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As Johnny goes through this difficult stage in life he decides to run away not thinking about where he’s going to stay or how he’s going to get food. He decides to join a gang of orphans with his best friend Billy in order to survive. This novel is still widely read today because it provides an inhuman image of brutal conditions African Americans faced in Harlem of 1940’s. In the Rite of Passage, the main character Johnny is hit with some really bad news that his family that he’s been living with throughout his entire life is not really his own. In the text, Johnny comes home after getting a good report from school and his foster mother and sister tell him that he is not going to be living with them anymore.

When his oldest son, Lyons, comes around asking for ten dollars, Troy replies by saying,“ ‘I 'm just supposed to haul people 's rubbish and give my money to you cause you too lazy to work?’ ” (1, 19). Although he may come across as harsh, his intentions are good, as he wants his sons to be self-reliant like he has been since the age of fourteen, and know what it feels like to be proud an accomplishment. If he hasn’t taught his sons to live on their own, then he has failed as a

Although Gatsby and Daisy had a history, he cannot come in five years later and think he can win her back from another man. Fitzgerald puts in this quote "She never loved you, do you hear? She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart, she never loved anyone except me" (130). This is the quote that gets Gatsby killed because once Daisy admits to Tom that she never loved him, he thinks that means that she still loves him, this why Gatsby takes the

Gatsby knew that Daisy was self-centered and only cared about wealth, because if she truly loved him, she would wait for him to return back. Daisy believes that money resolves problems. This reflects on Tom’s and Daisy’s marriage. Even though, Tom treats Daisy poorly and betrays her, Daisy does not seem to care because of Tom’s wealth. When Daisy killed Myrtle with Gatsby’s car, instead of taking the blame for it, Gatsby did.

and my father would try" (Wiesel 55). Although many of the prisoners mock Wiesel and his father for marching, the father and son tolerate the ridicule and are aware that they have each other's backs. The father-son relationship here expands as they know that the survival of each other is more important than any sort of humiliation or embarrassment. When Wiesel's father thought that he was going to die, he says, "Here, take this knife…I won't need it anymore. You may find it useful.

Since Lincoln obviously let his brother win a few times, we are shown that, Booth knew he would cheat him out again, yes even his own brother. He knew that his brother wouldn’t try, until he is taunted by the winnings of money. His brother Booth could show, not only his brother this fact, but us as readers, we are able to look at this deeper. We need to analyze why he had a gun with a rolled-up sock of money. He easily could have just stolen another $500 worth of stuff.

Renowned musician Bob Marley once said, “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively” (BrainyQuote). The book The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is about a man named Nick Carraway, and his experiences with his neighbor, Jay Gatsby, as Nick makes his new life in New York City. While moving out east to pursue a career in selling bonds, Nick moves into a small house in a wealthy neighborhood. His next-door neighbor is Mr. Gatsby, a very rich man with a shady past. Mr. Gatsby grew up as a poor man with another name.

The book assigned was Huckleberry Finn and it was written Mark Twain. Huck Finn is thirteen year old boy who starts off in the beginning of the book living with The Widow Douglas who tries to get him civilized and proper. Then his dad comes to town and kidnaps him in a cabin out in the woods. Huck eventually escapes he meets a black man on Jackson Island and they go on many adventures. The social power lens can be applied to this book a lot because there are a lot of social inequalities..

People with disabilities are no less than regular people and they deserve the same love and respect. Brother obviously does not understand this because he is constantly acting like he is bettering Doodle’s life when his intent is his own personal gain. Brother feels the guilt of teaching Doodle to walk for his own personal gain when he reflects, “They did not know that I did it for myself, that pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices, and that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.” Brother finally learns what karma can do to a person when Doodle dies. The scene of Doodle’s death is depicted as “bleeding from the mouth, and his neck, and the front of his shirt were stained a brilliant red.” The traumatic experience of Brother seeing Doodle in such a state was when he learned the lesson of “What goes around comes around.” Questions and Answers: What do you think would have happened if Brother actually followed through with killing Doodle? I think Brother would live with the constant guilt of taking Doodle’s life.

For example, Tim idolizes his brother but also wants to be better than him, as said in the quote, “I remember being little and watching Sam milk Old Pru and admiring him and thinking how clever he was. And then it got to be my turn to learn how… and I found out that there wasn't any glory to it; it was just hard work and made your hands ache… But still, I envied Sam, and I wished I were old enough to do something glorious, too.” Collier and Collier 64. This shows that Tim is envious of his brother, but also wants to impress him. It doesn’t matter what Sam is doing, Tim wants to do it too. Additionally, Tim has conflict with Sam when he says, “Don’t come any closer, Sam, or I’ll shoot you.” This shows the sibling rivalry between Sam and Tim, but also shows Tim’s weakness when it comes to his brother.

The method used to induct Mann into a violent world will spark as much controversy among readers as it does among characters in the book, but in the end, Man (who fares better than his friend Kee-lee) does learn some important lessons that go beyond survival. There is a gradual yet notable change in his morality as he searches his soul to find what kind of man he