Hazel Pete Research Paper

Being born and raised in Malvern, Pennsylvania, Hazel Winifred Johnson was one out of seven children and had many responsibilities at a young age. The entire family lived on a farm on Valley

Hazel has a strong identity in the story, she has much self-confidence and is not afraid of letting everyone know that she is the best, “Now some people like to act like things come easy to them, won’t let on that they practice. Not me. I’ll high-prance down 34th street like a rodeo pony to keep my knees strong even if it does get my mother uptight.” p. 1 ll. 29-31. Thus her strong and proud personality, she still loves and protects Raymond and is not afraid of showing this either. At the end of the story Hazel’s view on other people changes, when she sees Raymond running parallel with her at the May Day race in his own unique style. She realizes that everyone is not just who she sees them to be, that there are more to people than you can

It is always fascinating to see how people used to live in the past and how they performed their day-to-day tasks. The tribe website states that the members of the Chitimacha Tribe are fantastic basket weavers. This is a tradition that has been passed down though families for thousands of years, this is a really exciting fact because it shows how long it has been in practice and how it is something that is very important to the tribe (Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana). Being able to weave baskets is a really good skill to have because it can be used for their own use, in the home for storage, they could be traded for other goods, and it is also a really good pass time for people as well. As a tribe, the Chitimacha do not sell the baskets but if you were to know a member of the tribe you could buy one from them (Chitimacha Tribe of

Lorraine O’Gradys’ unintentionally historic performances, seemingly elevate everyday life to the status of art. In her ‘exhibit’ at the Studio Museum, her work is represented through photographs, in ‘Art is…’. Thirty years ago, O’Grady presented ‘Art is’ in the form of a float in the African American Day Parade right here in Harlem. Performers pranced with empty frames, metaphorically capturing fleeting pictures of the people and places that surrounded the route of the parade. By doing so, the trappings of high art were brought out of the museum, into the street, which promotes a new way people might begin to recognize this new art form in the celebrations of every day life. The

The days of living off the land have long since passed. Junior says, “… my mother stood in line to get us commodities. We carried them home, happy to have food, and opened the canned beef that even the dogs wouldn’t eat” (Alexie2). The Spokane reservation doesn’t provide any means for them to provide for their families on their own. They rely in large part on the government to supply their basic living necessities. This type of reliance doesn’t allow for other traditions such as the quilting Junior references or other traditions such as basket weaving. Perhaps the lack of traditions that are left is what brings us full circle to why the class reunions are held in the local

Native American basketry is a difficult task and it takes a lot of skill. It was utilized for many purposes such as gathering, cooking, storing and drinking. I believe the dealers lore led to the transformation of artwork due to the amount of skill that was put into weaving baskets. These are now displayed

In the detailed story of an impoverished family during the late 1900’s, Jeannette Walls describes her experience from the young age of 3, up until adulthood. The family of 6, with Rex Walls as the father, Rose Mary as the mother, and her three siblings, Lori, Brian and Maureen, were constantly moving throughout the country with little to no food or cash. The memoir shows how dysfunctional the family was, but never seemed to force the reader to condemn the parents. In a life of poverty, the have to move for own to town, and often lived in various mining towns. Although they each found something they learned to love (like Jeannette’s rock collection) in the desert, they had to leave them behind once Rex’s alcoholism only worsened, and they ran

She desperately starts to look for this last testament with hope that she could have changed something. Later comes depression; in the finding and hunting for Gus’s last testament she feels frustrated and slowly starts to depress. Until that spark of flame ignites her and she reaches the last stage of grief, which is acceptance. She finally finds the last testament which ends with this: “You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world but you do have a say in who hurts you, and I like my choices, and I hope she likes hers. Okay, Hazel Grace?”. (Green. 313) With her response being: I do. Peter Van Houten became a monster after he lost his daughter to Leukemia. He is a symbol of what you can become if you do not overcome grief. John Green was wise when incorporating him to the novel because he put him as a species of foreshadowing tool of what could have happened if Hazel would not have accepted Augustus’s death. She saw that and she accepted

To begin with, this story takes place mainly in Indianapolis in the 21st century. The story also takes place in hospitals, support groups in churches, as well as each other’s homes. From this, I can understand when Hazel describes

On October 6, 1917 Fannie Lou was the 20th child born to Jim and Ella Townsend in Montgomery County, Mississippi. During World War I (WWI), many black sharecroppers left the fields for jobs in the north. Fannie Lou's parents decided to take advantage of the shortage of blacks in the South and headed further South, where they ended up sharecropping on a plantation outside of Ruleville, Mississippi. At the age of six, Fannie started picking cotton part time and at age 12, she was picking full time. After finishing the sixth grade, Fannie Lou dropped out of school. She married Perry Hamer in 1944.

Hazel grace was remarkably negative during her cancer battle. A quote from the book is, on page 99, Hazel says “I’m like. Like. I’m like a grenade, Mom. I’m a grenade and at some point I’m going to blow up. I just want to stay away from people… because there’s nothing I can do about hurting you” She was saying that she is going to die and she wants to stay away from people so they don’t end up being hurt.

The name of the music singer was Lauren Lark. According to the show program, Lauren brought the bright women music between the 1940’s and 1950’s into the 20th century. Lauren has completed her Bachelor in music performance at the University of the Arts, where she received the desirable Best Jazz vocalist. Lauren was made a history as the only vocalist to perform with the Reginal Grammy Award. She was a librettist and the singer. During the show performance, Lauren has sung so many works by the local and the international women artist. The show was started with an introduction, welcome the guest and the bright women in the music by professor Carol Evans.

Complicating Hazel's confused conceptions of entrapment, sin, and Christianity is the episode involving the Melsy carnival, at which Hazel and his father pay to see a woman lying in a coffin. Hazel's father has a lustful reaction to the woman; he says "Had one of themther built into ever' casket . . . be a heap ready to go sooner" (32). Haze's "shut-mouthed" mother, who O'Connor describes as having a "cross-shaped face," senses Haze's guilt when he returns home (32-33). Telling him that "Jesus died to redeem you," she whips him with a stick, leaving him with a "nameless unplaced guilt" (33). The actions of his parents leave Motes unable to distinguish what is good and Christian from what is forbidden and evil. He associates his grandfather with Christianity but also

At one point in the story, Hazel says to her handicapped husband, “I’d think it would be real interesting, hearing all the different sounds,” Her envious wish is to have a handicap like George, like a few ballerinas, and her son, Harrison. There are many unmentioned characters who I assume have the same mental sound handicap, and Hazel would be willing to pay the price of her thoughts in order to have the same handicap. Therefore, this want of Hazel's represents regret because she realizes at the end, hearing sounds that scramble her brain is not worth it. In brief, she would realize the handicap was a great inconvenience, costing her more than she would’ve

The roots and customs of Native American tribes run deep. A feeling of respect and tradition is in the air. Every little detail has meaning and a certain level of pride and of importance to each individual taking part in the ceremony. According to Access