Gang of lads attack 10-year l0 year old boy
Gang of lads attack 10-year l0 year old boy Last night the notorious gang of lads, which roam the streets of Memphis, attacked yet again. This time it was the new young black family's son who was attacked. This is not an unusual event; it usually takes place every couple of weeks. Every body is afraid of going out late at night because they know they are either going to get attacked or abuse thrown towards them. The streets around Memphis are dark and are not well lit. Around the streets there is litter and lots of graffiti on walls, down alleys and even on cars! There are many cars stolen and shoplifters around who loiter in the alleys. Many people are too afraid to fight back which is understandable since many gangs carry weapons. 10 year old Richard Wright was attacked on a very short journey to the shops 'Coming past the dark street corner I started to walk towards the alley. I noticed a group of people; they were looking towards me. My heart beat was racing I could feel something was going to happen.' And it certainly did. Richard was knocked down and his money was taken. He fled home in tears and panic. He was sent out again, briskly walking he came to the alley and at the bottom there they were. He heard a cry and ran, but they soon caught up and did the same and he fled yet again in alarm. Richard said he had never felt so scared before he could feel this was going
Discuss the theme of reality vs appearance in Richard III.
In the play ‘Richard IIII’, Shakespeare shows instances of outward appearances masking inward reality throughout the play. Shakespeare has effectively intertwined the two elements appearance and reality to give the audience a different view and more information than the characters are aware of in the play. The audience can anticipate events that may follow creating dramatic tension. This theme is represented by Richard, however Richards’s right hand man ‘Buckingham’ also plays a major part in it, ‘’My other self, my counsel’s consistory, my oracle, my prophet!’’ The difference between appearance and reality first shows up when Richard admits to not only himself, but to the audience, that he is a villain, “As I am subtle, false and treacherous”. By admitting to himself that he, Richard, is a villain, he reveals reality, as he has no motive to lie or deceive himself. In this soliloquy, Richard’s motive is not to deceive any other character, but rather to take a step back from his deceptions and to give the audience a glimmer of reality instead of the cloak he feeds to the other characters. This is one of the few times that Richard exposes himself as what he truly is, a villain, of deception and fraud, ‘’I am determined to prove a villain…’’ Moreover this theme is also revealed in act three through Buckingham, ‘’we know each other’s
In Richard Wright's short story,
20/102 H14 Liu, Jiani What Does It Mean To Be A Man? Man Who Was Almost a Man,by Richard Wright "The Man Who Was Almost A Man" Richard Wright achievement of Manhood Growing up in the early 1900's was arduous. Families, such as Dave's, were challenged with the realities of poverty, and emotional conflicts. In Richard Wright's short story, "The Man Who Was Almost A Man," the protagonist's opinions regarding his manhood differ from his mothers. Those disputed opinions about personal experience, competence, and emotional reactions show significant differences when compared. Therefore, Wright is providing logical arguments about Dave's maturity when events involving Dave turn into adverse circumstances. Dave was desperate to grow up. What Dave doesn't realize is that in his friends and family's eyes he seems ignorant, not realizing that the way he's trying to grow up he's doing what a child would do and is thinking childish. Dave is a 16-year-old young man full of life; unsure of himself he believes owning a gun is necessary in his attempt to grow up. Not supporting violence in any way. I do not like the fact that Dave thinks that by owning a gun he will feel more like a man. On the contrary I think it makes him less of a man because he needs a weapon in order to protect, defend himself. In life, there are many decisions that everyone must make. And with decision-making comes