Bitters

Michel Marriott’s article, “Rap’s Embrace of ‘Nigger’ Fires Bitter Debate” was an interesting read. The thing that caught my attention the most was his spelling of Nigger instead of Nigga. There is and importance of who says this word and how it is said. This article really focuses on the “popularity” of the word Nigga. In this article a rappers were mentioned like Ice T, KRS -ONE, NWA which brings attention to how rap helped with the increasement in the use of the word. Nigga has been used more…

In the novel Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter And Sweet their are many pieces of history mentioned which create a scene of realism. One of these pieces is the hatred by Americans of Asians at the time. An example of this is when Henry is walking towards school where Chaz and Denny his bullies are on flag duty " Hey Tojo you forgot to salute the flag,""he's a yellow coward"(32). This shows how people were racists towards anyone who looked Japanese because of Pearl Harbor. The comments towards Henry…

before changing the sentence. A stranger convinced the husband, Streeter, that his wife was being unfaithful. Full of jealously Streeter puts his hands on his wife and killing her for being unfaithful. Unlike the first news report writing, ‘The Bitter Fruit of a Jest’ was the first article on the newspaper. Within a two month setting, the topic of violence from husbands towards wives have moved from the last piece of writing to the first item your eyes catch when picking up the newspaper. Is…

Reilly Quiambao Ms. Minter American Lit, Period 1 Due 25 April, 2024 [Essential Question as Title] The book Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet strikingly depicts the truth of the events that occurred during World War II about how Japanese Americans were treated along with being incredibly useful in bringing awareness to the problem of cultural globalization by using past experiences to describe the different cultural backgrounds in America and the effects that globalization played a role on…

changed. Today’s language, especially that found on the internet, coins special phrases and sayings for just about everything. One such phrase that has seen growing popularity on social media is “relationship goals”. In the novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, the main character, Henry, develops three main relationships that contribute to shaping his character. The first relationship expressed in the novel is that between Henry and his father. Henry’s father is strict…

In Jamie Ford’s novel “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” the main character Henry Lee goes through many hardships that prepare him for his future. Henry Lee demonstrates a caring personality throughout the novel to everyone he meets. Henry’s caringness is displayed during a flashback with his old friend Heiko. Right before Heiko goes into a japanese internment camp she tells Henry “That's fine. Be who you are; she said turning away a look of disappointment in her. But I'm an American.”…

everyone's lives and there are three important aspects that everyone should have and they are family, friends, and lastly love. These three different types of relationships are portrayed in many different ways through the novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. Henry developed many important relationships throughout the novel that were all special in their own way. This plays into society because Henry's relationships all had a special meaning to him, and…

it works. This came to mind when I read the article “Bitter Pill” by Steven Brill. This article talks about why bills are so high when it comes to health. It show the reality of how these hospitals work. Something that is not talked about, and it should. Another article I read was called Setting the Record Straight on TIMES’s Article “Bitter Pill” by American Hospital Association (AHA). This article was responding against the article “Bitter Pill”. They don’t like that the article…

Athens; the characters of Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet could relate because of the conflicts they faced. Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is quite similar to William Shakespeare’s, Romeo and Juliet. The story tells how the protagonist, Henry, meets with the first love of his life, then, loses her to a World War II internment camp. The parallelism between William Shakespeare’s, Romeo and Juliet, and Jamie Ford’s, Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, are known during…

Courageous or Fearful??? Throughout the book Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, written by Jamie Ford, Henry the main character displays courage even though he is scared. As stated by Lou Gehring, " Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is being afraid and doing it anyway." For example, he walks Keiko home from school every day to the Japanese side of town where he isn't accepted and he disobeys his father in order to stand up for his own dreams. Henry also displays courage when he…