Making Connections During Reading Evidence

The theme of courage can be seen in the first 12 chapters of this book on page 56 and 57, when the boys leave their home and leave their parents so that they can live a better life in Miami, Florida. This scene clearly shows the

Bravery is not inherent, it is rather acquired from the circumstances or situation faced in the life. People face lot of problems in their lives and to cope with those situations and move in with one's life is the sheer example of being brave.  The same has been depicted by both the authors in their respective books. First by Kaye Gibbons in her very famous book "Ellen Foster" where in the protagonist is shown as homeless girl with no one to take care of, yet she finds a way to live her life and find herself a house worth living. Second, by Mark twain in his

David’s mother wanted to leave Montana for several reasons; she wanted David’s father to be fully himself and not do his job just because his father told him to, and for David; she feared for his soul, and his values and

David explains a response/action that his teacher took towards one of the students. This in detail shows a glimpse of the teacher's disposition. When you read this, you get

David from Voyage of the Frog has him dealing with his uncle’s recent death. He reacts to this incident by having many emotional and violent shakes. David wants to hold on to his uncle, and doesn’t want him to die. To him,there had to be a person or something to blame for what is happening to his uncle. This is shown in the text, “There had to be somebody to hit for this, he thought- there had to be some damn enemy to hit for this, this stinking death that was in the room”(Paragraph 14).This piece of textual evidence reveals aspects of David’s personality,which shows that he is of course angry and or confused. He thought that there is a person to blame for his uncle’s death. However there wasn’t. This quote shows that David is angry or confused because of him obviously wanting someone to blame. Someone or something to take his own anger out on. Another example of this is how David denies and tells owen he would be able to make it out. As shown in the text “Don't talk like that, dammit. Things happen. People make

This quote is significant in that it shows a somber level of pity in stark contrast to the satirical and rude voice used throughout the book. After Helen’s death David hears all the stories of Helen’s aggression, but soon his laughter on her life turns to nostalgia of the time they spent together. Although Helen was obscenely awful, David manages to look back on their time together fondly; and with an undertone of remorse over how she never became a better person.

Bravery can lead people to great things. If people are able to use their bravery, it is able to get them through hard times in their lives. In NightJohn by Gary Paulsen NightJohn uses his bravery to teach other. His bravery leads to him helping others accomplish great things. To begin with, when people stay brave they are able to accomplish great things.

Price, David accepts himself, ignoring his teachers’ criticism. For example, when Mrs. Price states, “Of course it’s yours. I remember you wearing it once,” Rachel thinks that Mrs. Price stands correct. Instead of standing up for herself even though Rachel knew the sweater did not belong to her, Rachel submitted to the idea Mrs. Price, an elder and a teacher, has the authority and remains right. On the other hand, when David receives his papers back with poor grades and negative comments, he crosses the red ink out and writes “Yes! David, yes!” instead. David knew that he had worked to the best of his abilities. He erased and rewrote numerous times, trying to manage his dyslexia, however the teacher criticized him for his efforts. Contrast, Rachel thinks, “Maybe because I’m skinny, maybe because she doesn’t like me…” when her classmate suggests the sweater belongs to Rachel. Rachel automatically feels insecure. Whereas, David does not have an ounce of insecurity. On the last day, as well as throwing his papers in the air, David also shouts, “David! David, yes!” Never once in “David Talamántez on the Last Day of Second Grade” does David show a sign of

To have Bravery is sometimes harder than you may think. And to still have bravery when going through horrible situations to obtain certain things that are important to you is incredible. In “NightJohn” by Gary Paulsen, Nightjohn a runaway slave that was captured main goal is to teach slaves to read and write even through harsh times, and he shows to stay strong through the tough times

We see this at the end of the film when David has come back to reality and notices an imperfection in the real world which was his mother crying. David then accepts this imperfection and comforts his mother, wiping her smeared make-up. Gary uses a POV shot on David, so that the audience can connect with David helping us understand why he went to comfort his mother. With this POV shot we can see that David has become more mature compared to the beginning of the film where he has ignored his mother arguing with his father, which was shown with David turning up the TV, avoiding this imperfection. Therefore with this acceptance we get the point that David has indeed changed and developed because he now understands that he can’t change these imperfections that are in front of him so then he decides to welcome these faults instead of rejecting

Out of nowhere his mother started changing. She would drink more often and physically abuse David. The abuse is described to have gotten worse and worse as time went on. The mother made David into “the family slave” often calling him a bad boy for no reason. She would often not feed him and when she did feed him

In this part of the book David comes home to the angry mom, she tells him to get on top of the stove because she saw it on a magazine. Next she tries to light the stove and burn him. “Suddenly I began to realize the longer I could keep myself off the top of the stove, the better my chances were for staying alive. I knew my brother Ron would soon be coming home from his scout meeting, and I knew Mother never acted this bizarre when anyone else was in the house. In order to survive, I had to buy time. I stole a glance at the kitchen clock behind me. The second hand seemed to creep ever so slowly. To Keep Mother off balance, I began to ask whining questions.”(David Pelzer 28) This is key evidence to the abuse that goes in this story and it shows how the mom betrays him by abusing him. This next quote if from the part

David has broken the heteronormativity unwritten laws by sleeping with Joey, because of this he feels he needs to correct them in the only way he knows how. That way is by proving his masculinity. He does this in different ways on only page nine of the novel. The first being he plays the role of the typical man after a one night stand, he leaves without saying a word. He doesn’t stay and have breakfast, he makes a point to let the reader know he left as quickly as he could. He even cuts all the ties he can with Joey, he does this without even asking Joey’s feelings on the

Even if it means that he has to hide the truth from them, he is willing to do so. Another line that proves his compassion is, “David kissed his forehead, regretting that moment of anger, marveling at his son’s shoulder blades, elegant and perfect..” (141). David always feels the need to protect his son and treat him with care, although it could mean spoiling him. Despite the fact that David’s family never acknowledged his affection for them, David continued to always be tender with them and try to keep them

Throughout the novel, David, the protagonist is abused and tortured several times by his very own father, Joseph Strorm and his recently discovered Uncle, Gordon. David’s father is a strict believer in his religion and is unyielding on the subject of mutations and blasphemy’s. If anyone neglects to follow his beliefs and rules, he has serious consequences for them, like with David, once Joseph found out that David knows a blasphemy, he immediately subjected to abusing him for answers. David’s father continues to beat him until he receives the information he demands. David has been abused more than once by his father and this is evident when David says, “I knew well enough what that meant, but I knew well too, that with my father in his present mood, it would happened whether I told or not. I set my jaw,