An Analysis Of Walter Dean Myers The Glory Field

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs strongly speaks to its readers by describing the brutalities of slavery and the way slave owners can destroy peaceful lives. After reading and rereading the story have noticed certain things regarding how Jacobs tries to educate her readers and her intended audience which is the women of the North. As if we do not know enough about how terrible slavery is, this story gives detailed examples of the lives of slaves and provokes an incredible amount of emotions. She uses several tactics in her writing to reach her desired audience and does so very well.

In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family In The Old South by John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger outlines a very unique African American family living in Nashville, TN accounting tales of the trials and tribulations that Sally Thomas, the mother, and her sons had to go through; and how in the end she accomplished her goal. The authors excellently executed the life of this family in an informational and intriguing text by explaining and comparing the different lives and classes of slaves back in that century through Sally and her son’s stories.The detail and the historical pictures in the text help give life and a sense of “realness” and credibility to the situations given to help breathe life into the story, making the story easier to understand and believe.

Walter Dean Myers was born on August 12th, 1937 and died on July 1, 2014. Myers was born in Martinsburg, Virginia, lived in Harlem during his primary and secondary education, and stayed in Morristown, New Jersey after he finished his service in the military/army. He is part of the following families, the Myers, the Deans and the Greens. Dean was born from the Greens and Myers and was adopted by the Deans. He has gone through primary, secondary education, even though he rarely participated and received an honorary degree when he was 76 from Caldwell College. The training Walter has gone through are military training and most likely potty training.

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and The Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl are both nineteenth-century narratives about Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs’s experiences born into slavery and as escaped slaves. The concept of gender makes each narrative have distinct perspectives’ of their version of what they endure during slavery and how it shapes their freedom. Even though both narratives have many similarities of educating the complexity of being a vulnerable slave, Harriet Jacobs’ narrative provides more reason that slavery is far worse for women than it is for men.

In the book, The Glory Field, by Walter Dean Myers, Myers develops the central conflict by explaining how difficult slavery was for African Americans. Walter Dean Myers uses similes and a metaphor to demonstrate the era of what slaves experienced in the 1750s-1860s through nine different generations.

The Glory Field is a novel by Walter Dean Myers that follows the Lewis family through racism and segregation. It starts with Muhammad Bilal being captured from Africa in 1753. It follows through to see young Lizzy escape from slavery on the live Oaks plantation in South Carolina in 1864. After the Civil War, the family is given is plot of land they refer to as the “Glory Field”, which represents hope for the family during their hardships. Lizzie’s son, Elijah, and his cousin Abby help the sheriff find a missing blind boy out on an island. After the hard journey the sheriff takes all the credit and threatens Elijah, who flees to Chicago with Uncle Joshua.

What are your weaknesses? Do they affect the way you do things? In the novel, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, there are numerous times where characters’ weaknesses have made complications much worse. This story is written in a form of a movie, with Steve Harmon being the writer. In his movie, Harmon is on trial for murder and robbery at the age of 16. Throughout the story we are given countless testimonies and pieces of evidence. In the end, Harmon is found not guilty. However, the other suspect James King, 23 years old, was found guilty and sent to prison. Harmon and many other characters showed signs of weakness throughout the story and it made things so much worse for them. Through actions, dialogue, and thoughts, one’s weakness could be the major drawback in serious times.

Myers is not afraid to go in depth about life on the streets of Harlem, from “Steve is sitting on a bench, James king sits with him. King is bleary eyed as he smokes a joint” (Monster 10). This is only a mere glimpse of the immense detail of Myers's works. Walter dean Myers is part of the post-Modernism era however, he also wrote books from the perspective of the 1920s and up. He also wrote fantasy and other works of nonfiction. Myers had a rough life as a kid, but his love for books emerged when his mother would read his stories at night time. Most of Myers’ works are based on personal experiences that are slightly tweeked. Myes did not decide to write about personal experiences until he discovered

Glory is the story of Civil War Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who leads the war's first all-black volunteer regiment the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry into battles and discovers along the way he has to confront the moral question of racial prejudice inside and outside of his regimen. Colonel Shaw was the commander of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, also known as the Massachusetts “Fighting” Fifty-fourth, which was a position he has been thrown into and felt that he may not be fit for the job. At first Shaw was a little cowardly, during the battle, bomb fragments almost hit him and he passed out. He later seems guilty and not very motivated, but with the help of his friend Forbes and some time, Shaw turns himself into the leader that his men need. At the end Colonel Shaw’s courage shows when he volunteers to be the leading regiment in the assault on Fort Wagner and then during battle he forges on when the battle seems to a lost cause.

