Kiran Desai revealed painful experience through the character of Biju. Mr.Kakkar advised Biju to move back to India Finally, he decided to go his own land. He booked an air ticket in the Gulf Air. He felt that it was moving like a bus, even though it was flying in the air. He felt very happy about his return to his motherland.
Next Kiran explores her view through the Nepali insurgency who are struggles to get their identity. Most of the characters become vicitms of this border conflict. The Gorkha Movement at Kalimpong and the Chinese and the Tibet also affect the people due to border conflict.
The novel opens with a group of the boys who enter into the Judge’s house carrying a gun to rob the judge of his valuables. In the house, the family is shocked seeing these boys. There was no telephone connection in the house. The boys laughed and with
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The Gorkha movement was give voice for their identity.
In April 1947 the communist party of India demanded a Gorkhastan but the request was ignored… They fight for a separate land and maintain their own laws and affairs. In India there are eighty percent of the populations Nepali, but even a single Nepali owned a tea plantations or some other works. His voices for under the banner of GNLF, they need their own language want to teach in schools, build hospitals and schools and will provide good jobs for their sons brothers and sisters.
Gorkhas are helpless who have lost their identity due to the social hierarchy national identity or racial judgment. They have inherited only sorrow, terror and loneliness from their fore fathers.
Nepalis have lot of job opportunities but some Nepalis they never use it. They get involved in illegal activities like robbery, and some of them sell the calendars and cassettes in the streets. Some of them work as coolies, servants and labourers. Nepalis don’t have own house, they build hut house in unoccupied
The book starts with a delinquent named Cole who likes to get into trouble with things like robberies, bullying and possibly drugs and alcohol. The first bit of the book starts off with Cole bragging about robbing a store and then a boy named Peter Driscal tattles on him and Cole gives him a mean glare and says, “ You’re dead!”. Later that day Cole finds Peter and brutally beats him while others watch and try to stop Cole. As part of his punishment he is told he has two options; number one being jail and number two being circle justice and a banishment to an island off the coast of Alaska. Cole choses the island and two men named Garvey and Edwin.
The book uncovers the harsh reality of our juvenile system in the 1990’s. The stories in this book seem unreal, but the sad thing is that every word that was written was a true story. No Matter How Loud I Shout covers seven kids’ stories of just one year of their life in the juvenile system, a deputy district attorney who wants justice for the victims, a judge who wants to scare these kids into doing good, and a sister who wants the best for these kids and to see them succeed. The juvenile justice system is so messed up that only three of the seven were saved, one did not get punished properly due to his age, and the rest were failed by the system and ended up where they never thought they would, prison. One of the success stories was Carla James.
Book Review I think the book “Touching Spirit Bear” book is a extremely action packed & dramatic book. In this book two teenage boys (Peter and Cole) have a depressing start to life , on the other hand they starts to explore themselves and find who they truly are. DRAMA & ACTION. Those are the two main words. If you like drama and action i bet you would like this book.
In Goffman’s book, these themes are represented in her chapter titles. First, in “The 6th Street Boys and Their Legal Entanglements,” Goffman describes the types of legal troubles the men are frequently involved in. The most common offenses were outstanding warrants for small reasons such as “failure to appear for a court date” or delinquent “court fines and fees” (Goffman, 2014, p. 18). The more serious technical warrants were issued for probation or parole violations such as drinking or breaking curfew. Most of Goffman’s legal analysis focused on outstanding warrants and the men’s reaction, or desire, to stay out of jail.
On January 29, 1991, a vile crime occurred in the Heikkila home in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Twenty-year-old Matthew Heikkila, the adopted son of Richard and Dawn Heikkila loaded up a “sawed-off 20-gauge shotgun” (Sullivan). He labeled shotgun shells “Mom” and “Dad”, and shot his parents both in the head. Matthew plotted the murder to get the chance to steal his parent’s credit cards, and treat his girlfriend to a birthday dinner. Matthew then left his parent’s dead bodies on the floor of his home and he and his girlfriend enjoyed a night in NYC.
