Theme Analysis: 'We Saved Each Other'

The history of the Plains Indians and the American West is very interesting. The book Our Hearts Fell to the Ground by Colin G. Calloway really goes in depth on how life was for the Native American people, as well as the progression of the American West. I really felt that the book was a good source of information on the lives of the Native Americans and had an excellent outlook on how they lived their everyday lives. This book possesses many illustrations and documents that have their advantages and disadvantages. It also touches on the subject of how White soldiers really took over the Native American land and why this time was considered “a world in flux.”

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is an incredibly thought provoking book. Coates uses several different themes, structure, and the viewponts of his characters to portray a specific message and to teach the reader specifically about racial injustecise that occur in our country. This book is truly eye-opening and emotional. Through reading it, I have not only started to contemplate my own expereinces with race but I have also started to ruminate what is happening on a global level when it comes to minority groups.

The theme of friendship courses through Chaim Potok’s book, The Chosen. Potok desires to show the reader what a strong friendship looks like and how it stands up to the test of time. When two people know each other well and spend a lot of time together, there are bound to be misunderstandings, fights, and other trials. Yet God says in His word “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (New American Standard Bible, Proverbs 27:17) Even when friendships are difficult, they can “sharpen” the people involved in the friendship, like in the case of Danny and Reuven. Danny and Reuven’s friendship lasts through Danny’s irrational behavior, Reuven’s outbursts of anger, and Reb Saunders’s absurd beliefs.

She struggled to overcome these tragic parental issues every day with her aunt Addie. To begin with, Hope got through these trying times by holding on to her aunt Addie. On page six Hope says, “Addie’s been my number-one constant. She stood by me in the hospital at my little oxygen tent telling me to come on and get strong.” Furthermore, on pages 140 and 141, Braverman gives Hope a clown nose that helps her stay positive when her mother comes to visit. After all the time Hope spent without her mother, her being there again was very upsetting for Hope. Braverman helped Hope when her mother came and helped her overcome the struggle of her being there so she did not break down. Finally, on pages 171-172 Hope gets over the fact of her not having a father. On these pages G.T. wants to adopt her and Hope shows him the scrapbooks of her life that she wanted to show her father. G.T. being a fatherly figure in Hope’s life helped her defeat the struggle of not having a father. These astounding constants and kind people in Hope’s life helped her banish the cruelties brought upon her by her mother and overcome the absence of her father thus vanquishing these

As you can see from both stories it about overcoming boundaries, accepting people for who they are, and understanding each relationship in order to co-exist.

After we got off the boat, we all had to find someplace to settle because we did not know where to go or if there was danger. We all did not stay together because there were two different

Florence Pennington sat silently as teardrops gathered in the corners of her eyes, she began collecting her thoughts as she prepared to write the letter she has been fearing for so long. She knew the day would come that she would have to write Ellie Sue a letter to explain the history of her life and how she has become the woman she is today, because of her declining health she knew she would not be able to share this with her in person. She wanted her to know their history and how she ached to be united with her again. Florence, an appreciative woman with matured brown crinkly skin, rough hands that insinuate the hardships she endured working the fields picking cotton, and sorrowful eyes that reflect fatigue. She has suffered immense changes

For example when the fire happened Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally all worked together to save the kids from the fire. Ponyboy told Johnny to not go in with him but he did because he wanted to stick with him. Then Dally saves Ponyboy by slapping him which put out the fire. If one of these kids didn’t help one another they all could’ve been dead(even though Johnny died he still saved Ponyboy by helping him get kids out of the fire). This showed how they all worked together to save the children and how they saved each

The most powerful message in Coates’ “Between the World and Me” is that race is a construct that is enforced at the expense of black bodies. Coates says that “race is the child of racism” and I agree. The whole idea of people being white and black was created so that the “white” people could feel superior to the “black” people. The fact is that white and black people do not exist. So many people do not understand this and where race has come from which makes it and racism all the more harmful to the oppressed. Most white people in America are racist and they do not realize it because they do not understand their own identity and the identity of the people they oppress. There needs to be an end to the Us vs. Them mentality but this ignorance is continually taught to younger generations which repeats the same, horrific cycle.

One of the themes in A Lesson Before Dying is innocence. Gaines is saying that in some situations, (and more often than we think.) People who are innocent are still jailed, this can be due to any number of factors. “The fact that Mr. Grope shot only Brother and Bear was proof of Jefferson’s innocence. Why did Mr. Grope shoot one boy twice and never shoot at Jefferson once?” (Gaines 7) In addition to Jefferson’s innocence, we also see Grants thoughts as well. He believes he is innocent in the matter, and that he should have nothing to do with Jefferson or his god mother. “Yes, I’m the teacher,” I said, “And I teach what the white folks around here tell me to teach – reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic. They never told me how to keep a black boy

The reading this week in Lamott’s book in part two begins with her explaining about the significance of Ash Wednesday to her son Sam. She tells Sam that they are not going watch cartoons out of respect for the dead. She continues to explain that she and Sam go through a period of sickness and about her friend Rick who battle lung cancer, who has an extreme optimistic outlook life. She also explains a part where she goes to the beach at San Quentin to read a magazine, a place where her father use to take her. The reading ended with her talking about a girl named Ella who is friends with Sam and she sometime think of her as Sam’s fiancée. Ella’s little sister Olivia is continually sick more often than most children. It is not to long before Olivia

If you had different hardships in your life would you be a different person? The answer is most likely yes. A person’s character is based upon the experiences they have been through. “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant,” –Horace. In “And Still We Rise” by Miles Corwin, Corwin shares the lives of inner city kids who still strive to succeed and go to college although the circumstances they are dealt with have told them otherwise. Some of the kids that dealt with bad hands were Toya, Olivia, and Willie. The struggles that they went through are impetuous.

They never gave up on each other and had confidence in each other. The rescue crew were putting their lives in danger to save the stranded crew that they had never met. This proves that they had confidence in each other and never gave up even though they could have died in the

The Greek word, eleos, best translates into “mercy and compassion”. It is significant that eleos appears six times in Gospel of Luke, also known as, the “Gospel of Mercy”. Compassion is a powerful awareness of concern for other’s suffering and feeling sympathy. While mercy is the exercised virtue of forgiving, founded on compassion. Simply, mercy is putting the emotional connection of sympathy or pity of others into action. These Catholic virtues are especially highlighted within the Catholic Church’s current teaching amid our 2016 Jubilee Year of Mercy (8th December 2015 to 20th November 2016). Pope Francis calls Catholic all over the world to bring Jesus’ mission here on Earth.

The author starts with a prologue, which then sets the scene and hints of information to the, which will eventually follow. She at that point goes through 25 chapters, which investigate how Winnie Foster "flees" from a wealthy home life just to get together with the Tucks, a family that immortal, 87 years ago the Tucks discovered a spring from which the waters ensure eternal life. In her encounters with the Tucks and the depraved Man in the Yellow Suit, she matures, changes, and realizes what life is about. This is trailed by an Epilogue, which takes care of all the potential issues of the story and leaves the perused with the inclination that she, as well, has found the genuine importance of life.