I thoroughly enjoyed this book it's written by Mike Lupica who writes other sport books like this one. It kept my attention the whole time and was one of the few books that I actually enjoyed. It was about this boy named Michael he was a all star pitcher on his baseball team. Both of his parents were died when he was young and he is living with his brother, eventually some coaches from other teams think he isn’t within the age limit to play and he can’t find his birth certificate to prove his age so he isn’t allowed to pitch. He has to try to find his birth certificate and has to try to get by without pitching.
Will’s brother Shawn broke down crying which showed Will that it is okay to break the rules and that getting revenge isn't the best choice because of its many outcomes and possibilities. Will's father, Mikey Holloman, is one of the influences in his life on why he won't get revenge on his brother's death. Will's father enters the elevator with everyone else. He talks about how Uncle Mark
In A Mighty Long Way the author, Carlotta Walls LaNier writes about her experiences growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas. She focuses a lot on her family and those who helped her, she also writes about the differences between white schools and black schools. The latter half of the book focuses onward from the point she enrolled into Central High School (CHS) and beyond in her life. The integration of black students into CHS was a long road filled with hateful individuals, ignorant individuals, and students who just wanted to learn. The name of the book refers to her graduation, she says that she had "come a mighty long way" in order to get to her graduation from CHS (Chapter 12).
Will Shawn’s experiences and guidance help Will, or will it lead him astray? The first reason why Shawn has the biggest impact on Will is because he’s an older brother/father figure to Will. For example, a quote in the book states “ Shawn was my big brother, my best friend, my protector. He was the only one who always looked out for me, no matter what” (Reynolds, 21).
One day, she got killed by a nearby shootout while they were playing, which ultimately altered Will's entire childhood and life. It impelled Shawn to teach him about the "rules "and adulthood because his childhood was already beginning to collapse on itself. The reason is that he just witnessed his best friend dying in front of him and described it as, "Her eyes wide, / the brightness dimming. / Her mouth, open.
“He who controls the media controls the minds of the public” - Noam Chomsky. In the novel, A Mighty Long Way by Carlotta Walls LaNier the town of Little Rock took the chance at integrating an all-white high school by creating the Blossom Plan. The author writes about her journey attending an all-white school as an African-American. This novel focuses on the troubles Carlotta faces each and every day and adds some horrific details about her comrades as they went through the same process as her. Little Rock Girl 1957 by Shelley Tougas, centers its attention on different events that occurred in Little Rock during the 1950s.
Contention-As we know, Michael Gow’s ‘Away’ draws heavily from the lives of Australians after the Vietnam War. Coral and her journey to the Gold Coast after the loss of her son to the War is one major example of a transformational journey, physically and emotionally, and can be seen throughout the play as Michael Gow employs an abundant use stage props, movement and actions, and character intent to demonstrate the power of the journey she takes. The emotional and physical journey undertaken by Coral after the Vietnam war may be evident in her use of props in act 5 of the play, described as “Coral comes in carrying her hat upside down,” followed by “she digs her hands into the crown of the hat and lifts out a handful of shells,” may be perceived
However, people don’t look into Mikey’s ways; he shows the most reasons. He lets Will know he could have the wrong person, may not like being on the other side of the gun and he’ll feel guilty for it and regret it. Mikey’s reasons are very good points and he can go more into depth with his reasons as to why he shouldn’t Will even starts to question
Mikey Holloman did something very regrettable except he could never fix those mistakes he made. Mikey Holloman had a second reason for being the most influential impact on his son Will. My supporting quote is “I couldn’t kiss your mother, couldn’t kiss you boys goodnight. Just lay naked in the scummy bathtub, the cold porcelain keeping me from sleep. From nightmares.”
Even though the media displayed false information about the 1957 integration of Little Rock Central High School it changed peoples views on segregation. In A Mighty Long Way Little Rock, Arkansas nine African American students wanted to go to a well educated high school but they do not understand why so many people are angered that they are just getting a better education. During the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957, the media illuminated certain events and painted an inaccurate or incomplete picture of other events. The media illuminates many important events that show how racist white people are treating black people and showing people in the North who are against segregation and support integration.
One big way to improve Will’s communication is to deal with the relationship violence that occurred to him. Sean started this for him in the scene where he tried to get Will to see that his upbringing was not his fault. This was a big step for Will to understand himself and how he should see his relationships. Through Sean, Will also learned some emotional understanding of himself. Emotional understanding will allow him to have emotional competence.
Societies can contain many unspoken rules that people follow. Some of these rules are positive, while others are negative. These negative unspoken rules are seen in the novel Long Way Down as the society depicted in it has three negative rules. These three rules play a big part in the actions of the people in its society. They lead people to kill others to satisfy their revenge, and cause much unrest and remorse.
The major theme in the story A Long Way Gone is that with family and love a person can make it through anything. Overall Ishmael’s story is a very powerful, eye opening read; it informs people on a subject that some know little to nothing about, the civil war in Sierra Leone. Beah uses the theme of family and love, along with the use of symbolism and other literary devices, to inform a larger audience of the issues that he and others had to face while trying to survive in a war zone. A Long Way Gone, an autobiographical memoir, written by Ishmael Beah, takes place in Sierra Leone during the time of their civil war.
