Comparing Pursuit Of Happyness And Fly Away Home

The author Wes Moore’s father dies at a young age and his mother Joy does her best to keep her son out of trouble. She works multiple jobs to send him to a nice private school once they move to

The theme of this book is that the human capacity to adapt to and find happiness in the most difficult circumstances. Each character in the novel shows this in their way. For instance, their family is randomly taken from their home and forced to

In addition, this book succeeds in terms of depicting real life situations to young children. As presented in the story, Reed’s father lost his job; thus, causing him to move back in with

The story ¨Fly Away Home¨" By Eve Bunting is an example of one of the world's biggest issues, which is poverty. Fly away home teaches the younger generation to be thankful for what you have. Fly Away Home theme is about being thankful for you, what have because Andrew doesn't have a place to call home, does labor instead of education, and hopes for a better future even with all of his anger and his misery.

The first time where I was able to see the father actually care is when his wife gets a letter in the mail asking them to register their son into a special needs program to try and get him ready for kindergarten since he will not be able to progress as quickly as the other children in class. But his mom had a very hard time letting go of her baby bay. He still was only 3 years old but that’s when he needed to start learning how to communicate so that he can be ready for kindergarten. Mr. Clines signs the paper right away but his wife is still having a hard time excepting sending her son to school so early when she could

We have all seen the poor or homeless people on the streets. They look cold and lonely. We don't really think about what their life is really about. But have you ever realized that most of them had a good life before they became poor or homeless. The book Almost Home by Joan Bauer goes over this, that the people who are less fortunate are still people and that they had a good life too. This and many other good lessons are gone over in this book.

In “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, O’Brien portrays a captivating message of responsibility to his readers. Its moral explains how we sometimes let ourselves “out” of our problems, because we would like to be somewhere pleasant. The excerpt

This collection of stories begins when the narrator Yunior and his brother Rafa who are 8 and 12, are sent to live with their uncle for the summer so their mother can work. Their father abandoned them when Yunior was 4 and their family lives in poverty, sometimes having to forgo food for clothes and other necessities. Their mother works sometimes 14 hour shifts, at a local chocolate factory while their grandfather watches them. When Yunior is 9 his father returns from the United States to bring them back. They live in an apartment and set up a new community in New Jersey. Although they still live in poverty, they do not want for food or other basic necessities. The stories then jump forward years to when Yunior is in high school and living with his mother. He works and helps pay the rent and other bills

The memoirs Under the Afghan Sky by Melissa Fung and A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout highlight the importance of maintaining not only one’s physical well-being, but also one’s psychological well-being to overcome life-threatening experiences. In order for the respective female protagonists—Melissa Fung and Amanda Lindhout— to survive as hostages, they must persevere through two mental obstacles: isolation and death.

The memoirs, Under the Afghan Sky by Melissa Fung and A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout, highlight the importance of maintaining not only one’s physical well-being, but also one’s psychological well-being to overcome life-threatening experiences. In order for the respective female protagonists—Melissa and Amanda— to survive as hostages, they must persevere through two mental obstacles: the fears of isolation and death.

"Circus in Town" and "Happyness for Sale" are two stories about people in poverty, and how optimism takes away "the pain" from living in poverty. In the short story "CIrcus in Town," Jenny is upset she isn't able to go to the circus, but she is optimistic that one day she'll go see the circus. In "Happyness for Sale," Gardner is rich and living the American dream, but in the beginning, he was homeless. Gardner said that "A lot of hard decisions were made [here]. " If the Gardner was to talk to Jenny, he would say just be optimistic and work hard.

In the story Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting the main characters live in an airport and face very hard challenges, but fortunately for them they are always super prepared. Super prepared is the theme because the characters are super confident not to get caught, they are prepared for anything, and they work hard to solve problems they face.

Painting a psychological landscape, the excerpt from Margaret Laurence’s novel A Bird in the House reveals that often in the attempt to make the best of a situation, people end up running away from their problems, failing to overcome them. In the end, the attempt to hide from the truth only leads back to the bitter reality. Using imagery and contrast, Laurence explores Vanessa’s journey from escaping into a delusional ideal to being forced to face reality.

Jonathan’s pursuit of the perfect flight took everything from him. He lost his health, his family, his friends, and even his home. Although he struggled at times

My journey the day I left my home country in search of a better life was not as pleasurable or exciting as I expected. Although it was not a long flight, the accumulation of unexpected vicissitudes during the trip made my dream of traveling an absolute nightmare. Not only my sadness to be leaving my family behind, the uncertainty to fly alone and for the first time, or my inexperience with the procedures at the airport contributed to this calamity, but even my neighbor on the plane added his bit of sand in the affair. All this situation was such traumatic to me that I even considered never daring to fly again.