Out Of The Dust Character Analysis

In the book All the Broken Pieces, by Ann e. Burg, the main character Matt Pin compares himself to his bother Tommy. He describes how their physical features, along with their emotions and metal stage, are divergent. Matt correlates himself to fall, while he compares his sibling to summer.

The book, Between the Shades of Gray, takes place during World War II. The character Lina is arrested and deported by the NKVD following the annexation of Lithuania. She was then forced to provide labor in order to survive the extreme conditions of the Stalin’s camps. Her ability to cope, her relocation, and the death of her mother contributes to her development and survival.

I was pleased to have attended a lecture cosponsored by the Ethics Center, the Fresno State office of the president, the Fresno Bee and Valley PBS. The lecture began with Dr. Castro recognizing a few leaders on campus, including a past Fresno State president, Dr. John D. Welty and campus volunteer Mary Castro. Dr. Castro then mentioned a few things about Mr. Brooks stating that he is a columnist for the New York Times and an analyst for the PBS “News Hour” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Dr. Brooks also teaches at Yale University, one the finest university in the country. Dr. Castro continued by saying that he learned that Mr. Brooks office hours are from 9am to 1pm and how “cool” it sounded to him. I was surprised how many people attended the event. I was fortunate to find a seat. David Brooks mentioned how he has some remote roots in the Central Valley because his father grew in Chowchilla, CA but Mr. Brooks grew in New York.

Jimmy knows too well the agonies of abandonment. First, when his mother, Cecilia, ran away with Richard to pursue a better lifestyle. Then, due to his father’s, Damacio Baca, alcoholisms and violent behavior; he also had to leave Jimmy behind. In spite of the drawbacks from abandonment to being a maximum security prisoner in Arizona State Prison, Jimmy preserver’s the darkness of prison by overcoming his illiteracy. However Cecilia and Damacio is not as fortunate as their child; Cecilia is shot by Richard after confronting him for a divorce and Damacio chokes to death after he is released from the detox center(Baca 263). Therefore the most significant event in this section of the memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca is the death of Jimmy’s parents.

In the San Fernando Valley during the summer of 1962, Scotty Smalls is the new boy in the neighborhood seeking desperately to fit in. He would be welcomed on the local sandlot baseball team that practices every day which only has eight players. Smalls however can't play baseball on his first visit to the sandlot he finds himself in the outfield with a fly ball descending toward him which bounces off his glove causing the other boys except “Benny the jet” Rodriguez the team's leader to burst out laughing Smalls is humiliated and leaves. Smalls asks his Step-Father to teach him how to play, and while his Step- Father agrees Smalls cannot catch or throw the ball. Benny soon teaches him what he needs to know, and with Benny's support he gets a place on the team. Meanwhile behind the wall

In the novel, All the Broken Pieces, by Ann E. Burg, Matt makes a comparison between himself and his brother when he defines his brother as “summer” and himself as “fall”. This metaphor can be explained not only by their physical features, but their emotional and mental characteristics as well. His brother features summer and hasn’t faced any misery, while he himself looks like fall and has come across atrocious things.

The theme of the book is although times can be difficult you have to continue and push forward and patience will have good results.

Ishmael Beah was an ordinary twelve year old boy from Sierra Leone, until one night changed his entire life. The author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy soldier is Ishmael Beah himself because he wanted to portray is life journey for readers to understand what life is like for children fighting to live their lives during warfare.

The book Beyond The Pale is about Two ordinary people (Travis Wilder and Grace Beckett) who get transported to this new and magic filled world that resembles earths medieval times. With there new found powers they hope to save this new world from its impending doom. (The pale king and his iron heart followers). I choose to write about Grace for my character analysis because I admire her intelligence, her cleverness, and her independent nature. Grace is intelligent because she always had a plan.

She is judged differently than everyone else. But things throughout the story begin to look up, her rollercoaster ride through high school begins to go up more than down throughout her high school career. Angie learns rather than to accept the negativity in her life and give up, she stays positive leading to a happy life. Life for Angie has been rough. Angie was extremely close with her sister.

Out of the Dust is a book wrote by Karen Hesse. Karen Hesse has wrote many children books in her lifetime. The book is also a Newbery Medalist. A Newbery Medalist is an award for an outstanding children book. In this book the characters suffer loss and grief.

The characters in all texts influence the theme especially in the book “Out of the Dust” by Karen Hesse. This book portrays the harsh and unwanted times of the dust bowl in the 1930’s. The text has two important characters Daddy and his daughter Billie Jo who are always coping with the loss of two beloved family members. In “Out of the Dust”, Billie Jo and Daddy exemplify the theme to never give up and to have optimism.

The first tragic thing to happen in Billie Jo’s story is when Livie moves away to escape the dust. When Billie Jo thinks things can’t get worse her friend Livie leaves for a better Life in California. When she receives a letter from Livie she is emotionally torn. She is sad to learn that her best friend is moving hundreds

The t.v. series M*A*S*H shows the viewers the end results of numerous battles that occurred during the Korean War. We get to see how the doctors react to long hepatic days in the operating room to being attacked from the enemy forces. What the viewers are left with in the end is a good understanding of the complexities of war. However, was the series pro or anti-war for the involvement in Korea?

I chose one of the main characters in my independent reading book All We Left Behind. Her name is Marion. A decision that Marion has made in the book and that I would want to reverse is meeting Kurt. I would want to reverse this decision in the book because ever since that had happened in the book both Marion and Kurt have been kind of obsessed with each other. Like they want to be in a relationship but Kurt doesn’t think it’s good for his reputation. Marion wants to be in a relationship with Kurt but she can’t trust him especially since he kissed his ex-girlfriend when they were “secretly dating” apparently. But by me reversing this decision, both of these characters will never have met each other and wouldn’t obsess over each other.