Luan Nguyen Professor Dodge English 1302 6 February 2012 This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona Critical Analysis In Sherman Alexie’s “This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona” the main character Victor just got fired from his job and also learned that his father had just passed away. He needed help and money to go to Phoenix to claim his father’s ashes and belongings. This help came from the town’s outcast, Thomas Builds-The Fire. Victor and Thomas were best friends during their childhood but as they grew older, Victor turned his back on his best friend all because he was considered “weird” by everyone. The purpose of the journey was to gather his father’s remains instead turned into a journey reviewing his life and choices.
Reading Assignment Jamie Bishop Title: “Alone on a Hilltop” Summary of essay: “Alone on a Hilltop” is about a young boy's journey into becoming a man. The authors, John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes, tell the story of a young Sioux Indian that is taken to a lone cave in search of a vision. The young Sioux is left alone for the first time in his life, so that he can commune with the spirit world to learn of his place in the world. Four important points of the essay: The Sioux Nation is a close-knit society that always keeps it's children within the company of close relatives. By doing so, the children are constantly nurtured in the ways of their people.
He attempts to escape the loss of his family by removing himself from Vienna to Darwin. Yet he still cannot forget both his family and love of music. Similarly, Mr.Crabbe is resentful of World War 2 which ruined his dream of becoming a concert pianist. His attempt to compensate his loss by pressuring Paul to become a concert pianist is futile because he remains bitter and resentful. In the end, both fails to defeat the powerful effects of past experiences.
We are told about the love Aeneas harbours for his parents but also his parents for him. in troy Aeneas goes to save his father and leave the city as instructed to do so by his mother. He did not have to listen to his mother and could have left his father in troy but Aeneas went back to collect his father, son and wife and wanted to get them to safety. Aeneas shows Piats here and does so throughout the book. While on their journey to find Italy Anchises passes away, Aeneas is heartbroken and once again had to endure another death.
Keeper’n Me is basically a warm, happy story showing that family and elders are waiting to teach and heal those who have been denied knowledge of their heritage. The most significant person in Garnet’s life, except for his mother, is Keeper, a one-time protege of Garnet’s grandfather. Keeper, too, is seeking healing since he did not avail himself of the teaching offered him in his younger years. He is given a second chance when he helps his mentor’s grandson. As a stranger to reserve life, Garnet Raven had much to learn.
The “other” is often made to feel as though they are lacking somewhere or are inferior to the larger group. The larger group is not necessarily better and sometimes discriminates in order to make themselves feel more important. I chose to read Sherman Alexie’s literary work titled, “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona.” The story is about a man named Victor who lives on an Indian Reservation. He is out of work, low on cash, and gets the news that his father has passed away. He must find a way to get to Phoenix, Arizona to recover the remains of his father.
Through the character of Johnny Cade and his ‘Greaser family’, S. E. Hinton shows that sometimes water is just as thick as blood. Johnny Cade has difficulties with his family, his home life, and his fear of the ‘Socs’ after being jumped. Therefore, he has to rely on his closest buddies to be there for him when his blood relatives aren’t. At the end of Chapter three, after Ponyboy gets hit by Darry, he goes to find Johnny in the park, where they discuss how they relate with their families. This is the first and only point in the book where Johnny explains how much he cares about how his parents treat him and that he wishes they would love him.
After George says to Lennie,: „Trouble with mice is you always kill 'em. ” Lennie answers to that: „but i don’t wanna kill’em, George.“ This show that lennie again, doesn’t have control about what he’s doing with all his force. He doesn’t want to kill the mice, but he isn’t aware of his force, so he always breaks their necks. Another way how steinbeck relates to nature in his novel is by Georges and Lennies dream. When they speak about their future, they often say things like: “We could live offa the fatta the lan'.” This shows how
What is loneliness? Loneliness is when you have nobody there for you when you feel like it’s only you in the world and you keep everything inside you. Of Mice and Men, a novel by John Steinbeck, relates to loneliness because of the character Crooks. Crooks is discriminated against everyday. Everyone stays away from him because he’s black.
Lucky seems happy to be working for Dove as well as living with him and there seem to be a light ahead for him. Yet after a couple of deals gone wrong, and the breaking of a rule Dove had made, Lucky is shot in the head. Firstly I want to discuss if his lifestyle was chosen by himself or if it just was a path he was set upon. Lucky is only fifteen years old. He’s living at home in the beginning, but gets kicked out by his parents because of his drug addiction.