In “The Poncho Bearer”, the author, John Schwartz, uses narration to relate experiences that his son went through high school by being a unique individual. Schwartz reflects this story on how his own experience was through the years of high school. The author informs the reader about why the main character, Sam in the story acted and how his actions and his maturity define ourselves as unique human beings. Told by Schwartz; “As we all know, high school for most teenagers is a time of intense pressure to conform” (p 212). Both Kusz and Schwartz gave the reader a sense of how these main characters conform to our society and when is it right to deviate between the norm and unique.
Allusion Assignment: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill In john Knowles novel a separate peace he uses many characters to help identify the challenges and struggles the kids face. He uses these people to show how the boys think they started the war. The overall point is how these two men all played role in the change of finny and genes life from kids to adult hood. John Knowles included these allusions to show he point of view of how the kids saw the war. These men had great power in their country’s Roosevelt in the United States and Churchill in Europe.
I view change as the building blocks for the future. We need change in order to grow and learn about all there is to know in life. Berry sees change as the loss of the traditional ways of life and the shift to big cities and technology. In That Distant Land, another novel written by Berry, he observes the same behaviors that were displayed by Hannah’s children: And now look at how many are gone…the mold they were made in done throwed away, and the young ones dead in the wars or killed in damned automobiles, or gone off to college and made too smart ever to come back, or gone off to bright lights and ain’t going to work in the sun ever again if they can help it. (2) One could see how Berry’s thoughts of change would have a negative aspect regarding one’s community.
Chapter 5 what's the key One of country's most I tense officer candidate school Leaves kibera , Rye returns to ROTC boot camp in Quantico Virginia. Still stuffing from malaria and taking methoquin. Characters staff Sargent Sweeney. Miller, Schwartz , Had to carry miller to bivwack, during the hill exercise because miller hurt his ankle! end of OCScandidates take turns with calling diddy The diddy bothered rye at freshman, confidence at that time he confused confidence w. arrogance but as his time in OcS progressed he realized it what it really meant, confidence was one of the key qualities that led him to a hopeless place like Kibera, Huburus according to his dad was marines biggest threat Rye has trouble w. exercises in boot amp esp.
The novel “Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger is a story about a character Holden Caulfield. Holden Caulfield is a 16 year old that has become an iconic character for his teenage angst and the rejection of what society has become. I believe that Salinger's main focus was to show the massive changes, both social and economic, that the United States had gone through following World War II. After World War II the United States was in a period of great affluence.
The intended audience is for the people who want see kids go up and beyond right from the get go. The characters show an adult like behavior even though they are only children from the ages 9-16. Kids like Poke and Achilles who kill and run gangs at the ages of twelve epitomize an adult behavior even though they are young. The battle school, where Bean is taken to, transcends kids such as Bean from a shy child to a leader of the school. The story shows the progression of Bean and how he perseveres to actualize his goals such as finding out his past and learning as much information that he can on his peers and mentor.
The poem “Genesis” is a satire on the Old Testament. The main challenges of “genesis” are the way that students are educated. The students metaphorically represent Adam and Eve. It also shows how the students have faced the challenges of high school, education and knowledge. In the beginning the students are enjoying their return to high school: “mincing in their brand new tunics…cocky in their blue and grey”.
In agreement with the author, margins are essential in life for the development of one’s self. In the essay, In Praise of Margins, the author shows how margins are a place to grow up. In Frazier’s essay he describes a time where he felt the nakedness Adam and Eve felt when he came to realization of his tedious thinking and repetitive activities. This moment of realization leads the author to an understanding of having the need to grow up. Just as the author, I have been alerted to grow up due to my transition as a high school student to a college student.
Kick Ass: The Hero’s Journey “Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.” Joseph Campbell was the author who identified the concept of the hero’s journey. This quote can be interpreted as meaning that when hard times are forced upon people, people are often forced to look within themselves and find the strength to power through it all. In the movie Kick Ass, released on June 7th 2010, Dave Lizewski is a teenage boy whose story exemplifies this idea perfectly. Lizewski was nothing more than a social misfit hiding from the brutality of high school in his world of comic books and superheroes. Living in an impoverish and crime filled city, he learns early on that, since he’s not a tough kid, the safest thing to do is be invisible and back down from any sort of trouble without asking questions.
I am currently a sophomore in college. This time in my life is essential in and for my future development. My identity is growing and cementing as I learn new things every day and find new things about myself, who I really want to be, and what my future plans may entail. Currently, I am single, but growing in other areas of my life, and learning how to cope with world, matures me more in what kind of girl I could potentially seek out or marry some day in my future. As for work, I have been working in one way or another since I was 14.