Author's Note: This is my compare and contrast essay called American Dream this is my piece proving my understanding of compare and contrast
The book, My Brother Sam is Dead is
about young Tim a boy who is growing up during the Revolutionary War.
And all he ever wanted was to join the Rebel Army and fight with his
older brother Sam. He found a chance to help his father give the
soldiers food. He was overjoyed to be able to help his father. But once
he sees a glimpse of the war, his mindset changes. He is frightened to
be in the war. A majority of the people were more than afraid to fight
against the British because they know what they’re capable of. But they
fought anyway because they wanted nothing more but to gain their
independence from the British. But this is clearly fiction and different
from the real world in many ways.
The Hessian were the most ruthless soldiers the British could afford. They
were hired to fight for King George to win against the colonists. They
were like this in the book but also in reality. The Hessian's were very
determined to beat the Colonists because if they didn’t they wouldn’t
get paid. The Hessian's in the book seemed very evil and didn’t believe
sparing lives of people--Even children! But they seemed like they were
the same way in real life.
The Hessian may have been determined, but not as much as the Americans.
The Americans weren’t getting money in return for winning. They were
gaining their independence and freedom. Sam is an example of a dedicated American soldier. He wanted nothing more than to win the war and come
back home to his family with dignity. If there weren’t soldiers like him
the Americans would’ve never won. That is major similarity between the
two.
Not
only were there similarities, there were also many differences too. One
way they were different was there was there weren’t rebel armies
fighting until the end of the war. And also Sam wasn’t a real soldier he
was a fictional character created to give an interesting plot to the
story. He was too young to fight in the war any way. Also the largest difference
is that the Hessian's weren’t allowed to kill American soldiers without
the British consent.
In
conclusion, the book had lots of facts and was very similar to real
life. Some of the differences made the book a little far fetched and was
hard to believe. But it still had similar realistic comparisons in the
book that made it factual. Although Sam wasn’t a real soldier he had the
personality of soldiers in the war that believed in freedom and made
the Americans win the war.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Becoming My Own
Authors Note: This is my conflict resolution piece called Becoming My Own proving my understanding of conflict resolution
In the story Fact of Life #31, there are several conflicts, like when Katima argues constantly with her mother. But the main conflict is when Katima grows jealous of her mom’s relationship with her enemy. The conflict is person vs. person, but Katima can’t solve her problem until she discovers at end who she really is and wants in her life.
In the book you can clearly see that Katima has a lot tension with her mother she wants to be able to tell her mother her issues with their relationship but she nervous about how her mother will react. She wants to tell her mother that she wants more attention and be treated more fairly. But she’s afraid to be brushed off as if her problems didn’t affect her. Or being yelled at for distracting her during work because she always working.
But the conflict is resolved when her mother finally came to Katima and asked what was wrong with their relationship. Once they were on better terms Libby, her enemy got pregnant and since her mother worked as a midwife her mother gave Libby her services for free and the created a whole new problem. And Katima decided to start spending more time with friends and avoiding her family. So once she began resenting her mother she realized that there relationship is stronger when they’re constantly together, and they decided that they were going to give each other space. And that’s how they solved that conflict and the whole family agreed that them being not as close helped her whole family.
The conflict was a lot like My Brother Sam is Dead because before Sam went to war Tim and Sam used argue a lot but once Sam got back he saw that time became independent from his family and became a mature man. So even though Tim is younger than Sam he wanted to be just as much as a man than him. In Fact of Life #31 the main conflict is Katima becoming independent from her family and as the book moves on she gained her independence from her family by separating herself from her mother
In the story Fact of Life #31, there are several conflicts, like when Katima argues constantly with her mother. But the main conflict is when Katima grows jealous of her mom’s relationship with her enemy. The conflict is person vs. person, but Katima can’t solve her problem until she discovers at end who she really is and wants in her life.
In the book you can clearly see that Katima has a lot tension with her mother she wants to be able to tell her mother her issues with their relationship but she nervous about how her mother will react. She wants to tell her mother that she wants more attention and be treated more fairly. But she’s afraid to be brushed off as if her problems didn’t affect her. Or being yelled at for distracting her during work because she always working.
But the conflict is resolved when her mother finally came to Katima and asked what was wrong with their relationship. Once they were on better terms Libby, her enemy got pregnant and since her mother worked as a midwife her mother gave Libby her services for free and the created a whole new problem. And Katima decided to start spending more time with friends and avoiding her family. So once she began resenting her mother she realized that there relationship is stronger when they’re constantly together, and they decided that they were going to give each other space. And that’s how they solved that conflict and the whole family agreed that them being not as close helped her whole family.
The conflict was a lot like My Brother Sam is Dead because before Sam went to war Tim and Sam used argue a lot but once Sam got back he saw that time became independent from his family and became a mature man. So even though Tim is younger than Sam he wanted to be just as much as a man than him. In Fact of Life #31 the main conflict is Katima becoming independent from her family and as the book moves on she gained her independence from her family by separating herself from her mother
Monday, January 7, 2013
Predicting Piece
A beautiful angel is all that is here
Saying O'Lord please leave me here
Not ready to leave but has to go
Wants to go back but God says no
A husband and children
Grandchildren and friends
A meaningful life that suddenly ends
And angel is what she was meant to be
Now think of all that she can see
Watching over her family night and day
Saying I love you in her own special way
In the night we sleep and in the day we cry
While she watches us all from her star in the sky....
