The Light In The Forest Summary

The Light in the Forest, by Conrad Richter, and Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes, are two incredibly distinct novels, each with their own similarities and differences when compared to one another. True Son, the protagonist in Light in the Forest, is a fifteen-year-old boy raised by a tribe of Delaware Indians for the past eleven years of his life. Though he is biologically American, he wholeheartedly considers himself a full blooded Indian. This not only creates turmoil when he is forcibly moved to his biological white family but causes True Son confusion when he is forced to choose between not only his two families but his two other identities as well. On the other hand, Johnny Tremain, the protagonist in the novel Johnny Tremain, faces a completely different situation for he is a fourteen-year old boy living in colonial Boston. He is at first entirely self-centered and arrogant due to his prodigious gifts as a silversmith apprentice. However, when an unfortunate injury results in him having a crippled hand, this destroys any chance of him being an adequate silversmith. He faces humiliation but through many struggles and difficulties transforms into a patriotic man. Through analyzing the two novels, there were many similarities and differences found. Similarities include the difficult journey they both encounter as well as their similar behavior. On the contrary, both individuals differ through their race and how they were brought up.

In this short story The Thing in The Forest has many types of Figurative Language but mostly it represents Symbolism. One major symbolism is “the thing” which the girls, Penny and Primrose encounter while they were in the forest, represents the the bad things of WWII.

The first book that I’m going to talk about is “The Black Elk Speaks” and my feelings about the book. The reason I choose this book is because I have an Indian background in my family and thought it would be to learn about the culture and beliefs. In the beginning of the book there was a line

The Absolutely True diary of a Part-Time Indian, written by Sherman Alexie, is a semi-autobiographical novel that narrates the story of a Native American teenager. The narrative uses ‘humour to soften the sometimes difficult and emotional story’ of the protagonist, Arnold ‘Junior’ Spirit who was born with ‘water on the brain’ and is constantly targeted by bullies. The main themes that is carried throughout the novel is isolation as well as determination. These themes are expanded on with many of Arnold’s life events. Throughout the novel there are many narrative features; some of these are focalisation, diction, imagery and point of view. All of these narrative features positions the reader on how native Americans are seen as a lower class than white people as they are poorer than the white people.

It shows these two Native Americans in Heaven talking about how their lives went. Then they started talking about the rules that the rangers started to put into effect. “Witnesses. They were all witnesses and nothing more. For hundreds of years, Indians were witnesses to crimes of an epic scale. Victor’s uncles were in the midst of a misdemeanor that would remain one even if somebody was to die. One Indian killing another did not create a special kind of storm. This little kind of hurricane was generic. It didn’t even deserve a name.” (The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fustfight in Heavem, Alexie). This shows that Indians say what the Americans did. They forced them to relocate or there be killed. Then it shows how they were just thrown aside for different Americans that started to move West. Then they made the rules that made life on Native Americans hard. This book inspired people that Native Americans were people too. Also to prove that through all that happened most of the Native Americans didn’t even fight back. This showed people that Natives needed help, and after we going and stealing their land, and they hardly even fought back. That we should help them

Plumwood and Bradbury antagonized their main characters by putting them in dangerous settings. Not only were the settings similar in the idea that they were dangerous, but how they were made similar were similar. Both authors incorporated predators within their settings which is what made them dangerous. Along with setting, the conflicts were also similar. The conflicts being the characters lacked the ability to follow directions. On the other hand the characters final outcome were quite different. For the fact being that one character lost his life, and the other just attacked by the predator.

The book we were reading is called The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, and was written by Sherman Alexie. The main characters in the story are Junior, Rowdy,Mr. P, Mary, and his family. I enjoyed the book because it was was interesting to me and was different compared to the other books I have read. My favorite moment in the book was when Junior punched Roger because I thought they were going to fight, and it shows that junior has power to fight for his rights, and to show he's not just a idian from a poor town.

In today’s world, Native Americans are still mistreated and dehumanized. Sherman Alexie’s award winning novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian depicts life as a teenage Native American who decides to go against the cultural expectations set for him and go to school off of his tribe’s reservation. Through poverty, bullying, loss, and racism, Arnold Spirit Junior navigates his way through adolescence while attempting to achieve his goals. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie uses several significant events in Junior’s life to illustrate how heritage creates a predetermined path in life, one which can only be changed through determination and courage.

