Steve Turner. Amber Waves and Undertow: Peril, Hope, Sweat, and Downright Nonchalance in Dry Wheat Country. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2009. Adams County, Washington is the topic of journalist Steve Turner’s book Amber Waves and Undertow. Partly inspired by his own experiences within the region, and acting as a county history, Turner’s work examines the various modern cultures that have inhabited this portion of Washington State.…
My book report is over Michael Buckley’s Undertow. Lyric Walker is a 16 year old girl who just found out that there are new people in town. These people are of a new race called “the first men” or the “alphas”. The first men aren’t exactly what you would call the average person considering they are half human half fish. They have been living under the sea for hundereds of years until finally, they decide to march straight out of the sea into modern day Coney Island.…
In “Average Waves in Unprotected Waters” the ending was between believable and unbelievable. I don’t believe that it is anticlimactic because Bet, the mother, never went back to see her child, Arnold. Arnold, a nine year old boy, is handicapped and can no longer be taken care of by his mother. She drops him off at Parkinsville State Hospital. As a mother, how could Bet leave her son and not be able to visit for six months, who she cared for and nurtured for years.…
The point of view is very important because it gives different perspectives and affects how you see the story. The story “Average Waves in Unprotected Waters” is told in third person omniscient. This allows us to know about a single character fully through a narrator. In this story it is important because it is told from the perspective of Arnold's mother, who it left with a difficult choice. It is told this way because it allows us to see into Bet’s mind and feel pity for her in her position.…
In “Average Waves in Unprotected Waters” by Anne Tyler, readers follow Bet Blevins and her mentally disabled son, Arnold, during the 1970’s. The two were on a journey to a mental institution where Arnold would be living. Anne Tyler shows the battle of a single mother trying to raise a disabled child and struggling to do so. The point of view of the story is third person limited which helps the readers to become better acquainted with one specific character. The readers get better insight into the main character, Bet, and how she thinks which will influence her actions.…
Danzy Senna’s Admission is a short story that involves racial and class dynamics, and follows the plight of Cassie, a black upper-middle class mother who struggles with her desire to have her son attend a highly coveted institution. The story begins with Cassie and her husband, Duncan, receiving an invitation for an interview at the Institute for Early Childhood Development, which throughout the story, is portrayed as elusive and glorified by many of the upper-class mothers around Cassie. While she had originally applied to the school for a tour in order to reap some inspiration for a play that she is writing, Cassie soon becomes charmed by the institution's acclaim. However, Duncan ridicules the notion of their son, Cody, attending the school,…
In the begging of The Infinite Sea, the second book to the 5th wave. Both by the author Rick Yancey, the setting is revealed with Cassie Sullivan who they just call Sullivan watch over Nugget. Nugget is Cassie’s 5 year- old younger brother. His real name is Sam but back at the “safe house” that “helped” all the children, gave most of the children nicknames.…
Katsushika Hokusai’s piece titled The Great Wave off Shore At Kanagawa is a Japanese woodblock print that was created around 1826-1833 in the Edo period. This piece is apart of Hokusai’s series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. Japan’s most famous mountain, Mount Fuji is in every piece in the series. This piece is relatively small at 10 1/8 inches x 14 15/16 inches. Yet, Hokusai did not make his magnificent pieces of art alone, he had skilled craftsman aid in the production of the each of his woodblock prints.…
In the short story “Average Waves In Unprotected Waters”, man versus self is definitely the main source of conflict. Man versus self is described as an internal struggle between the person and their inner self. Bet’s decision to take Arnold to the institution verses not to, is quite possibly one of the hardest decisions for Bet in the story. It seems that Bet contemplates whether or not she made the right decision to have him placed in the institution weighed heavily on her . Proof of this is how she reacts and flips constantly between the two choices making it very clear she that she is having an internal struggle with herself.…
Crazy Brave is a memoir written by Native American poet and artist Joy Harjo. In this memoir Harjo recollects and evaluates a number of pivotal moments, which occur during her life, that altered her identity as well as how she saw the world around her. Many of these moments occur in the first two sections of the book entitled “East” and “West”. These moments include, but are not limited to, when she is playing with bees and is stung as a young girl, when her mother forces her to put on a shirt while playing outside with her brother, when she colors a ghost green in class, when her stepdad finds her personal diary and reads it in front of the rest of her family, as well as when her stepfather does not allow her to be involved with the school…
Aliens come and inhabits humans, while trying to take over the Earth. This is the book, The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, which became a movie in January 2016, directed by J Blakeson. Cassiopeia Sullivan is a 16-year-old girl with a fairly normal life, until the Others came. There have been 4 waves to their invasion, and everyone who is left is suffering through the 5th. Like most books turned into movies, The 5th Wave book is better than the movie because it has more detail, better characterization, and the actual plot line.…
There are many things that can make someone courageous. One of them is doing something that everyone doesn’t do, doesn’t like, or makes fun of you about. Being courageous can also mean being brave. An example of bravery is having valor or showing brave spirit. There are a lot of examples of courage and bravery with Stargirl and Leo.…
People often face difficult and dangerous situations in life. Marlin from "Finding Nemo", has been a scared-cat from pretty much the moment he found out he would be a father, and with good reason losing your wife in a violent attack would make anybody skittish. But like so many parents when they are called upon to protect their kids, Marlin finds his own true bravery when it counts, traveling across the entire ocean and facing all kinds of threats in dogged pursuit of his son. He's not only just brave when he successfully escapes the bloodthirsty sharks, or navigates through the jellyfish and let's the whale shoot him and Dory out of the blowhole.…
Have you ever had to get something somewhere in bad condition? Well, that is what happened in William Steig’s book Brave Irene. In this book Irene has to get a package to the duchess’ palace in a mild storm. During the journey Irene is brave, determined, and caring. Irene is brave because even with a twisted ankle, she still walked on, even though she was in great pain.…
Character Traits For Shirley Stubborn She repeatedly she doesn’t like the places the Claude picks. The first place Claude picks she says “I hope not.” At the second place he picks, she says “This land is the worst case of ugly i’ve ever seen.”…