Storming Heaven By Denise Giardina

“April Morning” by Howard Fast is a novel that takes place during the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775. The entire book takes place during a 24 hour time period. Adam Cooper is the antagonist in this novel. When Adam goes to bed on the eve of April 18, 1775 he is a boy. When he awakens the next morning he is forced to become a man. In the early hours of the morning he, along with the rest of the town, is awakened by a lone rider racing to Lexington to warn them that a British army, of maybe a thousand men, is marching their way. Immediately the town is in a frenzy to prepare for the British arrival. The book is about Adam’s journey during the Battle of Lexington.

At first glance and after reading through Amazing Grace, it seems that Jonathan Kozol is going to take us on a journey through the lives of the underprivileged, but similar to the ones you read about, or hear in the news. However, this is not the case; the real underlying theme seems to be how the life and society they live in is very alike to a life in a prison, not because it talks explicitly about prison conditions in this area, but also because their lives are portrayed as being a prison. Kozol uses the views of children and adults throughout this book to emphasize this theme through their living conditions and personal lives, background and struggles.

“Over 12,000 people were living in the tent colonies. Many Kentucky miners signed up at an organizing meeting in Justice. By the end of the week, Pond Creek was shut down, and a tent city grew up between Chieftan and Vulcan. Even Davidson miners signed…” as told by the character Carrie, in Storming Heaven. Scenes like this become common place in the character narrated book Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina. Within it, she tells us several compelling and emotional stories of how the land stripped coal miners and the unlawful cruel coal company came to a war-like battle in 1921, on Blair Mountain. This brutal and hard fought conflict lasted almost a week and resulted in the loss of dozens of lives on each side of the battlefield. The battle

Ghost Singer by Anna Lee Walters is a tale of the historical injustices suffered by Indigenous peoples and the modern consequences of those injustices. Although it is clear that the spirit people in the novel serve as the most outwardly fearsome people in the novel, it is important to take into account the overall systemic injustices that the characters of Native American heritage suffer under throughout the histories presented in the novel. Walters addresses fearsomeness and sympathetic characters through the use of dangerous characters and situations presented directly and indirectly to the characters. The fearsomeness of the characters and the sympathy felt for the characters is dependent upon the perspectives of the readers since these fearsome figures are “a cultural construct and a projection” of that cultures fears (Cohen 1). The fearsome figures in the novels are presented to initially be the spirits haunting the artifacts, but upon closer examination the larger more entrenched issue of outdated models of thought in relation to Indigenous peoples appear to be the most important fearsome figure. The protagonist of the novel is dependent upon the views taken, and the fearsome figures that the historians, such as David Evans, and characters are attempting aid the spirits, such as George Daylight. Walters addresses the fearsome nature of a system dependent on examining and judging indigenous societies based on white values, which is problematic since both cultures do not

“The Cure is Within Us” Whoever is his life, do not had a depression? I think most of us ever have felt that anxiety, that state in which we feel that we are nothing and that by that time no matter what happens, you only care about the problems. And the problems are the same for almost all, money, work or love, often the lack of them. The majority of us suffer these depressions are momentary, many are cured when the payday; but others sink into a state of deep sadness, which is then diagnosed as depression by doctors.

1. One of the main characters in the book Black and Blue is a woman named Frannie Benedetto. Some of the roles that Frannie had were being a wife, a mother, a Catholic, and a nurse. Her role as a wife was very challenging, due to the fact that she was in an abusive relationship and was married to a New York City Police Officer. Frannie had been married to her husband Bobby Benedetto for almost twenty years. Her entire relationship with her husband has been traumatizing. Numerous times Frannie had been physically assault, raped, and belittled. Bobby physically assaulted Frannie when she was nineteen years old for the first time in their relationship. Frannie recalls many times that Bobby came home drunk and would rape her. Bobby belittled his wife by accusing her of sleeping with the doctors she worked with and by making her feel like she had deserved to get beaten up by him. One of the major reasons that Frannie stayed in the relationship with Bobby was because of their son.

