The Watsons Go To Birmingham By Christopher Curtis And 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing?

Many people assume that people are just people, we have no intentional meaning, but that’s not really the case. This is seen the historical fiction novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis when The Watsons were traumatized over the bombing at Joetta’s church. The author uses symbolism to convey the message that maturity comes with time because with impactful events and people, you have to adapt.

Even after days, months, and years our six survivors struggle to get back to the life they once had before the terrible disaster. Through all the forty years after the explosion, they had to deal and cope with the terrible flashbacks of the bloodied bodies and corpses. They will had to deal with the empty space that was left in their hearts made by deaths and of many close family members; and although many family members didn't die immediately, many died in the months and years following. Also, the bombs did not spare much or any money, shelter, and provisions; meaning our survivors had to endure poverty and homelessness. The novel comes to a

In the New York Times article, “Birmingham Bomb Kills Four Negro Girls in Church; Riots Flare; Two Boys Slain”, reporter Claude Sitton gives plenty of details about what occurred the Sunday morning of September 15th. The beginning of the article states that the bombing of the all Negro church killed four black girls (Cynthia Weasley, 14, Denise McNair, 11, Carol Robertson, 14, Addie Mae Collins, 14) and injured fourteen Negroes. Claude also explains that during the hours following the bombing and explosion, others were hurt and killed. The hours after the bombing were chaotic and Birmingham was in complete mayhem. Among the killings were two young black boys shot, sixteen year old Johnny Robinson and fourteen year old Virgil Wade. Among the

Sometimes siblings fight ,but in the end, they usually make up. In The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by: Christopher Paul, Kenny and Byron get in lots of fights both physical and verbal. While they are mean to each other in the beginning, by the end they seem to forgive each other and are much nicer.

Within the first few minutes, the film summarized the church bombing that killed four innocent young girls and explained how it affected the Civil Rights Movement all through a historic song. The first scene of the movie, each victim’s family described their daughters’ childhood and how segregation affect their family. One interesting fact was the father of Denise McClair, one of victims, actually went to school in Tuskegee. The second victim, Carole Roberston, was confused why whites and blacks could not share the same water fountain, restaurant and bathroom. She did

To begin with, the bombing came by surprise. It was September 15,1963 11:00 AM at The 16th Street Baptist Church (United States National Park Service). Just before this the church had been a big gathering point for civil rights activists (“16th Street Baptist Church Bombing). That morning at 11:00 AM a bomb was placed under the church stairs (“About the 1963 Birmingham Bombing”). The bombing was a surprise to everyone in and around

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 only time the book really talks about history or civil rights is at the end with the bombing in Birmingham Alabama. But for such little information the book actually got it correct. The book doesn't give a date for when this happens but it gives context clues that tell me that it is in the morning. According to history.com, the bombing was on September 15, 1963 in Birmingham Alabama right before Sunday morning church service started. The author gave accurate details when he wrote about that. In addition to that, the book also talked about people being dead. It talked about 4 little girls being killed in the bombing. This is historically accurate because on history.com and cnn.com they both state that 4 young black girls were killed that day. The whole story revolves around the Watson family from Flint Michigan. The history is correct so you don't really know if the family is real from the book but from research, the family is a fictional family. In conclusion, the book The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 is a historically correct book except for the fact that the Watson family isn't real.

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.

The mother?s detachment and idealism lead her to believe that the church is the safest place for her child. She feels that upon entering the church, the child will be removed from the world around her and the violence that engulfs it. This also points to the mother?s belief that remaining oblivious to the source of the civil unrest will make them disappear. When she tells the child to go to the church, she is in effect showing her feelings that attending church is the important thing to do and that the problems of the world outside will be resolved without any further effort.

Do you know what happened on the night of March 5, 1770? Well, that was the night of the Boston Massacre. Five people were shot and killed by the British Redcoats. This happened because a young patriot named William Garrick was taunting a British Redcoat, Hugh White. White hit Garrick with the stock of his musket. This soon turned into full fledged fighting. Later, the Redcoats fired into a crowd of Boston natives, killing five. A year or so after this event, there was a trial for all of the Redcoats. John Adams, the future second U.S president, played an important role in the trials. Two Redcoats were charged with murder and two other Redcoats were sentenced to be executed. The two Redcoats

The Boston Massacre was a major event that happened March 5, 1770. On King street, violence broke with British Government. In the city of Boston a huge fight broke out between the British soldiers and the colonists. The enormous fight endangered many people. There were also people killed during the vicious fight. Crispus Attuck was the first to hit bottom when the fight broke out. The incident heavily publicized by leading patriots, such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams, to encourage rebellion against the British authorities. On the snowy evening a British soldier named Hugh White became involved in a confrontation with the citizens. Hugh white struck a little boy named Edward Garrick with the butt of his rifle for insulting a British officer

Both novels surround themselves with a common and key theme, whilst both books created a similar pathway in terms of presenting the theme, it was to be presented through a dark manner. In To Kill a Mockingbird the protagonist, known as Finch, a 6 year old school girl, becomes exposed to her first ‘evil’ experience. This is vital towards the character development throughout the book as she was taught by her father to never judge a book by its cover ““You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb in his skin and walk around in it.” This regards to Boo Riley, a black person living within the white community. Furthermore, he is isolated away from society due to slanderous allegations from white members of the public. However, there are numerous other black members who come in, but only work for or under the white society. On the other hand, The Help introduces the blacks within the community as helpers or, more or less maids. Just like Finch, protagonist Eugenia, felt sorry for the maids who were treated poorly by their

The unfortunate event that took place on April 19, 1995 was a day that would change history throughout the nation in an unimaginable way due to the tragic circumstances that unfortunately unfolded. The Oklahoma City Bombing impacted the United States greatly because something of such devastation had never before occurred in this way up until that point in American history. This in fact would be an event that no one anticipated, no one knew anything of, but it would certainly be an eye opening day and a call for change.

These are the four little girls that had died in the bombing of The 16th street Baptist church. Their names were Addi Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Carol Denise.