Dead Men's Path in a Nutshell

 Author’s note: This is a retelling response to Dead Men’s Path.

The first event in Dead Men’s Path is when Michael Obi is appointed Headmaster of Ndume Central School. A woman then walked through the path on the school grounds when Michael Obi was the Headmaster. Next Obi blocked off the path with stakes and barbed wire so that the townsfolk could not use the path because the Government Education Officer would not approve of it. The priest of the town then talked with Obi about taking down the blockade and was denied. Two days later a woman died. Subsequently, the townspeople tore apart the flowers, hedges, and what was blocking the path.  

The Point of View of Adam and Moses Cooper

Author's note: I am focusing on Point of view (obviously) and idea development. This is a revision of my earlier post on the point of view in April Morning.

Adam Cooper is a fifteen year old boy who lives in Lexington Massachusetts prior to the Revolutionary War. He believes that his father is argumentative, harsh and unloving. As the reader of April Morning you feel similar because the book is written in Adam's point of view. 

Adam’s father, Moses Cooper, feels opposite about himself, believing that he himself is not harsh. If the book were in the eyes of Moses Cooper; you would feel that he is just trying to parent him and not deliberately yelling at him. On page 100, Adam admits that he does not remember everything, “At least those were the words that I seem to remember”. Adam describes his father more harshly than what his father would have described himself. 

Furthermore the book is in first person in the form of a journal, so the book is entirely in Adam’s view.  Since the book is in only one perspective the content is not objective. This proves that anything Adam describes may be inaccurate or over exaggerated. 

The Harlem Globetrotters

Author's note: In this piece I am informing the reader about a Harlem Globetrotters game and persuading the reader to attend a game.

The Harlem Globetrotters play basketball like no other team in the world.  Staging in six different continents and 120 different countries, they perform to hundreds of millions of fans. The team consists of players ranging in heights from five foot two to seven foot eight.  In addition, the first female player in twenty years was accepted to the Globetrotters this year. The tricks the team plays on the opponents are phenomenal. On the court players make jokes and mess around creating plenty of laughs in the crowd while the game is unfolding.  The combination of the astounding tricks and comical comments is a great family experience.