Milkweed Quotes

Crow Country authored by Kate Constable, is a novel that incorporates clear character development in individuals to show how opinions change overtime with knowledge of the past. Within the early chapters of the book, protagonist Sadie Hazzard is portrayed as a pessimistic character who displays a sense of ignorance towards Boort and the meaning of the past. Sadie has made decisions based on her own self interest which have foreshadowed consequences that she has learned from. Sadie has experienced time slips which have contributed to her increased maturity and understanding by the end of the book.

It is crucial that we study Australian Narratives as it creates insights into events we may have not explored. This is evident in the novel "Crow Country" written by Kate Constable. It teaches us about Aboriginal beliefs and spirituality, Australia's History and respect, as we experience what it feels like to live in rural Australia, creating an understanding about Aboriginal people. Therefore, through a close read and study of "Crow Country", readers are able to learn new and important things about our past and present, showing that it is crucial to study Australian Narratives.

After the storm hits, Esch continues to remain in line with Medea and Jason's story. Similar to Medea's betrayal of her brother, Esch unintentionally betrayed Skeetah by dropping the puppies from the bucket he worked so hard to keep them safe in into the raging flood waters. Torn, Skeetah chooses to rescue Esch from the deadly water rather than any of his dogs. Although Esch obviously did not mean for her father to push her into the water, the puppies and China, Skeetah's pride and joys, were washed away. The siblings are close with one another, so one's problem is a concern for them all. Skeetah will never be the same without his beloved companion, and his siblings feel the weight of his sorrows. His guilt will also be Esch's, adding yet another

“He’d do what he always did, find the sweet among the bitter” (265). In the book the Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, the Panama Hotel is on the corner of Chinatown and Japantown. The hotel is located between the two cultures Henry is tied to, the Japanese and the Chinese. The story takes place in Henry’s past when he first meets Keiko and the present, after his wife, Ethel, has died. The hotel acts as the connection in between the two cultures and the two time periods, and symbolizes how Henry does too.

Knowledge plays an incredibly large part of Mary Shelly’s novel, Frankenstein. I think that Victor’s obsessive and unhealthy search for knowledge is the true cause of his suffering. Not only does he neglect his friends and family while working to create the monster he puts his own health in danger. “I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health.” In this quote we see that Victor stops at nothing to find if he would be successful with his creation. Victor has made this project such a main priority that once it is completed and the creature comes to life he does not know what to do. Since Victor has met his goals and done what he said he wanted to do he does not want to deal with the being he just created so this becomes a problem for him. We see that Victor was very troubled by this whole experience when he says, “You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.”

Decisions are what direct a average person's life. Some decisions are easy some are hard. But that’s the way of life and how it works.

What would you do if you were in a family crisis and given a 10,000 for your family member passing away? In the play Walter Younger goes through many different moral problems and has bad ego due to the money that has been given to the family. In this play during the late 1950s, there was a lot of racial problems, black skin color was discriminated and abused. Walter younger shows that he cares more about money rather than caring about his families care and well being. He rather open up a liquor store to get more money and keep his family living in the ran down apartment not thinking about all of the bad stuff that can possibly happen to his kin. Throughout this book making this a great mood changing book to read many sequal of events happen throughout the book.

In the book, Milkweed shows a theme of compassion versus inhumanity several ways. Milkweed show the theme compassion versus inhumanity. They were beaten by clubs, kicked out of their own homes, hanged, bombed and painted by the Jackboots. Milkweed tells the reader the things Misha and other characters have been mistreated by the inhuman Jackboots In a scene of Milkweed the Jackboots pressure hosed a jew because, they thought he took the hoof of the horse on the Merry-go-round.

In the book Milkweed, by Jerry Spinelli, the character Misha changes throughout the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Misha changes in many ways, including his name, identity, and personality. To understand this, one must look Misha’s behavior throughout the book.

Gatsby: Oh Jesus,you just hit that girl we should go back and help pick up her body and bury her

Milkweed is has satisfying personal experience with a war where racism and respect are precented. I would recommend this book to a friend because Milkweed personal experience with racism has a huge impact on readers, it shows the treatment of jews that lived inside Germany in World War two. The book shows all the problems that the jews faces, german citizens mistreat them and even show signs of disgust towards the jews. In the book you play as misha, a boy who was taken from his city and lives in the dump of Germany. He states that “When you own nothing, it's easy to let things go.” This quote shows us that this boy has nothing in possession, he carries and owns nothing. The book shows a interesting and very accurate life of a person with no property. This is only the first reason I would recommend this book to friends.

This novel made me learn that, even when we are in times of struggle or need ourselves, we need to think about others. About how we should be less self-serving when there others we could help. Which in turn makes us feel better, the joy we give to others often is returned with a very rewarding feeling. When you can barely scrape enough together to keep yourself alive, the last thing most of us are thinking about is helping someone else. However, the generosity Uri, Mischa, and the other thief children is so great, that they still insist on giving to those around them. Uri and Mischa, after their nightly raids, would go over to the orphan house and give them food and toys. When the Jewish people are all taken prisoner and put in “the ghetto”, Mischa chooses to join them, even though he is not Jewish. He is a small boy and is able to fit through small gaps in the fence in order to steal and bring back food for his starving friends and their families. Uri has managed to escape, so now it is up to Mischa alone to bring food to the orphan house. It is dangerous eneough to feed his friends, let alone the orphans, but still Mischa goes out his way to make sure they have enough to survive. Jesop, a man staying the Ghetto, “you go, every night you go. Why do you come back?” This made me realise that, if people who have nothing can still give so much, then the rest of us who have

The novel In search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosioner allows non-Metis people an idea as to what it was like to grow up being metis as well as the story of two sisters. The novel is told by April Raintree the eldest daughter of Henry and Alice Raintree. Her father is described as being of mixed blood a little of this and a little of that and her mother Alice was part Irish and part Ojibway. April describes herself to take on her mother’s features more than that of her father . (Like her I had pale skin, not that it made any difference when we were living as a family.) (p.1)

Throughout the novel Green Grass Running Water, Thomas King uses a variety of Indigenous characters to accurately portray Indigenous Peoples and the stereotypes that define them in the eyes of the public. One such character was Eli Stands Alone. The quote above reveals that Eli is a university of Toronto professor with a Ph.D. in literature (clearly passionate on the subject) and he was the teacher of the year twice, yet he is not considered successful despite all the notable achievements. Such brief quote serves to reveal more information, thus flesh out the character, and in doing so, reveal the irony of Eli’s character. Eli stated “An Indian.

Protagonists: The main protagonists in the story are Misha, Janina, Uri, and Dr. Kroczak. Misha is an orphan boy about 8 years old, who lives in the streets and steals food. Janina is a jewish girl, about 7 years old, and lives with her family. Uri is a jewish boy who met Misha and helped him until he went to the ghetto. Dr. Kroczak is an older man who owns an orphanage and was later later sent to ghetto.. The relationship between these characters are that Misha and Janina are siblings but not blood or adopted related. Janina’s father offered Misha to go