The Other Side Essays

This numbness is calm. My feet carry me, and he behind me, down a steep incline after four years of the slow and painful hike up the other side. The destination lies behind a glass door. Eyes turn, the door opens, we enter. Seperately. We are not companions in this January heat. Authority waits for my footsteps, with cautious eyes and lips forming around punishing words: the number that

In school people have many moments that are very unique to them. Some moments are life changing while also being developmental, but others stay with us and improves our skills in certain areas rather it be in English, Math or Science. We all learn new things but even when we learn new things we still must remember the things that we learned and sometimes its helpful when you have a helping hand or a lasting effect on you. It was the beginning of August, school was just starting to roll around. What

The Other Side, a children’s book written by Jacqueline Woodson about how a metaphorical fence divides blacks from whites. Clover, a little black girl who lives in a yellow house on the other side of a fence from a little white girl named Annie. The tone of the story is all people are made equal; We are trained to judge people by their skin tone. The symbolism is the fence; The audience was the children. First, The Other Side’s tone is everyone is created equal. We are educated to only judge

a relationship that is mentally or physically abusive, when they fight with others they know well, or maybe even when people sever ties to people they had known for a long time! Other times though, the relationship between people can be as strong as steel. The latter is prevalent in “The Other Side” by Jacqueline Woodson, in which a lonely girl named Clover finds a friend in a girl named Annie, who lives on the other side of the fence that separates the two. In this short story, the author uses symbolism

At the beginning, I was a little kid, and my parents got divorced. when I was a baby, I had to go to live in Ukraine with my grandpa and grandma. I just wanted to get that out of the way.I don't know much about that, but I know enough. This event has changed my life forever because I was growing up without a father and I feel like if my parents didn't get divorced than my life would be at a different point. I feel like that If my father was with me and my mom than we would be doing better than before

Human history offers people from all walks of life the privilege of understanding the conception of bridging the racial gap. No one could have ever imagined that The Color Line could be infiltrated by way of an All-American Sport. If I had a chance to speak to anyone, dead or alive, it would be an honor to sit and speak with Jackie Robinson. Robinson was 28 years old when he broke down color barriers in baseball. Although he was barely older than the age of the typical college graduate during

yourself.” Behr’s quote relates to Williams Faulkner’s story, Barn Burning because Sartoris, who starts as a skinny and hungry boy, ends as a courageous, independent, and hungry boy. Sartoris Snopes is a son of Abner and Lennie, who also has three other children. Sartoris is two out of the four siblings that Abner takes on his felonies and court rearrangements. At the beginning of the story, Abner is on trial for being accused of burning Mr. Harris’s barn; Sartoris is called to the stand. Abner and

Many social problems existed back then. A social issue refers to an issue that influences and is opposed by a considerable number of individuals within a society. It is often created by others and is something out of an individual's. Shakespeare use his play The Tempest to comment on social issues that were present in his time. Shakespeare does so by implementing these problems into the play. The Tempest is a play where a man named, Prospero, was a former duke of a land. He was exiled to an island

In William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, his own brother deceived the character Prospero and had his dukedom stolen from him. Prospero was the Duke of Milan but got distracted from his priorities; he showed more interests towards books and education, giving his brother Antonio the benefit to work behind his back. Antonio was able to get help from the King of Naples, in exchange for money and respect to get rid of Prospero. Prospero was kicked out of Milan one night with his daughter and landed in an

Rhetorical Analysis Levi Crutcher Mr Lau 3rd blk “The Other Side” is a song from the 2017 American musical drama film The Greatest Showman. It is performed by Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron, who play the characters P.T. Barnum and Phillip Carlyle, respectively. The song is an excellent example of rhetorical strategies used in musicals, including pathos, ethos, and logos. The ethos is the credibility or trustworthiness of the speaker, and in this song, both characters use ethos to establish their authority

In "The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir," Farah Ahmedi tells the powerful story of her journey from war-torn Afghanistan to the United States as a young girl. Her experiences of surviving a landmine explosion, being orphaned, and traveling miles on foot to escape the war-torn country are vividly captured in her memoir. Through her personal account, Ahmedi sheds light on the resilience of the human spirit and the power of hope and determination. Farah Ahmedi's memoir is a personal account of her life

(how something is described; no judgement) or normative (how something is implied as being negative or positive; opinion based). In the Other Side of the River, different meanings were constructed between the groups involved because meaning can vary based on the experiences and circumstances one has. The experiences one has can play a vital role in how they view other situations because that previous experience can appear to be similar to the present situation. For instance, by the St. Joseph police

Farah needed to escape from Afghanistan for a better life in “The Other Side of the Sky” . John wanted to train his unbridled dog in “Marley and Me “. And Angus,from “Wandering Angus”, wanted to find the "love of his life", the glimmering girl.However, these three were all determined to pursue their goal in order to improve their lives. Farah Ahmedi was in the middle of afghanistan, stranded in the desert. She was willing to do almost anything to improve her life. In the story it states,“There

The Other Side of the Sky It’s crazy how different cultures are when we all live on the same planet. It’s also crazy how similar cultures are when we live so far away from others. That is what makes our world and our people so diverse. In The Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi and Tamim Ansary there were many events that showed great amounts of cultural differences, and similarities. California and Afghanistan are very different yet very similar. California is different in the fact

Each Kindness and The Other Side share many differences, similarities, and valuable life lessons. In the book, “Each Kindness”, the new girl Maya wanted to acquire “true” friends, She aspired to “fit in” with the girl at her new school. This book conjured people of all ages, leaving them inspired to be kind and accepting. In the book, “The Other Side,” Clover and Annie's, two girls of different races wanted to be friends, but segregation got in the way. The fence of segregation deified their friendship

How is Annie admirable? Annie is a side character in The Other Side written by Jacqueline Woodson. I think Annie is admirable because she doesn’t care what others think, she is kind to everyone and she is brave. The most obvious reason why Annie is admirable is she doesn’t care what others think. For example at the beginning Annie doesn’t care that Clover looks at her weird. Clover even says in the story “I saw that girl with her mama.” Another piece of evidence to show Annie is admirable is she

It might seem like “Wonder” and “The Other Side” our very different kinds of stories. One takes place in the past and the other takes place in the present. But if you look closer, you will see that both stories actually share a common theme. In both stories the authors teach us that just because you our different you can still be friends with whoever you want. In “Wonder,” the author shows us that know matter what you look like you can still be friends with whoever you want. In the being of the

The Other Side of The River tells a story of two towns: One by the name of St. Joseph and one by the name of Benton Harbor, which are 95 percent white and 92 percent black respectively. Although these two towns are geographically close, they are socially separated by class, race, and virtue. After the death of Eric McGinnis, a black teenage boy from the town of Benton Harbor, tensions grew between the two towns. The story of McGinnis’ death had several versions to it and the one you believed in was

Refugees are people flee their home countries to another country for better life due to the war in their home counties. The story of The Other Side the Sky by Farah Ahmedi is about an Afghanistan girl who had a physical disability tries to flee to the United States with her only family for better life. More than 75 years ago, a group of refugees were trying to flee Europe before World War II. They were Jews. Anne Frank, the author of The Diary of a Young Girl. Is about a Jewish had hidden in her

Sudan ended up on his doorstep which made him leave his family . He walks alone for miles and miles meeting people and losing people but no matter what bad stuff happens to him he will still try to get by every challenge he faces.In the memoir The Other Side of the Sky by Farah Admidi the book is about the girl named Farah Admidi that lives in Afghanistan, she also has only one leg. She lived a normal life but the war that keeps going on gets too dangerous and they have to move. They need to walk miles