This book takes place July 1945 through July 1946. Ann Fay is struggling too, she wants to walk again. Her daddy is not like he used to be. He is struggling of post traumatic stress. He won 't get a job and he freaks
The next chapter was Carrie McCandless viewpoint on traveling to see where her older brother Christopher McCandless died. When Carrie was in the helicopter flying to the ominous bus, she could not believe that Chris had backpacked through such terrain and lived off the land for one hundred days. However, she always knew that if Chris put his mind to something, he would always achieve it. Finally, she saw the rundown school bus where her brother had died. She tried to be strong but failed, and wept.
The second part of the novel was intriguing to me because the book explained how the patients were diagnosed. Usually when the doctor came to the patient's home, after a few checks, they would diagnose the patient had yellow fever although they only had a minor summer grippe of a type of fever. This was mainly shown when a doctor came to diagnose Lucille and immediately said she had yellow fever. The main reason this was done was because the doctors thought that disease was spread through smell or by refugees who lived by the river instead of understanding that the disease was spread by mosquitoes. The main characters in this part of the novel were Mrs. Flagg, Dr. Deveze, Grandpa, and Matilda.
In this book, the story jumps between two Wes Moore’s. The author Wes Moore went through some really hard things when he grew up. He grew up in Maryland for the first few years of his life and then moved to the Bronx. His father died just before his fourth birthday. When his father died, his mother took
Chapters 1820 depict how something so special to you can be taken right out of your life. Often people can be taken for granted and such as with the time they give or the love they give. In these couple of chapters there was to be a bad hurricane. Janie and Tea Cake her husband had been warned they did not listen to the warnings and were eventually caught into the storm. This ultimately resulted in the loss of friends and houses along with the lost of Tea Cake her third husband which was bitten by a rabid dog and given rabies.
Chapter four and five are about the family returning to California and how overjoyed Panchito and Roberto were to see their family, except for the fact that they had to go back and work in the field to pick strawberries. Throughout the two chapters, the family gets their own land and become sharecroppers until the strawberry plants all die, and the land has to be given up. Chapters six through nine are mainly about Panchito’s end of the school year in junior high the summer before he attended high school, and some of his struggles through high school. In chapter ten, Roberto got a job as a janitor and Panchito got a job washing windows, which was a big help for their family, the money they made was the only thing getting the family by, because their father could no longer work much. Chapters eleven and twelve were again about Panchito attending school and his struggle with english, yet with all of his classes he worked extremely hard to be successful.
The book Marshfield of Dreams: When I was a Kid, by Ralph Fletcher is a memoir that uses lots of sensory details, imagery, similes, and other figurative language. Along with these types of figurative language, he also uses three elements; plot, setting, and characters. For example, the plot of the book is a story of Ralph’s childhood, and short stories of scenarios that occurred in his childhood. The setting of the memoir consists of various places such as; school, his home, etc. Along with the plot, and the setting, there are also characters mentioned in the story.
The story touches on things such as poverty, alcoholism, bullying, abuse, etc. It is an extremely eye-opening, humbling book that shows you that you can change your life around no matter how you were raised. This book is relatable to many people, including children and teenagers who are or may have gone through some of the same things that Jeannette and her siblings did. The theme that most resonated with me while reading the book was alcoholism. It is something that has been a part of my family life for a long time.
To begin with, in the book, this boy Billy has always wanted dogs but they weren't very rich and couldn't afford coon hunting dogs and that is what Billy wanted. So he decided to work for the money to get dogs, he worked really hard and saved every penny he got. Finally he got the money and ordered the dogs. He went on a long journey to get them and on his way home
“Peeping Tim” I really like this chapter because it’s about young boy spying on his neighbor name Jodi through his window and she is fully naked. (87) One of the humors in this story is when Jodi sees Tim spying on her: “her mouth dropped open and her arms went over her breasts, squashing them as she covered herself” (88). Another humor is when she gives him a haircut and asks Tim, “isn’t that the cutest little haircut?”(95) There’s not really a lot of bad language in this chapter
The book is mostly about Fredericks accomplishments in life and how he became famous. The book also
The book opened with Tom Spradley, whom was the narrator, Husband of Louise Spradley, and father of Bruce Spradley. Louise and Tom were a very standard American couple with one son that was 3 and a half at the time. At this time Louise and Tom had just newly found out that they were pregnant with another baby and were very excited but they noticed that Bruce began to get sick. Louise decided to take Bruce to the doctors, very unsure of what he may be coming down with. When they arrived the the doctor, Bruce was diagnosed with Rubella.
The 1920's should be remembered as a cynical but carefree time of jazz, gin, and socioeconomic prosperity. Modern cultural norms were drastically affected during this period. Numerous technological innovations evolved, and mass production of technology plagued the United States, ultimately benefiting, and negatively affecting economic, social, and political gestures. Whereas the telephone and radio had already been invented, they became of popular use during the early 20th century, both of which were used to positively alter the entertainment industry. Phonograph technology saw rise during this period, which allowed musicians (such as jazz instrumentalists, whose study is primarily based on improvisation techniques) to produce phonograph recordings
“North Korea has said that its nuclear programs are negotiable, but only if the United States formally undertakes not to attack North Korea.” “The US national security adviser said 'be prepared for military action against North Korea”. “North Korea poses a grave threat to the United States, our great allies in the region, South Korea and Japan... but also to China and others. And so it's important, I think, for all of us to confront this regime,”. “North Korea demonstrated its ability to strike Japan in early March, when it fired four extended-range scuds into the Sea of Japan…Post-war animosity, as well as the alliance with the U.S., make Japan a prime target.”
With the novel being read from a ‘twelve’ year old whose history motivates his understanding, perception and interpretation of the events he encounters and interprets to the reader,
