Whitewater Life Narrative

The closest movie theater was a 25-minute drive to Southlake, Texas, and there were not many restaurants or other recreational areas. I longed to move to the city; yet, as I grew up and began attending college in Dallas, I began to miss Keller. The time away from my hometown made me realize how much I love the area, how the small-city feel matches my own personality, and how appreciative I was that I got to grow up there. What I realized that I loved most about Keller, is its communal feel. Keller is a relatively small city.

That scent, which Don knew to be Joan’s Chanel No. 22 acted as a warning sign that he was growing closer to his ex wife. When he got upstairs, he found his bedroom door to be shut. He opened it all the way to find Joan, laying naked in his

Knowing what was going to happen, she quit and left town before the meeting happened and didn 't even say goodbye to John. John loved her and he felt like his heart just got ripped out of his chest. The school board kicked John of the basketball team and suspended him. John was mad at his parents and everyone else so he packed his bags and left town to go find Elizabeth. This story relates to Oedipus because John is Oedipus.

No one in the town besides his girlfriend. Matthew Harrison Brady had everyone on his side right since he stepped foot in this town. They threw him a parade and celebrated, which already gave Cates and Drummond a harder chance to win the case. The author of this book uses analogies to explain what Bertram Cates is feeling when the whole town is going against him and most of the town is going to a prayer meeting. The leader of the prayer meeting was Reverend Brown and he was hoping for Cates and everyone who loved Cates should go to hell, he even said that to his own daughter.

For example, in The Wednesday Wars, when Holling was the only seventh grader who qualified for the varsity cross-country team, the eighth graders, who also qualified, were not welcoming (Schmidt 91). In fact, the older classmen would pants Holling whenever he was running at the front of the pack (Schmidt 91). As a result, he started to trail back at meets and get out of the way when his other teammates were about to spit off to the side (Schmidt 92). In The Outsiders, the bullying going on was more discreet, as it involved Johnny’s parents abusing him. Not only was Johnny verbally abused by his parents, but he was also continuously clobbered at home too (Hinton 32).

Rodriguez’s first experience of racism was at the age of 7 told by his mother to put a towel over his shoulder to cover some of his dark skin. him at night and ran away from her with it all the stereotypes and the profiling that comes with it in which they would have to manage and live with for the rest of their lives after they finally realize such an ugly truth. Although, the way in how Staples and Rodriguez handled racism are completely different ways, Staples attempts to combat the racism and prejudice of society by making

Page 263 talks about Paul’s memory of losing his eyesight and why it happened. Apparently, Vincent and Erik had spray painted something on a gray wall and all the kids knew who did it, but no one told the adults. Somehow their parents found out and Vincent was in trouble. Believing it was Paul, Erik decided to “punish” him. On pages 263-264, the novel says,

Since Mr. Radley never came out of the house, frightening rumors spread about him and the children all knew them. They even played games where they reenacted the story that was spread around about him, not realizing how disgraceful it was to the Radleys. Towards the end the book, Scout finally get to meet Boo Radley after Bob Ewell attempted to kill her and Jem. Scout took Mr. Radley home and on the way back she thought, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.

“Hey everyone let’s put her in the closet before the teacher come” “No”, Margot said falling back. Here in Phoenix almost everyday kids report being bullied in school. There are many important things that matter to every student in school and some people just decide to take it away from them. This is a real life situation for Margot , this illustrates cruelty throughout the story as the authors theme. “Hey everyone let’s put her in the closet before the teacher comes back.” This means that the bullies in class wanted to trap Margot so she won’t get to see something important.

Just a few minutes later, the police had arrived at our house along with the driver whose car we had hit. It was at that moment the truth had came up and I could see the anger in my dad’s eyes as he paid for the damage and knew his insurance would rise. I had lost all trust that my parents had for me along with most of my privileges. I was raised with good standards and was told to never lie, but after telling many lies from that one incident, the trend continued. I had continued lying about assessments in school in which I got a low grade to keep my parents from being more disappointed with me.