Sharon Draper's Forged By Fire And Out Of My Mind

“Mommy is gone and the kitchen is covered with red paint,” four year old Lillian Risch said after discovering that her mother, Joan Carolyn Risch had mysteriously disappeared from their home in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The ‘red paint’ turned out to be blood matching Risch’s specific blood type, introducing a whole series of questions into the minds of investigators from all centuries. To this day, the case remains unsolved, but there are three main theories on what actually happened on that melancholy, leery afternoon. This disturbing case could be perceived in three different ways: Joan Risch was secretly a troubled woman who faked her disappearance and fled home, she was brutally killed in an accident on a construction site near her home, or Risch simply suffered an abduction that will never be avenged. One theory on this compelling case assumes that Joan Risch actually faked her own disappearance.

COPPER SUN ESSAY (ROUGH DRAFT) Anjunae’ Maberry //2nd block Copper Sun is an inspirational and touching nonfiction novel by Sharon Draper. It begins with a young girl, Amari, who witnesses her mother, father, and brother murdered by white men after throwing them a welcoming party. Her fiancé and she have been separated and both taken into slavery on boats.

In Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes, by Billy Collins we are taken on a journey back to the nineteenth century, it is fascinating to contemplate Collins idea of the diminishing of Dickinson's clothes. Emily Dickinson took her liberty to compose such shrewd poetry that was revealed later after her death to the public. Dickinson’s poetry is found perplexing and dramatic, which is clear on why Collins would pick Emily Dickinson as his incentive for this poem. Throughout Collins poem, he uses extended metaphors to expose the reader to understand the profound thoughts of a poet. Collins also conveys figurative language in reference to Dickinson life that can persuade an effect on the reader when reading a

The book Copper Sun by Sharon Draper is a historical story about an african sold in a slave trade. Amari is an african girl that once lived in a village called Ziavi, this village is a beautiful village that everyone got along, until one day when there village got destroyed and many got killed and captured, Amari just happened to be one of the africans that got captured and taken! She got taken a sold as a slave and ends up in america after riding a deathship and ended up on a plantation trying to make new friends. In the novel there are several differences and similarities between the Ziavi and the plantation!

Felicia Carmelly’ suffering and her subsequent devotion highlights her constant love and dedication for her culture and religion. Her memoir, “Across The Rivers of Memory,” focuses on all the aspects of her personal life: from spending her adolescent years in a beautifully constructed and pampered childhood to the deprivation of basic human needs, and then further leading her to growing up as a strong, independent woman. Born in 1931 in the town of Vatra Dornei (Dorna), Bukovina, which was part of eastern Romania into a Jewish family, Felicia Carmelly, formerly known as Felicia Steigman, was the only daughter of her parents. In fact, she was the only granddaughter and niece to her grandparents and, aunts and uncles, respectively. Carmelly was raised in a Jewish household where their life revolved around their strong devotion to religion and culture.

Have you ever seen the movie THE HUNGER GAMES or read the book ? Well I have and this I going to compare and contrast using both book and movie . In both movie and book Katniss Everdeen ( Girl On The Fire) buried Rue in flower petals and by her helping Rue one of her friends .His name is Thresh he returned a favor and killed clove for her .

.Kay started out as lab assistant for a professor she had at the University she attended. She went to medical school at the same university she attended where she was a psychiatry intern helping patients that needed help. She enjoyed being an intern and enjoyed attending medical school. Kay Jamison works as a professor as a Professor of Mood Disorders at John Hopkins University. She is known for giving speeches across the country.

Sharon Kaufman in The Ageless Self argues that older people create a continuity of self in describing the meaning of their lives which is revealed in the life review process. They maintain a sense of self and of continuous identity across the life span and thus can "be themselves" in old age. In order to achieve ego integrity they integrate and accept diverse experiences of a lifetime into what Kaufman calls themes. These themes are created by people as a means by which they interpret and evaluate their life experience. Themes are organizational and explanatory markers which connect and integrate diverse experiences and create and maintain continuity.

The book,”Copper Sun,” by Sharon Draper is a historical, sorrowful, and action packed story about Amari’s journey through slavery. The story starts in Africa, and progresses to where Amari’s final destination lies. There are many differences and similarities that encompass Amari’s homeland, and her slave life. To begin, there are a variety of similarities with Amari’s homeland, and the plantation she now lives on. One of these such similarities, is that Amari lives in a shack, this is shown on page 89, and 90.

The Cellar by Natasha Preston is about 16 year old girl named Summer who is the main character in the story. In Summer’s small town where there is no excitement ,something finally happens and it involves Summer. On one night Summer was kidnapped and was took to a cellar and to her surprise she isn’t the only one. Along with three other girls named Rose,Poppy,and Violet, who have been down in the cellar. All four of the girls know one thing they have to survive and that is to stay alive.

Sharon M. Draper’s Copper Sun includes a diverse selection of minor characters, who further the story in their own way, one being a young man named Nathan. During Amari, Polly, and Tidbit’s venture down to Florida, they become acquainted with Nathan, him supplying the three with important knowledge and a distraction. When first introduced to him, the three travelers had to be wary, as Nathan seemed like the usual arrogant and cocky white male. However, Nathan had no intention to harm the runaways, proving himself considerate and nondiscriminatory, thus gaining their trust. One of the first things that he does to assist the group was he informed them that Fort Mose was, indeed, a real place.

Mary Gordon, a famous author who was born in 1949 in Far Rockaway, New York. She was born into a strict Catholic home by Anna Gagliano and David Gordon (Gordon). In Mary’s younger years she had wanted to be nun, but it all changed after the death of her father David. After David died from heart failure in 1957, Mary’s mother sold the house and took Mary back to live in the house that she has grew up in. They both went to take care of Mary’s grandmother, but not long after the grandmother had passed away Mary’s mother became alcoholic, which lead to Mary being alone most of the time since Mary’s mother’s side of the family never liked her (Gordon).

Mama, a “big boned woman with rough, man-working hands,” awaits her daughter’s (Dee) return in the literary piece Everyday Use (70). When returning home, Dee’s only mission was to ask for two specific quilts with hopes of hanging her heritage on display. Ordinarily Maggie, Dee’s sister, was once a bright, generous, young girl with abundant potential. Explicitly, one day, Maggie was damaged significantly in a fire in which transformed her entire life. The fire turned a once intelligent, social undeveloped girl into a terrified, hopeless juvenile, along with the failed assistance of her family.