Bronx Masquerade In the realistic novel Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes students in Mr. Ward's class change as a result of their experiences in Open Mike Friday’s. Tyrone Bittings and Lupe Algerin are two characters who change immensely because of Open Mike. First off, Tyrone Bittings is a teenager who does not like school. At the beginning of the novel,Tyrone does not think he has a future. “These white folk talking bout some future, telling me I need to be planning for some future- like I got one” (70). Tyrone is convinced that he does not have a future. He thinks that since he will not have a future he does not need to plan for one, so he does not need to attend school. He does not think white people understand because they do not live in the bad conditions that he does. Towards the end of the novel Tyrone’s point of view on school changes. “Any chance I’ll see you next year… I want to let you know we’ll be hosting a poetry slam here next year,’’ said Mr. Ward. “And guess what. All of the sudden, the man’s got my attention”(165). …show more content…
Lupe feels that she needs a baby to giver her lover and attention and she thinks this will make her life complete. Lupe says “I should make a baby of my own. Maybe that’s the answer… And she would love me better than anybody. Because I was her mother”(36). This quote shows how much Lupe believes that a baby would show her the love that she wants. Towards the end of the novel, Lupe has totally turned around the way she thinks about her future. Lupe says, “Mr. Ward says if I keep pulling up all my other grades they way I’ve pulled up my grade in English, I should be able to get into a decent college when I graduate that’s what I’m planning on”(147). After all this happened Lupe finally realized she does not need a baby to feel loved. She needs a job and a good career to move forward with her
At first, both Bronx Masquerade and Freedom Writers show the impact inner conflicts can have to self worth, by in-depth character portrayal. This is evident in Bronx Masquerade when Janelle Battle, one of Mr.Ward’s students, receives a compliment from her friend Lupe, also Mr.Ward’s student. Janelle responds saying: “Yeah, well, I guess
she really wanted . The baby was the reason she woke up in the morning and could live life.
School is now part of the boy that completely separate him from his family and society. The boy does not have enough friends to play with after school. This shows how lonely the boy felt and he does not realize that. Education is good, but at the same time cannot forget your roots. Knowing your family background is very important because you are able to understand and question why your parents are acting some type of way or why your parents what you to do something that you do not want to do. With that knowledge, you are then able to connect with them.
Throughout her narrative, Barry appeals to our sense of pathos with her story. It makes us sympathize with children who grew up like her, which helps to make her argument more effective. If we think about people in her situation, we would think higher about the importance of public schools. By starting the essay off with a sad story she gets her audience's attention, and it helps to keep us interested. She best appeals to our feelings when she says. “But in an overcrowded and unhappy home, it's incredible easy for a child to slip away.” (p.857) Her experience in growing up in an unhappy home affects the way she views school. Her outlook on school was a positive one because that is where she felt the most comfortable. Her argument is mostly effective because of these experiences she had.
Lupe's first love was the Colonel who was fighting in the Revolution. Everyone in the box canyon believed that the Colonel would steal their gold mine and give it to the Americans. Lupe loved this man with all her heart and couldn't believe that anyone thought he would do such a thing to hurt the people of Mexico. And Dona Guadalupe had to tell her that her first loyalty should be to her family and it didn't revolve around the man you love. The goal of both families was to one day see their children be married and have children of their own.
