Tracy Letts

Don’t give up! Strength in what remains is a novel written by tracy Kidder about a boy named deogratis or Deo for short. Deo has escaped a genocide in his home country and he was surrounded by many more wars and battles in places like Rwanda and the Congo. He goes to america and builds himself a new life in America. He is faced with many challenges on the run and many in a America. Even though his life seemed at bedrock and like it was just getting worst he kept moving forward. This all payed off

In “Strength In What Remains”, Tracy Kidder intricately captures the life story and perseverance of Deo, short for Deogratias. The book begins with a narrow escape from Deo’s burning home country, seemingly signifying the end of his hardships and a flight into a start of something new altogether. Many a time when life seemed to take a turn for the worst, Deo has always lived to tell the tale; as if something was “looking out for Deo” and the author reluctantly questions this supposed luck (177).

Reading Response 3 Title: Cold Feet Author: Tracy Chapman Category: Song Lyrics The song Cold Feet by Tracy Chapman is an inspirational song about how our wants and needs can drive us to not only success but also to our graves. The song which was released in 1995 describes the story of how one man had everything he could have dreamt for in life, love, a roof over his head and a loving wife. But naturally in the society we live in not only today in the 21st century but also the society that

will become fruitless. Gandhi’s exhortation, stating that the thoughts a person fills their head with will bleed into the type of lives they live, proves true in both the stories Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, and Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder. Kurtz, the idol in Heart of Darkness, and Paul Farmer, the hero in Mountains Beyond Mountains, adapt this formula in paradoxical fashions. Kurtz’s adaptation is to exploit the misfortunate that he comes into contact with, the natives of the

1. Tracy Kidder conveys the historic computer development competition between Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and Data General in The Soul of A New Machine mainly through chronological events; however, he refers to past events to delve deeper into his point and prove his conclusions. While Kidder tries to deliver the story mainly through a neutral perspective, he tends to reveal Data General’s side of the story with a focus on its employees’ stories causing a slight bias towards Data General

Survival can relate to the life of Deo by him surviving in the soccer field in a game. For example in the text it says that many people push him and make fun of him at the field. Also in the text it says when ever Deo makes a bad move they yell at him and saying its cause of of you that we loose every soccer game. This shows survival of Deo by him trying to survive in the soccer field for his team mates will not shout at him and say its his fault. So this can show the relation of survival in the

Korytova, PhD 1 Aril 2015 Mountains Beyond Mountains: Reflection The topic of human rights can be quite depressing. Between human trafficking, genocide, poverty and the like, activism can seem like a lost cause. However, Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder serves as a testament of activism’s value and demonstrates the link between poverty, illness, and governance. The story of Paul Farmer is both inspirational and informative. Kidder does an excellent job of showing his incalculable compassion

Through Deo’s tale in Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder describes a strong, humane and intelligent man, Deo, who struggled all his way to his dream and finally make it. Is Deo successful? Of course, he is because he overcomes all the danger and difficulty and finally becomes a great man to his people. Deo is a really lucky man but also unlucky. The lucky is that he met a lot of people who helped him go through his challenges; the unlucky is that he suffered from the pain of losing loved ones

“I slow, stop, all is silence. I look into the stands, and it all explodes like Chinese New Year. Listen. I'm stupid fast. Seriously," said Felton. This key quote describes Felton’s character as honest and reveals his true gifts. Stupid Fast is a gripping young-adult novel that underlines the struggles of a teenage boy named Felton as he competes in football and for Aleah, the girl he likes. Throughout the book, the reader is able to establish a connection with the protagonist and follow his story

murmurs "thank G-d, thank G-d", showing that he is proud of his son for the sacrifice he made. Another poem in the anthology that portrays the pathos involved and explores the repracussions of untimely death is "The Deserter" by Winifred M. Letts, which tells of the soldiers being forced to go to war and being "dogged by fear". The author writes how one man who "could not face the German guns" was shot by "an English bullet in his heart" for desertion. He was shot "in a place apart", showing