After talking to Aubrey Rubenstein James Mcbride learns that all jews had moved out of the area says Mcbride. Also he learns that his family has taken over the slaughterhouse that james mother’s family owned as a child ( Mcbride 224). James also learns that not all white people treated blacks like if they weren’t the same. He says “ I found it odd and amazing when white people treated me that way, like if there was no barriers between us” (Mcbride 224). When James learned that all the jewish people had moved out he asked a lot of questions.
James then meets Aubrey Rubenstien who was very kind and treated him as if he was just like him, in some way that was indeed true. Aubrey was really surprised to see him. He got on the phone with a family member to let him know that he was there. it only showed how surprised
James’ mother, Amelia Martin was heartbroken when she had to let go of her son, so he could fight in the war. Their family lost a son, a brother, an uncle and a
”(Chapter 2). James was not able to keep himself together because
James had a complicated family life as a child first from his mother was married three times. His first father was a pastor and left to go teach the gold miners in California about God. He sadly died from cholera and was laid in an unmarked grave
He wanted to keep his family in better state than he was. James provided a very steady source of income throughout the beginning part of the money with his boxing career. It showed how his family lived in a very nice, well-kept house and his kids were very healthy. In the middle of the story the events hit the characters hard. Jurgis had lost his father, and could not afford to put the kids through school and he felt like he was failing himself.
My first reason is that James is protective over Isaac. When the leader of the gang asks why he brought Isaac along, James says “I told you. I can’t leave him alone. What if something happened?”
James understands this at this point in his story because he finally feel the pain of the Jews which he can relate to his own life and his own prejudice. To demonstrate, James discovered multiple bodies along the Narisemond River (pg. 228), which ignites his pain for the dead people
Later James is ordered to stand down because it was taking too long to defuse a bomb. James was deliberately ignoring him and risking his life, his military groups and the surrounding innocent civilian lives by continuing to mess with things in
In the beginning of the novel James Mcbride is an average child. He was obedient, he listened to his wise loved ones and did well in school. Everything was going well for James, until his siblings rebelled against his mother, because they weren’t familiar with her ethnicity and background. Therefore
The James family was very proslavery. As a result of this, Frank James
Some of these literary devices found in the story are revealing to the end, “I couldn't imagine one of my papa’s friends wearing a pointed hood, or a white robe.” This foreshadow leads the reader to thinking that his father might be a Klan member. Dialogue between James and his friends reveal some foreshadowing, shown in the quote some lines above. The reader is constantly waiting to see what happens next. ‘“Yes this is my son,” he’d brag to anyone in an earshot.”
James uses words like “hesitated”, “timid”, and “nervousness” to describe the young man as inferior to Mrs. Moreen. This not only creates tension as he is afraid, but also
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This proves that although James is trying to or into his family, his emotion(s) put a major roadblock in his path. Another reason that supports this idea is on page 4. While and after the kitten is dying, he lets his emotions pour over and doesn’t care what his family sees of him, only about the dead kitten.
