The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963: Is It Byron Or Kenny?

The reader sees a real change in Old Bill when he says “I almost felt young again” “I like the kid” as seen on page 111, this is a significant transition as it is one of the first positive things that he has said, Old Bill’s attitudes and beliefs are clearly being challenged by Billy. Another example of Old Bill’s change is when Billy continues to bring him Weetabix and tea, Old Bill is a character that lost everything and did not attempt to make a change because of it but when Billy comes along he confronts Old Bill and changes him for the

In the novel, The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul, Kenny wonders why his brother Byron is so mean to people. Does Kenny treat others better than Byron does? On the first day Rufus was at school Kenny shares his food with him because he does not have a lunch, then he told mama that he is sharing and then his mom packs more food for Rufus and Punkin. When Kenny was younger, he had a friend named L.J. and that had play dates and when ever L.J. came after he took some of Kennys toys and he did not tell on him because he is nice. Larry Dunn stole Kenny's gloves out of his bag at school than when he went home he told Byron and Byron was not happy with that

Kyle on the other hand became a big jerk. Kyle started to become a jerk when he started hanging out with the wrestlers and Vernon. Kyle and Scott used to be friends and he let Vernon beat Scott up. Kyle changed the most in Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie because he became a jerk to Scott, when they used to be

The book The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 is a very interesting, fun book. In the book, there are many different themes. One of the themes is that your family can help you through tough times and problems, and they always have your back. There are many details that help support that theme.

He has changed in the same way as the rest of his club. He started out as an innocent, intelligent, trustable kid and turned evil and wicked, not thinking for anyone other than himself, trying to beat his first best, with everyone else in the club doing the same. His relationship with Cheryl also changed. They started dating, but near the end of the book, weren’t really sure where their relationship was at that point. How the principal and his parents thought of him also changed.

Being Different The poem “Making Sarah Cry” and the play “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” are similar and different in many ways. They are the same because they have the same theme, being different. For example, In “Making Sarah Cry” she is treated differently because of her features, In “The Watsons Go to Birmingham”, they are treated differently because of their skin color. The passages are different because the themes are represented differently.

The scene I chose to depict was when Kenny watson was being dragged down by a whirlpool (in the story the call it a “Wool Pool because that is how their grandmothers accent made it sound and Byron made up a story about it being Winnie the poohs evil twin brother), and Byron pulled him out and saved his life. I believe that this is the most important scene in the book because of what happens in it and how it affects Kenny and Byron in the rest of the book. One way it affects Kenny is in the way he now views traumatic, scary and possibly life threatening events by seeing what is coming as an inhuman, unnatural, and bloodcurdling and he sees it as the face of death. One way this event affects Byron is that he now visibly cares much more for Kenny

Overall, the main ways in which Brian changed throughout the novel is in the fact that he grew more patient and he learned that he would have to work hard and could never be lazy in order to survival the harsh reality he now was

Have you ever rode in a car for more than 24 hours? The plot in the book of “Watson’s Go To Birmingham”, is about a family going on a trip to Birmingham in 1963 and experience an event that makes them see how wrong color in the south are treated. The plot in the movie is more about how colored had been fighting for their rights and all the event leading up to everyone becoming equal. In “Watson’s Go To Birmingham”, lots of events changed the plot like the movie is focused mainly on Civil Rights while the book isn 't, but Joey leaves the church before it blows up in both, so there are some similarities. There are many differences between the book and the movie, like in the book they all stayed down at Grandma Sands, but in the movie the dad didn’t stay with them.

The Watsons go to Birmingham All of the Watsons live in Flint, Michigan where they all go to school at Clark Elementary. Kenny is sort of self inspired as in he don 't get noticed a lot and don 't have many friends and gets picked on and bullied at school. He eventually becomes friends with the new kid that goes to their school and at first Kenny thinks that the bullies will have someone new to pick on because he’s not rich, he’s raggedy and he don 't talk like the other kids, he has a southern accent. On the other hand, Byron is the bad kid (until they arrive in Alabama).

Characters can change a great deal throughout the course of a story. Based off of "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," we see just how much a character will change. There are many reasons for the character shift (undergoes an inner change) that are left up for our interpretation, which can be read about in The Theory Toolbox. In "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," the grandma undergoes a great deal of shifting in her character.

The poem “Making Sarah Cry” and the play “The Watsons go to Birmingham” have the similar theme of being different. In “Making Sarah Cry” Sarah is different from the other kids on the playground. In “The Watsons go to Birmingham” the Watson family have a different skin color so they are separated from whites to do everyday tasks. The texts, both share a similar theme but have different qualities. For example, in “Making Sarah Cry” only two people are excluded from playing with kids because of their differences.

The poem “Making Sarah Cry” and the play “The Watsons go to Birmingham” have the similar theme of being different. In “Making Sarah Cry” Sarah is different from the other kids on the playground. In “The Watsons go to Birmingham” the Watson family has a different skin color so they are separated from whites to do everyday tasks. The texts, both share a similar theme, but have different qualities. For example, in “Making Sarah Cry” only two people are excluded from playing with kids because of their differences.

Unlike the book, the movie portrays him as a very friendly and likeable person. This is conflicting to the book were in reality Chris wasn’t always a nice person often times he was abrasive. A great example to this is that in the book, Chris’ relationship with Tracy is very one sided. Tracy has a huge crush on Chris but Chris doesn’t like her much. While the movie shows them dating.

I chose to read The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis. The reason why I chose to read this book was because I find the Civil Rights Movement to be a very interesting topic to learn about. I enjoy reading historical fiction books because it is very cool to see the story from someone's point of view. I also decided to read this book because when I was younger I enjoyed reading books from the I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis and I figured that since this was from the point of view of a younger person close to my age, but it was a little longer and a higher grade level, that it was a step above that series and those are some of the reasons I chose to read The Watsons go to Birmingham. I learned many funny lessons from The Watsons go to Birmingham.