Civil War battlefield surgery, surgeons, and nurses were more common on the battlefield during the war because of the severity of the injuries and sickness from disease. Civil War battlefield surgery came to be known as butchery, though it saved many lives of soldiers and helped them possibly get back on the battlefield. The most common surgery that surgeons performed was amputations. Most deaths didn’t occur because of the amputation itself but because of the “surgical fevers,” which usually developed during the septic state of surgery. Surgery as a treatment for injuries incurred by soldiers on the battlefield during the Civil War was brutal.…
The example is basically saying she stops to say good morning to somebody or ask about someone on how they are doing. This is one example that tells she is kind. Miss Strangeworth also does nice things in the short story “Possibility of…
Has an adult ever helped you in your life as a teen? This can happen in both fictional stories and in real life. We read 4 stories about adults helping teens. Thank You Ma’am by: Langston Hughes, about a boy with a bad home life when a stranger helps him. The Drummer Boy of Shiloh by: Ray Bradbury, about a scared drummer boy in a battle.…
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Kindness is something that most people remember. Were you treated with kindness or were you neglected. In the story With A Little Help From My Friends Dumas has traveled a long trip to America. In the story the kindness that was shown from the Americans affected Dumas and her family as they lived in California.…
This display of kindness makes Miss Doe feel loved. While Miss Doe realizes her family support is limited when it comes to her care, she does admit they are very helpful in other areas. The daughter that lives near her buys groceries, takes her to the doctors, and even helps out financially. The other daughter pays her…
As Doug gets used to living in a new place, Lil gives him her kindness. “When Lil got called on again, she looked back at me and then turned to Mrs. Verne and said, I think he knows. ”(99) This quote shows how when Mrs. Verne wouldn’t call on Doug, Lil raised her hand and volunteered him. That shows kindness because she stood up for Doug. Another example that shows how Lil is kind is when she gives Doug compliments.…
The book demonstrates kindness because of a few reasons. The first reason that the book demonstrates kindness is when Miss Maudie's house was burning down Boo gave Scout a blanket because she was cold. On the topic of…
In the book Overall I seen a lot of acts of kindness but…
Do you ever come to a road block in your life and not know what to do? Everyday every person all around the world has some type of task/goal that they want to achieve that day. Sometimes your goal could seem impossible. Some characters from our Facing Challenges unit had to face some difficult decisions in order to achieve their goal/task. Throughout these tough decisions, the characters struggled but maintained themselves calmly.…
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives”, once said Jackie Robinson a famous baseball player. An impact is having a strong effect on someone or something. In certain pieces of literature characters are impacted and affected by the urban setting. Having an urban setting affects the characters or people in the lyrics of “New York, New York” and “Chicago” by Frank Sinatra, the short story “Thank you Ma'am” by Langston Hughes, and the Novel Seedfolks written by Paul Fleischman. Characters and people in lyrics are affected from an urban setting.…
Langston Hughes was of African and Latin descent, this afforded him the outlook of both races and the difficulties of living in a society that had so much racism. However, Hughes grew up very educated and even went to college. Hughes wanted to help fix the rift between being black or white, or any other race, and he tried to do this using his literary works. ("Langston Hughes Biography - Life, Children, Parents, Name, Story, History, School, Mother, Book, Information, Born, College") One of his poems, Theme for English B, is directed towards helping to mend the rift between races by noting that we are all Americans and a part of each other.…
Both of the poems “I, Too” and “Theme of English B” by Langston Hughes express the struggle and hardships of African Americans in America. They express how black people want to be equal with white people, however they don't want to be the same person. The two poems express similar tones, in “I, Too,” the tone is proud, as Hughes challenges the white Americans to recognize that black people in America are, in fact, part of our country. In “Theme for English B,” the first tone Hughes voices to readers is bemused and perplexed, but changes as he disagrees with his instructor, who thinks that his assignment is quite easy. He sees the dichotomy, the skin color difference, between himself and his instructor, however, he also sees that they are the…
America is full of inequality. One of the biggest is racial inequality, millions go through it everyday. Past Times experienced it too. Two poet, one black and one white, went through this. Walt Wittman seen the world as immigrants singing as the worked, loving their new home (America), and it seems like a Disney movie.…
Among the short stories that I have read, I chose “Thank you ma’m” by Langston Hughes. The author from this story have developed the protagonist Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones from negative to positive way. When I first read this story, I had a negative impression about Mrs. Jones because of her strong appearance and powerful actions. However, as the story goes on I got to know her real human nature.…