...The Color of Water by James McBride is an amazing autobiography that gives insight to what it was like to be black during a time when it was bad to be black. What makes his story even more amazing, however, is the account of his white-skinned mother. It’s difficult to say how many white people chose to take on a black lover when it meant endangering the lives of both in the relationship, not to mention their offspring, but the account of McBride’s mother, Ruth, in his book makes it worth that much more. He dedicates the book to her, and I feel that the value attributed to The Color of Water is second only to the treasure that is James McBride’s wonderful and inspiring mother. The story told within The Color of Water is very personal and thus...
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...To get through difficulties in life different people have various solutions however one of the most renowned solution to most struggling individuals is to turn to God for help. Especially problems that involve race, Jesus is considered the answer since it is an immense overlapping between the two conflicting diversities. In “The Color of Water” by James McBride, the main character, Ruth who was a Jewish mom and wife to two African-American men, brought up twelve children and gave them the best education all because of her God. She dealt with many biracial questions and one day when her son pressingly asked her if Jesus was black or white she responded the he was the color of water. The central idea is that identity is not based on color however it is plainly the color of water while who we really are is the choices we make in life....
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...The Color of Water by James McBride shows how interracial marriages can succeed despite disapproval from others. In history, people tend to be hostile and unfair towards people of a different skin color than them. As a result, people during the 1960s and 1970s tend to stay within the norms of marrying people who are similar to themselves, but this book shows how norms can change and new history can be created. The main character of the book, Ruth, is expected to marry a white Jewish man, and her father attempts to arrange a marriage for her: “Daddy arranged for me to meet several young men from Brooklyn’s Jewish community. Most of them were hardworking, studious boys, but they didn’t appeal to me” (77). Despite the expectations set for her...
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...In the book, “The Color of Water” , the main character, James McBride, suffers from his father's death. However, he is not the only person who grieves over Hunter’s death. Ruth, James’s mother also grieves over her lost husband. In the following essay, The way that these characters grieve will be contrasted in this essay. Throughout the book, James make reference that his step father to him was always like a daddy. After his death, James takes on very bad traits and activities. “ I virtually dropped out of high school after he died, I spent the year going to movies on Forty-second street in Times Square with my friends.” (McBride 6). Moreover, James admits to, “snatching purses, and shoplifting, I even robbed a petty drug dealer once.”...
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...In the book The Color of Water by James McBride uses satirical techniques to criticize the struggles Ruth faced throughout her life. A satirical technique is a technique in which a writer ridicules or criticizes a person, group, institution or event using certain literary devices. As Ruth described the struggles she faced as a child, the author uses satirical techniques such as irony, incongruity and reversal. For example, in the passage it states, “Anytime he had a chance, he’d try to get close to me or crawl into bed with me and molest me.” (McBride, pg. 42). This quote conveys how ironic it was to know that the father of Ruth treated her like that, due to the fact that he was a rabbi or priest who travelled around. In the outside world he...
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...Summary & Response #3: McBride James McBride's inspiring memoir, The Color of Water, describes his hardships living as an interracial child and later how he was able to become a talented musician and writer. In one scene, James describes how music and literature became his escape from reality. For example, he remembers “Music arrived in my life around that time, and books. I would disappear inside whole worlds comprised of Gulliver's travels, Shane, and books by Beverly Cleary” (McBride 90). Later in the scene, James begins to get lost in the music while trying to improve on his musical skills. For instance, McBride vividly recalls, “I took piano and clarinet lessons in school, often...
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...Batman Colorado Cinema killing Based on a true story The room was over heated as always. James had never liked coming here, always felt uncomfortable. The room would have been cosy with its rugged floor, woollen chairs, oak wood furniture and leather books sitting peacefully in their thousands on the shelves, had it not being for that sense of concealment and that lack of air, which made James so uncomfortable. The doctor, a small woman in her fifties with rectangular spectacles looked up from behind a lubricous luxurious oak desk as James and Heath entered. "Ah, James how good of you to pay me a visit, please sit down " she said, pointing to the woollen chair on the other side of the desk. James who sat down as requested looked up slightly at Heath. Heath looked very much the same as James a young man no more than twenty five, in good shape, however, the only difference was that Heath had long shiny blonde hair while James had dull brown hair. Also Heath's face was so pale that James had always suspected him of wearing make-up. Both boys were medical students at the University of Colorado, and after James's "incident" on the roof where he had questionably tried to "kill himself", the University's magistrate had, as James putted it “sentenced” him to a year’s consultation with the university's shrink, Dr Lynne Fenton, who James had to visit every two weeks. "So James, has everything being going well?” asked the shrink, “yes" he slowly murmured trying to avoid eye contact. "And...
