Angela Vicario is responsible for the murder of Santiago Nasar. Although it was her twin brothers that committed the actual crime, the reasons behind their murder come directly from their beautiful sister Angela. While it wasn’t Angela who directly murdered Santiago, she is just as guilty as the rest. Angela is complacent and also participated in the solicitation of the murder of Santiago Nasar.…
Have you ever encountered injustices? How did you faced it? In the short story, Truth About Sharks by Joan Bauer, Beth, faced injustice at a very young age. I believed that we all come across discrimination and unfairness, and we should stand and speak up for our it because we don’t want other people control our lives.…
Finding meaning in life is something that every human has considered and struggled with before. This dilemma-this search for something greater than the mundane state of simple existence- drives humans to truly live, to create, and to prosper. Unsurprisingly, the multitude of characters in Station Eleven experience this great debate as well. For example, the novel’s heroine, Kirsten, tries to find meaning through her love for acting. While in St. Deborah by the Water, Kirsten, performing Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Tatiana, “never feels more alive than at these moments. When onstage she fears nothing,” (Mandel 57). Amazingly, Kirsten “fears nothing” although fear defines human existence in the post-flu world. On that account,…
Today’s teenagers are often seen as rebellious because they stand up and take action for their beliefs. In Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda remains quiet throughout most of the novel. But she proves to be very courageous when she finally tells Rachel about what at the party and when she goes face to face with Andy Evans.…
What stood out to me in Chapter 6 was the chunking section on pg. 209. I am currently reading a book called "A Mind for Numbers" by Barbara Oakley; it is a book primarily about how to study math and science, however, I am see that the techniques could be applied to the arts or just about any other subject. Chapters 4 and 7 primarily focus on how to chunk. The main concepts of the book are primarily about how memory works and how to make it work for you. It explains the concepts of spaced repetition, focused and diffused attention, and procrastination, and one of the most intriguing to me the memory palace or method of loci. I knew of the concept of using a memory palace, but even though I have used it and seen the benefits of it I never used…
In Amy tans short stories Rules of the Game, Fish Cheeks, and Two Kinds use themes concerning the boundaries and relationships between mothers and daughters. Asian culture, particularly Chinese culture plays an important role in all three short stories, giving the traditional conflicts an interesting plot. Amy tans short stories mainly describe the troubles and tension between Chinese immigrant mothers and their Americanized daughters through their shared adventures in an entertaining way. The daughters ignore the Chinese aspect of their identity and embrace the American side. They reflect on their childhood up with strong discipline and expectations that most of them have not met leading to future guilt. Now as grown women with their own families, the…
In a modern society where good deeds and integrity are taken for granted, it is necessary for people to stand up for what is right. The short story “A & P”, written by John Updike, tells the story of Sammy and how he takes a stand for what he believes is right, only he is not given the gratitude he deserved. “Everyday Use”, written by Alice Walker, is another short story that shows how substantial it is to stand firm for one’s convictions and beliefs, especially in familial matters. Mama, the protagonist in “Everyday Use”, must make the decision of protecting her self-conscious daughter Maggie, or giving in to Dee, her other egocentric daughter who has forgotten the traditional values of their family. These two short stories indicate the importance of protecting people from the harshness of reality because not everyone is secure or aware enough to be able to stand up for themselves.…
Another example is a character called Sophie who was always funny and lively to be around and who Marina also finds crying uncontrollably in the dorm, once again this shows her that not everyone has the perfect life, everyone has some…
The road to success for Ellen had a very tragic beginning. Her girlfriend was killed in a car accident and Ellen was living a meager life. She had many questions, but had nobody to ask. Ellen uses this anecdote to quickly explain a tragic event in her life. By letting the audience into a personal part of her life, she connects to them emotionally. This shows the audience that she is comfortable. Ellen this appeals to pathos; The sentences about her losing her significant other are very tragic, so her audience is sympathetic towards her. “And I was living in a basement apartment, I had no money, I had no heat, no air, I had a mattress on the floor and the apartment was infested with fleas. And I was soul-searching,...” is a climax towards her important realization about herself. Ellen’s soul searching eventually leads to her comedic success. This is a first hand example for the graduates: that sometimes terrible things lead…
Sometimes courage can be endangering your life for others, and some choose not to take that chance of getting hurt. Other times courage can be standing up for someone else that is being bullied. There is a possibility that you could be bullied yourself, for helping the victim. At times people do not have the mental or physical capacity to be courageous. A courageous…
Courage is when someone does something brave and difficult to help themselves, someone else or something else. In the book Speak by Laurie Hase Anderson, Melinda goes to a party with all of her 8th grade friends plus some seniors. Melinda was having fun until she made the mistake of getting drunk. After that she went walking in the woods and all of a sudden Andy Evans began to rape her. Melinda was scared and upset so she called the cops, but she didn't tell anyone why. After the party Melinda became an outcast because she ruined the party. Someone that demonstrates courage in the book Speak is Melinda herself, she shows courage by calling the cops, helping Rachel and speaking up for herself.…
One of the moments that caught my attention was when Nathan called Joey. The objective of this scene was that Nathan wanted Joey to allow him to use his place to hold his illegal crap game, so that he will not be caught by the police. Nathan was trying to convince, which was the action/tactic of this scene, by telling Joey that he betted Sky a thousand dollars that he cannot get the doll, Sarah, to go to Havana with him. Nathan was extremely confident that Sky had no chance of winning, since Sarah was not the kind of girl that would go to Havana or anywhere else. The obstacles was that in order to rent the place possessed by Joey, he needed to pay him one thousand dollars. Although, he was confident that he would win the bet, the moment he…
Within this essay, I would like to describe how and when to challenge discrimination within school practice, and how this can in affect children and young people. What discrimination is and how to prevent it happening in schools.…
“Every scar I have makes me who I am” proclaimed an anonymous author. Sometimes people make decisions that will stick with them forever, even if they don’t want it to. In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, she writes about a teenager named Melinda who goes through a ton of drama over the summer before and during her freshman year. A boy named Andy Evans sees Melinda and comes by her. He stays with her all night. Later through the night he brings her away from everyone else and rapes her. Melinda is terrified and calls the police. Rachel, her former best friend, finds out and leaves her at the party. Rachel hates Melinda for involving the police. Melinda walks home to an empty house, refuses to speak and isolates herself from society.…
Everyone will behave differently when they face adversity. Some of them might give up easily, or they fight with their courage instead of accepting adversity and tragedy. In True Notebooks, Mark Salzman shows us how the boys deal with obstacles. If those boys can’t overcome obstacles, obstacles overcome them. Therefore, they must persist in the end when they face adversity. Sometime, some of them are lucky to overcome obstacles by persisting in the end, but many of them can’t overcome obstacles because of the situation, or they don’t even want to overcome obstacles.…