ubiquitous quest. It is why many people conform to social standards or desire to be something they are not. For many‚ it is easy to find a community based on common goals‚ hobbies or religions. For others‚ it is difficult. James McBride’s novel‚ The Color of Water‚ intertwines the lives of James and his mother‚ Ruth‚ in an effort to compare their lives and the impacts they had on each other. Throughout the lives of James and Ruth‚ they struggle to fit in with their surrounding environments due to race and
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he depicts in The Color of Water. For instance‚ when McBride depicts how his mother‚ Ruth‚ raises him and his eleven other siblings‚ he depicts how Ruth is constantly abused and ridiculed by the black community. McBride argues how the black community loathes his mother due to the actuality that she was a white woman raising James and his mixed siblings. I agree with McBride’s claim because it is evident that the black community had no other reason to hate Ruth except for the color of her skin and how
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“The Color of Water”‚ written by James McBride‚ is a memoir. The book was introduced to us in 1995. The main narrator‚ James‚ born in the year of 1957 to an African-American father and a Jewish mother. James‚ at that time‚ was not to keen about the black power in the sense he had a white mother. During the Civil Rights‚ his stepfather had passed away. From this point on; James realizes the true responsibility of himself towards his friends and family. He unveils his true self to the world with his
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In the novel "The Color of Water" by James McBride‚ the two characters Ruth and James grieve over the death of James’s stepfather’s death‚ Jordan Hunter‚ in completely different ways. Ruth’s way of grieving for her husband was very different than how her son chose to grieve his departure. James said after the death of his stepfather’s death he just started to misbehave and resulted in him skipping school a lot and going to the movies with his friends. "I virtually dropped out of high school... failing
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10/14/13 Without rebellion where would our society be? People discover their differences through rebellion. It is a necessary part of growing up‚ and is essential to finding a place to fit in the puzzle of the world. In the memoir The Color of Water by James McBride‚ both characters‚ Ruth and James‚ grow up in communities where they feel like outcasts. James is biracial but appears black‚ and goes to an all white school. Ruth was raised as an orthodox Jew in a non-Jewish community. Ruth and
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In The Color of Water Ruth’s schooling experience is quite different from her son James experience in a public school; however‚ they do have various similarities as well. To begin‚ in chapter 9‚ Ruth quotes “...he would rather pay for us to study privately than go to school with gentiles…” (McBride 80). Ruth had to attend an all white school in a time where the Jews were not appreciated by many people. This is one similarity that James and his mother faced in school; being minorities was a problem
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Readers are enlightened by a true story about the relationship between a black boy and his white mother and how it all unfolds. In the novel‚ “The Color of Water‚” by James McBride‚ he tells his story about growing up in an interracial household. Although they had a rocky relationship McBride looks up to his mother in some ways. Of the many things that occur‚ James’s mother Ruth never tells him the truth about her back round‚ Ruth holds a lot inside herself from him‚ and James becomes very rebellious
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In James McBride’s The Color of Water‚ both James and Ruth were affected with Hunter Jordan’s death in different ways. James griefed over Hunter Jordan’s death‚ but he didn’t properly deal with it. His way of grief was to not dealing with it. He started acting up which is not unusual especially since he saw his stepdad as an actual father‚ and when he died unexpectedly‚ James didn’t know how to properly deal with his loss. It also seemed like he had some sort of anger adding on to the sadness due
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their classroom. For me‚ I believe that the comprehension strategies are a vital key for teaching successful children‚ at any age. It is very difficult for teachers to make sure that every student understands their vocabulary words‚ story’s‚ essay’s‚ ect. I feel this is why teachers need to use comprehension strategies‚ that way they can help the students interpret the words into language. Around 1970‚ teachers were told not to encourage comprehension strategies in their classroom. The state board
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event from the perspective of his mom’s abortion. Although these thoughts may seem negligible to many‚ they are familiar and expected everyday occurrences that Jewish immigrant Rachel Deborah Shilsky has to experience in her orthodox reign in The Color of Water. These very events commence as Rachel becomes the beloved girlfriend of a black teen known as Peter in Suffolk‚ Virginia. The relationship is light at first but escalates to the abortion of an unexpected pregnancy. Moreover‚ the story progresses
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