The Way To Coney Island Chapter 2 Summary

In “Orbiting Jupiter” written by Gary Schmidt, we can learn many things from Joseph’s journey. Most importantly, to honor the ones we love. In this story, the main character Joseph becomes a foster after almost killing a teacher. After becoming part of Jack’s family, he reveals that he had a girlfriend he loved very much at age thirteen, Madeline. Also, Joseph has a daughter, Jupiter whom he has never seen before.

On the other hand, at first Joseph, who was new to basement living often, spent his days quietly pacing. Anna noticed that at times he appeared to have silent remorseful secrets in his eyes and a tortured soul. But as time passed, he too accepted his fate and began amusing himself by talking. He would talk about anything and everything, including the occasional whiff of Miss Margot's perfume which Joseph said, "reminds me of a day when I had walked into my house and found that it was warm and cozy and smelt like sweet vanilla and pine

They were always hungry and their parents were not working because Rose Mary was lazy and Rex was drunk most of the time. The siblings had to fetch food from trashcans at school in stealth mode. Maureen solved the problem by going over to her friend’s house and had dinner with them. Brain, Lori, and Jeannette all had to scavenge for their food and clothes. Until one day they just had enough essentially, leading them to leave their parents and began the journey to acquire a prosperous life. They began saving up for the expenses of transportation, Lori made posters and Jeanette worked in Jewelry store and bay-sat and Brain mowed lawns. They were saving it in a piggy bank, but one day Jeanette came home to an empty piggy bank, she knew it was her father. When Lori, and Bran found out they were furious the siblings all waited patiently for Rex to arrive. They waited three days but when arrived he was drunk and not long after pasted out. The sibling realized it was pointless arguing with Rex, he just made them feel even more miserable. Eventfully another opportunity came up; Mrs. Sanders offered Jeanette and opportunity to escape by offering her a job in Iowa babysitting and a buying her ticket back home. Jeanette change the offer to ticket to New York city and it was a deal. The twist was as bad as Jeanette wanted to live

To begin, Joe becomes self sufficient and begins to have trust issues after his family leaves him for the second time. Harry and Thula, his dad and stepmom, influence Joe’s emotions to the reasons why they abandoned

“ Ugh, another monday of work,” he stated climbing out of bed. As soon as he was out of bed, Joseph started the water to his shower and got his clothes for work. After prepping for the day, he walked down stair to find his son running around the house with his pants on his head.

Bob wanted to help them, but they decided it was a job that shouldn't involve him. Lucas was passing boxes to his mother from the attic when he came across an old tape that read, “Violet park”. He planned to watch it as soon as he got back from the dump. He ended up getting into a argument with his mother at the dump and for whatever reason, decided to go to Bobs house. Bob was furious with lucas for upsetting his mother, but Lucas didn't care, because Bob wasn't his father so he left.

No one understood what he was going through and he had no one to lean on. Because he has to deal with everything himself, he has many internal and external conflicts. He has to deal with the fact that his only friend and the love of his life is gone forever. Unfortunately, he does not fully share his thoughts or problems to the reader or people around him. With a positive tone, the author states that "it was inside him and outside him, and it was already starting to scream, and it was getting louder and his brain was getting louder and he threw water in his face but he couldn’t stop it” (Schmidt 82). This quote displays the fact that he is a very troubled boy who has a lot on his plate. Joseph has to overcome all of his problems by himself, and he feels like he is going to explode. Joseph is also becoming a dynamic character because he starts to get closer to his family. Once he does this, he beings to tell them his story, and what had happened to him. This is an incredibly important part in the story because it really shows the reader what Joseph is like on the inside. Similarly, it explains that he is capable of sharing his

One day, young Ruthie got into a fight with another child. Ruthie threatened to call her big brother who is hiding because he had killed two men. Ma rushed to tell Tom he must leave for his own safety. Tom agrees and leaves with plans to carry on the social work that Jim Jim has begun. It rains steadily, and the water levels begin to rise. Pa, Uncle John, Al and the rest of the men try to build an embankment to contain the river, but are unsuccessful. Rose of Sharon's baby is stillborn. After a few days, the rain subsides. They find shelter in an old barn already occupied by a boy and his starving father. Rose of Sharon offers him the breast milk no longer needed for her own child. The others leave the barn as she cradles the dying man to her

