Frick Park: A Short Story

Finally, Sara took the courage and effort by deserting her own culture to assimilate the new culture. Sara knows the only way for her to assimilate the American culture is to leave her cautious father and went to college to become a teacher, which is her dreams. So, At age of seventeen she left her family and rent a basement lived by her self. By escaping her father¡¯s shadow she is like a bird free from a cage that she can breath the fresh air of the new world. Eventhough she lived in the little room with dilapidated furniture, but at least she can be herself- to pursuit of self-identity.

She is extremely effective in supporting her main idea by supplying the reader with descriptive detail on how she grew up and how certain things took place in rural North Carolina during the 1960’s. These details grasp the reader’s attention immediately by implementing such detail that while reading the words on each page, a visual picture can be envisioned by the reader.

Eleanor, the protagonist, undergoes a difficult childhood where she had to take care of her ill mother for 11 years, until she died. Taking care of her mother for most of her childhood prohibited her from developing as a person; that affected her tremendously. For example, During Theodora’s supernatural experience, Shirley Jackson displays how Eleanor’s inner child managed to let her grow anger and jealously towards Theodora. Eleanor felt like Hill House was giving Theodora more affection and attention than it was giving her; similar, to the one that a child would have

She has trouble time figuring out the history behind Pittsburgh. The things she’s read about it was the dinosaurs, American Indians, and the American Revolution. She starts to embrace her drawings as a hobby and spends much time doing it.Annie mostly draws historical events Annie’s friend Judy invites her to their family’s country house. Judy’s family are very bright people and know a lot about american which annie loves about them. She uses going to the country house to do more reading and exploring the outdoors with her imagination. Annie starts to read more historical books, like world war two and the cold war. Annie starts high school, but her family status seems to be the biggest focus for other, much like her race and religious beliefs. She begins to have more understanding about american history and the city in which she is living in. Annie’s father has a strong belief that success can go a long way if you can work for it. Annie starts to give more dedication into school after her father made that clear. Towards the end of high school, she gets into bad situations such as getting into many problems and crashing a

In the story “ Where are you going, Where have you been?” Connie is a young adult who tries to have the appearance of being a mature woman who is experienced with men, but when she meets Arnold it only tells us that this is only a performance. She tries to be more of an attractive adult through her clothing, hairstyle, and her behavior to get the attention she wants from boys. The love and romance that is evident in songs she listens to and the images of pop culture that surround her are a lot more different from the reality of being an adult. A theme that seems to run through the story is that music is meant to be the way out of the real world into Connie's world of fantasy What teenagers don’t realize is that things on tv and the type of music they listen to is not

Nelle was known as a “Tomboy”.(famousauthors) Her friend, eventual author Truman Capote, was bullied and Nelle would protect him.(famousauthors) Their friendship was strengthened by the fact that neither of them had great home lives.(famousauthors) Nelle’s father was a lawyer, co-owned the city newspaper, and was rarely home.(famousauthors) Her mother was believed to be bipolar and needed special treatment.(famousauthors) As a result her mother rarely let the house.(famousauthors) These hiccups did not stop Nelle from making it through school.(My Name Is Scout) In high school she developed a love for

Taylor’s mother worked hard to keep her from “fitting the mold” of girls in this town; get pregnant in high school, get married at a young age, and stay in this town forever. Taylor did not want this life for herself so she did everything in her power to make a better life for herself. Throughout the course of the novel Taylor grew as a person because she learned the importance of family, opened her eyes to new experiences, and grew to be more apparent of the realities of her world.

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.

First of all, Petry describes Lutie Johnson's character to be persevering due to her being out in the cold. Petry states, "The wind lifted Lutie Johnson's hair... so suddenly she felt naked and bald" (Petry 3). This situation shows the challenges Lutie Johnson faces while going into the cold to find a new home for her family. Secondly, Petry uses events to develop the theme through the struggles Johnson faces to do a simple task like reading a sign. Petry states, "She shivered... bathed in a rush of coldness... blinking in order to read the words on the sign" (Petry 3). This situation shows Johnson's perseverance despite being cold and not being able to see, Johnson was still determined to read the sign telling her what the home would be like. Finally, Petry uses setting to give the readers an idea of what Johnson's surrondings is like. In "The Street" Petry states, "It had been there for a long time... original coat of white paint streaked with rust" (Petry 3). The description of the month tells us how old the building is, showing the area she could be living in faces poverty, she also stated earlier the story takes place in Harlem, New York. With background knowledge, readers know of how poverty impacts Harlem. Petry shows the theme of perseverance through the poverty that Lutie Johnson faces. Petry does this by revealing it through the

She goes from a place of not having to worry about her identity, to the complete opposite of wanting to assimilate to a new identity. She relocates with her family from a gang infested neighborhood an east eighty street in L.A to Verdugo Street that had beautifully manicured lawns and streets without sidewalks. There she meets Melvin Bukeford, the boy who is despised by all the kids in the school because of his accent and his physical built and also for being the new kid. They share a bond between themselves as outsiders. Avery the black kid, an outsider looking in desperately trying to fit in, while Melvin an outsider, not because of race, but because of “his pointed ears…pointed nose and the freckles splattered all over his permanently pink face” (Johnson 2) How sad it must feel to be rejected by your race and to feel like you do not belong in your own

Where ever Antoinette goes she is shunned and outcasted. From her own mother to the black Jamaicans, she is alienated by or scared of most of the world she knows. The young girl quickly finds comfort in nature and the sense of solace it gives her. Her fixation with nature and its calmness contrasts with the crumbling, unnatural civilization of jealousy, deceit, and hatred in which she lives. Within all of this she is forced to process her fears and emotions all on her own, seemingly only being able to look to the constancy and tranquility of nature for peace of mind.

First walking in, one can notice a sign reading Minto Brown Island Park, but continuing down the concrete path, anyone can see calling it a “Park” is a major understatement. Vast fields of tall grass on both sides of the entrance, birds flew and nested, hidden from the prying eyes of humans and predators. Further down the path, there were parked cars, their owners playing fetch with their dogs; dozens and dozens of dogs. As far as the eye can see there were tall, perhaps ancient, trees; it greatly resembled a forest. The path diverges into two at the end of the people park, however if you were to go down the middle of the forked trail, you’d soon find yourself submerged in a lake filled with small fish and amphibian creatures. Follow the left

Once the student is back in his room, he begins pondering his life's situation. He is sensitive to his current environment, and imagines Harlem and New York talking to him, as if they were friends. They are the two worlds he is a part of, and he tries to resolve the differences by acknowledging the similarities. He recognizes that his life has many things in common with other people; working, loving, reading, learning, eating, sleeping, etc. Only the objects of expression are different.

When Willy and Linda purchased their home in Brooklyn, it seemed far removed form the city. Willy was young and strong and he believed he had a future full of success. He and his sons cut the tree limbs that threatened his home and put up a hammock that he would enjoy with his children. The green fields

As an activist against racism and a person of whom secludes herself from others, Meridian lives as an outcast within society trying to avoid the judgement passed by people, just as The Wild Child does. This shows both Meridian and The Wild Child’s sense of self identity and independence in the way that they realize that they would rather be separated from society and go about things in their own way, the only way that they know.