Sadness was a huge part of this book it brought out all the amazing feelings throughout the story, hope, love, joy, I could go on and on. I loved how even though Esther died she still brought people together in memories and thoughts. I believe sadness is a huge part of the journey in which this book took place. This book was amazing.…
This book would be enjoyed by people who like how history shaped America to what it is today and people who are interested in how slavery was affecting America during this time. This book is not for everyone in general. There are some parts that might be boring for the reader if they do not like history or…
As slaves worked hard and cried out in pain, wealthy slave owners had the time of their lives living the “dream.” The book Uncle Tom's Cabin was an example of how slaves were treated. This caused one of the many fights between the North and the South. While the North was discouraged by the book and were disgusted how slaves were treated. The South was outraged and disagreed with the book and said slaves had a great life in the South.…
Pat Carr’s novel Leaving Gilead is showing readers what families would have to go through during the civil war. From losing homes to losing families, times were tough. The family in this story is none other than the Birdsongs, who have to travel south to a family members to try and escape the warzone. When they started their trip they believed the Confederate soldiers were good and the Yankees were bad. Soon did they realize, war can bring the worst out of people.…
Over all it was a really good book and I personally really enjoyed it. It really gives the readers an inside look on what Turner was thinking, and why he did the things he did. Although the book its self was very good it does not change the fact that what Nat Turner did was wrong and evil. Under no circumstance is it okay to kill innocent people. Not all slave owners where innocent by any means but Turner didn’t just kill the slave owners he killed women and children also.…
Summary: Because of Because of Winn-Dixie is a bittersweet tale of contemporary life as of a resilient child living lonely in a quaint Southern town. This willwill haveold readers engrossed with theregarding themes of friendship, moral lessons, and forgiveness along with a small portion of Cchristianly. Thise book focuses on the lifeves of an eleven year old girl, name India “Opal” Buloni, the protagonist, and her companionship with her dog,dog name Winn-Dixie. Opal recallerecallsd her experience onf the summer her life changed because of the dog she adopts.…
In the second grade,my teacher,Ms. Lopez, read the book “Because of Winn-Dixie.” This book made me fall in love with animals. I fell in love with them because in the book, Opal helps Winn-Dixie when he is in trouble. It made me want to help animals as well.…
12 Years a Slave 12 Years a Slave is a book about a black man named Samuel Northrup who was born in the free state of New York. He was then tricked into going to Washington D.C. where he was sold into slavery. He was sent to the South and held in Louisiana for 12 years. He was then released with the help up friends by writing and communicating with them.…
The theme courage is shown in both of the stories “Making Sarah cry” and “Susan B Anthony Dares To Vote”. Both of the characters in these stories show courage. In the informational text “Susan B Anthony Dares To Vote” she is trying to help all the women get the right to vote even though she could have been arrested at any point in time. In the poem “Making Sarah Cry” Sarah helped the narrator when she sees him starting to cry so she goes up to them and stands up to them even though she knew that they would start to make fun of her, but she won’t let them upset her even though they did. While these two stories share a common theme, the mood is entirely different.…
Have you ever wondered if everyone has a good heart? Well if you have I’m going to answer that for you right now. The story I am going to be talking about is “Stray” by Cynthia Rylant. I really liked this book. This book was about this girl who finds a dog over winter.…
Reading minds isn’t something that humans are normally able to do. Each person has their own mind and their own lives, everyone is their own. Many people have their own points of views that don’t always add up to what others may see. Books have great ways of showing that. Sometimes when a situation is happening or a character is thinking, to other sources they do not know this.…
When reading a book such as ”The Things They Carried” by author Tim O'Brien, it would be difficult for the reader not feel many different emotions throughout the reading. When O'Brien brings out emotions in his reader, he is making his writing more personally relatable for his audience. A few emotions he brings out of his reader in “The Things They Carried” are sympathy, anger, and realization. O'Briens entire book is full of stories that show the hardships of war and its effects on veterans before and after the war. A person reading one of O'Brien's war stories would feel sympathetic toward the characters.…
Ever since descendants of Americans came to America we have always had conflicts with the Native Americans also known as the indians. Either it be a war between the two different races or just fighting over irrelevant things. One of the unforgettable events with Americans and the Native Americans was the Trail of Tears which involves the Cherokee nation. When the Americans moved the indians off of the eastern lands and moved them west, it killed off of thousands of Native Americans making it a very memorable and important impact on American history. Strictly defined, the Trail of Tears is the main route or routes that the Cherokees took from the Southeast to the land the U.S. government identified as their new home in Indian Territory (Bjornlund…
Across the texts Examination Day and The Lottery you see the effects of a corrupt government and how easy it is to blindly follow them even though they make people do inhumane things. For example in Examination Day the main character Dickie is portrayed as intelligent yet since it is a dystonia text so it makes you question why it is bad and what is going to happen to the poor boy. The phone call to the parents “We regret to inform you that his intelligence quotient is above the Government regulation,” portrays the government as corrupt because they are controlling the population. You see that the people live in fear and follow there inhumane rules as it is how society has always been for them.…
She turns real depressed and looks for her family and makes contact with them, but then realizes that making contact with the living isn’t helpful. So then, she takes a job as a counselor to deceased dogs, which helps her get better and not feel so depressed This book was entertaining to me because it made me think of what really happens after death even though this is a magic realistic story and may or may not happen. It opened my eyes and made me not be afraid of death. It made be hard to accept at the beginning, but I’ll find peace.…