Joe The Penguin Chapter 7

In the sports novel The Batboy by Mike Lupica Brian is the batboy for a Major League Baseball team. During the season he meets his idol, Hank Bishop, who is not who Brian thought it would be. The theme of the the book is to never give up, which is expressed by both of the main characters in the book.

In their attempts to maintain an accurate depiction of the organization, the authors do not cloud details to try and uphold any political or social agenda. They show how Mexicans felt justified in their struggle and how the Texas Rangers often misrepresented their own actions. One incident revolved around Captain William Warren Sterling of Hidalgo County. In his own memoirs, he made claims that he never shot, or even pistol-whipped a man. He wrote, “Throughout my lifetime, I have held a high regard and deep esteem for Latin Americans. Some of my best friends are members of that important segment of our citizenship” (p.270). Yet, the writers published a claim that Sterling shot and killed, among others, an innocent Mexican boy accused of

A prime example of this is seen directly after Rodriguez completes his initiation into the Lomas Loco gang. “I looked back at everyone standing around the driveway. My right eye was almost closed. My lip felt like it stuck out a mile. My sides ached. But I had done well” (Rodriguez 2). In this moment, Rodriguez describes what he felt after fulfilling his initiation requirement. These descriptions of the pain he felt throughout his body is not only an example of the horrible actions committed by Mexican-American gang members but it also shows the pressure individuals face choosing to join a gang. Towards the end of the excerpt, Rodriguez describes his direct experiences with him and the Lomas Loco gang attacking the four individuals, who were sitting in the 1952 DeSoto. His vivid descriptions establish an emotional connection. This then establishes an understanding of the pressure Rodriguez faced in this moment to follow through with the horrific orders he has been given. “The dude looked at me through glazed eyes, horrified at my presence, at what I held in my hand, at this twisted, swollen face that came at him through the dark” (Rodriguez 3 – 4). In this moment, Rodriguez was given a rusty, screwdriver by a fellow gang

Introduction Imagine having a nice family dinner with your entire family. You ask “Pass the chicken, please.” a peaceful normal dinner. Then, American soldiers barge into your house, knocking down your door in the process.

The articles from Lauren Tarshis and Dyan deNapoli and the video all describe penguin rescue efforts after the oil spill. The article "The Amazing Penguin Rescue" by Lauren Tarshis the main idea is that oil spills can cause lots of problems to the animals like the African Penguin. The other piece of text "The Amazing Penguin Rescue" the main idea is oil spills can cause problems that are hard to complete. It also shows how hard it is to clean them from the sticky oil. Finally the video the main idea is that even if we try hard to help them their habitat will never be the same.

One article within the Los Angeles Times Gregorian calendar, 1944 titled, “Youthful Gang Secrets Exposed,” sought-after to uncover the foreign underworld of adolescent language. The article reported: “Gang members speak an odd non-standard speech unintelligible to the uninitiate.” Press reports like this burning mass psychosis regarding the American allegiance of Mexican youth within the us throughout wartime

Could you image being spilt on with oil and not knowing what to do? In “The Seabird” and “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” they are about penguins that got dangered with an oil spill. Volunteers need to help them get back to their original habitat, but fast! In “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” the author, Lauren Tarshis, is an author of children's books, with several series of fiction and historical works found in thousands of libraries and translated into several languages. “The Seabird Chronicle and “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” has many similarities and differences such as conflict and setting.

The Mexican banditry has appeared in many forms of culture since the early nineteenth century. The book “Bandit Nation” talked about a cultural impact that banditry had on Mexico from the period of its independence to the Mexican Revolution. The bandits did not come up with their own name but the Mexican and the elites are the ones that gave the bandits their name. The bandits are the lower-class outlaws and rebels who resist exploitation and oppression (Preface page). The elites did not just give them that name because they were poor but because they would do criminal activities. Some Mexicans would see the bandits as good but others saw them as just using it as an excuse to be rebels. Some of the Mexicans saw the bandits as heroes and

“He said he couldn’t take his backpack off because it would explode, meaning he doesn’t want anybody to get hurt, so I mean, granted, it’s all in the world of pretend-play, and we’re talking about an imaginary bomb. But where was the threat? We still haven’t really received a clear answer to that.”

