Wednesday Wars Respond to Literature Essay Have you ever read the book “The Wednesday Wars”, by Gary D. Schmidt? In “The Wednesday Wars”, the main character, Holling Hoodhood, seems to form opinions about people pretty quickly, especially Mrs.Baker, Holling’s new 7th teacher. This leads you to having the same opinion about certain characters in the book. However, you should never judge people based on first impressions. The world contains many people, you never do know who they really are and what they are capable of until you them.
Life had never been easy for Jeanette Walls, growing up she consistently faced several forms of adversity at the hands of her parents, such as hunger, sexual assault, practical homelessness, and abuse. With so many tribulations, one would expect her to have become another low income statistic. However, just like a mountain goat, who does not actually belong to the goat family, Jeanette is of a different breed. While her parents exposed her to many harsh realities, they also instilled many important life lessons, whether they were aware of it or not. If it weren't for Rex and Rose Mary Walls, Jeanette would not have been as tough, driven, or creative enough to have survived in Manhattan.
The tone of chapter 11 in John Steinbeck's, “The Grapes of Wrath,” is sympathetic, sad and hopeless. His word choice and syntax show how the sad houses were left to decay in the weather. His use of descriptive words paints a picture in the reader's mind. As each paragraph unfolds, new details come to life and adds to the imagery. While it may seem unimportant, this intercalary chapter shows how the effects of the great depression affected common households.
Harry “Dit” Sims and Emma Walker are the unlikeliest of friends. Emma, the educated twelve-year-old daughter of Moundville’s new postmaster but to Dit it is all wrong. Because Dit told the new postmaster would have a boy he’s same age, not a girl. But the rest of the town is more surprised with the Walker family’s color than whether Emma is a boy or girl. No one knew the new postmaster’s family would be black.
Stacey Suver's essay, A Pop Life, explores the different types of pop culture and its effect on Americans and their everyday lives. (Suver, 2011) Suver successfully uses devices, such as first-person point of view, several allusions, an informative tone, and rhetorical questions, that work together to form a well-organized essay that teaches his audience about the influences of pop culture. Suver's composition can be compared to Napalm, a piece of street art created by an anonymous graffiti artist out of Great Britain. (Banksy Biography, 2014)
In 1847 Eliza Stacey, a frontier farmer’s wife, writes a letter to her father-in-law Edward Stacey for financial aid after her husband George had been arrested and taken to jail. Her family was deep into debt and needed help. As she was nearing the end of her pregnancy, she was swamped with stress and work. This letter attempts to persuade her father-in-law to help her family once more by stressing the time and urgency of the situation, establishing how he is the only who can help them, and taking off blame from themselves. Stacey tries to procure her father-in-law’s sympathy for her dire situation by stressing the time and urgency of it.
The author uses Hannah’s personality traits to show the theme of the story of never lose hope in the most difficult times. For example, the narrator, the speaker of the story, “Early the next morning, Hannah began looking for the ivorybills and quickly discovered what a daunting task finding the birds was going to be. It was no wonder Mr. Tanner has gotten confused. There were no vacancies in the birdhouses”(Smith 27).
Vance 's grandparents, Bonnie Blanton and Jim Vance, were born in a little town called Jackson in southeast Kentucky. They migrated north in the 1940’s to Middletown, Ohio in search of better jobs. Vance appreciates the irony—“I write this book because I’ve achieved something quite ordinary, which doesn’t happen to most kids who grew up like me (p. 1)”. Born into the poverty of the Appalachian, later displaced to an Ohio rust-belt town. Among the inconsistent characters that shaped Vance’s upbringing, his Mamaw shaped him the
Reaching the American Dream is frequently portrayed as requiring individual effort and tenacity. This narrative holds that everyone can prosper in America if they put in the effort and seize the opportunity. The memoir "Growing Up" by Russell Baker, however, provides a different viewpoint on the difficulties and complications of realizing the American Dream, particularly during the Great Depression. Baker's own experiences highlight the effects of financial stress on people and families.
Racism is a belief that one race is superior to the other or the practice of treating a person or group of people differently on the basis of their race. Racism is not an idea racism is still present in our society . Whether you’re walking down the street, coming out of a convenient store, listening to music or just an elderly old man , the effect of racism can still hit you dead in the face. This research paper is about a book called Coming Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody. Anne was a young college student trying to make a difference in her community for African American people.
While we know a lot about the Underground Railroad and the Civil Rights Movement, we know very little about what happens in between these crucial landmarks for the black population in the U.S.; this is what initially sparked my interest. The Great Migration played an important role in shaping American society and it answers many unsolved questions as to how the major cities across the United States gained their black populations. Each of the stories entertained and constantly grasped my attention through its easy reading and understanding of the hardships Ida Mae, George, and Robert faced both in the South as well as in the North. Additionally, Wilkerson gave intriguing insight as to how the lives of famous blacks were affected by the migration, such as Jesse Owens and Spike Lee. One weakness that stood out upon reading the novel was how it jumped around between the stories of Ida Mae, George, Robert, the historical background, and other information Wilkerson was trying to give to her audience.
Racism and sexism are the root causes of the Lee family´s dysfunction because when James became his introductory history course about cowboys, he feels racially, marginalized, and excluded from American culture. Sexism is one of the causes why Marilyn didn´t become a doctor. Back in Middlewood, James takes Nath to the Y, where Nath experienced bullying and humiliation by the other neighborhood children in the pool. James a fourth year graduate student performed a new course called “The Cowboy in American Culture”, where Marilyn took that course.
In this event, Howard is looking upon the farm-scene that he has been away from for so long with its “endless drudgeries.” With this, all of the joy of Howard’s homecoming disappeared. Among this farm-scene was Howard’s farmer brother, Grant, who was angry at Howard for his elegant clothes and clean hands. In conclusion, Howard comes home from his successful career and is struck with feelings of tension and overwhelmed by the farm life that he has been away from for so long.
The incident of the “town mule”, when Jody “rescues” Matt Bonner’s mule (p 55-62), is more than just a humorous moment in the book. The mule story serves to illustrate the strained relationship between Janie and Joe Starks. More than that, however, the figure of
When the Great Depression hit and the economy crashed in 1929, Louise’s father lost everything, including the ink manufacturing company. This meant that Christian was unemployed and out of work, and he had no idea what to do. His father-in-law went through the Depression until 1933, when he blew his brains out because it was all just too much for him. Without having a job, Christian had plenty of time to be with Louise but did not really use it. He and Louise had different interest because Christian never did anything but football and work so he never gained any interests or hobbies.
