Griffin

where kid’s in school get angry with their grades. Sometimes, they blame it on themselves, the teacher, or the class itself. In Killing Mr.Griffin by Lois Duncan, a group of teenagers are not happy with the way Mr.Griffin is towards the class. Mr. Griffin is a strict teacher who has no exceptions but, truly does care about his own students Lois Duncan descriptions of the kid’s anger isn’t exactly realistic Student’s do get mad and do say words they don’t really mean but, most of the time…

It's not just enough to read a book, it has to be a good book in order to want more from that author. Authors use a few different techniques in order for the reader to better understand and enjoy their book. The book I read, Burning Blue by Paul Griffin took techniques such as literary elements, and made it his own. Griffin's writing style is like nothing I've seen before, it made the book thoroughly enjoyable and I couldn't put the book down. Literary elements are the components of a literary…

and hiding the bare truth behind it all. A grown man, John Howard Griffin eventually experienced how it felt to be discriminated against and was a victim to certain prejudice due to the color of his skin. Rather than be silent about all this concept in the 50’s, he decided to conduct a social experiment. Acknowledging the fact that he was a white male, he planned to consult a dermatologist to proceed with caution. Eventually, Griffin could stain his skin temporarily. Although, he didn’t…

taken off the shelves of bookstores and libraries everywhere because it made some people upset? Many people think that taking books off the shelves is a violation of a person’s first amendment right, their free speech. Lois Duncan’s Killing Mr. Griffin has been challenged countless times by many groups of people who feel that the book’s plot and language should not be something that people are reading about and the authors of the inappropriate books are to blame. When groups of people…

John Howard Griffin, is a white middle aged newspaper columnist. He and his family live in Mansfield, Texas in 1959. Griffin is deeply concerned about the racial conflict and the treatment of black people in the south. He wants to know what it is like to experience discrimination based on skin color. In order to truly understand the black experience he decides to become a black man himself. He will have to undergo medical treatment to change the color of his skin. After treatment Griffin intends…

There are so many different texts that are out there. “Our Secrets” by Susan Griffin is a transcultural text. A contact zone is the space in which transculturation takes place. Mary Pratt defines “Transculturation as a process whereby members of subordinated or marginal groups select and invent from materials transmitted by a dominant metropolitan culture” (323). Pratt uses “transcultural” to describe the dominant groups or cultures because there are so many groups and cultures that are dominant…

In his autobiography, Black like Me, John Howard Griffin writes of his tale of altering races and his experience of living life in a racist society through the eyes of a black man. Griffin’s experiences show that when racism is the cause of oppression, not only do the victims suffer, but also the oppressors, which can be seen through the destruction of morals, finances, and humanity. Firstly, oppressors are ruined morally as a result of racial oppression. For example, politeness and kindness are…

Black Like Me is a work of non-fiction written by John Howard Griffin following his observations of white racism towards blacks in the Deep South of the 1950s. Griffin, a white journalist living in Mansfield, Texas, uses medication to darken his skin color and temporarily forfeits his privileged life as a Southern white man for the disenfranchised world of a jobless black man. When Griffin first looks in the mirror following the darkening of his skin, he is horrified at the image that stares…

wrong? Many books in school get censored all the time. When a book gets banned or censored it would not be able to be read by students or be in the curriculum. Also, the book can not be distributed by teachers in the school. After reading Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan, we believe that it should be censored because it involves bad role models and a lot of violence. To begin, this book should be banned because of it is bad role models. One troublesome character in the book is Mark. Mark…

Black Like Me is a novel based on a white man named John Griffin who makes a life changing decision to discover the truth about the treatment black men and women receive. He pursues his research by medically changing the color of his skin to black and temporarily living as a black man. He decides to keep his name and personality the same to discover if he is treated differently solely based on skin color. After reading the novel it was very clear to me that the theme is in fact that blacks are…