Book Report On The Black Plague

Her dad carried her away from the hospital without payment, and then her mom permitted her to cook again, moreover she said, “ Getting right back into the saddle” ( Glass Castle 47). Jeanette was not angry at such young age and soon the family had to pack their belongings into bags and “do the skedaddle” as her parents always said. The parents were fleeing from bill collectors. Although Jeanette's father was an alcoholic, he could get work almost anywhere, often in small towns. The family was moving because of these things, she never complained when they did not have enough food. Jeanette always forgave her parents, she understood what they were going through.

Throughout the novel, the readers have the ability to follow along Jeanette’s life story. She deals with her distracted yet present parents. They remind her of the important lessons in life. One of the most important lessons that Jeannette learns is that life will eventually work in the end and if it still isn't working that just means it is not the end

While she is in the hospital, her mother does not stay with her. Instead she visits a few times and gives her oranges, seeming to be disappointed in the fact that it is an illness. At this point in the story, the reader can begin to feel sorry for young Jeanette. She is left all alone in the hospital while her mother is busy helping the church. Jeanette wants to be a missionary, just like in the stories her mom has read to her. In the beginning of the book, it appears that Jeanette’s mother does love her. However, it appears that she only loves her based on if she fulfills her expectations or not.

Her Mother seemed to be more put together than her father at times, even getting a job at one point helping the family out. Though her mother was a hedonist and did not contain the motherly love and sacrifice for her kids, this job helped Jeanette’s future. She helped grade papers which increased her knowledge of the outside world and “...the world was making a little more sense” as she read the papers and projects of her mother’s students (Walls 205). Her parents had such an opposition to the outside world that she hadn’t gotten every aspect of

From enthusiastic and on board with the life she lives, to not enjoying it and wanting to stop, Jeanette Walls life changes over the time of the book. Jeanette grew up with siblings, Brian, Lori and Maureen. She had a hard childhood constantly moving and not being able to make friends and did not have a lot of food. Her father was an alcoholic and could not hold a job, and her mother was a teacher who wanted to be an artist. She always dreamt big and had a lot of hope for the future but that changes in the book.

There are many ways to explore any period in history. The period that we will look further into will be Medieval Europe. I found an academic article that explores deeper into that period, especially the Black plague. Assembling three primary sources of the black plague, each has a different perspective of what was portrayed in the academic article.

At the early age of 3, she began forgiving her mother for the way she treated her, always neglecting her children. Her mother refers to a saddle as an analogy saying that if falling off the horse, it shouldn’t stop a person from riding horses. Similarly, even if she burned herself from cooking, she shouldn’t stop doing that. As faulty as her mother was, Jeanette's extremely strong mind made her braver and more courageous through the tragedies. Despite the hardships, she walked through life optimistically no matter the circumstance. She forced herself to have complete faith in her parents. When Jeanette’s dad threw her into a pool to teach her to swim, she thought to herself, “I figured he must be right, there was no other way to explain it” (66). Rex put his daughter in a life or death situation. Although she was extremely nervous, her attitude towards the end was incredibly optimistic, forcing herself to believe that her dad was right without doubt. She doesn’t let herself experience pity and depression for being born into a unfortunate family, she hopefully searched for the sliver of light at the end of the dark tunnel. Although Jeanette went through a lot growing up, in the end when her dad is sick and in

My topic is about the black plague. I choose this topic because I thought that it would be interesting to learn about the most catastrophic disease to happen in Europe. The exchange of the black throughout Europe was the greatest catastrophe ever because it killed 50 million people, more than any other bug or virus, there were smaller breakouts, and family’s abandoned each other.

2. Jeannette and her parents have a unique relationship throughout the book. As much as Jeanette loves and cherishes her parents, she also feels unloved by them at times. As Jeanette grows and becomes wiser, she realizes just how unsafe her life was as she was a child. Jeanette feels that her parents love the way they live, although she cannot help but pity them and try to help them to live better.

Jeanette's parents also had different views on society which the reader sees throughout the book, give the children a hard time.

Jeanie is a largely relatable character. This is because of her widely spread predicament, getting the shorter end of the stick. Whether we are a less loved sibling at home or at school, many of us can relate to Jeanie’s experiences either at school or with her brother. At the start of the movie she even says to her parents “If I was bleeding out my eyes you would make go to school.” Whether this is or isn’t true, it is evident Ferris gets the most attention. Even so, Jeanie shows that this predicament is easily manageable and that if she can do it, anyone else can

This is a reason for why I think Jeannie is a pessimistic person. Lastly, I think Jeannie is seen as a slow-learner not necessarily academically or socially but emotionally. I believe this way because throughout the movie we see a negative side of Jeannie towards her brother only to reveal to the audience that she has a great heart from inside. This is shown during the end of the movie after she drives home with her mother from the police station because of what happens afterwards. It is seen that she sees Ferris trying to run home and she wants to beat him so that she can tell her parents that he isn't such a good boy as they think.

Ghosts indicative of of historical disease are one fantastical element that Kushner uses to position the audience to highlight the seriousness of the AIDS epidemic. In relation to the black plague, Kushner uses the ghosts Prior I and Prior II to highlight to the audience the seriousness of AIDS and a likeness to other historical pandemics such as the Black Plague. Prior I says ‘The pestilence in my time was much worse than now. Whole villages of empty houses. You could look outdoors and see Death walking in the morning…’ (Kushner, 2013). Kushner explores the comparisons of the Black Plague verses the AIDS epidemic, showing the plague was worse, but the inserting how plague affected a wider group of people, where as the AIDS epidemic affected

Ok, so now let’s look at this section. Where Jean wants to take Cosette to England. Does she speak up in protest that she is being dragged away from her “true love”, Marius, because of the battle? Nah, she just lets it happen, but it’ll work out in the end I’m sure. If she had an important line in the book it would be said here, but nothing. She is submissive, bland, and resembles a doll more than an actual human being. With no original thought, being dressed fancy, trotted around, and being spoiled in a rich household, she is the embodiment of a doll. I’ve never been one to tell a writer how to do romantics, but it would’ve been more rewarding for everyone if they just rewrote it and let the strong independent woman who loved Marius to wind up with him in

Cosette is also a very striking character. She too has her share of the cup of sorrow, being a daughter of Fantine who was left to the Thernadiers only to be maltreated. At least she found consolation, because she is well loved by Jean and had been rescued from the Thernadiers. Marius on the other hand, complicates the plot of the story when he thought of Jean as an evil person upon learning things about Jean from the past. He didn’t even know that it was Jean who saved his life, when he was almost facing