If I could be one of the characters from this book I would want to be Groovy because she likes to cook and she is very forgiving and a nice person. In the beginning of the story Groovy and her dad are walking downtown when a policeman arrests her dad and Groovy does not know why her dada is arrests. The Groovy tells her mom what happened and her mom already knows that her dad got arrested. Groovy wants her mom to tell her why about her dad, but Groovy mom will not tell her. The finally her mom tells her that her dad got arrested because he lost all of her inheritance on a one bet at the racetracks and that was for her to go to cooking school.
Miranda’s mum ‘Laura’ changed promptly when the first sign of disaster took place in May. She was quick to take action with a vast shopping trip to stock up on food and supplies. She made many decisions for her family’s health and nutrition by starving herself and sending Jonny to baseball camp for more food and energy. Although she struggles to sustain herself she makes sure her close friends and most importantly her family are safe, which shows how selfless she is and how much her family means to her. Matt also helps maintain the family after making the decision to halt his education and return to his family.
Two Old Women The two old women were left for dead by The People because the group was running out of supplies and food. So they had to leave the two women to survive by themselves with little to no supplies, the tribe did give them caribou skin to help them keep warm in this harsh winter. What was even more messed up was that their children had to agree with the tribe because they were dead weight to The People and they did not want to keep back backing them were ever they went, so they thought. As the tribe left the two women sit staring as there people leave them, both thinking were are going to die out in this God awful place. So they said to themselves we are not going to die without a fight.
There dad gave them a lot of freedom and bought them everything they wanted but they had to behave well. Suddenly there mom died because of heart attack. There dad always goes to work so sometimes they had to make their own breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They were always upset when they see their mother’s pictures and think of the old memories of their mother. This conflict is person vs. herself because those girls are suffering without their mother.
The article also says that he wrote a book about the moon landing being fake. The article also talks about how FOX did a program on the moon landing being a hoax. But the main point of the article is to debunk all doubt on the moon landing being a hoax. I think that this is a great source when it comes to making the argument that we did go to the moon. It looks at things from a scientific point of view and you can’t really argue with
In the story, Winter Thunder, Chuck changed. In the beginning of the story, Chuck argued with Lecia, the school teacher, and under minded her. On page 23, “The boy looked around from the fire he was nursing, and upward, but there was still no thinning of the storm, the area of snowy visibility almost as small as the confines of their new meat-freeze room at the ranch. Even so he gave the girl no sign of agreement.” Chuck was having difficulties letting Lecia take lead and agreeing with her. He started being more helpful and supportive and stopped arguing with Lecia.
When Carla gives the news of her leaving Snow and the city she leaves in because she is going to her dad forever. Snow thinks, “It bothers me because everything to roll of Carla, and nothing seems to penetrate her” (pg. 18). Snow is jealous that Carla is happy about her parents splitting; and her life is unhappy without her parents. She is also envy about it because there’s problem going on in Carla’s life, but she doesn’t care and Snow’s life is upside down which really bothers her.
Elizabeth is always asking her family how well they are and always telling her parents to say hi to her neighbours, friends, and acquaintances. Any immigrant coming by themselves will always be home sick until they start getting use to their new lifestyle in that new country. So for Elizabeth, she keeps God in mind and tells her parents to pray and that she’ll be praying for them as well. Elizabeth also talks about how she wishes all her family would come and join her in Canada, but she knows that that will never happen, so she tells her family, “if we never meet in this world I hope we will meet in the next”. This shows that money is a big issue and that not everyone can afford a ticket to go to Canada to be with their
While often Americans are described as busy, pushy, and impatientCfor example, we don=t slow our lives down for snowstorms and constantly complain about weather inconveniencesCthe people of Ladakh seem content with waiting eight months for Mother Nature to finish wreaking havoc. In this way, Buddhism seems to influence the people=s dispositions. In almost no other culture today would a family feel safe, comfortable, and compassionate enough to invite an outsider into their home and have them sit at their table like it was nothing out of the ordinary. As Helena Norberg-Hodge describes that she Afelt at ease with these people,@ it is completely apparent that their religion is simply the core of everything in Ladakh
GUN CONTROL & GUN VIOLENCE School was extremely dull that day but, I managed to endure through the six hours of mercilessness, with the thought and anticipation of going home to my father fueled me. The day finally came to a close. When the bus dropped me off I went trudging along, happily ignoring the police and yellow tape around the house; until I was stopped by my neighbor. She said these exact words, “Your father is not at home. Go to your babysitter.” Her words were succinct and verbatim I told her she was wrong that and my mother told me to come home.