1) As Luma continues her educaton in the U.S she decides to leave her family to stay in the U.S. Explain why Luma would stay?

The book Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, tells the tale of two young men being on trial for felony murder. Sixteen year-old Steve Harmon and twenty-two year-old James King are accused of participating in a robbery that caused the death of an innocent man. That innocent man’s name was Aguinaldo Nesbitt, and he owned a drugstore in Harlem. The Prosecutor, Sandra Petrocelli claims that Steve Harmon served as the lookout in the robbery, and also says James King was the one who pulled the trigger on the gun that killed Aguinaldo Nesbitt. Steve Harmon’s Attorney Kathy O’Brien does a great job of making Steve appear as a regular, respectful, smart kid, and seems to have a great interest in film which his teacher George Sawicki points out in his testimony. James King’s attorney, Asa Briggs, tries her very best to make King look innocent, but there isn’t much evidence that doesn’t put him at the crime scene. The state calls two witnesses that are very significant in deciding whether James King is guilty, and why Steve is not, and those witnesses are Richard “Bobo” Evans and Lorelle Henry. And the defense ( Kathy O’Brien) calls George Sawicki to the stand and he preaches about how great of a student and person Steve is, so it makes him look even more innocent to the jury. All of these witnesses make James King look

Walter Dean Myers creates the story of sixteen year old Steve Harmon, from Steve’s point of view, as he struggles with the fact that he is being tried for felony murder. If he loses the case, the result could be the death penalty at worst, and at best, over twenty years in prison. Steve battles to prove his innocence and battle the prosecution with sheer determination. Day to day, Steve’s case seems to be going downhill. He only sees his family for short periods of time, and when he does see them they are faking their emotions to seem happy. While Steve is being held in Manhattan Detention Center, he finds himself living in fear. He describes how his look has changed, the terrible violence in prison, and the only time he can cry is when other

In this portion of the book, on page 149, Luo and the Little Seamstress are at a private Mountain water source where Luo talks about how he taught the Seamstress how to swim. Luo’s comments and description of how he is credited to teaching the Seamstress how to swim reveal his condescending nature towards her. Luo describes this by using the statement, “ she used to swim the way peasants do,”. With this comment, he is comparing her to peasants to elevate his own class level above hers. Because she is a village girl and he is from the city, she must be a peasant in comparison to himself. He is also very hesitant to give her credit for her swimming abilities which is revealed through the nature of his questions, “What can I say? That she is a good swimmer? Sure,” This hesitation reveals his need to feel superior to her. Also throughout this passage, Luo uses possessive word choice when saying “ I had to teach her” and “I showed her”. This choice of language comes across as Luo attempting to take credit for the Seamstresses impressive swimming ability. He seeks out ways in which he can “top” her, and is unable to admit her talents and accomplishments to himself or the readers.

In this chapter, Calpurnia talks to Lula about the future. She does not like to do the normal things that women do like cooking and sewing. She is not very good at those things either. She first tells Lula that she would like to go to a university when they were talking about how few of Calpurnia’s brother’s like Lula.

In The Glory Field a historical fiction novel by Walter Dean Myers, family is revealed in several ways by Malcolm and by Lem’s mother. An example is after Lem has ran away and gotten caught how worried the family is. The family is worried about him getting whipped and his mother is “wondering what the white folks were going to do with Lem for running away”(Myers 18). His mother is worried because this is her son and she does not want him to get hurt. She does not want to lose any of her family because it is irreplaceable. Another time that family is revealed is by Malcom not wanting to leave Shep behind when he has been robbed of his money to get him to the family reunion. Malcolm and Shep were taking and since Shep has no money, Malcolm says