Christina Baker Kline's Orphan Train

Discover Yourself Through Others The book Orphan Train, written by Christina Baker Kline, explores the life of a teenage outcast named Molly and reveals how Molly’s relationship with an elderly widow helps her understand herself. Molly lost both of her parents at a young age and spent most of her teen years in foster care. After stealing a book from a bookstore, Molly must do community service. She chooses to help an old woman named Vivian clean out her attic.

In any genuine friendship there are the differences between the people that spark curiosity, yet, it is similarities that draw two together to form a tight bond. This is evident in the friendship that starts between Vivian and Molly. Vivian, from outward show, does not display the slightest similarity with Molly. It is not until one examines the often tragic back stories of both that striking parallels begin to be made clear. By the time all is uncovered, the likenesses shared between Vivian and Molly far outweigh any disparities. In examining the relationship between Vivian and Molly, a perfect balance is struck in Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline.

Orphan trains and Carlisle and the ways people from the past undermined the minorities and children of America. The film "The orphan Trains" tells us the story of children who were taken from the streets of New York City and put on trains to rural America. A traffic in immigrant children were developed and droves of them teamed the streets of New York (A People's History of the United States 1492-present, 260). The streets of NYC were dirty, overcrowded, and dangerous. Just as street gangs had female auxiliaries, they also had farm leagues for children (These are the Good Old Days, 19). During the time of the late 1800's and early 1900's many people were trying to help children. Progressive reformers, often called

The book "Train Go Sorry" was authored by Leah Hager Cohen it is a story of an unknown culture; the book focuses on hearing loss, both as a disability and as a culture. The book was written in the first and third person narrative and it follows the daily lives of Ms. Leah Cohen and several other students and staff at Lexington School for the Deaf in New York. Ms. Cohen’s Grandfather Sam was deaf and attended Lexington when it was first founded. This was "seen" as the foundation for Cohen’s father Oscar and finally Leah as well as their family (who are both able to hear) to build their lives at Lexington. Her father Oscar became the superintendent of Lexington school and Leah spent her childhood within the school's walls. By her father becoming superintendent of the Lexington school this resulted in the whole family becoming fluent in ASL. Ms. Cohen’s father Oscar spent his career trying the best he could to listen to the needs of deaf/hard of hearing individual's needs and doing the best he could to advocate for them. The book also follows the lives of several individuals who attended Lexington, some of the individuals who were in attendance were Ms. Sofia and Ms. Irina Normatov and Mr.

Do you know how orphans were treated in the past? Probably not, and that’s why the book Orphan Train should be selected by the city of Ottawa Hills as a novel for the residents of all ages and backgrounds to read. Orphan Train is about two women who live similar lives. The one situation that made their lives different, was the time when they were considered orphans. Although not everyone likes the same books, Orphan Train should be selected by the city of Ottawa Hills because it is important to know how children were treated back then vs now.

More children were apprehended then homes available for them, as stated previously, these children ended up out of country.

The orphan trains finally stopped in 1930 for several reasons, including a decreased need for farm labor in the Midwest and increased efforts by social service agencies to keep struggling families together. The rise of the welfare system made a major difference, helping with financial support for children, who, in an earlier age, might have taken to the streets(Warren, 1998)

Between 1854 and 1929 there were about two hundred thousand children who were either orphaned or abandoned by families who could no longer care for them. These children needed new families to care for them. The children traveled west mainly to rural areas in the Midwest by train in search of new homes where they could live and work. The children generally were a year old to seventeen years old. Most were separated from their brothers and sisters, and some never saw their siblings again. Thus began the “placing out” movement.

This essay explores how unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) are oppressed in the UK. An unaccompanied asylum seeking child is a person under the age of eighteen who has left their country of origin in order to seek refuge and is ‘separated from both parents and are not being cared for by an adult who, by law or custom has responsibility to do so’ (UNHCR, 1994:121). They are therefore applying for asylum in their own right.

In 20111, Molly Ayer is a 17, almost 18, year old troubled foster child living in Maine who is soon going to become too old for the foster system. After stealing a book from the library, the only way she can avoid getting kicked out of her foster home and being sent to a juvenile hall is helping an old woman named Vivian Daly clean out her attic as a community service project. Molly soon learns how closely related her and Vivian’s lives are related. Vivian and her family came from Ireland to New York in 1926 in hopes for a better future, but after a fire kills Vivian’s family she is put on an Orphan Train to Minnesota in order to find a new family. The train has 19 other children hoping for brighter futures, including a boy named Dutchy who Vivian strikes up a friendship with. Vivian is soon adopted by the Byrnes who call her Dorothy. Once the Great Depression struck though, Dorothy was moved to the Grote family, who lived in worse conditions than she has all her life. Although the conditions are grim, Dorothy is sent to school every day. After Mr. Grote attempts to rape Dorothy she goes to live with her teacher Ms. Larsen before being relocated to yet another new foster home. Dorothy soon finds the Nielson family which was a seemingly perfect fit for Dorothy. The only request the Nielson family had was to call Dorothy Vivian after their departed daughter. Vivian lives happily with the Nielsons and grows up to once again find Dutchy. Vivian and Dutchy are soon

There was a record number of unaccompanied child migrants from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border the summer of 2014. These young people hoped to flee from violence, and poverty affecting their countries. This wave of migrants garnered a lot of attention due to the fact that in the first half of 2014, more than 57,000 children arrived in the U.S. This was more than twice the number of arrivals as the ones that made it to the U.S.-Mexico border in all of the fiscal year of 2013.

The book, The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins depicts the story of a hopeless divorced alcoholic Rachel Watson who rides the train daily, attentively watching those who live in the houses along the track. Every day she passes by what once was her house and envies the new life of her ex-husband. In addition she fabricates a life of another family down the street. Hawkins’ emotional diction and imagery further conveys the effects addiction has on Rachel’s daily life and others.

In the past these were fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and grandparents. These families came in packs. Now they come as packs of children. Some are led here wit Coyotes. Coyotes are traffickers that bring immigrants wishing to come to the United States for a fee. The article, “No Country for lostkids” by P. J. Tobia tells the story of Nodwin, a boy from Honduras whose parents paid for a Coyote to bring him to them in Virginia. Nodwin states that, “ The big people force the children to take their clothes off and also make them sell bad things,and if they dont do it, they rape them or they kill them”. This is the reason Nodwin had to

These constant beatings in Maggie Johnson’s home, furniture thrown from parent to parent, and every aspect of her family life as being negative, her family situation is not an extremly healthy one. But, despite her hardships, Maggie grows up to become a beautiful young lady whose romantic hopes for a more desirable life remain untarnished.

Many child migrants, like Fito, want to be able give themselves better lives because they do not have any guardians caring for them. Fito