Gary Paulsen, the author of “Hatchet” describes one of Brian’s traits by using actions. As stated by this quote, “When he was done he covered the two piles with grass he tore from the lake shore to keep the flies off and went back outside”, (69) Brian used his surrounding environment to produce an answer for a complicated problem. An ordinary person wouldn 't thought of a solution as quickly as Brian did in this particular situation. The answer for this problem seems simple, after you have figured it out. But it’s not simple while you’re looking for it.
In the two books Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick and The Friendship, by Mildred. D. Taylor, the main characters brought positive change when they were vulnerable. In both of these books, people were vulnerable, but were able to bring positive change, whether it be to either themselves or others. In life, everyone at some point in time is in a tough position, but you can always bring positive change, no matter what the circumstances may be. For example, in Freak the Mighty, one of the main characters, named Maxwell, befriended a peculiar kid named Kevin that was much more intelligent than him, but was very small and was not very mobile.
Magwitch was an unlucky child whose only option was to live on the streets. He turned to crime to get his necessities. As a child, he knew would only ever become a “warmint”; having no hope for the future (294). He wanted to make sure Pip got a better fate.
Have you ever thought about how the things you do now could affect you forever? What about the people you hang out with? The Other Wes Moore shows how the things you do or people you spend time with in your childhood can affect you forever. The book addresses many problems that two people, both named Wes Moore, face throughout their lives. In The Other Wes Moore the different people and decisions in both the Wes Moore’s lives ultimately lead to two different fates.
This book, can relate to people who don't usually believe that they can make a change. That they have no effect on the world. This book, tells you straight up, that if you change yourself, you can change the world around you. This is very motivating, and a very awesome
Wes Moore is the author of a novel that talks about a man with the same name as him and how his life varies from his own. There are three special social factors that set good and bad Wes apart from each other. Also there was a positive impact on the bad Wes when he participated in Job Corps when he was at the campus but it did not last very long when he went back home. Which once Wes headed back down the negative path again it would ultimately lead to his life imprisonment. But it seemed like prison turned out to have a good impact on Wes’ life but it will impact his children’s lives forever.
Inherit the Wind: Granting the Right to be Wrong While the practice of limiting a man’s ideas may now be seen as archaic, Inherit the Wind brings to light this very injustice, prevalent in an era not yet shrouded by time. In this final scene of the play, Drummond poignantly summarizes the beauty of free thought. The following passage highlights the central theme of Inherit the Wind: theological and scientific beliefs can co-exist, on the condition that an individual has the right to believe whatever he or she deems fit: DRUMMOND. Say - you forgot - (But Rachel and Cates are out of earshot.
When reading this passage I had to look up the word, "Lethal" which means "sufficient to cause death", I also had to look up the word "uttering" that means " make a sound with ones voice". This quote makes me feel very sad and mad because she is trying to help the Jews by warning them and they are beating her and gagging her, That makes me disgusted. I think people didn't believe her because it was pitch black at the time and no one saw anything while she was screaming fire, fire. That is a warning for the Jews to save themselves and try to escape while they can. It is very obvious that the people were scared because they kept telling them to "make her shut up".
Each and everyone of us has been shaped by our family, our education, our friends, and our surroundings. We like to think that we are, for the most part, our own people, but in fact life really changes people in ways many don't recognize. A novel by Wes Moore, “The Other Wes Moore” presents a narrative that shows the ways that our circumstances and inspirations determine our fates and how nature & nurture affect us. Within “The Other Wes Moore,” Author Wes and Prisoner Wes are immensely affected by nature vs. nurture in many ways: Author Wes was affected by his fathers death, transitioning to a new school, his declining relationship with his mother and then moving to military school. On the other hand, Prisoner Wes was affected by his father leaving, Tony's influence, getting into drug dealing, dropping out of high school, and getting a girl pregnant.
Peer influence can make you choose between popularity or reasoning. In the story, The Other Wes Moore, Wes(author) and Wes(interview) may have the same names but not the same lives. Different friends and influences paved their lives in two different ways. One of the Wes's ended up in prison and the other was very successful in school. Peer influence has had the biggest impact on how successful an individual is; This can be seen through “The Other Wes Moore” through examples of good friends and environments that lead someone down the right path.
Each one has learned many lessons from their courses in life which established their personal morality. In particular, the author, Wes Moore, was driven by positive outcomes from his negative conditions resulting from him a successful person in his adulthood. As a result, the inspiring story of the author, Wes Moore, could be described in three themes: Peer, Parent, and Family Support; Loss and Redemption; and Decision Making.
Antoine Nguyen period D LOTF Essay The Lord of the Flies by William Golding the beast an idea that one little boys created as a fear leads the boys to chaos and destruction. These boys who were once peaceful turn into savages who murder and torture their own. In the Lord of The flies the beast is more than it seems, the beast shows the violence hatred and evil in humans and alone on the island the boys not stranded by society rules turn to inner hatred within. In The Lord of the Flies The boys show traces psychopathic behavior, this behavior goes unnoticed and shows the darkness the boys have.
“I felt no pity for him. In fact I was pleased with what was happening to him” (Wiesel 52). Elie Wiesel’s character became a brute, because he witnessed children being killed, death everywhere and his loss of faith. Wiesel watched people get hung with no phase of tears. Wiesel writes in his book after the war, “watched others hangings.”
Has a life experience ever change how you think about things? Well, you can see this clearly in two books. Life's journeys change us by making us stronger and wiser. People get stronger emotionally and physically. This change can clearly be seen in Stand Tall by Joan Bauer and Hollywood Hustle by Gordon Korman.
• The approach to the determination of the value of the individual proposed by Oliver Wendell Holmes was based on a philosophical concept of individual worth. Holmes believed that each person had their own intrinsic value and that it was important to understand and consider the individual circumstances in each case in order to fully appreciate their value. He argued that each person should be treated as an individual, regardless of their social class or status, and that the value of a person should never be judged by the prevailing standards of the day. His approach was based on the idea that each person had a unique value and that it was important to recognize this value in order to ensure that justice was done. •
