Black And Blue By Frannie Benedetto

‘48 Shades of Brown’ by Nick Earls is a novel that follows Dan Bancroft, the main protagonist, and his troubling experiences as he goes through his final year of school. Dan is thrown into a world of unfamiliarity, where he makes many comical and embarrassing decisions. This novel expresses the theme of having or not having control subtly through the choices Dan makes, and their consequences. This theme is also successfully revealed through the four elements; characters, plot, motifs and setting. The relationships between the characters are vital to providing an insight into the theme.

The short story On The Bridge by Todd Strasser is about two boys, Adam and Seth, who are hanging out after school on a bridge that overlooks the highway. Seth was the character that demonstrated maturity towards the end of the story. He showed some examples of this when Adam got them into some trouble. For example, when Adam flicked his cigarette onto the windshield of a car below the bridge, the drivers came up behind them. “But suddenly he [Seth] noticed that all three guys were staring at him. He quickly looked at Adam and saw why. Adam was pointing at him.” It was this point where Seth started to question his friendship with Adam, because they had gotten into trouble because of Adam, and then he blamed it on Seth. After the men left, Seth

Her father's rampant drinking and inability to hold a job, coupled with her mother's lack of responsibility causes Jeannette to inwardly question her role in society.

Unlike her father and sister Jeanette shows us that it is capable to reach your full potential regardless of what you have gone through. Even through the hardships of her childhood Jeanette is set on moving to New York with Lori and becoming a reporter. By putting her past aside she is able to achieve this and finally reaches her full potential. “I still went into the office in the city once a week, but this was where John and I lived and worked, our home—the first house I’d ever owned. Mom and Lori admired the wide planked floorboards, the big fireplaces, and the ceiling beams made from locust posts, with gouge marks from the ax that had felled them.” Unlike any of the houses she lived in as a child, her current home goes above and beyond. If you compare Jeannette to her sister Maureen it’s clear that becoming all that you can be depends solely on yourself. Maureen went through the same experiences as Jeanette, yet Jeanette is the one who decides to do something with her life, while Maureen continues to let her life be the same as it always was.

Jeannette is the narrator of her memoir, telling her story from age three into adulthood. As a child she is adventurous, wild-hearted, and Dad 's favorite. Jeannette, a middle sibling, is closer to younger brother Brian than her older sister Lori: Brian shares Jeannette 's love of the outdoors, while Lori is more a bookworm. As Jeannette matures, her feelings toward Dad and Mom change. She resents Dad 's drinking and how he constantly lets her and the rest of the family down yet never openly admits it or allows his flaws to be discussed. Jeannette also resents Mom 's refusal to hold down a job long enough to provide her kids with a stable food supply. These resentments make her more and more willful and independent. Eventually she scrapes

Summary of Mike Rose’s “Blue-Collar Brilliance” “Blue-Collar Brilliance” by Mike Rose is a reading that explain the different intelligence of the employees in a common job. Like the intelligence of a waitress or foreman and how they perform their work. In the reading, Rose describe the different task that his mother and his uncle do every day in their work. In addition, he stated that every job use cognitive thinking.

Sara Josephine Baker was the first woman to serve as a top administrator at the New York Board of Health. Though Baker’s memoir, Fighting for Life, people will be able to approach the process of how Baker became a pioneer of public health in New York city from an unknown inspector through historical descriptions of New

“If a White man became a Negro, what adjustments would he have to make?” (Griffin pg. 2) First published in 1961, Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin is moving yet troubling autobiography about a privileged white man in America who has taken on the role of a Black man, a much more deprived status. Griffin is narrator, author, protagonist and main character. From both a black and white perspective, the writer hopes to better understand and convey what life was like for the African-American’s at the time. The writer is passionately committed to the cause of racial injustice, and his concern and despair emanate through the well-written journal-type pages. His descriptive writing making the reader feel they are with him throughout.

