Lost in Yonkers Summary

When Lori and Jeanette are growing older, they decide they want to move to New York City to start a new life, away from their parents. Lori and Jeanette get jobs and begin to earn money. They hide their earnings from their parents in a piggy bank they named Oz. One day Jeanette tries to find Oz to put her paycheck in. Instead she says to Lori “Someone has slashed him apart with a knife and stole all the money” (Walls 228). The kids knew right away who had stolen it. It was Dad. When Lori confronted Dad with the news about Oz, he started playing dumb, acting like he had not idea what was going on. But in fact he did steal the money. This action shows that Dad is very selfish and only cares about himself.

Sister, convinced that Shirley-T. is not adopted, makes the comment that she looks like their grandfather if he were to ever cut off his beard. So, the first thing Stella-Rondo does when they sit down to eat is attempt to turn Papa-Daddy against Sister. Even though Sister tries to deny what Stella-Rondo says, Papa-Daddy does not listen, but if Sister would argue her innocence without correcting him and getting upset with him, she would have improved the situation. Stella-Rondo easily gets Mama on her side by playing the victim card. Sister thinks that Mama favors her sister, and she points out that “if it had been me that trotted in from Illinois and brought a peculiar-looking child of two, I shudder to think of the reception I’d of got” (362). Mama denies any such accusation and becomes angry when Sister suggests that Shirley-T. might have a problem speaking. After that, Sister is convinced that Stella-Rondo has turned her mama against her while upstairs with her. Uncle Rondo, who has always been particularly fond of Sister, has a bad temper, and Stella-Rondo knows this. Sister concludes that Stella-Rondo would aim to make Uncle Rondo angry with her before dinner even started. Indeed, Sister’s paranoia is not in vain because Stella-Rondo lies to Uncle Rondo saying that it was Sister who made fun of him wearing the kimono. In hearing this, he becomes outraged at Sister and retaliates by throwing lit fireworks

At school, Walter does not bring lunch, and because of this, when Miss Caroline asks her students to take out their lunches, he cannot take any out. The teacher then asks, “Did you forget your lunch this morning?” He hesitates, then says he did and Caroline offers him a quarter which he kindly refuses: “Nome thank you ma’am,’ he drawled softly.” He was respectful towards his teacher even though he is poor and cannot afford lunch. Burris comes in hosting a cootie in his dirty hair. Already messy, he disrespects his teacher when she tells him to go home and clean up before coming back by saying, “Report and be damned to ye! Ain’t no snot-nosed slut of a schoolteacher ever born c’n make me do nothin‘! You ain’t makin’ me go nowhere, missus. You just remember that, you ain’t makin‘ me go nowhere!” Before leaving, “He waited until he was sure she was crying, then he shuffled out of the building.” Coming from a family with no mother and a father constantly drunk, Burris has picked up disrespect towards his elders, such as Miss

Throughout the story, Lost in the City by Edwards P. Jones there are many different ways the city influences the different characters. Lost in the City takes the reader through some difficult times of many African Americans in Washington. The different characters form bond that cannot be broken in order to handle what life throws at them. In the stories "The Girl Who Raised Pigeons" and "The First Day" the city influences the different main characters in different ways, to help them come of age.

1.B In the first chapter of the book, the authors introduces the main characters, setting, and briefly introduces the main conflict. The way the author does this is by introducing one at a time. The first page starts with one of the main characters (Ponyboy) walking home from from the movie theater and running into trouble with a rival gang called The Socs. The Socs are a gang of rich kids who enjoy wreaking havoc on their lower class counterparts, The Greasers which ponyboy happens to be. Ponyboy is the youngest greaser doesn't quite understand why the socs and the greasers hate each other so much. As the socs attempt to jump Ponyboy some fellow greasers including his two older come to his rescue. The next night Ponyboy and other greasers

St. John argues that when individuals fear change, it creates more problems and conflicts. However, if people were to embrace change, then this would enhance the lives of all people involved.

Not knowing how her mother would feel Mia crept downstairs and out the doors. When she got outside she was greeted by her brother, sister, dad, and her boyfriend. At the bowling alley, Mia and Erik were in teams against Tara and Johnny and then Jeremih switched with Tara. They played multiple rounds until it was time to go eat. Mia's team had won against Tara's team in bowling. After the game, they went to this nice five-star establishment. For an hour they eat, talked, and laughed at some good memories and new memories.