I am Lonely
And I miss you
More than ever
I miss the memories we shared
The laughing
Happiness
But in an instant
A meaningful life that suddenly ends
Everything begins to fade
Someone once said
Nothing gold can stay
And now I know
That there's a time
Where I have to let go
Let go of the memories
Let go of the joy
Because by this time next fall
It has already gone
But the feeling stays
Lonely
Have you ever lost someone very dear to your heart? Someone who would bring happiness when you were in tears. In the poem Beautiful Angel by Christopher Warner the author tries to comfort you and make you understand that sometimes you need to realize that it’s time to let go. But when I read this poem the only thing I was focusing on was the line “A meaningful life that suddenly ends”. So I wrote my poem on the loss and sorrow because that’s the feeling I got while reading this poem. In a poem it’s hard not to predict the ending so that is my reasoning of writing my prediction piece on continuing a poem. I based my part of the poem on the saying “A meaningful life that suddenly ends” because I thought that it was a very delicate way of saying “a terrible loss”. That is thought I had in my mind while reading this poem. And that was how my continuing of the poem became so clear to me. This just goes to show that the meanings of poems really depend on the way the reader portrays it to be.
Saying O'Lord please leave me here
Not ready to leave but has to go
Wants to go back but God says no
A husband and children
Grandchildren and friends
A meaningful life that suddenly ends
And angel is what she was meant to be
Now think of all that she can see
Watching over her family night and day
Saying I love you in her own special way
In the night we sleep and in the day we cry
While she watches us all from her star in the sky....
I am Lonely
And I miss you
More than ever
I miss the memories we shared
The laughing
Happiness
But in an instant
A meaningful life that suddenly ends
Everything begins to fade
Someone once said
Nothing gold can stay
And now I know
That there's a time
Where I have to let go
Let go of the memories
Let go of the joy
Because by this time next fall
It has already gone
But the feeling stays
Lonely
Have you ever lost someone very dear to your heart? Someone who would bring happiness when you were in tears. In the poem Beautiful Angel by Christopher Warner the author tries to comfort you and make you understand that sometimes you need to realize that it’s time to let go. But when I read this poem the only thing I was focusing on was the line “A meaningful life that suddenly ends”. So I wrote my poem on the loss and sorrow because that’s the feeling I got while reading this poem. In a poem it’s hard not to predict the ending so that is my reasoning of writing my prediction piece on continuing a poem. I based my part of the poem on the saying “A meaningful life that suddenly ends” because I thought that it was a very delicate way of saying “a terrible loss”. That is thought I had in my mind while reading this poem. And that was how my continuing of the poem became so clear to me. This just goes to show that the meanings of poems really depend on the way the reader portrays it to be.
Theme Essay
What would do if you were constantly judged because of the color of your skin, how would you deal with that kind of discrimination. If this happened to you wouldn't you use all your determination and perseverance to make a change in your society. In the book The Help by Kathryn Stocket, in the story the main character Aibileen Clark is constantly disrespected for the color of her skin so she decides that she is going use all her determination and perseverance to make a change in her horrid living society.
Aibileen Clark the main character in The Help has constantly struggled with having determination/perseverance because ever since her son died she hasn't been herself she had lost all hope that this crazy society she lives in will never change. But when she meets Skeeter a witty young girl with a story and courage of her own to change the world. Abilene decides that she is going to help Skeeter. And that's when you see the spark of determination/perseverance she once had comes back into Abilene. So that’s how she showed her determination/perseverance by helping Skeeter write the book even though she knew it was against the laws.
Another sign of determination/perseverance through out the story was when Skeeter was determined to show her opinion on civil rights because when she was young she was raised by her maid Constantine and she believes that she made Skeeter into the person she is today. So she decides that she’s going to make a change in the society by writing a book in the prescriptive of the help. And that’s when she meets Aibileen and Minny two maids who have more than there fair amount of stories to tell. So that’s another example of how Skeeter showed her determination/perseverance was by standing up for what she thought was right.
So another story where the theme was determination/perseverance because all through out their story they were determined to make their relationship work. One way they used determination/perseverance was when even though Bella knew it was never going to be easy for them she still continued to proceed in being determined to make their relaship work. The last way they used determination/perseverance was when Edward tried to avoid Bella for her safety although he loved her he was also determined to make Bella. So this just goes to show that all books can have common themes.
Determination can spark anywhere, in anyone, in anything. And it can even occur in a place where you think all hope is loss and. I just takes one person with determination/perseverance. And once it does you’ll start to see a change. And then gradually you’ll see a wildfire grow until perseverance is inevitable.
Aibileen Clark the main character in The Help has constantly struggled with having determination/perseverance because ever since her son died she hasn't been herself she had lost all hope that this crazy society she lives in will never change. But when she meets Skeeter a witty young girl with a story and courage of her own to change the world. Abilene decides that she is going to help Skeeter. And that's when you see the spark of determination/perseverance she once had comes back into Abilene. So that’s how she showed her determination/perseverance by helping Skeeter write the book even though she knew it was against the laws.
Another sign of determination/perseverance through out the story was when Skeeter was determined to show her opinion on civil rights because when she was young she was raised by her maid Constantine and she believes that she made Skeeter into the person she is today. So she decides that she’s going to make a change in the society by writing a book in the prescriptive of the help. And that’s when she meets Aibileen and Minny two maids who have more than there fair amount of stories to tell. So that’s another example of how Skeeter showed her determination/perseverance was by standing up for what she thought was right.
So another story where the theme was determination/perseverance because all through out their story they were determined to make their relationship work. One way they used determination/perseverance was when even though Bella knew it was never going to be easy for them she still continued to proceed in being determined to make their relaship work. The last way they used determination/perseverance was when Edward tried to avoid Bella for her safety although he loved her he was also determined to make Bella. So this just goes to show that all books can have common themes.
Determination can spark anywhere, in anyone, in anything. And it can even occur in a place where you think all hope is loss and. I just takes one person with determination/perseverance. And once it does you’ll start to see a change. And then gradually you’ll see a wildfire grow until perseverance is inevitable.
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