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Broken Chain by Gary Soto is one of the two stories that I picked, the other being Seventh Grade still by Gary Soto have lots of differences and lots of similarities you notice only when you compare them. Both Broken Chain and Seventh grade have many thing alike, even though they are two unique stories. Both have the main characters ,Victor and Alfonso, who want to impress a girl they know and like. But still they run into some hard times trying. They embarrass themselves in the process too.
In the book This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff, the author tells his story about growing up in the 50s. Toby had an unconventional life, with his mother always dating abusive boyfriends, he never had a normal family. Toby had many adventures throughout this book and his personality traits lead him to the army in the end. "Then I went into the army. I did so with a sense of relief and homecoming...
Furthermore, Victor wanted to impress Teresa, the girl whom he had a crush on since they were in catechism classes together, with his French skills. Gary Soto also incorporated many elements of literature into “Seventh Grade.” The mood of the story is humorous, allowing Soto to incorporate more entertaining things. The overall point
Against School by John Gatto is an essay that attempts to persuade the reader that public education fails to educate its students. The main way Gatto tries to persuade his audience is by presenting anecdotal evidence and by showing the historical narrative to the education system of the Untied States. Gatto attempts also attempts to reach out to his audience by referring to commonalities in the public education system that have been experienced by many people. Overall the essay is persuasive but lacks any practical authority. The first thing the author does is provide background, background on himself and the situation with education in the United States; and, this is what the author primarily does.
“Charles” by Shirley Jackson is a realistic fiction cliffhanger about Laurie, his adjustment to kindergarten, and a kid Charles, who seems to be a dreadful influence on the kindergarteners. The story is set in Laurie 's home and at his school. Laurie, his mother, his father, and Charles are the characters in the story. The lesson in the story is that lying leads to more problems than it solves and the author uses foreshadowing and word choice to show the lesson.
Sandra Cisneros’ short story “Eleven”, poem “My Wicked Wicked Ways”, and book The House on Mango Street have many similarities and differences in terms of style, tone, theme, character and setting. In the short story “Eleven”, Sandra Cisneros manages to convey a powerful message about growing up from the perspective of an eleven year old. The story starts out with Rachel, the protagonist, who is turning eleven today. It starts out with her at school while she's in math class.
“What could she do?” (Soto 3). We have all at some point or another been the victim of circumstance, whether we accept it or not. The short story “Mother and Daughter” by Gary Soto tells the story of an instance in which eighth grader, Yollie Moreno, is the victim of circumstance. Yollie is a smart, but innocent, young woman who lives with her impoverished mother.
The short story, “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto is fiction and the purpose is to entertain its main audience, readers around the age of 10-14 years old. The theme of the text is that you just need to be yourself and you will have friends, or a maybe a girlfriend in this case. “Seventh Grade” is a good short story as a result of the numerous literary elements included in the story. The author used third person limited to show the story through Victor’s eyes and show the readers how he feels throughout the situation, like when he is embarrassed after he said he knew French but he was lying.
I chose the book by Neila Connors, If you Don’t Feed the Teachers, They Eat the Students!:Guide to Success for Administrators and Teachers to review. The book is an easy read and is refreshing in its approach as a guide for administrators. The author uses cooking metaphors to offer some practical advice on how to be an effective leader. Although the tone of the book is light and funny, it does a good job addressing the serious task that all school principals face, creating a positive and encouraging environment for teachers. As the book emphasizes the teachers are the foundation of the school, unhappy staff will not produce successful students.
Laurie’s mannerisms were completely altered when he enrolled in kindergarten for the first time. “Charles” by Shirley Jackson told the journey of Laurie and how he misbehaved throughout his first year of elementary school; however, he was not demonstrating appropriate public conduct. Laurie’s outbursts were provoked by an insufficient amount of attention in his home. The events take place in the 1950’s in the home of Laurie, his parents, and baby sister as well as his school. Laurie transgressed the rules of his teacher leading him to a plethora of punishments.
Maturity is the feeling of needing to prove that one is sophisticated and old enough to do certain things. In the short story “Growing Up,” Maria’s family went on a vacation while she stayed at home, but when she heard there was a car crash that happened near where her family was staying, she gets worried and thinks it is all her fault for trying to act mature and angering her father. Society wants to prove how mature they are and they do so by trying to do things that older people do and the symbols, conflict, and metaphors in the text support this theme. First and foremost, in “Growing Up,” Gary Soto’s theme is how society acts older than they are and that they just want to prove they are mature. Maria wants to stay home instead of going
As Stated by the author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor For Kids, by Thomas Foster, authors use certain varieties of weather conditions in order to set a mood in the story that’s relevant to the scenario present. Foster explains this action as saying, “But an author doesn't have a quick shower of rain, or a flurry or snow, or a flood or a blizzard, for no reason at all (Foster, 59).” What the author is trying to remark is that authors don't put unnecessary weather unless it contributes to the plot or the mood, sometimes even using it as means of ivory. One example of weather being used in the movie clip from Toy Story is rain. The rain didn't start until Sid was just about the release a rocket outside with Buzz attached, which
In the two stories, 7th Grade by Gary Soto and Charles, the main characters lied to impress or not get in trouble. In 7th Grade, this Victor set a goal and it was that Teresa is going to be his girlfriend this year. Then Victor had French class with Teresa and impressed her by having teresa thinking that he can speak french by mumbling words. In the story Charles the Moms son Laurie would come home from school and even though it was him he would lie to his parents so he wouldn’t get in trouble he would tell his parents “this kid Charles was so bad in school today. He disobeyed the teachers rules and kicked her”.
In Gary Soto’s short story ‘Growing Up,” the main character, Maria, says, “‘I know, I know. You’ve said that a hundred times,’ she snapped.” Maria is acting ungrateful because she doesn’t want to go on vacation with her family and she is arguing with her father about it instead of being grateful for what she has. Being grateful is feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness and being thankful. In the story Maria argues with her father about not wanting to go on vacation with her family and claims that she is old enough to stay home by herself.
Schlink uses characterisation at the beginning of the novel to convey to the reader that Michael is a fifteen-year-old boy, anxious to grow up, struggling with the conflict internally that is felt by the majority of young adults. Sometimes he feels incredibly confident, brilliant, charismatic and popular, however, sometimes feels “like an enormous failure who has no friends and is not at all pleasant to look at.” There is no in-between to these feelings. When Michael meets Hanna Schmidt, “he is immediately drawn to her, but does not understand why. Prior to meeting Hanna, he has had no intimate experiences but is attracted to her in a way he does not fully comprehend.”