Kayla and I never texted him back because we went to sleep really early that night, and later that day we got a phone call from our parents and they were crying. Zamiir and four other guys had gotten into a terrible accident two were in critical condition and the other was well near death. We rushed to the hospital and fell to the floor at the sight of what seemed like 1 million cords attached to his body. On June 18th, 2013 I watched my best friend die in mine and Kayla’s arms. I still think about him until this day and I believe that he is my guardian angel.
Ponyboy Curtis: Ponyboy is the fourteen year old narrator and the protagonist of the story. Ponyboy is with a gang that calls themselves the Greasers. Since both of his parents died in a car crash he lives with his two older brothers Sodapop and Darry. Ponyboy is different then the rest of his gang, mostly because he has different interests than they do. Throughout the novel he must overcome many challenges to save his friends, family, and himself.
The Pearl- Kino’s Hero’s Journey Separation from the Comfortable: A Mexican-Indian pearl diver named Kino lives with his wife and infant son, Juana and Coyotito in a brush house, near a village called La Paz. Kino is uncomfortable with his state of being because he is poor and lives a hard life. The Call: The call is when Kino and his wife take their son, Coyotito are sent home after being told to leave by the doctor for checking on Coyotito’s wound from a scorpion. The Threshold of Adventure: Kino is on shores in his canoe searching for pearls, and when he dives in the water, he sees an enormous oyster. He brings it to his canoe and breaks the shell, realizing that it’s a giant gleaming pearl.
Black Death A few days later William went to check on his neighbour . When he approached the house he heard coughing and his wife crying. He entered and he looked very ill. The next day he returned to his friend but there was no one there no him ,no wife, no children. Then they saw their son Charles being carried out dead, and in a wheel barrow they all lay The next day five more people from the village had died.
High Water at Catfish Bend The book high water at catfish bend, I think the story is about a lonely raccoon that wants to find some adventure in life. In the story High Water at Catfish Bend, a little raccoon was abandoned when he was just an infant. Raccoon was found just a week after he was abandoned by an animal named Frog, which in my opinion was a good father due to his high responsibility level. Frog raised Raccoon until he got old enough to fend for himself. Then Raccoon sees a steam boat tugging down a river called Catfish Bend.
Growing up, many people begin to let go of things, just like what Doodle does, “Within a few months Doodle learned to walk well and his go-cart [finds way into] the barn loft beside his little mahogany coffin” (lines 5-6). The author portrays how Doodle begins to overcome his limitations, which his family doubted, thinking of the obstacles as insuperable. By putting the wagon and coffin out of sight, the author symbolizes how Brother’s dedication towards fixing Doodle and accomplishing the impossible feat of him walking limits him from truly seeing all that Doodle achieves. Later on in his reflection, Brother recalls his encounter with the scarlet ibis, just moments before Doodle’s death, “The bird [...] lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and [Brother’s family] stood around it, awed by [the bird’s] exotic beauty” (lines 303-305). The author gives a warning of Doodle’s death, signifying that if Brother saw Doodle’s beauty beforehand, then his guilt had a chance at prevention.
One of the episodes that I watched recently, the family was going on a vocation and like all of the other vocations Timmy’s father always gets lost, but he never admits to it. The family ended up in an island and the father said he is going to build a boat and save his family. The father also said if he doesn’t succeed he will called himself a woman named Linda. I feel like genders are presented in a way that serves to reinforce traditional stereotypes. For example, when Timmy’s father refers to himself as Linda, he puts on lipstick and says Linda broke her nails.
A River Runs Through It The film, “A River Runs Through It” directed by Robert Redford, is an autobiography story written by Norman Maclean based upon his childhood memories back in Montana. Norman and his younger brother Paul were raised under the care of their Presbyterian minister father who taught them lessons in schoolwork, religion, and fly fishing as though it was all one subject. The father taught the boys the sport of fly fishing which became a spiritual practice for him. They all valued the opportunity to connect with the Big Blackfoot River and test their wits and ability while they fished for trout. The two boys differed in just about everything except in the love of fly fishing; this seems to be where the boys came to understanding with one another.
In the story “The Scarlett Ibis” by author James Hurst, the main character Brother, also had to go through disturbing experiences as Buddy in the “Snowman” by Tom Perlotta. In the final scene of the story “ Scarlet Ibis”, Brother is running with his little brother Doodle home from another of Doodle’s swimming practice’s. After the moment Brother see’s Doodle’s death, he realizes that he did not intend to overload his little brother’s physical abilities and becomes more wise by learning from his mistakes. Buddy comes of age by undergoing through life changing experiences. In the beginning of the story, Buddy is an innocent boy.
After the exotic bird tumbled out of the top of the tree to the ground the narrator realizes, “Even death did not mar its grace” (Hurst 779). The exotic bird even after it passed away still had all of the beauty and grace it had when it was still living, but in Doodles case he died with the all of fragileness he left earth with. After the narrator’s father finds out what kind of bird it is the narrator realizes, “How many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree” (Hurst 779). The scarlet ibis that passed away in the Armstrong family’s yard had the same fate Doodle did, because how many obstacles Doodle had to overcome to die the way he did, on the side of the road, huddled beneath a red nightshade bush. 5.