The Watsons Go To Birmingham Byron Bully

When he was little his mom died, and his dad remarried to a woman named Thula. Thula did not like joe and she kicked him out when he was only ten years old. “She declared that she would not live under the same roof as joe, that Harry must choose between him and her. She said Joe would have to move out if she were to stay in a godforsaken place. Joe was only ten years old” (Brown 86,87). I never could understand how someone could kick a child out of the house and force them to live on their own when they are ten years old. As Joe grew up the more he needed his family, but his family was not there for him, at least not his biological family. When Joe made the rowing team that's the day that he got a new family, even if he did not know it at the time. So was Joyce, a beautiful girl who loved joe and they were going to get married and start a family of their own. “When joe stopped playing they talked about what it would be like when they were married and had a hoe and maybe kids” (Brown 102). Making the rowing team and meeting and falling in love with Joyce might have been the best thing that has ever happened to Joe. As soon as everything start going good for Joe, Thula gets an infection and dies. Not that it was a good thing that she died, it was very sad, but it brought Joe and his dad back together again. Harry wanted Joe to move back home with him and the kids. “I’m going to build a house where we can all live

Byron changes in the book. Byron is not a nice guy in the beginning throughout the book he starts to change like for example, Bryon felt bad for killing the bird so he made a grave and a small funeral for the bird. When they go to Alabama, Byron has changed he started treating people nicer. He wanted to watch cartoons with Kenny and lastly, Byron felt worried about Joetta because a bomb hit the church so he thought that Joetta

Although his environment was a positive one, he was also born inheriting many of his family’s traits. Some traits he received from his father were quietness, being an analytical and an academic overachiever and eventually social awkwardness. He inherited his impassiveness from his mother. Another trait passed down was mental illness which also is seen in close relatives of Holmes.

“The Watsons Go To Birmingham,” by Christopher Curtis and “16th Street Street Baptist Church Bombing,” by Jessica McBirney

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.

One thing he always did was make sure they had everything they needed, he always tried to make Rudy the man he wanted him to be. He tried to be the father they wanted it just never worked out, Rudy wanted someone to love and care for him like Dr. Penrose.

Byron is a mean boy who makes fun of younger boys. He is uncaring and doesn’t care about anyone except himself. He takes pleasure in hurting and making fun of boys. “ The only reason Byron and Buphead want to play is to do something rude”(9). He plays a blizzard game with Kenny in which he torments Kenny and gives him a grade. He purposely gives bad grades for doing one part of the game wrong. But Byron also has a good side in which he cares about his family and doesn't want them

3Andrew- being the strong jock of the bunch andrew had a more heroic side to him but that changed when he bullied a kid and

Byron started to change when he said “Yes ma'am” to Grandma Sands. Kenny started to change when he told Grandma Sands “He can follow directions real good, Grandma Sands, he’s not as dumb as he looks.”Byron also changed when he told Kenny not to go to Collier’s Landing even when he could have easily gone with Kenny. “I really wanted to go see where some kid drowned and now By was choosing this time to listen to what a grown-up told him”. Kenny changed when he decided to go to Collier’s Landing even though Grandma Sands warned him. “Oh, man! Collier’s Landing…”Finally, both Byron and Kenny changed in the middle, when Kenny drowned and Byron saved him and started to cry like a kindergartener baby. “... all I could do was sit there and let Daddy Cool nibble on my head like a kindergarten

The development of these traits could he attributed to the unexpected conflicts faced during the war. His present character could be compared to his past character. For instance, Marsden reveals that Kevin was a conceited and narcissistic figure; "He was known for having a big ego and he like to take credit for everything" (pg. 14) Contrary to the egotistic Kevin, during the war when Corrie was painfully shot, he catered for her despite the insistence from his other companions to leave and run; Eg. "Corrie's my mate and I'm not going to dump her and run. It has to be me or Ellie because we're the only drivers, and Ellie, if you don't mind, I want to do it." ( pg.

One reason why Johnny is seen as a hero is because he is kindhearted. Johnny reveals his kindhearted actions at the time when the church catches on fire, when he hears that couple of kids have gotten trapped inside of the church in the fire. Johnny began to realize when he smoked a cigarette he forgot to put it out and found that he had started the fire. Since Johnny didn’t want to cause any more trouble, he jumped in the church with Ponyboy from one of the windows that they broken. They were starting to bring the all of the children out of the church. One more time was when he and Ponyboy were in the Nightly Double with Cherry, Johnny talked with Cherry the way he would with his own friends and was kind even though her boyfriend jumped her.

First, I think Danny one of Hollings classmates is an influence on him. For example after Holling finished his play he got on the bus to go meet Mickey Mantle. Holling asked for Mickey Mantle’s autograph but he got rejected. So Danny decided to give his autographed baseball from his favorite player to Holling.

Byronic hero is said to be intelligent, cunning and able to adapt, mysterious as well as

The Byronic Hero is a term derived from the poetic narrative, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, by Lord Byron. Though the idea of the Byronic Hero originated with the creation of Byron’s characters, Byron himself possessed the physical features associated with the Byronic Hero. These features include dark brooding eyes, dark hair, pale skin and a slender frame. The Byronic hero derived from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, strays away from the typical “hero” role by possessing dual characteristics of good as well as evil, “And had been glorious in another day: but