To summarize chapter five up Walter had met a famous baseball player. His name was Sugar Ray Robinson, and he was the welterweight champion, Also he met them back when slavery was around .Most of Walters’s life revolved around school and church, but his school was integrated .Even though his church had white people involved in some capacity. He wasn’t aware of the race problem, so in the summer his biological father moved to Harlem. That’s when he knew he was adopted. On pg. 38 it says that Walter had three full sisters Gertrude, Ethel, Imogene. Later in the story, Walter couldn’t do any activities that summer because he had his appendix removed. Also getting beatings came easily in their neighborhood. He got beat from parents that didn’t even know him. Also there was anger involved when you were getting a beating. When Walter started school it took him one day to get in trouble, but every time someone laughed at him he would throw or hit them with an object. …show more content…
One of the memories he won’t forget is the time when went to Macy’s with his mom. Also the bright colors people whore to work. Later on that day blacks started protesting against whites because they couldn’t work where black people worked. Also blacks were entertainers, churchgoers, or athletes, but Walter was an athletic. During summer break Walter had to kinds of friends. Those he played basketball with and everybody else. Also he had a list of fights in every grade he went to, but Mr. Lasher told Walter that he won’t tolerate fighting in his class. At the end of 6th grade Walter thanked Mr. Lasher for helping him with his speech
He left behind a life that will be cherished, remembered, and celebrated for eternity. As a child, Walter is usually irate and belligerent. However, he loves to read and write. He knows that kids might make fun of him for enjoying the subjects of reading and writing, so he tries to keep it a secret.
In this essay, I will travel to the depths of little Walter's soul who in spite of his young age suffers from anxiety, fear and tumult in his beloved Birmingham due to his
Throughout the plot, he struggles with acceptance of his social status and economical situations, but ends up achieving true fulfillment in simply being proud of who he and his family are as people with aspirations. Walter’s evolution
one Walter was moved to public school forty-three because of his behavior at public school one-twenty-five. Although it went great at first, Mrs. Conway {Walter’s new teacher} had the same problems with Walter’s speech and
In the beginning Walter is basically perceived as a jerk-he doesn’t seem to get along with anyone, not even his own family. His character likes to turn discussions into fights, make rude comments to his wife, and act all around immature. A part that accurately shows the way Walter conducts himself is when he is arguing with Ruth and says “Man say: I got to change my life , I'm choking to death, baby! And his woman say- Your eggs is getting cold!”
Two African Americans were accepted into major league baseball and a local newspaper claimed that blacks were finally going to be treated equally. Myers writes about how his love for playing ball got him friends, but he kept his love for reading a secret because it was frowned upon. As life goes on, he gets his first male teacher, named Mr. Lasher who convinced Myers that he is smart and capable of being in an advanced learning program, which made him feel special. When his uncle is killed and his father slips into depression, Walter learns that he is not the center of the universe. At this time, he began to feel alone and more separate from his family.
In Chapter 12 of Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, there are many events and situations in which irony is used to support the theme of the chapter. An example of this is in the very beginning of the chapter, when Scout is concerned about how distant and moody Jem is acting, and asks Atticus, “’Reckon he’s got a tapeworm?’” (Lee 153), to which Atticus replies no, and that Jem is growing. This is dramatic irony because the readers understand that Jem is acting oddly because he’s growing, but Scout doesn’t know this until she asks Atticus about it. This quote supports the theme of Chapter 12 by showing when Jem started to grow distance from Scout, getting aggravated with her and telling her to stop bothering him, and shows how the children
Walter further shows his false pride when he flaunts his newfound sense of power when Mr.Lindner, one of the Younger’s soon-to-be neighbors, offers him an unjust deal. Now that Walter has control over the family 's money, he considers himself the head of the family and decision maker; this plays an important role towards how Walter treats others now that he holds himself to a higher standard. This theme applies to Walter when the chairman of the “welcoming committee” (115) named Mr.Lindner pays a visit to the family a couple weeks before they 're supposed to move into their new home in Clybourne Park. During this visit, Mr.Lindner makes the offer of the Clybourne Park community “buy[ing] the house from [them] at a financial gain to [the] family” (118). Mr.Lindner’s offer represents the racial oppression and how the white community looks down upon and doesn’t want African american people dirtying their communities.
Some awful pain inside me.” (95) Additionally, Walter even decides that he can’t trust anybody anymore, “.. Mama you know it’s all divided up. Life is. Sure enough.
Especially towards his family. “Oh, Walter…(Softly) Honey, why can’t you stop fighting me? WALTER (Without thinking) - Who’s fighting you? Who even cares about you?” Walter was also very stressed and angry about his current situation.
Walter responded with “I know ain’t nothing in this world as busy as you colored collage boys with your fraternity pins and white shoes”(Hansberry . 84). Walter was basically saying wow your a preppy rich boy that thinks he 's better than me. George was thinking that he was better than walter just because he had more money. But that is not the case he is no better than walter. Walter works hard for his money while george just gets it handed to him.
Although Walter eventually does the morally correct thing he still has bad morals. Walter does the right thing by standing up to Lindner. When Lindner actually arrives and Walter is about to disgrace himself and the black community by begging Lindner for the money he can’t do it. Instead he says, “We don’t want to make no trouble for nobody or fight no causes, and we will try to be good neighbors.
Scout learns that the reason why Walter is skinny and always looking for food is because his family is poor. It is because of Cunningham’s low income and little education, his social status is lowered. Again innocence is destroyed because due to Walter’s low income he is unable to advance in the social status because he is forced to help his father make ends meet while not being able to further his education. It creates an endless cycle of each descendent getting stuck in the same situation as Walter not being able to rise to higher levels of statuses.
Essay 1 Date Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird “To kill a Mockingbird” is a novel in which Harper Lee, the author, presents forth various themes among them the unheard theme of social molarity. Harper dramatically uses a distinctive language through Scout, who is the narrator of the story to bring out the difficulties faced by children living in the southern Alabama town of Maycomb. Harper has dramatically displayed use of bildungsroman throughout the story; this helped to give the story a unique touch of a child’s view to bring out a different type of humor and wit. It has also used to develop and thrive the theme of morality in the society.
Walter declines Karl Lidner while staring at Travis, his little son. With these actions, Walter is seen as a family man- somebody who realizes the importance of family. Walter develops into a character similar to his father- Big Walter. Big Walter was seen as “a man who loved his children”(PAGE) according to Mama. Even though he was financially unstable, he “” QUOTE.