In the novel, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie is tortured by being dehumanized and isolated while being a POW. Throughout the book, Louie is being treated poorly by his captors, but resisted giving up. One example is in chapter 17, Louie was being transported to a camp and is put on the ground. The text states, “Louie said something to Phil and immediately felt a boot kick into him...” (page 181).
Gary Clayton Anderson is an American historian who is currently a professor at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. He is focused mainly on the history of native people in the Great Plains and southwest region of the United States. Anderson received his bachelor’s degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, his master’s degree from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, SD, and his Ph.D. from the University of Toledo in Toledo, OH. Along with the classes he teaches, Anderson travels around the country giving lectures about relations between Native Americans and white settlers and other related topics.
The flock is taken in by Anne, who works for the FBI and knows their secret. They are human-avian hybrids, so they all have wings. Also, they are on the run from Erasers who are half human and half wolf and the Erasers despise the kids, together known as the flock. A very prominent lesson in the book is that real friends are supportive and dependable and they are always there when needed.
In the book “Seedfolks” By Paul Fleishman, Theres this Vietnamese girl named kim. Kim is only 9 years old she last saw her dad. She was only eight months born after he died. He was a farmer watched his beans break ground and spread and would notice with pleasure. Lived over there in Cleveland heights for eighteen years.
Nudge (eleven-years-old with a mouth that does not keep shut), Gazzy (or The Gasman, age 8, and named so due to his flatulent tendencies), and Angel (Gazzy’s biological sister who happens to be telepathic). The flock was
Tracey Lindberg’s novel Birdie is narratively constructed in a contorting and poetic manner yet illustrates the seriousness of violence experience by Indigenous females. The novel is about a young Cree woman Bernice Meetoos (Birdie) recalling her devasting past and visionary journey to places she has lived and the search for home and family. Lindberg captures Bernice’s internal therapeutic journey to recover from childhood traumas of incest, sexual abuse, and social dysfunctions. She also presents Bernice’s self-determination to achieve a standard of good health and well-being. The narrative presents Bernice for the most part lying in bed and reflecting on her dark life in the form of dreams.
Angelhead is a novel written in 2000 by Greg Bottoms that is set in Tidewater, Virginia during the 1980s. The book follows Bottoms experience dealing with his brother Michael’s descent into madness, a result of his later diagnoses of schizophrenia. The novel follows Greg and his family as they witness Michael’s psychotic breaks and struggle to cope with their reality. Furthermore the novel details the shockingly quick descent of a schizophrenic into, as Bottoms describes, a madman. Reading the novel eighteen years after its publication, and decades after the experiences described, gives some insight into how mental health was viewed at the time and what the outcome of brushing aside severe mental illness can do.
One of this week’s readings focused on Ch. 5, “Caged Birds,” in Professor Lytle Hernandez’s book City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965, and this chapter was particularly interesting because it further explained the development of immigration control in the United States. As a continuation from the last chapter, there was a huge emphasis in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Geary Act of 1892. This essentially prohibited Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States, as well as eventually requiring these people to comply with regulations. “Caged Birds” encapsulates the events afterwards, as the book heads well into the early-1900’s. The disenfranchisement of immigrants develops towards further exclusivity because “[by] 1917, Congress had banned all Asian immigration to the Unites States and also categorically prohibited all prostitutes, convicts, anarchists, epileptics, ‘lunatics,’ ‘
In the book the Feed, the author M.T. Anderson explores a world of technology innovations that demonstrate a perfect model of science fiction. Science fiction is fiction that is based on envisioned future technology advances and environmental changes that affect the world largely. In this society people would rather go out of their way to avoid human interaction, text than call, or surf the web rather than engaging in a conversation. In this story Anderson goes over the top by starting with 70% of Americans joined together with internet chips implanted into their brains called feeds. Most get the feed when they are first born so it makes them rely on technology to get through life.
Avian enthusiast and author, Jonathan Franzen claims that for most of his life, he did not pay much attention to birds. In fact, it was not until he reached his forties that he discovered an appreciation for them. With this newfound appreciation, he started to question why do birds matter? Throughout the article, Jonathan Franzen explains different aspects that make these feathered creatures so intriguing such as the diverse behaviors within different species, their spectacular evolutions, and their amazing ability to do what all humans wish they could do; fly. He goes on to state that one reason why birds matter is that "they are our last, best, connection to a natural world".
Spirit Animals: Wild Born by Brandon Mull - A Thrilling Journey into a World of Magic and Adventure. Brandon Mull's "Spirit Animals: Wild Born" catapults readers into a vibrant world where the bond between humans and animals is more than just companionship; it's the source of incredible power and destiny. Set in the land of Erdas, where each child comes of age by summoning a spirit animal, this first installment of the series is a riveting blend of fantasy, adventure, and friendship. The story revolves around four young heroes, Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan, from different backgrounds and regions of Erdas. Their lives intertwine when they each summon a spirit animal during the Great Summoning ceremony.
Loving Yourself “Wild Geese” is a poem published in 1986 by Mary Oliver. It is a poem composed of one stanza and 18 lines. It is also written in free verse meaning that the poem has no specific structure. Through the poem, the speaker shares an important flaw that is part of human nature. It is Human’s nature to be unaccepting of oneself and not love who you are.
Throughout the book, Max and her flock
The Dog Year The Dog Year, by Ann Wertz Garvin, is a story about Dr. Lucy Peterman, a reconstructive plastic surgeon for women who have breast cancer. She had a good life and very much loved her husband and was expecting their first child. Her good life is seemingly torn away from her when she gets into a car accident where she loses both her husband and her unborn child in one afternoon. Lucy opts not to seek grief counseling and instead turns to kleptomania as a way to try and cope. Her rash of thefts leads her to a suspension at work and, at times, in trouble with the law.
The other lost boys realized they had to grow up at some point and stayed with the
