Summary Of Under The Rice Moon

Both “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou and “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar refer to slavery using birds as metaphors and in “Sympathy”, the bird sees freedom only in death, while in “Caged Bird”, the bird hopes and believes that he will soon become free. The diction the authors use show that the “bird” is truly a slave because of the fact that they are both in pain and have bruises and scars and are bloody, as well as the fact that they are chained, and cannot run away. The bird in “Caged Bird” sang to tell his story and pass time, just like slaves did. In “Caged Bird” knows that freedom is coming, even though he is in a terrible situation. The slaves “wings” are constantly being clipped so he cannot run away meaning that he is chained. The slaves’

After reading, Breaking Night by Liz Murray, it left me in all, in a swing of emotions but thrilled in the end. To listen to Liz struggle and pain that she endured as a child and being homeless during her teenage years made me look a life in a whole different way and made me appreciate my life so much more. I could never imagine going through the obstacles Liz was thrown with, such as, drug addictive parents with AIDS, the pressure of taking care of everyone but herself, juggling school and more. It made me realize that my life isn’t so bad, that there are people going through worse situations than I am and to appreciate the little things that I do have.

by allowing me to reflect on the lack of equality in the world. There is still issues similar to this today involving discrimination and the absence of fairness. Throughout the novel it made me realize how poorly some people treat others, and how incredibly sad it is.

Paper Moon is 1973 comedy-drama written and directed by an American film maker Peter Bogdanovich and was released by Paramount Pictures. The movie talks about the depression and poverty among the American people. Peter Bogdanovich uses a little girl Tatum O, Neal as his main character to reflect on the poverty of Kansas and Missouri in the year 1936. It is a joyful movie from the beginning to the end as it is considered the most charming movie. It is a significant movie because it touches on the real life situations.

Amy achieved her goal of letting the readers know a diagnosis isn't just a diagnosis, it's a life changing event that effects your life even before diagnosis, until you die. It's very relatable to me due to me being a T1D. I could relate to pretty much everything the author spoke on, from the symptoms before diagnosis, the emotions she had after being diagnosed, how she felt when it came to her parents and how her diagnosis effected them, to the life events that diabetes completely changed. I was able to look back at my diagnosis and life living as a T1D and compare it to Amy's story. I felt connected to Amy after reading this book. I have never had a close friend I could take with about diabetes, so it was nice to find someone I could relate to. My knowledge about diabetes hasn't changed much since I've lived with it for pretty much my entire life,. But it has changed my knowledge on the fact that I'm not alone in this disease. Amy talked about going to group therapy and meeting with other people who are diabetic helped her a lot through the hard times. That's something I would really like to try in the future. I've always seen my diabetes as something extremely personal, which is why I don't share much about it with friends or family. But after reading this book, I may give expressing my feelings about it, and what is going on with my health when it comes to diabetes with my

This reading was very interesting to read about. A lot of this reading stuck out to me. The statement that stuck out to me the most was when Ro’s mother said, “I think kids like Ro because she isn’t a threat to them; they can just be themselves around her.” I think this is something all parents need to realize about their children who suffer from any kind of syndrome or disease. I think adults can really learn a lot from how children interact with each other. They don’t care if someone can’t talk or do the same things as them, but just as long as they have fun together. Another statement in the reading that strongly affected me in the reading was the story about Ro in middle school and going through the physical education class. At the beginning he exiled her from the class and had her

Reading the book and thinking about the themes had an effect on my life now I know what it’s like and I’m never going to forget it. It changed my mindset about life, not to take advantage of the little things in life we all take advantage of everyday. To be thankful and grateful we are free and have everything we have. To remember it was not always like this and to hope no one will be treated that way again. Also to remember it was not to long ago that it was this way and whites treated blacks this way, people no matter their race was treated this way is just crazy to think about. Sometimes I can’t believe someone was treated that way, but know I understand more thanks to this

September 15 was a day I won’t forget I was scared for my friend Donavin he was 13 and had to get surgery on his neck, he had a 50% of making it through the surgery. I sat in the waiting room for what seemed like days, I ended up sleeping on the floor of the waiting room to get good or bad news. It was 5:00 pm when the nurse can in I got out of my seat as my sister held my hand tight. “He made it through the surgery would you like to see him” the nurse said. Without saying anything to the nurse, I ran to the room and opened the door with tears, my eyes waiting to see his face. I walked over and saw him sleeping, I layed next to him and hugged him like I have not seen him in forever, I was glad to see him doing well. By wanting to stay with a friend in the hospital, I was showing that I cared for that person. The characters of Sandra from “Geraldo no last name” and Liesel from the book thief showed that they care about people they don’t know.

Later, however, she’d feel almost appreciative of the effects the illness had on her life. “[It] was the most important thing that happened to me, and formed me, guided me, instructed me, helped me and humiliated me,” she said.

The emotions that the autistic girl felt were excellently conveyed. We saw how she got frightened by loud sounds around her and became contented as everybody acknowledged her works. She was very emotional about the design of the slaughterhouse she was working because she said that cows must be respected. The progression of her life was clearly presented. It started from when she overcame her difficulty in calming herself while having tantrums and panic disorders.

It made me feel like I was actually in the book with the main character, Abby, who lost her husband at war. I felt like I was with her through all of the struggles she had while coping with her husband’s death.

It reminded me that the world really isn’t fair, even today. However, it has improved a lot since the 1900s, so I should be more grateful. Before I began reading the book, I only thought of the situations I was in and how terrible they were. I basically thought the world was out to get me. Life’s rough, but I had to persevere through it.

In February 2015 a woman by the name of Nancy Lee Carlson bought a bag of moon dust for $995. This bag contained moon dust that was taken as a sample during the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Once it the bag was brought to earth it landed into the hands of Max Ary who was later convicted of theft and his possessions were confiscated. The government sold Mr. Ary’s possessions and the bag of moon dust was mistakenly put up for sale in an online federal auction.

There have been many injustices throughout history, like slavery and discrimination; this is the time where two poems take place; “Sympathy” and “Caged Bird”. Maya Angelou and Paul Laurence Dunbar describe how it is like to be discriminated and separated, through their poems “Sympathy” and “Caged Bird”. However, they did not convene to generate these poems. Dunbar innovated the metaphor of a caged bird and discrimination. In her poem “Caged Bird” debuted in 1969, Maya Angelou writes about a character that is a caged bird who cannot fly and is separated from other birds. Paul Laurence Dunbar also writes of the struggle of a caged bird, who cannot become free even after eating the bars of his cage, in his poem “Sympathy” broached in 1889. Both writers explain the situations of caged birds and their desires to be free. In the poems “Sympathy” and “Caged Bird”, caged birds both sing for freedom, however, one is more confined than the other; “Caged Bird” is more meaningful, because the bird is unable to fly, and is emotionally affected by that.

A White Heron written in 1886 is about a girl who comes to her grandmother's house in the country side she falls in love with the nature and after some time adjusts in the new surroundings. Being familiarized with the surroundings, a hunter offers her a considerable reward for finding a Heron for his personal collection. Being human she agrees to find the bird and accompanies the hunter but fails to find the heron. Later on she goes alone and finds the bird's nest by climbing on the tallest tree, this in turn reignites her love and passion for the nature and the thought of helping the hunter and killing of the Heron becomes cynical. She keeps it a secret and Hunter goes back without his prize. (Jewett, 2009)