James Baldwin

“Her eyes meet mine for a second. ‘I hate you,’ she mouths silently” (Anderson 5). This quote is one example of a young girl’s merciless high school society in the novel Speak, written by Laurie Halse Anderson. Laurie Halse Anderson was born in 1961 in Potsdam, New York and has since gone on to become a best selling author. She was also honored with the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards award and had her novel, Speak, become a finalist for the National Book Award (“Laurie Halse Anderson…”).

His parent had 9 children, he was the first born. His father was an ecclesiastic and an industrial worker, and was the origin of all of James Baldwin's horror. His mother's name was Berdis and she was a homemaker. James first beginning writing around age of 14 as a way of searching the love which he was lacking from his family. At this time Baldwin went to DeWitt Clinton High School and also Frederick Douglass Junior High School.

Louise Erdrich, author of “The Red Convertible,” is the daughter of a German-American father and a Chippewa Indian mother. They were both employed at the Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school and from an early age, Louise was encouraged by her father to write stories. She says that “my father used to give me a nickel for every story I wrote” (Madden 241). After years of writing, Louise received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2012 for her novel “The Round House.” “The Red Convertible” follows the brotherhood of Lyman Lamartine and Henry Junior and illustrates the symbolization of the red convertible.

Some adults can have a mentoring role in a child’s life. The Wednesday Wars by Gary D Schmidt is a novel about Holling Hoodhood’s seventh grade year. In the story Holling is always told by his father how to act so he can inherit the family business, Hoodhood and Associates. When Holling has Mrs. Baker as a teacher he must be nice because Hoodhood and Associates wants to win a bid for her families sporting business. Holling starts to read Shakespeare with Mrs. Baker and begins to see the world around him differently.

His mother describes him as “a dreamer”, which paints a clear picture of Lionel as a fourteen year old. As Lionel said early on in the story, “With me, Dad shook his

In Anne Tyler’s short story, Teenage Wasteland, a teenage boy named Donny struggles in school. His teachers and family feel they try everything they can, even hiring a tutor, but within a year Donny simply disappears. Daisy, his mother, tries to find a scapegoat for her son’s downfall, but ends up placing most of the blame on herself. While Daisy certainly played a role in her son’s demise, not one single character is to blame for Donny’s eventual disappearance – they all played a part.

Montgomery is most famous for writing the book called Anne of Green Gables. Anne was adopted to a family, but the family actually wanted a boy at first, however Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert decided to take care of her. The book shows Anne’s daily life which makes her hilarious and attractive. Conclusion

He published his first work on a newspaper in Saint Paul Academy and that was the impulse of his career. He attended Princeton and wrote many musicals, but because of his focus on his writings he ended up with awful grades and had to leave it. He met his wife while he

However, is a peculiar case like Materia, because James becomes connected to literature when he’s an adult. When this happened, three books stood out. The first one is Aesop’s tale of the Ant and the Grasshopper, when he sent to Kathleen when she was in boarding school. The purpose why James sent his daughter this story, is to assert himself as the concept of the Ant who plans ahead, whereas Kathleen is the Grasshopper that faces the consequences due to her gift of singing. “he would send her to Halifax for a year to get her sea-legs.

Carver graduated from Yakima High School and less than a year later married his first wife, whom he would have two children with(Encyclopedia Britannica). For this time Carver worked side by side with his father at a local sawmill. Carver’s interest in writing truly began after attending a creative writing course at Chico State College. Although some of his work was featured in magazines, he didn’t make a distinct impression on the public until 1967 with his short story “Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?”. Despite this success he did not start writing full time until 1970 when he was fired from Science Research Associates for ‘inappropriate’ writing style(Famous

Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1921 in Massachusetts. She quickly realized her affinity for helping people when she began caring for her brother, David, after he was injured in an accident. Barton received most of her education by working as a bookkeeper and a clerk for her older brother. She started teaching at the age of fifteen, after taking the advice of a doctor who recommended she begin teaching to overcome her shyness, even though at that time it was more common for men to be teachers. She eventually opened up her own free public school in Bordentown, New Jersey in 1953, although she was later replaced by a man.

Anh then had to be excused from the class to check his hair. He left the class with embarrassment. Anh was very energetic throughout his childhood helping his mum make clothes, selling newspapers and embracing his hobby of breeding fish. Anh was very understanding to his mum and tried to help her as much as he could.

Well-known American writer, James Baldwin, in his letter, “A letter to my nephew”, emphasizes white privilege and racism over black lives. Baldwin’s purpose is to express that if his nephew believes what all the white people say about him, he’ll never be his own person or break out of the stereotype set for him. He adopts a passionate almost paternal tone to appeal to his nephew and try and inform him of the type of world he is currently living in. Baldwin begins his letter by expressing the fact that he has started the same letter five times but cannot find the right words to express himself, which indicates the importance of this letter to him.

In today’s world education plays a vital role in everyone’s life. No matter what you do or what you intend to do, education is needed. It was clearly not the same in Frederick Douglas and Bich Minh Nguyen’s world. In both cases the author’s education wasn’t needed and took a back seat because of their race and other factors. Frederick Douglas the author of the article “Learning to Read and Write” shares his experience of how he educated himself but it didn’t bring any change in his life.

In the 1960’s the civil rights movement was an ongoing movement that many of today’s african american heroes emerged from like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin. These three men were the head figures for the civil rights movement fighting for black rights. Malcolm X and Martin Luther king both sought to gain rights for african americans but did not always view the same way. James Baldwin was a man that was viewed as a radical and propagandist for his beliefs because he believed the solution was through love and peace. Even though his beliefs were seen as extreme James Baldwin beliefs focused more on the benefits of the humanity than on a single race.