Two Boys Kissing Chapter Summary

“The Boys in the Band”, is a play about male homosexual relationships and the revealing truths of being gay in the 1960s. The play gives audiences a distinct perspective of homosexuality on the stage up until that time. The setting is in a New York City apartment that is owned by Michael. He and his gay friends are preparing a birthday party for Harold. Alan McCarthy, a former college roommate of Michael, also shows up at the party unexpectedly. In this paper, we will focus on Alan and Harold and their behaviors and impacts in the play.

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The wall of the alveolus (air sac) in the lung is composed of which type of epithelium? simple squamous epithelium Yes, this single layer of squamous cells is ideal for the diffusion of gases in the lungs.

The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown is a New York Times Bestseller about Joe Rantz and eight other boys on the crew team and the journey they took on the way to win Olympic Gold in 1936. Joe Rantz is the main character who grew up alone and abandoned in Sequim, Washington, and made his way onto the team destined for greatness through his own hard work. The nine boys run into adversity when attempting to become the boat that will make it to the Olympics but they overcome it while one of their teammates attempts to overcome an illness. The climax of the story comes when the nine boys are in the middle of the race for gold and they begin to make a comeback against the German team. The falling action comes as they cross the finish line and

“When you get the rhythm in an eight, it’s pure pleasure to be in it. It's not hard work when the rhythm comes- that “swing” as they call it. I’ve heard men shriek out with delight when that swing came in an eight, it’s a thing they’ll never forget as long as they live.” -George Pocock

In “Two Boys Kissing, ” David Levithan shares the stories of seven teenagers who are all gay, and the experiences they have while coming to terms with it. Even though three of the main characters have different stories and are at different stages their everyday experiences are influenced by gender as a process, the social construction of gender, and oppression. These three concepts shape and influence the stories shared in this book, but the main theme stands true and that is to be proud of who you are as a person and an individual no matter who that may be.

The memoir, Babes in Boyland (2005), the author Gina Barreca recalls her time at Dartmouth college. Since Dartmouth had recently gone from and all boys institution to co-ed, Gina’s four years of college must have never contained a dull moment. In the first couple of weeks, we see many conflicting sides of Gina. There is the voice of Gina that just wants to fit in, and get familiar with her surroundings. She feels it will be, “easier to fit in, than stand out”(43). Deep down she knows that is wrong, which leads her to feel like an outsider, that her looks and behavior will make her stick out like a sore thumb. Throughout the memoir though, Gina switched between using first, and third person. These are her two voices that she uses to tell her

In the memoir This Boy’s Life, written by Tobias Wolff, Wolff recalls the wild events of his childhood and how he developed throughout adolescence. Young Toby dealt with a variety of events including moving, surviving high school, and dealing with a variety of abuse from his alcoholic stepfather, Dwight. From a young age, Toby has a prominent mischievous side. Performing a variety of pranks throughout his adolescence, he often lived in the moment without much thought to his actions. But as he matured, he began to understand the consequenes of this thought process. Facing punishments such as a suspension from school, fights, and abuse from his stepfather, over time Toby learned that he could no longer be so careless when it came to his actions.

There are some very notable aspects of The Boys In The Boats in which the author James Brown delves into the actions of HItler in Nazi Germany. He highlights propaganda leading up to the Berlin olympics and how Hitler built up his power. Through this writing style, he is able to build up more and more tension leading up to the race by comparing how Washington’s crew was comparing and how Hitler was getting his athletes prepared. There is no doubt that Hitler has an immense impact on the world’s history, so this book shows how he fought for his power and highlights the defeat he faced even after making everyone believe there was nothing better than German athletes. HItler did everything he could to portray Nazi Germany as an ideal society

“Sweet Wild Boy,” reveals a man (Mark Willis) who loves and cares deeply about his family and friends. He could be described as a caretaker, or a loyal friend. Either way Mark represents a man of integrity and character; who tries to help his best friend (David) overcome family problems at home and then though out his adult life, addiction to drugs. Mark’s parents even became involved in the attempt to help save David however; David could not resist the demons of his past and always found his way back to drugs.

In John Updike’s essay, “The First Kiss”, he elaborates on the relationship between the fans and the team. To better convey this point, John Updike uses metaphors, allusions, and strong diction. John Updike introduces his metaphor of a monster at the beginning of the excerpt. The metaphor includes a “romance” of sorts between the sports fans and the players. The players have broken the hearts of the fans but are ultimately forgiven by fans with “short memories” and “elastic hearts”.

The memoir, This Boy’s Life, by Tobias Wolff is about a boy fighting an internal battle between bad behavior and good morale; at the end of the book Toby becomes a good boy, but has many bumps in his journey. For example, when Toby and his mother move into Dwight’s house, he doesn’t tell his mother that Dwight is an abusive person. So when his mother was nearby Toby would lie and confirm “all his lying implications that we (Toby and Dwight) were pals and our life together was a good one” (99, Wolff). Toby kept quiet about the violence because he thinks that his mother is happy with Dwight and he doesn’t want to mess up their relationship. Secondly, when Toby is sent off to live at the farm, he siphones gas from the Welch’s car. Just afterwards,

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The book ‘the lost boy’ by Dave Pelzer tells about the authors struggles though foster care in California during the 1970’s. David was taken from an abuse home at the age of twelve where he was made a ward of the state and sent into the foster care system and later the juvenal justice system. This book covers three point in David life that was important in him becoming the man he is at the point where he wrote the book. These points where his struggle with recovering from his past trauma, his struggle with being stereotyped as a foster child and his choice to move forward and prepare for the future.

The story follows Aurora Skye who has never been kissed and she likes it to stay that way until she finds the rightful Prince. She’s been dodging the attempts of her various suitors. Suddenly, she was cast as Beatrice in the school play’s production of Much Ado about Nothing. She’s going to play Beatrice while her number one nemesis Hayden Paris will play her love interest.