The character Scott an upper-class individual son of a mayor, in the (sexuality) hustling business created a false identity to bother his father. A two-face who first hanged out with Bob’s group first and then went back to his real life. Then through the character Mike a young man who suffers from narcoleptic seizure; condition in where he falls asleep deep anywhere and at any time. A character who keeps looking for his personal identity. He misses and starts to look for his mother. On the road, he always says like he has been there before. Through the words, he understands his own value and repeats
Melinda is a first year recruit in secondary school, who is experiencing a great deal of changes managing pre-adulthood and troublesome circumstances. She experiences difficulty fitting in with different associates, she is appalled by her own particular appearance; for instance "I search for shapes in my face, certainly not a dried face", Melinda conveys what needs to be in a frightful route as a result of the way Andy assaulted her and caused a colossal effect on her life . Luckily, she has an instructor who gives exhortation as lessons to enable them to have the capacity to stand up to each other. Mr. Freeman," the coolest craftsmanship educator", is a skilled craftsman, carefully affected. That makes discretionary school less asking for
At Hazelwood High School, they do things differently than at my school. At Hazelwood, most of the people worry about themselves and nobody else. Most of the school doesn’t get good grades and the school does not do anything about it. One day in English class Andy walked out when they were reading Macbeth because it was too emotional for Andy to handle. His friends were concerned and told the school counselor. They said, “But… but… it seems like… like… he needs help or somethin’.” Then the counselor said, “Well, I probably shouldn’t tell you boys this, but he is getting some outside counseling… So you boys can relax and be assured that he is getting whatever help he needs”(100). At Harrisburg High School, if someone had an issue like that, the counselors and teachers would be concerned, even if the person was getting outside help. Another thing about education that is different than mine is the school. In Ronda’s English homework, she wrote, “Our school building must have been built about a million years ago, because it was brown and tall and raggedy-looking, but it fit right in with the rest of the day”(16). At my high school, we are very fortunate to have a very new building to learn inside of. At Hazelwood High, they were not fortunate enough to have a new high school be built. Culture and education are very important pieces of people’s
Darren 's general attitude toward education is positive; he believes there is a definite benefit to his education and believes the school environment is somewhat encouraging and supportive. Darren is no longer on the baseball team at school, but he has played at various levels since he was 10 years old. Darren wants to graduate and join the military or become a welder. Both Darren and the Freemans feel education is very important to one’s success.
The story ´´The Marble Champ´´ shows this because when Lupe was in the marbles competition it says everybody was easy to beat because she had practiced so hard. Furthermore, after the first time Lupe practiced it got easier every time.´´Practice, practice, practice, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. Lupe got better...´´ This evidence shows, that after hard work things can get easier as you go along. I think Lupe realized this after she played at the marbles championship because everybody she played against was easily beat for her. And she realized this after she beat Alfonso, the neighborhood champ, she also realized that things can get easier after she practiced a few days and she got better and better. Therefore, marbles got easier for her every time she did it. She learned that her hard work payed
Lupe Algarin is a very interesting person In the setting of lupe’s house she says that she doesn’t fit in her own house. The author uses direct characterization by having Lupe saying.
College, a place where the youth go to learn extra skills and to blossom into young adults. Heather, the sister of Holling Hoodhood the main character of the “Wednesday Wars” by Gary D. Schmidt is a girl about to finish high school and go off to college, or so she thought her father says she has a good job and doesn’t need to go to off to school. She did not agree to this but her father said “You’ll be safe here” when she asked from what he said “From thinking” Mr. Hoodhood also didn’t think highly of the school’s ideals. I don’t agree with withholding people from school because college and university are things that can prepare us for life. Today I don’t think there is a parent who would not want to see their child go off for extra schooling.
4. When Lupe decides to give-in to the harassment of Don Elias, does she have any other options? Was there anyone to help her?
He makes the assumption that every single child who enters into a school building does what he calls, “goldbricking.” “Goldbricking” is when someone takes a finished product without doing any of the real work. In this case, it means one student is getting information from a teacher or another student without doing the extra work of actually understanding the lesson. It is true that some students do “goldbrick” however, the majority do not. Most kids in school want to excel and understand what they are being taught because they recognize that getting an education will affect their lives greatly. These kinds of kids know that what they do in school will eventually lead them to a college, which will then lead them to a career, that career will determine how much income they make, which will determine if they can provide for themselves and for their families. In other words, school helps establish how the rest of your life will turn out. Holt also makes the assumption that school is a place that forces kids to think less of themselves, and where the individuality of a person recedes to the back of their mind. All they have to do is enter the building. He states, “In a great many other ways [the student] learns that [they are] worthless, untrustworthy, fit only to
School is also a big part of Paddy 's life. Paddy believes that he is exceptionally smart and he thinks that he is smarter than his teacher Mr. Hennessey. Paddy thought that hw was so much smarter than Henno because he did everything that he was supposed to do. "I listened. I watched. I did my homework. I came home at Friday lunchtime. -I 'm in the best desk. It was true. I 'd made no mistakes all week. All my sums had been right. I 'd got through the twelve-times table inside thirty seconds." (192) Paddy believes that he does everything he can to be as smart and superior as he thinks he is. Aside from Paddy thinking that he is superior, there are some crazy things that go one in school. An example would be when James O 'Keefe got in trouble for pruning. He had been caught doing it to Albert Genocci. "Now he was going to talk about pruning. The shock made me forget to breathe… -I know you are only playing when you do it, said Mister Finnucane." (109) Pruning was something that wasn 't allowed in Paddy 's school even though everyone thought that it was funny. School is very important to Paddy, with his smarts and