Gwendolyn Brooks 'The Boy Died In My Alley'

The speaker says that she knows the boy who was shot in her alley by saing “I have known this Boy before.” and “I have always heard him deal with death.” Next she shows how she has been ignoring him by stating that “I have closed my heart-ears late and early.” Her guilt is shown by the line “And I have killed him ever.”

The authors of My Brother Sam is Dead, James and Christopher Collier, are ultimately against the war. They are against the war for multiple reasons, The Division of Families, the Clash of Generations, and Sam's Principles Vs. Reality. In My Brother Sam is Dead, although both sides are of war are shown, author's Collier and Collier ultimately argue that war is unfair and futile!

For my book report I chose to read, Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun, by Arvella Whitmore. The story was overall about a little African American boy that goes back in time to meet his great grandfather and realize how difficult life was in the 1700’s. He became a slave for the white men and would get punished abusively if he didn’t complete or finish a task. The overall mood of the book was pretty suspenseful and perplexing. In the beginning it was in the 19th century, but once he went back in time it changed some 200 years in the past.

In Cinderella Ate My Daughter Peggy Orenstein examines the triumphs and pitfalls navigating raising a daughter, in today’s mixed message world. From peer pressure and the need to fit in today’s society, young females have commercialism forced at them at every turn and in very clever ways. Doll creators have been pushing the boundaries of good taste with each new season launch. When the more “mature” actresses at the age of 17 feel the need to do something drastic to remove them from the wholesome image created for by company executives, mothers and consumers feel betrayed, and yet then we need to have a dialog with our kids as to why just last month Miley Cyrus was wonderful but now she is not okay for the viewing household.

Growing up in today’s society can be traumatizing for any child. When it comes to growing up as a young girl, however, it can be downright devastating, but not only for the child but the parent as well. There are so many decisions to be made when choosing how to raise your child, assuring that you have instilled proper values to develop a healthy sense of self-worth and confidence.

Most curriculums being taught to students withhold a mass amount of history. Some may do this because they feel some events do not have the same importance as other topics being taught. Such topics for example would be the rape and sexual exploitation of thousands of African American females during the time periods where racism and segregation was the norm. It is important for people to be educated about the horrific events that these women went through without justice. It is also essential because it shows the amazing activism Rosa Parks took part in. Most people are often just taught about Parks’ actions on the bus. At the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire shows how Rosa Parks and many other dedicated their lives to receive equality not only for themselves, but for all African Americans in the south. Danielle L. McGuire’s work is an amazing way for people to not only learn more of Rosa Parks story, but to get a better understanding of what all African American woman had to deal with during this time period. The realism of sexual violence and its dominant impact on the African American women was one of the many events that helped ignite the Civil Rights Movement. McGuire wrote At the Dark End of the Street in order to resolve the negligence of this reality.

In “Invisible Child,” a New York Times article written by Andrea Elliot, we follow a day in the life of a young African American girl, Dasani, growing up in New York City. However, instead of living in an “Empire State of Mind,” Dasani lives in the slums, growing up homeless with her two drug addicted parents and seven siblings. Dasani often finds herself taking care of her siblings, making sure they have enough to eat, tying shoelaces, changing diapers, getting them to the bus stop in time, and the list goes on. An 11 year old girl, essentially taking care of a whole family, as well as taking care of herself by going to school, receiving an education, and partaking in extra-curricular activities. Elliot captures the life and struggles of a family well under the poverty line, giving us an unprecedented look into what Dasani must do each day not just to grow up in New York City, but to survive.

