https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk e.g by James Mcbride en-us 2022-02-04 18:19:17 UTC 2022-03-29 20:38:31 UTC hello@padlet.com tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2077433283 James McBride a writer and musician, is a former staff writer for The Boston Globe. People magazine, and The Washington Post. A professional saxophonist and composer, he has received the American Music Theater Festivals Stephen Sondheim Award for his work in musical theater composition. He lives in South Nyack. New York.]]> 2022-03-04 06:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2077433283 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2079416408 Ruth is the mother of James. She explains how she feels dead to her family because of the marriage to Andrew Dennis McBride, Ruth's biological father died. she says "He's dead now anyways, or if not he's 150 years old"(1). Ruth's biological mother is name Hudis Shilsky, she had a arranged marriage to a man named Tateh. Tateh never gave love or affection which is what affected Hudis Shilskys whole life.



]]> 2022-03-05 20:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2079416408 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2079421694 Ruth's mother picked up 2 new hobbies, Riding a Bicycle and playing the piano. He didn't mind he piano but the bicycle is what he couldn't stand. Riding her bike was her way of grieving for her husbands death, but at the time Ruth didn't know. Ruth later on realizes that his mom riding her bicycle symbolizes Ruth's quirkiness and his own embarrassment.]]> 2022-03-05 20:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2079421694 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2079462313 James remembers when he was in kindergarten, he asked his mother, "How come you don't look like me?"(9). Ruth gave him a dismissive and indirect response. Only later in life did he realize that his mother marginalized issues of race and identity in favor of the craziness of raising twelve children.]]> 2022-03-05 21:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2079462313 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2094468180 Ruth was 2 years old and her brother Sam was 4 years old when they immigrated to United States. Ruth explains what she finds the suffocation of the rules of orthodox Judaism. Her Grand mother Zaydeth died and Ruth believes that the rest of her profound fear of death comes from her family's responses to death.]]> 2022-03-14 18:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2094468180 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2094860617 Ruth's dad made him and his sister Gladys work in the store a lot. While growing up Ruth's endured the significant prejudices towards Jewish people. For example "They loved anything different, or new, or from out of town, except Jews. In school the kids called me "Christ killer" and :Jew Baby."(31) Ruth also describes the secret sexual abusive his sister got from his dad which ruin not only the father daughter relationship but also Ruth's self esteem.]]> 2022-03-15 00:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2094860617 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2094880959 Ruth became curious about race and asked his mother, "What Color was God's Spirit"(39) and Ruth's mother responded with "It doesn't have a color,  God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color"(39) This moment had a impact on Ruth's character as a person.]]> 2022-03-15 00:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2094880959 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2111142190 Ruth had a older brother name Sam. Sam was a sweet timid boy who ran away at the age of 5 because of the tremendous expectation of their father. Ruth and her mother convinced Sam to return back home, but later on she found out that Sam had died in WWll. She said" He joined the army and got killed in World war ll, my brother Sam. I didn't find out what happen to him till long after the fact"(48)]]> 2022-03-24 05:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2111142190 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2111147922 At first Ruth didn't know what the K.K.K was. After learning why Black people run away/have a low profile when the K.K.K comes, Ruth becomes scared. When she first saw them she said "a car full of men wearing white sheets drove past. They had with hats covering there face, with two little eyeholes cut out so they could see."(44)]]> 2022-03-24 05:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2111147922 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2111164803 While James talks about his family of twelves poverty he also explains their resourcefulness and vitality. James oldest Brother Dennis was a role model for all his younger sibling's, James looked up to him. However, his sister Helen quit school at the age of 15 and became a hippie. She and Dennis had a huge argument and Helen ran away, James found out that Helen was living with her brother Jack. James and them couldn't convince Helen to come back and James found out that Helen moved out and started to live in a bad neighborhood. For example it says "I found her. Shas living with some crazy women,"(58)]]> 2022-03-24 05:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2111164803 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2115362919 Everyone looked for Helen, The people at the church, policies, and Helens friends. While James was looking for Helen he met this man that ran from the Jim Crow and told James how any kind of education is a privilege. "He had had run off from the Jim Crow in the South and felt that education, any education, was a privileges"(58) These words stuck with him.]]> 2022-03-27 08:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2115362919 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2115368488 Ruth experienced the hardships of being Jewish during the first part of the twentieth century. He went through people calling him slurs, physical and mental pain, and he couldn't make any friends. But a gentile girl accepted Ruth even with his Jewish background. For example "a girl came up to me in the schoolyard during recess and said, "You have the prettiest hair. Lets be friends"... Ill never forget Frances for as long as I live. She was thin,, with light brown hair and blue eyes."