They end up at a diner, where the officer had stopped, and the owner, Henshaw, refused to serve Tibbs because of his skin color. Tibbs notices that the officer changed his route, which leads Gillespie to question the officer of the murder. Gillespie and Tibbs discover that Sam made a large deposit to the bank the day after the murder, along with a local named Purdy filed a charge against Sam for getting his under-age sister, Delores, pregnant. Sam is arrested, without Tibbs approval. During Delores’ interrogation, Purdy is outraged that Tibbs was there because he is black. Purdy organizes a lynch gang to get back at Tibbs.

When Louie was a young boy he was very mischievous and did a lot of bad things that he often got into trouble for. He would steal from families “If it was edible he stole it. He sulked down alleys, a role of lock picking wire in his pocket.” and get into fights with other kids (Hillenbrand 6). Until one day his older brother named Pete displayed the opportunity of becoming a track star for their school because he is always

They moved to the corner of Liberty and Perdido Street, which in turn was an upgrade from their previous neighborhood. However, his mom’s job kept her away from home, thus keeping her away from her children frequently. Armstrong and his sister were left in the care of their grandmother (Eaton 14-17). Armstrong always had a charm that could make a person melt, like ice cream on a hot day. “Louis was naturally a lively boy. He was always willing to be quiet [;] however… he could persuade his great grandmother to tell stories of her girl hood” (15). Although he was a charm, he also got into trouble. “By the time he was ten years old, he was asserting his own fists… his mother [would come] home to find her son with a bloody nose or a bruised eyes, she… begged him not to fight…” (27).

Third, scholars have studied the grassroots community activism that has developed in response to the exposure to toxins. These studies have emphasized the direct confrontational tactics used that are reminiscent of the civil rights and other social justice movements, such as protest marches and picketing. Particularly identity politics have played a significant role in uniting communities and raising awareness about the disparities in vulnerability to public health threats. In her book, Noxious New York, Julie Sze argues that environmental justice protests were racialized in reaction to historical and political processes. Those processes include the privatization and deregulation of public health and environmental services, and their continually

In the Ice Cream Parlor they order their usuals, Kye orders Rocky Road while Tessa gets strawberry cheesecake. After finishing all their Ice Cream they realize the time and decide to call it a night. Tessa could not wait to go home and tell Vanessa, her 23 year old sister, all about their adventure. She was doubtful that any proposal was happening tonight, but is still hopeful that the monkeys paw would work.

Why do people wish to leave New York so badly? Leaving New York is full of sad goodbyes and lasting memories. It might be a forceful pulling away if someone does not want to go. The authors seem to be attempting to escape the insanity. They all have a different take on what it means to leave New York and their personal viewpoints on why they left. Whether it was for sanity, love, less hardship, or more money. Between Fitzgerald in My Lost City, Didion in Goodbye to All That, Ptacin and Strayed in Why Writers Love New York and (Then Leave It) each had the same idea which is that leaving New York is the best thing they ever did regardless of what there is to offer they found more. The city shatters one’s illusions one by one the illusions one has of the city will eventually be destroyed.

In the novel Brooklyn the definition of home is challenged, Toibin compares a home where there is familial simplicity and ease (Ireland), one with daring heights and chances (Brooklyn, New York) and Irishness. Eve Walsh Stoddard defines Irishness as “Irish by ancestry, a member of the diaspora”(167). Toibin exemplifies how those two representations of home conflict with Eilis’ “Irishness” of that time period. Personally, I would define home as a place where you are wanted. Eilis was put into diaspora initially because of the lack of career opportunities in Ireland. She had to immigrate to Brooklyn, New York, in search of greener pastures. Eilis was moved to this with the

John Milton's epic “Paradise Lost” is one that has brought about much debate since its writing. This epic tells the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, although from a different perspective than what most people usually see. Milton tells the story more through the eyes of Satan, whom most people usually consider the ultimate villain. The way in which Satan is portrayed in this story has caused speculation as to whether Satan is actually a hero in this situation. He certainly has heroic qualities throughout the story, yet still is ultimately responsible for Adam and Eve's sin. Satan can easily be classified as a hero in this story, as well as the main antagonist, depending on the viewpoint of the reader. Milton introduces Satan as an important