Driving Down Mountaineer Boulevard, A Short Story

Form the age fifteen and on Joe as always had trouble trusting people. With Morris, Ulbrickrson, and Pocock, helping him; he learns to trust

When Lori and Jeanette are growing older, they decide they want to move to New York City to start a new life, away from their parents. Lori and Jeanette get jobs and begin to earn money. They hide their earnings from their parents in a piggy bank they named Oz. One day Jeanette tries to find Oz to put her paycheck in. Instead she says to Lori “Someone has slashed him apart with a knife and stole all the money” (Walls 228). The kids knew right away who had stolen it. It was Dad. When Lori confronted Dad with the news about Oz, he started playing dumb, acting like he had not idea what was going on. But in fact he did steal the money. This action shows that Dad is very selfish and only cares about himself.

Judge Taylor had a visit at my house and told me that a local Negro, Tom Robinson, had been accused by Bob Ewell of raping his daughter. He has been arrested and is being held in custody. The Judge informed me that he was thinking of appointing me to take the case as Tom’s defense lawyer, and I told him that I would, knowing the clear innocence of Tom and lack of any kind of evidence. God I hope I know what I’m getting myself into. I don’t know if it’s fair for me to put the weight of this my decision on Jem and Scout but I know there will be no way to avoid it. Jem will be ready for it but it’s Scout that I’m worried about. A lot of hate is about to be coming my way over this case and I’m sure Scout will

In Langston Hughes, "On the Road" the Sargeant is a homeless Black man that is desperate for food and shelter. In his desperation, Sargeant goes to the church to refuge, but there is no one at the Church to help him get refuge. Although Sargent is living in a time where the depression is in existence amongst all people, Black and White, he finds no one to help him. Sargent goes to the Church because the Church helps people. However, because Sargeant is Black and the Church is populated by a White congregation, he is rejected. In the story " One the Road", one of the people: A big black unemployed Negro holding onto our church... "The idea"! This represents that Sargent wants the benefits of the white

Why do you think McCarthy has chosen not to give his characters names? How do the generic labels of “the man” and “the boy” affect the way you /readers relate to them?

The two men’s criminal history continues with their petty crimes, although it is known that Perry has bigger dreams, ones that do not contain crime. In the next chapter the loud shouts of Kenyon summoning Nancy mimic the car horn, “Good grief, Kenyon! I hear you” (17). Planning on teaching a neighbor’s daughter how to bake a pie, Nancy’s classic American girl personality is found to be exemplary. The two scenes create an opposition of Nancy’s innocent act of baking a pie to the corruption of Dick and Perry’s criminal

Surviving a shooting is unthinkable and to have to go to trial as a witness and relive the shooting is even more unthinkable. Josie deals with going to the trial and observes all the grieving. Josie’s mother Alex begins to date Patrick, one of the detectives on Peter’s case. While on the stand, Josie breaks down and tells everyone she killed Matt Saab, her former boyfriend. The jury deliberates and finds both Peter and Josie guilty. I evaluate why Josie went to prison, predict that Alex and Patrick will get married, and question why Josie shot Matt.

Warfare in Joseph Boyden's Three Day Road: Excavating the Trauma Within All soldiers that enter the war are challenged with two extremely significant encounters; the one against the opposition and the personal battle within themselves. In Joseph Boyden's, Three Day Road, the unique experiences of ancestral history and cultural assimilation indeed challenge the characters of Xavier and Elijah. Their experiences from a residential schooling system burrow a hatred into Xavier, but more predominantly Elijah, and is revealed as the two friends experience the war together. Xavier’s own ancestry of windigo killers is exposed when the war presents unconceivable problems, but he is able to revolt against most of them due to his strong spiritual

Prometheus, a Titan in ancient Greek mythology, stole the fire from Zeus, the ruler of all Gods, and gave it to humanity, even when Zeus strictly told him not to. As punishment, Prometheus is bound to a rock. Every day, an eagle swoops in to eat his liver, but Prometheus does not die. His liver regenerates only to be eaten again the following day. Because Prometheus “carried the fire” to humanity, his days are forever filled with torture. Similar to the situation that appears in the Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, the main characters, a man and his son also “carry the fire” for the sake of mankind. “Carrying the fire”, a motif that Cormac McCarthy portrays throughout his novel, The Road, can be used to explain the reasoning behind why

