In the book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham -1963, two brothers named Byron and Kenny belong to the Watsons family. Byron, the older brother, is a troublemaker and tends to pick on his younger siblings. Kenny, the narrator. There boys are growing up in Flint, Michigan. Kenny and Byron have many similarities and differences. Byron and Kenny have many similarities some are, How they are both very kind to there little sister Joey. In the ride to Alabama they took turns holding up her head, and every morning at school Byron takes off all of her jackets for her. They are both very ornery Kenny likes to torment and bother his brother as much as he can. Byron is ornery because he tries to lock the bathroom door and plays with matches and he
The Watson’s Go To Birmingham, is a book narrated by Kenny Watson, the middle son of the Watson family. Kenny experiences physical and emotional insecurities that follow him from his daily life in Flint, Michigan to Birmingham, Alabama and back. Kenny made the most self changes due to several life experiences during school, his relationship with his older brother Byron, his traumatic time in Birmingham, and his realization of his inner strength upon returning to Flint. Kenny believed his physical and emotional insecurities would follow him forever, until Byron made him realize just how strong and courageous he really was.
In the book,The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963. Kenny and Byron are the two main characters. Kenny the younger is a smart studious 4th grader at Clark Elementary School. Byron the older brother of three, is a rebellious sixth grader. All though Kenny and Byron are brothers they hav
Here are the flashbacks and foreshadowing. One of the similarities is they both had to do with animals and their parents telling them something. The other is that they have flashbacks of animals. Those are the similarities with flashbacks and foreshadowing.
In the novels The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis and My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, two young boys are faced with the challenge of learning the moral and ethical codes that will shape their futures. Kenny Watson and Tim Meeker live in very different times, but they face events that complicate their lives. Though one boy learns his morals through playful encounters and the other is forced to educate himself during a war, the conclusion of each story shows that both characters have successfully found sets of rules to follow.
The most important theme in the The Watsons Go to Birmingham is Family is the most important thing you need in life. In the book The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Kenny had a moment where he thought Joetta died but he still went in to see if Joey was there. (184-185) Kenny thought Joey was dead but he didn’t care and he went to find Joey. When he got into the church he saw a girl with shoes that look like Joey but he went to get the shoe any way.That shows how much Kenny cares for his little sister. Kenny was really hoping Joetta was okay. Another part in the book was when Dad stopped in the mountains and Joey got scared. “ Daddy, look how scary it is here!” Joey said, pointing at all the giant shapes in the darkness. “Nonsense, Punkin, those
For example Kate and Kat were similar as their both independent and intelligent individuals who go by their own morals and don't care what anyone else thinks of them. Bianca in both texts is seen as the object of desire' as of her submissive manner and good looks. I used similarities like these ones all throughout 10 things' with only making minor changes.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Mary Reilly, and Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson's short novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has spawned many retellings of Dr. Jekyll's tale, as well as variations on the theme. The Jekyll and Hyde conceit is one that lends itself to many different forms of literature, such as motion pictures and sequential art. Sometimes liberties are taken in reinterpretations of Mr. Hyde from the original text. This can be distinguished in two recent works, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a comic book miniseries by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, and Mary Reilly, a film by Stephen Frears.
The book Watson’s Go To Birmingham shows you what life was like for the Watson’s in Flint, Michigan in 1963. There's some really funny parts and some sad parts so come along and join the WAbout
Biff (before he find's himself) is a lot like Bart. The two are always getting into some kind of trouble; Biff for stealing, while Bart is constantly wreaking havoc in the school. Biff is unable to hold down a job, and Bart cannot be productive at school. Both lie and cheat their way through life. Charley can be compared to Lenny as both are friends of the protagonist and care about his welfare. Charley aids Willy with his financial needs, giving him money and offering him a job. Lenny helps Homer in the nuclear plant, always covering for him and giving advice.
The movie Gnomeo and Juliet (directed by Kelly Asbury) is based on the story of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare. It tells the tale of a boy and a girl from warring families who meet and fall in love. In both stories, Romeo and Juliet come from two different families with extreme hatred towards one another, both characters fall in love with each other at first sight, and both characters sneak around to see each other.
The Watsons are a black family living in Flint, Michigan. The mother, Wilona, is from Birmingham, Alabama, but moved to Flint when she married Daniel, the father. Their three children are Byron, who is 13; Kenny, who is 10; and Joetta or "Joey," who is 5. Kenny is the protagonist of the story; he is very smart and relatively quiet. Byron is something of a juvenile delinquent and possesses a knack for breaking the rules, and Joey is a sensitive child and a strict rule-follower.
This except of a poem from the Romantic period could be used to describe two characters from two different works of different time periods. Heathcliff - the "dark-skinned gypsy" with the "manners of a gentleman"(WH 5) is the villain/hero of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights (1847) and Hari - the very English, Hindu-Indian, outcast/hero of Paul Scott's The Jewel in the Crown (1966) share many common characteristics. Both represent a lower class of dark-skinned people that are disadvantaged by the times and societies that they live in. Each fights outward prejudices as well as their own inner battles to determine self-worth. Heathcliff and Hari find themselves in love with white-skinned women who represent the superior class in...
The story “Don’t Give Up The Fight” and the play “The Watsons Go To Birmingham”, both share the common theme of being different. In “Don’t Give Up The Fight”, Ava deals with being the only girl on the track team and in “The Watsons Go To Birmingham”, the Watsons deal with the unfair laws of segregation because they are black. But, even though they show the same theme, they show it in different ways. This difference is in the actions that the characters take. In “Don’t Give Up The Fight”, she deals with her problem by telling others about it, but in “The Watsons Go To Birmingham”, they decide to go back home after the bombing.
The novels Pride and Prejudice and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets seem very different from each other at first glance, but they actually possess astonishing similarities. Both narratives depict women who, even though they are virtually at opposite ends of the social class spectrum, are just as equally trapped by both their social status and gender.
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