Taking a stand for what you believe in, is the theme of both the stories “Celeste’s Heart” by Aida Bortnik and “Principals and Principles” by Daniel Handler. “Celeste’s Heart” is a story about a girl that lives in Argentina and goes to a school every morning to then have to stand in the backyard of the school back to back with their arms raised in the air for an hour or maybe two hours if they were extra bad. “Principals and Principles” is a story about a boy in seventh grade who lives in San Francisco, and how his school makes their students wear sweaters to school every day even if they have been having in a three-day heat wave phenomena. Both protagonists are facing situations that they don’t agree with.The Themes in both the stories show that both the protagonists are not afraid to fight for what they believe in and aren 't afraid of breaking a few rules on the road to success.
In the story “Celeste 's Heart” is a story of a young girl that goes to a school in Argentina that has very harsh conditions and feels that it should be changed before her little brother goes there. Her brother has not gone to school yet because he is too young to go. she writes,“That evening when she was putting her younger brother to bed, he asked once again: “When am I going to go to school?” But that evening she didn 't laugh, and she didn 't think up an answer…She suddenly imagined him in the middle of the schoolyard, with his arms stretched…The body tense, feeling cold and angry and afraid,
Ernesto Quiñonez present to us the story of Sapo and his classmates who were mistreated and denigrated by one of their teachers whose last name was Blessington at Julia Burgos Junior High school, and how this affected them psychologically and emotionally. One of Sapo’s classmates’ states ”the English teacher, Mr. Blessington. He kept telling us boys we were going to end up in jail and that all the girls were going to end up hooking. He would say these things out loud and the administration would not do anything“ (120). In this quote, the author shows us to which extent was the emotional stress caused by the teacher to the students and how the administration of the school did not protect the students from this kind of abuse, this a way how our community turn his back to those who needed more the students.
At lunchtime Jose approach he wanted to challenge her to a racketball game since she seems to play the approached her and starts a small conversation. “‘Hi,’” José said, sitting across the table from her. ‘How do you like our school?’ Estela swallowed, cleared her throat, drank from her milk carton until
In Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario the book describe many difficulties when the children separated from mother and the consequences of such distress. In the story Belky and Enrique are left in Honduras with the family when the mother try better opportunities in the USA. After many years Enrique have hard time comprehending the family split, which causes him to feel neglected. In order to understand the mother unreasonable departure, Henrique drive himself thought to a dangerous adventure to cross the borders and reach the American dream for find his mother. The experience take hundred twenty two days in a crazy, dangerous and precarious environment so that he could finally hug his mother again.
The text appeals to the readers for both of the examples through emotion (pathos) by describing the conditions that the students learn in and it shows how the administration doesn’t care about the well-being of the students. Mireya discusses Fremont’s academic and sanitary problems and in the court papers it states, “Some of the classrooms ’do not have air-conditioning,’ so that students ‘become red-faced and unable to concentrate’ during ‘the extreme heat of summer.’ The rats observed by children in their elementary schools proliferate at Fremont High as well. ‘Rats in eleven . . . classrooms,’ maintenance records of the school report “(Kozol 708).
Taking a stand is more important than winning in any situation that anyone can be in. When you take a stand and put others before yourself, you feel more accomplished. “As you continue to stand for what you believe, the process will become second
Lola takes advantage of her deteriorating mother whose illness represents the declining hold of the norms over Lola. Since her mom “will have trouble lifting her arms over her head for the rest of her life,” Lola is no longer afraid of the “hitting” and grabbing “by the throat” (415,419). As a child of a “Old World Dominican Mother” Lola must be surrounded by traditional values and beliefs that she does not want to claim, so “as soon as she became sick” Lola says, “I saw my chance and I’m not going to pretend or apologize; I saw my chance and I eventually took it” (416). When taking the opportunity to distinguish herself from the typical “Dominican daughter” or ‘Dominican slave,” she takes a cultural norm like long hair and decides to impulsively change it (416). Lola enjoyed the “feeling in [her] blood, the rattle” that she got when she told Karen to “cut my hair” (418).
