The Watsons Go to Birmingham

As the book continues Byron starts to change from being rude to being nice. He started to act kinder, more caring and helpful. An example of him being nicer was when Byron would spend time with his brother watching TV. When Byron sticks up for Larry Dunn for stealing Kenny’s gloves Byron stands up for Kenny to give him his gloves back. There was a bomb that was in Joetta’s Sunday School. Byron was worried of Joetta because he maybe thought that Joetta died in the church. Byron thought that the wool pooh bombed Joetta’s church and took Joetta. When Byron threw the cookie at a bird. He felt bad what he done to the bird so now he made a grave and a funeral for the bird.

Byron is motivated to change after arriving in Birmingham and he achieves this when his family is in trouble. Byron’s moral choices saves Kenny’s life and Byron’s life is forever changed. Byron overall values his family a lot more after the church bombing and almost being taken

What are the characters’ emotions, attitudes, and behaviors? What do these indicate to the reader about the character?

Most importantly, Byron is turning into a very emotional person, rather than the person with the tough guy act we saw at the beginning of the story. Byron is always watching out for his younger siblings. As any good older brother should do, By is always making sure his siblings are safe. First of all, when Joetta is complaining about putting on all of her winter gear that Momma makes her wear, Byron said “ ‘I’ll talk to Joey.

Have you ever been treated unfairly? Well, in the book The Watsons go to Birmingham in 1963 they were in the middle of the civil rights movements, they were fighting to be treated equally. The main theme is stopping segregation here are three examples ,the Watson family couldn't go to the same school as whites, they couldn't use the same restrooms, they couldn't go to the same church in peace.

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.

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.

What character changed the most? Do you ever get surprised when a character changes drastically? In “The Watsons Go To Birmingham” there are many characters. The two that changed more than others are Byron and Kenny.

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

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.

A compelling, powerful re-creation of the hostile environment that was Florida in the early twentieth century, Peter Matthiessen, the naturalist and explorer, brings much of these elements to his novel Killing Mister Watson. He writes about the natural world and the individuals who must struggle to survive the elements. The main focal point of the novel is Edgar J. Watson, a real historical figure who killed the female outlaw Belle Starr. Killing Mister Watson is told by the people who knew Watson, and the characters speak in their natural dialect. Matthiessen knows how to weave in factual material and has created a wonderful sense of place. The novel is dynamic in the sense that it is more than mere imagination; it is an American

In the beginning of the film, each member of the family feels isolated from one another,

I've grown up with two different family members The Watsons in the Willis family. The Willis I was always the good-hearted people that always had class and they make you feel happy spirit. If you doing bad things like on drugs then the Willis family don't claim you. The Watsons family is the opposite.they the more hard-hearted people. Don't get me wrong they love their family and they would do anything for the family. The Watson family is the one family that do drug, drink, and just love to party.

“Yes, there is absolutely nothing down here, but a ton of rocks, now pull me back up, please!”