Little Hawk didn't return from his quest. Little Cloud was killed by whites and ended up not making it home. Crazy Horse met a woman, Black Shawl, and soon became an expecting father. In the Lakota community, men always wanted to have boys, but Crazy Horse was blessed with a baby girl instead. He wasn't phased by this at all, he said she would be a great mother to great warriors, and they decided to then name her They Are Afraid of Her.
Bad Boy is a book about a boy named Walter Dean Meyers, he was quick-tempered and physically strong, always ready for a fight. Walter also had an outstanding vocabulary and loved to read he would got to the library and check out books and put them in a brown paper bag to avoid being teased by the other boys. He grew up in a poor family in Harlem, and he was affected by racism that was going on in his town. With that being said he began to doubt himself and starting skipping high school, and turned to the streets and his books for
Chapter 11: Crazy Horse goes on a raiding spree into Crow territory for several weeks along with his brother, Little Hawk, and Red Cloud, High Back Bone, and other Lakota. They dominate every camp they come across and become a real force of the land. Crazy Horse saves many of his fellow warriors over the trip and gains more respect from others. Upon returning home, he receives news that Black Buffalo Woman decided her husband would be a boy named No Water. He becomes heartbroken by her decision and stays in his parents’ lodge for several days.
It takes a lot in a person to be the glue that holds the gang together. Ponyboy Curtis from The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a big asset to the gang he is in, Greasers because he is very intelligent. Ponyboy lives with his two brothers Darrel and Sodapop Curtis after their parents had died in a car crash years before. Ponyboy is very anxious sometimes but he is also very overconfident because he only worries about himself unless there is a reason to worry about his brothers or gang. First, Ponyboy is intelligent.
“...ugly-tempered lady, old Mistress Hibbins, was one... Black Man’s mark on thee…glows like a red flame when thou meetest him at midnight, here in the dark wood…” (Hawthorne 167). In the novel, Black Man is seen as the devil and also holds a book with iron clasps. “... he indistinctly beheld a form under the trees, clad in garments so sombre, and
Abner, Sartoris’ father, is accurately portrayed as an unemotional, yet vindictive character. Abner’s character adds a theme of vengeance through the story. In the very begging of the story, he exacts his revenge upon Mr. Harris by burning down his barn. This occurred after forewarned Abner allowed his hog to get into Mr. Harris’ corn field for the third time “The hog got into my corn…a nigger came with a dollar and go the hog…’’ (Anyone 888).
Did you know that the scarlet ibis species of bird can live up to 25 years? In “The Scarlet Ibis”, a short story by James Hurst, the main character and narrator, Brother, receives a younger invalid brother, Doodle. Doodle dies of an extreme tragedy at the end of the story, only living 6 years. This story teaches readers that it is important to have gratitude for what you have, and to not let pride take over your life. The author implements this theme strategically with the help of characterization, which is the way the author introduces a character (direct or indirect); irony, a phrase that is said to express something of the total opposite (3 types); and foreshadowing, the use of clues to indicate a major event to happen later in the story.
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese is a powerful and moving exploration of Indigenous identity, trauma, and resilience novel of an Indigenous boy named Saul. The story is set against the backdrop of Canada's dark history of residential schools, where Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families and communities and sent to schools to assimilate into European culture. The trauma of this experience is woven throughout the story, highlighting the lasting impact of colonial policies on Indigenous communities. As Saul grows up and confronts the legacy of his traumatic past, he is forced to grapple with his Indigenous identity and the impact of colonialism and cultural genocide on his community.
Political Death Politics is fueled by corruption. It causes government-involved citizens to use their power to manipulate others to achieve what they want. In All the King’s Men, written by Robert Penn Warren, Warren distributes politics to show how Willie Stark transformed. His character gradually deteriorates as a person throughout the political novel leading up to his death. Warren writes to exemplify politics and how it ruined the lives of well-rounded people.
The play Twelve Angry Men written by Reginald Rose the jury decides whether or not the boy is guilty of murder in the first degree. Juror Eight votes not guilty because, he needs more evidence. Juror Eight is compassionate, when all the other jurors voted the boy guilty. He tenderhearted proclaims that voting him guilty isn’t easy he implies, “Look this kids been kicked around his all his life.” Juror Eight doesn't want to just send the boy off to prison without further investigation.
The novel Native Son by Richard Wright speaks volumes about mistakes and denial, and how in situations a mistake can be the opening to a much deeper darker hole. In the novel one could even say the denial shown by the protagonist is a large reason why the book ends with Bigger behind bars. While Bigger continued to murder throughout the story, he kept pushing his voice of reason to the back of his mind, completely ignoring it which ultimately ended with Bigger’s demise. In Native Son Bigger cannot seem to accept his mistakes, his bad deeds are brushed aside, In his mind he cannot see himself as the villain; This denial and ignorance leads to his imprisonment. From the moment the reader meets Bigger, it is clear that he makes mistakes and
Stephen King’s “The Running Man” is a very tough book to summarise. There are many things that happen throughout it, but due to the nature of the situation, in the end everything around Ben Richards gets destroyed, causing many things that may seem to be key events to have very little impact on the ending of the story. The basic story, removing all of these elements, is that a man named Ben Richards is living an impoverished life in some random town in the U.S., and signs up for a death game called The Running Man to make a whole bunch of money so he can get his daughter’s pneumonia treated. The whole idea of The Running Man is that a man goes on the run for 30 days from the authorities and a group of people called the hunters who are chasing
Living a cursed life, Singer’s “The Black Wedding” follows Hindele—the protagonist—who tries to avoid evil throughout her young life, but once her parents die, her life is engulfed in evil and horror. Forced to marry, she discovers that her husband is actually an “evil spirit.” She believes that her husband is the “devil” because he is cruel to her, tears off her clothes, martyr[s] her, abuse[s] her, and then shame[s] her. Her husband also rapes her and she becomes pregnant with another “devil.” Hindele could see this devil growing inside of her belly as though it were a “cobweb.”
Black Boy Book Review Richard Wright begins his biography in 1914 with a story of his never-ending curiosity and need to break the rules. Although this biography only extends through the early years of his life, Wright manages to display the harsh world that a black member of society faced in the South during the time of the Jim Crow laws. Wright explains the unwritten customs, rules and expectations of blacks and whites in the south, and the consequences faced when these rules are not followed strictly.
The Lamb to the Slaughter is a mystery horror story by Roald Dahl. It is about a wife (Mary Maloney) murdering her drunk husband (Patrick Maloney) after he gives her short answers when she asks him questions. She hits him over the head with a leg of lamb to kill him. A theme I see is change and when something bad happens. You can drastically change in life.