Three Day Road takes place in 1919 after the first world war in northern Ontario. An Oji-Cree medicine woman named Niska, who has received the good news of the return of a family friend from war, decided to go and retrieve him from the train station. Yet instead of the expected meeting with Elijah, she finds herself face to face with her supposedly dead nephew Xavier Bird. Although he had survived through the war, it had cost him a leg. Realizing he was surviving off the military’s morphine and his disease was truly from the inside, Niska knew the last thing there was to keep him alive were the stories that kept her alive through the winters of her childhood. In return, Xavier decides to tell Niska stories of the war. He revealed that he and

Mildred, the victim, had seen what appeared to be a complete success story. Her fear of her neighborhood was greatly reduced and she was doing much better than before the crime had taken place. She was socializing with neighbors and had become a better person. David, the burglar, had a much greater success in his process. The relationship he had with his parents was stronger than ever. David started to attend college where he would begin coaching a little league baseball team. The team that David coached had run-ins with Betty’s husband’s team in which David’s team won most of the time. David made many efforts to make things right with Mildred and apologize whenever he could. He had purchased a clock that he thought would be a great gift to Mildred to replace the watch he had stolen. David has also become a restorative circles facilitator like the ones who had helped Mildred and himself. The community had become a much safer and better place because of this. Everyone seemed to be much more engaged in helping one another and assuring that everyone was safe and making positive changes for the

These chapters focus on the days after Alex was arrested for his drunk underage driving. He returns from the hospital and is told he will have a hearing for his case in 30 days, and he’s required to show up in court. His mom clearly shows her anger and disappointment at him, as does his best friend Laurie, a martial artist he’s known since he was six. The story then jumps ahead to Alex’s day in court, Chapter 4. To briefly summarize, Alex gets a plea deal to do community service instead of jail time, even after making an ill-timed comment when the judge happened to be right behind him.

As Pa opened the door, his ginger hair and bright green eyes entered my vision. How are his eyes still bright during this storm? He’s the boss of William and Rose. He complained that they haven’t worked in three days. I remember his exact words. “Charles good to see you!” He said to Pa, shaking his hand. “Good to see you too. Why have you stopped by Ry?” Pa replied. “Willy and Rose haven’t worked in three days, and I ain’t gettin’ my money! I’m sure you ain’t gettin’ any money either. May I borrow them for the day?” Pa looked back at William and Rose. They’re faces in fear. Pa nodded, let out a sigh and turned to look back at Ryland. “Yes you may. But please, keep them safe out there and bring them back at 5pm sharp.” I snapped out of my thoughts. “Pa? What time is it?” Pa looked at his watch on his left wrist. “It’s 4:49pm sweetie. Your brother and sister will be here shortly. Well, I hope so.” Pa walked upstairs to talk to Ma and left me sitting there alone, at the kitchen table. About seven minutes later, there’s a knock at the door. I answer it and see a dirt covered William and a dusty covered Rose. “Willy? Rose? Are you guys okay?” I ask as they start walking to the kitchen. “Yes, we’re fine. Just very tired.” Rose says. I look back at the white door and see that I’m still holding it open. Ryland then appears. “Oh, I was expecting your father to be at the door Kathleen!” He let out a little laugh, then coughed. “They both worked very hard today. Well.. just tell your father that they both have four dollars in their hands.” He says. “Will do. See you soon Mr. Masterson.”, I say as I close the door and walk to the kitchen seeing two tired, stressed hard

Setting: Tom Wolfe is riding in the back of an old pickup truck through the streets of San Francisco with the Merry Pranksters. The time period is the 1960s.

We’re walking through Toronto at 5:30 pm. It’s one of the most busy times of day, also we’re in a larger city so that probably doesn’t help either. As I look around, there were rows of towering buildings stretched above us. There were people everywhere shoving their way through. There were so many cars, and many people honking their horns. I’ve never been in a big city like that before, so I never realized how much easier it is to drive in Traverse City.