser’s advice “It’s your story” in the entire memoir. Gary Soto uses a child’s point of view in his memoir.
The author then goes into a story about Rachel on her birthday in class, and a red sweater.
Ray Bradbury’s story”The Sound of Summer Running” And Sandra Cisneros 's story”Eleven both of the characters Douglas and Rachel both put on a piece of clothing and their emotions are different from each other. Douglas puts on a new pair of shoes and is happy about that, here is my support from the story,’’j. While In Eleven Rachel has to put on a ugly sweater that smelled like cottage cheese here is my support from the story,”That’s when everything I’ve been holding in since this morning, since when Mrs.Price put the sweater on my desk, finally lets go, and all of a sudden I’m crying in front of everybody.”
Have you ever felt so happy and motivated by something, to the point that you feel you can do anything? The characters from the short story “The Sound of Summer Running” by Ray Bradbury experience this euphorium by wearing a pair of tennis shoes. The main character, Douglas, is presumably a teenager who admires a pair of tennis shoes every day. His father sees no point in buying them, and Douglas does not have enough money to buy them himself. But Douglas is so fixated on getting these shoes that he makes a deal with the shoe-shop owner, Mr. Sanderson, that if he works for him he can get the shoes a dollar off.
The tone of the story is important in making the story sound like it is being to through the eyes of an eleven year old girl, such phrases like “pennies rattling in a band-aid box” and “my whole head hurts like when you drink milk too fast.” All these are certain phrases that would be used in an eleven year old's life, bandaids for the bumps and scrapes, and the milk that your parents would make you drink. That is the tone Eleven sets, a young girl telling us her humiliating story while she is still a child. Sandra Cisneros does an excellent job at using literary devices to characterize Rachel in “Eleven”. By using imagery, simile, and tone we can see that Rachel is a empathetic, bashful, wise, but still naive in her own ways.
The teacher, Ms. Price picks up a sweater and asks the class if anyone is missing a sweater. A student says that it's Rachel's, and the teacher gives her the sweater without even thinking. Rachel thinks and speaks in a way that is very reminiscent of an eleven year old. There is a youthful, innocent tone in her voice, especially when she says “I wish I was one hundred and two instead of eleven” without actually thinking about the disadvantages of being that age. Throughout the day, she references home and how she longs to go home to celebrate with her family and eat cake.
Carsten Huttenga 3rd Hour Problems and Resolutions I am going to discuss Doris and the problem and resolution from the book Stray. I am also going to talk about Douglas and his problem and his resolution from the book The Sound of Summer Running. I am also going to tell you about a problem and solution that I have had. Have you ever had a problem that the solution has not turned out the way that you expected it would?
