When the teachers were asked why they feel bored they would blame it on the kids, saying that they were rude and only were worried about their grades (Paraphrase?). When Gatto was younger his grandfather taught him a very valuable lesson about boredom and that was that if he was ever bored it was his own fault and nobody else’s. He learned that is was his responsibility to educated and entertain himself. Gatto then continues with “Do we need school? Is this deadly routine necessary?”(24).
My attitude towards relief would also be shameful, to ask for money just to survive and feed your family is very embarrassing. 3)The ways jimmy and his wife tried to create normalcy for their children, were ways to make them not think about the depression like how Jimmy plays with his kids, as a normal dad would do in normal times. They also made sure to enforce rules of a normal family, like making sure the kids use their forks, taught them to be quiet, and taught them how to behave. For example when their son stole some salami, they made him return it, which they could have kept for free. 4)Most people took ant jobs that could be found, trying to get money to buy food.
Secondly he has so little but gives so much. His family is a very poor family that has to work for everything they want or need and at times need to go so far as to take items from the garbage. He shows that he is a great father and a great man by setting an example to his kids to give and expect nothing in return. This can be shown when Mr. Duvitch gives the dad gloves that he found, showing what a thoughtful and generous man he is and a great role model. This can be shown at the end of page 17 “(On a cold snowy afternoon in winter Mr. Duvitch stopped at our house and presented Father (who
In the book, Gary talks about how his television images motivates him to have a way out of Fresno and it kept him fighting to find away out of poverty. He fought for a place where he can plan his roots and be accepted for who is. Gary also had many family conflicts but the biggest one was with his step dad. Gary’s lack of education and being mistreated in school made him think that his future was going to be living in Fresno the rest of his life like his parents did. Gary wants to break away from poverty and keep the next generation out of working in the fields or factories.
It fits because in Malcolm x quote he describes how his frustration with not being able to read and write aggravates him. This quote led him to start his “Homemade education”. Malcolm knew that reading was a good thing and he knew that in the long run, reading would better himself as a person by having so much knowledge. In Plato’s quote he states that in the world of knowledge the idea of good appears last of all, and is only seen with effort. Malcolm knew that without putting in any effort to read and write that the outcome would not be good.
Phineas is an influential, charming figure, and a genuine good guy. He inspires in Gene loyalty and jealousy at the same time. In his head, Gene creates Phineas as his enemy and thinks that Phineas resents him for his academic success. However, the reader soon realizes that in fact, it is Gene who resents Phineas for the lack of resentment he has toward Gene. Because the novel was set in the early years of World War II, a major theme throughout the story is war.
Despite this, Brutus was more loyal to his country, the land he calls home, and the people with whom he shares it with. He knew that since most people at the time we uneducated, they would be gullible and would instantly accept and adore whoever was an authority figure, no matter how corrupt they were, or how poor of a job they were doing. Brutus knew he had to do something to save Rome, and ridding the word of Julius Caesar seemed to be the only option available.
The author’s opinion on the topic is that our premier is like a drunken sailor who spends money needlessly to make friends and that it is in the long run harming Ontario families. 4. I feel this editorial is somewhat effective, as I do support the ORNGE service, it has and will continue to save lives it is management that is the issue not the employees as they are there to do their job and are good at it. I feel that that the opinion expressed are his, but that he need to give more examples to substantiate his
Troy affects everyone's life with his choices, his mind set and past experiences in life which causes a negative affect on them while at the same time it matures them to grow up. Troy's life growing up was one to experience in order to understand his actions in his future. His father picked cotton and working was the only thing his father seemed cared about. All his father wanted was for you to learn how to walk then you were off to work. Troy tells his son about his father “...he was trapped and I think he knew it, but I'll say this for him...he felt responsibility toward us.
Such other influences such as their family’s poverty and lack of opportunities has made him realize that he didn’t want to live such a life, as he got older. He wanted to live the life of luxury and to be able to make it to the top of whatever industry he pursued in. Due to those thoughts, he was highly influenced by his mother’s daily dreams of making it to the top, and see that her family also lives a life of luxury, one day. His father’s fail of being able to keep the money in their lives stable and be able to work in a well job, truly made Carnegie see in his eyes, that he wanted to surpass his father. He was going to surpass