(63)]]> 2022-03-27 08:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2115368488 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2115375259 James and his sibling's took jobs primarily in Jewish neighborhoods to receive the best possible schooling. But this ended poorly because it resulted in him and his siblings to be the only black students making them experience and suffer from the prejudice of the white world. A example of this was when the teacher was reading a book out loud it said "the teacher dutifully read aloud from our history books on page on "Negros history," someone in the back of the class whispered, "James is a [explicit]" followed by a ripple of tittering and giggling across the room"(68)]]> 2022-03-27 08:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2115375259 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2115381296 James step father Hunter wanted to live alone Hunter worked as a furnace fireman for the New York City Housing Authority, and adopted the eight children from Ruth's previous marriage. Hunter used his life's savings to buy a house but wanted to live alone. One day his house was torn down in order to build another housing project. This made Hunter devastated, Hunter then became hospitalized later on during James adolescence because of a stroke. After hunter cam home from the hospitals  he spoke one-on-one with James in a rare moment of intimacy and expression, urging him to take good care of Ruth and his siblings. Two days later Hunter had a relapse and died. Hunter told James "yall are special...I knew he was going to die and I had to blink back my tears. I wanted to tell him that I loved him, that I hoped with all my heart that he would get better, but I could not formulate the words in my mouth"(97)]]> 2022-03-27 08:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2115381296 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2115383927 After his stepfather died, James began to do poorly in school, use drugs, and get involved in petty thief. He was only aware later that much of this phase related to the anger he felt at his situation. After Ruth found out James was doing poorly she sent him to her aunt in Kentucky for the summer. Chicken Man was James's favorite local man, and the one from whom he learned the most. While James was working at the gas station, he got in a fight with his boss's friend and was fired. James ranted to Chicken Man about his wish for a gun, and Chicken Man responded seriously. Chicken Man recognized his failures in life, and urged James to educate himself and work hard.]]> 2022-03-27 08:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2115383927 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2115394374 James gained insight from his interactions with the working men on the street corner in Louisville. James witnessed the consequences of a lack of education, the tendency to drink or use drugs, and the use of violence to resolve situations. As a result, he became aware of the importance of taking an active role in his own life and future.. Chicken Man's warning articulates the lesson James learns from all of the men on the corner, most of whom have dead-end lives like Chicken Man]]> 2022-03-27 09:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2115394374 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120147052 After James mother, Ruth cries over the loss of hunter. James reminiscences about the time Ruth said she would stop driving in hunters car because of all the close accidents she had. Which made James laugh and recover.]]> 2022-03-29 20:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120147052 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120150704 About thinking about all the advice hes got from Chicken Man and his sister Jack, he decides to seriously consider his changing his behavior, the advice they gave him were that bad things would happen if he failed to change his behavior. After thinking about it James looks for comfort and guidance from god]]> 2022-03-29 20:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120150704 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120155244 Living in New York was too expensive for James and his family so they decide to move to Delaware and there James found something that inspired him. He found out about Jazz and it became a deep hobby for him.]]> 2022-03-29 20:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120155244 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120158875 After finding about Jazz James wanted to become a Musician, when James went to college he chose a career about music. He chose a career in music because Jazz made a huge impact on him. Although he was interested in music and writing he was worried about his bad grades and SAT score but a college in Ohio, Oberlin, accepted him]]> 2022-03-29 20:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120158875 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120161438 James Mother, Ruth, was extremely exited when James got into Oberlin, a college Ohio, to the point where she would brag about it to everyone. Ruth gave as much emotional support and encouragement to James as much as she could.]]> 2022-03-29 20:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120161438 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120164352 https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2016/fall/feature/james-mcbride]]> 2022-03-29 20:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120164352 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120165226 https://kuow.org/stories/musician-and-author-james-mcbride-details-always-tell-story/]]> 2022-03-29 20:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120165226 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120165874 https://libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/onebook/obop04/char04.cfm]]> 2022-03-29 20:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120165874 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120167146 https://www.jamesmcbride.com/#:~:text=His%20debut%20novel%2C%20Miracle%20at,a%20script%20written%20by%20McBride.]]> 2022-03-29 20:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120167146 tranmat0001 https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120168240 https://www.jamesmcbride.com/bio/]]> 2022-03-29 20:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tranmat0001/6dtb8li1khs86ssk/wish/2120168240