Jake Seavy Carol Lorenz Humanities: Museum Paper 12/7/2016 The Plain of Auvers The title of the piece I chose is “Wheat Fields after the Rain (The Plain of Auvers).” It is painted by Vincent van Gogh in July of 1890.…
The Boy Who Dared, by Susan Bartoletti, is simply about a boy named Helmuth Hübener who dared to speak out against Hitler and the Nazi party. Helmuth was a German youth who has to find his way in an entirely different world. The novel is told in flashbacks as Helmuth looks back on his life from a Nazi prison. A few very distinctive traits stand out in Helmuth. Three examples were intelligence, bravery and leadership.…
The Book Ungifted is about a boy named Donovan Curtis. He makes a chose that ends up changing his life entirely. The choice he made was to wack a atlas statue with a stick causing an extremely heavy Atlas ball roll right down the hill and breaks the hardcastle middle school where Donovan goes to schools at. The superintendent of the school catches him red handed, he brings Donovan into his office and writes his name down on a piece of paper on his desk and leaves. But it turns out that he wrote down his name for the schools called The Academy.…
The Pigman by Paul Zindel is a funny, well written book and should be read by middle schoolers. The Pigman takes place in Staten Island over a course of a year, at the graveyard, the zoo, Mr. Pignati's house, and Lorraine’s house. John and Lorraine are 16 year old sophomores in high school. They are struggling to keep a reputation of charity workers when with Mr. Pignati. (The Pigman) When John, Lorraine, and their friends call was charity workers to Mr. Pignati’s House, he answers and agrees to give money if they pick the money up from his house.…
When I first heard this year’s theme, “Standing Up in History,” the first thing that came to mind was the Holocaust and WWll. Remembering a book I had read a few years back titled “The Boy Who Dared” by Susan Bartoletti about Helmuth Hübene, the youngest person to be sentenced to death by the Nazi Regime, I immediately began to research other people and groups who stood up against Hitler. Soon after that, I stumbled across Sophie Scholl, a young woman in a non-violent resistance group, and began to investigate her and the group called “The White Rose” (german translation: die Weiße Rose) who between the points of summer 1942 to February 1943 wrote and published 6 leaflets about the wrongness of the Nazis. By this point, inspired and immediately…
I agree with what Domingo Martinez stated in his memoir Boy Kings of Texas, "Texas Mexicans and Californian Mexicans are very different from each other –the same genetic code but completely different in accent and habit" (Martinez 93). However, while reading his memoir I found that although Texas Mexicans and Californian Mexicans are different, no one culture is superior or less “scary”. Taking into consideration the fact that he was a male growing up in the 1980's on the boarder of Texas and Mexico and also that he has Chicano parents, really helped me to strengthen my argument because many of the things that he was taught growing up changed as he got older. My experience growing up as the oldest to Mexican parents in San Jose, California…
In the poem “Kites,” by Raymond Souster, the portrayal of the kite has a simplistic meaning, but when examined closer, it can be found to relate to the charitable moments of life and the hardships the future holds. This underlying theme has a personal connection in my life because the author demonstrates the importance of creating a positive outlook and not dwelling on the possibility of negativities that could occur. Within the poem, different ideas are present, such as the comparison of the kite to life, how to deal with hard scenarios with grace and not dwelling on the negatives, and finally through his detailed imagery the idea of maintaining positivity no matter the situation. Through symbolism, Souster demonstrates the connection of life and the kite by representing it as a beacon of freedom, but also the complications that present themselves.…
The Boy Who Would be a Helicopter Textbook Analysis Student disabilities come in all shapes and sizes and is unique to each child. This is especially true with students who have social disabilities. Some students may find it hard to interact with students, some might be aggressive or emotional, some may not have personal space, and some may want space. Students with social disabilities often find it more challenging to gain the necessary skills to develop their social/behavioral communication skills, whether in a classroom setting or at home. Jason is a young student in the book The Boy Who Would be a Helicopter that isolates himself from the other classmates in a world of helicopters.…
In John Lewis’ autobiography Walking with the Wind we are able to get an inside look at life in the south, pre-Civil Rights Era. John Lewis, in Pike county, was able to take into account his changing views of his small town. His unique thoughts and experiences are what evolved him into the Civil Rights activist he is known to be. His story shows his own encounters as time goes on, as well as showing the opinions and actions of adults, such as his parents, during this same time. Each generation varied, having a different view and experience throughout the pre-Civil Rights Era, which seemed to be based off of their own experience before that time, in which they were most likely slaves.…
The Lesson, is written by: Toni Cade Bambara, an African American writer. This is a short story about a wealthy, educated black woman living in the community, who believes in educating the youth in the neighborhood. Miss Moore plans to take the children on educational outings during the summer, to expose them to life’s lessons. While on the educational outings, the children don 't seem to be excited about spending their summer learning, let alone stuck with Miss Moore. In order for Miss Moore to teach the children, she must open their eyes and expose them to a world beyond their block in Harlem.…
The book “The Longest Ride” is an Incredible novel that tells 2 love stories. 90 year old Ira Levinson finds himself in serious trouble after he was stranded in a embankment due to a serious car accident. With multiple injuries, the man struggles to maintain consciousness Until a blurry image of his beloved and long dead wife Ruth appears beside him. The image of Ruth urges the man to stay alert by recounting their many memories together. Memories such as how they met,The tragic war of WW2, and their precious collection of paintings.…
Bruno Bettelheim and Jill P. May view the illustrations of “Little Red Riding Hood” differently due to their different ways of looking at things. Bettelheim looks at the illustration through a psychoanalytic view while May observes through a critical theorist viewpoint. Since Bettelheim approaches “Little Red Riding Hood” in a psychoanalytic way, he believes the key moment is when Little Red Riding Hood is in bed with the wolf. Bettelheim looks at the fairy tale through a psychoanalytic view which is why he perceives the key moment as a “little girl’s oedipal longings for her father” (176). This is shown in how Little Red Riding Hood willingly got into the bed with the wolf and the “combination of feelings her face and body suggest fascination” (Bettelheim 176).…
Since ancient times, people have harnessed wind energy. Wind energy propelled boats along the Nile River as early as 5000 B.C. By 200 B.C., simple windmills in China were pumping water, while vertical-axis windmills were used for grinding grain in Persia and the Middle East. Newer and newer ways of utilizing the wind energy eventually spread across the world. By the 11th century, people in the Middle East started using windmills comprehensively for food production. The Dutch refined the windmill and adapted it for draining lakes and marshes in the Rhine River Delta.…
In the fairy-tale story called Snowdrop written by Jacob and Wilhelm, the protagonist’s name is Snowdrop. She was born into royalty, as a princess whose beauty and grace was known throughout the kingdom. She is described in the story by her mother, as having skin “as white as snow, [lips] as red as blood, and [hair] as black as [the] ebony window frame” (Grimm 10). However, her beauty was the very source of tragedy which awaited her. By the age of 7, “she was as bright as the day, and fairer than the queen herself”.…
Wind is one of the many energies we have in our world today. Wind energy is one type of solar energy. How we get wind could possibly be a very unknown thing. Wind comes from how irregular earth 's surface is, the uneven heating of our surface and the rotation of earth.…