In the “Invisible Child” written by Andrea Elliot, a lifestyle of a homeless girl named Dasani and her family is shown. Elliot displays Dasani’s culture, and some of the struggles that she and her family face daily because they are homeless. Dasani is very dedicated to her school work. She wants to be better than anyone in her family ever was so she doesn’t have to worry about being homeless for the rest of her life. In some ways I can relate to Dasani, I am very passionate about my school work as well. I want to excel so I can be my very best in the future. However, our reasoning’s for wanting to be the best we can be are a little different. She wants to excel so she no longer has to worry about being homeless whereas I’ve never been homeless so I cannot say the exact same. I grew up being a very privileged kid. Both of my parents worked full time good paying jobs. I’ve never had to want for much of anything. My parents have always spoiled me with nice things, they have always made sure my siblings and I had nice clothes and a decent meal to eat. They are even paying for me to attain a college education. Dasani and her family however are a lot different from mine. In the “Invisible Child” Elliot tells us how Dasani’s parents do not have legit jobs, instead they have side “hustles” that only bring in a few dollars. Elliot states (2013) that a lot of mornings Dasani was starving at school because she had no breakfast. Dasani and her siblings also had to wear clothes that were

Macbeth is a tragedy written by Shakespeare roughly between the years 1603 and 1606. It was a play written following the death of Queen Elizabeth. The king at the time - James I of England/King James VI of Scotland was known to be a big supporter of theatre, witchcraft and demonology. Shakespeare and his associates soon into their career became known as the King’s men. The Kings ancestry was traced back to Banquo, a character from the play.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a talking psychotherapy that is now commonly available through general practice as a low cost alternative treatment to antidepressant drugs. Individuals with depression, a mood disorder, are found to have low levels of neurotransmitters (Schildkraut, Green & Mooney, 1985) and were traditionally treated with selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs). According to NHS statistics, SSRIs were prescribed more than ten million times in 2000, the most popular being Prozac and Seroxat. As these medicines were proving so successful, why should being able to talk to someone about the way we feel be a possible alternative?

Macbeth’s presentation of his state of the union address isn’t really like the way modern day politics would present it but he uses similar tactics. Macbeth tries to persuade his people by saying there is a disease is his country and he will fight to root it out. In the play it turns out that the only problem people have is actually Macbeth himself. A lot of modern day politics try to use the same tactics. They spend a lot of money on trying to spread their ideas on fixing the countries problems. They also spend a lot of money trying to beat down the people they are running against accusing them of lying or cheating at some point in their life or career. Modern day politics are a lot like Macbeths tactics but they have some differences. Macbeth

Then, on the car ride home she hid it in her clothes, but her sister felt it and asked the narrator what was in her skirt. This distracted her mother and they then hit the car behind them at a crosswalk. The narrator thought her mom had died, and this caused her to sob, but thankfully, her mom didn't die. After the narrator got

Sorry for the Loss The story, ”Sorry for the Loss” is a short story written by Bridgett Keehan in 2008. Keehan’s short story introduces the readers into a situation where a chaplain named Evie has a task to deliver a bad news for a prisoner named Victor Zamora. The bad news is about the Victor’s grandmother’s death, and without knowing much information about Victor’s past, she judges him, with his prisoner background. Because of the prejudice Evie had towards Victor she starts to prepare herself mentally to the encounter with Victor, however later in the story Evie realizes that Victor is more different than she expected him to be. Evie is the main protagonist in this short story and the story follows Evie in form of a third person-limited narrator and the readers has the ability to read what Evie is thinking.

“the mother” was written by Gwendolyn Brooks in 1945 who was born in topeka Kansas on June 7, 1917. “the mother” was published in her 1945 collection “A Street in Bronzeville”, in 1950 Brooks became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize.(bio) “the mother” is a great description of a mother going through a time of remembering her wrongs and pondering on what could have been. The poem “the mother” is a anti-abortion poem, it is a emotional outpour of the sense of guilt by a mother who has regrets, she speaks of mothers who have had abortions and how they will never forget. The title “the mother” is not capitalized so it makes it feel as if the writer is making the mother less important or not important at all.

The poem “Mothers and Daughters” is written by Pat Mora. Pat Mora is a contemporary award winning writer, who writes for children, youngsters and adults. She was born in El Paso, TX in the year 1942. She attains a title of a Hispanic writer; however, the most of her poems are in English. In her literary work, one can observe the different aspects of the immigrants’ lives such as language issues, family relationships, immigrants’ experiences and cultural differences (1187).