Red Kayak Analysis

Changes such as marrying a black man and leaving to find something. He realized that it was a great deal at the time, and so he is astonished to listen about how his mother lead to make her own decisions, and end up making it through everything she was put up with. “I said nothing, listening in silence. I imagined that the news of Mommy’s marriage crashed through the Jewish community like an earthquake.” (McBride 226). In the end James is faced to question himself by telling himself what he was doing in this place that just seemed so lonely. That is when he realizes that all that his grandmother had to go through in order so that he could get to where he is today was not worth nothing. He finally understands that his place in the world is to continue on, and to not let his grandmother’s suffering and pain not go to waste. “A penetrating loneliness covered me, lay on me so heavily …” “ I left for new york happy in the knowledge that my grandmother had not suffered and died for nothing.” James has come to understand his significance and why his mother held back on him in answering questions of her past, apart from that he realizes who he is and understands his soul purpose in

Logan Killicks has land and Joe Starks has money. But they are unsuccessful satisfying Janie. The only person that could satisfy Janie is Tea Cake. The reason why Tea Cake could satisfy Janie is because he is a good husband. Some husbands are not good husbands at all. They will do nothing at all to help their wife. But there are some husband’s that will do anything to support and make their wife very

Maturity is a moment in time when someone becomes the expected respectful, adult and although, it isn’t asynchronous eventually it comes. In Black Boy, Richard Wright took a while to mature, but once he, did he acknowledged his wrongs and focused on his future. Richard Wright was a young boy from the state of Mississippi never hesitating to show his curiosity and disapproval. From his mischievous reflexes of fighting to his growth in maturity and becoming a better person, Richard had thrived to protect and take care of his family. Richard was trying to figure out the world he lived in; He saw a “black man being severely beaten by a ‘white’ man, initially feeling that the ‘white’ man had the right to but once he acknowledged that the ‘white’

Your parents are always telling you to do do the right thing, aren't they? Priscilla Cummings did not miss the opportunity to convey the same message. In The Red Kayak, Priscilla Cummings is trying to show that doing the right thing, no matter the consequences is always the correct path to take. In this paper, I will give a few examples of why I think the theme in the story is to always do the right thing. These examples are that Brady had the choice to call out to the kayak, the scene with Digger and J.T. in court, and I will show you this in a more philosophical way. Priscilla Cummings tried to show this theme multiple times and I will show you two of the most important scenes.

The author, Wes Moore, deals with a lot of obstacles throughout his childhood. The story seems to begin after the death of his father. Following the death, his mother decides to move them into their grandparent’s house in New York, hoping this will make things a little less challenging. However, the neighborhood was not how she remembered. Wes was now witnessing more drug activities and dealing with being enrolled into a new school with a divergent environment. Dissatisfied with his life, he began to care less. His attitude caused his grades to drop and eventually he was placed on academic probation. After Wes’s mom received this news and an incident that

As one begins to face life challenges, one’s maturity is put to the test. In the story, “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, the speaker allows his ego to rise above him which ultimately causes the death of his brother. On the other hand, the speaker in “Shaving” by Leslie Norris acknowledges that his father is dying maturely steps up and takes his father’s role in the family. The speaker in Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, “Annabel Lee,” has an immature response towards the death of his loved one and cannot cope with the reality of the situation. The speaker in each work has to rely on their maturity to lead them through the hardships life has to offer. All three authors make clear that maturity drives one’s ability to cope with life’s challenges.

What would you do if you found out a secret that changed everything? This is what happened to Brady Parks the made character of the book. This book has a great author, she is Priscilla Cummings, she was Born in 1951. Hobbies and other interests include Reading, playing piano, and taking walks.

Maturing is something everyone goes through in life whether you go through it early or a little later in life. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows a lot about maturing. Growing up in a small town in Maycomb, Alabama where life was a lot more different from today, you mature much different and in different ways. Jem is one person who matures through the whole story and makes realizations about people around him, including his dad, Tom Robinson, and Mrs. Dubose.

What does it mean to be an adult? Being an adult can come with many responsibilities and an abundance of stress. In the book, The First Part Last by Angela Johnson, Bobby has to learn what it means to become an adult. He goes through many challenges and struggles on his adventure to become of age. Bobby has to take on the role of an adult even though he is still a kid himself. The author creates many trials for Bobby, such as learning how to deal with his lost childhood. Angela Johnson displays Bobby coming of age by using symbolism to help show him maturing.

Maturity is the feeling of needing to prove that one is sophisticated and old enough to do certain things. In the short story “Growing Up,” Maria’s family went on a vacation while she stayed at home, but when she heard there was a car crash that happened near where her family was staying, she gets worried and thinks it is all her fault for trying to act mature and angering her father. Society wants to prove how mature they are and they do so by trying to do things that older people do and the symbols, conflict, and metaphors in the text support this theme.

The Boat by Alistair MacLeod is about a boy who grew up in a fishing town and wanted to escape it retelling his story. The unmanned narrator starts the story by telling the readers of his first boat ride. We learn from the story that his father is a fisherman and his mother has always known this life of fishing. So the narrators entire life was spend on a boat; from reading thee we will learn that the boat is a reoccurring theme and it is kind of personified. The we learn that the narrator’s father is an avid reader and is always reading. This makes mother angry; she thinks that books are pointless; she even goes as far to say “In the next world God will see to those who waste their lives reading useless books when they should be about work”

Maturity is the feeling of needing to prove that one is sophisticated and old enough to do certain things. In the short story “Growing Up,” Maria’s family went on a vacation while she stayed at home, but when she heard there was a car crash that happened near where her family was staying, she gets worried and thinks it is all her fault for trying to act mature and angering her father. Society wants to prove how mature they are and they do so by trying to do things that older people do and the symbols, conflict, and metaphors in the text support this theme.

Through the book “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy the boy and the father show a great amount of change and maturity, while also learning to adapt and love. The story has a good balance of how different events can affect and impact someone's life in either a good or bad way. There are many events that change the mind and heart of the boy and father, but change can only be helpful if you learn from it and mature out of being afraid for things to happen.

How the author develops the theme of maturity comes through the development of compassion in the short story “Marigolds” by telling of the incident of “... the moment childhood faded and womanhood began.” (Marigolds 59). We see that before the incident occurred, Lizabeth, the main character and the one in this story who experiences the change of maturity, vaguely knew that their community was poor due to its lack of radios, newspapers, magazines, and other things in the little dusty community they lived in.(Marigolds 4). Like many other children of the town, she loved to run around with the kids of the small community she lived in. They loved to run wild; their antics included trying to catch fish, drawing, and their favorite out of all of these things,

One year ago my family and i were in a car accident that changed me to grow up a little more . I think my experience is similar to Jem’s because he experienced a lot of things in life and he had to grow up a little faster than most kids his age.