The book Molder of Dreams is about who and how the people in Guy’s life molded him to who he is and how much they all influenced him. As you read the book, he is telling his story: how he grew up in Staples, Minnesota. In the section that I read he talks about his grandparents, grandparents neighbor, and his parents and all the important things from their lives that influenced his. He would tell stories about them all and it almost felt like it could be my family and neighbors he was talking about. I was reminded of how important it is to not take for granted the time given to us by God with our family and friends. I learned that you can learn so much from the little things and life. One thing that stood out to me that Guy mentioned was that
Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses the topic of white America often throughout his book, Between the World and Me, as well as the struggles he has as a black American. The dream he portrays in his book consists of maintaining a well-paying job and eventually striving to become a wealthy, upper class citizen. Little do people know that the dream is not obtainable by everyone, Coates asserts that the American dream revolves around being white. Often times, blacks will begin to “act white” in order to achieve this American dream or achieve happiness in White America. Black people leave their natural physical appearance and language form in order to achieve this idea of “being white”. Personally, I find this to be bothersome. Still to this day we are
I still recall a classmate I once had in the 6th grade. Prepared and unfazed by any challenge they were faced, they seemed ready for anything. This person who left as quickly as they came had left a major dent in my life; they changed my perspective on life. When they talked to me some of the smallest pieces of advice they said like “what's the point of playing that game” or “How will social media even help you in the future” stuck to me. At that time I did not know how important a distant friend for a few months was. But today, many of the things I do are influenced by this person. Just like that classmate, people come and go in our lives; it is part of life. The minor characters, a small part of our lives, can impact our lives in indescribable ways. Similarly to Antigone, a play written by Sophocles in 442 BC, contains many twist and turns in the play which leads to many “classmates” that impacts the story. In various ways, Antigone shows that minor characters can make significant impacts such as foretelling the future, integrating development with main characters and affecting the plot.
Have you ever had a dream that you have been really committed to? Has something or someone ever stopped you short of that or any dream of yours? These questions are quite relevant to the main characters in the selections Of Mice and Men and “Only Daughter”. Of Mice and Men is a well-known story by John Steinbeck that tells the tale of two travel companions, George Milton and Lennie Small, as they dream and work hard to gain a small piece of land for themselves during The Great Depression, a harsh financial time. “Only Daughter” is an autobiographical essay by Sandra Cisneros about her struggles on trying to bond with her father while being impeded by her six brothers. The two selections’ main dreams are both corresponding and distinct in various ways. The dreams are also very substantial to the one who holds it. George and Lennie’s dream, in Of Mice and Men, influenced their lifestyle, behavior, and relationship between them. Sandra Cisneros’s dream, from “Only Daughter”, had an impact on the topic of her writing, her writing style, and her relationship with her father, who she has been trying to gain the approval for her writing career for many years.
In the book I can connect to some of the things in it. In life people have happy things happen and negative things happen. “Life throws too much crap at us as it is, so why hold onto something
This quote really explains the topic in this story because as you read, you notice his entire life situation and how he came about of his careers and his life after. Everything that motivated him and pushed him, the people who believed in him all had part of the topic.
Richard Wagamese’ expertise in the realm of story telling unlocks a dream world where he has the ability to accurately portray the protagonist’s emotions directly to the reader. Wagamese is able to flip in between current events and past stories to ultimately immerse the reader into a world of imagination. Additionally, he perfects the order in which these stories are being told. By doing so, it allows the reader to take pity upon the protagonists at hand in an utmost flawless succession. Lastly, through effective and clever story telling, Wagamese is able to engage the reader by placing them in both the shoes and minds of his protagonist. It is the profound ability of story telling Wagemse possesses that allows him to create intriguing protagonists who drive the plot of the novel through the stories told.
