Winn Dixie Book Report

From the time they all got in the car to the time they got out, all the grandmother did was talk. She was trying to talk her way to Tennessee and she talked her way into them detouring to go see some house that the grandmother

Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain is his memoir about vital river life during the steamboat era and a remembrance of it after the Civil War. . Mark Twain (1835-1910) grew up Samuel Langhorne Clemens on the Mississippi River in the small town of Hannibal, Missouri. Twain was a journalist, essayist, and writer of short stories and novels. Mark Twain tells of his life on the river, humorous stories, and a glimpse of his life during his childhood. This Memoir displays a detailed account about how life was like in America in the nineteenth century. The way Mark Twain writes this book is very interesting. It is not a straight forward bibliography. It is more like a book based on actual events. The book tells the story of Mark Twain’s life,

Alabama, known as the “Heart of Dixie” or “The Cotton State,” joined the union as the 22nd state in the year of 1819 of December. This state is located in the southern part of the United States and its capital is Montgomery. During the 16th century, Europeans reached the Alabama area and about 10,000 years ago, American Indians was engaged in the area. Alabama got its name after the Alabama River. An Indian tribe lived in the territory around 1540 and spelled it as “Alibamo.” The origin of the name Alabama is thought to come from a combination of two Choctaw words; Alba and Amo. In Choctaw, "Alba" means vegetation, herbs, plants and "Amo" means gatherer or picker. "Vegetation gatherers" would be an apt description for the Alabama Indians who

Living in the segregation era was very hard for the Logan family. Most blacks were treated unfairly and were unable to defend themselves when it came to this treatment. Cassie Logan, her friends and family had may encounters with the Aames brothers that may leave one of her good friends dead. “The Road to Memphis” was written by Mildred D. Taylor in 1990. The symbolism that Taylor includes illustrates how blacks lived in a time of segregation.

The Haunting of the Sunshine Girl is a thrilling book by Paige Mckenzie. It explores the theme that nothing has to be done alone. Everything started on Sunshine Griffith’s sixteenth birthday, throughout the year Sunshine has been faced with a series of tests followed with her new powers. Every since she was young, Sunshine knew she was adopted, but who has she inherited these powers from? While Sunshine’s life changes forever, the people she loves change affecting everything. The whole story is described in detail affecting the imagery, characters and the two point of views.

Shells By Cynthia Rylant is a realistic fiction about an aunt named Aunt Esther, and a 14 year old kid named Michael. Michael’s parents are dead and his aunt chose to take care of him. Things are not working out so well for them. They constantly fight or talk about each other in bad ways. In the end they learn something about each other.

As a well-known civil rights activist of her time, Ida B. Wells began her journey to her ultimate ideologies when she was a young girl. Growing up as a slave in Mississippi, her access to education was limited to learning at the Freedman’s Bureau schools. Throughout her life she followed the well paved pathway of her father, the town “race” man, to lawful justice for all citizens, not just African American or white. The contending journalist didn’t lose sight of her family, African American community or her commitment to serving God, but allowed her strong belief in human rights and equality to help her grow stronger as a member of her society.

Her father left for the U.S.A. when she was two-years-old. She was so young and in love with her father, a constant fear was him never coming back and

In the 1960’s the author was growing up with her mother and five other siblings, moving from place to place in search of a home where the

The story begins in the mind of Alison Pope, a 14-year-old girl. She is waiting on

As time went on she became more involved in church, and religious activities. She got baptized and saved at the church that she always attended. She grew to love the black church that she grew up mocking. The old lady that always sat in the front row made her realize how deep the roots of her church were.

As a lover of entertaining stories like _A Tale of Two Cities_, _Uncle Tom's Cabin_, and _The Importance of Being Earnest, sitting down and reading a dull textbook is not always my favorite thing to do. However, reading is one of the most effective ways to learn a concept, so having good textbooks is important. Greg Baker's book, _Fitly Spoken_, is a small book that walks its readers through many important elements of communication such as how to communicate with your children, spouse, or enemy. Baker provides many Bible references to illustrate the divine basis of his points, although I feel that he focuses too intensely on the human aspect of our relationships and does not stress as frequently as he should how our view of and desire for God

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, is a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe which originally was published on March 20, 1852. Under the background that the country had been divided over the issue over slavery, the south states of the country are slaves states, and the north states of the country are slave free states. Different sides of the country have distinct views over slavery system in south. The north, specially abolitionist, views slavery system is villainous and immoral, it takes away the basic right of human which is freedom, and it againsts God which is Christian believes. The theme of the novel based on the abolitionist views. The purpose of the novel is that tell the world what is slave life like, especially for those northerners never been to the south.Their life will be strenuous or comfortable is depend on what kind of slave owner they meet. The book is appeal people to face and deal with the issue of slavery which lasted in the history for a long time.

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The family stops at a restaurant to get a bite to eat, and we find out that the two parents, Bailey and his wife, do not really care for the Grandmother. The Grandmother asks Bailey to dance, but he just declines and ignores her. Bailey’s wife does not seem to care either. They then continue on the road, and the Grandmother begins to tell the story of a house that she really enjoyed passing. She really wanted to go there, so she persuaded the children to want to go as well. After a long time of complaining, they finally convince their father to head back toward this house. They go down this road when all