Notes On ' Wild Fruits '

The Poem “Oranges” By Gary Soto has so much meaning and thought put into it, you can basically tell how much heart Soto put into the Poem. The Author Uses Mostly Imagery to Strengthen the Poem Such as Constructed Response: Alfonso In “Broken Chain” has some similarities with the boy in “Oranges”. Such as they both have someone they fall in love with. Both have things they can trade in for money.

Empathy is having the ability to understand the feelings of others often through connecting our own experiences to those around us. “Wildwood” by Junot Diaz follows the journey of the main character, Lola. Lola is a rebellious teenager living with her mother and younger brother in New Jersey. Lola's mother who is battling breast cancer, must deal with Lola and her defiant ways. Lola’s mother sends her away to live in the Dominican Republic to learn how to be a mature young woman. Every kid can relate to wanting to go against their parents rules and Lola is no different. The reader can relate to Lola through her common experiences that many deal with. Diaz uses first person to allow the reader to experience the perspective of Lola through her narration. He makes it easy to relate to as the story follows something that everyone has been through, growing up. Rebellion is a natural characteristic of maturation, although difficult for the parents it allows children to learn from their mistakes. Junot Diaz’s short story, “Wildwood” uses teenage rebellion and common feelings, to challenge stereotypes which allows the reader to easily sympathize with the story.

In the poem, “Oranges” by Gary Soto, he talks about a cold day walking with a girl for the first time and they went to a drugstore and the boy wanted to give her a chocolate bar but he didn’t have enough money. So, he put down one orange that he had and a nickel on the counter. The lady knew what was going on so he let him have it. If I was the boy’s girlfriend, I would be pleased because he is doing whatever he can the chocolate bar to her. For example, the boy only had a nickel when the chocolate bar costs a dime. He didn’t want to leave without giving her the chocolate bar to her because he didn’t have enough money so he took out a orange and a nickel and put it on the counter. That shows his kindness and effort to giving her the chocolate bar. Another example

In the story “Oranges”, by Gary Soto, imagery helps develop a theme by giving you the ability to painting a picture in your head, which creates the theme of love. For example, “[I] asked what she wanted- Light in her eyes, a smile Starting at the corners Of her mouth”(Soto,1), shows that he was able to make her really happy just because he had asked her what she wanted from the candy aisle. The Author is creating a picture for us by talking about his first love that he had had, using the sensory details to describe it and show us how the mood of the memory helped create this past moment. Another example being “I peeled my oranges that was so bright against the gray of december that, from some distance, someone might have thought I was

In the poem, “Oranges”, by Gary Soto, the speaker undergoes the challenges and awkwardness of teenage love. In the poem, a diffident and apprehensive 12-year-old Soto takes a girl out on a date to a drugstore on a frigid December day. On this date, teenage Soto is challenged by his anxiety and poverty while trying to prove his love to his girl. Ultimately, teenage Soto overcomes both of these issues and is able to validate his love and develop a deeper relationship with the girl. Through the usage of imagery, juxtaposition, and enjambment, the idea that people can conquer their fears and surpass their obstacles is displayed in the poem.

In The Weirdo by Theodore Taylor, Aunt Peaches behaves in a very privileged manner. For example, she is obviously a character who has a lot money because she can afford a trip to Paris. This shows that she is used to a lavish lifestyle. She probably takes a lot of vacations to faraway places because she can afford it. This proves that her lifestyle is very different than Sam’s. Sam lives on a farm and doesn’t take fancy vacations like Peaches. Sam is even shown being jealous of Peaches by saying, “Just think, you two’ll be in Paris in the morning” (7). In addition to that, Peaches owns very expensive items, like Buck, which “Jack valued at fifty thousand dollars” (8). Peaches is able to buy extravagant things that most people can’t, but

Reflecting upon the distant memory of actions towards love, Gary Soto’s poem, “Oranges,” connotes that love can overcome any obstacle or price, and bring light or hope to a person’s life.

In the book, Botany of desire, chapter 2, Michael Pollan describes the relationship between humans and tulips in 17th century. At the beginning of the chapter, Michael introduces the tulips and then, he start talking about the big event happened in Dutch. It is the most typical case of bubble economy, and it made a lot of impact.

“Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root / Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze” (Meeropol 1-3). “Strange Fruit” is written by Abel Meeropol and published in 1937. Abel Meeropol is a jewish teacher; he adopted two boys whose parents were executed. When Meeropol saw an image of a lynching he got inspired to write an anit-lynching poem. It is a dark poem that creates a gruesome image to make you realize the truth of lynching.

The Nighlock berries are an interest symbol of rebellion; during the 74th hunger games there was another act of rebellion represented by the berries that not many readers take into consideration. As I previously discussed with another classmate, during the tribute training in the Capitol, District 5’s tribute, Foxface study the plants she might encounter in the arena; she was an intelligent young woman in she outlasted most the games by observing from afar and cleverly figure out a path through the booby traps to get the Career’s food. It is in my opinion that she knew that the berries were poisonous; however, if Foxface was to blatantly commit suicide, it would look like defiance to the Capitol and her family would be killed. She decided to

Strawberry bushes go on for miles, green and red brightening the gloomy sky. Rolling hills of trees and fog surround the strawberry patch as birds come and go. The air has a crisp bite to it. The fresh scent of the air soothes the singing birds. “Strawberry fields Forever” by The Beatles plays softly somewhere in the distance pausing the calming silence. The song ends just before the birds start chirping again. A chilly breeze goes over the strawberry patch cooling everything in its path.The breeze carries the sweet aroma of fresh strawberries from place to place. The strawberry patch has a fresh dreaminess to it from the sweet strawberries that cover the earth. It will always stay the same with the fresh, sweet scent of Strawberries.

With reading being the cornerstone of society it is expected that children begin learning about literature in their most formative years. With children reading younger and younger it should come as no surprise that something as loved and personal as reading should be turned into a competition among children (more personal). This unfortunate truth has followed me through the majority of my academic career turning literature into a job and annoyance. Much like many schools, my primary education required the logging of reading to ensure the students were spending some of their time enriching themselves rather than wasting it, according to the faculty. Being the competitive natured children we were, seeing who could read the most soon became the

Every day we shape the very environment we live as human beings but by far one of the most destruction mistakes was the introduction of invasive species. Enviroments can be destroyed if one species gets wiped out and as recipients of this, we have not realized the very way we are destroying the earth. But one animal that I believe is causing some the worst destruction to environments is the Eurasian Wild Boar.

The author of the book, “The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World” (2008), Dan Koeppel, who is a famous journalist describes in a fascinating way banana’s cultural importance, threats associated with the crops of banana in the future and banana’ history. Banana is a very delicious fruit and is eaten all over the world. Banana is one of the world’s fourth largest harvests in the world. Dole and Chiquita are eminent American based distributors and producers of banana. They are claiming to produce the banana on low price. In this book, Koeppel discusses the risks associated to the plantation of banana around the world. He also discusses the fact that due to blight, the plantation of banana is destroyed (Koeppel, 2008). He points out that the farmers and the producers have no insight at all regarding this matter (Koeppel, 2008).

The breeding of the red-fleshed apples was originally from Kazakhstan and improvements of the apple was breed in order for the breeders to produce a apple that has high in Vitamin and as a healthy diet snack. The scientists have collected the apple’s seeds in order to let those seeds to grow in New Zealand. The red-fleshed apples were usually small back in Kazakhstan and it has a different taste which was a bit bitter and had a lack of quality in the commercial marketing. Also they have improved the apple’s taste just by crossing the original red-fleshed apple with another white-fleshed varieties fruit in order to improve the characteristics of the apple since it will be important for commercial and consumer with its long storage life. Generally, the red-fleshed apple will breed in order to improve the quality of the apple and also to provide nutrition which are high in vitamins and antioxidants, which then it reduces the risk of some diseases, but there are some red fleshed apple that can be healthier than other apples that have been produced. Although, breeders are able to use genetic information in order to make the breeding process faster and more effective. By investigating the DNA from the apples seed the scientists are able to predict that many apple characteristics including the red fleshed apple long before the seeds produces fruit, in order to decided which seeds are able to grow well and which can be redundant.