I felt that this was a very good novel and I would definitely recommend this to read. I felt that John Green put many lessons in for the reader to learn. An example of this would be when Pudge, Alaska, Takumi, and the Colonel all got caught for smoking at their “Smoking Hole”. They then proceeded to go to the Jury, where they were questioned for their actions, where they all told the truth. This situation could definitely show the reader that you should always be truthful and never lie to anyone, because a lie could get you in more trouble rather than just telling the truth. The book made a very big impact on me, as I felt very attached her to the characters throughout the entire novel. It also made an impact because I am also in high school, so the characters and I are going through similar experiences. The way the author had worded the situations the characters were going through made the reader feel like they were there, living the experiences that these characters were going through throughout the whole book. For example, when the Eagle walked in on Pudge smoking a cigarette and the Colonel being completely drunk, the reader felt as scared as the characters because John Green had found a way to envelop his audience into the story. I also feel that John Green made the audience feel attached throughout the book. For example, many people have lost someone important to them in their life, whether it be a best friend or family member. John Green displayed this by using the death of Alaska, and by showing Pudge’s mourning after death, many people could have felt the same way he did. Also, many people have been in a bad relationship. John Green used the Colonel and his ex-girlfriend, as their relationship did not work out. Overall, John Green used many literary devices, characters, and experiences with the characters in Looking for Alaska to make the reader take in and live the experiences with the characters, making it the great book that it is

One of the themes used in the book is of racism towards the Natives. An example used in the book is of Edward Sheriff Curtis who was a photographer of 1900s. Curtis was interested in taking pictures of Native people, but not just any Native person. “Curtis was looking for the literary Indian, the dying Indian, the imaginative construct” (King, 2003; pp. 34). He used many accessories to dress up people up “who did not look as the Indian was supposed to look” (King, 2003; pp.34). He judged people based on his own assumptions without any knowledge of the group and their practices. Curtis reduced the identity of the Native Americans to a single iconic quintessential image of what Native meant to white society. The idea related to the image of this group of people during the 1900s consisted of racism in terms of the “real looking Indian”. This is not

The show “into the woods” is an American musical show. The major character of the show is witch, a baker and his wife which are childless. Also the show is include a milk-white cow, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack. It talk about the childless couple go into the forest three days before the rise of a blue moon. They meet the other people which also want to fulfill a wish on the forest.

Collins knows how to tell a good story. The historical detail is accurate and adds to the feel of the tale. The pictures he paints of the World's Fair, the shantytowns, etc., put you in the book. The plotting is thorough, the situations believable, the dialogue

I felt like John Smith really cared about his ship crew. He saved a crew member that fell over board which takes courage because he could have drowned.John smith was blonde and I guess good looking so people should like because he has redeeming qualities. My first impression of governor Ratcliffe was he looked like a pompous, stuck up European leader. If people look pompous people will judge a person just appearance. I think Pocahontas embodies the American because she is a strong women who does not want to answer to her father to get married. During that time period a lot of women just listen to there father in terms of getting married. She wants to go on her own path which takes a lot of courage and she also has an adventurous sprit.

Do you support the Cleveland Indians baseball team? Have you or a friend ever been a Native American for halloween? If you have, you might be racist! American history is often presented in a diminishing or reductive way to the eyes of the world. Even today, media and technology reinforce these ideas by creating incorrect images of Native American history with sports teams, stereotypes, and costumes for certain holidays. Some novels reject these ideas. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, is a novel by Sherman Alexie, about a fourteen year old Indian boy, that shows the racial issues surrounding modern Native American culture. Knowing the history and context surrounding PTI deepens the understanding of critical events, themes, or issues with the novel by viewing Juniors life through the knowledge of Native American history, colonialism, colonization, appropriation, and assimilation. These ideas are scene through the eyes of Junior who is a Spokane Indian freshman going to a predominantly white school.

"I read this book when I was doing a writing assignment on Native American history. It gave me such insight into that time period. I am really thankful I read it. You don't find all that many books covering such a range events and tribes.