Caught by surprise, Ishmael, Junior, and their friend split up and run into the swamps. It is unknown what happens to his friends afterwards. Ishmael roams around the wilderness by himself for a while until he meets up with another group of traveling boys whom he recognized from his home village. The boys then travel together to another village on the coast. Many refugees fled to this village because the Sierra Leone Armed Forces occupied it.
This is shown though his opening lines when he refers to Darryl as” Dad is the backbone of the Kerrigan family”. Another quote he makes is “Dad also had a way of making everyone feel important”. We see Dale without doubt, loves his dad. Steve, the second oldest son, seeks his father’s approval constantly and is always trying to help his dad with reading the trading posts, hunting for good deals and trades. This shows somewhat of his appreciation of his father and being able to connect with his dad on some level, when he asks his father’s opinion about the price being charged.
When Telemachus had his speech his words had all his father’s wisdom of him. It was easy to spot the breed of a man whom Zeus has marked for joy in birth of his father Odysseus. Noticing how Telemachus is looking more like his father and the way he act resembles to Odysseus. Finally, Telemachus is now in manhood and not boyhood any longer was proof of him being mature for his age. His maturation was confronting the suitors, setting sail, and his physical appearance of being like his father.
In her poem “Mothers”, Nikki Giovanni talks about the relationship she have with her mother and the struggles her mother went through. The poet’s implied claim is the importance of mothers and how much they affect our lives today by the good and bad values they teach us. Nikki thought of her mother as a beautiful woman, but she put so much faith and trust in men. Part of her mother’s struggle was waiting for Nikki’s father to come home “she was very deliberately waiting perhaps for my father to come home from his night job “. This struggle Giovanni’s mother taught to her so being educated about that, Giovanni teaches the ethics of being a Good man to her son; so he will grow and become a good man and see the struggle being a bad one can cause women.
A Long way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier “Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them” said Ishmael. The Book “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy soldier” was written by Ishmael Beah. The book is basically about a boy soldier, Ishmael Beah, and his trials and tabulations as a soldier to his rehabilitation at 16 years old to become a family boy. What are the effects on Ishmael from being a boy soldier, does Ishmael ever recover form war, and what are the effects this book had on me? What are the effects on Ishmael from being a boy soldier?
When the Legends Die by Hall Borland, a Native American, in the 1930’s Thomas Black Bull is orphaned at a young age and left to live alone in the old ways in the wilderness. Tom’s life changes drastically when a fellow Ute Indian, Blue Elk, comes, finds, and tricks him in coming to live at a reservation school to learn the way of the white people. From this point forward, all the people in his life force him to abandon his Indian way of life. Throughout the book, Thomas struggles to forget his meaningful childhood life as an Indian while being forced to live a life in a white man’s world which he hates. Thomas’ connection to who he is cut off when Blue Elk burns down his lodge, when Thomas rides broncos to death, and when Thomas tracks and plans on killing the grizzly bear.
We truly see the side of Matt that he is comfortable in. He mother is not as hateful towards him as she was in the beginning. Matt is about to talk to his brothers like a true man. Matt being the oldest has to set an example to his three younger brothers. Matt shows strength for his family.
She avoids being captured by finding shelter in a Union Army camp and joins the fight for the freedom of others. The next one is the life of a boy, Elijah Lewis, a young man who affirms himself by asking for a huge amount of money when hunting for a blind boy who was lost in a terrible storm. He finally found the boy
Atticus tries to teach his children to vision yourself in the other person’s shoes before judging them. Atticus is looked up to by many in the society. After Jem, his son, destroyed Mrs. Dubose flower, Atticus made him read to her in return. He made Jem read to her because he wanted Jem to see her courage and what she has been going through most of her life. Atticus was a strong family man even though he was a single parent.
My mother is the most inspiring person in my life. The reason why I chose my mother is because she is really all I have. She is my motivation, she has always been there for me and helps me live through all my struggles even during the most difficult times in my life I knew I could turn to her. I grew up with a mother and a father, but my mother was the one who pushed me to my true potential and kept me focused on doing better in school. Overall, my mother has molded me into a better student and young man.