Runaway Children's Short Story: Omicron

all you have left in harsh conditions. Eliezer has a hard time watching the other families interact

“Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams into ashes,”(34). It takes a lot of events to take your soul and dreams to be burnt into ashes. Eli was going through a really hard time and wanted answers that were not heard from God. Without the closure of the events going on he started to question if there was even a God at all.

In conclusion, Eli set his mind to believe that there was no hope and that everything was over. He didn’t think that he would see his brother again. But with patience and his other family members along his side he eventually got the answer that he had hoped for. Everything was still fine and everyone was alive. Sure he was angry about the wasted time in the shelter but he was more happy to see that his brother was ok. The moral is to never lose hope. It may not seem possible but anything can happen in the world we live in and it is up to everyone

There are No Children Here, by Alex Kotlowitz, tells a story about the family of LaJoe and Paul Rivers. The book focuses on Lafayette and Pharaoh, two of the younger children in the family, and their interactions with each other, the neighborhood, their family, their friends, and the police. Following the family over three years shows the importance of neighborhood factors when it comes to crime. According to Sampson and Groves (1989), social disorganization refers to “the inability of a community structure to realize the common values of its residents and maintain effective social controls”. Many aspects in the book exemplify how neighborhood factors, social controls, and community factors have impacts on crime. The book exemplifies how neighborhood disadvantage can lead to informal social controls, which in turn produces crime. Due to these factors, social disorganization is the best theory to explain the crime that occurs in There are No Children Here.

From reading “True Notebooks”, I chose to write about Kevin Jackson, while reading I was able to observe his personality. He is calm, likeable, and easy going once he opens up. At juvenile hall he minds his own business and is a messenger. Also he wants become a chef once he is out and likes to help out in the kitchen at juvenile hall. Kevin is well liked by authority figures such as Mark, Janet, and Mr. Sill. Growing up, Kevin did not have a positive childhood. In fact, his childhood was shocking and most likely this has affected his behavior. When Kevin was nine years old he experienced traumatizing event, both of his parents dying in a car accident. When he was in elementary school he had a hard time coping with his event. After experiencing

A Child Called “It” is a powerful book written by Dave Pelzer about his childhood and the hardships he encountered with his family, peers, and community. Middle childhood can be a life altering point in a young child’s life, which many theorist have studied over the years. This paper will review a few of those theorist thoughts, and how their theories apply to young David’s childhood. The theorist work that will be covered will be Bronfenbrenner and his ecological systems model, Piaget’s theory of development, and lastly Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning. It is important to understand what was going through David’s mind as he dealt with this trauma and how he was able to survive it.

There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz tells the harrowing story of the Rivers family and their shocking experiences living in an underserved Chicago public housing project. The story focuses on Lafayette, a middle school aged boy discovering his identity, Pharoah, an elementary school aged boy with high ambition and goals, and their resilient mother LaJoe. Matza’s Techniques of Neutralization discuss how people can create rationalizations to justify delinquencies and crimes. Specifically applicable to There Are No Children Here is the theory of Denial of Responsibility which occurs when the perpetrator of an offense claims the situation was out of their control, they did not know the law, they were a victim of circumstance, or they were acted upon by outside forces rather than acting themselves. The second theory applicable to There Are No Children Here is Becker’s theory of Master Status. The theory of Master Status states that labels can take on a “master status” and can have an enormous influence and once you’ve been labeled, then define you. These theories aid in understanding how the pattern of violence and destruction is perpetuated in the projects of Chicago and the misfortune in the Rivers family.

It was his time to fight for himself and stay alive. In conclusion, Elie had to stop worrying about his father and focus on himself to stay

The book I read is called A Child Called It. It is written by Dave Pelzer. The theme of this book is to keep hope alive. You should have faith and dreams to have something to look forward to in your future especially when you feel you can’t go on any more. Like Dave, he felt trapped as if he was never going to be free. He used his dreams and illusions every time he was hurting to help him get away from the pain. This is what kept this little boy alive. He had something to reach for and never quit.

Eliezer had been set up in the situation where he had to act fast about the path that he was going to take since it would’ve caused a great disruption towards himself. He was put into the situation where he had to choose to have his father become thrown off a wagon or have him be kept with Elie and the rest of the prisoners. Elie soon made his decision and called out “Father! Father! Wake up.

The 23-year-old married man acknowledges that “it was an automatic thing. Everybody shot, so I shot.” He even says, “I didn’t think about it. I just fired.” He was even asked if he felt threatened, and he replied, “No.” In other words, if the Guardsmen were not threatened or scared for their lives why on earth should real bullets be fired.

Lisa often gets frustrated when trying to play with other children. She takes toys from their hands and even hits children with the toys.

Child abuse is something that is very apparent in the world but is something that people find awkward to talk about Flannery O’Connors short story “The River” talks about a young boy Harry who isn’t taken care of very well and has a hard life. Throughout the story it is presented that Harry’s parents are unfit, he is neglegted at home, and everything is joke to the family.

What did I learn from this book? The only thing that comes to mind when I'm asked that question is pain. I didn't know what real pain was until I tried to understand what this child went through. Everything that meant anything to him, his family, those who should be the closest, was drowned out. He didn't know what to think and so often in the world today, we are naive. We don't have a clue of how life could be, and of how lucky we truly are to have the kinds of backgrounds that we were blessed with.

Lyn Fry studied Oxana with day to day human interaction and how she processed new information in a socialised environment. ‘She doesn’t have the social or personal skills. She has had boyfriends but she doesn’t have the ability to form a long-term relationship or to understand give and take. She would rather fall out then compromise. She is a very vulnerable person and there is no protection outside that institution’ Lyn Fry reported.