Gathering Blue Essay

Imagine living in a world where the weak are cast aside and you yourself are crippled, but your life is spared by love. Then your mother dies unexpectedly and there is no longer anyone protecting you. What will happen to you now? This is what Kira faced in the novel Gathering Blue written by Lois Lowry. Kira was born with a deformed leg and faces physical challenges because of it. At the beginning of the book, Kira’s mother dies from an unexpected illness and Kira is attacked by a group of women led by Vandara. Vandara claims that Kira should be taken to the field and left for the beasts, which the reader finds out later are not real. The Council of Guardian’s then spares Kira’s life and appoints her official threader of the Singer’s robe. She later meets Thomas, the Carver, and Jo, the

Yves Klein, one of the most prominent and controversial French artist, emerged in the middle of the XX century, remembered above all for his use of single color and the rich shade of ultramarine that he made his own: International Klein Blue.

In the story “Blue against White”, the author, Jeannette C. Armstrong, writes about a native girl coming home to her reserve after spending time in the city. The topic of memories is very apparent throughout the story as the main character, Lena, is reminiscing through most of it. Whether we like it or not, life always goes on and sometimes, there are things we don’t really pay attention to until it’s too late. Memories can help to keep the past alive and get us through some pretty tough situations. In the story, Lena thinks about her time in the city and how she got through it with her memories of the place she grew up in. Armstrong represents her idea of memory of the past in her text with the use of the blue door as a symbol, comparing

One of the greatest and more fundamental gifts of life is the autonomy that comes with being a sentiment human being. This hasn’t always been considered a human right, however, and many eastern hemispheres are struggling to catch on to the concept that people should be allowed to make the decisions they choose without the external pressure to do otherwise. Thus, the question that should be asked is whether or not every human being on this planet is free, whether they should be free and what does free really mean. For many, freedom is all about that ability to to choose what they want, make their own decision and be able to move around as they please. Freedom is about equity, free speech and the guarantee of life, no matter how good or bad.

This passage causes you as a reader to reflect on Gatsby’s misfortunes. It begins, “He had come a long way in to his blue lawn…” Nick is reflecting on how far Gatsby has come and how he has been determined to reach his dreams. In reference to the blue lawn, I think this refers to Gatsby’s quest for the American Dream. The blue lawn is referring to Gatsby’s lawn at his home. He has become wealthy and has a huge mansion with a nice lawn and garden but he still is not happy. He throws lavish parties and lives the life of the wealthy. His acquirement of wealth is a part of the American Dream. He has the house with a picket fence and manicured lawn but doesn’t have love. He does not have the complete American Dream because he does not have

Nina had freedom. She lived in New York alone, worked as a tour guide in China. She lived away from her family and with their complicated pasts. She’s a sister of three and is the youngest and most independent. Leila the oldest sister and Ona the middle child. All three sisters had their own kind of way of dealing with the family. Ona one of the quieter child committed suicide and that might’ve been her way of escape.

California Blue is a novel about a seventeen-year-old boy named John Rodger. John is in his last year of high school in a small northern California town where the majority of the townspeople, including John's father, work in the lumber industry. As the youngest son of a father who was a champion athlete, John has always felt pressured to excel in his sport of choice, distance running. Because his father considers biologist's opposition to clear cutting of redwoods a threat to the timber industry and his livelihood, John's father also disapproves of John's interest in biology as a major area of study. John doesn't follow either of his father's wishes. In the middle of his senior year John learns that his father has leukemia and that

I read the book Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. This book is about being strong through rough times and trusting yourself. In the beginning of the book Kira’s Mom passed away. This was not her first loss, because when she was a tyke her Dad had been killed by beasts.

Our world today is filled with unnecessary oppression. Slavery is one common form of human oppression, but there are numerous other forms as well. War, death, hunger, and sadness caused the elders in the society of The Giver to force each citizen to live extremely structured, controlled lives. That structure and control effected each person’s ability to live unique, private, and free lives. The elders in The Giver wanted all the citizens in the community to be undifferentiated for their own safety, so they greatly censored all citizens. Lack of freedom to pursue individual happiness is, indeed, a form of oppression not only faced by fictional book characters, but also by twenty-first century Americans. American society is changing so rapidly that we as independent Americans must decide whether safety, or freedom, is more important.

Rayona is in a way lost and can’t seem to find her place in the world. She thinks about herself in the way that she thinks others think of her. She is fifteen years old at the time and does not have a lot of sense of her self. Rayona is half African American and Native American, which makes her think she’s different from others and makes her have a low self esteem. She struggles with her identity and physical appearance. Another thing that makes it difficult for her to find her true self is that she lacks information about her heritage. Her dream is to have a “normal” life, meaning to have a functional happy family and to be able to fit in. Rayona feels like a real family is the opposite of what she has. She goes through a series of events and learns a little about her self in each of them. Rayona is

Lois Lowry gives a great quote to describe how freedom can be painful. “ The Giver looked up at him, his phase contorted with suffering. Please, he gasped, take some of the pain.” (Lowry 119) Jonas wants to know more about the world, but with knowing the great things also comes having to know the bad things. The quote shows with freedom will come pain. The Giver is a great book to show never give up even if the truth can be frightful.

William blue was born in Jamaica on 1763. As he later claimed to have served with the British army in the American war of independence,he may have been a freed African-American slave from colonial New York. By 1796, however, he was living at Deptford, London, and working as a chocolate-maker and a lumper (worker) in ships in the River Thames. On 4 October that year at Young women/cleaning womentone, Kent, Blue Was convicted of stealing raw sugar--probably meant for confectionery making--and sentenced to seven years transportation. After over four years in convict (giant people or things/frames of ships, etc.), he was taken to (the study of plants) Bay in the Minorca. He was described in convict records as 'a Jamaican Negro sailor', (old/allowed to get old/got older) 29 in 1796.

(Page 1) Her mother, Katrina, died quickly from a very sudden, brief, and incurable sickness. Kira's family only consisted of her and her mother so she is now left an orphan. She was very close to her mother since she was the only family she had, she mourned greatly about Katrina’s death. Kira was born with the deformed a leg causing her to be pushed out, rejected, and not wanted by all the other villagers, leaving her with nowhere and no one else to go to.

Kira-Kira, written by Cynthia Kadohata, is about a Japanese-American family that is forced to move states for work and deal with the loss of a child. Most of the author’s work of literature involves stories relating to her Japanese background. Kira-Kira is a historical fiction, which adds to the genre that Kadohata usually stays in the boundaries of (Gale). Kadohata novels are also coming of age books for young adults, and this book is no exception. The main focus of the book is how the main protagonist, Katie, faces ongoing conflicts and overcomes obstacles which results in her maturing into her own person.

The novel, Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, microscopically follows the tensions within an externally successful family, but internally broken American family. In Freedom, Franzen explores the illusion of freedom illustrated by people who can never actually be free. Walter will never be free of his love for Patty, and Patty will never be free of her obsession with Richard. Richard will never be free of his perceived inferiority to Walter. Joey will never be free of Patty’s overbearing allegiance to him.