Chris Crutcher

Chris Crutcher’s purpose for , “Whale Talk”, was to show us how racism never goes away, bullying is a constant thing in today's society, and how harassment happen no matter what. The main character is T.j, he is mixed and he’s adopted. So he gets bullied a lot, but he doesn’t let it get to him. This book shows that bullies will do anything to put down their victim. The bully, Barbour gets mad when Chris is wearing his dead brothers letterman jacket, Barbour harrasses Chris and threatens him…

matter how bad things got, and we found redemption in the very places we hurt most.” Redemption is defined as an action of saving someone from evil or an action to clear a debt. This theme emerges repeatedly throughout the novel Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher and Gabriele Mucciano’s film Seven Pounds. The novel Whale Talk is a story of an adopted American teenager, The Tao Jones (T.J.), who forms a swim team in Cutter, Washington. While the film Seven Pounds follows Ben Thomas on a quest to atone…

they do not want to see. While both Lion in “Goin’ Fishin’” by Chris Crutcher and Frost’s speaker in “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost break unnecessary boundaries in order to help mend relationships, the speaker acknowledges the boundaries and wants to break them down, but Lion is unaware of these barriers and is…

their our parents approval. We try sports, we do good in school, and we do things for them. Most times they are very proud of us, but other times they are disappointed no matter what we do in life. Take for example the character Bo in Iron Man by Chris Crutcher, or the character Amir from The Kite Runner. Both sons had dads who didn’t really show their approval for their kids. Bo’s dad especially showed this. In the story Iron Man, there is a kid named Bo Brewster who likes to be on the swim…

novelist Chris Crutcher addressed the students in that county in an article speaking on the matter. When the book was banned due to a parent finding the language in certain passage obscene, he responded to the students with, “Let me tell you something else I think is obscene. I think it obscene that your school board doesn 't trust you enough to know you can read harsh stories, told in their native tongue, and make decisions for yourself what you think of the issues or the language” (Crutcher).…

“No. My dad leaves bruises on the inside”(pg 70). In Ironman, Chris Crutcher, the author, shows physical and mental abuse through the main characters in this story. They have been abused internally or externally by either a parent or a close family member. The main characters, Bo and Shelly are affected by the continual bullying from the ones that are expected to protect them. Unfortunately, there’s a handful of children who experience this type of hardship throughout their lifetime. 5 Bo…

life?” America is a nation that stands for freedom, yet, as Lebron shows blacks don’t know when their life may come to an end. Such as the case with a father of four, Terence Crutcher, leaving his class in Tulsa Community College he experienced car troubles where later police officers arrived and he was shot to death. Mr. Crutcher was unarmed and was not a source of intimate danger, yet, he was shot and killed by Officer Betty Shelby, who is suppose to be protecting citizens and executing their…

Reflective Narrative There is an old teacher adage passed around to inspire the right kind of instruction: A teacher shows students where to look, but not what to see. I am not sure I was ever shown where to look, so it is no wonder it has taken me so long to see…. I really feel that I was not ever formally taught writing. I am from a family of teachers (my father was an English instructor), we always read, writing and expression was encouraged, and a family member was always willing to…