Daniel’s family was barely able to cope with the circumstances of the time. In fact, after the death of Daniel Hale Williams II, the head of the house, the family was forced to be divided. Williams' mother realized she could not manage the entire family after the death of her husband. Therefore, she sent some of the children to live with relatives. Daniel Williams was born during an era that did not allow African Americans to excel.
He is smug, and, worst of all, he is a bully. He’s an asshole. An inveterate one” (6) He shows his superiority to his little brother as well in the book and continues to act as though he is better than him. When Daniel and Natasha are confronted by Charlie in the family store, he patronizes him, treating the encounter as a way to taunt his brother: “‘What’s up, Charlie?’ he asks.
Elias Adams lived 89 years. In those years he served his country, crossed the plains. Elias Adams was an accomplished man, a father, a husband, and a friend. He was brave in the way he served, and protected what he loved. He was dedicated in the way he lived, and loved.
He is tall and very handsome. He helps Eli find her father. He is a cheat, and a lying freak. He changed because he started to understand why the sheriff killed his father and forgave him. Another minor character is Eli’s dad, Alfred.
Human nature is quite despicable. Humans kill for thrill, manipulate one another, act out of greed and dishonesty, and perform acts that are inexcusable. So as a society, humans combat instincts just to function in a way that is regarded as “normal”. This is seen in Barry Lyga’s book I Hunt Killers as Jazz struggles internally in a self versus self war. I Hunt Killers can be connected to conformity, evaluated as a cliché book, and questioned as to what happened once the story ended.
He arrives to work and see's Pino, his coworker, and son of Sal, give him a dirty look and said, " you are late". Pino is a racist person who does not like black people and does not get along with Mookie. In contrast, Vito is a nice and respectful individual who is friends with Mookie. It is with these four individuals that Sal's pizzeria had become so well known in New York. Sal is a person who likes to help everyone and is a well-rounded individual.
Because he is so full of himself, he is not a very likeable character. Danforth shows no mercy. He is probably the most merciless
“Poor creature, poor creature” said the mother and turned away to get some food, reveals how she feels about Sounder after he left. William Armstrong describes in Sounder the dog’s drastic changes as he returned after two months. He changed physically, in his behavior, and emotionally. The dog’s emotions and physical state affect his behavior. Physically, Sounder was extremely crippled.
One of the themes in the novel was wisdom. Wisdom is portrayed in the novel by Daniel's parents. The wisdom of his parents enables them to survive longer than many other people. In the text it says, "She also insisted that we pack our warmest clothes, and our best winter coats, and wear our ski boots!" This was very wise of Daniel's mother because they did not know how long they would be gone and where they were being sent to.
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh and Drumbeats and Bullets are two different stories, and both are about drummer boys in the Civil War. Although they are both about drummer boys, they still have some differences. Both stories are at least part nonfiction. The Drummer Boy of Shiloh is about a specific drummer boy named Joby. Joby is a young drummer boy who is getting ready for the war.
Imagine your brother has leukemia and you are trying to do everything you can to help and spend time with him. Well meet a fourteen year old boy named Steven Alper. How will steven handle this in Drums,Girls+Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick. Steven is a very interesting person and goes through a lot of things, but also he is good at somethings. Steven is great drummer and he is very caring.
“A true friend accepts who you are and helps you become who you should be.” Steve and Nathaniel proved that friendship and happiness can be real in the novel The Soloist by Steve Lopez. The way friendship is portrayed in the novel is unexpected in such a way that we don’t see it happen often in our daily life. It is important to our society because finding a true friend is really difficult to find. True friendship is hard to find now in days because we expect many things in return from other people.
Last week, we finished the last group work—World Drumming Project. Although this was the last project, my group members still did this project conscientiously. I think we did well in our group work. The first we discussion about how to assign the work, and then we began writing our rhythm. Our members contribute equally, and I think our cooperation leaded this job successfully.
Jody and the drum relates to my life because when my grandma dies my granddaddy takes over everything. But when ever my granddaddy die my aunt takes over everything. So when my aunt cant handle things my momma takes over the things she couldn’t handle. Then when my momma cant handle things she passes it to my older sister. So if she cant handle things she passes it to me.
