Baca And Cook Analysis

Even now their is some rough times, but back then, it was worse, and now readers know that because they read these two books that taught them well about

Marquez’s characterization of the creature makes the reader sympathize with him because the locals do not know how to care for him. Since the creature is so diverse, the community treats him like “…a science experiment, a holy figure, and a freak show.” (p. 150) Likewise, when I was a child, I was illiterate until the third grade. Being a late bloomer in life can affect a child’s self-esteem because I was reading the first-grade book in a fifth-grade class and automatically was subjected to bullying and isolation like the creature in “The Old Man with Enormous Wings”.

Martin Luther King once said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” I believe that this quote describes that a person shows his or her true colors when they are challenged. One time Dr. King inspired me to face my fear and keep moving forward. I have always had a big fear of public speaking and the thought of it had always sent me into an agitated state of stuttering and sweaty palms. I was always nervous when I had to present in front of my class for little projects and book reports, it has gotten better over the years, but I would never volunteer to go first or volunteer at all, I would just wait for the teacher to call on me.

He felt unsafe like an outcast in his family because his mother often ignores him and his father often abused him. Ever since then, he never talked to anybody, not even his gang in which he felt safe. Until that night in the movie theater Johnny with his friend Ponyboy, with two Socials named Sherri (Cherry) Valance and her friend Marcia, will forever make him talk especially Ponyboy's retelling them about how Johnny gets beaten up by the "four Socials in a blue Mustang while getting

Lake also mentions that he might not be doing so well in class is because the other children in class are picking on him because of his long hair. He mentions that there are many days that his son comes home crying and pleading him to cut his hair. As you can tell there aren’t many things that support the father’s argument and how his son is’t really a slow learner. In the entire letter he only one thing that support his argument and that how he son learned some math from his mom and grandma when he helped them make ritual necklaces. Other than that their was no really evidence, just a bunch statements having to do with him being

Slaves were not supposed to be able to read or write and this made it hard. His mistress always got mad anytime she saw him reading. It was hard for him to accept the things he had read since they gave him more details about his race and what he was going through. Douglass learning how to read and write caused him to deal with his readings emotionally and mentally. Alexie thought that him learning how to read made him smart and he was very proud of doing so.

Others tried to force him to hide his intelligence but he refused to let others cage him in and block the tall brown door. Alexie uses the paragraph to analyze his life and the things around him and uses his readings to pull himself through the life of an Indian boy. Alexie explains, that in the Superman comic, Superman says he is going to break the door before

My freshman year of high school created my hate for English. My freshman class full of 15-year old 's were forced to read and write essays about the constitution and politics we knew and understood nothing about: It was the most tedious and doltish idea in the world. [JK3] We had no interaction in the classroom, everything we did seemed black and white with a side of boring and strict. [JK4] The class was constant reminders of the almighty state exam and how we needed so bad to pass it. After so long I lost all interest that I attempted to have and just waited in the prison, English class, until my sentence was up.

Peter is so tired that he can´t stay awake anymore. The little boy had such almost no clothes that people from our church decide to help him. That was an extremely such difficult match problem that but many people were able to solve it.

and I was scared I couldn't dribble as good as the other guys and girls, I couldn't shoot as good as them, and I wasn't as fast as them. I always had my dad there thought, he was always watching, encouraging me to do better and he helped me get better at home too. I missed my shot over and over and over and I thought I would never make a shot and then I did.

Alexie, Sherman, “Superman and Me: The Joy of Reading and Writing.” Los Angeles Times, 19 April 1998. Sherman Alexie shared how his childhood of reading helped him become a better reader and a leader for others. He first read a Superman comic and then went on to bigger and better books. Alexie explains that in his Native American reservation it’s okay for children not to excel in school.

James Truslow Adams invented the “American Dream” in 1931. He was referring to “That dream of a land in when life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement.” James Adams is right, but my definition is a little different. The American Dream to me is accomplishing your goal in life and getting a great education. People tend to think that if their education isn’t great, or that they don’t have a goal set, then they won’t go anywhere in life.

Throughout life, humans acquire specific traits or personality type depending on the circumstances they must live with. Although difficult situations are thought of as being unfavorable, they often bring about individuals most admirable qualities. The Roman poet Horace makes this point by saying, “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” By this he means that people often have hidden qualities which only emerge in harsh conditions. These qualities or talents, which are usually buried deep within the individual must develop in order to allow the individual to move past the current obstacle.

Passage from text Comments and Questions Classmate Response “Shucks, Tom,” I says, “I think you might tell a person. What’s a bar sinister?” “Oh, I don’t know.

Robert Mendez from Anita Merina article “Literacy: A Family Affair” had the same guilt of not knowing how to read. “Literacy is more than learning to read. It’s getting rid of the luggage of guilt and shame. It’s realizing you’re opening doors” Robert says (9). Robert had the same motivation as Malcolm X.