Synopsis Of The Novel 'The Contender' By Robert Lipsyte

full ride about the history of our Corps as well as why we are who we are today. Krulak tells

"Battle Royal" gives the reader a frightening look at just how society looks at blacks. In the

In the story, “The Fighter” by Walter Dean Myers, the main conflict of the story is that Billy, the main character, needs to earn more money for him and his family in order for them to live a nice life. Billy is running low on money, so he needs to do boxing which is the only way he earns money, but his wife does not agree with him because she doesn’t want him to get hurt. Therefore, he is torn between either upsetting his wife to earn money or living in poverty until he could get the right education to get a good job. In the beginning of the story it says Billy is going out, though it doesn’t say where, it is to somewhere his wife does not want him to go. I know this because on page 27 it states,“Billy Giles told his wife that he was just

When America entered into the Second World War it made their friends from different region and everywhere in the world to unite and fight for freedom and also fight against fascism. Ronald Takaki, a famous historian finds out that the armed fight for democracy abroad was followed by disregard of America that everyone was made or created equal. There was racism of all kinds; segregation of African Americans and imprisonment of Japanese Americans and also denying to overall asylum to the Jewish refugees.

Gwendolyn Brooks' "First fight. Then Fiddle." initially seems to argue for the necessity of brutal war in order to create a space for the pursuit of beautiful art. The poem is more complex, however, because it also implies both that war cannot protect art and that art should not justify war. Yet if Brooks seems, paradoxically, to argue against art within a work of art, she does so in order create an artwork that by its very recognition of art's costs would justify itself.

Boxing, an official sanctioned sport in the early 20th century, is a sport that is known as one of the most violent and physically demanding sports on the earth. Professional boxers that get paid to fight must be in top shape in order to preform at the highest level. Being a professional boxer is a tough life. Boxers train hard for many months leading up to one fight and either win, lose, knock out the opponent or even get knocked out. The sport has been around for centuries, but has most recently taken off over the last 100 years. It is a multibillion dollar industry with fighters taking home hundreds of thousands of dollars if not even millions of dollars for big matches. In his novel Papa Jack, Roberts tells the story of the famous African American boxer Jack Johnson. He details the boxers rise to fame and fortune and his downward spiral that would soon follow. In Papa Jack, Roberts displays life of a professional boxer through firsthand accounts with events that happened during Johnson’s life and shows how boxing not only influenced his life but also how he influenced the African American community.

Ellison’s use of language helps imply the animalistic treatment of the young fighters (German). A writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, Michael Eric Dyson, is thoroughly amazed by Ellison’s wordplay by saying, “He spoke elegantly of the beautiful absurdity of the American identity (Dyson).” The choice of words Ellison navigate through America’s history of ideas (Dyson). The portrayal of fighters emphasize the fact that “blacks” were socially inferior. White’s would of never thought to view blacks in the same “league” with them. At this time, no one could imagine the battle royal happening with white’s fighting with an animalistic intentions, while rich, black men sat smoking cigars, cheering for brutality. By using nouns and adjectives, the description of the young fighting has a deeper, harsher connotation.

In the novel, The Contender by Robert Lipsyte, Alfred Brooks is training to be a Contender and will learn a very important lesson in his life that is necessarily just about boxing. At one point in the novel, Alfred is training hard to be a contender. Alfred learns that in order to be a Contender he must put in the hard

In both books both Carlotta and Alfred both have very many educational opportunities such as Alfred getting an opportunity to do boxing and Carlotta a chance to be one of the first African American students to ever integrate into a white school in the deep south. Alfred makes the decision for himself to box when he finally realizes he has no self esteem and no self worth, and he is beat up trying to help his old friend who has broken away from him. When Alfred decides to box he meets the gym owner Mr. Donatelli, who tells him how it is and tells him what he has to do” You'll do it for a week, maybe two. You'll feel a little better physically, but all your friends, your family will say you're a fool… You'll say to yourself all this sacrifice,

show begin” (Martel, 182). This shows the importance of training to him. He will call himself

In the story The Last Duel by Eric Jager, fourteenth century in medieval France, a knight by the name of Jean de Carrouges challenges a squire, Jacques Le Gris, to a duel. The reason for this trial by combat, a court-ordered duel intended by fate of God to determine the truth, was to seek vengeance for the sake of his own honor. The wife of Jean Carrouges was the "young, beautiful, good, sensible, and modest" Marguerite. She was expected to maintain a ladylike mannerism and remain loyal to her husband. When the couple traveled to Capomensil to visit Carrouges mother-in-law Marguerite stayed under her watch while Carrouges set out on a journey in desperate need of cash. While away on his journey

The author, Sean Gregory, in “The Perilous Fight,” talks about the political issue that has been going on for the past year, the issue started when a professional football player from the San Francisco 49ers team, also known as  Colin Kaepernick, kneeled down when the National anthem for the United States of America was played at the beginning of a game. Kaepernick’s justification for this, was that this was his way of protesting unfair treatment of individuals because of racial characteristics. Since racism, discrimination, and gender inequalities have been going on for centuries, I agree on the matter of sports players being able to  kneel down when the anthem, “Star spangled Banner,” is being played because these people are trying to stand up for what they believe is right, and they should be allowed to protest because it is serving as a peaceful way to protest for people who are being unjustly treated. Racism and discrimination often leads to these individuals who are suffering to be judged, killed, and many other harsh things that should not be taking place in the “land of the free.” We as Americans are given so many great things, and people think about the United States they usually think of  freedom, pursuit of happiness, and the rights of being a U.S. citizen, but how can we exercise those given rights properly, when t the government does not let us by putting limitations and restrictions on how we use our rights?  When it's

Part three of the book “Beyond the Wall of Resistance” has two chapters and the title of part three is, “Narrowing the Gap the Next Time”. The first nine chapters of this book gave information on planning and implementing successful change. The final two chapters expand the information on change as it relates to hiring, monitoring the work of consultants, and selecting people to lead within the organization. Chapter ten, entitled “Expanding Your Ability to Apply What You’ve Learned”, gives a range of ways to apply the Cycle of Change and the three levels of support and resistance.

Yazidi suffering- and resilience” by Kristen Chick is about how Nadia Murad made her appearances in the world. “Murad has become the international face of Yazidi suffering- and resilience.” After being captured and escaping, Nadia is speaking out for her Yazidi people. Doing so, the European Parliament awarded Nadia Murad and a fellow survivor, Lamiya Aji Bashar, the Sakharov Prize for human rights defenders. Nadia has spoken and met the prime minister of Norway and the foreign ministers of Austria and Spain as well as the pope in Rome. She has also spoken at the opening session of a counterrorism conference organized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation

Jazmyn leads the women and children through the vast and empty desert, as Moses lead his people.