Thursday, November 18, 2010

People's list(my peeps)(')x4

Stop the Sun

     Vietnam Syndrome is what most soldiers after war. Their body is present but their minds is still at war time. Terry's father has Vietnam Syndrome and sometimes when sitting at the dinner table his eyes wonders off more and more. In Stop the Sun by Gary Paulsen, Terry faces a problem were the only solution is for his for his father to talk about the war. Which is a pretty huge risk. As the reader, Terry to do that may bring a lot of change to the relationship he has with his father.
        The Problem or conflict in the story is that Terry wants his father to open up about Vietnam so he can "understand" it better. Which is true but he wants to know because his father did something that really embarrassed him. " His father was squirming along the floor on his stomach. He was crying, looking terrified, his breath coming in short, hot pants like some kind of hurt animal." This was the main reason why Terry was so interested. He became so embarrassed that he crossed the street when his father was walking toward him. But I don't understand why not ask him instead of doing all that research. The rising action in the story was when Terry went in to the Kitchen and asked his father about Vietnam. Which in the end made Terry feel so horrible about it. " No. Not that. It was a standing joke between them. When his father got around to explaining it to him they had already covered it in school. " It's something else,' 'Something pretty heavy judging by your face.' 'Yes' 'Well?' I still can't do it, Terry thought. Things are bad, but maybe not as bad as it could get. I still can't drop this thing. 'Vietnam' Terry blurted out. ,'No! his father said sharply . 'No that's another part of my life. A bad part. A rotten part. It  has nothing to do with this family. No'
      The turning point was when Terry realized that his father was about to break his silence about Vietnam. An how making him talk was all for the wrong reasons. "We were crossing a rice paddy in the dark.' he said, and suddenly his voice flowed like a river breaking loose.'
       

Eyes And Teeth

     The story eyes and teeth by Wanda Coleman is about her and Buzz, her cousin. In the beginning Buzz and Wanda are playing and having fun. Like they would jump in to a tiny bed with six of them. " Me and Buzz get along about like always." "Him tickling my feet till I cry uncle." You can tell judging by the game there playing they're little kids.
         The problem was that Buzz's mother point of view of him hurt Buzz's feelings. "I'm so glad that this baby did not turn out dark and ugly like Buzz. I can't stand to look at nothin' that black , like tar". This was the turning point because after this Buzz did not want to be around his mother." He became mean tempered, with drawn, and sullen.Since then Buzz and Wanda never saw each other again for twenty years.
             The resolution was that Buzz forgave him mother. An went to her funeral. But when he came to the service he was with his young wife, new car, and two dark skinned beautiful kids. " They're beautiful  and every one one of them looks like their father.