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Mark, Jerome, and Sal were some of the people Jennings knew during this time that influenced him most. Mark influences Jennings in two ways. Mark tells Jennings that ?There are no friends in here.? (p.24) Marks explains to Jennings ?Well it's a rule. Not a home rule like when to sit or when to eat, or like that, but it's a kid s? rule.? He paused. ?It's like this. If you got a friend in here and they go away someplace, then you?re left by yourself, alone. And if you keep making friends and they keep going away, then over and over again you?re alone.? ?It hurts.? Mark is kind to Jennings and helps him learn the rules. Mark is an inspiration to Jennings because he is a lifer and he knows how to make it in the orphanages. Mark influences Jennings by showing him that kids in orphanages shouldn't make close friend because it hurts too much, also he teaches him the rules. Another, person who inspires Jennings is Jerome. Jerome inspires Jennings when he teaches him about what makes a true brother it's not just the last name. Jennings tells Mark ?Jerome once told me just having the same last name didn't make two people brothers. He said it's what you feel inside about someone that makes you brothers, not the last name.? (p.219) Jerome's wisdom inspired Jennings to talk to Mark about his feelings. Finally, Sal influences Jennings through most of the novel. Sal is the most important person in Jennings life. He gives Jennings the inspirations to be a good young man. ?Sal told me he was very proud of me for not holding a ...
The story of Macbeth, based on historical facts from Scottish history, is a tale of murder, greed, corruption, violence, and treachery - all the things Shakespeare held near and dear to his heart. Enraged with King Duncan's announcement that his son, Malcolm, would be automatic successor to the thrown, begin entertaining murderous thoughts of taki...
The Holocaust was a devastating period of time. Many people suffered, particularly Europe`s jewish population. Led by a man named Adolf Hitler, the Nazi party of Germany slaughtered nearly six million innocent jewish people. The Holocaust killed many people physically, but even those who managed to survive often died inside. In the book Maus, by...
Distillation of Antigone by Maurice Sagoff This poem is quite successful in getting the plot across to the reader. Unfortunatly, that is all he can get across because of his beleif that, "inside every fat book is a skinny book trying to get out." Sargoff cannot have character descriptions, themes, or any real detail in his "skinny book" because of...
In chapter 7, Maria Teresa narrates this chapter using her new journal that Minerva brought her. She talks about her father's death and how she keeping having these troubling dreams. In her dream she finds herself looking into her father's coffin and finding a wedding dress inside of the coffin. She than has the same dream again in February, but th...
During the late 1800's and early 1900's hundreds of thousands of European immigrants migrated to the United States of America. They had aspirations of success, prosperity and their own conception of the American Dream. The majority of the immigrants believed that their lives would completely change for the better and the new world would bring not...
