My Brother 's Life - Original Writing

In the book The Sisters Brothers written by Patrick deWitt the western genre is given a twist that makes the story realistically accurate. This picaresque novel is of two brothers, Eli and Charlie’s journey from Oregon to San Francisco to assassinate Hermann Warm for their job. Most other western stories end with the cowboys getting everything they hoped for with shoot outs, murder, robberies, prostitutes, trusty horses and a great deal of liquor intake. All of these things were included in The Sisters Brothers but it was shown in a different way. These bloody criminal actions were believable and not all about the guts and the glory. The story is told in the perspective of Eli, one of the two brothers, this narrative perspective

In the novel My Brother's Keeper: Virginia's Diary; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1863 a young girl named Virginia Dickens is left by her father and her brother Jed, who is eighteen years old, from their home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to help Virginia's Uncle Jack hide his horses from the Confederate soldiers.Virginia Dickens, who is a nine year old in the year of 1863 wants to go with them, but her father says that the safest place for her is right in her own hometown, Gettysburg, with Rev. McCully's wife. Jed entrusts his journal to her, and he asks her to write in it for him while he's gone --- to be his eyes and ears and tell him everything she thinks and feels. The author "Mary Pope Osborne" writes about this little girl in the form of the diary. The book takes place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It is a Historical fiction book.

Seven years earlier, I migrated to Hawaii when I was twenty-three. I had flown away from my mother and my life in the Philippines. Like young adults and being rebellious, I wanted to live on my own away from my mother 's roof. I left the city life I grew up with in the Philippines in hope of a better life in another country.

I felt the dread sink like a rock in my stomach. My two brothers, Ryan and Matthew, were on the opposite end of the spectrum. My mother had been telling us for weeks that we were going up to the farm that my family owned, but I didn’t quite believe her until today. My brothers were given dirt bikes last Christmas while I was given a ATV. Both of them had been counting down the days until they were able to finally ride the dirt bikes and that day had come. After everything was packed, I crammed myself in the van with my brothers and hoped for this trip to end quickly.

My father was the adventurous man in the household, and it was because of this characteristic, that he always knew the best place to go to during the summer of my sister and I’s childhood. My father was the one who taught my sister and I how to be creative and have fun with what you have right in front of you. Summer weekends down at Batsto Lake located in the Pine Barrens were my most precious memories.

I was born in the vast city of New York and raised in East Harlem and because of this, culture was a recurring theme in my life as a kid. To begin, New York City is extremely diverse and East Harlem is filled with a mixture of many cultures. Kids around me were of different cultures yet, we all had similar interests. As a kid, I had no idea what missing something felt like, as I always had food on the table, I always had shoes and clothes on me and most importantly I had my two loving parents.

At younger ages, my niece Mckenzie and I used to go to my abuela’s house all the time. The old woman with the Panamanian accent loved spending time with her family, and it gave my parents and brother a break from watching over us. Mckenzie and I had many places where we would play, but none as often as the basement.

My natural family, which consist of my parents and two younger siblings all live in Monterrey, Mexico, yet it has not always been like that. My mother and I used to live by ourselves in the United States. She took to me to kindergarten every morning and told me to be “the best I could be”, and up until this day I still do it. Never less, at the age of six everything changed for me. I moved to a new country, enrolled in a private catholic school and started living with both of my parents and little sister. Having to adapt to a completely new environment not only helped me learn about other cultures and traditions, like the Day of the Death, but it helped me become a person open to new opportunities and change.

From cultures to opinions, from sizes to emotions, many families have similarities and differences. These characteristics make every family special. One special family is in “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. While having many difficulties, this family still focuses on heritage, similar to my own family that has its own difficulties. Comparing my family to the family in “Everyday Use” , we have similarities and differences regarding unity, helpfulness, and humility.

I was born and raised in Laredo all my life, living in this environment has shaped me into the person I am today. Having both my parents come from Nuevo Laredo, the Mexican heritage greatly influenced my family. We would often take part in Mexican traditions, such as Dia De Los Muertos, Cinco de Mayo, etc. Taking part in these traditions allow me to build a stronger connection to my Mexican ties. I grew up in a relatively small family when I was at the age of five, but as I got older, it got bigger around the age of ten. My family consisted of eight people, I grew up being the second oldest among five other siblings. My parents held me to the expectation of being a role model for my younger siblings, I wanted to be as big as an influence on my younger siblings as my sister was on myself.

The film Brother Outsider showcased the life of integrationist and non-violent strategist, Bayard Rustin. The film exemplified Rustin’s oratory and leadership skills, but it best showcased his unapologetic stance on being both Black and homosexual. Through its depiction of Bayard Rustin’s intersectionality, the film aids to our class’ understanding of how complex the Civil Rights Movement remained during the 1960’s. Those difficulties persist throughout other social movements within America today.

My family, its culture, and religion have all had a major impact and have shaped me to be the person I am today. My parents and grandparents are from Guyana, South America and my great-grandparents are from India, which makes me and my siblings, first generation Americans. Having a taste of both the East and West Indian community has influenced my religion (Hinduism), my moral ethics and values, culture, traditions, and decisions. My individuality has stood out from the majority of my classmates throughout the school because I am the only person who has my background. My heritage and culture has re-enforced my ability to have different perspectives on the world. Even though, my birth and upbringing has been in the United States. Although, I have an East and West Indian descent, I have family members in many other areas of the world. I have also traveled many places across the United States and Canada. For example, driving across the country to the Mid-West as truely shown different eye opening perspectives. Even though we are in the same country, the Mid-West has a completely different culture and outlook on life. This visit helped me to

The reason I wanted to do this poem is because it reminded me of my childhood because this poem was in books that I read. This poem takes place with these brothers adventuring around in the snow. The older brother points out some random snow angles and says something he doesn’t mean. Instead of confessing about his lie he decides to go with it to make it a mystery for his younger brother . Seth is so innocent he believes his older brother and starts to ask questions. I think the message behind this is people make up stuff

Families all around the world are born and raised in completely different settings and cultures, but still always end up having similar lives. Likewise, the two families in the essays “Two Ways to Belong” by... and “Graduation” by... had completely different religions, ethnicities, and cultures but still managed to become successful in their lives. The characters talked about in these two essays are alike because they all have a lot of respect for their families. On the other hand, these essays contrast each other because the way they live their everyday lives is extremely different. The family in “Two Ways to Belong” values education above all else, whereas the families in “Graduation” value traditions more.

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