The Horrific Wreck By Emma Burke Analysis

In the story All the Broken Pieces written by Ann E Burg, a character named Matt makes a comparison about him and his little brother being compared as fall and summer. Matt’s comparison is firstly being compared by him being dark and drowsy, while he secondly compares tommy, his brother, to summer a happy joyful time of the year

In Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, it told one of the many stories of what going through the japanese system was like. In The Life of Mine Okubo by Expeditionary Learning for Instructional Purposes, it gave us ideas about how the japanese went through the american system. In both stories the show how the prisoners resisted invisibility. Louie Zamperini was an american that was stuck out on a life raft for 47 days. He had very scarce items like food and water.

Like in Making Sarah Cry She helps her, and the boy but in Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote she helps thousands or millions of women get their rights. In the story Making Sarah Cry it shows the theme of helping others many ways. A couple of example are when the boy or narrator was getting bullied because of his scars sarah said “leave him alone you bullies, because he’s a friend

'Harwood's poems explore the impact of time and change on the reassessment of one's identity.'

In the first half of the historical nonfiction novel, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini endures many hardships in his life. These struggles make me feel sorry for him and the trouble he is in. As a child, he was unable to fit in, his peers considered him “a bad kid”. Louie would unfortunately steal things on the streets, and consistently get into fights with others, commonly for no reason at all. However, the positive side to his actions, was the speed and running ability he built up. I felt relieved when his brother encouraged his participation on the school track team. In a nutshell, Louie was a natural star. His large, skinny frame and long frame gave him ideal running characteristics. No longer was Louie a bad kid, he was a

In the movie Girl, Interrupted the plot surrounds a period in the life of Susanna Kaysen played by Winona Ryder who was institutionalized at the Claymore mental hospital in the 1960s. In the movie, the main character Susanna is diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and undergoes treatment to which at the end of the movie she is released. It is at this hospital that Susanna encounters many other patients of which she shares many experiences with. One of these patients was the longtime resident and popular amongst all the other patients Lisa Rowe played by Angelina Jolie whom Susanna became close with and would mid-movie escape the hospital with to only return on her own and find that Lisa would be back a few days later. Lisa, while being the protagonist of the movie, was very charismatic in her own way and based on her behavior and revelation in the movie is diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, particularly a sociopath in the movie.

Upon receiving the Nobel Prize for his excellence in writing, William Faulkner expresses his dismay towards the writers of the day and laid out what he terms “the writer’s duty.” In his acceptance speech, Faulkner is disheartened by the fact that young writers continue to discuss “the end of man” in their work. Faulkner advocates that authors must make all efforts to “help man endure by lifting his heart.” Because man leads a difficult life, writers are obligated to use their work to uplift and inspire the reader’s sprit. In his memoir, Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt raises the reader’s spirits by illustrating that although one may have a reprobate nature,

People don’t help others people unless it benefits them. An example of this is in the article “The Dying Girl That No One Helped”, when 38 or more people saw the girl dying but not a single person stopped and went outside to help. No one even picked up a phone and called the police until she was already dead. Lieutenant Jacobs said that most people “just don’t want to get involved”(Wainwright). An example that most people can relate to in their life is when something happens, such as a fight, or any other type of argument between people. Most of the time no one will help to break up the fight, they would rather stand by and watch. These examples show that people don’t want to get involved in something that doesn’t benefit them to help. People will only help when it benefits them to help, or hurts them to not help.

Janie and her grandmother represent a culture of women that were stereotyped into a specific gender role, putting them as the last class in society. They received no compensation or respect for their services. Their work specifically benefited only those they worked for, and supported. Through compromising themselves in this way these women were subjected to even more maltreatment.

This family comes together in a time when they all need it. Phillip at one point tells Judd he’s on his side and has his back no what the situation is. Then every time Judd and Wendy meet on the roof to talk they are creating a turning point during a bad time. It can be see that each brother, sister, brother, brother, and/or mother, child moment is a growing point where something/someone else is thinking and acting different. The Altman family displays resilience by walking away at the end and assuring each other that they have their backs.

Carlson then mentions the attack in Chicago and how the four African Americans attacked and tortured their white victim because he was different (2). Carlson then mentions the devastation that the family felt and how it might be a comfort to some that the four attackers got heightened penalties, but it is not comforting to her family (4). Carlson describes her childhood with her brother Jimmy and how they made life easier for Jimmy. Carlson points out that growing up with a disabled brother was not easy and she also stated “I didn’t love it, and could have done with less “Little House On the Prairie” and more alone time”.(6) Carlson points out why people feel like they need to pick on the weak and she even found herself guilty of being cruel.

Characters, in Heidi Durrow’s The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, force the protagonist, Rachel, to choose between her white and black side. They only acknowledge her black side while only celebrating her white qualities. Consequently, Rachel feels the obligation to accept the roles that have been thrust upon her and ignores part of her race because of the commentary from her family and peers. Rachel adapting to the portrayal of her racial identity to appeal to the normalized opinions of her appearance, demonstrates her tendency to comply with the categorization people of color face throughout society. Ultimately, leading Rachel to pick and choose the parts of her racial identity that most please the people she is with.

We see the homeless people of New York City, the lost children of Peru, and the lepers in Ghana. Cliff and Jeff not only gave them charity through their temporary presence and volunteer work, but also provided them social justice by raising awareness through the production of the movie which continues to influence people to this day and inform them of the social causes around the

First off, was when one lady said she was raised to fear, and even hate, the police. That even when she was the victim, and have a crime committed against her, she would not turn to the police for help. I realize there are police out there who shouldn’t be allowed to serve, and it only takes a few to misuse their authority for the trust to be lost, but how can these parents take away one of the primary avenues for acquiring help when we need it most. Another aspect of the film that surprised me, was how the women of the film wanted to give back to the community, to help, in any way, to atone for what they have done. Whether it was volunteering to help raise dogs, or teach and help each other get through their sentences, a lot of these women wanted to give back.

The movie, Girl, Interrupted, displays Susanna Kaysen’s eighteen-month stay at a mental institute in the 1960s. This film was an adaptation of a book based on a true story of the main character and author Susanna Kaysen. Susanna was checked into Claymore, a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts, after chasing a bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka. At first, Susanna denies this blatant attempt at suicide and constantly struggles with uncertainty of her thoughts and emotions. Although Girl, Interrupted exhibits several mental disorders one of the most prevalent disorder of this film is Susanna’s Borderline Personality Disorder. This film depicts majority of the signs and symptoms of a person with Borderline Personality. As stated in the textbook, “the lives of persons with borderline personality are marked by instability. Their relationships are unstable, their behavior is unstable, their emotions are unstable, and even their images of themselves are unstable” (Larsen and Buss 593). Susanna’s romantic relationships are extremely unstable and she frequently engages in casual sex. She jumps from one guy to another in a matter of few weeks. One scene that establishes this the most is when her boyfriend at the time comes to visit her at Claymore and expresses his true feelings for her and she instantly withdraws. He asked her to go to Canada with him and she turns him down immediately. She also kisses Lisa who she befriends at the mental institute, displaying a switch of