Alex Kotlowitz

In Maxine Hong Kingston’s story, Silence, she reveals a painful and strict childhood when she didn’t speak. Through reading this story one can discover the relationship she had with her silence which she conveys to the audience as comfort. The Silence of her voice provides considerable information towards her Chinese beliefs. The idea of moving can be harsh on whoever experiences the concept of leaving behind a sense of security. When traveling around the world, one can differentiate various…

While most movies depict spies as 20-30 year olds who are super highly trained, this book’s protagonist is almost the exact opposite. Although it would never happen in real life, Alex Rider is a 14 year old teen who works for MI6, a British spy agency. In the previous books in the series, he has gone to a secret academy in the Alps, Cuba, and undercover with a terrorist group. Now, he goes to Russia to live with one of the richest men in the world. He later finds out that he has to foil an…

Alex Rodriguez, a former New York Yankees baseball player made almost $22 million a season as of 2004. The amount of money professional athletes make is insane! They are not financially responsible enough to make this much money, and other careers deserve more money. To start off, other professions deserve more money. One reason why other professions deserve more money is because Peyton Manning made more money in one season than an average worker makes in their lifetime. Also, athletes make…

A complex character is a realistic character they are not totally bad or good there for the character may have both bad and good motivations. A character's motivations drive or push him/her to do something. For a character like achilles who has many motivations threw out his days of war. His motivations actually have such a big impact on him it actually changes his personality from this disrespectful self centered person to a more considering , respectful, honorable character and with a change…

In the Autobiography Of Malcolm X the authors purpose contributes to the beauty and power of the text by showing the beliefs of Malcolm which he believes understanding a person, their birth must be reviewed, which relates to the authors purpose of showing the reader how Malcolm became the man he became to know in his time period. The author began the Autobiography with Malcolm still being in his "mother's womb" which could reveal the connection of his belief, which he lives on throughout his…

of the city to live in public housing units. These projects did not allow for people to get jobs or have the resources to be successful, causing many of them to live off of monthly welfare benefits, as described in There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz. When the Henry Horner Homes were first built they were described as majestic looking and it gave the people moving in a sense of hope. Over the years, the quality of the projects has become quite…

people. The power to save someone from pain and suffering. Ira tells these stories through the different perspectives of Alex Kotlowitz and Shalom Auslander. In the beginning of this interview the story centered around criminal justice, heroism and murder, the exposure was a eerie and dramatic tone that created this mysterious setting which was perfect for a murder case. Alex Kotlowitz tells the story of how she saved this girl from the brutal mistreatment of her father, who is a possible…

Ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos are all rhetorical appeal methods that are used to persuade the audience into some sort of ultimate decision. “There Are No Children Here” by Alex Kotlowitz Is a book that shows all four rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos). Kotlowitz uses rhetorical appeals to tell the story of two young boys living in the projects in Chicago, Illinois. In the book the author uses rhetorical appeals when he brings the characters hardships to get the readers to…

Have you ever been treated wrong and felt it was right to set out for revenge? The article "Blocking the Transmission of Violence" by Alex Kotlowitz talks about Martin Torres and Zale Hoddenbach and their involvement in a Chicago program called Ceasefire which is supposed to stop violence in it's tracks. Revenge is not justified because by seeking revenge it can cause you to go to jail, may cause you to feel guilty or may cause more harm to yourself. Revenge is not justified because it may…

Children Here mentions on the front cover that there also exists “the other America.” In places like this instead of being taught to dream about what they want to be, they’re taught how to avoid gunshots and make it out of “the other America.” Alex Kotlowitz helps readers better understand what it's like in places like these and how even the most enduring of people don't always make it out of places like the projects, such as those in There Are No Children Here. In the book we meet Pharaoh and…