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I thought that the essay was really heartbreaking and depressing. I loved how the boy was there for his mother during her apparent case of Alzheimer's disease; it was a terrible thing for him to have to experience. I thought of my grandfather and how terrible it was for my grandmother to experience the pain of having to remind him of when they first met and their wedding day and then during his later phases of who she was...
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I thought that the essay was really heartbreaking and depressing. I loved how the boy was there for his mother during her apparent case of Alzheimer's disease; it was a terrible thing for him to have to experience. I thought of my grandfather and how terrible it was for my grandmother to experience the pain of having to remind him of when they first met and their wedding day and then during his later phases of who she was...
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The Sky Is Gray Throughout the whole story, a very bleak mood is portrayed. The setting contributes to this gloominess. For example, the weather is awful. James, seeing how cold it was, said, "I seen the smoke coming out o' the cow's nose...	4 / 1056
The Sky Is Gray The story "The Sky Is Gray" by Ernest Gaines is about a day in the life of a mother and son. The family is portrayed as being poor, as were most blacks in those days, and the father was recruited by the army, leaving the mother to be the sole provider for the family...	3 / 698
james and the sky is gray From the opening of the story there was a conveyance that James knew well his role and duty in his family. This theme was first revealed in the scene in which James and his mother are waiting for the bus to Bayonne...	2 / 538
THE SKY IS GRAY Dancing" and "The Hammon and the Beans" In the three short stories that we have read, the main characters take life-changing journeys. As we continue to read about these stories we find James in The Sky is Gray, the Native American from Blue Winds Dancing and Chonita in the Hammon and the Beans have traveled three separate roads, allowing us to view their journeys in three different ways...	2 / 484
Bloodline James' father is drafted into the early part of World War 2. This leaves James' mother to raise the children and support the entire family. In effect the family has very little money...	2 / 464
Burdens Of Poverty In the short story "The Sky is Gray", Ernest J. Gaines shows the struggles, inflicted by poverty, in an eight-year-old boys life. This poor, Negro boy, James, lives with his mother and five other relatives while his father is away...	2 / 535
Burdens Of Poverty In the short story "The Sky is Gray", Ernest J. Gaines shows the struggles, inflicted by poverty, in an eight-year-old boys life. This poor, Negro boy, James, lives with his mother and five other relatives while his father is away...	2 / 535