James Hurst

Rehabilitation of the Soul: How Flannery O’Connor Uses the Concept of Disability in “The Lame Shall Enter First” In her short story, “The Lame Shall Enter First” Flannery O’Connor shares the tale of a self-righteous reformatory counselor, Sheppard, who forgoes the raising of his own son to embark on a quest to improve the life of a young miscreant, Rufus Johnson, who has a clubbed foot. Eventually after devoting all his time and effort to the saving of this young boy, Sheppard realizes the…

When going through a tough situation, family is usually there encouraging, helping through the chaos. Survival comes with having family,whether relatives or really close friends. Both Night and Sold have to do with survival and the importance of family. Night was written by Elie Wiesel and Sold was written by Patricia McCormick. By examining the novels Night and Sold we can see that most people that go through evil acts survive because of family,which is important because people could feel they…

Chopsticks – a Vietnamese folktale – retold by Marilyn Bolchunos The story I will be sharing is Chopsticks –a Vietnamese folktale – retold by Marilyn Bolchunos and illustrated by Dick Brown. This short story displays the theme unity and relating to the quote once said by Aesop, an ancient Greek story teller. “United we stand, divided we fall” The old father is wise and smart shows the kids, Thu, Hai, and Ta, the importance of unity in everyday life. He gives a demonstration using chopsticks,…

Hello. Today I will present to you "Run, Boy, Run" by Willian Herman. The motivation behind why I picked this story is as I trusted it might have been creating an energized longing to accomplish something important. The story was around a kid named Glenn who conquered his lethargy and got to be one of the best and quickest runners in Kansas City. The main clash of this story is when Glenn, a 8-year old kid attempted to spare his more seasoned sibling from a flame. Glenn's nearest sibling…

This picture is black and white of young boy called Flavio, feeding rice to his younger brother Zacarias. My first impression of Flavio’s archive was that it seemed to be a very sad story. This photo shows the horrors of poverty and Flavio’s strength to survive, and even the courage to accept death without even thinking about himself but of his brothers and sisters. I did some research and found out that Flavio is a 12-year-old boy who has the huge responsibility of being an adult. He is able to…

“So there I sat- Erik Fishers younger brother, Eclipse Boy, visually impaired, and totally incapable of following in his brother’s footsteps” (Bloor 79). Most of Paul’s life was based off of the decisions Erik, his brother makes. Eriks choices impacted Paul by physical abuse, causing him to have low self confidence, and wrecking Paul’s friendships. A choice made by Erik affects Paul by injuring him physically and emotionally.” I remembered Eriks fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent…

In James Baldwin’s “A Letter to My Nephew,” he writes a letter to his nephew James about racism. Baldwin, in short, says that white people are innocent because they do not know any better and to love them even though they do not deserve it. In Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Between the World and Me,” he writes a letter to his son about racism. In Coates’s letter he basically tells his son what it is like to live in an African Americans body. Both of these authors are writing letters to young men in their…

Everyone has something to be proud of, pride can be wonderful but also a terrible thing. In the story he had a disabled brother named Doodle which he was embarrassed about, but he knew that one day he could help Doodle and everything would be alright. By giving Doodle a chance he was proven wrong that he was capable of doing human things, that were told he could never do before. Everyone was surprised but then all had faith and believed he will be able to succeed higher. People should be proud…

It all started on a dark stormy night while playing chess. A man from a faraway land knocks on the door. He told the whites about the monkey paw and told how it worked. The paw will let you make three wishes. In the story “Monkey paw” the son Herbert dies and Sargent is in the blame. Even through Sargent knew what will happen when you make a wish with the paw, he still cause why Herbert death. Even after Sargent major’s had his own experience with the paw. Why did Sargent major bring the paw to…

Brothers always give each other hard times. But the narrator in “The Scarlet Ibis” has taken it too far. The narrator is a bad brother to his younger, disabled brother, Doodle. The narrator was a bad brother because he was selfish, cruel, and pushed Doodle too far to make him a “normal” kid. One way that I know the narrator of the story is in fact a bad brother is that, he was selfish and only cared about his benefit from it all. The narrator was selfish because, although he taught Doodle to…