Bunting, E., & Diaz, D. (1994). Smoky night. San Diego: Harcourt Brace. Summary: Daniel is a young boy living in an urban area where rioting is taking place. Smoky Night is the story of a scary, yet memorable night during the riots told from Daniel’s perspective. His story shares his thoughts and feelings as he and his mother and their racially divided neighborhood are directly affected by the riots. Daniel’s cat, Jasmine is a symbolic character in the story, as she makes an unlikely friend
Balram • Mr. Krishna (10): o Balram's teacher in Laxmangarh o Responsible for giving Balram his first "real" name • Vikram (9): o Balram's father, a rickshaw puller o Works extremely hard to provide for his family • Balram’s mother (11): o Balram's mother died when he was very young o His mother had a
Briggs, Marlene A.1. "Born In The Year 1919": Doris Lessing, The First World War, And The Children Of Violence." Doris Lessing Studies 27.1/2 (2008): 3-10. Humanities Source. Web. 21 July 2015. Briggs begins by accessing the literature and works of Doris Lessing by comparing the nature of them to violence and war. Due to the time of Lessing’s birth and location, the author notes the influence of her environment in her writing. An occurring theme that Briggs finds interesting about Doris is her claim
Summary of “I Stand Here Ironing” Tillie Olsen shows in “I Stand Here Ironing,” an emotive story about the relationship of a woman and her daughter. The woman is a young mother; she had her older child, Emily, at the age of 19. In the story, she is speaking over the phone, perhaps with a social worker, telling how she was struggling to take care of her older daughter and how she felt guilty about her daughter’s unhappy childhood. Emily’s mother admitted she was a distracted mother, but she also experienced
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Summary of Bowlby’s attachment theory (1944) According to John Bowlby (1907-1990), attachment is the emotional bond between two people. It is determined by the early mother-child relationship. Attachments with different person were placed in a hierarchy where mother is at top. This attachment is an innate behaviour right from birth which emerges through cry and caregivers reaction to it. Attachment is determined by love and care rather than food as proposed by Freud through
In the article, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” the author Amy Chua, talks about how “Chinese mothers” identify different than “Western mothers.” Amy has two daughters and was brought into the U.S. at the age of one. She writes this to show how she raises her daughters as westen kids brought up by a Western father and a Chinese mother. She writes this to inform mislead people about the common stereotypes of Chinese kids that tend to be the best at academics. Chua joins the argument that Western
Abortion I am presenting a summary of a paper written by Judith Thomson on ethics of abortion. In this summary I will analyze her arguments in support of abortion and her distinction between moral obligation and supererogatory action, under the assumption that a fetus is a person. Thomson justifies the case for abortion by arguing that there are limits to the fetus’ right to life (i.e. there are more important rights at stake). I will summarize Thomson’s three cases for when abortions are justified:
Lecture 8. 17/3 Article: “Wild Earth” critique of Cronon’s approach A. SUMMARY: The article is a critique of Cronon’s approach to wilderness and the division of nature and culture. The argument that is being challenged is Cronon, and explains how the wildness has declared the nature as being something foreign, that people have excluded. He gives an example of a tree in the garden, and compares it to a tree in an ancient forest. People in modern time have stamped the tree in the forest as being
Title: The End (Almost) Citation: Benton, Jim. The End (Almost). New York, Scholastic Press, 2014. Summary/Reason for Choice of Book: This book is about a character named Donut disappointed that his story is finished, so creates sneaky ways to lengthen it. Finally, through his persistence one page extra is added to his story, but then once again ends because no more pages are left. I chose this book because many times when I read a really good novel, I also get sad that it ended so quickly or
read them bedtime stories which teach them simple vocabulary, grammar and the many more essential lessons to be needed later in life. As the children get older, they are encouraged to read by themselves and expand their knowledge. Works from authors like Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, Lewis Carroll and many more are commonly read by children even before entering school. But literature does not stop there, more difficult works are presented to be studied and understood by students. Schools commonly select reading