In "The Other Wes Moore" by Wes Moore the author Wes is thinking about how he has changed from what he was like before he went to military school to what he is now that he is in military school. The author Wes thinks about what impacted his change and helped him become what he is right than and there. Wes thinks about how the people around him have helped him see different aspects of his life. For example Wes's best friend, Justin, has helped Wes see how positive attitude and been nice around people can help him gain more positive friendships than if he were to treat everyone negatively. These positive friendships last way longer than the negative friendships. Sometimes you are even considered as family with your friends family. "Justin's Mother looked after me like I was her own. The same way my mother did for Justin..." (Moore 57). This quote expresses the relationship that Wes has with Justin and his mother, also the relationship between Justin and Wes and his mom. Wes feels like Justin is a brother to him, this means that Wes has a strong bond with Justin and this causes the long lasting friendships. With this Wes has more people helping him in his life to succeed towards his goal of a brighter future. a brighter future for him would mean a brighter and happier future for his children. The support that Justin and his mother showed for Wes
Dreams give a person hope, and hope makes life worth living. In Of Mice and Men, the author John Steinbeck chooses dreams as one of his central themes. As the reader digs deeper into the story and characters, the theme of dreams expands as the novel goes on. Lennie and George held on to their dream of moving to a farm. Even though George had his doubts, he kept the dream alive for Lennie. Candy, the swamper, is a dreamer too. He wanted to escape his miserable life working on the ranch to go with George and Lennie to their dream farm. Many of the characters in the novel had dreams about their future. Lennie, George, and Candy wanted to move to a farm, and Curley’s wife wanted to be admired. All of these characters were examples of how John Steinbeck
Throughout the Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls reveals every intricacy of her childhood. She spares little to no element from the judgment of the reader, especially the shortcomings of her father. Rex Walls is a highly intelligent man. At first, he is continually encouraging himself and his children to dream. He believes in himself and aspires to be better than he is; which you can tell by the contraptions he continues to spend time building in order to get rich. His major shortfall is his dependence on alcohol. This dependence leads to him lose jobs and subsequently their home, eventually forcing them to move in with his parents. After moving his family to his hometown, Rex is driven to drink more and new revelations have a major impact on his family. Ultimately, his past abuse and troubled childhood leads him into alcoholism, making him incapable of upholding his ideals of autonomy. Despite his ideals of masculinity and fatherhood, he always comes up short due to his alcoholism, which conversely drives him deeper into depression and more drinking.
The Language of Dreams by Belle Yang features the role of memory, language and story-telling in human lives, especially those displayed and complicated by the movement and the blending of culture (pp 697) whereas, Death of Josseline by Margaret Regan encourages a reconsideration of how the immigration issue is discussed in the media (pp704). Both the article describes about change in one’s life because of immigration.
“When bad things happen early in life, whether you remember them or not, the brain doesn't forget,” Jack Shonkoff, a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, said at a recent conference in Washington, D.C. . In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Rex and Rose Mary Walls were fit parents, because they had made their children tough by exposing them to various things at an early age, and had taught their children how to be independent in life. At certain times Rex and Rose Mary Walls were good parents, because they had taught their kids various life lessons, one being how to be independent. But at the same time Rex and Rose Mary Walls had been unfit parents, because they had put their kids in various situations that were dangerous for children of that age.
The darkened windows reflected the glaring glow of the jeep headlights as Chloe pulled up close to the cabin. She’d completely lost track of time at Rosie’s, and it was a little past midnight by the time she arrived back home.
Jeannette Walls begins her memoir with an encounter with her mother, a homeless woman digging through garbage. Walls is “overcome with panic that she’d see [her] and call our [her] name… that [her] secret would be out” (Walls 3). This gives Walls the opportunity to answer the question she has created in the reader’s mind; how did this happen? Walls answers this with a recollection of her, to say the least, unique childhood. In writing The Glass Castle, Walls is forced to reflect on her life and family and realize how both have affected her as an individual; quotes of her mother are filled with litotes, descriptions and interactions with her father are surrounded with motifs of “being tough”, and the effects of being raised by these two characters
The ability for dreams, friendship and attitude to positively influence one’s life is conveyed through the repetition of George and Lennie’s dream about “living off the fatta the land”, and the way in which Candy and Crooks are pulled into the dream, giving them all a sense of hope in the otherwise hopeless context. Penn’s Into The Wild similarly demonstrates the importance and power of dreams and attitude, using Chris’ dream of reaching Alaska to illustrate the drive it can give someone, whilst Chris’ attitude towards freedom and escaping his materialistic society are conveyed through his manifesto and the diction he uses when speaking, demonstrating the power this instils in him. Chris’ eventual epiphany about friendship is mirrored in Of Mice and Men where George and Lennie have “somebody to talk to that gives a damn” and gives them the drive they need to hopefully achieve their dreams. Whilst these themes are comparatively balanced throughout both texts, the fundamental ideal of freedom is however demonstrated as a polar opposite of each other, with George and Lennie striving for material possession and wellbeing whilst Chris longs to get away from societal dependence on materialist and consumerist ideals.
The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M. O'Brien is a Sci-Fi/Dystopian book set far in the future. The main character Rosie Sinclair had come to the most prestigious art school in the country, called The Forge School Of Arts that doubles as a reality show called The Forge Show. The school has cameras following students around for 12 hours a day tracking every movement a student makes. Rosie begins to suspect suspicious activity after all the students fall into their routine drug induced sleep. She decides to investigate and avoided taking her pill one night, which leads to her discovering a whole new world, behind the scenes of The Forge Show. While the cameras are still rolling Rosie falls for a staff member Linus, their fiery relationship takes