In 2009, Dr. Sylvia Earle wrote The World is Blue to educate and alert the reader about human impacts on marine ecosystems. Through this book she conveys her passion and methodical arguments concerning the importance of the conservation of the ocean, which encompasses approximately 80 percent of the earth’s surface. Dr. Earle states “the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume” (17). This statement emphasizes the significance of the ocean, not only for marine life, but all life forms on earth. The book implies that currently in today’s world, the conservation of the ocean requires a global effort to reduce human damage from the past generations. Using facts gleaned from credible scientific resources, she defines the problems of overfishing, bycatch, and pollution. By analyzing human impacts on marine ecosystems, Dr. Earle determines successful and unsuccessful solutions to these problems and suggests various ways individuals can change their lifestyles to reduce impact on the environment as a whole.

Kira may be killed if she does not return all of the conflict between her and the villagers to the Council of Guardians. This would affect her friends, family and evidently her future. Kira is a strong witted young girl, and does not always know what to do when she is left

“Sonny’s Blues” was written by James Baldwin. Some of the main characters of the short story are family members that include the narrator, his brother Sonny, their mother, the narrator’s wife Isabel, his father and their uncle. Sonny’s friend is also a main character in the story, but was not in the least helpful to Sonny. The characters live in Harlem and try to survive in very trying circumstances of crime, violence and poverty. Even though the main characters are all struggling to make it in the violent crime ridden neighborhood of Harlem, they interact and help Sonny to fulfill his dream of playing his music for a living.

In a world where male-dominance is the standard for societies, there will always be a group of the subdominant gender that is looking to change the way that society functions, to achieve equality. However, opposers to the form sometimes head towards the extremes and surpass equality, only to achieve dominance. In Sarah Hall’s novel, Daughters of the North, she follows the protagonist, Sister, on her journey away from the dystopian, patriarchal society of England to an off-the-charts, female-only commune, named Carhullan. Sister dreams of a matriarchal, utopian community that is far different than the city she had left; however, what she finds is that Carhullan is not necessarily better, but simply ruled by a different, dominant gender. All in all, this paper argues that matriarchal societies are not superior to, but rather an inversion of patriarchal societies.

Nina Simone’s 8th studio album, Pastel Blues, is an album featuring a fusion of sistering genres: blues, jazz, soul, folk, and gospel. Nina, being the brilliant arranger she was, is known for her ability to blend these genres into her signature sound. A sound most struggle to classify due to its avant garde nature. She got her start in music by playing the piano in church. One evening her church had a recital where her talents were recognised. Which lead to her starting piano lessons. Nina and her teacher’s goal was for her to become the first black classical pianist. However after being rejected from school for being black, her dream died and she had to pick up jobs at clubs playing piano and later singing. From there she never stopped singing. As her fame grew in pop music she became more depressed. Later in her life she discovered she was riddled with mental illness. Manic depression being one of these illness.

In “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden, the speaker, an older person reflecting on his childhood experiences with their father, is full of guilt, remorse, and self pity as he realizes that his father’s actions were a representation of his love. In the first line the speaker states “Sundays too, my father got up early.” The word “too” emphasizes that this event happened consistently. His father didn’t only get up early on Sunday’s but most likely the rest of the week.

Gilbert and Ellen are always at odds about family matters. She resents Arnie at times due to his mental disability. Gilbert is kind to his oldest sister Amy, who has given up her life to take care of her family. Amy is the mom figure of the family since Bonnie is physically disabled (morbidly obese). Gilbert’s relationship with his younger, mentally challenged brother Arnie is very protective and he feels responsible because he is the only father figure he will ever have. He and Amy are like equals in the family, but Amy does more of the cooking, cleaning, and taking care of their mother. Ellen’s role in the household is to help Amy take care of the mother. In the movie, Ellen worked at the ice cream shop and was seen helping Amy prep the food for dinner and clean the house. Arnie is the big responsibility of the family. Gilbert is the only one that can truly handle him. Arnie doesn’t comprehend what society expects of him and sees nothing wrong with his actions (climbing water towers and running off on his own). Finally, Bonnie, the mother, has no role in the household since she is unable to leave home or work.