Alice Walker is a great author. In her life she has had some problems. But, she also had success in writing. She wrote many books including The Color Purple.
Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia. When she was younger she lost sight in on eye. She went to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1961 for 2 years. Then she went to Sarah Lawrence College in New York, and completed her bachelor’s degree in 1965. She worked for New York City Welfare. Two years later she married Melvyn Roseman Leventhal. They moved to Jackson, Mississippi and Alice worked as a writer at Jackson State College from 1968-69. Then Tougaloo College from 1970-71.
Alice Walker wrote many books. Her first book was poems, Once in 1968. The poems were about a man she fell in love with in Africa. One year later she wrote a short story called The Hell With Dying. In 1972, she wrote more poems Five Poems. Then in 1973, she wrote Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems, which was nominated for a National Book Award. Also, short stories In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women. This earned her an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letter Award. Plus a novel The 3rd life of Grange Copeland. In 1976, she wrote the novel Meridian. In 1981 she wrote her second collection of stories You Cant Keep a Good Women Down. An essay collection in 1981 In Search of our Mothers Gardens: Womenist Prose. In 1983 she wrote her most controversial book The Color Purple. Other novels she wrote are The Temple of Familiar in 1989. Possessing the Secret of Joy in 1992, and By the Light of my Fathers Smile in 1998.
Alice Walker has done many great things, and won many awards. She talked for women movements, the anti-apartheid movement and the antinuclear movement. She won the Pulitzer Prize for The Color Purple. The Lillian Smith award from the National Endowment for the Arts. She won The Rosenthal Award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Also, a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, a Merill Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Alice Walker won the Front Page Award for the best magazine criticism from the Newswomen Cub of New York, the Townsend Prize and a Lyndhurst Prize.
As you can see, Alice Walker was very successful. She wrote many books and won many awards. Her life wasn’t easy, but she over came it. Alice Walker may have changed many lives just through the books she writes.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Should Huck Finn be taught in CHS?
The book Huck Finn is about a boy who lives in Mississippi. The author Mark Twain has many controversial issues in the book. But I think it shouldn't be taught in school. But I have one reason why it should be. One reason Huck Fin shouldn’t be taught in school is the language Mark Twain uses, the second is because of the stuff Huck does. The reason why it should be taught in school is because it teaches you a lot through out the book.
One reason why Huck Finn shouldn’t be taught in school is the language it uses. Huck does not care what people think, so in the book Mark Twain makes him use some words that shouldn’t be said. In the first and second chapter he use the "N" word a lot. This isn’t the 1800’s; you can’t use that kind of language. A lot of people might get offended if they read the book and seen how many times it was used.
The second reason it shouldn’t be taught in school is because of the stuff Huck does. He runs away, curses, smokes, and sneaks out. When people read this book they don’t want their kids thinking that they can smoke or curse. Not all kids are like this but some are. When them kind of kids read the book they will think that they can get away with that. Also he lies all the time. Kids might think if they lie they can get away with stuff.
Finally the reason I think it should be taught is because you could learn a lot from it. The book is different because of the way it was written. He wrote it the way he speaks. It is really hard to follow. It could teach them how to read in different ways.
As you can see Huck Finn is very controversial. The way he talks, and the things he does. But it is also a god learning too. It could teach kids how to read better
One reason why Huck Finn shouldn’t be taught in school is the language it uses. Huck does not care what people think, so in the book Mark Twain makes him use some words that shouldn’t be said. In the first and second chapter he use the "N" word a lot. This isn’t the 1800’s; you can’t use that kind of language. A lot of people might get offended if they read the book and seen how many times it was used.
The second reason it shouldn’t be taught in school is because of the stuff Huck does. He runs away, curses, smokes, and sneaks out. When people read this book they don’t want their kids thinking that they can smoke or curse. Not all kids are like this but some are. When them kind of kids read the book they will think that they can get away with that. Also he lies all the time. Kids might think if they lie they can get away with stuff.
Finally the reason I think it should be taught is because you could learn a lot from it. The book is different because of the way it was written. He wrote it the way he speaks. It is really hard to follow. It could teach them how to read in different ways.
As you can see Huck Finn is very controversial. The way he talks, and the things he does. But it is also a god learning too. It could teach kids how to read better
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
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