Drum

In our lives we can probably all think of someone who was or is being affected by cancer. It is not fun to see someone struggle with cancer. In fact, it is really difficult to see someone struggle with cancer. In the novel Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick, Steven’s little brother, Jeffrey has been diagnosed with leukemia, a malignant type of cancer. As Jeffrey’s battle with cancer progresses, Steven has gone through the 5 Stages of Grief. The 5 Stages of Grief are denial,…

Becoming a Drum Major has been in my mind since the very beginning of the marching band season. At first, I believed that being a Drum Major simply meant a leadership position in the band, with some responsibilities and much admiration. However, as the season progressed, I recognized the way the Drum Majors act and influence others throughout the season to do well. I saw that they inspired many people to do their best, and that was when I realized that being a Drum Major was more than the…

At the student honor recital there was many great performances. The works I am going to talk about are Denneriana and American Suite for Unaccompanied Snare Drum. Different instruments including the piano, clarinet, and snare drum were used in the performance of all these works. The first piece of work I am going to review is Denneriana. A man named Andre Block composed Denneriana in 1960. Callan Backstrom played the clarinet and Rob Shepherd played the Piano in this piece. In this piece it…

Often we judge people by the face that they put on when they are around other people. Steven, the protagonist from Drums Girls and Dangerous Pie puts on a makeshift happy face when he is out but really is going through a lot of pain. In Drums Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick. Steven goes through the five stages of grief denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance to help him cope with Jeffrey, Stevens little brother´s illness. As a result of Jeffreys illness, Steven shows…

Beat of Another Drum Mr. Rembert is a 65- year old African American male that was transported by ambulance to this Las Vegas, Nevada long term acute care facility. The patient has a substantial history of cardiopulmonary difficulties with a chronic cough and has been diagnosed with COPD (a grouping of both chronic bronchitis and emphysema); Emphysema is injury to the alveoli which are the tiny sacs in the lungs that permit oxygen and carbon dioxide to interchange between the blood stream. This…

In order to deal with it, they usually do something that will help them cope with whatever dreadful happened. Jeffrey, the main character’s brother, ends up being diagnosed with cancer. During the novel, Steven, the main character from the novel Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, goes through many problems and fights through this “adjustment” which impacts his whole life. Steven is fighting…

In the story Time Enough For Drums written by Ann Rinaldi there is a girl named Jemima Emerson. Jemima is a girl who helps her family out and is not afraid to get her hands dirty. She takes care of her family when they need help and she jumps right in at any given moment and ready for any challenge. When the men in Jemima’s family join the war for independence; she is faced with many struggles that define her as fearless, active and above all giving. Jemima Emerson is a girl of fearlessness…

the corner and you get so caught up in it and it changes your life and everyone’s life around you in every way possible. In the story, Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, one of the main characters’ Steven, his life takes an unexpected toll and everything changes. He never saw it coming and it could either break him forever or teach him a lesson. In the story, Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie the main character Steven goes through the five stages of grief during an incident in his life where his…

There were many great characters in the book Time Enough For Drums. The most interesting character was John Reid. John was a different character from the others because he was friendly, caring, and bossy. Throughout the story Johns friendliness, caring, and bossiness helps him make his wife smarter and have better manners then she had. John is a friendly character who stays true to all his friends. In the beginning of the story a girl named Jemima that he tutors hates him. But by the end of the…

Think of one person that is really irritating and annoying, now imagine that this person was diagnosed with a cancer that possibly could kill them. They probably don’t seem so bothersome, right? The main character in the novel Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick, Steven has a younger brother who in his opinion is aggravating. Steven gradually changes his attitude towards him after he is diagnosed with leukemia. Ever since Jeffery has been diagnosed with cancer Steven has been…