Diego Hernandez English 102 Tuesday/ Thursday Language, whether oral, or written is the main form of communication we have. In LEARN! LEARN! by Hugo Martinez-Serros, he inspire us by describing the life of a Mexican hard worker that persists in improving his writing, and likes to criticize the writing of the well educated priest that likes to write too. He leaves in the south side of Chicago, works in a the steel... but in his free time he likes to read and analyze his writing to become better with each draft.
For example, the construction workers who made the freeways, bridges, and tunneling systems that allow people all across America to get from work, to home, to school and so on, were never publicly honored for their work. Without the massive input, and hard work of this nameless mass of men and women, these unappreciated commodities that they provide, would not be present. Essentially it would be equivalent to bread without butter, or a skateboard with no wheels; the hard work that goes unnoticed, is vital to the longevity of the Nation. Walt Whitman wrote I Hear America Singing, to bring attention to the reality, that a large part, “I hear America Singing” of America, is this faceless working body, that feeds the coals into the engine of the country. These workers, teachers, and even woodcutters each contribute their own share of work into the running of the country.
Johnny Tremain: The Book That Captures Johnny Tremain is the main character from the book of the same name, which is one of my favorites, by Esther Forbes. In the beginning of the long yet arresting book, Johnny is very prideful. He was an apprentice to the well-known silversmith, Mr. Lapham, and was the most prized out of three apprentices. As Johnny began to work in the shop, Mr. Lapham soon realized that he was born to be a silversmith. Johnny, knowing how prized and amazing he was at his job, was bossy and mean towards most in the family, even Mr. Lapham.
Even though Proctor had problems with many things, he was a respected by the people throughout the entire town. John Proctors pride is one of the reasons that he is a tragic character. Whatever problem Proctor faced, he always was confident in a way, " I have made a bell of my honor" (874 Proctor). Proctor did not let anyone get in the way of his pride. When john had to confess whether he did
Amos was treated kindly and was taught how to take care of himself. “It does a man no good to be free until he learns how to live...” When Amos Fortune lived in the Copeland household, he was instructed how to become a godly man. Not only were the Copelands extremely kind to Amos, but they were also Quakers. Weekly they went to church and taught their servant, Amos, to love God. Amos also learned how to read the Bible.
Mr. Grayson will always be remembered for everything he did. He had no family, only his pets; however, in a way, the entire community was his family because he helped and loved them. Funeral arrangements have been made and services will be held and Melrose Park Funeral Home on August 28th at 6 p.m. and mass will be help at Melrose Park Catholic Church August 29th at 12 p.m. Donations are welcome. Paul Grayson will be forever
My granddaddy and grandmommy each teach Sunday school classes to college students and my granddaddy often gives testimonies about his battles with numerous cancers while still being a strong Christian. My uncle is a Young Life leader and works with teenagers and travels to mission sites, his wife also sings in the church choir. My other grandma volunteers for Safe Families and the food pantry that are connected with their church. She also teaches the preschool Sunday classes on certain mornings. Based on all these jobs and activities my family is a part of, you can easily see that God was always a steady in my life.
By 1985, Ed’s father built a sawmill and Bishop Shetler, the spiritual and social leader of this Amish community, gave Mr. Gingerich permission to supply building material to the community. Ed was particularly interested in the mechanical end of the operation. He was highly intelligent in mechanics and machinery- most of which was self-taught. When he was not at the sawmill, he could be found spending time with Brownhill’s “English” (Fisher, 2000, p. ix) neighbors (those who were outside the Amish faith) fixing trucks, tractors and farm machinery. Over the next few months, Ed continued spending more time with his English friends and confessed something that had been troubling him for some time: he’d been thinking about leaving the Amish faith, but he didn’t know how to go about it (Fisher, 2000, p.9).
The poem begins: “Sundays too my father got up early” (Hayden Line 1) and the word “too” draws the eye straight away. “Too” is only a three letter, one syllable word, but its meaning is loaded in this poem, as it expresses the father’s hardworking nature. Not only does the father get up on early every day, he gets up early on Sundays as well, which is considered by many to be the “day of rest.” Regardless of Sunday being the “day of rest”, here we have the father getting up early to warm the house, prepare for his workday, and to polish the speaker/children’s shoes. The father never gets a break from his duties and even on Sunday, while everyone else may be resting, he is not. It is remarkable how much the simple word “too” encompasses the father’s
Terkel’s “Working” documents the struggles of Roberto Acuna and his families hard life working in the produce fields, survival mechanisms, and the ethnicity segregation that they fought morning through night. Constantly living with real work, always wanting to become a first-class citizen and having nothing to fall back on, he gives vivid details of hard-laborers obstacles. Rodriguez’s “Real Work” reflects a mid to upper class man of Mexican descendent. Educated and blessed with his social status, he acquires a labor intensive job which helps him gain self-confidence and a realization of his father’s explanation of “real work”. Despite the fact that these individuals grew up with completely different lives and challenges, there are so many