Etta Mae Chapter Summaries

Baca reveals a lot of background during the first chapter of the story. He describes all the dysfunctional things about his family, thus getting audiences that can relate to his past. He targets people that have similar backgrounds, so it’s easier for them to relate to the story. Baca, revealing in details of his background, also creates curiosity to those that can’t relate to his past. They read the story wondering what he did to survive the chaos, which was his family.

From the waves of the Gulf of Mexico to the plains of Indiana, from a barn in the Ozarks to the White House, this is a sweeping depiction of the effect of a major catastrophic change on the USA.

Mr. Gawande starts his literature on washing hands. He introduces two friends a microbiologist and an infectious disease specialist. Both work hard and diligently against the spread of diseases just like Semmelweis who is mentioned in the chapter. Something I learned, that not many realize, is that each year two million people acquire an infection while they are in the hospital. Mainly because the clinicians only wash their hands one-third to one-half as many times as they should. Semmelweis, mentioned earlier, concluded in 1847 that doctors themselves were to blame for childbed fever, which was the leading cause of

Sampson, George, and Rameck were three kids from the ghetto of Newark, New Jersey. They came from low-income families, and grew up without father figures. All three of them always did well in school, but others around them made a lot of bad choices. This caused many events that them caused them to go to jail. When they met each other in University High School, the three doctors decided to promise to each other that they would all go to college and become doctors. After they made the pact, there were a few problems, but these incidents never stopped them from pursuing their dream of becoming doctors. Today, Dr. Hunt is a Board certified internist at University Medical Center at Princeton

In the first few pages of Chapter Three, Kingsolver talks about heirloom vegetables and says “these titles stand for real stories.” What is meant by the title is heirloom plants give off seeds that end up being saved and used for many generations (112). Those seeds have history behind them; family stories that span over several years. For example, on page 144 Kingsolver talked about this heirloom seed exchange in Iowa where one of the founders’ grandfather left a pink tomato plant that his parents brought from Bavaria in the 1870s. The seeds are comparable to a family heirloom. Both get handed down from generation to generation and have a story of what the meaning of the object is and how it all got started.

I read the chapter “The Newcomers”, the book first starts off by stating how France started sending explorers to find new lands. When Francis I, (The king of France) sent Jacque Cartier, his job was to find a shipping route and precious gems and metals. Jacque Cartier arrived at Newfoundland and from there journeyed down to Prince Edward Island. Chief Donnacona went with his brother and two sons protest the cross, but the French convinced Donnacona to allow Jacque Cartier to take his two sons Domagaya and Taignoagny. Donnacona told stories to ward off Cartier from going past Quebec City, but soon Cartier went against Donnaconas wishes and past Quebec City and went as far as Montreal. Cartier’s crew got sick with scurvy and died off but he was still alive so he set sail back to France.

1. Chapter 1, is about introducing the Tres Camarones, the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Also, since the people in that town didn’t like change much there are already danger roaming around like the bandidos who will be evading the town.

When learning about factual information, it is necessary to learn through the utilization of a textbook. Whether it is in Science courses or History courses, it is essential for a student to gain knowledge through the understanding that a textbook provides. In HIST3, Kevin M. Schultz initiates an approach to learning about United States History in a chronological manner through 1877. While it effectively states the historic events that happened throughout time, it avoids going into specific detail. In Chapter 2 of Schultz HIST3, he states the events that occurred when the first Europeans came into contact with Native Americans. This contact transpired when Europeans set out to explore lands outside of Europe in order to find riches and to

In chapter eight of Unbroken, the narrator follows the description of Super Man’s bombing of Wake by describing the dangers of war, specifically in the American Air Corps. After describing multiple instances of Louie’s friends who have died in combat and the very real risks that are associated with flying in combat, the narrator follows with this quote, emphasizing how unlikely rescue at sea was. Although “the military was dedicated to finding crash and ditching survivors” (90), “the improbability of rescue, coupled with the soaring rate of accidental crashes, created a terrible equation” (91). This quote, and much of this chapter, is a foreshadowing of the events that occur with Phil, Louie, and the rest of the crew of the Green Hornet. By

Ngugi's memoir relates this story of this for years at Alliance High. From inside the walls of the school he begins his education with great anticipation on what the future holds. Outside the walls his brother fights for independence from England colonialism. His almost constant worry is that it will be found out and I would be forced to leave school or worse.

Chapter seven opens with Hiram and his Grampa driving to and through the "Hillburn land and Hillburn crops" (68). Hiram's grandfather begins talking about Harlan and how much his grandson reminds him of his father. Here, the readers are presented to a softer side of ol' Grampa Hillburn. To this point of the book, Hiram's grandfather and father fought like cats and dogs. It was seemingly like they hated each other. Perhaps it is his older age and the realization of the fraility in lifem, but Grampa admits to Hiram that he misses his son and doesn't really know why they fell apart like they did. After their sentimental moment, the two men travel to their old fishing spot on the Yazoo River so that Hiram will be able to find it on his own.

Percy's mother refuses to stay behind, so she goes with Grover and Percy in horrible stepdad Gabe's car. Percy cannot stop staring at Grover from the waist down... He explains to him he is half-goat, a satyr in Greek mythology. Grover tells Percy they're headed for the camp he was supposed to be attending for the summer; this is the only way Percy will be safe. When all of a sudden, they wreck into a ditch injuring Grover. They aren't very far from the property line of the camp, Percy's mother wants him to run there, but he refuses to leave his mom. Something catches Percy's eye; it's the Minotaur. His mother seems to know how to handle this, so she tells Grover and Percy to separate. With his mother telling them to keep running, the Minotaur clasps his hands around her neck and disintegrates to dust.

Chasing Chaos hardly could get a reader entertained until the last few chapters where Jessica begin talking about wanting to slow her life down and that maybe traveling all this much was time to stop. Though the book seemed to be endless recollections of different accounts of aid work, the book did incite some very interesting questions that can make the reader think hard about how people see aid workers and what they do. Aid work isn’t all the fun it might seem like in the beginning as Jessica mentions when “felt at turns dizzy, tired and depressed” after “having lived in Darfur for close to seven months” (Alexander 5). Many people are probably guilty of being like her friend, James, in the book with saying that just going over and donating items will help when in reality the job tends to be much bigger than just giving those in need my throw away items in

Chapter 12 Questions The play on words I find is that odds and ends is showing the writing is made up of bits and pieces that are put together into literature. Means is referring to how you should writing something. The “Terrible Three” are -wise suffixes, type and type of, manner and nature phrases.

In this part in the book Emaline was hurt but also knew that there is another college that could give her a full ride. Emaline was filled with joy when she found out she could go to another college, for free! In the song it talks about how they do not want to say any promises because they can be broke; “Oh na na, just be careful, na na, love ain't simple, na na, promise me no promises, oh na na, just be careful, na na, love ain't simple, na na,