Whilst reading the King of Children I felt a resemblance to many western stories that we have had in the past decade. Although Western movies and stories are what I am usually used to I found that the King of Children added a new complex understanding of what it is like to become a teacher without any real proper training during the cultural revolution. The story which is the third in a series. The reader follows the life of beanpole who is scouted by the officials to teach at a school up in the mountains. When he arrives, he realizes that the kids he is teaching is not up to the level that he originally thought they were, which in turn brings beanpole to not only teach them but to reach into their souls and really make them better people and …show more content…
To end this "tangent" of how I truly felt about the movie, I would like to focus in on the good parts of what really the story was about. That story was to focus in on the students who were in need of education, and not the typical reading and writing portion, but also the education of confidence, happiness, and well-being of the students. The one part I took away from both the film and the book is that once again one man can change a young group of students. To finish off the reaction essay, I would like to answer the last question that was asked, about how I saw a portion of the film and how I really saw it in my mind. I wanted to focus in on one portion when beanpole and his friend are in his room, and the detail of the leaky roof, the wobbly desk, and the bed without a mattress really allowed me to materialize in my mind what I thought of this tiny room. Personally, I saw somewhat of a prison cell smallness, with the furniture that was made out of what I would assume is bamboo, but in my head, I didn't see it as a wood I just saw it as a full-fledged furniture
Elliot was taking their best friends away. Another student said being called “brown-eyed” by the blue-eyed kids meant that they were stupid or something equivalent. I thought the comments were disheartening because it shows the daily struggle of what people of color go through when they face discrimination or anyone else who is considered different. However, this project made me feel happy that these children got to experience discrimination so that they will not repeat the same actions to someone
Rusty Crowder Period 2 Quarter 2 Commentary #1 The Long Walk by Stephen King Pages 1-25 (Chapter 1) The story starts off with the main character, Raymond Davis Garraty. He is a 16-year-old boy from Maine. The only one competing from Maine, where the long walk takes place, and is supported by big crowds of people.
In the book “There Are No Children Here” written by Alex Kotlowitz, there is a passage where the main characters Lafeyette and Pharoah Rivers mother LaJoe makes mention of Henry Horner Homes living conditions transformation over her thirty-one year residence. In this short passage, she is quoted as saying “When I got my apartment I thought this is what it was meant to be” (24). Her statement reflects how thirty-one years ago, she thought everything that was required for living a happy and fulfilling life was achieved. She believed that her luck had changed, and she was one of the few to have a life on the other side of the fence where the grass was greener. I believe LaJoe was oblivious like so many others, as to what the future may hold for
In the book “There Are No Children Here” written by Alex Kotlowitz, there is a passage where one of the main character Lafeyette, is attempting to convey his troubled thoughts to his mother through obscurities. Due to the sudden death of his friend Bird Leg, he tells his mother that his dead friend’s spirit is appearing and trying to tell him something. Unfortunately, even though his mother LaJoe tries to get him to verbalize his thoughts and feelings, his only reply to the death of his friend is quoted as saying, “That talking wasn’t going to help him, that every-thing that goes wrong keeps going on and everything that’s right doesn’t stay right.” (55) In his quote, there is depth to his view on life around him that one can interpret by reading between the lines. He is simply
My final is about the difference between the book and the movie “The Outsiders.” This next paragraph is about the description difference between the book and movie. Then the paragraph after that will be about the description of the background or cars that the characters drive or live in. I think that the move and the book where basted of the same story but I think that when the directors made the movie with some different cars or house that can change the movie or they put different things in it so that the movie will look better. Altogether the movie and the book were pretty good and had good meaning to it about want to think of life and it’s alright to not be tough and hard.
The characters begin to genuinely listen to one another and make the most of the unpleasant situation they are put in. The students put aside their differences and end up becoming true friends. The movie achieved a great amount of lasting success because of the amazing and talented John
In the words of Steve Lopez, “You're only as good or bad as your latest attempt to make some connection with the world.” The novel, The Soloist, by Steve Lopez is an insight to Lopez’s time helping and connecting with Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless schizophrenic. When Lopez meets Nathaniel he is awed by his musical talent and soon discovers he once attended Julliard, a prestigious school of performing arts. Lopez’s story was transformed into a film produced in 2008. Lopez’s character in the book and film share similarities and differences in his personal life, attitude towards Nathaniel, and struggles that contribute to the overall theme of the novel.
Have you ever look around your community and realize that segregation between different racial, economic, and educational groups still exists, but people tend to not make it as obvious as it was before? Like we all know segregation is defined as being the action of setting someone apart from other people. Still, for various people, it is not a big deal, until it becomes a serious problem in school and is not only affecting them personally but now is affecting their children. In the book titled “The Children in Room E4” by Susan Eaton, is telling a story of a little boy whose name is Jeremy. Jeremy seems to be a very polite child, but he is poor and is being a victim of segregation in a school.
Boy’s Life by Robert R. McCammon is an excellent coming of age story. A recurring subject in this book was evil. The teaching moment of the book is that everyone has their own monsters, but it is how people handle those monsters that shows their character. Cory goes over to his friend Ben’s house, where they see his dad, reveal another side of himself. A man full of rage and destructive thoughts who yells ugly words: “There are things much worse than monster movies.
The Mother-Daughter Book Club is a series of novels by American contemporary fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction author Heather Vogel Frederick. The first novel of the highly popular series was the 2007 published Mother-Daughter Book Club that made the name of the author. Frederick published the first novel in the series in 2007, and has not looked back since, publishing over six more titles in the series by 2016. The series follows the stories of four girls and their relationships to each other and with their mothers. The take the format of a book club, an increasingly popular way of bonding the US where mothers and daughters come together to read books, and use the narratives and the time they spend together to have better relationships.
Reading and Writing are Important Stephen King's "Reading to Write" (72) give details about King's methods on becoming a better writer. To become a better writer, you must read a whole heap of books. There are so many other things you can read other than books like magazines, newspapers, labels on food, and papers. As a student in college, I understand Stephen King's methods. Reading and Writing will help me further my college education, and it will help me get to my goal.
My favorite aspect of the essay was the change of heart that De La Peña had made his father consider making a difference in himself too. This essay was not only something I could relate to but it was eye opening to me in a sense that I need to think more about how I express myself around people, even my family. It was eye opening to see the difference it can make to just be yourself around people. Even though De La Peña knew that his family would probably judge him for starting to read books he still did it because he enjoyed
I would be obliged to criticize in my own opinion was the teacher handling of the situation of Oliver. Especially the part of his hysterical outbursts I would have handled it in a different way. She gave the impression that she was embarrassed by when Reeny’s Mother was in the classroom and she was lost of word to explain the situation. However Reeny, a gregarious student was able to explain Oliver’s behavior to her mother in perfect sense instead of the teacher and she help appeased him on numerous other incidents as well.
Tuck Everlasting is a story of a family that lives forever and never dies. Also there was a girl Winnie that saw the tucks and then ran away with them. The author that wrote this book Natalie Babbitt has a very good imagination. Also there is a movie that is also a good thing to watch if you read the book. Winnie does not drink the water in the book and in the movie, also Winnie tells her parents that she wanted to run away with the tucks in the book and in the movie.
Ask anyone. Most people have a negative attitude towards racism. Prejudice has inevitably become conjoined with the human race, no doubt about it; The KKK and the Nazis during WW2 are very bold and common examples of people who discriminate. This essay will be an analysis of how the author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne, delivers his perspective on prejudice through the characters Bruno and Shmuel. John Boyne shows that prejudice is caused by the level and quality of education that is provided to children.