Ron Moore

In the book, The Red Pony by John Steinbeck, a character named Jody must cope with loss in order to improve his character throughout the story. The book, which is a classic, focuses on the struggles a ten year old boy encounters which eventually lead him to unleashing his full potential as the protagonist in the story. This astonishing novel contains descriptive foreshadowing, engaging conflicts, and distinct tones.

We don´t get a lot of information about the various characters.The story is told in first person through a narrator who’s an african american man who remains without a name throughout the novel, besides

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore sparks thought provoking questions about human actions and behaviors in society. For decades, a common debate is whether or not children grow up to be products of their environment. Unfortunately, there is not a specific study that shows which percentage of children will be affected by their surroundings whether it be in a positive or negative way. Although, every person is impacted by their environment in some way, either large or small. There are people who choose to change their life, and forget the past, and there are those who live with their childhood upbringing as the center of their life.

Sally Thomas family is given an opportunity to make a name for herself by being given social and business opportunities. While the southernmost states have a different outtake on slavery, Sally and her family are treated with much more respect. Sally is able to own her own business as a laundress and comes to be popular in the town for her kindness and fairness.

The first chapter of Billy Sunday gives us an insight of the early childhood of Billy Sunday. Billy and Ed Sunday departed on a train from Ames, Iowa to go to the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home’ at Glenwood, because Ms. Sunday, who lost her husband in the war, could not afford to keep her kids at home and take care of them. Ed Sunday was the brother of Billy. On the way to the orphan home, the train stopped in Council Bluffs and they had to take a freight train to rest of the way to the orphan home. In the end, the brakeman showed compassion to the boys by giving them the train ride for free.

With her West Virginia upbringing and living in a coal town, she was inspired to write about “rednecks” in a more positive way. The main way of her doing so was to bring to light the characters of the novel and their loyalty to family, the land and values. The characters are very relatable, the characters manage to wiggle their way into the reader’s heart. It is easy for the reader to become attached characters and to the issues arising in the book. It is in fact a part of our history, native to Appalachia or

“This is a story of two boys living in Baltimore with similar histories and an identical name: Wes Moore. One of us is free… The other will spend every day until his death behind bars...” (Moore, XI) In The Other Wes Moore, the author, Wes Moore, and the other Wes Moore both grew up in similar, yet different, circumstances and had completely different outcomes. This captivating narrative demonstrates how the choices you make, make you. In the introduction, the author Wes Moore validates this statement by saying, “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.” (Moore XI) The author, Wes Moore, shows the readers that a person’s environment, circumstances, education (or lack

During the story when The Misfit encounters the family seeking the old familiar plantation, he becomes like a Christ figure to the old southern woman. The grandmother is scared for her life but she still believes there is some good in the man. During this event, the

Denver Moore and Ron Hall, both the authors and the main characters of this novel, provided a delightfully captivating story about how the two became one through the help of Hall’s wife, Deborah, also known as Miss Debbie. Coming from completely different lifestyles, Denver Hall grew up a slave in Louisiana. On the opposite end of society, there’s Ron Hall, the rich, successful art dealer. Their worlds collided when Miss Debbie convinced her husband Ron to help out at one of the missions for the homeless she was involved in. There, he met Denver, and with the help of God, their lives were unexpectedly changed for the better.

Have you ever thought about what your life would be like if you made just one wrong decision? In The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, written by Wes Moore, the two men, both with the same name, find out what their life could have been like if they had just made a few different decisions. Their names and the circumstances they grew up in made them the same, but the choices they each made is what granted them separate fates.

There are two groups in this book, the lower income families on the east side called greasers and the higher income paid families who live on the West side of town called Socs. One night the protagonist, Ponyboy Curtis and friend Johnny Cade were making their way back from a movie, they decide to lay down and talk for a little bit before they go home. His older brother, Darry, is waiting when Pony walks in. They instantly start arguing and Darry smacks Ponyboy across the face. Ponyboy and Johnny runaway moments later and find themselves in a park with drunk Socs who attack Ponyboy. Ponyboy regains consciousness to find himself lying on the ground next to an Socs dead body. Johnny had stabbed a Soc in the back with his switchblade. They hang low at an abandon church for a long week. Then, Dally arrives to check up on them and takes them out to lunch. He

When a young author from New York City decides to take a trip to the southern city of Savannah, he finds himself falling in love with the town and ends up renting an apartment. He encounters many different characters, including Danny Hansford and Jim Williams, that gives the reader a good look into the aura of Savannah. The main conflict in the book occurs when a murder happens in an old mansion located in the town. The book follows the progression of the trial and the outcome following the court’s decision.

“The Red Convertible” is short story written by Louis Erdrich. This is story of two Native American brothers, Lyman Lamartine (narrator) and Henry (protagonist), and their growing bond as brothers. Lyman has a talent to make money, but he decides to go on a trip with his brother Henry when the tornado destroy the Joliet café that he owned. Along with his brother, he bought red Old’s Mobile convertible together, which they travel many different places from North Dakota through to Alaska and back. Throughout these trips, brothers build good bond and spent great time traveling. Unfortunately, Henry is drafted into the Vietnam War and comes back with broken soul. In order to convey the central idea of the story, Erdrich uses setting, conflict, and symbolism to represents bond and struggles between the brothers.

This book tells the story about Rutherford Calhoun. He is a newly freed slave and finds himself in New Orleans. This is where he meets Isadora, a sweet and loving school teacher. She soon falls in love with him and wants to help him. She talks about marrying him and it scares him. He tells her that he will never get married. Rutherford meets Squib at a bar and learns that he is a cook on board a slave boat. He gets on board and they allow him to stay. The rest of the book tells the story of what it was like on board. The boat carries 40 Allmuseri tribes people from Africa who are treated poorly. Their culture is taken from them along with everything else. The slaves plan a revolt against the captain, and they gain control of the boat. Bad weather, destroyed the boat and everyone is thrown into the ocean. Rutherford and a few others are rescued by another ship. He soon find out the Isadora is on board. Because of his long journey at sea, he is a changed man. Isadora and Rutherford get back together, and live

     Ada Monroe was the pampered daughter of a Charleston minister, Monroe. Sheltered by her father, who came to Cold Mountain to minister to the “heathen’s,” she is unprepared for his death. Like any lowland lady, she reads well, play the piano, and can plan parties. She knows not to plant, or sow, or reap. She comes very close to starving on her lovely mountain farm before Ruby comes walking up her lane. Ada’s savior is a scrawny mountain girl with will and work ethic for them both. She came to work the land with Ada, saying. “…if I’m to help you here, it’s with both us knowing that everybody empties their own night jar (68).” Ruby forces Ada off the porch rocker and into the fields. Through days of weeding,