Jerry McCall is Dr. Williams’ office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant…
We also get a few more details about the school and how it functions. David is now in the woods again as himself, Bird, and Ptonomy prepare for another session of memory work. As always, Sydney is in the room watching David and comforting him as he travels to fearsome memories of his past. Today, Bird, Ptonomy, and David are visiting David’s kitchen…
They were at war with a neighboring island, the Odi's who were experimenting with misiles and bombs during this time. The students would crawl nnder there desk and out on their mask, these drills typically…
32 “Well its actually happening ma’, I’m goin’ back to school.”Rufus said. “I want you to know, I truly am proud of you Rufus.” His mother replied. Curtis and Janet went to a different school then Rufus but he still walked them to school then walked himself to school. On his way to school a car followed him very slowly but Rufus kept walking. When he got to school it looked the same on the outside that it always had. Rufus pushed open the doors at Searingtown School and yelled “I’m back!” All of his friends ran over to hug him. He went down to the office to get a tour he thought he didn’t need because he remembered every single solitary thing about this place. While the tour was going on everything going on was a blur. He looked left, right and left again, admiring the changes the school had made. “Wow” he sighed. “Is there a problem Rufus?” the tour guide asked. Rufus answered, “When I was here the wall paint was all chipped, there were broken windows and holes in the walls.” “Oh ok, well that concludes our tour and this door on your right is your first period class.” The tour guide replied. Rufus walked in and sat at an available seat at the back of the class room. He opened his notebook and took notes even though he didn’t understand anything that was going on. By the time 5th period came around it was time for lunch he was starving. All of his friends called him over and asked him to sit with him. Momma didn’t make him a big lunch because they didn’t have that much food in the house and then needed to split it 3 different ways. Allison who used to have a big crush on Rufus sat right next to him. Mitchell and Charlie sat across from him and Christina, Alisha and Sammy sat around them. When the bell rang he went to his locker and when he got to class he looked out the window and saw the same car that followed him to school. The only person he thought of was Simon. But he didn’t have a car? Rufus ran to the office to explain the…
Gladwell defines an outlier as a person out of the ordinary “who doesn't fit into our normal understanding of achievement.” According to Gladwell, great men and women are made from having success with ability, opportunities to become successful with 10,000 of practice, IQ not being the only thing needed, and that everything comes down to generation, family history, and demographics of society. Gladwell is able to support them and give great examples on how things work out with a person’s life.…
Sometimes we find ourselves walking down the street, staring at the homeless begging for money or watching unique people ‘embarrassing’ themselves when all they're doing is having fun. The diversity in the world is so vast, and we find ourselves pondering whether people are different or just outcasts. In many books as well, a character ends up being an outcast or a unique, different person as a whole. When are we outcasts and when are we just ‘different’ from the rest of the world? S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders represents this interesting situation where some people belong in the path of the status quo while others seem to stand out more than they fit in. Throughout the book, characters are shunned for being outcasts, honored for being unique, or even both.…
My first hypothesis would be that the students from Truman and Jackson were absent from school on the 20th because they ate at one of the restaurants and caught food poisoning. Several of the students had similar symptoms such as: diarrhea, fever, and vomiting which kept them from attending school.…
At least once in our lives we have all felt like outcasts to a group of people, feeling different or rejected by society. The characters in Poker Flat felt this same exact way, but for them it was a case of life or death for being an outcast. Characters in the story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” symbolize different types of people in society. Characters in the story represent different types of people in the society of the time period. Some of the characteristics are caregivers, manipulators, and leaders. Even though they show these traits, they are still being called “outcasts” and were executed for being different in the system.“Secret Committee had determined to rid the town of all improper persons” pg1.…
Honestly, I have listened to David Foster Wallace’s speech prior to this assignment. But, was I truly listening the first time? I don’t think so, or rather it took time for me to discover the true intention of his presentation.…
The leper. The homeless. Minorities. People labeled “different”. These are examples of “outcasts,” people “rejected or cast out, as from home or society.” They are “mistfits” even, “unable to adjust to a situation” with its narrow, inflexible expectations.…
In the BNW there are two characters Bernard Marx and John who themselves experience being outcasts. Bernard was rebellious as a child when he refused to partake in activities, note that Bernard lived in a world were everyone is the same because of conditioning. While John was born into a Reservation, home of Native American that discriminated…
Tactics such as use of diction, and various analogies help to translate to his audience the feeling of being outcast. Being one who is outside and made to look in is a difficult position to hold. Staples’ words speak volumes to those outside the…
This trip was particularly adventurous! As we pulled up, we noticed that there were fire trucks outside of the day care, as we walked up to the huddles of teachers and children on the sidewalk, they told us that there had been a problem with the stove and that they had been able to smell gas. I would like to point out that I am not entirely sure how this might connect to class, but it seemed like an important event during which I made some observations that might relate to lecture in the coming weeks.…
Curley's wife is one example of being an outcast. She is not included in anything because she is a woman and Curley keeps her away rom everyone else. It becomes very obvious that she is lonely and in need of someone to talk to because she goes out on the farm and goes to the bunkhouse. She looks for someone since Curley is not there with her and because she does that the workers call her nasty names like, tramp or tart. All she wants is someone to talk to and since her husband is not there to talk to her she goes out to bunkhouse to try and find someone. In the book it says,"... A girl was standing there looking in. She had full, rouged lips and widely spaced eyes, heavily made up... "I'm lookim' for Curley," she said... George looked away from her then looked back, " He was in here a minute ago but he went." "Oh!" She put her hands behind her back and leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward. ... She turned her head,. "Hi, Slim", she said. Slim's voice came through the door. " Hi, Good-lookin'." "I'm tryin' to find Curley, Slim." "Well, you ain't tryin' very hard. I seen him goin' in your house." She was suddenly apprehensive. "Bye, boys" (pg.16). Curley's wife uses the excuse that she is looking for Curley so she can…
Ice collects. Death is near. In the story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London, the man in the story is in quite a predicament. He is freezing to death travelling along the Yukon while trying to get to the boys at the camp. While he tries his best to make it to camp, the cold gets the best of him, and he dies from the cold. Since he does not survive the trip, a question arises. What led him to that fate? There are several mistakes that led to his demise. The three worst mistakes that led to the man’s death were that he fell into an ice covered spring trap, he failed to make a fire through several attempts, and he travelled alone even though he had no experience.…