ABOUT GREEN: Duff Green should be a household name to anyone studying the political history of people who have an influence on media. W. Stephen Belko did an excellent job writing the life and inspiration of this Jacksonian American. Green worked very close with President Andrew Jackson in the beginning of his term. That ended shortly after his feud with John C. Calhoun, which led to the annexation of Texas. This also helps the west expand as well.
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
"Crossing the Swamp," a poem by Mary Oliver, confesses a struggle through "pathless, seamless, peerless mud" to a triumphant solitary victory in a "breathing palace of leaves. " Oliver's affair with the "black, slack earthsoup" is demonstrated as she faces her long coming combat against herself. Throughout this free verse poem, the wild spirit of the author is sensed in this flexible writing style. While Oliver's indecisiveness is obvious throughout the text, it is physically obvious in the shape of the poem itself.
The theme of the book, I Hunt Killers, is you don’t have to follow in your parents’ footsteps. This is the theme for many reasons. First and foremost, Jazz doesn’t want to be like his father. Jazz’s father was a cold blooded killer who was sent to prison for over 120 murders. Jazz is determined not to become like this and will do anything to avoid killing.
Everyone has depression, but did you know on October 29, 1929 the whole US went into depression. People lost their jobs, people lost their homes and lot’s of other things. Every bits and piece was super valuable at that time. Some effects the Great Depression had on people at that time was people lost their money. In an article called Digging In by Robert Hastings a girl explains how importants every minute of light is.
Economics and Psychology in Appalachia, An Analysis of the Novel: Above the Waterfall In the novel Above the Waterfall, Ron Rash decides to focus on the main theme of Loss. The culture within the beautiful ecosystem of Appalachia is encased with family ties that are hard to deny. Rash writes, “In a county this rural, everyone’s connected, if not by blood, then in some other way” from the relationship between Darby and Gerald to the friendship between Les and Becky, their relationships show a true loyalty to the ones they have grown up with and show that Appalachia is a tight knit community (Rash 90). The characters within the novel: Above the Waterfall demonstrate signs of loss of self, domestic violence, as well as poverty.
The story is told through the perspective of a grown man, who shares his memories about Doodle, his younger brother. The narrator, who Hurst only describes as “Brother,” is an outgoing and audacious, young boy. As a 6-year-old living in the rural, he dreadfully sought someone to accompany him through his adventures, a younger brother. However, when he discovers that his young brother is born physically disabled, he is shattered, his dreams crushed like a can of soda. Brother rages, “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly wasn’t all there was unbearable, so I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.”
Oftentimes when reading texts about liberation, whether the liberation is physical, metaphorical, or otherwise, there is a tendency to expect an overcoming narrative of sorts. Namely, when presented with a figure that is suffering, an audience expects a clean ending. However, concerning memoirs, this isn’t always the case. If anything, overcoming narratives within autobiographical texts can flatten out the nuances and struggles that are presented within, making the arc of the text seem flat and unconvincing. This is far from the case with Jimmy Santiago Baca’s autobiography, A Place to Stand.
The settings of a family which has a negative effect on family and boys. Mainly what the characters are inclined to do against each other, the dysfunctional family life and the one parent family. The story has increased my knowledge about gangs and the impact on boys, that positivity of one person is better than the adversity of a gang. The author Scott Monk message to boys is being in a gang, especially a criminal gang is a futile, it is informative in regards that boys can do positive things in their life, that the need to turn their back on gangs and violence.
Lucas Hahn Mr. Rodriguez Academic Lit. 15 June, 2023 The Cellar Analysis Throughout Lucas Hahn's short story The Cellar, the author explores the limits of human endurance both mentally and physically. The author portrays the mental limits of humans when we look at the character Ryan. Ryan at the beginning of the story was just a normal teenager, but at the end of the book he turned into a murderer.
Never Give Up Never Back Down Forgotten Fire written by Adam Bagdasarian is a novel about the horrific events during the Armenian Genocide. Invictus written by William Ernest Henley is a poem that focuses on the human spirit and its ability to overcome adversity. In both writings, the authors address the reader about the hardships of life and how to conquer them. Within the two works, Forgotten Fire and Invictus, the authors, both show the importance of never giving up and never losing hope.
Ela Essay A family is forced to evolve due to a life-changing event, The Vietnam War, in the novel, Inside Out and Back Again by Thanha Lai. One of these characters is Há, a ten year old girl who is forced to leave everything behind and move to America. Há evolves throughout the novel by learning English. When Há first moves to America, Há doesn’t understand the language and is confused and frustrated. By the end of the novel, Há isn’t fluent in the language, but she has greatly improved.
Nightjohn Even though the United States have improved, we must not forget the horrendous acts of slavery. In the historical fiction novel Nightjohn, by Gary Paulsen, the topic of slavery is thoroughly explained. Although Gary Paulsen’s novel, Nightjohn, is considered historical fiction, descriptions of brutal punishments, resistance to conditions, and Determination to learn can be corroborated with multiple sources. The book Nightjohn shows the historical accuracy of brutal punishment as if the people who were enslaved were trapped in a cage with a starving tiger.
Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau were all philosophers of the enlightenment that had a big influence on government. Montesquieu's thoughts on the ideal government was three branches that kept the power divided. Voltaire believed in a Philosopher King who would rule fairly. Rousseau believed the form of government was direct democracy. These three philosophers impacted greatly on how people look at the government.
GEORGE WASHINGTON The story of George Washington, the ‘father of the nation’ has been told and retold. His accomplishments stack up, one after the other, delicately preserved in the annals of time, to serve as a reminder of why this man, and America, are so great. But rarely has a biography set out to capture the soul of the man, as opposed to the legend everyone knows, and painted such a vivid picture. George Washington was born to a large family, with a total of seven siblings.
