King Hedley: Compare And Contrast

August Wilson uses a woman named Aunt Ester as the main character in five of his ten paly in the Pittsburg cycle. “Gem of the ocean” is the first of the plays that we actually see Aunt Ester and she becomes more that just a voice the reader. “Gem of the Ocean” is a play depicting the life of newly freed slaves living in the Hill District of Pittsburg, centering on how one woman, Aunt Ester, helps people that are in trouble, either legally or spiritually. Aunt Ester is the main character in many of Wilson’s play. She is an older woman that is more like a spiral healer than just a resident of the town. She uses her life skills and teachings to help the residents of the town during times of disturbances in their lives. Aunt Ester is more than just a woman living her life; she takes great pride in helping others and is trying to pass the knowledge that she has gained throughout her life along. Her role and actions in Wilson’s plays are the backbone of what of what he is trying to portray to African American men and their loss of their heritage.

1. Why was the vegetable patch “he and his mother planted in those first hopeful weeks” important to Carl? (p7)

Kingsolver states, “I’m just a plain hillbilly from East Jesus Nowhere with this adopted child that that everybody keeps on telling me is dumb as a box of rocks” (Kingsolver, 45). Kingsolver includes a simile with the child being compared to a box of rocks and this represents how Taylor and Lou Ann were able to understand each other due to the Southern dialect they both shared. Another instance where Kingsolver uses this Southern dialect is when Lou Ann commands her mother and grandmother to not sit on the bench because “it’ll be as a poker in this sun” (36). A simile is spoken with the bench being compared to a poker in the sun; this is another daily occurrence in which the characters use this Southern dialect. Also, as Estevan and Taylor have a conversation, Estevan says her speech is poetic while Taylor refers to it as “the biggest bunch of hogwash” (69). Symbolism is also introduced in her work; Kingsolver introduces the wisteria vines that can grow in non-fertile soil due to rhizobia which symbolizes the ability for Turtle to thrive with Taylor acting as the rhizobia for due to her help in raising her. This unique dialect that Kingsolver puts on display in her book through figurative language to display the simple and ordinary life each of her characters possessed by relating it back to her own native Kentucky

Extended response to the book Seedfolks The book Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman is about a community in Cleveland coming together through a community garden. The book starts with a little girl from Vietnam named Kim planting a few beans in honor of her dad, but little did she know it would blow up into a huge garden that changed many people's lives. The book goes through a broken community that has many prejudices and stereotypes against each other. This garden helps them all come together and break down the stereotypes.

We find many places named of their leaders, owners, or some great people who have worked for a cause etc but there is a country which is named after a king who is not even from the continent and that is Georgia which is one of the renowned state in united states of America and the king whom its named after is King George 2 of Great Britain. It is one among the seven federal states formed originally. And it has great history and importance among the 50 United States.

The book Seedfolks is about the city Cleveland, that has families with low incomes, and poor conditions. Overtime, you see the garden struggle through things, such as divided cultures/ ethnicities, and the heartwarming joy of people finally feeling like they belong somewhere. Although the garden has many good things about it, there are many people who stereotype, and think lesser of people who are different races. Although many of the people in Seedfolks struggle against stereotypes, the book shows that all people are the same and you shouldn’t judge anyone for their races and traditions. For example, in the book there are many characters who stereotype others, such as Ana and Amir.

What makes a king an effective king? Is it how long they rule? No, it is actually the way in which they interact with their subjects. The way they are able to separate the personal from the political, not allowing personal feelings to interfere with his ruling. King Henry the 5th is a perfect example of this. He is able to rule his kingdom according to the kingdom's laws and doesn't let his personal relationships with his subjects to change

Segregation and stereotypes separated society for plentiful years now. In the book Seedfolks, diversity has improved through a community garden that is taking place in an empty lot. The community is a diverse place, that eventually comes together through a vietnamese girl named Kim. Kim gathers the community together through growing plants by planting lima beans to show her passed father that she can take after his footsteps. When this action occurred, it created a domino effect by other neighbors around the area joining in on the growth of their small community. The book symbolizes how societal pressure is making stereotypes by segregating Cleveland into sections. A wide variety of races occur in the book, and in society. Seedfolks shows that in order to react to diversity positively, we must accept everyone, no matter their skin color; in addition to help each other overcome the societal pressure of segregation separating everyone.

As soon as Sheriff Tate walked into my office I knew something was wrong. As we pulled into my own driveway I saw Calpurnia bounding towards the house. Of course it would be my children out of them all to spot the dumb dog, then freaking out Calpurnia in the process. As Heck and I reached the porch Jem opened up the screen door.

Mama’s harsh upbringing frames her perspective on the world. During Mama’s childhood, she faces a harsh world chock full of microaggressions and racial prejudice alike. Despite all of the factors working negatively in Mama’s favor, she successfully clambered out of her original pit of societal oppression, and instead took residence in a society a tier above that of her upbringing. The cornerstone of Mama’s dream is the concept of a home with a garden, wherein family can grow up and prosper: “Well, I always wanted me a garden like I used to see sometimes at the back of the houses down home. This plant is close as I ever got to having one” (Hansberry, 53). Although this dream might seem meager through a contemporary looking-glass, black people were systematically denied homes prior to and including the mid-nineteenth century, therefore Mama’s dream demonstrates her direct wish to live a life

This compared to the lynching and other terrors inflicted upon them showed the complete neglect white people had for the community. Regardless of these broken promises which happened far too often King continued to fight not letting setbacks be his downfall and cause him failure. He persevered on his path to ending injustice.

Ruby lived in the black community, they were the only white family in that part of town. Since Ruby’s family lived there, they often were looked down upon for living near such people. Society made them feel like it was wrong, and a disgrace. Ruby’s father was separated from the family and lived in Tennessee away from the family. Ruby’s mother, along with Ruby, had to make a living to provide for all the children.

Lastly, King appeals to character as well as establishing his creditability. For starters, the the vocabulary King chose to use shows that he is educated and possesses the knowledge to respond to the clergymen. King also informed the clergymen that he had previous experience in conducting and participating in non-violent campaigns. This provides credibility because it showed that he had prior knowledge of the behavior and purpose of those participating, while also addressing that past campaigns have always been “untimely”, but with desired outcome. The last and most obvious proof of credibility, is that King was a black man that faced the same adversities that he referred to in the last paragraph of this section. The example being of having to personally tell his daughter why she could not be allowed to go to a public amusement park because she was black and looked at as less than.

Naylor continues to suggest the significance of open-mindedness by providing the reader with the opportunity to choose more than one way to explain Mama Day’s encounter with Bernice. Bernice decides to seek the advice of Mama Day, who is known to have miraculous healing abilities, when she has trouble conceiving. Mama Day gives Bernice pumpkin seeds and puts her under the impression that they are “magic seeds” (Naylor 96). This gives Bernice time to build

In the passage, the seeds were meant to represent the word of God. The seeds that fell along the path were about people who heard God’s message, but the Devil came and took the message away. The seeds that fell on the rocky ground were people who heard the message but it did not sink deep enough into them and they soon forgot. The seeds that fell among the thorn bushes referred to those who heard God’s message but the riches and pleasures of their life became more important and choked the message. But for those seeds that were planted in the good soil, they were to retain the message in a good obedient hear, and persist until they bear fruit.