Jackie was outside in the back playing with his friends Ella and Lily he has more friends they are Victor,Jackson, and Nolan. Oh yeah and how could I forget he has a puppy named Bloom. Anyway His father Harrison called Nora to turn on the weather channel. Nora turned it on and the weather man said that there was a severe storm threat not much chance of a tornado. Nora was still on the phone with Harrison she said that it was a severe storm threat not much chance of a tornado. “He might be wrong” Harrison said. “Don’t worry about it too much” said Nora and she hung up. Jackie is outside playing pirates in his play house Ella and Lily they are captured princesses then Victor and Jackson walked through the gate one was going to be Jackie’s partner which was Victor the other one

His father tells him that he attacker tried to light his mother on fire, but he couldn’t because the matches were wet. They used their clues (the location of the matches) to narrow down the search. After dinner one evening, Randall, Joe’s good friend’s brother, says he saw a man with gray hair who was trying to warn them of something. Later on, the father and son spend hours going through files of Geraldine’s case (Joe’s father is a lawyer on the reservations). One night, conversation sets off memories of the attack for Geraldine. She tells her husband everything she can remember. She says she remembers an infant and a mother were there too, but her eyes were covered so she wasn’t sure who they were. Shortly after this, Joe finds out that the person who attacked his mother was arrested. Things were going back to the way the were until they learn that the man was released from jail for legal reasons about the location of the attack. Joe and his father run into the attacker at the grocery store, and his father has a heart attack. After more distress, Joe becomes angrier and decides to formulate a plan. He wants to take matters into his own hands, so him and his friend Cappy plan to catch the

The text set that I read was all about Angel Island. The books included in this text set were: Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain (Freedman 2013), Paper Son: Lee’s Journey to America (Shin-Mui Loh 2013), and The Dragon’s Child: A Story of Angel Island (Yep 2011). Through stories, images, and illustrations, all of the books explore the journey that Asian immigrants went through coming to America in the 1800s. The books show the struggles that the immigrants went through in their transition to America in search for opportunities and a new life.

This case study opens with Kid and Zach traveling back to the river community for the last time. When Kid and Zach arrive, Danny is exhilarated to see Kid had finally come back for him after 21 years. Danny gathers 10 trash bags packed with all his belongings and he loads them into Kid’s trunk. Kid decides they will travel to Indianapolis and begin their new life together. Zach, Danny’s son is beginning to question the relationship that his father and Kid had several years back. Zach was concerned with Kid taking his father away due to his medical condition and the care that he requires. Kid promises Zach that he will take care of everything once they arrive in Indianapolis and tells Zach he can finally live his own life. Danny says goodbye to his son ensuring him that this is truly what he wants and that everything will be okay. Danny and Kid were overjoyed that they could finally be together and they both felt right for once in their lives. While traveling, Kid contacts Laura and apologizes for hiding his and Danny’s relationship from her for so many years. Laura finds closure in the situation as she knew Danny truly loved Kid back then. Kid has a moment of realization the he made the right decision to go back for Danny. He did not want

Field work at Ellis Island 2015 Spent the day at the Ellis Island Monument, listening to the auditory evidence, saw some of the holding rooms where the immigrants were held, the medical examination room were immigrants were further inspected, the detention room and the main hall where all the immigrants would wait to be told if they could go onto the mainland. Because of a flood that had happened in previous years, some of the evidence had been destroyed and visitors weren’t allowed to see the other building on the island.

His wife responds by saying “He used to do that when he was a little boy…” When he passes the Pacheco house he notices that the attic window still seems to mock him. Also, when Joseph runs into Frankie, his best friend from childhood, Frankie mocks him by saying “And now you’re stuck back here for good.” Frankie is almost daring Joseph to leave and this is a real turning point in the story for it is here that Joseph responds “I’m not stuck here.” For the first time in the story Joseph realizes that he is not as trapped on the island as he had imagined himself to be. The continual insults and mocking force Joseph to finally stand up for himself and he realizes that he has the power to change his situation.

Jack Smith a 17 years old teen from (Ontario, Canada) is invited to stay with his cousin Mary Loose-Doe from (Water city, N.Y). Accompanying him in his trip is his other cousin 21 year old Bill Jones, both boys are foreign to the United States and the city life as they derive from a small settlement. Mary shows the boys a good time, taking them out to party’s offering them marijuana and alcohol. The boys are later introduced to Mary’s boyfriend 21 year old Pete Poorchoice. Pete is a High school droop out and veteran of two reformatories.