Life Lessons Learned in "The Sky Is Gray"

The lessons of the three lives James studied with Ernest Gains' story "Sky is Gray" are the days of my mother and son's life. Like most blacks of the day, families were portrayed as poor and fathers were hired by the military to make their mothers the sole provider of their families. On this day his son James was taken to a dentist by his "mother" because he had a painful tooth. From this story, James learned three important lessons from the events witnessed that day: sticking to his beliefs, working hard for what he wants, and considering others .

In "The Sky Is Gray" by Ernest J. Gaines and "Almos' A Man" by Richard Wright, the two protagonists show different degrees of maturity. "The sky is gray," Gainz showed how poverty matures James, and in "Almos man" the light showed how Dave proved his maturity by buying a gun. Factors that influence changing James and Dave into men include helping their environment, interaction with their mothers, and discipline. "Sky is gray," James showed maturity soon at the bus stop when her mother went to the dentist's office.

The first person, "Sky is gray" is James, an 8 - year - old child at the forefront of young people, and explains the half - life of James' life. His story began with a bus like him and taking his time to the dentist's office where his mother had to finish on the same day James pulled his teeth and ended on the same day, I guessed and pulled out my tooth. In a series of 13 time series episodes, James' story is interrupted by flashback of frequent past events. And each of them provides the reader with a more complete moral power to pull and shape James' pictures. . What is worth noting the story of James is that Gains can do.

The story of Ernest Gains "Sky is gray" is the day of my mother and son's life. Like most blacks of the day, families were portrayed as poor and fathers were hired by the military to make their mothers the sole provider of their families. On this day his son James was taken to a dentist by his "mother" because he had a painful tooth. From this story, James learned three important lessons from the events he witnessed that day: that he sticks to his beliefs, that he works hard for what he wants, and that others are considerate.