Astro Boy

the beauty of being as pure as a child all over again through a young boy whose name is unknown. The child in the story…

He’s a middle school boy stuck in an old man’s body, and those who work with him seem to absorb his personality over time. There have been arguments to see who is the second and third Dan between Chris and Andrew, each wanting to be the best Dan clone. When there are no customers around, the workers become a gaggle of middle school boys; fighting each other with the ends of flyswatters like they are swords, declaring war on the…

In a lifetime people will have many codes or rules that they will morph over time. They might honor them or they may abandon them as time goes by. Peter is a young boy who grows up in South Carolina during the time of segregation. His world gets turned upside down when he abandons his code of being a wealthy civilized boy who dislikes people with darker skin tone to immersing himself in the aboriginal culture, becoming what he knows as being “uncivilized”, and starting to be more hands on.…

“what it means to be a man” (108) and gives an essay “The Problem with Boys” by Tom Chiarella, as a view from both a father and educator. Mr. Chiarella is an established sports and fiction writer as well as a professor at DePauw University (108). Tom Chiarella addresses the basic differences of boys and girls in contrast and how this differences for boys can carry into adulthood as men. His initial comparison is with his own boys and how they’re different yet the same “One likes shooting…

In “The Land,” by Mildred D. Taylor, two black men defeat many obstacles to achieve their dreams. Paul-Edward Logan, a son of a white man and black woman, is an oblivious boy who undergoes a dramatic change. Other characters like Mitchell, Paul’s best friend, Edward Logan, Paul’s father and Robert Logan, Paul’s brother, take part in Paul’s story of completing his dreams. The story is set in the South during the times right after the Civil War, when racism was at its peak. Through the course of…

The Passive Man The book April Morning by Howard Fast is a book about a boy named Adam Cooper, who after fighting in the first battle of the Revolutionary War, became a man. Adam progresses though the story from being childish to being a young man and finally entering man hood. Adam Cooper before the battle was a child minded kid who argued, whined, and threw a fit when he did not get what he wanted. As you read, “Are you going to stay there and fill my head with nonsense?” (Fast 5) Adam is…

youth of America are in danger of falling apart because of illegal activities. The young minds of the nation need support and stability to overcome the obstacles of being bad people as they become adults. The Stability Center wants to ask all teen boys who are having a rough time staying out of trouble to call them at anytime to help with their issues. The Center will help teens feel important again by allowing them to join in certain sporting activities that include football, basketball,…

Moon” get the girl he fell in love with at the end of the story and the boy from “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” does not get the girl by the end of the story. This is apparent in the story when Luis he was outside and Naomi saw him and was happy so Naomi drew the curtains to see him. On page 240 it says “Naomi pan to the window and drew the curtains” ( Cofer 240). Whereas “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” the boy did not get the girl by the end of the story. On page 249 the author…

somehow have less drive in them then boys. In their Super Bowl commercial titled “Like a Girl,” Always creates…

Sula, a novel written by Nobel Prize-winning author, Toni Morrison, encompasses a theme of binary opposites including the complex idea of stasis and change, to simpler oppositions such as male and female. In the first chapter of Part II of Sula (1937, pages 89-11), Morrison challenges these oppositions with the immediate sense of change Sula and Nel both encounter. After years of separation, Morrison accurately creates a homecoming that illustrates the themes effectively. Nel, still the modest…