Born to Bengali parents in July 1967,in London and with her family’s move to Rhode Island, Jhumpa Lahiri began life in the U.S.A. She grew up in the background of traditional Bengali culture. From childhood, she often accompanied her back to India-particularly to Calcutta (now known as Kolkata).. She observes that her parents retain a sense of emotional exile and she herself grew up with conflicting expectations. In her work, Lahiri, is a second-generation immigrant, reflects on the Indian diaspora and creates a narrative that reveals the inconsistency of the concept of identity and cultural difference in the space of diapora.
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers is a novel that will keep you on your toes. Inspiration, courageousness, nervousness, and depression are all the emotions you feel while reading Lockdown. A topic based around someone making a mistake and ending up in jail isn’t easy to digest, but when the prisoner is only fourteen it’s unbelievable. While reading this book it was quite obvious Walter Dean Myers arranged a lot of research for this novel, it was written very well and full of facts. Hearing stories of gang violence, drug abuse, and shootings is a big wake up call for anyone who interprets this novel it reallys make you realize how grateful you should be for what you have.
Johnny Got His Gun Dalton Trumbo’s novel, “Johnny Got His Gun” tells all about a father and son relationship that many people may envy for. Trumbo characterizes their relationship with a respectful tone, yet Trumbo also makes the love and trust the father and son share very apparent throughout the novel. Trumbo is able utilize literary devices such as third person point of view and a lack of formal punctuation, using syntax to help the reader have a better perspective on the relationship the father and son partake in.
“This is the story of two boys living in Baltimore with similar histories and an identical name: Wes Moore. One of us is free and has experienced things that he never even knew to dream about as a kid. The other will spend everyday until his death behind bars for an armed robbery that left a police officer and father of five dead. The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.”
Shall I start with the boy’s chapter, then move toward more ‘mature’ tragic conclusions? But that would underplay the boy’s wisdom. The middle-aged
Yet, three concrete examples of the fugitive behavior can be unearthed. First, Goffman begins the first chapter of the book explaining how one teen she got to know, Chuck, would teach his younger brother, Tim, how to run from the police during the afternoon (2015:9). This observation Goffman made is quite telling of the environment Chuck, Tim and other 6th Street boys lived in. While most American youth would be doing their homework or playing with other kids, Chuck and Tim used this time to learn how to run from the police before they even committed any crimes or legal offenses and while they were still innocents. Second, Goffman notes that police would often visit hospitals and check the names of patients or visitors for anyone that had warrants for their arrest.
The story ”The Baddest Dog in Harlem” is written by Walter Dean Myers, the story is a fictional, non-fiction story, the composition is constructed chronologically and it takes place in Harlem. The story shows the readers the story of the black people’s life in Harlem, and what a tough environment they live in. The source is the text “The Baddest Dog in Harlem” This story is about how the black people lives in the city Harlem, how the police react on a gunman attack. In this story there’s a gunman who’s attacking Harlem, the police officers can’t find the man, but when a group of children saw something move in an apartment the police officers starts shooting into the apartment. In the apartment they killed a dog and a little black boy.
They have no identity whatsoever. They are unable to choose their own paths. LIterally their whole life is predetermined, and then they are conditioned to have opinions similar to others in their caste. It is a lot easier to be appreciative of our world after
‘Twelve Angry Men’ written by Reginald Rose, is based on the story of a jury who have to come together to determine the fate of a young boy accused to have murdered his own father. Initially, eleven of the jurors vote not guilty with one of the juror being uncertain of the evidence put before them. As the men argue over the different pieces of evidence, the insanity begins to make sense and the decision becomes clearer as they vote several other times. Rose creates drama and tension in the jury room, clearly exploring through the many issues of prejudice, integrity and compassion, in gaining true justice towards the accused victim. These aspects have been revealed through three character who are Juror 10, Juror 8 and Juror 3.
Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan recounts the event of the Partition of India, which happened in 1947. Set in a fictional village of Mano Majra, the novel aims to depict the cultural and political clash between the Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims and, by following the development of the characters, unveil the moral of humanity. Throughout the novel, Singh portrays the experience of conflict that each character, including Juggut Singh, Iqbal Singh, and Hukum Chand, has to deal with. Based on the characters’ development, Singh’s goal is to present the idea that love always conquers the power of violence and ethnic antagonism. Singh starts off with a description of the Partition and of Mano Majra, a habitat for Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims.