Chapter 2: Fears and ideas Meanwhile in a little village, near the coast where no one had caught the plague, a bunch of people were debating what caused this dreadful illness. “How many times do I have to tell you? Why else would people be dying if it wasn’t a punishment from God?” shouted a muddy, dirty farmer named Peter. “But babies are dying and they’re too young to of done anything wrong,” mumbled a shy, young woman cooking her some dinner in a small black pot over a fire. “It’s got to be the got to be bad air, there’s so much dirt and mess on the street” “ I agree with her Peter, how can so many people be punished by god?” questioned her husband, a tall, strong man.
“They always played a big role in my life, and encouraged me to be a more open person… a more outspoken person.” Nai believes that this encouragement made her stronger in comparison to her initially shy and soft spoken personality. Now, Nai stands up for what she believes in and speaks out. At the age of 23 and out of foster care for five years, today Nai is studying to become a pharmacist at Stanislaus State University. When asked if she still has a relationship with her former foster family, Nai responds, “I’m definitely still really close to them. I visit them on holidays… I still call them mom and dad.
There are several different stages to being a scavenger. The first is the New Scavenger, who is filled with disgust and self loathing and very ashamed to be seen Diving into Dumpsters. In which case they may try to lurk around, duck behind things or may even try to Dive at night, even though most people look away from scavengers and lurking only calls attention to themselves. The second stage comes with experience and the scavenger stops hating themselves. They begin to think they have the last laugh because they are finding perfectly good things in the Dumpsters and begin hanging on to things that they have no need of.
Crozier feels strongly about revealing the faces -- and stories -- behind the statistics on poverty. "Some of them might be your neighbours, some of them relatives. But there's a whole group of people that are being terribly affected by poverty, and will be for the rest of their living days," she said. Crozier also read a passage from her memoir, Small Beneath the Sky, in which she looked back on learning to read. Because she hadn't attended kindergarten (which had to be paid for), she was behind in Grade 1, and didn't know how to read.
I was came across one old high school friend and asked them why I always have to be the one to find out how she’s doing. She gave me the same answer most people give “I’ve been busy.” I then wrote “I see why you don’t have that many friends left.” I acted as an ego buster because I made her feel bad about herself. I was aware that it would make her feel bad in some way but I never really paid attention to the fact that it would affect her ego in a negative way. Part 5 Ego boosters and Ego busters play a major role in shaping the self-concept. Humans learn who they are and how to act by feedback from the peer group and significant others.
Loss of spirit: “So gradually, she pressed her teeth together and learned to hush.” (71) C. Tea Cake represents her freedom. 1. Awareness: “He could be a bee to a blossom—a pear tree blossom in the spring.” (106) 2. Change: “In her heart she wanted to get his breakfast for him. But she stayed in bed long after he was gone.” (107) III.
G soon came up with a game making the kids realize that they all had a lot in common. When Eva went to go visit her father there was a big sign of improvement with her wanting to learn because she stated to explain what was in the book to her father. When Eva tried to give her father thee book he flipped it over and was not interested in her academics. When Mrs.G gives them the assignment to read Anne Frank it piques her interest and she begins to focus more on her academics. She starts actually asking questions and reading the book every night such as "So when's Anne Frank gonna smoke Hitler?"
"First of all,' he said, 'If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-“ (p.39) iii: His sympathy: Atticus understands how people feel and think. He doesn’t judge others because of what they look like. "Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.
In chapter 3 the theme prejudice is being explored through empathy, teaching respect for other people and how he changes peoples prejudice. After scouts first day of school scout judges her teacher for doing something the way she was taught. This then leads scout to disaprove her. Atticus tells scout "you never
Writing English: Poetry “Blackberry-Picking” by Seamus Heaney Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one, a glossy purple clot Among others, red, green, hard as a knot. You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet Like thickened wine: summer's blood was in it Leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for Picking. Then red ones inked up and that hunger Sent us out with milk cans, pea tins, jam-pots Where briars scratched and wet grass bleached our boots. Round hayfields, cornfields and potato-drills We trekked and picked until the cans were full Until the tinkling bottom had been covered With green ones, and on top big dark blobs burned Like a plate of eyes.