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Nicholas Gage Carry On Analysis

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Carolyn Coats once said, “Children have more need of models than of critics”. This is exactly what it sounds like. If children have more critics in their lives than models then they will never really be able to enjoy life. The writings read in class all reflect children that needed models instead of critics in their lives. The article “Carry On” by Lisa Fenn shows why models are needed more than critics. The two children, Leroy and Dartanyon, did not really have models until Lisa Fenn came along. Lisa Fenns depiction of Leroys mother was “His mother ravaged by guilt, soon slipped into a drug use and disappeared for stretches of time, leaving Leroy to care for his younger sister” (Fenn, 1). The lack of support from Leroys mother made growing up hard for Leroy. Leroy was …show more content…

When Nicholas Gage was a child he moved to America and lived with his estranged father. As Nicholas states “The portly, bald, well-dressed man who met me and my sisters seemed a foreign, authoritarian figure” (Gage, 1). You can tell Nicholas did not know his father. This shows the lack of a critic, and even a model in his life. Once Nicholas settled down in his new home, he became close with one of his teachers, Miss Hurd. Nicholas once said “ I was soon under Miss Hurd’s spell. She did indeed teach us to put out a newspaper, skills I honed my next 25 years as a journalist. Soon I asked the principal to transfer me to her english class as well” (Gage, 1). Nicholas Gage looked up to Miss Hurd and was constantly inspired by her. Nicholas became an investigative journalist later on in his life. Miss Hurd’s teachings introduced Nicholas to a career that he became extremely passionate about. After reading Nicholas’s essay you can easily relate it to Carolyn Coats quote. Miss Hurd was Nicholas’s model, and lead Nicholas to a career he loves and is passionate

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