The book was a very interesting and informational read. The main character’s name is Sudhir, who was a student at the University of Chicago. Sudhir was a sociology student who wanted to research the projects and find out about the harsh conditions the people there deal with. The first time he goes looking for information he stumbles upon a high-rise building that seems to be deserted. Sudhir soon finds out that the building is in fact filled with people.…
The book lady q is a novel by reymundo sanchez that takes place in new york the story is about a girl named sonia who is living in a abusive home she lives with her sisters mother and stepfather. In the book sonia is repeadlly sexually and phyisaclly abused by her family which leads her to hang out with her older sister who introduces her to her friends who are all in the gang the latin kings she later gose on to jointhe gang too but then rivals of the gang go to her school so she ends up leaving school and only hanging out with the gang she then starts to commit gang activity and going on drive bys with her gang friends she then later begins to think she is better than the rest of the latin king and queens and gets kicked out of the gang while pregnate by the main gang leader of the gang who is also incarserated she then later gets mad that no one wants be with her so she turns back to the gang for company and joins the gang agian and gose to become lady q and her herself becomes a leader to just like her baby daddy and she becomes willing to commiter violent acts of crime and to become a drug mule herself and traffic cocaine…
Retell The book starts off with us meeting Ponyboy Curtis, he comes out from a movie theater and is walking home when he gets attacked by socs. The socs give him a cut on his neck, but luckily he was near his home and he gets saved by his family. He lives with his 2 brothers Darry and Sodapop. The boys have recently lost their parents to a car accident, so they live together on the east side of their town.…
The Kinesis dance performance that I decided to analyze was Last Dance. The dance was choreographed by Amanda Steiner, and the music that was used was “Love in the Dark” by Adel. Besides being the choreographer, Amanda was always one of the two dancers. The form of the dance was a narrative, with Amanda as a wife and the second dancer, Christian Vidaure, as her husband. The idea of Last Dance was about how love sometimes changes, and how those changes lead to drifting apart.…
In 1980’s Miami, African American 9-year-old Chiron, or as people call him, Little, is a sensitive and timid boy who, as an outsider and an easy target, has been running away from bullies all his life, labelled as “soft” for the way he walks. When that day, the intimidated and chased by his classmates scared Chiron will try to escape in a derelict, boarded up crack den, Juan, a sympathetic, yet, expendable and always cautious local drug dealer, will bring him home not to take him under his wing, but to protect and nourish him. However, in a world where anything could change instantly by the sight of a knife or a gun, little Chiron rejected by his crack addict mother, he is doomed to live a predestined life, caught in a tragic and vicious cycle…
Their Eyes Were Watching God was written by Zora Neale Hurston. She is the sixth of eight children and experienced much slavery in her life. Four of her grandparents were born into slavery. Zora is known for her African-American literature as well as the plays, shorts stories, and essays she has written. Her short stories touch apon African American struggles that they faced and how to overcome it all.…
It is a narrative about an African-American woman named Dina attending Yale who is content with being a loner, but is soon befriended by a white, Canadian girl named Heidi. It describes their journey as friends and delves into Dina’s past. When describing her childhood in Baltimore, she paints herself as an outsider who isn’t accepted in her community, even though her neighborhood is predominately Black. Dina is obviously an intelligent young woman for she was able to get into an ivy league school, but it was her intellect and passion for reading that separated her from her community. She said, “It [reading] meant you’d rather submit to the words of some white dude than shoot the breeze with your neighbors” (Packer 13).…
My book is called Diva:A Novel. The author name is Alex Flinn. The settings takes place in the state called Florida. Catlin is the main character in the story. This book is kind of her personal diary.…
To be apart of the All Iowa Honor Dance Team is the greatest honor any high school dance team member in the state of Iowa can receive. The honor team is created of 250 girls that outshined the other 500 that auditioned for a spot on the floor. Nothing is more nerve racking than only being allowed two minutes to prove to a panel of judges, without a retry. It’s not a basketball game where a time out can be called and one can try the play again, and if the play fails and the game is lost, another game is right around the corner to try again. This is one chance, one shot that you can’t change.…
As part of an old high school tradition, hundreds of students crowded into a dimly lit cafeteria and danced until the air hung heavy and sweat glistened off every square inch of exposed skin. The schools that began the tradition of the modern homecoming dance most likely did not expect it to evolve into what it is today; at some point, we, as students, lost the true purpose of the event and instead became preoccupied with image. Even though I would have liked to think that those things did not matter, I still found myself altering my appearance that Saturday night to try and show off the best version of myself. I was not alone; other females joined me amidst a pile of cosmetic products and styling tools, and we had the pictures to showcase…
At the beginning it was hard for the girls to adapt and practice “lady like actions” because at first they didn't have any manners. When they first got there they did uncivilized stuff such as peeing on the bed, being rowdy, and other uncivilized actions. After practicing with the nuns and learning from them, they started to become more civilized and learned about human culture. After the girls spend a short time at St. Lucy’s, “Many…feel isolated, irritated, bewildered, depressed, or generally uncomfortable” (270). Claudette confirms this in her narration, detailing the horrors of civilized life such as “trying to will our tongues to curl around our false new names” (270).…
The school auditorium is filled with proud parents and the glow of several hundred screens poised to capture the moment their precious stars take the stage. The music starts and a dozen little girls and boys start twirling and craning their necks to watch their dance instructor coach them from the wings. Most of their parents aren't concerned with the dance training their children are receiving. A friend of a friend told them about "Dolly Dinkle's Dance Academy" and so they signed little Susie up,bought her a pink leotard, and told her to have fun at dance class. However, "Dolly Dinkle" is not a qualified dance instructor.…
Latina/o identities: Social Diversity and U.S Politics was quite an interesting reading assignment. It challenged the practices of the wrong contraction of monolithic and singular identity in the U.S. Latina/os. This was accomplished in a number of ways. The theoretical approach on social group identities such as racial, ethnic and gender identities. As well as an approach on the historical mistakes on the diversity and complexity of the U.S. Latina/o Population.…
The story begins as an unnamed algebra teacher reads something disturbing while riding to school. The teacher’s fear and anxiety about his brother Sonny, who has been arrested for selling heroin reminds him of his students, who may already be experimenting with drugs like heroin. Both brothers grew up in Harlem, a neighborhood full with poverty and desolation.…
The formation of dance has lived on this world for many generations as we continue to pass through history. When I went to the wonderful performance at Pierce College I experienced a whole new perspective on dancing. The concert had many types of students performing mixed dance projects of all types like solos and duets. There was an average size of one to eight dancers per project which made it the ideal size for the concert. I really enjoyed the creativity and effort put into this performance.…