Brick Lane Quotes

Considering the environment in which James grew up certainly had an impact on his life. Some of the influences in his life were being poor, racism, his parents and the church. The areas that affected his moral development stem from when he grew up, doing the time of segregation. Segregation had an impact on how he viewed the world. He felt that everyone should be treated equally. James’s moral belief was that blacks should have a choice, and have the same opportunities as others. When he saw the separate drinking fountains for whites and blacks, he recalls the mental pain, but for him only God could take care of. He used his music as away to communicate how he felt. Growing up poor affected James’s emotional development. He never wanted any handouts.

In order to fully understand this book, I thought it was a good idea to know the background information. Further looking into this, I really got intrigued by what I found. James was the brother of Jesus and the leader of

First of all, James is very protective of himself. In other words, he protects himself physically because he does not want to get hurt. To illustrate, in the book James says, “We’ve got to get away” he says this because The Snakes (who are the rival gang) have a gun and he doesn’t want to get shot. As a result, this protects him physically,

In this story, there are times when James pays more attention to his family, and times where he pays more attention to his little brother, Isaac. In the beginning, James thinks a little bit about taking Isaac out to see the K-bones. James is kind of nervous, but not to the point where he would leave Isaac at home. So, James decides to bring Isaac along, when he and Isaac are really supposed to be at home. At this time, James doesn’t really worry to think about the danger that he could only put himself in, but he could also put Isaac in a peril, too. So, James cares more about his friends than Isaac. Another example that proves this is when James starts to go out. For example, he says “ Kris says they’re just a bunch of kids who hang out and do cool stuff. Like a club. Tonight, I have to prove myself so I can be in their club, too.” This shows me that James is more focused on his friends because instead of watching Isaac like he’s supposed to, he wants to

James grew up in a racist and segregated part of history. Often times racial slurs were used to describe people of African descent during the time James was growing up. Even during school James would be called these horrendous names: “...someone in the back of the class whispered, “James is ni**er!” followed by a ripple of tittering and giggling across the room” (McBride 89). The fact that small school children call blacks these names shows how racist the many people are and the hatred and discrimination that blacks face. These experience taught James how people treat those that appear to be different. Another experience that taught James this was when he and his family went to the Jewish store and were discriminated against. McBride had many experiences in which he and his family were discriminated against whether it was by the police or store owners: “Some of these Jews can’t stand you” (86). All in all, incidents with people who have a particular dislike for blacks shaped James into the way

There is an absence of men in the novel. James is one of the few men seen throughout the story and because of this, the story suggests that he holds a lot of power. He is a difficult character to understand because his true intentions and feelings are hidden beneath what is being portrayed on the outside. James begins as someone who is displayed as positive, respectful and loving of women, but as the story progresses, it is revealed that he views women more as a sexual object or a slave to men. He tricks the reader into believing that he values and considers women as equals to

This is fueled by, not only the changing emotions that teenagers typically endure, but also by the death of his stepfather, whom he saw as his own father. After his death, James cannot bear to see his mother suffer, for she no longer knows how to control the dynamics of the family and "wandered in an emotional stupor for nearly a year." James instead turns to alcohol and drugs, dropping out of school to play music and go around with his friends, which James refers to as "my own process of running, emotionally disconnecting myself from her, as if by doing to I could keep her suffering from touching me." Instead of turning to his family and becoming "the king in the house, the oldest kid," James "spent as much time away from home as possible… absolve[ing] [himself] of all responsibility…" As a result, Ruth sends James to live with his older half sister and her husband, in an attempt to straighten her out her son's life. James distracts himself with the life he found there, spending the summers on a street corner with his half sister's husband, Big Richard, whom he adores, and the unique men that frequented the area. During these summers, James discovers "[He] could hide. No one knew [him]. No one knew [his] past, [his] white mother, [his] dead father, nothing. It was perfect. [His] problems seemed far, far away." Instead of facing the realities of loss and anger in his family, James seeks distractions

The book begins talks about other conflicts that arose with James and Ruth. James took a downward spiral during his teenage years,

         “The screw through Cinder’s ankle had rusted, the engraved cross marks worn to a mangled circle”(1). And that's my favorite quote from Cinder by Marissa Meyer. This science fiction book is a 5.8 level. I suggest this book to you if you like science fiction books but with a little twist on it.

James is an accomplished graduate student who was almost hired as an assistant professor at Harvard, but was not due to his race. He has an intense fear of not being accepted by others and not being taken seriously due to his race, which in turn cause him to pressure Lydia to assimilate and conform. Furthermore, after Lydia's death,

Giving fuels our Youth     The value on youth is such an amazing thing, we take for granted what younger people can do. But in the book “The Road”, a Boy and a Man traverse along an unknown wasteland. As the story progresses, the boy starts to shape his caretaker to remind him of lessons he was taught. “I want you to drink it... He took the can sipped it and handed it back.”

In this observation, Kollek employs contrast to highlight the broad range of people co-existing in Jerusalem, choosing to mention locals of differing creeds as well as visitors. This co-existence is shown to make a positive, enriching experience. ‘One has the feeling of being at the centre of the world’ (16), writes Kollek, inasmuch as one is exposed to countless different cultures rather than one

One of the more interesting parts of the movie is James’s reaction to the real word. It shows that James cannot cope in a civilian lifestyle. This is very evident when he goes back home to the States. In the supermarket he seems lost, a feeling he never really seemed to have in Iraq. He hesitates when he picks out a cereal; James never hesitated back in Iraq. His inability to cope with civilian society is also very evident when he is in his house. He tries to tell his ex-wife all about the stories he has from Iraq but she does not listen. It appears that being in a bomb squad is the only thing that he talks and cares about. The defining moment that explains James’s inability to be a civilian is when he talks his son. He says that there is only one thing in the world he loves. The next scene shows him going back to Iraq and putting the bomb suit back on. This scene in particular highlights his addiction to war. He was unable to have a happy life at home so he needed to go to the one place that made him happy. It can be compared to a drug addict going back into a relapse after a break. Although one can argue that James’s addiction to war is an effect of the war which would make the movie anti-war, the last

During the early days of Jesus life, Israel was greatly contrasted between those who lived in the southern part of Judea and those who lived in the northern part of Galilee. Judea was considered more religious therefore scholars of the law caused devoted Jews to come there for spiritual training. Galilee was a mixture of Jews and Gentiles and with its great highways and farmlands it was a more commercial area that was very prosperous. In contrast Judea had less foreigners and a hatred for heathenism. The decaying cities, bare rugged hills, and the glorious city of Jerusalem favored those who were more spiritually minded as Jerusalem became the center of religious activity.

When James was fourteen his mother took up two new hobbies, riding a bicycle and playing piano. His stepfather found the bicycle on the street in Brooklyn, and hauled it home (a few months before he died). His stepfather was seventy two when he passed away. After his stepfather died, the narrator dropped out of high school and failed every class. He spent a year going to the movies on Forty Second Street in Times Square. In addition, he smoked as much quantity as possible, snatched purses, shoplifted and robbed. He remembers his mother bringing him to his first day of school. This was the only time he remembers ever being alone with his mother. While he was there he noticed that his mother did not resemble the rest of the mothers.