In “Araby” by James Jayce there is a young boy that is about 12 years old and lives in Dublin, Ireland. This boy can be described as impatient. innocent, sensitive and attentive boy. The story starts off with showing how attentive he is, we see how he pays very close attention to every little detail in his surroundings. He analyzed the people who lived there before and his personal belongings. Beside him being attentive, he is also impatient. The boy has a crush on his friend’s older sister, Mangan’s sister, he made an impulsive decision just because he let his feelings get the best of him. He wanted Mangan’s sister to like him back so he promised to get her a gift from bazaar. Even though his aunt said that he may put his bazaar off for that night, he still took the money and left. In this scene we see him being impatient.
Hailey Tenesaca
In “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara we see that each character had their own experience when visiting the FAO Schwarz toy store. Sylvia is a young black girl growing up in Harlem with her cousin Sugar and the rest of her family. Miss Moore, a well-educated woman who wants builds a community and educate the youngsters that live in Harlem neighborhood. Miss Moore took these young kids on a little trip to show them the world outside their restricted society. FAO Schwarz Toy Store in Manhattan, known for its astronomically priced toys. Miss Moore uses her journey to the toy store to educate the young kids on how black Americans are denied equal opportunity to profit from the economy and society. Sylvia feels both anger and shame in the F. A. O. Schwartz toy store on Fifth Avenue because she knows she does not belong and cannot afford the toys there. Sylvia feels anger while visiting the F. A. O. Schwartz store because she realizes she can’t afford any of the toys on display.
I could describe Hughes as a sincere person. I consider him a sincere person because he was very genuine at the end despite his actions. In the story, “Salvation”, Langston Hughes introduces us to Auntie Reed, Westly and himself. In ‘Salvation’ we could analyze Hughes as a boy that is losing faith and some that is peer influences. Hughes began to lose his faith in Jesus because Auntie Reed led him to believing that he will see some physical miracle of Jesu when he is saved. Hughes started to see that every other kid was begin saved but him and Westly weren’t. However, Westly decided to stand up as if he was really saved. This made Hughes feel bad about himself since he was the only one sitting. As the adult continued to pray for Hughes, he stands up as if he was “finally saved” by pretending to see Jesus. He was not saved by the love of Jesus but by falling into peer pressure. According to the text, it states ” but I was really crying because … to tell her that I had lied…” this shows us that the peer pressure led him to feeling guilt and frustrated for lying. However he fixed it by telling the truth at the end.
“The Most Handsome Drowned Man” was assigned as the first story of the course because the professor wanted us to see how a person has the power to change another persons life, even during unexpected moments. In the book, Esteban, the drowned man, symbolizes a stupendous experience for the villagers. It was a normal day in the village until they saw Esteban, the drowned man, near the beach. The women decided to take care of him, however the men in the village didn’t agree because of the way he looked, him being a giant made them think wrong about him. Later on they came to realization that he was sincere and that he was more than just a piece of cold Wednesday meat. And at the end of the story we see how the passing of Esteban didn’t stop the villagers from changing their life and lifestyle. The vibrant painting on their front doors, having wider doors, strong floors, the planting of flowers on cliffs and etc was their way of paying respect or thanking him for changing them.