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...Chosen Audience: I chose to write to anyone out there interested in a military love story tragedy. This is meant to entertain and fill my audience with emotion. Love Means Forever From birth, Jaquelyn and William were attatched at the hip. Their mothers, whom were best friends since early childhood always said their children would be best friends. The two young women Aly and Gracelyn met in elementary school one chilly fall day on the playground. They were born and raised in a small farming town and spent almost every waking moment playing together, talking about the boys they were crushing on, and their futures as wives and mothers raising their children together. The highschool they attended was very small. No more than 100 other students in their class. It was hard for them to meet boys and they always fanticised about moving away and meeting the men of their dreams. They eventually met two young farmer boys from their highschool that stole their hearts. The four of them spent every moment together, whether it was sneaking out to watch the stars twinkle or going for midnight swims, they all made the best of things. They spent 3 magical summers together. Coming from the small town, there wasn't much to do so they had to create their own fun. They would go horseback riding, mudding in the boys trucks, or make a romantic picnic for four by the stream out in the woods. The young girls wondered and hoped they would be engaged by the time graduation came around...
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...How an accident can change lives forever Was November 8, 2009, a beautiful sunny afternoon for a November. Recovering from a prior surgery, I was on the porch taking to my husband as he cleaned up the flower bed, and did yard work. I haven’t been on the motorcycle all summer due to a prior surgery, my husband and I him, hawed most the morning about taking the bike out for one last ride and check out the tearing down of the old American Hoist building, after much thought, we decided to go. In a dazed blurry state I could hear and see red/blue flashing lights, yellow tape, and the hurried panic voices of people saying “tape that section off”, “ambulance is on its way”, “stop her from moving”, “there’s another victim over there”, “sir sit down don’t move”. Then in a flash it seemed we were in the ER and my children standing around me crying and holding my hand as the nurses and doctors prep me for surgery. I tried several times to ask about my husband, finally I was able to blurt it out, as well as to comfort my children, and assure them I was going to be ok as they told me “dad is in the other room and is ok, he is concerned about you” “he too is being prepped for surgery”. The hospital staff would not let us see each other. Then another flash, I was in a hallway and there was my husband holding up his arm, it looked like a stair case as he smiled and told me he loved me and would see me really soon… After two days of hospitalization my husband checked himself out...
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...kneel here before the gods and the thought of what I am about to do stings my eyes like incense. I can already hear the protest from Pearl’s ballet teachers – “you can’t do this, she is an extraordinary talent.” The gods give with one hand and take with the other, I 5 think, and then, ashamed, immediately touch my forehead to the ground before the triple Buddhas. The gods must forgive my lack of insight. But how could those teachers understand that we had originally allowed Pearl to dance only because we had no place else to put her? Her father and I spent our waking hours at the factory in Chinatown. Pearl was too young, or so I argued, to breathe in that clogged air, thick with fabric dust 10 that clung to our skin like a veil, turning even our sweat the colour of the garments we worked on. And somehow the consequences of that initial instinct to protect her have branched out through the years, sprouting and twisting, to arrive at this moment. I suppose I spoiled her but she is my only girl. And she seemed so tiny when we first came to America, bundled into her red sweater and sent off to second grade alone. [...] 15 In the beginning, we tried to leave her alone at home after school. I had no one in this country, relative or neighbour, to look after her and we could not spare a moment from the work at the factory. It’s only for a few hours, I told myself, and she knows not to play with the stove and such, but I could not stand coming home to see her little face in the window...
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...Our Little Piece of Heaven Janet Vint ENG 121 Professor Adam Deutsch January 25, 2013 As I sit and think of all the places that I love, our front porch is the one place that sticks out the most. No matter what season, there is nothing better than taking in all the wonderful sights and sounds of my neighborhood. Our front porch is an awesome place to sit back and relax while you enjoy the wonderful smelling flowers during spring, the warm breeze of a summer night or listening to the crunch of the leaves during the fall. Our front porch is the gathering place for my family to come and relax, whether it is with a soothing drink, a Stephen King book, to take a break from life’s obstacles or to watch my son play carefree. No matter the season, or the reason, our front porch offers comfort, relaxation and memories to all who visit. One spring, several years ago, we had purchased new porch furniture and could not wait to get home with it and try it out. Later that day, my husband and I began to sit down in the enormous fluffy tan cushions on the swing; we both turned around at the same time and looked at each with our heads laid back and started laughing hysterically. We could not believe the difference it made by just some new furniture. We sat there for a while taking in all the surroundings, from the bright red cardinals flying back and forth carrying on conversations, to the distant sound and smell of someone that was cutting their grass for the first time that season. The...
