Quotes From Fruitvale Station

The Australian 1996 classic “A Bridge to Wisemans Cove” written by James Moloney explores the adventures of Carl Matt, a 15 soon to be 16 year old boy who learns how to find himself in a small tourist town close to the beach, Carl Matt faces the dilemmas of growing to become his own unique person due to the reputation the Matt family has given him, this also leads Carl to have insecurities about his body and have low self-worth and self-esteem. Throughout the book Carl learns how to be himself and how to love others as much as himself.

"If I had known what the next six years of my life were going to be like I would have eaten more. I wouldn't have complained about brushing my teeth, or taking a bath..." (Gruener, 2). These are the words of Yanek Gruener looking back at what he had dealt with the past six years. The book, “Prisoner B-3087”, by Alan Gratz is based on a true story of a boy, Jack Gruener, who survived 10 concentration camps in six years. Yanek Gruener had went through way more than he would have ever imagined, beatings, starvation, death marches, and scarce food supply. However, he survived. Yanek could have never survived if it wasn't for his resourceful way of thinking, his courageous mindset, and the help from everyone else, including himself, through

“Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.” -Anonymous. This quote almost perfectly describes the book. This can constantly be seen throughout the entire novel, such as, beginning, middle, and end. This quote means do not take what you have for granted, and be happy about what you do have.

In the novel The Perfect Mile, three men each set out on their own journey of breaking four minutes running a. A quote that captures the theme of the novel is “Further, the four-minute mile had to be won alone. There could be no teammates to blame, no coach during halftime to inspire a comeback. One might hide behind the excuses of cold weather, an unkind wind, a slow track or jostling competition, but ultimately these obstacles had to be defied. Winning a foot race, particularly one waged against the clock, was ultimately a battle with oneself, over oneself.” (2) The three men, John Landy, Roger Bannister and Wes Santee put it to the test. They overcame mental and physical challenges, defeated criticism and were determined to break the barrier.

Amari is a 15-year-old African American from the peaceful village, Ziavi; “Amari loved the rusty brown dirt of Ziavi. The path, hard-packed from thousands of bare feet that had trod on it for decades, was flanked on both sides by fat, fruit-laden mango trees, the sweet smell of which always seemed to welcome her home.” (Chapter 1, p.2) Amari is a doubtful character that gains courage through her awful hardships. In the beginning of the book she is captured as a slave when her village was attacked and set ablaze. Her humanity was taken away by being captured. On the voyage through the middle passage to America slaves endured low sanitation, food or water; the women were also commonly raped by sailors. Slaves citizenship was also oppressed; they were only considered property or 3/5th of a person, according to the 3/5ths compromise which

Bobby Goodspeed is a protagonist in the novel The Misfits. He learns a lot through his journey in this book. He understands that names hurt, because those on the receiving end feel as if they are what everyone else says they are. He discovers that some people are more than meets the eye, such as Mr. Kellerman. He also realizes that love isn't necessarily the one way ticket to a happy life.

Breakfast Club Character Analysis John Bender is a character from The Breakfast Club who isn’t necessarily a bully but more like a juvenile delinquent. No doubt he has a good heart but at times it is hard for him to be respectful to people who do something he doesn’t like. He doesn’t exactly have the best home life, especially with his dad. John shows a burn on his arm from a cigar burn caused by his dad because he accidently spilled paint on the floor. It is pretty obvious that John’s way of reacting to his home life is by being disrespectful and not listening to other people.

Stories are almost always about people or things that act like people such as personified animals. How can a book about rabbits teach so much about humans lives? This novel uses its unique perspective to its advantage by showing the effects of humanity. It also imprints our desires to seek a fulfilling home and to have strong leaders. Watership Down highlights our obsession with our needs by showing us the consequences that humans distance themselves from.

Which will be much different than before. Lake said this by saying that he has been striped of everything and what he has ever been.

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it. I do have a test today, that wasn't bull-sh*t. It's on European socialism. I mean really, what's the point. I'm not European. I don't plan on being European, so who gives a crap if they're socialists. They could be fascist anarchists and it still wouldn't change the fact that I don't own a car” (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off). This movie quote from 1986 continues to make an appearance thirty years after it’s creation, not only as just a quote, but as a film that youth and adults alike continue to agree and relate with. The film is continuously cited in yearbooks as senior quotes are published. The film follows a rebellious high-school senior on his ninth

Díaz writes about Oscar leaving his friends to show his maturity for being able to cut ties with people, especially since it is hard for him to make friends.

In Lucy Christopher’s novel, Stolen, Lucy Christopher uses her connotative word choice to convey her emotional tone towards her relationship with her parents. When Gemma is thinking about what she would like to say to her parents, she says, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…” (93). This quote emphasizes how she is apologetic because she has been kidnapped and comes to realization that she may never see them again. Gemma is contemplating the mistakes she has made in her life towards her parents. Furthermore in the story, Ty is trying to to get Gemma to confess to having a inadequate childhood.

Oscar Micheaux was born on the date of October 2, 1884. The area in which he was born in was in Metropolis, Illinois. Oscar’s last name was confused on either being pronounced with Mee-show, or Mi-shaw, though it is unknown. In fact, that is one of the mysteries surrounding him. Micheaux had 4 brothers and 6 sisters, born with his father and mother there with him. His father, whose name was Calvin, could not read nor write, and left the child caring to Micheaux’s mother Bell. As a young boy, he cleaned shoes, as well as worked as a porter on a railroad. As he grew older, he became a homesteader. Surprisingly, this was in an all White area. Micheaux dealt with the problem of racism by creating his own publishing company, and selling books

Parent-Child Relationships Theme Statement: It is made evident that when an individual desperately seeks for someone’s affection, their determination can often lead them to disregarding the feelings of their allies. “He asked me to fetch Hassan too, but I lied and told him Hassan had the runs. I wanted Baba all to myself. And besides, one time at Ghargha Lake, Hassan and I were skimming stones and Hassan made his stone skip eight times. The most I managed was five.

Fruitvale Station was rated a 7.5 out of 10 on the IMDB website. Its genre is all over the place. It is described as a drama, a romance, a crime movie, and a biography all in one. The entire movie is centered and focused on police brutality which is a fitting movie to do a paper on considering the current and recent publicity