In my novel, The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, Rudy Steiner would definately be considered a best friend because he is willing to stand up for others when everyone else is against them, he is caring, and he is willing to risk his life for someone else's happiness. First of all, Rudy would be considered a best friend because he was willing to stand up for Liesel Meminger, the main character and his soon to be best friend, when all of the other kids where against them. The author wrote, "On this occasion, they tried to force Liesel out. As you might imagine, she protested, and Rudy agreed. 'No, no.' He smiled. 'Let her stay'" (Zusak 47). Not many kids liked Liesel due to the fact that she was the new girl on Himmel street, and Rudy was the only

During this time servicemen would hear stories about Mexican Americans taunting their wives and making sexual slurs. On a Saturday night a group of servicemen decided that they would approached a group of Mexican American women, who were on the opposite side of the street. In between both groups were Mexican Americans, who wore zoot suits. While walking near them one of the servicemen, Joe Dacy Coleman, was afraid and he was triggered to attack one of the zoot suit wearer. The group of zoot suit wearer fought back to defend themselves. The servicemen eventually had to take Coleman back to their station after they were beaten. Three days later the servicemen would come back but this time they were armed and decide that they would seek out Mexican Americans. They headed to downtown to find youth to attack. They first attack they made was against 12 and 13 year old boys. Eventually as the night progressed they could not find any other Mexican American and on the following day they decided to go into their neighborhoods, such as East LA and Boyle Heights, to specifically target Mexican Americans. They would tear off pants and jackets until they were strip on their clothing. The last day of rioting was the

journals and newspapers. The books brought out under this imprint served no political preference in their editorial policies, as claimed by Lane himself. After a hiatus of four years, 1945-49, Penguin Specials re entered in the war conditions under the editorship of Maschler. The first title that came out after the revival was The Case for Communism by W Gallacher.

They were the mastermind behind the battle of Little Bighorn. As we were grouped to play a certain role in the operation I was chosen to alert any suspicious activities. I was alerted to watch whether or not if the soldiers caught on to us. We left at midnight, we tried to blend in as much as we could, we ran north for safety. Then all of a sudden I hear small footsteps and see a flashlights. I whispered “KOO KOO” meaning they caught on! We all armed ourselves, since we knew their coordinated we would ambush them using our mastery of stealth and camouflage. After this we found a surprising detail as we attempted to ambush them we realised they were outnumbered, we had surrounded them, but they still didn’t see us. Custer and his troops were outnumbered. This was clearly our advantage to win this battle we can finally show them the how we felt from losing our homes and then losing our family members. We lost everything majority people don't have good health and also majority of the people are depressed. We were told to shoot the monsters so we accurately aimed for the head, one after another it was a domino effect of rapid fire. Ninety-five percent laid dead, while others were wounded. We killed the wounded and general Custer. This is a battle that must be remembered. This was our first victory against the undefeated

“I was crawling… inch-by-inch, the goal in sight, I take aim and…”Carlos Hathcock was very sneaky. During the Vietnam War he was never caught before, during, or after a mission. Due to his experience with hunting animals for his family lead him to be able to sneak, since he was a young boy. Hathcock was extremely patient. Carlos could wait for hours or days just to take someone down, for example he crawled for 4 days to get 1 kill. Carlos Hathcock was noble and helpful. Carlos saved 7 Marine Corps troops out of a flaming AMTRAC, (truck) before saving himself.

“A devastating oil spill, 40,000 penguins and the humans that saved their lives” (Tarshish 15). The oil spilt from ships is toxic to the penguins. If people are not fast enough penguins could lose their lives. “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” and “Saving Penguins, One Sweater At A Time” have many similarities and differences such as conflict and the solution to helping the penguins.