Personal Narrative-Racism Is Fought With Books

He is more interested in listening to his surroundings and his childish thought process than the horror he has caused everyone around him to experience, Berriault says “Arnold lay still as a fugitive, listening to the cows eating close by. If his parents never called him, he thought, he would stay up in the loft forever, out of the way. In the night he would sneak down for a drink of water from the faucet over the trough and for whatever food they left for him by the barn. “(387) When he is in bed later Berriault says, “He felt nothing, not any grief. There was only the same immense silence and crawling inside of him; it was the way the house and fields felt under a merciless sun.” (392-393) Whatever the case may be, he definitely was not mentally capable to be carrying around a firearm at the age of nine. He remains stoic throughout all of it and he feels no remorse

Too black for the White kids, yet somehow too white for the Black kids, oh the perils of a cappuccino mixed race kid. But it’s true. My life since I was young, at least younger than my eighteen year old self, has been about which group do I most fit in with. Between the four school changes over the course of twelve years, all in white suburban towns I’ve molded myself into an array of characters.

This passage is very ambiguous since it is not clear exactly what Arnold is doing. However, it is known that he did something paranormal to Connie to make her completely helpless without actually entering the house. He also makes her succumb to his goal by charming her with an incantation suggesting his anti-Christ overtones.

My best guess is that he is just like a Joker from Batman movies who would do most crazy, insane act that sane people won’t do. For example, Joker chooses to let Harvey, who is going insane, a chance to kill him by lending a gun when he was the one who killed Harvey’s girlfriend. Normally anyone would just kill Joker who caused them great pain, but Harvey didn’t in the end. In fact, he ended up what Joker wanted him to do as Joker said what he wanted to hear: revenge. Arnold took a big risk like what Joker did when he said he won’t come inside the house. This has only disadvantage for him as this would give Connie a chance to do something as long as she stays in the house. This is foolish and illogical thing to do for Joker and Arnold, but they are really alike when they both succeed in getting what they

The worker contacted Misty Black who is a friend of Brittany Hardin. Mrs. Black stated “Brittany was in a situation where her ex (well she told me they were already broken up at the time) had assaulted her. Brittany had called me after Ronita Grady had hit her so I immediately called the police and made my way to Brittany. When I arrived the OCPD were already there speaking to Brittany. The officers also spoke to me and I told him I was the one who called them. After the police left Brittany and the boys stayed with me for a couple days because Brittany was still shaken up. The boys all seemed okay, I don’t think they really knew what had just happened. Brittany thanked me for helping her, because at the time we weren’t really speaking to

There has been always a belief that human races have distinctive characteristics that determine their respective cultures. In most cases, the idea that one 's race is superior and is assumed to provide the right to rule or dominate others. There is also the distinct personality in which people are concerned with the persisting entity to particular individuals. The theme of racism and personal identity are evidenced in the plays; Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles in various instances. In the two plays, offensive and aggressive behaviors are demonstrated to members of another race stemming from racism and the inferior belief of skin color. The issues of racial discrimination happen in the two plays, and some people are treated less fairly than others similar situation just because of their race, color, and ethnic origin.

In the beginning of the book, Arnold started off feeling a bit hopeless in a way. Up to chapter 14 Arnold began to be more confident about his abilities. An example of Arnold feeling hopeless is on page 13 where Arnold says “It sucks to be poor, and it sucks to feel that you somehow deserve to be poor…” In that paragraph he was feeling hopeless about his life on the rez. An example that describes Arnold being more confident is on page 45 when he decides to transfer to Reardan “‘I want to go to Reardan,’ I said”. Even though he knew he was going to be discriminated, he took the chance to a better future. It’s important that he does this because he’s doing what he has to do to achieve his dreams. What helps Arnold make his decision is when his

My race is black. I feel like I always be constrained due to my race. I’m proud to be black and love that im black. Being blacks haves it benefits. Thought out history we is as being strong and can get thought a lot of things. A lot of people doubt us but us proving them wrong. Black people are making history in many different ways, ways that you never thought would happened. We our getting degrees. We our becoming presidents. Building and owning our own business. We doing thing that people thought we wouldn’t do. The only thing about my race is that a lot of us our getting killed by cops. They say it not a race thing but to me it is. Every day you see an example of this on the news. A white person kill cop or just people. They just get handcuff

(p. 64 Alexie). He dealt with these kinds of remarks anywhere he went just because of who he was. In the end, Arnold finally got through the gates of his insecurities and embraced who he was, which got him to the finish line and everybody began to respect him. At first rapidly at Reardan, but slowly on his

Another thing I had an issue with was Arnold’s therapist. He sought out a therapist because he was worried

Racism is a major evil in this world. The horrific acts that occurred on June 17, 2015 were a total and complete act of racism. Dylann Roof entered a historically black church, attended a bible study, and as the night ended he opened fire on everyone in attendance, the deaths totaling to nine. The image, taken by Stephen B. Morton signifies hope for humanity, no matter how hopeful it cannot cover up the morbidness of the acts that occurred just one day before. The image a representation of race issues in America today and shows how far we have come by supporting one another no matter the color at times of need. It also represents how racism among other things is still a prominent issue in modern day America. The photograph places the

Before the basketball re-match the friend that he had to leave behind, Rowdy, Arnold talks to his team’s coach who makes Arnold believe in himself. This is shown when the coach simply utters “You can do it” Repeatedly, and Arnold following suit with a final “I can do it.” This illustrates how Arnold was given support from being accepted into the basketball team, and it brought him the strength to beat Rowdy in the actual match afterwards. Basketball and Arnold’s success within it can be overlooked as trivial, but is actually very important because it was an escape from the tragedies that was going in his life, such as the deaths of his grandmother, Eugene and his sister. To find comfort from the support of his team and family to help him succeed may very well have saved his sanity, and in turn his life. Arnold was described as weak, but through the support, he became strong, and lasted through many pains and even does well in many aspects, and not just basketball from the acceptance he

Growing up, race was never an issue for me. I almost always knew what racism was, but I always thought it was a thing of the past, and completely ended when Jim Crow laws were abolished. I thought race did not affect my everyday life, but recently I have learned that even today, being White in America has greatly affected my life. Being White in America has affected how I identity racially, where I grew up, who I grew up with, where I went to College, where I went to high school, and provided me with advantages that many minorities are not lucky enough to have. I have realized this by looking at my life and reflecting through C. Wright Mills’ Sociological Imagination(Lambert Lecture). I connected this to my collage through

He had come to clasp her in his arms and pommel her breasts with his head, griering with her for Eugie. He put his hand on the knob.” Nonetheless, after he is refused badly and atrociously by his mother, he turns out to be cold blood, which is what his family always views him as. There is a conversation at the end of the story, “What’d you want?” She asked humbly. “I didn’t want anything.” He said flatly. Then he went out the door and down the back steps, frightened by his answer. From this quote, we realize that Arnold is even shocked by his own insensibility.

Today I’d like to tell you about a time in which I experienced racism towards myself being of the “in your face” type. While education is so important, my dad made it a priority to enroll me and my siblings in school as quickly as possible. The anxiety and fear of a new school, new teachers a new language, and new country seemed overwhelming. I barely slept at night prime to the first day of school. However, it came and went just as the sun rises and falls. Most of the students and teachers seemed very nice and accommodating. As the first few weeks began to scroll by, I noticed quite a bit of tension in gym class. We had just been to learn and play the game of basketball. I was not at all familiar with this game and I had only