Out of the Dust

Being nearly abandoned at the age of twelve is a rough start for anyone. But living during two of America’s biggest calamities, The Great Depression, and The Dust Bowl? Impossible! Well, not for Billie Jo Kelby, the narrator and main character in Karen Hesse’s “Out of the Dust”. The loss of her mother, brother, and favourite past time, playing piano, starts off the track for a long ride for this young girl. During these tough times, she manages to grab a hold of herself and her father, and strap

During the story of out of the dust there are many hardships for our characters. Not only does the dust affect their physical lives, but it also affects their mental lives as well. Their crops twisted as well as their family wondering if they will survive or die to the continuous dust storms . Through this story Billie Jo told us what went on and what happened. So here are three tragic events during the story. The first tragic thing to happen in Billie Jo’s story is when Livie moves away to

novel, Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse, Billie Jo is introduced, a young girl who lives in Oklahoma during the dust bowl. During her life, Billie Jo faces many hardships and problems, but learns to never lose sight of hope. Hesse develops many themes throughout the novel, hope being one of them. Even in the darkest of times in life, the darkness will turn to light. Throughout her life, Billie Jo faces many challenges. The one particular object that constantly affects her life is the dust. “‘Daddy

few major types, or classes of conflicts. This includes person versus person, person versus nature, person versus society, person versus self, as well as some others. Out of the Dust, a historical fiction novel by Karen Hesse, contains many types of conflicts, with person versus nature being prominent, as the book is based upon the Dust Bowl. However, there are multiple instances in the novel where a person is having a conflict against him/herself, and those conflicts impact their decisions, actions

Out of the Dust Out of the Dust is a verse novel by Karen Hesse published in 1997. It won the Newbery Medal in 1998. The book is set in Oklahoma the years 1934–1935. The book is about a family of farmers during years of the Dust Bowl. The books main character Billie Jo's and is about her life and struggles. In the book Out of the Dust a fourteen year old Billie Jo Kelby lives in Oklahoma on a farm with her parents during the Great Depression. She, her mother and dad struggle to make the best of

“Out of the Dust” written by Karen Hesse is a poem about a girl named Billie Jo, who leaves home, hoping to get away from her father and the dust storms. Throughout this piece of literature, Karen Hesse explains the experience of Billie Jo and how she felt that night when she was all alone: “I walk through the calm night/under the stars./I walk to/where the train stops long enough/for a long-legged girl to latch on.” Specific words are written on their own personal line to show emphasis on how Billie

In Out of The Dust all the characters go threw hard times but they always find a way to recover. For instance Billie Jo (the main character) loses her mom, best friend and hew 1 hour old little brother. Her best friend, Livvie, moved to California. Billie Jo’s dad loses his annoying wife and her daughter ran all the way to Arizona. In this essay I will explain all of them. First of all Billie Jo lost her mom and her brother in a fire that she caused (the main reason why I “dislike” her).

Out of the Dust and The Grapes of Wrath were about problems that families were having during the time of dust storms. Both families were going through tough times but they still managed to make it through the problems that they were facing. I would not be able to survive through the things that they went through. Although they were very different, they were somewhat similar. These families were facing multiple problems throughout these times. They were two totally different sized families which means

Out of the Dust Billie Jo Kelby is not a boy. She’s a girl; a wiry, thin, redheaded girl that looks more like her father than her mother. She lives on the Great Plains in 1935, during the great drought known as the Dust Bowl. She lives with her pregnant mother and her father, and life seems good, or as good as it will get in her dusty world. The dust bowl ran for approximately 10 years, from 1931 to 1939. It devastated crops and farmers alike, forced children to wear dust masks to and from school

In the book Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, it shows how a girl and her family had been affected by the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl had destroyed their crops leaving them with little to no income. The Dust Bowl caused hardships that they had to experience and work through. I am going to explain how Billie Jo’s piano playing is tied to other good and bad things in hers and the families life. Her piano playing is positive in the beginning, separated in the middle, and rediscovered in the end. There are