Understanding between two cultures isn't something that comes easily. More often than not, mutual fear and distrust prevent any semblance of peaceful coexistence from ever occurring. However, if someone has the courage to step forward and extend a hand in faith, another's hand may tentatively grasp it in return. If such an event can occur, the possibility exists that two people from completely alien backgrounds can rise above their differences and walk together upon the path of peace. This kind of miracle takes a conviction that can disregard past prejudices, and step beyond apprehension for the sake of harmony. In Pete Hamill's Snow in August, that faith is found in the unique relationship between a young Catholic and an old Rabbi.
In the year 1947, Michael Devlin, an eleven year-old Irish-Catholic boy growing up in the streets of Brooklyn, witnesses an event that brings about both turbulence and change in his relatively simple life. Before his eyes, a Jewish shopkeeper known as Mr. G. is brutally beaten and hospitalized by a teenage punk/gang-leader named Frankie McCarthy. He does nothing, and says nothing to the police when they make a cursory investigation. Succumbing to the pressures of his Irish-Catholic culture, he maintains his silence, despite his wish to do the right thing. On his way to Saturday Mass, to perform his duties as an altar boy, Michael is sidetracked by a faint voice seasoned with the thick accent of central Europe: "Hallo please please to come over I need a help." Pulse racing, he is reminded of all the horrible things he has overheard on the streets about Jews like the Rabbi standing across the road. "Please." The word is colored with the tone of genuine distress, and he tentatively steps forward to help the man. After completing the minor task of switching the light on, a task forbidden to Jews on Sabbath, Michael is sent on his way five cents richer, and less deluded by the prejudices he has developed through his peers.
Throughout the novel Snow in August by author Pete Hamill, power words and the power of individual words are apparent. ... [he] flew high through the driving August snow and landed with a skittering crunch" (Hamill 374, 376). ... The force of the words of love and hate, life and death, and good and evil are all important elements throughout Snow in August. ...
When I moved to Flagstaff in August of 2003, I was very excited to be submerged into a wholesome college town. ... To me, this childish act brought back happy memories of winters when I was a kid playing in the snow, when it was so easy to be oblivious to the fact that you could not feel any of your limbs. ... slowly looked around me as I felt little sprinkles of white snow began to fall on my face and wet my eyelashes. ... The mountain, with its beautiful skin of aspen trees and white snow, grabbed on to me and wouldn't let me go. ...
When I moved to Flagstaff in August of 2003, I was very excited to be submerged into a wholesome college town. ... To me, this childish act brought back happy memories of winters when I was a kid playing in the snow, when it was so easy to be oblivious to the fact that you could not feel any of your limbs. ... slowly looked around me as I felt little sprinkles of white snow began to fall on my face and wet my eyelashes. ... The mountain, with its beautiful skin of aspen trees and white snow, grabbed on to me and wouldn't let me go. ...
INFORMED CITIZEN ASSIGNMENT In the article "Recovery or Snow Job?" ... According to www.wsws.org "The US economy lost another 93,000 jobs in August half of them in factory production, the Labor Department announced Friday, as at least 11 million people remained unemployed, the highest number in nearly a decade." ... Which is contrary to what we read in "Recovery or Snow Job?" Moreover as tompaine.com accuses Thomas Snow of doing a poor job in office there is evidence to repute that claim and while we look to be making the first turn in the right direction S...
When exploring African-American history, the most important things to focus on are that because of the times, black people were enslaved and treated poorly. They endured it all and worked hard to rise above the boundaries of slavery and prejudice. However, the most portentous aspect of African-Ameri...
In August of 1984, Betty Mahmoody went to Iran with her husband, an American Moslem and four-year-old daughter Mahtob, on a two-week trip to visit his family in Teheran. ... Once they hit the mountains, they hid out in a barn until they crossed the ice and snow-covered mountains that border Iran and Turkey. ...
It was formally completed on August 14, 1937. ... Several days later, they ran into a snowstorm and when they woke up the next morning the snow was up to their waist. ... The snow was still high in places but they were able to get through. ...
Unfortunately, on August 5, 1931 the most tragic thing happened, the lodge burnt down. ... The first is September, the reasons for this is because is that the weather is usually good and at night when the sun sets there is a nice glow on the snow. ... This is because the glaciers are still covered in snow. ... This is because in September there are many deep snow crevasses that you have to worry about. ... His exact words were " It was a surprise to climb for so long up a steep slope and then find yourself on a big, broad, flat expanse of snow ½ mile across. ...
Snow covered, frozen land, below freezing temperatures, and no food. ... Birds prepare early for their migration, with August through October considered to be peak months, continuing into December for birds that travel a shorter distance. ... Any way they do it, they seem to be just fine and enjoy the snow covered, frozen habitat....
