These two activist, John Francis and Julia Butterfly Hill started extraordinary and brave movements in their life time. They both wrote memoirs. John’s is named Planetwalker, which is about when he decided after an oil spill in 1971, to stop using automobiles for twenty-two years and stop speaking shortly after for seventeen years. Julia’s memoir is called The Legacy of Luna Julia, which is about when she wanted to stop Pacific Lumber and decided to sit in a thousand-year-old redwood in Humboldt County, California for about two years. These inspirational people both have similar stories and made an impact on the world An oil spill in 1971, in San Francisco Bay changed the life of John Francis’s dramatically. In the memoir, Planetwalker, John …show more content…
He would paint his surrounding on his journey. To help him pay more attention to details in the environment around him. John talked about how before his started walking he didn’t have the same perspective of the world. He would be oblivious of things around him. On his journey he gained a lot of knowledge about the different areas he walked through. After he was done traveling he got a whole new outlook on life and understood other people’s cultures better. The main reason he started walking was because he didn’t like the damage oil did to bodies of. He believed that we should take care of our earth. So he decided to start walking to not be reliable for the pollution. I could compare John’s life to Julia’s in The Legacy of Luna in the same way. The environment is very important to Julia. Julia stayed in a redwood in Humboldt County, California for two years to stop Pacific Lumber. The area next two Luna had already been destroyed because there was no soil left to hold in the mountains, and a part of the hill wiped out many houses. Julia risked her own like to stop deforestation and wanted to make a difference. Both John and Julia had the intention to save the earth and protect …show more content…
They both have been in situations that almost costed them their life. For John when he traveled through North Dakota and was tenting in the snowstorm he said, “If I fall asleep, I imagine that I will not wake up” (Pg. 209). At this time John is risking his life to keep traveling on foot. Another time when he first started walking, he was held at gun point. These near death experiences changed Johns life and he once said, “How interesting it is that men seldom find the true value of life until they are faced with death.” (Pg. 34) Death was a common thought on his travels, but he pushed through it. Julia’s also had near death experiences. She was once harassed by a helicopter and also there was ten- day siege by company security guards that wouldn’t let people give her food. Also, the first few weeks Julia got really sick, but she risked her health for what she believed in. They both hand a lot of hardships throughout their movements, but they never gave up and were persistent on their
Have you ever felt like growing up is hard? But mostly everyone knows that growing up is a part of life. But how would growing up as a clone in an alternate future be different? The book The House of the Scorpions is a book, written by Nancy Farmer, based in the far future of the 2100s. The book is about a clone named Matt that is a clone of a mass drug lord also named Matteo Alacran, but well know as El Patron.
According to School Library Journal, Walk Two Moons is, “A rich layered novel about real and metaphorical journeys.” People think that it is slow at the beginning and exciting at the end, but Walk Two Moons, has lots of detail, surprising plot twists, and relatable scenes. People should really consider reading Walk Two Moons. Sharon Creech is incredibly detailed in the way she presents her story, Walk Two Moons.
Although Basil was raised in a loving and nurturing home, eventually he turned his back on his mother. Basil was Mattie’s life, when Basil was arrested for manslaughter Mattie offered her home as bond to post Basil’s’ bail. Basil was released from jail pending his upcoming trial. One night, he left his mother’s home and never returned. Mattie refused to accept Basil’s abandonment; she avoided areas of the house that indicated his absence.
Throughout every piece of writing, writers use certain strategies and techniques to convey their ideas. In this case, Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel in “Super Disasters of the 21st Century” and Sebastian Junger in “The Perfect Storm” use a like text structure to portray their ideas on nature’s savagery. However, these authors use different techniques and strategies in their writings. In “Super Disasters of the 21st Century”, Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel use specific methods to portray nature’s fury.
Linda Sue Park hooked readers with the novel A Long Walk to Water. This book is about the true story of Salva Mawien Dut Ariik, who was a lost boy from the second Sudanese War in the 1980’s. Salva was separated from his village and family when he was 11 years old. Salva had many challenges he needed to get through, and used bravery, persistence, and strength to do so. First, Salva’s bravery is a factor in how he survives some difficult situations, one of them is when Salva was walking through the land of the Atuot, where the path is surrounded by lions.
