Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Chapter Summary

As I begin to read Lydia’s story, I recall the days that led up to the named storm, Hurricane Katrina. It was the year 2005. Most of the people I came in contact with were tracking the storm and wondered if the storm would come our way. We spoke of how we would prepare for the storm. I was afraid because my husband was on the road and I was alone to take care of my five-year-old child and my home. Lydia was brave as she rode out the storm.

Egan also describes the physical effects of the Dust Bowl, in which many children and weak adults suffered, from diseases such as dust pneumonia, livestock’s insides were packed with soil, thus blocking their stomachs and so they died of starvation. People couldn’t hug or even hand shake because the static electricity was enough to knock someone down. He also described the way of life they had, in which in order for dust to not leak into houses, they had to seal cracks around the windows and the door with wet sheets, and however the next day they still had to throw away the soil with a shovel. In order to discharge the static electricity in cars, they had to trail chains. Many were affected economically when they started losing their savings; banks, schools, and businesses closed. Black Sunday, on April 14, 1935, became the worst dust storm ever witnessed. Egan describes the story of a man who was lost in this storm; he became blind for the rest of his life. Temperature raised up to 141 degrees, such weather increased the population of rabbits, grasshoppers, tarantulas, and black widows. These insects were killed with boiled water and, “on Sundays, a mob of people with clubs herded rabbits into a corral and smashed their skulls.” Egan shows a similarity between the homesteaders’ thirst for extreme harvest and the grasshoppers devouring the rest of what was left in the plains,

During the Dust Bowl many people and kids have suffered, many lost their home and their towns got ruined. One of the people who has suffered in the Dust Bowl is Ashton. When Ashton went to his school he was immediately pulled in by his teacher Mrs. Kam. He was then told that the entire middle east was affected by the Dust Bowl and that a black blizzard will hit very soon. Then the winds outside started to get faster, the windows getting hit by all the dust gathered from the storm, but luckily for the students the school was structured well and was firmly attached to the ground. Many of the students panicked, the teacher trying to comfort them. Ashton was the only one who thought about his family how the black blizzard will affect his

The Dust Bowl was a difficult time that caused people to lose their lives or to have difficult ones. People got diseases, others lost everything they had, and kids didn’t get to grow up normal. One of these kids was Timothy Johnson. One day, he and his brothers were out when their mom called them in, as she did a loud sound crashed through their trees. They heard the stories of many dust storms forming but Timothy hadn’t known how they would affect his life. They watched as dust clouded around them, they couldn’t even see the tree Timothy and his brothers had played by. Days later after the first storm, Timothy went back to school and talked about it with his friends. A few days later at school another one hit, and all the kids had the realization of what was happening. About 6 months later kids would wear masks and many had gotten illnesses from what was now know as the Dust Bowl. Timothy grew up a lot during the Dust Bowl, he went through many hardships and learned what to do to help out his family. After, he wrote a documentary about it later becoming famous for the perfect way he portrayed it. Yet the story of Tim was only one of many caused by the Dust Bowl, an awful time that destroyed many lives.

Jim Heynen describes, “How beautiful! People said when things outside started to shine with ice. But the freezing rain kept coming.” The story, “What Happened During the Ice Storm” by Jim Heynen, is about farm boys going to collect pheasants in the middle of a raging ice storm. Every animal was safe except for the pheasants. They were frozen in place along the fence and could not see anything through the ice. After a careful analysis of the story, the reader can understand the theme, how people act in challenging situations, and human nature through imagery, diction, and figurative language.

The Dust Bowl affected children in a big way by ruining their health, and causing them to see extricating things. “The children of the Dust Bowl saw things that no one, no matter what their age, should see. And they are as capable as any witness of telling those things with devastating directness.”(Williford) This analyzes that the children had seen things that in today's life, other children could not handle

One has not experienced the life of living in dirt until he has been in the dust bowl. It was a decade-long dust storm that impacted hundreds of farmers and their farmlands. Hardship was among one of the influences of the storm, which affected both farm workers and city folks. The storm also brought the elements of destruction and darkness, which reigned chaos across the Plains. Together, these issues gave the storm its popular name, “black blizzard” (Documentary, 2014). Such a name was given due to the storm’s visibility as a large black cloud, which made it look evil and scary. Although the black blizzard is what some people call the dust storm, most will refer it as the dust bowl.

