1. Summarize Ernest Gaines’ life in 5-7 sentences. Ernest James Gaines was conceived on the Stream Lake Manor close to the little villa of Oscar, in Pointe Coupee Area, Louisiana. His progenitors had lived on the same ranch since bondage, staying after liberation to work the area as tenant farmers. Gaines and his crew lived in the houses, tremendously extended, that had once served as slave quarters. Though life was difficult for Ernest, He still kept on and made many books for people, as well letters. He had trouble deciding on what to write, when he was writing books, so he decide to write about Louisiana and things there which lead him to write a story like A lesson before dying. 2. In what ways do you see similarities with Gaines?
He wiped off the slick sweat on the back of his neck, knowing it was his time to shine. Centennial Olympic Park surrounded him. The Bank of America Plaza towered to the East. He rubbed the back of his blood stained feet, shook off the blister pain, shoved his polished trainers on his feet, picked up his stick, and started for the other side of the field. He was in the big leagues now.
His experience with being born in Harlem and his role in the Civil Rights Movement influenced his writing to bring awareness to the events occurring in the black community and the reasoning behind them. With this, he draws attention to the idea of the lack of individualism black people faced in that time period which unfortunately continues today. Lastly, although they both were written in the same time period, they effectively demonstrate two different
However Frederick Douglass and Mark Twain have some similarities and differences in their writing. How are Frederick Douglass and Mark Twain similar in their writings? They are similar because they both write in first person. They also both use words to make their writing a little humorous so it is not boring.
This traumatic event would forever change the course of his life. During his childhood both of Earle’s parents died of syphilis causing him to have to grow up living with aunts, uncles, grandparents and other relatives. He grew up and lived in San Francisco most of his life. He ended up living with his grandparents
In “Salvation” by Langston Hughes, he recalls a time from his childhood when he was at church. All the children of the church were being “saved” until he was eventually the last one who wasn’t. Feeling tired and pressured, Langston stood, declaring he had been saved. He felt horrible for lying, but the pressure placed upon him by the entire church outweighed the feeling of guilt. Similarly, people of all types experience a feeling similar to Langston’s; something called peer pressure.
In “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave”, Frederick Douglass emphasizes the importance of education in empowering the oppressed and ending discrimination. He accomplishes this by outlining his struggle to freedom through education. Frederick Douglass believed that all people are created equal, but also believed that we weren't just born free, we have to make ourselves into who we are. Giving this, education and self-improvement were incredibly important to him. It is evident throughout Douglass’s work he believes the discrimination in access to education gave the white slaveholders an dominance and superiority over slaves.
The young prophet, Imam Hussein once said, “death with dignity is better than love with humiliation.” In Ernest Gaines novel A Lesson Before Dying, presents the importance of dignity through the journey of a young black man and his wrongful conviction. The lesson that dignity comes from loving and being loved through the actions and thoughts of Grant Wiggins, Reverend Ambrose, and Jefferson is taught. Who these characters love, who they care for, and how and individuals that love them, define the dignity they feel and experience in their lives.
Mark Twain and Frederick Douglass both have interesting ways of writing. There are similarities and differences in their writing. They each have their own personal preference toward their style, tone, and perspective. Each story was a remembrance of boyhood written in first person. As evident, Twain’s story takes place as a boy in a town on the Mississippi River.
In the novel A Lesson Before Dying a man named Grant Wiggins has to help a young, black male by the name of Jefferson become a man before he dies. In Ernest J. Gaines novel, A Lesson Before Dying, Grant Wiggins uses the concept of flight to avoid his personal responsibilities. In the novel A Lesson Before Dying, Grant Wiggins wants to get away from his problems. Grant getting away from his problems shows that he does not want to deal with them.
Hughes' first life account, The Big Sea (1940), denoted a change from the intense despondency that had described his written work of the earlier decade. Chronicling his initial twenty-seven years, he delineates an engaging human figure, here and there loaded with fears and questions yet more frequently hopeful, who chooses to advance on the planet through composing. Before the finish of the book, the peruser feels that it was an insightful decision. The book is loaded with Hughes' companions and associates, to such an extent, truth be told, that Blanche Knopf scrutinized the over the top references to Van Vechten, Thurman, Toomer, and Hurston. Hughes felt that the general population included were essential, especially in the Harlem Renaissance.
Wendell Berry is a man of many talents: Poetry, creative writing, teaching and farming, just to name a few. Berry was born in 1934, in the small town of Henry County, Kentucky, where he also grew up. He is the oldest of four children. Berry 's father John was both a lawyer and a tobacco farmer. So Wendell grew up around the farm helping out where he could.
In high school Hemingway was a sportsman, enjoying hunting, fishing, and was even on the football team (Benson 1070). Young Ernest already was passionate about writing. He spent much of his free time writing for the school paper, mainly on the topic of sports. After graduating high
Summing up Ernest Hemingway’s life in a few words, as was his preferred literary style, is difficult. The author passed through various stages of fame and used his fortune to travel the world, never staying inactive for very long. His whole life could provide the material for a book as interesting as the ones he wrote, and it is clear these works were influenced by his extensive personal experiences. Hemingway’s enlistment in World War I was the inspiration behind A Farewell to Arms, and he later recounted his service in the Spanish War in For Whom the Bell Tolls. Current events also played a significant role in Hemingway’s writings, as is evidenced by To Have or Have Not, in which a man struggles to support his family amidst the Great Depression.
He volunteered as a red cross ambulance driver in war, which meant he traveled a lot. “His mother encouraged Hemingway's marked impulse toward creativity, and his father provided an early grounding in nature lore and woodsmanship.” Even though he led a not so ideal childhood, he made up for it with a crazy and adventurous adult life.
Ernest affected American Literature by creating his own writing style which many people followed him on. It all began in high school where he began writing newspaper, Trapeze and Tabula, where he wrote mostly about sports.(biography.com page 1) After high school he went to work for