In “The Great Santa Barbara Oil Disaster, or: A Diary” by Conyus, he write of his interactions and thoughts that he has while cleaning the horrible and momentous oil spill that occurred in Santa Barbara in 1969. In this, there is a stanza that he writes that appeals to the entirety of the poem, the one that begins on page three with “Day six” and ends with “again & again.” ; this stanza uses tone and imagery which allow for the reader to grasp the fundamental core of this experience and how Conyus is trying to illustrate the effects of such a disaster on a human psyche. Day six of this poem is the day that starts with a dishonest sense of normalcy of an urban environment. Conyus introduces the idea of toads croaking in a setting combining two worlds, “asphalt rain pond”; this paints the picture of nature and man coinciding to try to live together harmoniously in an environment that
The memoir “Kitty Genovese” by Catherine Pelonero is about a girl named Catherine “Kitty” Genovese who was raped and murdered by Winston Moseley on March 13, 1964. Kitty Genovese was a lovable and caring person whom everyone loved, and Winston Moseley was intelligent yet psychotic. In the beginning, the story explains how Kitty Genovese was killed and many people saw her getting killed, but no one tried to help her except for her three friends; Karl Ross, Greta Schwartz and Sophie Farrar. It also talks about how Winston Moseley had a rough childhood; his parents had an on and off relationship, which had a great impact on his life. In the middle of the book, the story talks about Winston Moseley being on trial and getting a death sentence, which
No one will ever know what drives people to undertake missions that could be the difference between life or death. Daniel Wright is a leader in a war-torn, rebellious, United States who is trying to reach a better life for his friends, and what’s left of his family. Farah Ahmedi lives in a war-torn Afghanistan, and is seeking a better life for her family. The Narrator in the cremation of Sam McGee wanted to come through with the promise he made to his friend as he was dying.
Loss is one of the hardest things to cope with. However, one doesn’t always realize the different ‘types’ of love they can experience until they’ve experienced more than one of them. In these three stories, “Gwilan’s Harp,” by LeGuin; “The Washerwoman,” by Isaac Singer; and “The Last Leaf,” by O’Henry a theme of loss presents itself.
Love has a variety of different effects on people, if it is genuine it can change people and help them heal their pain but if it is not genuine it can crush and hurt. In Judith Ortiz Cofer's story "Catch The Moon" she states that love can make people want to improve themselves and change for the better. In W.D Wetherell's story "The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant", he states that love can make a person try to be someone they're not, hiding their true self to impress others and then in it all leading to heartbreak and regret. Although both authors have the universal theme of love in their stories, as well as other similarities, they are different when it comes to how the character changes, conflict between characters, how the conflict is resolved,
As reflected in the readings of Reading Popular Culture: An Anthology for Writers 3rd Edition, present-day advertisements expand far beyond the endorsement of a product. While the initial intent for various corporations surround the operation of selling and marketing products, many companies also find success in promoting masked messages. According to Jean Kilbourne in her article pertaining to the study of advertisement, she reveals the underlying tactics of commercialized business. As stated in the article “’In Your Face…All Over the Place’:
Perhaps the famous old saying, “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage,” applies to almost anyone. This saying also pertains to life especially when one is encountered by dreadful or horrific circumstances. This is very much true for three mysterious and valiant people who share their own stories. A true survivor has the ability to survive physically, mentally, and emotionally under any given circumstances and lives until the very end to signify it. The autobiographies, Night by Elie Wiesel, Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki, and Mud, Sweat, and Tears by Bear Grylls displays how having character traits, such as determination, helped them survive through their past journeys in life, to succeed in informing readers about their experiences.
William Cullen Bryant wrote “Thanatopsis” at the very young age of seventeen. The word thanatopsis is defined as, “a view or contemplation of death.” It surprised me when I learned that he had written such a deep and detailed poem about nature and death when he was my age. I had to read the poem a couple of times before I even began to understand Bryant’s wording and what he meant by it all.
Julia wasn’t much interested in reading, and Winston was surprised to discover that “the difference between truth and falsehood did not seem important to” (193) Julia. While Winston was greatly concerned about the party’s manipulation of truth, Julia was more interested in freedom of individuality. The clever thing was to break the rules and stay alive, whether it was a love affair, swearing, wearing makeup or obtaining luxuries on the black market. She took great pride in her ability to bring real sugar, real milk, and real coffee to her meetings with Winston (177). Julia’s desires to bring these prohibited items to their meetings, as well as her disinterest in exposing the part indicate that she rebels simply to undermine the party in her own small ways and gain individual freedom.
She weeps for the his death; but deeply inside she believes that he still alive . She manages to escape again but this time alone with a little help of a servant by breaking a narrow entrance through the wall and sneaking out during the night. This time, the Marquis and the Duke are too late to catch her. They spend the rest of the novel trying to catch Julia but in vain. Julia has to flee from a place to another to avoid capture.