A book starting with a story, a story about a seven-year-old girl named Keri playing with her best friend Janna on a zip line in her backyard when she prepared herself to break her arm. Fast-forward eight years to events that Keri in no way could have prepared herself for, her older brother's unexpected suicide. After losing contact with Janna for many years, Janna makes a sudden reappearance with an idea, what if Keri’s brother was murdered? For this paper I will be predicting, evaluating and questioning.…
Hi, my name is ...........and I am here to tell you about a fantastic book named heat by Mike Lupica. This book is great for any student, teacher, anyone who plays baseball and more. This book is about a kid named Michael who stops a robber named ramon by throwing a baseball at the back of his head when he runs across the baseball field Michael was playing on. The cop that handcuffed Ramon is telling Michael what a good arm he has and should find a baseball team to play for. He finds a little lead team called the Clippers that his friend Manny plays for. Him and many were practicing baseball when this girl showed up when Michael looked at her she ran away. Michael has his first baseball game he only pitched one inning he struck out everyone he pitched to and they win. A few days later Michael, Michael’s brother Carlos, Michael’s dad, and Mrs. C who is a neighbor in there apartment building are talking and watching the TV but out of no where Michael’s dad has a heart attack and he dies. The next day Manny and Michael are practicing and again the girl shows up but this time she does not run away. They find out her name is Ellie Garcia they find out she is a good pitcher to. The cop that handcuffed Ramon’s friend wants to honor Michael for stopping ramon and wants to take picture with him and his parents or legal…
Synopsis: This story takes place in America during and after the Civil War. A young slave named Luke steals his master’s rifle and runs away during the night trying to meet up with some men that he heard about who would be heading north to join the Union Army. He had trouble finding them because it was dark and rainy so he went deeper into the woods so he wouldn’t be found and went to sleep. The next day Union troops came and destroyed the town where another young slave, Daylily, lives. Her master tells her slaves that they are free to go and Daylily escapes with her Granny and her friend Buttercup. They run into the woods where her Granny soon dies and Buttercup is murdered by Union soldiers while Daylily hides. Caswell, a young white boy, also lives in the town being destroyed by Union soldiers and as this is happening his mother goes into labor. He runs off trying to find someone and as the Union troops get closer, he is forced to go hide in the woods. He walks for a little while trying to get to his mother's friends house because he thinks she would have gone there. It gets dark very soon and he goes…
One day a girl named Hanna came back from with her friends and does not want to go to passover because she does not want to remember. She pleaded not to go but they made her and she went. When she got there she sat at the table to celebrate and she loved the wine. Aunt Eva told her to open the door. When she opened the door she was at a farm and she had an aunt and a cousin named Rivka they told her that her parents died. She went to a guy named Shmuel's wedding and they got captured on a train and they were took to a camp. They have a hard time in the camp being told that if they are sick or can't work they will die. Later in the book Shmuel and others try to escape and they get caught when they do they get hanged. They are working and the guard starts picking people and when Rivka is picked because she was sick Hanna takes her spot. They get rushed into a chamber and they get gassed. When she came back to normal time she knew that her Aunt Eva was Rivka and they talked about a lot of things that happened and they were…
Throughout the last two weeks, I have been reading Marie Lu’s Legend. I am currently on page 200 of the book. This book is about a girl and a boy who live very different lives but eventually come together. The boy’s name is Day and the girl’s name is June. Day is a wanted criminal for the things he has done to the government and he also killed June’s brother. June joins the military and becomes highly ranked quickly soon after her brother’s death. Her job is to find Day and bring him in so he cannot cause any more damage to the government. When the two meet June does not realize that the boy is Day and slowly starts to fall for him. Eventually she finds out it is Day and realizes that he killed her brother and she has to tell the military. While reading Marie Lu’s Legend I have been, predicting, questioning, and visualizing.…
A) The store sent a van with free pizza and light up shoes, but inside the van was a team of militia ready to stealthily take out Sam. The sporting goods store was working with the FBI.…
