the best of her ability at school. What motivated her to learn English was the challenge and…
The tragic novel turned movie, Ethan Frome, has two main female roles: Zeena and Mattie. These two women have very diverse personalities. Zeena can be best described a controlling, over-bearing, self absorbed person who thrives for attention. On the opposite, Mattie can be looked at as lively and free spirited. But as we continued watching the movie we saw some major changes in both of these characters, some physical and some psychological.…
In Nikki Grime’s novel Bronx Masquerade, there were several moments between characters that shaped who they are now. All of the characters in this novel have a story behind why they act the way they do whether it was being bullied, a parent’s death, or even a pregnancy. The two characters that stood out the most was Leslie Lucas and Porscha Johnson. Both the girls come from two completely different worlds but share the death of their mothers.…
I can’t say I haven’t noticed the amount of time you and Fi spend together nowadays. I never really knew her before the trip, so I always assumed she was a stereotypical townie, but she is not that at all. I was talking to her the other day, the day Kevin, Corrie, Robyn and Chris went into Wirrawee to gather some information, and we chatted about our old monotonous lives, and she is so different from what I thought. I think she’s really into you, and Ellie said you seem to be into her. I guess we’re the same as you guys in a way, Ellie and I.…
In the novel, Ethan Frome, there are two women that are apart of Ethan Frome’s pitiable existence, Zeena and Mattie. There are both acutely different from each other but they also share some similarities between themselves. Zeena and Mattie are different in many ways in the matter of appearance, their outlook on life, and their interest in Ethan Frome but eventually it shows towards the end of the novel that Mattie is not so much distinct from these qualities after “the smash up”.…
The main question that Thomas S. Dee and Brian Jacob are investigating is whether or not the No Child Left Behind Act has effected student achievement, as indicated in standardized test scores. They state that empirical research on the No Child Left Behind Act is sparse; however, researchers have attempted to identify national patterns regarding student achievement and the No Child Left Behind Act. Nonetheless, each study has reached a significantly different conclusion. Dee and Jacob attribute these findings to the fact that these studies have lacked a legitimate control group, and therefore are unable to differentiate between the effects of the No Child Left Behind Act and miscellaneous factors (Dee & Jacob 2011). Thus, Dee and Jacob…
Annika is the child of Lisa and Phil Yee. She is the eldest of three siblings, her sister Sophie, recently turned 12 and her Brother is 9. She has two cats, Dinah and Maisie who are older than the hills and whom she loves dearly. Annika is half Chinese and the other half is bits and pieces of several European countries. Her dad immigrated with his family when he was just a toddler and they settled in Calgary, Alberta. She was the first girl on that side to be born in a long time and as a result she was a little spoiled. Annika appreciates the differences between her two sides of her family and wouldn't have it any other way.…
Hope Engle graduated from Parkersburg Catholic High School alongside forty-one other students in her graduating class of 1994. Her classes were different, her activities in and out of school were different, and mostly the fun things she did with friends were different than mine. Hope had two jobs and made $4.25 an hour as to where I don’t have a job at all. Her boyfriend was in college and mine is in high school with me. Hope Engle was on the volleyball team and I sing in the A Cappella Choir. Our lives during our senior years are very different from each other.…
Stephan Crane's "Maggie: A Girl of the Street" and Upton Sinclair's "Jungle" are both representing the real life when they are compared with each other. The events and the opinions in these short stories are corresponding with naturalistic thought and it is showed by observation technique to the readers. The characters of the stories are become the victims of the social laws that they are struggling to breach the social and economic problems which are set upon them at birth. Thus, it is important to fit the characters to naturalism' because the social circumstances, even environments, are natural and hence unavoidable. When both these stories are read, it is seen that they fit to all these aspects of naturalism'.…
Catherine and Kristi’s views of Ryan are different. Catherine views Ryan is a bully towards David. Kristi views Ryan as a nice kid. Ryan was being rude to David Ryan said he'd steal David's favorite red umbrella if he let go of it and Catherine told David he was kidding David started laughing then Ryan mocked him by imitating David's laugh. Kristi wasn't there when Ryan said he'd take David's red umbrella, Kristi only knows that Ryan lets kids wait for the bus in his house when it's raining, but only if their invited. Kristi is also new to town so she doesn't know a lot about the neighborhood kids. In conclusion Catherine and Kristi's views of Ryan are different in many ways.…
She moved to Ohio where her job was. They stayed behind and lived in Minneapolis with his grandmother. Then he moved here. He said I’ve never lived in a different state from my kids. We talked a while about my son and I. Then he told me he had a girlfriend. They met in college and fell in love. Now they live in different states. He said, “I don’t think this long distance relationship is working for me. I told her I did not feel we should continue to see each other.” I asked, “So what did she say?” He continued “She said just give it more time.” After a moment of silence, he took my hand and said, “We’ve worked together for years and you have always stayed in my corner. I feel you’re the only family I have here.” I smiled and thought well that good to hear. I’ll help you out when I can. The next day we were at work and he was taking out the trash. I was doing my paperwork. A woman who worked with us liked him a lot. She walked up and asked me why are you keeping your relationship a secret. You and James are a couple. I asked her what she was talking about? She said James told me and everyone else at the job you guys were a…
During our junior year of high school, I noticed Ramon was acting strange and his perception on life was so negative. I did what any best friend would do at the time and tried cheering him up and asking him what was wrong. Unfortunately I didn’t receive a response for several months. I didn’t give up on him though; I continued to do everything possible to see my friend smile. Without his happiness, I wasn’t completely happy. Everyday during school I was with him, it was rare to see one of us without the other. After school, we would attend the same club meetings and I would wait until someone picked him up before I left home. As soon as I got home, I would text him and we would text all afternoon until we went to bed. I did this for several months and to my enjoyment I saw his morale improve. Obviously it wasn’t close to normal, but it was enough to at least see his smile for a moment.…
This assignment will define communication and discuss the importance of effective communication within the healthcare sector. It will then look at how I can develop an active listening skill that I currently feel is a personal weakness. (Appendix 1)…
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” are two examples of Gothic literature. There are many characteristics of Gothic literature ghostly settings, glumness, and evil predominant over good. All of these traits exist in both stories. Gothic literature was more often than not set in an old building, house, or castle that depicted human decomposition, which formed a feeling of unknown and apprehension. William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily", and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher", both use gothic elements of technique in relating the exterior in order to reflect the grimness these characters feel. The main characters of both stories, Emily, and Roderick both attribute similar characteristics since both stories are of similar Gothic literature. Although both main character deal with Gothic storyline and death there is a lot that the two do not have in common.…
It seems like a life time ago when I first met my best friend Sheri K, when in all reality it has only been 10 years. We have been through so much together over the course of that 10 years, raising kids, laughing and crying together, loses and gains in life, and so many celebrations. Through us our kids have even grown to be best friends and extended family to each other. Then two years ago the ultimate test of our friendship would come along, I moved to another state. Would our friendship be able to stand the test of distance? The night before we were to move we realized we needed another U-Haul truck to finish packing our house but we did not have a driver. Sheri volunteered to make the long journey with us. She took her vacation time and packed up her son too and on the road we went the following day. It has been two years since that long journey. I have grown, matured more and made a few new friends here and there along the way. She has done the same. Somehow though we have managed to stay in touch, keep each other advised and shared all the challenges of life together even though we are over 1,700 miles apart. We both look forward to vacation time and short breaks in life to where we can talk on the phone to just be friends.…