Lonnie was the man's name and he was taking a load down to Louisiana, so that's where Josh and Joey went. Lonnie and the boys stopped at a cafe and ate, one of the waitresses told them she knew a guy that owned a carnival, and that Josh might be able to get a job there. This made a big impact for Josh and Joey because Lonnie fed them and that Josh might get a job. Another thing was since winter is on the way in Nebraska they are on their way to warmer weather.
Johnny took action by stabbing the soc and killing him. So johnny and ponyboy started panicking and they went to visit dally. Dally gave them a safehouse money and a gun to keep them safe. The boys migrate to that safe house and stayed there untill dally
The year was 1963, referenced in history as the defining year of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The place, a roach-infested jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama. From solitary confinement, Martin Luther King Jr, responds to a statement published in the newspapers where eight Birmingham clergymen condemned reverend King’s protest as “unwise and untimely”. The Birmingham Campaign, was a series of peaceful demonstrations led by, and organized, by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Resources (ACMHR). The nonviolent demonstrations’ goal was to end the segregation system present in the city of Birmingham.
They went to Eatonville where he became mayor of the town, mayor Joe Starks. The people of Eatonville soon called Janie, Mrs. Mayor Starks. Janie loved being with Joe and being his wife. This marriage was one she hoped for, or at least she thought so. Pretty soon Joe had Janie working in the town store and she had no freedom to herself.
They start to save money in a piggy bank and Brian even pitched in. They eventually both make it to New York and invited Brian to join them. Over time all four siblings live in New York together. Jeannette has become a successful journalist and author. All three of the oldest children are thriving.
In the novel “The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963”, there is a character named Byron Watson. Byron is the brother of Kenny Watson and Joetta Watson, and the son of Wilona Watson and Daniel Watson. The Watsons plan to send Byron away to live with his strict grandmother in Birmingham, Alabama due to his dangerous, mischievous, and negative behavior. I strongly agree with this decision for three reasons.
With dad’s drinking increasing and the kids getting hungrier and thinner, the kids are on their final straw. Lori and Jeannette devise a plan: After Lori graduates she will move to New York and then Jeanette will follow her there. After the both of them have moved out, they bring both Maureen and Brian to live with them so they can get away. They all find jobs quickly and live in an apartment together. Soon after their parents move to New York because they feel abandoned by their children.
As Janie grew to know what kind of person Joe really is her love that she had found started to dissipate yet again. Joe becomes overbearing and demands much from Janie. He his greedy of keeping Janie for only himself. He keeps Janie either always working in the shop or taking care of their home.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 is actually a great book. Christopher Paul Curtis did a wonderful job writing this book. This story faces a lot of things that was going on in the 60s. This story had so many lessons to learn from. They were hatred, and bullying.
Jeannette, Lori, and Brian start saving up money to send Lori to New York, but then their dad steals the money so he can go and drink. Jeanette was so disappointed that her father would do that to her and her sibling, after that incident Jeannette was done with him and his
Have you ever rode in a car for more than 24 hours? The plot in the book of “Watson’s Go To Birmingham”, is about a family going on a trip to Birmingham in 1963 and experience an event that makes them see how wrong color in the south are treated. The plot in the movie is more about how colored had been fighting for their rights and all the event leading up to everyone becoming equal. In “Watson’s Go To Birmingham”, lots of events changed the plot like the movie is focused mainly on Civil Rights while the book isn 't, but Joey leaves the church before it blows up in both, so there are some similarities. There are many differences between the book and the movie, like in the book they all stayed down at Grandma Sands, but in the movie the dad didn’t stay with them.
Do you know why people could be motivated to act a certain way? Motivation can be the key to the reason for a person’s behavior and what they’re doing. Depending on who or what made them motivate the outcome and it could be good or bad. In the novel,” The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963,” a boy named Byron was motivated in different ways good and bad.
After lunch they went back to the church , it was on fire. While pulling up, Ponyboy overheard how a bunch snuck into the church before it set flames. Jonny and Ponyboy knew it was their fault, so they jumped out of the car and bolted into the church. As Ponyboy was getting the last kid out of the window, the roof started to cave in while Jonny was still inside. Jonny had a broken back, sever burns and ended up
Characters change a lot throughout stories. For example “The Watsons go to Birmingham -1963” the question is, who has changed the most; is it Byron or Kenny? I believe that Byron has changed in ways of his attitude, his respect for his grandma Sands, and his respect for everyone.
The poem “Making Sarah Cry” and the play “The Watsons go to Birmingham” have the similar theme of being different. In “Making Sarah Cry” Sarah is different from the other kids on the playground. In “The Watsons go to Birmingham” the Watson family has a different skin color so they are separated from whites to do everyday tasks. The texts, both share a similar theme, but have different qualities. For example, in “Making Sarah Cry” only two people are excluded from playing with kids because of their differences.
