In the book “How to grow from no”, I discovered that the main character Bennie Lambert has had many experiences that are relatable in addition to his discovery of many educational lessons that he gained from them. He also displayed how having a supporting family could get you extremely far in life. As you continue reading, you will be provided with a brief overview of this story, in addition to the beneficial lessons that I would personally find appropriate to keep in mind as far as my my life journey. Prior to the beginning of the book, Bennie provides the reader with an overview of his life experiences when he was younger. He discussed how him and his sister constantly received attention and love from their family as they engaged in many fun activities such as Pee Wee football and YMCA basketball.…
While the story” Fences” by August Wilson and” Oedipus the king “ by Sophocles I notice that there a lot of different and similarity in the story. There were several similarities, differences I saw like the tension between the characters, how the characters relate to one and other. To let you see how both story compare to each other. Fences are about a man name troy who is garbage collector was living in a time where there was so much discrimination and how he wanted something to be done about. He had a best friend name Bono who was a garbage collector and they were close.…
The Revolutionary War had a huge impact on families in the late 1700’s. Not only did the war affect those in it and their immediate families but it also affected even those who took no part in the war. If you lived in the colonies there was no escaping the tragedy of war. One family that was greatly affected by the war was Benjamin’s family. Benjamin was a single father of many children, all who were affected by the Revolutionary War.…
There are many ways to describe a character. Some ways are through dialogue, character description, language etc. “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver and “Shiloh” by Bobbie Ann Mason, both made characters very similar. However, with similarities also comes differences. Both husbands from Carver and Mason’s short stories both felt unwanted by their wives but in different ways.…
The main character in the book Ben Behind His Voices is Benjamin; Ben suffers from Schizophrenia. He is the son of the author Randye Kaye. Early life for Ben was as normal a life a child could have with a single mother. Ben was warm and happy, like any other child. Ben was very well liked and he was often called often to babysit; Ben did very well in school and loved his baby sister with all his heart.…
Ben’s dad’s recognition of guilt transforms him into a 3d character. Throughout the body of the story, Ben’s dad was originally the head of the operation to stop the terrorists and was willing to use any means to do so. He parallels Artkin who is the head of the terrorists and is also willing to use any means to close the Inner Delta. That meant both Artkin and Ben’s dad did not feel guilty about using the school children or Ben as their main means for their respective goals, despite the harm done to both parties. Therefore, both of them are missing guilt, a core emotion, and it shows that they’re not really full “human” characters due to their lack of human emotion.…
The lives of Maurice and Mort Janklow were both similar and different. Similarities would be they were both interested in law and they were very bright and well educated. Differences between Maurice and Mort would be, Maurice was not successful when his son was successful. Maurice Janklow was the only member of his family that attended college. He lived in New York City with his family.…
Ben and Rose have many similarities in their lives, even though they have a very large age difference. They are both deaf, and struggle with it. When Rose goes to the movies, she feels like everybody else because there is no sound. However, when she sees that a sound system is being installed in the theatre, she becomes very upset. When Ben first loses his hearing completely, he is very confused.…
However, that last specific detail is left out to purposefully make the line more ambiguous. The ambiguity of it implies that that line (“she gave and he gave”) is applicable to their relationship in general: one based on giving and then receiving something in return, therefore revealing a less beneficent quality to their…
In the book The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore two characters are introduced, both characters have the same name but completely different lives. It is very hard to believe how different the two characters are considering they have the same name, are around the same age, and grew up very close to each other. Three of the key differences the two men face that determine their lives are family influence, education, and drug and alcohol abuse. In the book, the families of the two different Wes’ have a major impact on their life and their future.…
The Self-Made Man According to dictionary.com the term self-made is defined as “having succeeded in life unaided”. There is no truer definition for both Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass. These two amazing, intelligent, and driven men were born in two separate centuries but have many similarities, while at the same time were very different.…
In the book The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates the author, Wes Moore, and his counter part began in somewhat similar environments, but as the story developed the two men began to lead entirely different lives. However, it was decisions made by the people that effected their environment that made the outcome of these two men’s lives so different from one another. Both of these men began their lives in what would be considered by most people unstable homes. Yet, both of these men ended with entirely different life stories and outcomes. I asked myself, how this could be possible?…
Their parents were similar in many ways, but they also had a few differences. Liz’s mother was a drug addict, alcoholic, prostitute, was blind, had aids, and had a mental illness. She eventually died of aids. Her father had aids and used drugs. Jeannette’s parents were somewhat simpler.…
Although the two poems were written centuries apart, both of them share the concept of love, and the sense of being completed by the other half. The poem, “To My Dear Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet has more of an intimate tone as it was written for her husband while Elizabeth Browning’s “ How Do I Love Thee” describes love in a more far reaching way. There are a lot more similarities between the two poems, but the most evident among these is that both of them share a happy and a passionate marriage.…
Coming of peace for Gilgamesh and Achillies: A Compare and Contrast of The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Iliad Within The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Iliad you have two godly characters. While both characters start their own journeys with their own set of problems, both stories end up in a setting of peace. Also you see that both are great warriors that take great pride in protecting their own.…