Compare And Contrast The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963

Many people assume that people are just people, we have no intentional meaning, but that’s not really the case. This is seen the historical fiction novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis when The Watsons were traumatized over the bombing at Joetta’s church. The author uses symbolism to convey the message that maturity comes with time because with impactful events and people, you have to adapt.

In chapter 14 of the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis the author uses symbolism when she writes about the flickering light during the aftermath of the Birmingham Church bombing. “One light from the ceiling was still hanging down by a wire, flickering and swinging back and forth.” (pg. 123) I believe that the light symbolizes the life of bombing victims as they hang by a thread, flickering on and off. The author had already equated light to life when Kenny almost drowned when he wrote “all the light and sounds from Alabama disappeared” (pg. 116).

The setting of the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis takes place in Flint, Michigan, during winter in 1963. The year is listed in the title of the book so it is clear that it was at this time. There is a point in the story where Kenny plays dinosaur war with his friends. He is playing American’s verses Nazi’s and they have an atomic bomb and radiation. In my opinion, this doesn’t really help much to establish the time in the novel because the Nazi’s were defeated in 1945 and the atomic bomb was also dropped in 1945. However, this story takes place in 1963 which is eighteen years later. The Korean war was in 1950 so it might have made sense that they would have been fighting Koreans. However, it only narrows

In the two texts, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham,” by Christopher Curtis and “16th Street Baptist Church Bombing,” by Jessica McBirney the authors both use the church bombing event to develop their own central ideas. In the text, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham,” by Christopher Curtis the central idea focuses on how the event affected a few families personally, and the whole community in a different way. This is shown when the main character Kenny thinks his sister was killed in the bombing, though she was not. In the text, “16th Street Baptist Church Bombing,” by Jessica McBirney the central idea focuses on that the bombing didn’t just affect the girls, but the entire nation leading to the signing of the civil rights act by President Lyndon

In The Watsons Go To Birmingham the movie and the book have many similarities and differences when talking about what scenes/phrases were in both the book and the movie, also scenes/phrases that weren't in both. One of the many similarities between the book and the movie is in the beginning Byron seems to get his lips stuck to the car by kissing his own reflection on the mirror on the Brown Bomber (the Watson’s car). In the book it says “I moved closer. I couldn’t believe my eyes! Byron’s mouth was frozen on the mirror! He was as stuck as a fly on flypaper!” (13, paragraph 2). Although there are many similarities between the book and the movie, there are also many differences one of them being stated in the book that Grandma Sands was a small

The topic of Civil Rights is an interesting topic for so many people. This event changed history forever and allowed some people who couldn’t even get good jobs to become president of the United States or even have the same rights as others. In the book The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963, the author, Christopher Paul Curtis, wrote a story about a family that is living in this time. The author mostly focused on telling us a story of the Watson family and not really any historical events. I really would've liked it if the book gave more information on civil rights and not just have one historical event happen at the end of the book. Adding some more facts and history would have made the book more interesting. All in all, the book The Watsons Go

Near the end Kenny had been hiding and Byron found him, but he said he wouldn’t tell, but he did the right thing by telling his parents. Kenny told us, “Even though Byron had a reputation for not being a snitch, I got the feeling he snitched on me.” This was the right thing for Byron to do because his parents were concerned but thanks to Byron not as much. So he ended up helping out his

. and tried to make him quit but all I could do was sit there too tired to do anything but let Daddy Cool nibble on the top of my head while he cried like a kindergarten baby.” Kenny almost drowned because he didn’t listen to Byron. While this quote is happening, Byron just saved Kenny and was hugging/kissing him.

In 'Ballad of Birmingham,' Dudley Randall illustrates a conflict between a child who wishes to march for civil rights and a mother who wishes only to protect her child. Much of this poem is read as dialogue between a mother and a child, a style which gives it an intimate tone and provides insight to the feelings of the characters. Throughout the poem the child is eager to go into Birmingham and march for freedom with the people there. The mother, on the other hand, is very adamant that the child should not go because it is dangerous. It is obvious that the child is concerned about the events surrounding the march and wants to be part of the movement. The child expresses these feelings in a way

“The Watsons Go To Birmingham,” by Christopher Curtis and “16th Street Street Baptist Church Bombing,” by Jessica McBirney

The Watsons go to Birmingham was an amazing book and movie, but I personally think that the novel was better. The novel is better because it has more character depth, it shows theme better, and you can get your own understanding. The movie lacked many things including character depth.

Byron never did this so, Kenny is explaining how he was in a good mood. specifically, this is a great quote because it shows how Byron is becoming nicer than he was before. This quote is in the middle of the book. This is when Byron starts

Have you ever been treated unfairly? Well, in the book The Watsons go to Birmingham in 1963 they were in the middle of the civil rights movements, they were fighting to be treated equally. The main theme is stopping segregation here are three examples ,the Watson family couldn't go to the same school as whites, they couldn't use the same restrooms, they couldn't go to the same church in peace.

Published in 1995 by Christopher Paul Curtis, The Watsons Go to Birmingham is a story of an African- American family living in a town of Flint, Michigan, having a journey to Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. The movie came out in 2013, similar to the original novel. This loving family consists of five members: Byron Watson, an official juvenile delinquent, Kenneth Bernard Watson, ten years old boy with a lazy eye, Joetta Watson, an obedient youngest Watson, Wilona Sands Watson, Momma who always look after her kids, and lastly, David Watson, a thoughtful reliable dad. In fact, the movie is quite different from the novel, because the plot events don’t match with the movie, there is fused resolution, there is some missing and different characters, and the focus of the theme are slightly different.

     The Ballad of Birmingham resembles a traditional ballad in that it tells a story in a song-like manner. The didactic tone seeks to teach us something; in this case it’s the theme of needless destruction. There are many devices the author uses to create such a tone and to tell such a story.