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...Aswan High Dam This dam was built to supply irrigation water, although only half of the water expected is there now. This is mainly because evaporation and seepage. 2 This dam was built to supply irrigation water, although only half of the water expected is there now. This is mainly because evaporation and seepage. 2 Index Index…...........................................................1 Aswan High Dam…………………………………………..2 Bangladesh…………………………………………………..3 Colorado River Basin…………………………………….4 James Bay, Canada….......................................5 Ogallala Aquifer……………………………………………6 Three Gorges Dam………………………………………..7 Florida Everglades…………………………………………8 Florida Everglades The Florida Everglades is one of the three largest national parks in the US. It also contains an ecosystem not found anywhere else in the world. A huge reservoir called the Floridan Aquifer lies around 1000 ft. below. 8 The Florida Everglades is one of the three largest national parks in the US. It also contains an ecosystem not found anywhere else in the world. A huge reservoir called the Floridan Aquifer lies around 1000 ft. below. 8 Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges Dam increased the quantity reservoirs hydroelectric stations, abundantly. It also cause 1.2 million people to relocate. 7 The Three Gorges Dam increased the quantity reservoirs hydroelectric stations, abundantly. It also cause 1.2 million people...
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...memory blinked like a distant fog light in a story sea and it drowned in my panic."|It shows the panicked feeling he had when his mother wasn't there to pick him up at the bus stop. | SIMILE|p. 262 "Being mixed is like that tingling you have in your nose just before you sneeze: you're waiting for it to happen but it never does.|He is describing how James feels which is how he doesn't really know he is comparing his race, being half african, half white to waiting for sneeze. He is saying how he doesn't know what/where he is yet.| SIMILE|p. 178 "It was as if she pulled out a grenade, yanked the pin, dropped it on the floor, and exited. My brothers and i looked at one another in shock.|James expresses the astonishment that his family when they realize that his mother will not move the family from New York. The family carries a lot of weight living in New York, so when they heard the news it was like they were going to experience an explosion. But, James did not agree with his mother's choice of staying and wants to move.| SIMILE|29 , "Mommy's contradictions crashed and slammed against one another like bumper cars at Coney Island." |James says this because everything that Ruth was for, she contradicted. She hated the way blacks were treated by whites, yet she sent her own children to an all white school so they could get the best possible education. | Dialogue |p. 179 "The greatest gift that anyone can give anyone is life. And the greatest sin a person can do is to take away that...
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...Re-absorption in the kidneys and associated abnormalities Task 1 Water is the main bodily fluid with around 60% of your body weight made up of water. This is a major component of bodily fluid. Bodily fluids contain many components within the body. they can include the following: Bile Mucus Sweat Blood serum Pleural fluid Urine Gastric juice Saliva Water This image shows the main electrolytes found within the bodily fluids. They are sodium, chloride, magnesium, calcium and potassium. They are involved in various functions in our cells and organs. They are responsible for maintain the balance of fluids between the intracellular and extracellular environments. Tutor vista 2014. List of electrolytes [Online] available from: http://chemistry.tutorvista.com/inorganic-chemistry/list-of-electrolytes.html...
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...CMatter02.06 1/24/06 10:37 AM Page 8 ChemMystery Real or Fake? The James Ossuary Case By Lois Fruen C SI (criminal scene investigation) is not limited to murder. Recently, a crime team was assembled to examine a controversial and potentially priceless bone box and black stone tablet. Although the bone box may have once held skeletal remains, the team was not interested in DNA or fingerprint evidence. They focused on a grimy buildup, called patina, on the surface and in the inscriptions of the box and tablet. If proven to be fake, the patina could expose a forgery ring that has faked inscriptions on ancient objects found in museums all around the world. The inscription on the bone box claims that it once held the bones of the brother of Jesus, while the tablet reports ancient repairs to Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. Too good to be true? The Israel Antiquities Authority thinks so. But what did the crime team find? Dr. Elizabetta Boaretto at the Weizmann Institute radiocarbon 14 C–dated the tablet, using samples of patina from the inscription. Patina is the coating that builds up on ancient objects over long periods of time. The main component of the patina in the inscription is calcium carbonate (CaCO3), called calcite by geochemists. Calcite contains carbon, which can be 14C tested. Dr. Boaretto reported that the patina dates to 390–200 BC. This makes it tempting to declare the tablet authentic, but 14C dating is not...
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