a) Throughout the film we see Lil’ Dice evolve into Lil’ Ze. Lil’ Dice turned into Lil’ Ze when he became a man, and when he became in control of the drug scene in the slums. Lil’ Dice was just a child and did not know any better, He was influenced by all the horrible things that were happening around him while he was young. Changing his name to Lil’ Ze was a way to show his man hood and too grow up. Also so show a form of power to others, as if he could do as he pleases. Lil’ Ze became a monster due to his environment. Any child how is introduced to this type of violence at a young age could potentially react in the way that he did. Growing up, the people who he looked up too were hoods, and therefore that’s what he aspired to be. He tried to be better than them. He wanted to be the best and that’s how he became such a heartless killer.…
Christine de Pizan An unlikely candidate to dispute the unfair, misogynistic treatment of women by men and society, Christine de Pizan successfully challenged the accepted negative views that were being expressed about women by the all-male literary world of her era. Part of Christine's uniqueness stems from the time in which she lived, the middle to late 1300's. The lack of a positive female role model to pattern herself after made Christine a true visionary in the fight for the equal rights of women. Her original ideas and insight provided a new and more intelligent way to view females. Pizan's work, The Book of the City of Ladies, provided women much needed guidance in how to survive without the support of a man.…
In this book you will find a boy named Palmer that lives in a small town. At the first day of school, he quickly finds a gang of hoodlums to run around with and torture his neighbor Dorothy. His friends and he think it is hilarious to tree stump her, which is standing on the sidewalk blocking her passing over and over. Dorothy does not think it is funny and does not even flinch. Finally, she backs away from Beans and walks over toward Palmer with tears in her eyes and asks, “why are you doing this to me?” Palmer finally understands what the knot in his heart is partly about.…
Friedrich Nietzsche once said, "that which does not kill us makes us stronger." No matter how much one tends to suffer, the experiences can make the person overcome their suffering and become stronger. By looking at A Tale of Two Cities written by Charles Dickens, the truth behind this quotation will be clear, the way Dr. Manette overcomes his past suffering will prove how things that don't kill us makes us stronger.…
Social isolation refers to a lack of contact with members of one’s kind. In humans, it may be caused by a persistent withdrawal or avoidance of social contact or communication. It can contribute toward many emotional, behavioral and physical disorders including anxiety, eating disorders, panic attacks, addictions, substance abuse, and violence. In the film, The Village, written by M. Night Shyamalen, the villagers demonstrate the ritual view of communication throughout the entire movie.…
The lost children also known as “The Lost Children Sudan” are a large group of children in sudan who are caught in the crosshairs of civil war that has been taking place in northern africa for a great number of years. The civil war has split Sudan into what is now known as “Sudan” and “South Sudan” which became an independent state on July 9th 2011. This civil war has displaced and killed many families and children and often forcing those children into becoming “child soldiers” or into slavery. For the topic of this assignment I will discuss about “The Lost Children of Sudan” and why I believe the world is responsible for preventing the wars in Sudan and South Sudan and the children struggling because of it within it. I will be also be discussing which is included along with the topic is how the media portrays the civil war in sudan and “The Lost Children” affected by it.…
“In revenge and in love woman is more barbaric than man is” (Friedrich Nietzsche). Revenge is the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for a wrong suffered at their hands. In the novel “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens, the French Revolution is the result of the peasants’ desire for revenge. This desire of theirs is initiated by Madame Defarge due to her longing for revenge against the aristocrats, specifically the Evremondes. Essentially, in this novel, the characterization of Madame Defarge develops the theme that often an individuals’ desire for revenge prevails over their humanity and leads to the fate of others.…
The children face danger and adventure in the underbelly of the city. They are kidnapped, enslaved, and chased. But at every turn the children overcome obstacles and the evil plans of their tormentors with their wits and great courage, and a boy finds the hero in himself. I've rarely read such an empowering…
Nagpur: “The Orange City@heart of India” can certainly shape the Future of India, if we grow & flourish united with a unified vision involving the following imagination:…