There are many themes in the novel My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt. Through the events of Tiger’s life, the reader sees why differences make us who we are, why death is a part of life, and also that true friends will ask for nothing more than an individual’s companionship. As she grows, Tiger learns about life and all the difficulties it will bring, but she also learns that she will have friends who will be with her every step of the way. First of all, the author seems to make a point that people can sometimes find it hard to think that different is okay. In the novel, Tiger is often made fun of by Abby Lynn and her group of friends because her mother acts so out of place due to her condition.
In Julia Alvarez’ poem, “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries”, a story is told that someone is browsing the shelves of a bookstore and is drawn to a work by an author that she doesn’t know. Knowing that they can’t afford the book, she considers stealing it before putting it back. Throughout the poem, Alvarez uses expressive imagery and specific selection of detail to convey the book as a beautiful and understated piece of literature through the eyes of the speaker. The imagery used to describe just the appearance of the book is powerful in its impression.
Deciding how we react in moments of triumph represents us at our best or worst. Although we can't control what irrational situations we are placed in, we do have a say in how we react and feel towards those situations. In the novel “The Color of Water” written by James McBride the tone of the passage in chapter four is most definitely anxious. The reason being that the word anxious can mean many things and in this case it does. James is anxious in an excited way because his people finally have a voice and they are realizing that they have rights and that they should be treated no different than non-blacks.
Have you ever wondered how the Nazis controlled the Jewish populations of Europe so they could murder them during the Holocaust? After reading different stories like Maus, a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman, Shores Beyond Shores by Irene Butter, one can see how the Nazis massacred 6 million Jews during World War II. Three strategies that helped them do this were Law, Redistribution, and Lies. One method that was successful was Law.
Commencing the text, Malouf describes the serenity in the atmosphere before the outbreak of World War 1. Long, descriptive sentences are used within this section of the novel to describe the setting to the reader, and feel immersed in the world described as adjectives are used abundantly. The blue mountains surrounding Jim and his companions were “soft blue” at times, then would “later approach to purple”. Imagery is used here to describe the soft, calming colours of the surrounding pinnacles of nature.
In Julia Alvarez’s On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s* The Blue Estuaries, tone, attention to detail as well as imagery convey the speakers discoveries. The author discovers that deep down within; she is a poet as well. Another discovery she makes, is that she is no longer a young girl and is now a woman.
Goals Though this program contains different session, each with their own goals, notwithstanding, the overall goal of the program would be to provide an environment where students can immerse themselves in to the traditional practices of Canadian Indigenous arts and history. By the end of the program students should be more aware of the concept of culture, Indigenous cultural practices, how colonization affected Indigenous practices, and why it is important to work towards revitalizing these practices. Though the concept of culture encompasses different themes such as language, religion, music and dance, food, etc., it should be noted that this program in particular would focus on dance, music, and arts and crafts. In addition to these goals,
I believe that the Federalist/National Republican/Whig parties are the most beneficial for our nation. They believed in a very strong central government, protecting our freedom, and focusing on infrastructure, and these beliefs helped us make strides in becoming a stable nation. Although they primarily focused on having only the wealthy and elite citizens be in positions of power, many of their politics, such as the National Road, benefited our country in the long run; the Democratic-Republican party claimed to advise the common people, yet led to the opposite through economic crisis, especially when they got rid of our National Bank. The Federalist/National Republican/Whig parties played an essential role in shaping our early nation by fostering
For my realistic fiction book talk I read Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin. Liz, the main character, goes through many conflicts while now “living” on Elsewhere. The setting of Elsewhere is very identical to Earth. If you were to be in Elsewhere it would be hard to tell the difference. There are living things, houses, cars, and more.
LaToya Alexander Professor: Adero-Zaire Green English 209- Children’s Literature May 18, 2016 The Color of Water The Color of Water is about the narration of James McBride as he explores the history of his mother Ruth McBride Jordan, and his heritage and upbringing. Ruth McBride Jordan is a light-skinned lady evasive regarding her ethnicity, however unwavering in her love for all her black children.
In the story, “A Place Where the Sea Remembers” by Sandra Benitez, every character faces major difficulties of some sort. From Marta being raped to Don Justo’s daughter dying, there are twists and turns around every corner. A topic the author brushes upon is education and where it lies in society. By getting an education, anyone can acquire more wealth and can be useful in day to day life. “A boy’s education is very important” (Benitez 73).
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The poem begins with the speaker looking at a photograph of herself on a beach where the “sun cuts the rippling Gulf in flashes with each tidal rush” (Trethewey l. 5-7). The beach is an area where two separate elements meet, earth and water, which can represent the separation of the different races that is described during the time that her grandmother was alive and it can also represent the two races that are able to live in harmony in the present day. The clothing that the two women wear not only represent how people dressed during the different time periods, but in both the photographs of the speaker and her grandmother, they are seen standing in a superman-like pose with their hands on “flowered hips” (Trethewey l. 3,16). The flowers on the “bright bikini” (Trethewey l. 4) are used to represent the death of segregation, similar to how one would put flowers on a loved one’s grave, and on the “cotton meal sack dress” (Trethewey l. 17) it is used to symbolize love and peace in a troubled society.
It is the color of the water that surprises him this time. He comes to the beach every week and always there is something surprising: the size of the waves, their dark sound, the near-silence when the water is calm. Today it is the unhealthy pallor, as if the ocean held no life at all. He begins to look down, to do his errand. There aren’t many shells today, or many at this hour.
The novel is constructed to even deceive the reader. The first paragraph of the first chapter begins with a description of a beautiful summer day with “delicate perfume” (Wilde 1). It is a beautiful and pleasantly smelling environment but it is also
