Atheme for learning to fly by paul lee

overcoming racial conflicts.

facing social problems.

Explanation:

Learning to Fly by Paul Yee is about a teenage immigrant from China called Jason who moves to a small Ontario town with his mom and brother. They decided to travel from China to Canada because Jason’s father migrated to Canada. Jason’s mother owns a deli inside Milson Mall. At the deli, Jason encounters racism from customers who expect him to speak in broken English because they see a Chinese face. Racism is only one of many issues Jason faces since moving into the small town. One of Jason’s main issues since settling from China is making friends in his new school and town. When Jason ends up hanging out with a group of kids that smoke pot, he starts establishing friendships.

I liked this book because it’s about a teenager facing social problems like trying to fit in with other groups of teenagers. Something else I liked about this book is that when Jason finally makes some friends at his school, it shows their friendship and how they care about each other, especially when they get into sticky situations like when they end up getting in trouble with the law. Overall, I really recommend this book. It is a concise book but it has lots of amusing situations and an exciting plot.

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.