People are influenced by everything around them. The people they associate with influence their decisions, their surroundings impact their mood and behavior, and even weather can affect the outcome of a person’s day. Joan Didion, an American essayist, explains some strange impacts wind can have on people in her essay Santa Ana Winds. The author teaches teaches about the changes Santa Anas bring upon people and shows how “mechanistic” people are. Ms. Didion’s point is emphasized through her vivid diction, diverse syntax, and educated tone.

People with injuries were stable, sleeping conditions were organized, and rations of food were set. But in time, they ran out of food. A council was made to form decisions to not only benefit themselves as individuals but as a group. The leaders of the council struggled deciding upon certain decisions but ended up doing whatever they had to do to survive. The only awful thing they had as an option was each the meat on the people who were already dead. So many people disagreed with putrid disgust but the leaders did everything in their power to convince the others that that was there only option of survival. “Canessa took it upon himself to prove his resolution. He prayed to God to help him do what he knew to be right and then took a piece of meat in his hand and ate it. Later that evening, small groups of boys came out of the plane to follow his example” (Read 81,82). Canessa became the leader and did the horrifying act, and saved all their lives by doing so. They told themselves that it was God’s plan for them to survive and the others to die so that they could eat the dead bodies. Things started to become awfully normally. They all would have jobs. Some would take care of the food, some would take care of the injured, and some would take care of where they slept. They would live day-by-day hoping for a rescue. Until the avalanche hit. The Plane was almost entirely filled with snow, burying almost all the sleeping survivors. The wall at the entrance had been toppled and buried, and the blankets and cushions disappeared. Roy was the only one who was awake after the avalanche who could help the others. He was forced to be the hero and he was petrified. “He found himself standing buried up to his waist and when he took the shirt from his eyes what he saw appalled him. He felt desperate; he alone seemed to be free to help” (Read 121). Even though he was mortified, he took the responsibility of being the leader and saving

Navigation is as hard as it already is, and for many moving to new places is a hassle. Wherever they go, something also seems to get in the work and work against them. In the except, The Street, Ann Petry establishes the wind as a foe through the use of personification and imagery, to further intensify Lutie Johnson’s discomfort in the new setting.

It was December and the day was cold. The wind blew rapidly and incoherently as the village folk worked on the crops and attend to their many cattle. Then, something started falling from the sky...it was snowing. Normally this isn’t a big deal,

Many citizens fail to realize the changes society can undergo without the supervision of people in authority roles. In The Lord of the Flies a plane full of British schoolboys crash on a deserted island while they are escaping from World War II. The older boys, Ralph and Jack, fight for power over the rest of the group. From daily duties to a potential beast, they face many challenges. In The Mist a mysterious fog appears along the horizon. No one knows what the fog contains until someone enters the store announcing the fog took his friend. David and his son, Billy, become stranded in a grocery store with many others. With the mist and many different creatures surrounding the store everyone feels vulnerable. They are looking for someone to shed light on the situation. Many look toward Mrs. Carmody for guidance, in which she turns to the Bible. David strives to tend to everyone's needs with the thought of survival. [In Stephen King’s film adaptation The Mist and William Golding’s novel The Lord of the Flies, both authors show the terror humans face during times of uncertainty, the fight to establish leadership, and the irony of the military’s role in bringing a resolution in times of chaos.]

The cyclone lifted the home with Dorothy and her dog Toto inside. After the house landed the reader and Dorothy knew that things were going to be quite different. The

As I parked in the gravel filled lot I settled in my car for a few minutes contemplating homework from each of my classes. I stepped outside with my belongings; there was a slight breeze from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey. Clouds dotted the orange tinted sky as the sun tried to climb up to be fully seen.

The fleeting changes that often accompany seasonal transition are especially exasperated in a child’s mind, most notably when the cool crisp winds of fall signal the summer’s end approaching. The lazy routine I had adopted over several months spent frolicking in the cool blue chlorine soaked waters of my family’s bungalow colony pool gave way to changes far beyond the weather and textbooks. As the surrounding foliage changed in anticipation of colder months, so did my family. My mother’s stomach grew larger as she approached the final days of her pregnancy and in the closing hours of my eight’ summer my mother gently awoke me from the uncomfortable sleep of a long car ride to inform of a wonderful surprise. No longer would we be returning