Maus II Chapter 1 Art gets a phone call from his father saying that his wife Mala, has stolen money from him and left him. He promptly goes with his wife to his father’s cabin to stay with him for a few days. On the drive there, Art explains to his wife how growing up with his parents idolizing his dead brother Richeu was hard for him. I can relate because I have always felt a sort of sibling rivalry with my older sister, though she is alive and well. The next day they go for a walk and he tells him about how he was lucky at Auschwitz, a polish guard kept him well fed and clothed so that he may learn English from him.
Luis goes to see his father and tells him that he will go back to Mexico for him one day. Carlos tells his son that he is sorry for not being there for him. Luis has to stay with his Aunt Anita and they watch Carlos get on the bus to be deported. Gran Torino is the movie that I really enjoyed watching. It was about a retired Korean War veteran, named Walt Kowalski who is pretty racist towards the Hmong family that lives next door.
| Driving in First Gear | 1969/17 | At dinner, the whole family discusses Lil Bit's breast size and her Grandfather says she doesn't need college. Lil Bit gets upset and Peck consoles her. | Shifting Forward from First to Second Gear | 1970/18 | Lil Bit confides in the audience that the real reason she got kicked out of college is because she had a constant companion in her room. | You and the Reverse Gear | 1968/16 | Lil Bit and Peck are at a celebration dinner and Lil Bit gets drunk. | Vehicle Failure | 1968/16 | Peck takes Lil Bit to the car.
Prior to Paul's leave, he visits Kemmeriche's family to deliver sad news about his close friends death. Before Paul can return to the front, he is sent to training camp. His father and sister visits him there. They have delivered Paul news that his mother has been taken to the hospital for cancer treatment. They are also there to give him the potato cakes that his mother has made only for him for when he leaves back on
Life Uncensored Chris Crutcher has always told it like it is. Getting his books in trouble with the may censors. But although many of his books have been censored by adults, his “true” audience, the kids who read his books praise him for his real life stories that they can relate to. Crutcher’s family was on the way to the northeast where a job had opened up for his father (who was a pilot) but on the way they made a stop in his mothers home town, Cascade Idaho. Where John Jr. (Chris’ older brother) had been staying with his grandparents.
Ed looks at Glen and Dot’s life as a vision of what her life should be like with Hi. They are Ed and Hi’s closest friends and role models, in a way. Glen and Dot have the marriage, home, powerful job, and, most importantly, the children. Even though Glen and Dot have reached Ed’s ideal version of the American dream, they are still greedy for more. Glen is powerful and uses this to try to benefit himself many times.
She had forgot why she made the long trip. ( Clugston, R.W. 2010) After receiving the medicine she looks at it the sticks it carefully in her pocket on the front of her apron. Then the attendant had a change of heart she asked "Should I give you a few pennies out of my purse? "( Clugston, R.W.2010 ) Then she rose and told the attendant that she would go to the store and buy a little windmill for her grandson.
Nyle’s Grandma allowed two evacuees, a mother and her very sick son, to settle in her house until the boy got better. The boy’s name was Ezra, and in the beginning Nyle was not happy with him staying at her house. She was sure he was going to die, so she swore she would not let herself get too close to him, she was to afraid she would lose him. Pity overcomes her and they become great friends. Towards the end of the novel Leukemia overcomes Ezra and Nyle is forced to live with the thought that Ezra might be dead.
Mama’s second ambition is more long term than the first, focusing on the lives of her children. The idea for this dream came from her husband, Big Walter, who remarked “seem like God [doesn’t] see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams – but He [does] give us children to make them dreams seem [worthwhile],” (1.1.45). This simple observation has a lasting effect on Lena and causes her to want a better life for her children, more so than for herself and Big Walter. Finally, after her grandson Travis is born and the news of Ruth’s pregnancy comes out, Mama finally sees the bigger picture. With Big Walter’s insurance money, Mama “[goes] out and she [buys Travis] a house,” where he will have plenty of room to play and has his own room, rather than just sleeping in the living room (2.1.91).
After what felt like five minutes of eavesdropping, I heard my dad convince my mom that he would take my papa, brother and I hiking. “No,” I thought to myself. My mom then, came into my room and said, “Emily, put on some thin, comfy clothes you’re going hiking with your father.” With a sigh, I got out of bed and got dressed and ran to my brother’s room to help him get dressed. After my dad, brother and I had eaten breakfast we went to pick up my papa. The drive to his house