The Watsons Go To Birmingham Analysis

In the novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963 Byron was not a good person in the beginning he did not do good stuff. For example, he was using matches 2 times. Although his parents said again not to use matches. Momma said what she always did if Byron uses matches again.

“When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourself,”--Viktor E. Frankl (www.brainyquote.com). In the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis, Byron (“By”) Watson changes the most. At the beginning of the novel, Byron does not seem to care about his siblings, but throughout the story he becomes more protective of his younger siblings, Joetta and Kenny. He used to be very rude, but now he is being very respectful towards his family and friends.

The Watsons go to Birmingham was an amazing book and movie, but I personally think that the novel was better. The novel is better because it has more character depth, it shows theme better, and you can get your own understanding. The movie lacked many things including character depth.

In The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963, the Watson Family travels down to Alabama to teach Byron a lesson. The Watsons take a huge risk by traveling down south. Because there are so many negative possibilities, it was not worth it for the watsons to go to Birmingham.

In the fictional novel, The Watsons Go To Birmingham there were several historically accurate cultures and events from the 1960’s. Most of the story is based on the mother wanting to go to Alabama, because that’s where her family is. However her husband doesn’t think it is a good idea because he knows there is segregation down in the south, and he doesn’t want his kids to see all the hatred for people of a different skin color. Their children have not been exposed the separation of different skin colors because they live in Flint, Michigan, where there is not a lot of conflicts about segregation. Yet, at some point the family decides to make the long trip to Birmingham. Before they leave for their trip, their dad goes and buys a record player

The topic of Civil Rights is an interesting topic for so many people. This event changed history forever and allowed some people who couldn’t even get good jobs to become president of the United States or even have the same rights as others. In the book The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963, the author, Christopher Paul Curtis, wrote a story about a family that is living in this time. The author mostly focused on telling us a story of the Watson family and not really any historical events. I really would've liked it if the book gave more information on civil rights and not just have one historical event happen at the end of the book. Adding some more facts and history would have made the book more interesting. All in all, the book The Watsons Go

Published in 1995 by Christopher Paul Curtis, The Watsons Go to Birmingham is a story of an African- American family living in a town of Flint, Michigan, having a journey to Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. The movie came out in 2013, similar to the original novel. This loving family consists of five members: Byron Watson, an official juvenile delinquent, Kenneth Bernard Watson, ten years old boy with a lazy eye, Joetta Watson, an obedient youngest Watson, Wilona Sands Watson, Momma who always look after her kids, and lastly, David Watson, a thoughtful reliable dad. In fact, the movie is quite different from the novel, because the plot events don’t match with the movie, there is fused resolution, there is some missing and different characters, and the focus of the theme are slightly different.

In The Watsons Go To Birmingham the movie and the book have many similarities and differences when talking about what scenes/phrases were in both the book and the movie, also scenes/phrases that weren't in both. One of the many similarities between the book and the movie is in the beginning Byron seems to get his lips stuck to the car by kissing his own reflection on the mirror on the Brown Bomber (the Watson’s car). In the book it says “I moved closer. I couldn’t believe my eyes! Byron’s mouth was frozen on the mirror! He was as stuck as a fly on flypaper!” (13, paragraph 2). Although there are many similarities between the book and the movie, there are also many differences one of them being stated in the book that Grandma Sands was a small

In order to understand the characters, or character from the movie, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, you have to first understand what the movie is about. This movie is about an African American family during the summer of 1963. This family consists of the father (Daniel), mother (Wilona), their two sons Kenny and Byron and their daughter Joetta. The Watson family lives in Flint, Michigan, but decided to take a summer trip down to Birmingham to visit Wilonas’ mother. The planned trip was to get Byron, their juvenile delinquent son, to realize that he needs to get his act together. But as the weeks pass by in Birmingham, they realize how much they love Michigan and would rather be back at home. The character I would like to dissect, is their fifteen year old son Byron. To me, Byron was the only character that went through a major change over the summer of 1963. Byron showed characteristics and actions of how the Europeans used to treat African Americans, but as the movie progresses Byron starts to change and embrace his family and race more. In the beginning Byron was rebellious, unconsciously wanted to be white, and had a nonchalant attitude but then he changes and becomes comforting to his little brother Kenny.

In texts or videos, the theme is important in the text. In the text, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963” and the video, Birmingham Church bombing both have a similar theme. They both say that the bombing was bad,and is important in history. It's led to give more support to struggle for equality and end segregation and to lead to the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting Rights act.

In the two texts, “The Watsons Go To Birmingham,” by Christopher Curtis and, “16th Street Baptist Church Bombing,” by Jessica McBirney the two authors create two different texts with the same event. The text, “16th Street Baptist Church Bombing,” by Jessica McBirney the central idea is that the church bombing impacted and angered an entire community. The text, “The Watsons Go To Birmingham,” by Christopher Curtis the central idea is that a noise that is compared to a sonic boom draws Kenny’s interest, and he later finds out that noise is the result of a church bombing. Both texts mentioned are based around the same event is history, but are very different in term of the way they were developed.

Persuasive Essay In the novel The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis, the main character’s name is Kenny Watson. Kenny has a mean brother named Byrin. Byrin is always bullying Kenny around. Byrin does not treat people well.

Creative Title To succeed in life it takes a loving and supporting family. This is seen in the historical fiction novel, The Watsons Go To Birmingham,1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis when the Watsons travel to Birmingham during the Civil Rights movement. During the road trip, the family experiences tragic things that make them closer together. The author uses symbolism to convey the message that family brings unity.

People often believe that once you see someone from how they look on the inside they will not change. This is seen in Christopher Paul Curtis’s historical fiction novel, The Watsons Go To Birmingham, 1963, when a family of five travel to Birmingham, Alabama. The dynamic characters in the novel, Kenny, and Byron, transform after their arriving.

In the book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, written by Christopher Paul Curtis; the character Mrs. Watson, is the mother of three children, Kenny, Byron, and Joey. Some of her characteristics is that, she is very strong willed but she cares a lot about her children and other people. My mother and Wilona, are similar because they both worry about their children.