Alvarez and her family have a lot of trauma considering there lives in the dominican republic and living under the dictator,through it all alvarez's parents raised a daughter who would share their story in a fashionable matter that told the story how it was.
For the reader, sympathy is heightened as a sense of compassionate pity towards the mother is formed. While she had for so long maintained her dignity in front of her daughter, she realized at that point that whether at that moment or years later her daughter would learn to be ashamed of her. The steps taken by the mother to enroll her daughter, further the mother’s strong character and the ways in which her desire to ensure an education for her daughter surpasses her
“Stand up for what is right, even if you are standing alone” is a quote by Suzy Kassen. This is a major theme in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. Many people in life find it extremely hard to stand up for what is right because they may be going against peers and family. For a person, it takes great courage to do this but it gives them a sense that they are doing the right thing. The author, Harper Lee, disseminates the importance of standing up for yourself and what is right in many different ways.
Heart hammering, fingers trembling, with all thoughts of composure vanished…. there is no composure without
In the memoir “The Glass Castle“ written by Jeannette Walls, it talks about how Jeanette and her family overcome the tough times they had in their life. One of the main ideas of the memoir Jeannette talks about is how she achieved her ambition and what were the consequences of the risk she took. “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success” by Henry Ford. This quote relates to Jeanette and her siblings because she and her sibling always worked together and helped one another when in need. Jeanette is the mostly the reason why she and her family had such a wonderful and rewarding time in New York.
When the inherent curiosity of a child is fostered in an encouraging environment, they flourish and become exceptional enthusiasts for knowledge. In the except from the novel, Under the Feet of Jesus, by Helena Maria Viramontes, Estrella, a young migrant child, struggles to grow in a oppressive setting, and learns how to achieve understanding and knowledge on her own. This excerpt illustrates Estrella’s growth from a curious child to a passionate learner through the struggles that she faces in different aspects of her life. At the beginning of the excerpt, Estrella is curious like any other young child, and the reader is introduced to the way her curiosity is different than other children.
Book characters aren 't the only ones taking stands if you look hard enough you can find some real life people standing up for what they believe in including the ¨Little Rock Nine¨. The Rock nines stand is different than the other two i 've previously mentioned because they had to take a stand to gain equal education between whites and POC while the others only affected a small group of people the Rock Nine impacted a nation. ”Escorted by the troops, the Little Rock Nine attended their first full day of classes on September 25.” It took them several tries just to attend one class this was a HUGE moment in the Brown v. Board of Education because it had never been done before. ”Patillo was kicked and beaten and had acid thrown in her face, and Ray was pushed down a flight of stairs.” Even though they were beaten down and abused they continued to take a stand, they knew what the were doing needed to be done so they pushed on.
There are many characters throughout many of the world’s literary works, who will lie no matter what the outcome is. Author Miller was one of the many authors that wrote about characters that lied throughout the play “The Crucible”. The play depicted the events that happened during the infamous “Witch Trials” that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts. In Arthur Miller’s play, “The Crucible”, Miller conveyed an important idea that although it’s hard, standing up for what you believe in can give you a positive influence in life. Because of the fact that it is sometimes hard to stand for your beliefs, John Proctor first hesitated in what he should do at the end of act IV even though standing for his beliefs can ultimately decide if he lives or dies.
Edgar Allan Poe was a genius before his time, and his riveting works are immortalized in the hearts and minds of his readers. For hundred of years, adults and children alike have been intrigued by Edgar Allan Poe’s stories. Many of Poe’s works differ from one another especially, “William Wilson” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”. Although it may seem like there are more similarities between the two works, their differences are much more significant. “William Wilson” and “The Tell-Tale Heart s”’most of the tremendous differences are found within characters, conflicts, and themes.