Importance Of Respect In Roll Of Thunder

Counting by 7’s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan, is the astounding story of shy and reserved genius, Willow Chance, _______. Suddenly, her life is flipped upside down when her adoptive parents die in a car crash. With no where else to go, she turns to the Nguyen’s, a Vietnamese family she didn’t know until now. With further help from her school counselor, Dell Duke and taxi driver, Jairo Hernandez, Willow begins to move past her tragedy. In the end, Willow overcomes her grief and finds a family of her own.

Speak The book I am responding to is called Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson. This book is about a teenage girl named Melinda Sordino, who begins her high school year with a big secret. Over the summer she and her friends went to a party where Melinda was raped, she called the police, causing her friends and everyone at the party to reject her. Later Melinda befriends a girl named Heather, a new student at her school.

This book was absolutely phenomenal. The quirky characters and the close relationships they had with each other pull in the reader. It uses suspense to keep the reader constantly guessing what will happen next. In this book Chris Crutcher confronts many mature themes such as mental illness, racism, suicide, and death, while still being able to keep the book light hearted in many places.

The 5th Wave, written by Rick Yancy, follows the perspectives of many different characters going through five waves of an alien invasion. Cassie, a sixteen year old girl, struggles to survive alone after her parents died and her brother got taken away. She and many other characters struggle through a harsh change in their lives, and yet still find ways to protect the ones they love and stay loyal to each other. A theme the book proposes is that people can change for the worst, but their hearts will remain pure. Cassie is one of the main characters in the book.

Throughout the novel, she matures and learns the importance of empathy and compassion. This is demonstrated by those who she encounters with an insight into what it means to be a victim of racism, inequality, and rumors. A child's obliviousness is how Harper Lee is able to best evoke empathy in the

I was rooting for Paige because, she needed to step away from those who projected negativity and spend more time with those who made her happy. I think the night of the crash needed more explanation because sometimes you had to figure out if you read about a certain detail. I would recommend this book to any high school student because it opens your eyes to the fact that drinking and driving can change your life! In the story, there were multiple characters that sounded like myself or someone I know.

The book talks about the injustice Starr and her community faces and how Starr eventually overcomes her fears and reveals the

A story about accepting others for who they are and not trying to make them like everyone else. A story about finding your voice, and just wanting to live a normal life. I was so happy that Lynn was taught sign language. She was living in a life of silence and confusion, but with sign language she was able to express her feelings and show off her personality, she was able to finally shed her life of vulnerability and live a life of strength and

The novel follows Stevie an eleven year old girl who lives in Southside Chicago throughout her middle and high school years. Stevie goes through the social pressure of her peers and family to tell her how to act, think, and look. Slowly throughout

What makes people grow up? Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor is set during the Great Depression, in the rural areas of Mississippi. The majority of the people in this community are sharecroppers, who are greatly dependent on plantation farming. However, the Logan families own their own land. Cassie tries to understand with her family what racism is.

Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine is about a girl, Marlee, who can't be friends with someone because she's colored. Marlee lives during a time when colored people didn't have the same right as white people in America. Marlee faces many challenges in the society from many people, who disagree with letting colored people have the same rights as white people. Marlee must learn to speak out and stand up for what she believes in. Marlee was a shy and quiet girl at the beginning of 7th grade.

In the book, The 5th wave, there are many events that occur. The author, Rick Yancey, is an independent author who writes about extraterrestrial beings, survival, and war. The main character Cassie is one of the survivors of the 1st wave, 2nd wave, 3rd, 4th, and 5th. She goes on to explain how that went for her, and how she felt in her situation. Being a lone teenager who cannot trust anyone without the chance of death, she constantly felt like she just might be the last human to live on the earth.

From what I've read so far, it is clear that Stacey Logan, Jeremy Simms, and TJ Avery, characters in the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, have very different beliefs about friendship. First, Stacey Logan believes that friendship should mean something. For example, Stacey took a whipping for TJ because he was cheating. Next, Jeremy Simms shows the reader they don't have to be the same race to be friends. He would go walk with the Logan's than ride the bus.

It 's a jaw-dropping book that will leave you wanting more as the author Laurie writes in a crisp and clear way describing the young girl Melinda’s horrific story and how it unfolds. The author 's tone gives off the vibe of a young frighted girl which I find really enhances this sad, but exhilarating story. This story taught me to always speak up for myself and to never let anyone take advantage of me. I would recommend this novel because it is extremely detailed, painting vivid pictures in your mind that really help to magnify and

Respect is an important life skill needed to coexist with others in our current society. Whether it’s in elementary school or high school, we’ve always been taught to treat each other with respect. Here at JFK, our motto is “respect is the key to success”. The word respect, in my opinion, means to treat each other equally despite their difference in opinions, race, gender, or any other aspect that could skew your opinion on who someone is. I agree with the school motto, however, it doesn’t hold true in our school and can definitely be improved upon.