The Rock And The River Summary

The book A long walk to Water by Linda Sue Park is about an eleven year old boy named Salva. First in the beginning of the story he is going to school when out of no where his school is in the middle of a war zone, his teacher tells him to run for the bushes but he keeps running until he could run no more. Then he meets some other people that had also ran away from the war, they had broken of into groups separating the men from the women and children, Salva was put with the children. They kept walking until they came across a barn in which they spent the night, when Salva awoke in the morning he was the only one there, the group had left him. He walked outside of the barn and found a lady rocking on a chair, she gives him some peanuts to eat

The exposition of Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone is when a boy called Samuel Collier stole his mother's locket from a pan shop and the owner found him and sent him to an orphanage. This novel has many different settings in the beginning of the book they are in England, then in the middle of the book the are on a boat on there way to the “New World”. Then in the middle /end of the book they are in Jamestown Virginia. The time period that this book took place in is 1606-1607. The significant event that happened in this time period was the creation of Jamestown. There were many people involved in this such as Samuel, Captain Smith, Captain Ratcliff, and many other gentlemen and peasants. The problem that they face are dealing with the Native American people and just trying to survive. This is a problem because the natives don't want these people around so they try to get rid of them, and survival is a problem because they are in a new place that they have never been in before and they dont know whats poisonous or how to really protect themselves because most of the people they brought were gentlemen.

The novel “The River” is the second book to a magnificent five part series by Gary Paulsen, throughout reading this book I was on the edge of my seat, wondering what to think. This novel is about a young boy who named Brian who is recovering from a traumatic experience in the woods, and decides he would like to use his experience to teach other people in his positon. In his past experience, he crashed a plane and spent 54 days in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a hatchet and the clothes on his back. He agrees to go back into the woods to teach a survival instructor named Derek exactly how he survived. After much planning and paperwork he sets out to a precise location in the forest. Soon after arriving he realizes that what they had packed would not make this trip a struggle, like his

oldest of seven brothers, and apparently suffered physical and emotional abuse by his father. In

Kids that grow in an environment surrounded by violence also become violent. If a kid sees his dad hitting his mom he/ she will thing that it is ok to hit others. And they will imitate that behavior. Parents who punch and yelled at their children are only setting up a pattern. And violence only brings more violence. Kids should grow in an environment where they are treated with respect and with love.

Sam was a responsible kid that helped his mom in ways she really can not do for herself.

Children need to be exposed to violence to understand it and to help prevent violent outbursts later on in life. Awareness is everything in this century, so better to prepare your children than to let them only experience violence when something bad happens. Violence is thanks to the human race and it is something that will be in our lives forever or until we can find peace within ourselves, so better have the knowledge than to be

The novel Gone by Michael Grant shows the reader many different themes and influential information about the society and character.

It makes the possibility for violence grow stronger and stronger as the child grows in age until he or she takes a liking to violence,

Yet, the Black Panthers use of social services and community programs, served a dual purpose. “The survival programs provided more than just relief; they also offered a vision of a more just society based on the values of self-determination, cooperation, and social and economic equality” (Kirby). The Panthers’ belief in a socialist revolution was equally tied to these values upheld by their very own

The Way to Rainy Mountain is a by N. Scott Momaday influential novel in today 's time, as it depicts the history of the Kiowa culture of how they came to be, their traditions and beliefs along with the truth of how their culture came to an abrupt end. As Momaday undergoes a journey to visit Rainy Mountain, he creates an identity for himself in the Kiowa culture that is portrayed through his use of memory, setting, and structure.

We continued to learn that although things weren’t always at peace at home, Sam still believed in caring for his family. One specific example was when both Sam and his brother heard noises coming from outside. “There are people out there,” Sam shouted. “Let’s go.” This is showing that while Sam still wasn’t quite at ease with his family, he cared for them so much that he had risked himself -without knowing that the cattle thieves could turn on him- by going out to try and stop them. Sam had believed that his family was important, so he chose to go out and try and save the cattle. It’s showing that while things still weren’t quite settled with his family, he was willing to do something for them because he believed that his family was also

In Cleveland Seller’s memoir, The River of No Return, Seller’s discusses his time in the SNCC. While the SNCC was primarily a nonviolent organization during its inception, in the years prior to its downfall, the SNCC had a major shift into the black separatist and power movement. This transition made the SNCC into an organization that promoted a revolution to overturn racial discrimination which departs from the original founding principle’s the SNCC was created on. While Seller’s involvement within the organization is unquestionable, there is the matter that the memoir is coming from his perspective which implies some bias. While his perspective gives an accurate account of this major transition in SNCC which led to its demise, his bias is

In regards to the Vietnam War President Richard Nixon said "No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. Never have the consequences of their misunderstanding been so tragic." (Nixon).

Through our exploration within class, Andrew Bovell’s adaption of The Secret River has shown us its righteous place as a remarkable Australian play. The various themes throughout the novel highlight issues revolving around ownership and dispossession as well as reiterating how important reconciliation amongst white and indigenous Australians is. Bovell’s adaption is captivating, poignant and opens the door for a conversation of our nation’s history that has been silenced on many occasions.