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
Title: Into The Wild Author: Jon Krakauer Main Characters (Protagonist/Antagonist), Title, & Traits: Chris McCandless: A 22 year old who just graduated from Emory University. He dumped all his money to charity and took his Datsun all over the country. He traveled at least two years without telling his parents where he was and was very nomadic. He avoided attachment to people until he tried to escape the woods but couldn’t and died. As a teen, Chris had animosity against his dad that boiled over
sheltered and civilized environment where they never had to witness violence at all, much less killing. Since the boys were
Caelon Maybell Lord of the Flies Chapter 1 Summary: A plane crashed on an island, and only kids survived the crash. A boy named Ralph goes down into some rocks towards the lagoon. At the lagoon he meets a boy named Piggy. Piggy and Ralph talk, and Piggy said there are more boys on the island so Piggy and Ralph goes looking for them. Piggy finds a conch and uses it as a trumpet. When Piggy blows the conch the rest of the boys on the island hears it and follow the sound of the conch. When they came
with Patrick Forsha. Paul Copeman: is Don’s pilot friend. He is in his late fifties, with white hair and a red face. Beulah Copeman: is Paul’s wife. Patrick Forsha: is a tall business man with shiny black hair. He has a relationship with Sylvia. Summary: Pilot Paul Copeman has been contacted to fly an very old plane called the sugar glider to the Melbourne Air Museum. A government agent offers him a large sum of money to fly to the Warrangi mine and pick up equipment and chemicals. Paul calls his
Katniss Everdeen becomes the icon for the revolting revolution against the cruel government. Just her rebellious personality is enough to inspire an entire population to realize how unfair their government is and begin to revolt against all the bad things they have done over the many
Summary of Moral Ground-Ethical Action For A Planet In Peril In the book Moral Ground-Ethical Action For A Planet In Peril by Kathleen Dean Moore and Michael P.Nelson, the authors interview multiple range of people from scholars to elected officials. Some of the people that contribute to this book are Wendell Berry, Dalai Lama, Pope John Paul, Dean Moore, and even Barack Obama. They offer diverse views in how to care the earth with moral duties and callings. As the planet is getting worst, scientific
the time period, and it helped him gain credibility as a writer of satire about the wealthy and the influential people in America. The couple's love for all things rich and famous, was reflected in the novel. One of Scott's most well-known novels, The Great Gatsby, is influenced by the idea of the American Dream. The novel is a perfect summary of the Jazz Age with the motifs of materialism and love. After the publication of the novel, Scott’s life began to spiral downwards. The couple tried to
For this discussion I choose to write on the article “The Golden Age of Cocktails: Mixed Drinks” by Nadia Whitehead. Summary Mixed drinks came into fashion between “1860s and Prohibition," says Derek Brown, an award-winning mixologist who has studied the history of alcohol in America. The time period has been dubbed the Golden Age of Cocktails. Today there are literally thousands of cocktail recipes and the drinks are served around the world. Restaurants are even known for their signature drink
everyday life. I also believe she wants us to question the treatment of our environment. However I think the most important message in the book is that you have to question and look deeper into other people’s personalities, and acknowledge that everyone is more complex and changeable than we first imagined. Mafi challenges the perspective of humans throughout the book and experiments with what we call monsters. A consequent thought is that not all humans are monsters, but all monsters are humans, so what