Stereotype In the essay sorry for not being a stereotype by Rita Pyrills and the book the absolutv true diary of a part time indianboth authora deal with discrimination, racism, and the repercussions of stereotypes. Some examples of this are in the absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian junior the protagonist of the book goes to a predominantly white school and his classmates avoid him due to stereotypes about native Americans being aggressive and killers. Even then his classmates still make racist remarks toward him like chief, tonto, and Red skin and they even make racist jokes using those slurs.
In the story “So I ain’t no Good Girl “written by Sharon Flakes. I felt like the scene was very realistic, the characters made the scene very realistic by the way they were acting. The author described the scene pretty good when she said: “if I scream at him the whole street could hear me”. I can also relate to the scene in my everyday life. A boy and his girlfriend where at a bus stop with some other girls, And Raheem starts to act a little flirter with the good girls who made his girlfriend kind of upset about the situation, so she tries to talk about it, but he got mad at her and ended up making out with the good girl.
As I read many of the essay in This I Believe edited by Jay Allison I felt like many of them related to my life, some more than others. Out of the many essays in This I Believe my favorite is “Remembering All the Boys” by Elvia Bautista. This is my favorite essay because her and I share many of the same beliefs and views on treating people with kindness and compassion no matter what wrong they’ve done to you or your family, which are core values my family instilled in me at a young age. At one point in her essay she says, “My brother was sixteen when he was shot by someone who liked red, who killed him because he liked blue”(17). A few lines later she says “And we will go together and bring a big bunch of flowers enough for both of these
Various minority groups have long histories of oppression, including Native Americans, and the brutality that they endured in the past has shaped their race today. In an attempt to advocate for better conditions, Native Americans are spreading awareness for a greater future. Linda Hogan is a writer of Chickasaw Native descent and often incorporates “Southeastern tribal histories and [native] spirits and culture” (Wikipedia contributors) in her work. “Tear” takes on the perspective of a Chickasaw Native, first in the past recounting hardships, then to the present to reflect on the speaker’s connection to others in her tribe. The poem also describes the environment that surrounds natives and the neglection of their lives.
In The Dancer by Vickie Sears a young girl, Clarissa, finds herself and her confidence through dance. This took time, devotion and passion. At first, Clarissa was young, a bit odd and very isolated, this is shown in line 61 “as quiet as she could be, she was”. As Clarissa grew up she found something she loved (dancing) and practiced it alot. Showing how far Clarissa has come, the foster mom said “There Clarissa was, full up with music.
Character Profile: Dancer The Dancer by Vickie Sears is a short story about a five-year-old aboriginal girl named Clarissa who was lost in the world like many others. In the beginning of the story, Clarissa has just been put into a foster home where she is described to be scared and filled with anger. When walking into this foster home, Clarissa had only brought enough stuff that could fit into a paper bag.
The short story, “Good enough” by Rachel Vail, speaks about the main character Dori and how she starts as what the poem, “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco would say as a flower but transform into a weed at the end. Dori tries to impress or fit in with the popular girls by getting an Orion shirt they all wear for Dori’s birthday. However, Dori’s family is not in the best financial situation, so this makes it really hard on the parents to get this. On Dori’s birthday she opens a present to find that her mom has given her a fake, which hurts her, but she does not tell her parents, so they do not feel bad. When Dori wears it to school the next day one of the popular girls goes up to her and taunts her about it, Dori ends up crying but catches herself and remembers that even though its fake her mom had so much love behind it and did her best which makes Dori get over it and know that it's okay to not be in the popular group or be different.
The book Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park where a young boy named Salva walks across South Sudan during a civil war and eventually he gets to the United States and helps South Sudan by planting wells across the country. The poem “Lost boys of Sudan” is by Leslie Lane. Many young boys survive walking for hundreds of miles through disease, war and starvation to live, but their lives will never be the same again. The theme of both texts is in the face of obstacles, maintain perseverance in order to overcome them. Though both texts present the common theme in similar ways, there are also differences in their approach and development.
Since his childhood, Upton Sinclair suffered through poverty in the United States. Through writing, he payed for his college education at age fifteen, where he learned about socialist philosophy. This philosophy influenced his writing. In his book, The Jungle, Sinclair explores the unfairness of a capitalist society through the story of an immigrant family. To show the evils of capitalism, Sinclair writes about the Rudkus family, who endure through the corruption and brutality of America after emigrating from Lithuania.
Along for the Ride, by Sarah Dessen is a captivating young adult, fiction book. It is about an eighteen year old girl who goes to live with her father and his new wife and child for the summer. When there, Auden realizes all the experiences she had missed out on. She meets many new friends and learns how to make up for lost time. Over the course of the summer Auden learns about love and heartbreak for the first time and she also learns to take chances, which in turn result in many new experiences and adventures.
Core Memories Tanisha Gupta As humans, we tend to take people and things for granted and don’t notice the fleeting, small moments until they are gone. In Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, the importance of preserving memories while grieving the loss of a loved one is demonstrated and proved. To truly achieve a state of acceptance after grief and death, you are required to cherish the memorable moments you spent with the person. The theme of the memoir is the significance of holding onto memories while mourning the loss of a loved one.
“While craving justice for ourselves, it is never wise to be unjust to others. ”- Lew Wallace. Lew Wallace is an American lawyer. He writes about religious points.
CLAIM: In the short story, “Everything will be okay,” by James Howe, James, the main character, finds a sick cat and wants it as a pet. He names it Smokey. His family finds out and takes it to his family. His brother, who works as a vet, has to kill it.
Happiness is often perceived to be the ultimate goal in life. But a deeper look into all that happiness entails reveals that happiness is the driving force behind what makes life complicated from the start. We do what makes us “happy,” but how do we know the full value of happiness if we do not give notice to other emotions? Grief helps us to assess our losses, anger allows us to make us push on towards our goals in the face of problems, and jealousy allows us to see what others have and strive to achieve our best, only further revealing that happiness cannot be the only emotion worth recognizing. The perception of happiness stems from the feelings we get from other emotions and is often idealized to the point where other emotions feel unacceptable
Natalie Thomas Ms. Lawson English Period 3 January 24, 2023 Poetic Devices In “Heart to Heart” Figurative language is a key tool in writing, and gives life to words. Each word and phrase in a poem is picked and placed carefully by writers, to have a lasting effect on their readers. In Rita Dove’s poem, “Heart to Heart”, this talented poet cleverly uses contrast, idioms, and word choice to convey the theme and tone of her poem.