In his book “Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free,” Hector Tobar recounts the story of 33 miners who spent 69 days trapped more than 2000 feet underground in the Chile’s San Jose mines following the collapse of the mine in 2010. According to Tobar (2015), the disaster began on a day shift around noon when miners working deep inside the mountain excavating minerals started feeling vibrations. A sudden massive explosion then followed and the passageways of the mines filled with dust clouds. Upon settling of the dust, the men discovered that the source of the explosion was a single stone that had broken off from the rest of the mountain and caused a chain reaction leading to

Live your life to its fullest, if I had to mention one thing I learned from Mary Oliver 's beautiful poem, "When Death Comes", that would be it. Specifically not letting time pass you by, or letting things like anxiety or anger control your life. The comparisons to death also help with understanding the magnitude of our mortality, and the importance of not taking each and every day for granted. With many fitting and unique metaphors I found it easy to be engaged with the poem. This leads also to a lot of relevant and surprising imagery, employing a more detailed vantage point for the reader. In "When Death Comes", Mary Oliver uses persona, metaphor, and imagery to speak not only of death, but more specifically living life to its fullest before death.

The first encounter with Helga Crane, Nella Larsen’s protagonist in the novel Quicksand, introduces the heroine unwinding after a day of work in a dimly lit room. She is alone. And while no one else is present in the room, Helga is accompanied by her own thoughts, feelings, and her worrisome perceptions of the world around her. Throughout the novel, it becomes clear that most of Helga’s concerns revolve around two issues- race and sex. Even though there are many human character antagonists that play a significant role in the novel and in the story of Helga Crane, such as her friends, coworkers, relatives, and ultimately even her own children, her race and her sexuality become Helga’s biggest challenges. These two taxing antagonists

An author writes to share a theme or motif to an audience. Much like writers in present day, Kate Chopin was a writer who wrote to reflect obstacles and instances occurring within her time period. Writing about personal obstacles, as well as issues occurring in the time period she lived, Chopin proved to be distinctive upon using her virtue. Kate Chopin was a determined individual, with true ambition and ability to produce writings that reflected women on a higher pedestal than they were valued in her time.

I chose the poem “There Is No Word For Good” By Mary Tall Mountain. I chose this poem because of how comforting and well written it is, and what a beautiful and meaningful message are behind these such simple words. The author uses many forms of figurative language in her poem such as Repetition, Imagery and Personifications to get her point across.

Gina Prince-Bythewood, director of the award winning 2000 hit movie Love & Basketball, showed the same great work in “Beyond the Lights”. This movie has such a strong love story, so strong with good intentions that it almost seems too real. A single mother trying to better the life of her daughter uses her talent to sing pushing her into the music business. Noni Jean (Gugu Mbatharaw) grows up and builds her career through her well known rapper boyfriend and bad persona.

In this modern day, many people claim to be Christians, but I believe that there is a distinction between “Christians” and “disciples”. Throughout my day, I’ve realised that almost any person can call themselves Christians, but to be called a disciple is completely different. To call yourself a Christian you carry the gift of salvation with authenticity. A disciple also carries the responsibility of living in holiness. As scripture shows us in Hebrews 12:14 “follow peace with all man, and holiness, without which no man shall see The Lord.” Therefore there are various distinctions between those who claim they are Christian and those who are truly disciples. One value that the disciple must hold dear to his life is that he/she should know God, and J.I. packer shows us how to know The Lord by introducing us to the study of God.

In the story, "Road to Salvation", author Prembrand warns against the dangers of holding grudges and being prideful. We can assume he writes about the dangers of pride because he was born into a fairly high social class, and sees the real-life effect of these often. The story follows a man who is quite wealthy, and a shepherd. The shepherd wants to walk his sheep through the other guys field. When the other guy doesn't want to let him, he starts to walk his sheep through anyway. This leads the rich dude to slaughter all of the shepherd's sheep. This, in turn, leads to each man repeatedly trying to get back at the other, until eventually they are together, both brought down to the same level and laughing around a campfire. The back-and-forth

God's Not Dead the movie was release March 21st 2014, it was directed by Harold Cronk. This movie has three main characters that it follows; Professor Radisson played by Kevin Sorbo, Josh Wheaton played by Shane Harper, and reverend Dave played by David A.R. White. All three of these characters interact in different parts of the movie, the main connection between the characters is Josh Wheaton as the other two do not interact until towards the end of the movie.