Between Remembering and Forgetting The book Strength In What Remains by Tracy Kidder, tells the journey of Deo, from his escape from Hutu-Tutsi genocide in the mid-1990s to the United States and back to Burundi. In his journey, Deo struggle’s against his memories of the genocide, he was faced with two different ways of dealing with his memories, to forget or to remember. In the first half of the book, Deo follows the Burundian concept of forgetting about the past, this is due too the unwillingness of victims to recall and, thereby, relive the violence and pain of their recent history. But as he went through his journey, he realizes that although he wants to forget his past tragedies, he was unable to do so.
The First Part Last is a novel about this teenager named Bobby and how teenage pregnancy affects his life. The story goes from then to now every chapter and, and at the end of the book, the then and now meets up. Bobby Impregnates a teenage girl named Nia (his girlfriend). The story talks about how they make it through this rough time. Near the end, Nia starts to get eclipse, which girls have a chance to get when they are pregnant.
TEXT ANAYLASIS: ‘The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull’ – Mrs. Mitchell ‘The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull’ by Barry Jonsberg is a tale that depicts the hardships and the evolution of the two main characters, Calma Harrison and Jaryd Kiffing’s, friendship. Written and published by Jonsberg in 2004, the storyline covers numerous adventures of Calma and Kiffo: two daring and troubled friends who are overcoming personal difficulties and learning to cope with strict expectations from their new English teacher, Miss Payne. Jonsberg uses a number of literacy techniques that make the reader feel connected to the characters personal problems and portrays the progression of the student’s friendship that engages the reader. Calma
In Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, there is a constant struggle between individuals and their ability to shape their own identities. The play follows various characters that attempt to find the balance between dealing with hardships in life and their own personal desires. In contrast, “A Daily Joy to be Alive” by Jimmy Santiago Baca explores how individuals can strive to have control over their identities. External factors such as mental state, societal norms, and past behavior can limit an individual's ability to shape their own identity.
In “Lee’s Eating Alone”, author Daniel Moeser argues that in the poem written by Li-Young Lee, the speaker has come to terms with his father passing away, and the end of the poem leaves the reader with a sense of fulfillment and hope. Moeser analyzes “Eating Alone” focusing on the tone, the pattern Lee creates, how the speaker talks about his father, and how the speaker has accepted the loss. The tone of the poem is overall “grief and loneliness” in stanza one and two (Moeser 118). In stanza one, the speaker is talking about how they pulled the last of the onions and how dead the ground looks (Lee 206). Stanza two continues with the grim feeling when the speaker begins remembering a time with his father out walking by the pears (Lee 206).
Love that dog, is an interesting novel that narrates the story of Jack’s introduction to poetry and the short life of his dog, Sky, using a thoughtful tone for each of Jack’s ideas or feelings, a boy’s friendship with his dog, and explaining the story with Jack’s point of view which has a childish voice; the author, Sharon Creech empathize with the reader’s feelings and thoughts making it an enjoyable story. Jack’s thoughtful tone gives the reader a way to see a problem through the character’s own eyes such as when he is displeased that Ms. Stretchberry told him that he needed to explain his poem of the blue car, “You didn’t say before I had to tell why. The wheelbarrow guy didn’t tell why” (Creech 5).
Imagine losing your mom, having an abusive dad, and the rest of your family not liking you. Sounds pretty awful, right? This is exactly the life of Calvin Lee Pace, one of the main characters in the realistic fiction book “Closer to Nowhere” by Ellen Hopkins. After his mom died, his father went to jail and he was sent to live with his aunt and uncle. Throughout his time with the family, he was not appreciated, thought of as an extra person, and was hated by many of his family members.
In the beginning of the poem, the dog is easily distracted by: “Balls and sticks capture my attention/ seconds at a time”. This demonstrates his short attention span. Unlike the eagle, he views the world from the ground and because of this he finds everything exciting and vast: “muck, pond, ditch, residue/ of any thrillingly dead thing”. He doesn’t believe he is in control of everything, instead he views himself as an observer and participator in the world around
By the end of the book, he becomes confident in his poetry writing abilities. In the poem March 14, Jack’s teacher read a poem to the class and he loved the poem. Jack shows his confidence when he describes Mr. Myers’ poem as “That was the best best BEST poem”. This shows growth in Jack’s character because he loves poems so much, he’s understanding them so much, and he hung it up on his bedroom wall right over his bed. Jack also shows growth in his thinking in the poem entitled Love That Dog when he says “Love That Dog”.
As the old saying indicates, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” In the novel The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, the use of multiple pieces of art reflects the experiences and hardships that Theo experiences. Tartt uses the art as a powerful symbol of the hardships that Theo has to endure. The Boy with the Skull painting represents the guilt Theo feels about his mother’s death, and the painting The View of Delft After the Explosion represents the future tragedy Theo experiences. Often individuals find reasons to blame themselves when they lose a loved one in a tragic accident.
The short story The Love of My Life, written by T. Coraghessan Boyle, is about a high school couple in love and they did everything together while having good relationships with each other ’s parents. The couple, China and Jeremy, were always together living a movie relationship as the perfect couple. For the spring break of their senior year they decided it was a good idea to go up the mountains by themselves, not knowing the consequences they were going to have to face later on. Throughout the story, the narrator talks about John Donne being China’s favorite poet and includes the line “more than moon,” which is taken from the poem
Have you heard of the lyrics saying “it's physical only logical you must try to ignore that it means more than that”. In T.C. Coraghessan Boyle’s story "The Love of My Life," he talks about two high school graduate love birds, China and Jeremy. They have irresponsible miscount, which demands that they make a cruel, life-changing decision and question the implications of love. In today’s generation, our society tends to demand good looks, smartness, and personal richness from people considered marriage heroes. When your priorities and values fade, it’s hard to express your true self to your partner, making your relationship tedious.
Students see poetry in a new form, and those who do not like to read may not be as intimidated by verse as they are by seemingly long books. Plus, a novel allows a reader more time to focus on the voice of the poet and helps her cultivate her own poetic voice (Schmidt 92). Although Love That Dog is for middle grades students, it is a common book in verse and focuses on poetry. The protagonist reads poems in his class and shares his negative views, yet because he is forced by his teacher, he writes his own poems and discovers the process helps him cope with the loss of his dog. The protagonist in Coaltown Jesus is coping with the loss of his brother, and Ron Koertge created both a secular book that students would enjoy and a book of Christian fiction for middle schoolers entering youth group or discovering faith after Bible school.
He believes that the dog made him appreciate the little things in life and now that he is gone, he is left alone in the world. The dog gives the owner a sense of hope and optimism until it reaches the end of its life. The author no longer has the same happiness and excitement that he used to have. He lost the one thing that he shared
In this essay, I will compare and contrast the different themes of love found in the poems “Nightcrawler Buys a woman a drink” and “Reservation Love Song” in addition to how these themes are coherent with each book. In Gary Jackson’s, “Night crawler buys a women a drink” the speaker uses couplets to give pomp to the rhythm that follows the poem throughout the piece. In Sherman Alexie’s poem, “Reservation Love Song” the speaker uses his quatrains to give light to his symbolism to the length of this poem. Both of these speakers to a masterful job in writing a poem that paints a vivid picture in our minds and although they may use very different methods there are some similarities as well as very obvious differences in these speakers styles.
