Orphan Train

Orphan Trains Orphan trains is a documentary about children in New York, being sent on trains to other parts of the country, in order to find families and be taken care of. There are stories from, adults that actually rode on these trains when they were children. The Orphan Trains was started by a man named Charles Loring Brace in 1854. Brace, had traveled to New York in the early 1850’s, and was horrified at the conditions of all the children he saw on the street. Brace felt that it was a duty to help these children out, and decided that the only way to help these children was to get them away from their surroundings, and send them away to be raised in nice, Christian homes around the country. So, in 1853, Brace founded the Children’s Aid…

The main characters in Orphan Train are Molly, Vivian, and Dutchy. Molly is a seventeen year old girl who is in and out of Orphan homes due to her dead father and mother who turned to drugs. She battle with jarring foster parents and siblings.She is hopeful to find someone who will love and accept her for who she is. Vivian is a ninety-one year old woman who Molly did some community service for. Although through time, Vivian and Molly created a heartwarming bond like no other. The final main…

Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline, tells the story of two very different aged orphans, Vivian and Molly, who come together through their similar adolescence experiences and work to overcome their fear of loss and trusting others. The novel starts off with a troubled teen, Molly, who got caught stealing a book from the library. She is given the opportunity to do community service by helping an elderly woman named Vivian clean out her attic. Molly gladly accepts to prevent having to go to…

bouncing from home to home enable to have parents. These foster kids need to be persistent when moving. Example of this persistence can be found in "Pictures of Hollis Woods" by Patricia Reilly Gidd and "The Orphan Train" by Kim Hill. In "Pictures of Hollis Woods", the mustard lady is continuously moving Hollis from home to home due to her weak decisions in families. While in "The Orphan Train", Lee has to leave Dad for a more supportive home, endure a back-breaking train ride, and get separated…

Morality of The Orphan Trains For the most part, American history is a story of triumph. Reaching the U.S.A. and achieving the “American Dream” are goals for many people. Christina Baker Kline's Orphan Train and the person that it follows portrays the failure of the American dream. Niamh’s story and the tragedy that she faces are tough, but through her hardships she manages to achieve a successful life and find her own “American Dream”. Through the orphan trains, many children like Niamh that…

In the novel Orphan Train, written by Christina Baker Kline, Niamh Power moved to New York City and in a tragic accident, her family was killed in a fire. What a wonderful way to start a new life, an orphan. As if it wasn’t rough enough with the transition from Kinvara, Ireland to the new country, Niamh has to deal with a whole new situation for survival. Throughout her journey on the Orphan Train, Niahm goes through several trials and tribulations. From family to family she travels until she is…

A journey is more than a movement from place to place. Each person experiences a different journey; this journey is called life. Similar to a long winding road, life is scattered with pits and bumps that test you as you go along. This is mentally, physically, and emotionally challenging, the bumps can appear to be as large as mountains and the pits as deep as the grand canyon. However overcoming the bumps and pits is the most rewarding and character building part of traveling this road. Like…

remedy the problem, The Children’s Aid Society decided to send the “street children” on trains to rural America to be taken in by farmers, accepted into the family, and work on their farms. This situation is very interesting and can be analyzed sociological from many perspectives including from the intent of The Children’s Aid Society, the perspective of the children, and that of change in society over time. To begin looking at it from the objective of The Children’s Aid Society, the intent…

He wanted to be able to bring about a change in the futures of these children so they would be able to experience a family life style, and lessen their suffering. He started the Orphan Train Movement, in which over 150,000 New York orphans were sent to live and work on farms. The conditions were not perfect. Many of the children were treated properly with love and respect, while others still were being abused, neglected and over worked. While Brace’s system was not without flaw, it is the…

For many years adoption has been the subject of both novels and nonfiction writing. In recent years, The Orphan Train, The Book Thief, Cider House Rules, The Child Called It, and The Lost Boy have gained attention for their portrayal of adoption. Historically, such authors as Charles Dickens, Emily Bronte, and Louisa May Alcott (Little Men) show both positive and negative experiences of being adopted. The book that I would like to write would focus on the adoption experience as told by the…